Coral Gardening - Nursery Phase — Hengchun

OPP-BETJ8Dpermanent identifier · cite as oceanportfolio.org/p/OPP-BETJ8D

Published as: Coral transplantation: Regeneration and growth of Acropora fragments in a nursery | Technique: Coral Gardening - Nursery Phase | Genera: Acropora | Method: Acropora pulchra fragments were used in a semi protected nursery in southern Taiwan between 1996 and 1998 to test, in situ, the possible effects of different factors (origin and length of the fragments, their new orientation, presence of tissue injury, and position in the fragment) on the generation of new branches and the initial skeletal extension rates of transplants. | Post-restoration monitoring: 4 months | Authors' conclusion: All factors affected one or both aspects of coral growth (i.e., branching frequency and skeletal extension rate), and these two aspects determine the success rate of a small fragment developing into a large colony with higher survival probability. | 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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