substrate addition - artificial reef, coral gardening - transplantation — Koh Kood

OPP-SCY98Rpermanent identifier · cite as oceanportfolio.org/p/OPP-SCY98R

Published as: Soneva Kiri Coral Garden Project | Technique: substrate addition - artificial reef, coral gardening - transplantation | Disturbance addressed: yes | Genera: Mixed | Method: Transplant corals onto metal frames and pieces of reef rubble. Reef rubble used to weigh down and fill in the base of the metal frames Modules cable tied together to create a larger structure. Youtube Video: The Soneva Kiri Coral Garden was set up by Coral Reef Creator's Team in Koh Kood - Thailand in October 2011. About 2000 coral fragments where grafted on this news coral reef ecosystem. This movie was released in January 2013. You can see the result 15 months after coral transplantation. | Authors' conclusion: Quantitative outcomes:2000 corals transplanted, 27 coral species, 69 fish species | 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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