Coral Gardening - Nursery Phase — Pulau Semakau

OPP-3CFZ3Npermanent identifier · cite as oceanportfolio.org/p/OPP-3CFZ3N

Published as: Rearing juvenile “corals of opportunity” in in situ nurseries – A reef rehabilitation approach for sediment-impacted environments. | Technique: Coral Gardening - Nursery Phase | Genera: Pectinia | Method: Coral juveniles (<4.5cm) collected on unstable substrate, reared in flow through aquaria ex situ . After rearing for 4-5 weeks, they were placed on PVC trays at an in situ nursery site. Coral sorted into size classes | Survival of transplants reported by the source: 81.05% | Post-restoration monitoring: 5 months | Authors' conclusion: Using juvenile COP's is a viable coral gardening strategy. No difference in survival between size classes, however larger COP's grew faster than smaller ones. Differences in growth seem to not be related to sedimentation rates | Lessons reported: Transportation stress may increase mortality. In species which stresses easily by fragmentation, using juvenile COP's may be an option that increases survival and growth. | 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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