Direct seeding of mass-cultured coral larvae is not an effective option for reef rehabilitation

• Main Authors: Edwards, Alasdair J., Guest, James R., Heyward, Andrew J., Villanueva, Ronald D., Baria, Ma. Vanessa, Bollozos, Iris S. F., Golbuu, Yimnang
• Other Authors: Advanced Environmental Biotechnology Centre (AEBC)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Reproduction
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/106009; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/26116
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Large-scale rearing of coral larvae during mass spawning events and subsequent direct introduction of competent larvae onto denuded reefs (‘larval seeding’) has been proposed as a low-tech and affordable way of enhancing coral settlement and hence recovery of degraded reefs. While some studies have...