Principles for coral reef restoration in the anthropocene

TP Hughes, AH Baird, TH Morrison, G Torda - One Earth, 2023 - cell.com
Coral reefs are critically important ecosystems that support coastal societies and economies
throughout the tropical oceans. However, many of the word's coral reefs are already …

Live slow, die old: larval propagation of slow-growing, stress-tolerant corals for reef restoration

J Guest, MV Baria-Rodriguez, TC Toh, D dela Cruz… - Coral Reefs, 2023 - Springer
Efforts to restore coral reefs usually involve transplanting asexually propagated fast-growing
corals. However, this approach can lead to outplanted populations with low genotypic …

Synchronous spawning of nursery-raised elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) outplanted to reefs in the Florida Keys (United States)

DE Williams, AJ Bright, OM Williamson… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Here, we provide the first reports of spawning activity by Acropora palmata colonies
outplanted to reefs in Florida, USA. In 2020, we observed light spawning from A. palmata …

Larval thermal conditioning does not improve post-settlement thermal tolerance in the dominant reef-building coral, Montipora capitata

G Alexander, JR Hancock, AS Huffmyer, SB Matsuda - Coral Reefs, 2022 - Springer
Climate change-induced ocean warming has reshaped reef ecosystems as coral bleaching
events continue to lead to mass coral die-offs globally. These thermal anomalies also …

[PDF][PDF] Growth rates of coral micro-fragments from a coral restoration project at Koh Larn, Chonburi Province, Thailand

M Sutthacheep - Ramkhamhaeng International Journal of …, 2023 - ph02.tci-thaijo.org
The development of coral reef restoration techniques is very important to the success of
large-scale coral reef restoration projects, especially for those having low operating costs …

Ontogenetic shifts in Symbiodiniaceae assemblages within cultured Acropora humilis across hatchery rearing and post-transplantation phases

S Jandang, V Viyakarn, Y Yoshioka… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Coral reefs have been declining worldwide due to multiple threats. Various approaches for
coral restoration have been employed to increase coral populations. Sexual propagation is …

Contrasting reproductive strategies between stress-tolerant and competitive coral taxa

KG Bonilla, JR Guest, MV Baria-Rodriguez - Coral Reefs, 2023 - Springer
Reproductive traits such as fecundity (ie, the number of gametes produced) and the size and
age of coral colonies at reproductive onset can vary in predictable ways among life history …

Analyzing Adaptation Mechanisms in Artificial Transplantation of Galaxea fascicularis

H Zhao, H Wang, J Ke, J Zhang, Y Li, X Liu, W Zhu… - 2024 - researchsquare.com
Coral reefs are among Earth's most biologically diverse and ecologically crucial ecosystems
but face severe threats from climate change and human activities. Coral transplantation has …