Coral Gardening - Nursery Phase — Okinawa

OPP-02BHHGpermanent identifier · cite as oceanportfolio.org/p/OPP-02BHHG

Published as: Success of mass culture of Acropora corals from egg to colony in open water. | Technique: Coral Gardening - Nursery Phase | Genera: Acropora | Method: Coral larvae induced to settle inside floating plastic cages to reduce issues with sedimentation, bioerosion and coral livores. Cages also contained topshell juveniles (Trochus nilocitus) to control algae and other fouling organisms. | Post-restoration monitoring: 9 months | Authors' conclusion: Colonies inside cages grew to ~40mm in 9 months. 100% mortality in cages without trochus topsnails | Lessons reported: Including trochus top nails inside cages can control fouling organisms like algae, sponges, hydroids and tunicates. | 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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