Coral Gardening - Nursery Phase — St John and Lazarus Islands

OPP-KD2Z58permanent identifier · cite as oceanportfolio.org/p/OPP-KD2Z58

Published as: First step in the restoration of a highly degraded coral reef (Singapore) by in situ coral intensive farming | Technique: Coral Gardening - Nursery Phase | Disturbance addressed: Fish farm effluent | Genera: Acropora, Montipora, Pocillopora, Heliopora, Hydnophora, Porites, Psammocora, Diploastrea | Method: Testing the effects of fish farm effluents on coral nubbins in a nursery. | Survival of transplants reported by the source: 34% | Post-restoration monitoring: 14 months | Authors' conclusion: After one year of mariculture, average of coral survival rates was low (34%). Survivorship (loss resulted primarily from coral detachment, not coral death) significantly differed among species and nurseries. The surviving nubbins showed high growth rates. Some corals grew faster at the fish farm site. | Lessons reported: Branching A. millepora, the submassive P. sillimaniana and the massive P. lutea are the most suitable species for nursery conditions for first restoration acts to be performed in high sedimentation sites like Singapore's reef. | 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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