Coral Gardening - Nursery Phase — Changi

OPP-7ERDXKpermanent identifier · cite as oceanportfolio.org/p/OPP-7ERDXK

Published as: Grazers improve health of coral juveniles in ex situ mariculture. | Technique: Coral Gardening - Nursery Phase | Genera: Pocillopora | Method: Investigating the use of biocontrols to limit macro-algal growth in ex situ coral nursery tanks. Corals were encouraged to spawn, and planula settled on concrete embedded plugs. Trochus maculatus (shell) and Salmacis sphaeroides (urchin) were introduced into aquaria, and growth and survival of the coral recruits was examined. | Survival of transplants reported by the source: 77.1667% | Post-restoration monitoring: 6 months | Authors' conclusion: Growth was faster in the biocontrol tanks than in the control tanks, although survival was similar across all three treatments. Furthermore, the corals were healthier (colour and presence of lesions) in biocontrol treatments compared to controls | 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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