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Assessing and genotyping threatened staghorn coral Acropora cervicornis nurseries during restoration in southeast Dominican Republic
Johanna Calle Triviño
Renata Lourdes Bárbara Rivera Madrid
MARIA GEOVANA LEON PECH
CAMILO ANDRES CORTES USECHE
Rita Ines Sellares
Margarita de Lourdes Aguilar Espinosa
JESUS ERNESTO ARIAS GONZALEZ
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8863
ACROPORA CERVICORNIS
CORAL REEF RESTORATION
CORAL NURSERIES
OUTPLANTED COLONIES
THREATENED STAGHORN CORAL
SURVIVAL
PRODUCTIVITY
GROWTH
GENETIC CHARACTERIZATION
Acropora cervicornis is a structurally and functionally important Caribbean coral species. Since the 1980s, it has suffered drastic population losses with no signs of recovery and has been classified as a critically endangered species. Its rapid growth rate makes it an excellent candidate for coral restoration programs. In 2011, the Fundación Dominicana de Estudios Marinos (Dominican Marine Studies Foundation, FUNDEMAR) began an A. cervicornis restoration program in Bayahibe, southeast Dominican Republic. In this study, we present the methodology and results of this program from its conception through 2017, a preliminary analysis of the strong 2016 and 2017 cyclonic seasons in the greater Caribbean, and a genetic characterization of the “main nursery”. The mean survival of the fragments over 12 months was 87.45 ± 4.85% and the mean productivity was 4.01 ± 1.88 cm year−1 for the eight nurseries. The mean survival of six outplanted sites over 12 months was 71.55 ± 10.4%, and the mean productivity was 3.03 ± 1.30 cm year−1. The most common cause of mortality during the first 12 months, in both nurseries and outplanted sites, was predation by the fireworm, Hermodice carunculata. We identified 32 multilocus genotypes from 145 total analyzed individuals. The results and techniques described here will aid in the development of current and future nursery and outplanted site restoration programs.
2020
Artículo
PeerJ 8:e8863 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8863
Inglés
Calle-Triviño J, Rivera-Madrid R, León-Pech MG, Cortés-Useche C, Sellares-Blasco RI, Aguilar-Espinosa M, Arias-González JE. 2020. Assessing and genotyping threatened staghorn coral Acropora cervicornis nurseries during restoration in southeast Dominican Republic. PeerJ 8:e8863 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8863
BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR DE PLANTAS
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