Transplantation — Virgin Islands National Park

OPP-VC6M9Npermanent identifier · cite as oceanportfolio.org/p/OPP-VC6M9N

Published as: Storm-generated coral fragments - A viable source of transplants for reef rehabilitation | Technique: Transplantation | Genera: Acropora, Porites | Method: Sixty coral fragments were transplanted and compared with control colonies left in situ. Survival and growth were monitored over 5 years. | Survival of transplants reported by the source: 13.3333% | Post-restoration monitoring: 60 months | Authors' conclusion: One-fourth of the 135 colonies and fragments monitored were alive at the conclusion of the 5-year study. Survival of control and transplanted A. cervicornis and P. porites was very low, with no differences between transplant and control colonies. A. palmata colony survival was dependent on colony size and transplant/control status. Probability of survival increased with colony size. | Lessons reported: Viability for transplantation is species-specific. | 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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