Coral Gardening — Guayanilla

OPP-CXTG3Vpermanent identifier · cite as oceanportfolio.org/p/OPP-CXTG3V

Published as: in: Johnson et al 2011, Caribbean Acropora restoration guide: best practices for propagation and population enhancement CASE STUDY 5 | Technique: Coral Gardening | Disturbance addressed: Ship Grounding | Genera: Acropora | Method: Line nurseries, outplanting sites stabilised (no detail on methods) | Survival of transplants reported by the source: 95.5% | Post-restoration monitoring: 12 months | Authors' conclusion: High survival and growth in nurseries, high fragment survival on out planted sites | Lessons reported: A PVC frame around line nurseries prevent collapse as colonies grow (FUCA). Smaller frames (150cm x 300cm) better than larger (300 x 300) to prevent weight and collapse as corals grow. Helix anchor better than duckbill anchor of substrate is rabble rather than sand. Placing nursery near sites with high abundance of fish will help prevent biofouling on lines. | 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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