Coral Gardening - Transplantation Phase — Florida Keys

OPP-5Y5T9Ypermanent identifier · cite as oceanportfolio.org/p/OPP-5Y5T9Y

Published as: Reef-scale trends in Florida Acropora spp. abundance and the effects of population enhancement | Technique: Coral Gardening - Transplantation Phase | Disturbance addressed: General degradation | Genera: Acropora | Method: Teams of snorkelers observed the entire reef surface via swimming sequential, parallel linear transects. Acropora spp. were recorded as GPS points. Temporal comparisons were made for two intervals and for sites with and without coral outplants. | Post-restoration monitoring: 120 months | Authors' conclusion: A. palmata showed a cumulative proportional decline of 0.4 _x0015_to 0.7x in colony density, despite very low levels of outplanting at some sites. A. cervicornis showed similar proportional declines at sites without outplanting, but a dramatic increase in density (over 13x) at sites with outplants. Change in A. cervicornis colony density was positively correlated with cumulative numbers of outplants. | 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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