Coral Gardening — Little Cayman Island

OPP-FBFRDCpermanent identifier · cite as oceanportfolio.org/p/OPP-FBFRDC

Published as: Assessment of Wild and Restored Staghorn Coral Acropora Cervicornis across Three Reef Zones in the Cayman Islands. | Technique: Coral Gardening | Genera: Acropora | Method: Evaluating transplant survival on three reef zones, compared to natural (control) corals. | Survival of transplants reported by the source: 85% | Post-restoration monitoring: 2.8 months | Authors' conclusion: Survival, growth and colony breakage differed between reef zones. Intermediate zone appears most suitable for transplantation in Caymans Is. | Lessons reported: Survival highest at intermediate site, which is most similar to nursery depth, suggests that coral fragments have higher chance of survival when transplanted to sites similar to nursery/source depth | 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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