Coral gardening - transplantation, substrate addition - artificial reefs — Pasikudah Bay

OPP-W9TWEKpermanent identifier · cite as oceanportfolio.org/p/OPP-W9TWEK

Published as: Coral Reef Conservation and Coastal Zone Management Program | Technique: Coral gardening - transplantation, substrate addition - artificial reefs | Disturbance addressed: yes | Genera: Mixed | Method: Developed reef balls in collaboration with cement company onto which corals were transplanted. 258 reef balls | Post-restoration monitoring: 12 months | Authors' conclusion: WRCT estimates that establishing a sustainable coral reef will take at least 5 years. | Lessons reported: The coral reef restoration program brought up new scientific knowledge regarding artificial coral transplanting methods. This project revealed that freshwater dilution can cause mass coral mortalities if the flood water is not managed properly. | 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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