The Biology and Economics of Coral Growth

Osinga, Ronald; Schutter, Miriam; Griffioen, Ben; Wijffels, René H.; Verreth, J.A.J.; Shafir, Shai; Hénard, Stéphane; Taruffi, Maura; Gili, Claudia; Lavorano, Silvia

doi:10.1007/s10126-011-9382-7

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“…current, is another factor known to affect multiple aspects of coral development [21,23,24]. However, the coverage patterns on mooring blocks in this study appear to be unrelated to the current velocity near the blocks.…”

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Coral Distribution on Artificial Structures in Bonaire, Leeward Antilles

Filkovsky¹,

Hoback²

2014

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Distribution patterns of live scleractinian coral colonies on vertical faces of concrete blocks were compared with distribution patterns of environmental parameters known to affect coral recruitment and growth. Coral coverage was not random across the blocks and among regions of their faces. Variations in colonization did not correspond to differences in substrate type, illuminance, and water motion intensity. Coral distribution significantly correlated with blocks location and faces orientation, and these correlations depended on prevailing current direction. These correlations and dependencies are consistent with the hypothesis that the coral coverage was detrimentally affected by a low quality of water flow from the local marine port.

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“…Exposure to light has been shown to affect multiple aspects of coral development [20][21][22]. However, factors determining coverage patterns on mooring blocks in this study appear to be unrelated to the illumination of mooring block faces.…”

Section: Mooring Areasmentioning

confidence: 54%

Coral Distribution on Artificial Structures in Bonaire, Leeward Antilles

Filkovsky¹,

Hoback²

2014

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“…In order to optimize the breeding regimes for zooxanthellate corals, it should be understood how growth (including both skeletal growth and growth of the organic tissue) is controlled in these organisms (see review by Osinga et al, 2011). Three major processes drive the growth of zooxanthellate corals:…”

Section: Factors Controlling Coral Growthmentioning

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The CORALZOO project: a synopsis of four years of public aquarium science

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In order to improve the methodology for growing and maintaining corals in captivity, a consortium of European zoos, aquaria and academia executed a four-year public/private collaborative research and innovation project (CORALZOO) on the breeding and husbandry of stony corals. CORALZOO comprised the following topics: (1) sexual and asexual breeding of corals in captivity, including techniques for propagation, feeding and induction of natural coral colony morphogenesis; and (2) coral husbandry: development of generic bioassays to evaluate biotic and abiotic husbandry parameters and to monitor coral health, elaboration of methods for identification and treatment of coral diseases and optimization of transport and acclimation procedures. The results of this project are reviewed.

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“…Being the crucial reef builders in this marine ecosystem, the diminishing scleractinian corals has raised concerns as to understand the expansion of the reef and toidentify how the factors interact [4][5][6][7][8]. One of the survey approaches is through studying coral growth by measuring the extension rate [9][10][11][12].…”

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“…Coral growth rate was suggested as a standard ecological tool to determine growth tolerances of reef-building organisms [13], and this have often function as direct indicator for assessing environment condition [14][15]. The general expectation is physiological stress associated with reef degradation should lead to decreased extension rates of corals [6,8,14].…”

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Growth study of branching coral Acropora formosa between natural reef habitats and in situ coral nurseries

Xin

Hyde²,

Cob³

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Abstract. Being a common reef building coral in Malaysian waters, growth of Acropora Formosa in natural reef habitat and coral nursery condition had been studied in aspects of extension growth, survival and proto-branch generation. The study sites took place at two separate islands with different environment conditions. In this study, A. formosa samples of natural reefs at Pangkor Island turbid waters recorded better growth in average extension rate (0.71 ±0.48 cm/month) and higher proto-branch generation rate (up to 52% after 6 months) than Tioman Island samples (0.38 ±0.34 cm/month, highest 17% after 6 months). However, Tioman Island natural reef samples maintained 100% survival throughout the study period. Then, branch fragments or nubbins of A. formosa were transplanted into two coral nursery sites at Tioman Island. Among these two coral nurseries, the Tekek site had better growth in all three aspects than Air Batang site. This was believed due to Tekek nursery had been setup with nubbins for more than 6 months before Air Batang nursery, thus the Tekek samples were conditioned long enough for growing in the coral nursery environment. The results of this study documented the growth of this particular coral species in two islands of Peninsular Malaysia, and demonstrated the potential application of A. Formosa for coral transplant, in situ nursery and active reef restoration.

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The Biology and Economics of Coral Growth

Cited by 106 publications

References 114 publications

Coral Distribution on Artificial Structures in Bonaire, Leeward Antilles

Coral Distribution on Artificial Structures in Bonaire, Leeward Antilles

The CORALZOO project: a synopsis of four years of public aquarium science

Growth study of branching coral Acropora formosa between natural reef habitats and in situ coral nurseries

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