Monitoring the nursery, these elkhorn coral are ready for placement on the reef!
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These fragments were rescued after a grounding event almost 3 years ago. They are ready for outplanting now! Kirah Forman Castillo



This photo is symbolic of much the elkhorn status in Belize: isolated survivors thriving amongst the casualties of human-induced climate change.



Sadly this photo is also representative of much of the staghorn populations: 5-10% surviving surrounded by the rubble



An interesting phenotype

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To re-seed devastated reefs with genetically robust, diverse and resilient corals that will mature to spawning age/size, and at the same time begin to understand the biology and mechanisms of coral bleaching (i.e. the role of the coral host versus its symbiotic algae, the zooxanthellae when it comes to resiting or recovering from bleaching events)
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Kirah Forman Castillo monitoring the nursery efforts, methods adopted from Gaby in Mexico. These corals are ready fro placement on the reef!

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