Transplantation — Guana Island

OPP-STYFJTpermanent identifier · cite as oceanportfolio.org/p/OPP-STYFJT

Published as: Long-term survival and colony growth of Acropora palmata fragments transplanted by volunteers for restoration | Technique: Transplantation | Genera: Acropora | Method: 832 storm-generated Acropora palmata fragments that had been transplanted over the course of 7 years were monitored 3 months and 1 year after transplanting, and annually thereafter. Growth and survival were analysed and modelled as a function of initial colony size and time since transplantation. | Survival of transplants reported by the source: 54.5714% | Post-restoration monitoring: 72 months | Authors' conclusion: Mortality was highest in the first year after transplanting, suggesting stress from handling or failure of the attachment method. Survival also varied with the year of transplantation, and was lowest in years with major storms (2007 and 2010). Fragment survival increased with increasing initial size. Colony size tended to decrease slightly in the first 3 months after being reattached, presumably due to stress from transplanting. Subsequently, the surface area of surviving colonies tended to increase over time. Colony growth was extremely variable and largely independent of initial colony size… | Lessons reported: Demographic monitoring of transplanted colonies should focus on the first year after transplantation. | 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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