Active Coral Restoration: Techniques for a Changing Planet 1604271434, 9781604271430

Coral reefs around the world are in peril and approximately half of the world’s coral cover has been lost since 1970 due

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Active Coral Restoration: Techniques for a Changing Planet
 1604271434, 9781604271430

Table of contents :
CONTENTS
FOREWORD
ABOUT THE EDITOR
CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
WAV PAGE
SECTION I: Overview
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 2: HISTORY OF REEF RESTORATION
CHAPTER 3: THE QUANDARY OF ACTIVE AND PASSIVE REEF RESTORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD
CHAPTER 4: LIVE ROCK FARMER TO LIVE CORAL FARMER
SECTION II: Biological Considerations and Methodologies
CHAPTER 5: LAND AND FIELD NURSERIES
CHAPTER 6: ASEXUAL CORAL PROPAGATION—FRAGMENTATION AND MICRO-FRAGMENTATION
CHAPTER 7: CORAL FUSION: HARNESSING CORAL CLONALITY FOR REEF RESTORATION
CHAPTER 8: SEXUAL REPRODUCTION AND REARING CORALS FOR RESTORATION
CHAPTER 9: ASSISTED EVOLUTION AND CORAL REEF RESILIENCE
CHAPTER 10: GENETIC CONSIDERATIONS FOR CORAL REEF RESTORATION
SECTION III: Case Studies from Around the World
CHAPTER 11: BELIZE: FRAGMENTS OF HOPE
CHAPTER 12: INDIAN OCEAN: SEYCHELLES
CHAPTER 13: ACTIVE CORAL REEF RESTORATION IN EILAT, ISRAEL: RECONNOITERING THE LONG-TERM PROSPECTUS
CHAPTER 14: ACTIVE REEF RESTORATION IN THE MEXICAN CARIBBEAN: 15-YEAR TIMELINE
CHAPTER 15: ACTIVE CORAL REEF RESTORATION IN AUSTRALIA
CHAPTER 16: REEF RESTORATION IN THE EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC, A CASE STUDY IN GOLFO DULCE, COSTA RICA
CHAPTER 17: LINE ISLANDS, KIRIBATI
CHAPTER 18: INDONESIA: MARS ASSISTED REEF RESTORATION SYSTEM
CHAPTER 19: HURRICANE IMPACTS ON REEF RESTORATION: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY
CHAPTER 20: BOLSTERING REEF RESTORATION EFFORTS: A MULTIFACETED APPROACH FROM REEF RENEWAL FOUNDATION BONAIRE
CHAPTER 21: PUNTA CANA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
SECTION IV: The Future of Coral Reef Restoration
CHAPTER 22: EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
CHAPTER 23: MAKING RESTORATION MEANINGFUL: A VISION FOR WORKING AT MULTIPLE SCALES TO HELP SECURE A FUTURE FOR CORAL REEFS
EPILOGUE
APPENDIX: NOTES FOR RECORD KEEPING
GLOSSARY

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