Coral Gardening - Transplantation Phase — Florida Keys

OPP-D4Q1BZpermanent identifier · cite as oceanportfolio.org/p/OPP-D4Q1BZ

Published as: Prevalence, consequences, and mitigation of fireworm predation on endangered staghorn coral | Technique: Coral Gardening - Transplantation Phase | Genera: Acropora | Method: Comparison of wild and transplanted populations of A. cervicornis to assess predation by fireworms, growth and the cost of predation. | Post-restoration monitoring: 24 months | Authors' conclusion: Predation by the fireworm Hermodice carunculata was variable on both wild (0 to 51%) and restocked (0 to 53%) populations. The risk of preyed branches showing progressive tissue loss at the subsequent survey was 10 times higher than for non-preyed branches. Mean healing time for preyed branch tips was 110 ± 6 d. Removing the dead skeleton from preyed branch tips accelerated recovery to 46 d (range: 22 to 92 d). | Lessons reported: Fireworm predation imposes significant costs on both remnant wild and restocked staghorn colonies, but removing dead tips, rather than leaving them to bioerode, is a useful strategy to accelerate recovery from predation. | 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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