Substrate Addition - Artificial reef — Eilat

OPP-W3Z7WHpermanent identifier · cite as oceanportfolio.org/p/OPP-W3Z7WH

Published as: The role of differential survival patterns in shaping coral communities on neighboring artificial and natural reefs | Technique: Substrate Addition - Artificial reef | Disturbance addressed: General degradation | Genera: Dendronephthya, Pocillopora | Method: Miniature coral colonies were transplanted onto a 19-year-old artificial reef and its adjacent natural reef to test the hypothesis that differences in benthic communities between the two reefs are derived from different survival processes. | Survival of transplants reported by the source: 57.05% | Post-restoration monitoring: 1 months | Authors' conclusion: Survival of of soft coral Dendronephthya hemprichi on the artificial reef, was nearly double that of those transplanted onto the natural reef. Survival of nubbins of the stony coral Pocillopora damicornis on the AR was over three-fold greater than on the NR. | Lessons reported: Sediment and current velocity were the major drivers | This record was compiled from a published source and has not been confirmed by the organisation that carried out the work. No contribution to the condition index is recorded: the source reports survival of transplanted material, which is not a measure of ecosystem condition.

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