Is gardening corals of opportunity the appropriate response to reverse Philippine reef decline?

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Feliciano, Giannina Nicole R., Mostrales, Thea Philea I., Acosta, Ara Kim M., Luzon, Katrina S., Bangsal, John Christopher A., Licuanan, Wilfredo Roehl Y.
• التنسيق: text
• منشور في: Animo Repository 2018
• الموضوعات: Coral reef restoration > Philippines; Coral declines > Philippines; Coral reef management > Philippines; Biology
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/3040

Hard coral cover (HCC) in the Philippines has been declining over the past decades. Restoration practices that utilize “gardening” corals of opportunity (COPs) are actively being adopted throughout the country. However, the use of COPs in coral gardening has not yet been examined in terms of its eff...