Transplantation — North Bais Bay and Apo Island Marine Reserve

OPP-1878M2permanent identifier · cite as oceanportfolio.org/p/OPP-1878M2

Published as: Mediation of growth by conspecific neighbors and the effect of site in transplanted fragments of the coral Porites attenuata Nemezo in the central Philippines | Technique: Transplantation | Disturbance addressed: General degradation | Genera: Porites | Method: Porites attenuata fragments were reciprocally transplanted between 2 reefs, one degraded and one pristine. _x0005__x001E__x0006_Fragments were either transplanted to the source site or the reciprocal site and surrounded with either dead fragments or live conspecifics. Growth, survival and indicators of health were monitored. | Survival of transplants reported by the source: 90% | Post-restoration monitoring: 13 months | Authors' conclusion: Transplants from the degraded site grew slower and branched less than those from the pristine site. In Apo, fragments with live neighbors grew taller but branched less. | Lessons reported: Value of conditioning habitat prior to transplantation: start by packing fragments densely, then thin them out | 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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