A low-tech method for monitoring survival and growth of coral transplants at a boutique restoration site.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Coral reef restoration projects are becoming a popular corporate environmental responsibility activity at hotel resorts. Such involvement of private businesses offers the potential to expand restoration into a new socioeconomic sector. However, the scarcity of user-friendly monitoring methods for hotel staff, but robust enough to detect changes over time, hinders the ability to quantify the success or failure of the restoration activity. Here, we present a monitoring method of easy application by hotel staff, without scientific training, using the standard resources available at a hotel resort.

Methods

Survival and growth of coral transplants were evaluated over 1 year at a boutique coral reef restoration site. The restoration was tailored to the needs of a hotel

SUBMITTER: Frias-Torres S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10224673 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature