Coral gardening - Transplantation — Viti Levu

OPP-GG3NEGpermanent identifier · cite as oceanportfolio.org/p/OPP-GG3NEG

Published as: Community Reef Restoration Efforts | Technique: Coral gardening - Transplantation | Disturbance addressed: yes | Method: Outplanting coral fragments grown in nurseries (see above record) | Authors' conclusion: MPAs now have 500% more live coral cover and 50% greater species richness of coral than adjacent fished areas, little to no seaweeds, and 30% more food fish, 50% more species of food fish, and 500% more biomass of food fish than the adjacent fished areas, LCC, Species richness, fish abundance and biomass | Lessons reported: Simple asexual coral propagation methods can be quickly learned and effectively implemented by community members for coral restoration efforts. Corals in the genus Acropora, though often utilized in restoration efforts, have been those that are most susceptible to disease and predator damage. Propagating a variety of genera intermixed throughout the nursery helps reduce predation and improves ove… | 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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