Coral Gardening - Nursery Phase — , Dominican Republic

OPP-Y445NDpermanent identifier · cite as oceanportfolio.org/p/OPP-Y445ND

Published as: Best practices manual for Caribbean Acropora restoration. Puntacana Ecological Foundation. | Technique: Coral Gardening - Nursery Phase | Genera: not relevant | Method: Cultivation and out-planting using the 'cookie tray'-method. Flat/massive coral fragments are placed on button-like trays made from cement. Monofilament line is passed through holes in the trays, and used to attach the flat coral fragments to the disc. Cookies are then placed on the supportive ends of the wireframe tables. | Authors' conclusion: A. palmata fragments quickly fused over the cement cookie, and further grow vertically from the disc. | Lessons reported: May require a high degree of maintenance as mesh and cookies are overgrown by algae. Place close to reef where abundant herbivores are present to alleviate this problem. Ensure that the disc is sufficiently large for the chosen coral species. Some corals (eg A. palmata) will not initiate vertical growth until a sufficient base is established. | 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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