Substrate Addition - Artificial reef — Bantayan & Ajong

OPP-SP8XNHpermanent identifier · cite as oceanportfolio.org/p/OPP-SP8XNH

Published as: Growth of certain corals, molluscs and fish in artificial reefs in the Philippines. | Technique: Substrate Addition - Artificial reef | Genera: Acropora, Dendrophyllia, Favia, Pocillopora, Seriatopora, Stylophora, Millepora | Method: Three artificial reefs were established using used car tires, and monitored for 30 months. | Post-restoration monitoring: 30 months | Authors' conclusion: Seven genera of corals, and multiple species of non-mobile molluscs recruited and grew on the artificial reefs. Two species of fish targeted by local fishermen were present at the artificial reef sites, at sufficient numbers to sustain fishing. | Lessons reported: Recruited corals more likely to attach to concrete bases rather than rubber tire, suggesting concrete is a better recruitment substrate for coral planula. | 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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