Coral Gardening - Transplantation Phase — Bonaire

OPP-K09CANpermanent identifier · cite as oceanportfolio.org/p/OPP-K09CAN

Published as: Restoration sites | Technique: Coral Gardening - Transplantation Phase | Disturbance addressed: yes | Genera: Acropora | Method: After six to eight months growing in the nursery, corals are healthy and mature enough to be transplanted to a restoration site. These are reef sites that are degraded and damaged and would benefit from Staghorn and Elkhorn corals growing there. Corals are taken from the nursery and are transplanted to restoration sites (damaged reef areas) using a couple of different methods. Corals are tagged to keep track of the genetic information and to allow for short and long-term monitoring. | Post-restoration monitoring: 24 months | Authors' conclusion: There are many criteria for selecting a coral restoration site. Each of them plays an important role in helping to determine where we transplant and how many corals get placed at that site. A few we take into consideration are existing wild populations, depth, water quality, bottom type, size of the area, predator abundance, wave exposure, and the effects of human activities. | 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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