Large-scale coral transplantation in artificial substrates at a shallow lagoon in Kuta Beach, Bali, Indonesia

摘要

One Large-scale coral transplantation using coral fragments has been implemented at the shallow lagoon in Kuta Beach, Bali Island, Indonesia. Monitoring and maintenance works after fixing coral fragments were continued for 1.5 years to observe the coral growth and survival conditions. The high survival rate and significant growth of transplanted corals were observed for branching and foliose type coral species, which were brought from the same coral reef area. The present results were mainly due to favourable environmental conditions of Kuta Lagoon, such as appropriate water temperature for coral growth ranging from 24 to 30°C, absence of storm disturbances and natural predators, etc.