Coral Gardening - Transplantation Phase — Montego Bay

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Published as: Genet and reef position effects in out-planting of nursery-grown Acropora cervicornis (Scleractinia:Acroporidae) in Montego Bay, Jamaica | Technique: Coral Gardening - Transplantation Phase | Disturbance addressed: General degradation | Genera: Acropora | Method: Sixty-five corals were out-planted to reef sites of similar depth and condition to their respective nurseries and monitored photographically for 11 months through 2007 and 2008, to compare for genetic and environmental differences. | Survival of transplants reported by the source: 38.8% | Post-restoration monitoring: 11 months | Authors' conclusion: A period of rapid death was seen in the out-planted material at both sites over the first four months, followed by a period of relative stability or recuperation. Returns were noted particularly in the faster-growing genets of the nursery and larger planted corals tended to retain more material at eleven months. | Lessons reported: Propagative restoration programmes should invest in stronger genets and larger corals. Adaptive management and maintenance gardening of the planted material and reef would likely have greatly improved outcomes. | 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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