Transplantation — Lipata Island

OPP-DQDK5Tpermanent identifier · cite as oceanportfolio.org/p/OPP-DQDK5T

Published as: Local changes in community diversity after coral transplantation | Technique: Transplantation | Disturbance addressed: General degradation | Genera: Acropora, Porites | Method: 4 treatments: undisturbed sites (which also served as sources of the transplants), degraded plots to which corals were transplanted, empty plots that received no transplants, and control plots that were empty and situated at least 100 m away from the transplant and empty plots. The latter 3 treatments were replicated at 4 different sites. Diversity of surrounding organisms measured | Post-restoration monitoring: 15 months | Authors' conclusion: Coral transplantation resulted in higher diversity and greater abundance of fish and invertebrates and has the potential to help re-establish degraded reef communities. | 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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