Transplantation — Islas Marietas National Park

OPP-Y890T8permanent identifier · cite as oceanportfolio.org/p/OPP-Y890T8

Published as: Restoration of a degraded coral reef using a natural remediation process: a case study from a Central Mexican Pacific National Park | Technique: Transplantation | Disturbance addressed: General degradation | Genera: Pocillopora | Method: A total of 189 coral fragments of three different species were hand collected, inspected to ensure they were in good condition, and re-attached within the same area of collection using the plastic cable tie method on both artificial and natural substrates. Stable coral rubble was used as natural substrata for four study sites. | Survival of transplants reported by the source: 75% | Post-restoration monitoring: 12 months | Authors' conclusion: High survivorship of 87% occurred on artificial underwater structures and 67% on natural substrate, the height and radial growth, on both substrata increase 2-fold from the initial size. | Lessons reported: Although both substrata were viable, coral fragments attach faster on natural (4 months) than artificial structures (6 months). | 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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