Marine Science Faculty Publications
Coral Regeneration Assay
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2015
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118828502.ch35
Abstract
Coral wound‐regeneration assays provide an insight into the physiological condition of corals and have successfully detected differences in coral condition at small spatial scales. Coral wounds and their regeneration rates can be used as indicators of impacts from environmental stress because they are a generalized response to a range of stressors. Relative to linear growth rates and community assessments, wound‐regeneration assays have a relatively quick response of weeks to months depending on the average regeneration rates of the species being evaluated. A caveat when using this indicator is that it is not capable of separating effects of coral health versus external environmental factors (e.g., sedimentation, temperature, pollution) on wound‐regeneration rates. It should be noted that the intrinsic and extrinsic factors (e.g., colony and wound characteristics) can affect regeneration rates and should be minimized.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Coral Regeneration Assay, in C. M. Woodley, C. A. Downs, A. W. Bruckner, J. W. Porter & S. B. Galloway (Eds.), Diseases of Coral, Wiley, p. 472-481
Scholar Commons Citation
Moses, Elizabeth F. and Hallock, Pamela, "Coral Regeneration Assay" (2015). Marine Science Faculty Publications. 908.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/msc_facpub/908
