Transplantation — Trelawny

OPP-MCKR1Vpermanent identifier · cite as oceanportfolio.org/p/OPP-MCKR1V

Published as: Coral relocation: A mitigation tool for dredging works in Jamaica | Technique: Transplantation | Disturbance addressed: Dredging | Genera: Agaricia, Porites, Siderastrea, Acropora, Madracis, Eusmilia, Diploria, Meandrina, Stephanocoenia, Montastrea | Method: Large-scale translocation project to preserve benthic communities during the development of the Falmouth Cruise Ship Terminal in Trelawny, Jamaica. 147,947 organisms (8,975 soft coral; 137,789 hard coral; and 1,183 sponges) were successfully relocated, as well as 2,807 sea urchins, numerous sea cucumbers, hermit crabs, conchs, sea stars and lobsters. Time series photographs of sample colonies were taken. | Survival of transplants reported by the source: 86% | Post-restoration monitoring: 24 months | Authors' conclusion: 86% of the colonies relocated in 2009 were accounted for in 2011. Partial colony mortality and the occurrence of disease increased with each sampling event (from 38% to 43%). By 2011, cases of total colony mortality accounted for 4% of the monitored colonies. | 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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