Conservation of Florida’s Coral Reefs through Controlled Propagation – Year 2. “Protect Our Reef” Grant -Interim Report (April 1 – September 30, 2007)

Abstract

The goals of this project are to develop optimal culture techniques to produce four selected scleractinian corals for reef restoration research, to evaluate the health of natural and cultured stocks, and to disseminate project results to the user groups in the Florida Keys and the scientific research community. The cultured coral fragments produced in this project will be used to scientifically evaluate coral re-establishment to increase success rates of restoration efforts.