Coral Gardening - Nursery Phase — Florida Keys

OPP-T71R5Vpermanent identifier · cite as oceanportfolio.org/p/OPP-T71R5V

Published as: Evaluation of Staghorn Coral (Acropora Cervicornis, Lamarck 1816) Production Techniques in an Ocean-Based Nursery with Consideration of Coral Genotype. | Technique: Coral Gardening - Nursery Phase | Genera: Acropora | Method: Testing growth and survival of different in situ nursery styles - block nurseries and tree Block nurseries: fragment on cement disk, disk onto PVC cap, cap onto PVC pipe, Pipe encased in concrete block. Tree nurseries: Fragments attached with monofilament line and aluminium crimps on tree suspended with floats and anchored to sandy bottom. | Survival of transplants reported by the source: 1.25% | Post-restoration monitoring: 10 months | Authors' conclusion: Corals grew significantly faster on trees, but survived longer on blocks. Ultimately, almost all corals (bar three on block nurseries) died following a bleaching event | 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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