Coral Properties - www.coralnurtureprogram.org

OUR RESEARCH <span>CORAL PROPERTIES </span>

OUR RESEARCH CORAL PROPERTIES

TRAIT-BASED CORAL PROPERTIES (PHENOTYPES)

Coral propagation “success” is commonly measured general metrics of growth and survivorship. We have been developing new “multi-trait” measurement approaches to target deeper understanding of how coral biology is affected by intensive propagation. As part of this work, we have been developing new tools to identify functionally different coral colonies in real time to maximise how we choose diverse stock for nursery propagation.

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How can we choose and boost abundance of corals that are more likely to survive into the future? That is the question we are trying to answer!

Future Reefs Research Group @utsscience researchers working amongst a bed of Pocillopora damicornis on the #GreatBarrierReef to determine methods to optimise stock selection for coral propagation and out-planting.

#GenerationRestoration
@rolex #perpetualplanetinitiative

📷John Edmondson of @wavelengthreefcruises

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Prime coral real estate on the bare patches of this senescent giant boulder coral at 📍 Opal Reef on the way to being overgrown by Fragments of Opportunity outplanted by Coral Nurture Program partners @wavelengthreefcruises 🪸

These 160 fragments were planted by two divers (@tahnmiller and @reefandsky ) from @wavelengthreefcruises in 2021 in just 1 dive!

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📹@pstrud

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Nursery maintenance and experiments to be set up this week for CNP tourism operators and researchers.

We are investigating methods to select more resilient corals for propagation with state of the art phenotyping equipment developed by the University of Technology Sydney @utsscience

#generationrestoration #greatbarrierreef #reefstewardship

📹@kaseybarnes
📹📷@pstrud

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We are excited to share the launch of a new Coral Nurture Program research study.
Recently Postdoctoral Research Associate Paige Strudwick (@pstrud) lead the successful launch of the study alongside co-founders Dr @EmmaFCamp and John Edmondson on the Great Barrier Reef with CNP partner @WavelengthReefCruises and supported by the @Rolex #PerpetualPlanet Initiative.

This study was initiated with aims to identify if and how we can select the strongest parent corals for propagation and out-planting to fulfill CNP goals of replenishing reef sites with enhanced resilience.

We carefully selected a range of genotypes of different coral species whose thermal performance was rapidly assayed with state-of-the-art phenotyping equipment developed by the University of Technology Sydney. The source coral colonies were tagged and mapped, and fragments were transplanted to propagation nurseries and/or out-planted so that into the future their health and performance can be monitored and compared. The information gathered will facilitate targeted selection of more resilient parent corals.

Moving forward we will be implementing more CNP work supported by the @Rolex #PerpetualPlanet Initiative and will be sharing more news as things progress.

One huge mention to the
@future_reefs_lab @utsscience members and wavelength crew who offered their time to make this possible. @lornie.howlett @reef.wanderer @rararachie__ @hadley__england @lydiavavs @landbasedmermaid @tahnmiller @jenny12edmondson

📷1 John Edmondson @wavelengthreefcruises
📷 2-4 @pstrud
📷 5 @rararachie__

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After a week of excellent knowledge sharing and learning with restoration practitioners from around the world - including our excellent CNP researchers - we are thrilled to announce our #societyforecologicalrestoration #SER2023 Regional award for our pioneering efforts implementing community-driven restoration of the #GreatBarrierReef and supporting advances to global reef restoration! 🏆

@unitednations #GenerationRestoration

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🔔We are pleased to announce we have reached a monumental Coral Nurture Program goal and have surpassed 100,000 corals planted since 2018! 🔔

These corals have been planted as part of
🪸 specific projects for researchers at the University of Technology Sydney
🪸 coordinated planting efforts across CNP locations
🪸 and during the day to day operations of partner tourism vessels
and all contribute toward ongoing CNP research through our long-term monitoring efforts.

We are proud to work with passionate and enthusiastic reef stakeholders who share their knowledge, experience and skills to implement meaningful stewardship at target sites. We are also extremely grateful to our supporters and funders that have made this possible.

We are excited to see what CNP can achieve in the next five years!

#GenerationRestoration #GreatBarrierReef #Tourism4SDGs #LifeBelowWater

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