Coral Gardening - Nursery Phase — Gulf of Eilat

OPP-96FPYBpermanent identifier · cite as oceanportfolio.org/p/OPP-96FPYB

Published as: Steps in the construction of underwater coral nursery, an essential component in reef restoration acts. | Technique: Coral Gardening - Nursery Phase | Genera: Stylophora, Pocillopora, Acropora | Method: A in situ hanging coral nuresey was established nera a fish farm, providing nutrient enrichment to the growing corals. Mpther colonies were collcted from artifical port structures and fragmented. Fragments were superglued ontoplastic pins, which were placedwithi a frame. The fraes were plasedon a supsenden mid-water nursery, and maintained for approxiimatey 10 months. | Survival of transplants reported by the source: 68.5% | Post-restoration monitoring: 10 months | Authors' conclusion: A large number of corals detached in the first 144 days, but remaining corals grew fast, increasing in height 6-fold, and coulee 5-fold after 306 days. | Lessons reported: Super Glue is insufficient attachment method on plastic pins. Avoid planting corals too close as it excludes grazing herbivores and invertebrates, which my remove macroalgae etc. Drupella was attracted to coral nurseries. | 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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