Accelerated Regeneration of Hard Corals: A Manual for Coral Reef Users and Managers

V.J. Harriott and D.A. Fisk
Sir George Fisher Centre for Tropical Marine Studies
James Cook University, Townsville Qld. 4811, Australia
May 1995

COVER PAGE [Adobe Acrobat Format 64.43KB]

CONTENTS [Adobe Acrobat Format 82.73KB]

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY [Adobe Acrobat Format 138.66KB]

INTRODUCTION [Adobe Acrobat Format 100.24KB]

BACKGROUND INFORMATION [Adobe Acrobat Format 1040.18KB]

• Coral taxonomy
• The life cycle of corals

DAMAGE AND RECOVERY OF CORAL COMMUNITIES [Adobe Acrobat Format 149.36KB]

• Natural damage
• Man-induced changes
• Predation by crown-of-thorns starfish

APPLICATIONS FOR ACCELERATED RECOLONISATION [Adobe Acrobat Format 57.64KB]

TRANSPLANTING CORALS [Adobe Acrobat Format 1093.31KB]

• Selection of corals
• Collection and transportation
• Placement at transplant site

ALTERNATIVE METHODS FOR ACCELERATING REGROWTH [Adobe Acrobat Format 135.28KB]

• Selection of coral transplants to maximise sexual reproduction
• Increasing settlement surfaces
• Restocking from artificially raised corals

EFFECTS ON THE COLLECTION SITE [Adobe Acrobat Format 102.32KB]

COSTS OF REHABILITATION [Adobe Acrobat Format 60.50KB]

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS [Adobe Acrobat Format 32.14KB]

REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING [Adobe Acrobat Format 107.11KB]

APPENDICIES

• Appendix 1 Experimental results [Adobe Acrobat Format 707.68KB]
• Appendix 2 Costs of simulated transplanting exercise [Adobe Acrobat Format 284.18KB]

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