Developing culture techniques to conserve coral reefs in the Florida Keys. March 2008 progress report.

Abstract

This report describes the 2007 activities of a project which took place from 2004 - 2007 in which Mote Marine Laboratory developed the culture technology to produce several species of hard corals for reef restoration research. Activities took place at an environmentally controlled laboratory at Mote's Tropical Research Laboratory at Summerland Key, Florida, in which 20 species of scleractinian corals were cultured. The coral culture for reef restoration program is a collaborative effort between the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary and Mote.