Substrate Addition - Artificial reef — Key Largo National Marine Sanctuary, Florida

OPP-PKTWC8permanent identifier · cite as oceanportfolio.org/p/OPP-PKTWC8

Published as: The recovery process in a mechanically damaged coral reef community: recruitment and growth | Technique: Substrate Addition - Artificial reef | Disturbance addressed: Ship grounding | Genera: Pseudopterogorgia, Millepora, Favia, Briareum, Agaricia | Method: Horizontal, grooved quarry tiles were grouped into 8 "recruitment stations" along a line ranging from no impact to maximum impact. Four tiles per station were secured on posts embedded into the reef, approx. 5cm from the substratum. Tiles were collected at 6 month intervals and checked for recruits. | Post-restoration monitoring: 27 months | Authors' conclusion: Coral recruit density was negatively correlated with the severity of the impact; lowest recruitment was measured in the zone of maximal impact. | 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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