How many donor colonies should be cross-fertilized for nursery farming of sexually propagated corals?
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=48443#.VDy6z1fHRK0 Author(s) Kenji Iwao , Naohisa Wada , Aki Ohdera , Makoto Omori Affiliation(s) Akajima Marine Science Laboratory, Zamamison, Okinawa, Japan . Department of Marine Science and Resources, College of Bioresource Science, Nihon University, Kameino, Fujisawa, Japan . Department of Biology, Eberly College of Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA . Akajima Marine Science Laboratory, Zamamison, Okinawa, Japan . ABSTRACT Coral reef restoration approaches have often utilized adult colonies as sources for fragments ( i.e . clones) to be transplanted. Although restoration through this method is fast and chea...