[Coral-List] "dead corals don't make babies"

[Austin Bowden-Kerby]

Regarding Doug's post "dead corals don't make babies".

Could it be more that Isolated coral colonies and mono-clonal stands don't
make babies?  Many of us agree that this is what happened with the demise
of Caribbean acroporids, and why the larvae of A. cervicornis have been as
rare as hen's teeth for decades.   GBR reef community..... welcome to our
world.

As far as interventions, should restoration efforts focus less on the
numbers of out-plants and more on the restoration of sexual function among
the surviving corals?  This might be accomplished by cross transplanting
between single genet stands, or by incorporation of maximum genetic
diversity (species by species) within restoration patches- in order to
optimize spawning potential.

Might the Caribbean offer a window into the future of the GBR, as well as
lessons on how we might reverse the trends?

We are all in this together- thanks for all that you do.

Austin

Austin Bowden-Kerby, PhD
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> Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2019 12:55:48 +1000
> From: Douglas Fenner <douglasfennertassi at gmail.com>
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> Great Barrier Reef losing its ability to recover from bleaching.  (news
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> https://edition.cnn.com/2019/04/04/australia/great-barrier-reef-coral-bleaching-intl/index.html?utm_source=Nature+Briefing&utm_campaign=1e8042db2d-briefing-dy-20190408&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-1e8042db2d-43423877
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> Also you can watch the video at the top of the screen.
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> Cheers,  Doug
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> Douglas Fenner
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