Coral Gardening - Nursery Phase — Little Cayman Island

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Published as: Optimizing the productivity of a coral nursery focused on staghorn coral Acropora cervicornis | Technique: Coral Gardening - Nursery Phase | Genera: Acropora | Method: The authors applied 3 experimental treatments to 12 nursery-reared staghorn corals: 25, 50, or 75% of the colony’s biomass was removed and fragmented to create additional, smaller fragments. Four colonies served as unfragmented controls. Growth and colony productivity (the ratio of new tissue growth to initial colony size) were monitored. | Survival of transplants reported by the source: 100% | Post-restoration monitoring: 2.9 months | Authors' conclusion: Treatment had no effect on colony productivity or the rate at which colonies developed new branches. | Lessons reported: 75% of the biomass of staghorn colonies may be removed without affecting their growth. | 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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