2007 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Development of ceramic settlement devices for coral reef restoration using in situ sexual reproduction of corals
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16201017
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Environmental technology/Environmental materials
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| Research Institution | Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology |
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Principal Investigator |
OKAMOTO Mineo Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Faculty of Marine Science, Associate Professor (70345403)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
NOJIMA Satoshi Kyusyu University, Guraqduate School of faculty of Science, Associate Professor (30112288)
FURUSAWA Masahiko Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Emeritus Professor (60281002)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2004 – 2007
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| Keywords | Coral restoration / Ceramic CSD / Sexual reproduction of corals / Mass spawning / PAM / TAPS |
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| Research Abstract |
We developed a ceramic coral settlement device (CSD) to raise juvenile corals in situ in preparation for transplantation. The CSD is designed to be deployed in the water before mass spawning of corals, allowing larvae to settle and to grow on the CSD before it is fixed to the reef structure. CSDs were aggregated and fixed on 0.2 m^2 frames(648 or 720 CSDs per frame)and deployed in the Sekisei Lagoon around the full moons of April and May in 2002. Seven frames were collected in August 2002 and settled corals were enumerated in the laboratory. The maximum number of coral colonies settled on CSDs in one frame was 617, with 94% belonging to the genus Acropora. The aggregated CSDs successfully functioned as a coral settlement substratum, with more appropriate arrangement of CSDs on the frame, enabling greater exposure to sunlight and currents, expected to increase the amount of settlement.
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Research Products
(21 results)
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[Journal Article] 水産音響の発展2007
Author(s)
古澤昌彦
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Journal Title
Journal of Marine Acoustic Society Japan 34(4)
Pages: 14-26
Description
「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
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