Closing the circle : is it feasible to rehabilitate reefs with sexually propagated corals?

• Main Authors: Guest, J. R., Baria, M. V., Gomez, E. D., Heyward, A. J., Edwards, A. J.
• Other Authors: Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Zoology::Anatomy
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/96291; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/25595
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Sexual propagation of corals specifically for reef rehabilitation remains largely experimental. In this study, we refined low technology culture and transplantation approaches and assessed the role of colony size and age, at time of transfer from nursery to reef, on subsequent survival. Larvae from...