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16 - Coral reef restoration with case studies from Florida

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2012

By
Walter C. Jaap ,
J. Harold Hudson ,
Richard E. Dodge ,
David Gilliam  and
Richard Shaul
Edited by
Isabelle M. Côté  and
John D. Reynolds
Walter C. Jaap
Affiliation:
Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute and Lithophyte Research, Florida
J. Harold Hudson
Affiliation:
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
Richard E. Dodge
Affiliation:
Nova Southeastern University
David Gilliam
Affiliation:
Nova Southeastern University
Richard Shaul
Affiliation:
Sea Byte, Inc., Florida
Isabelle M. Côté
Affiliation:
Simon Fraser University, British Columbia
John D. Reynolds
Affiliation:
Simon Fraser University, British Columbia
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INTRODUCTION

While a coral reef may appear to be a formidable mass, its structure is easily damaged by disturbances. This is because reefs are layer cakes of coral skeletons, remains of other calcifying organisms, and sediment infill (in some cases even sedimentary strata). Typically 30–40% of the reef mass is void space which may be either filled with loose sediments or remain open. Fungi, algae, sponges, snails and fish work like miners to rasp, dissolve or bore through the coral skeletons, creating a labyrinth of tunnels and spaces.

The structural fragility of coral reefs leads to susceptibility to a number of disturbances. Natural events that have immediate impacts on their structure include meteorological phenomena (hurricanes, typhoons, frontal events, severe doldrums), earthquakes and tsunamis, and lava flows. A class-five hurricane may totally destroy a high-profile coral reef, as occurred with Hurricane Hattie in Belize and Hurricane Allen in Jamaica (Stoddart, 1962; Woodley et al., 1981). On the other hand, smaller storms and fast-moving large storms are less destructive. Hurricanes Donna and Betsy (1960 and 1964) and Andrew (1992) damaged coral reefs off the Florida Keys, but reefs appeared to recover within ten years after Donna (Springer and McErlean, 1962; Shinn, 1976). Some of these natural stress agents have a spatial context of entire ocean basins, e.g. the 1998–99 mass bleaching event (Goldberg and Wilkinson, 2004). Others are more moderate in space and time such as a hurricane that influences hundreds of hectares of reef.

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Coral Reef Conservation , pp. 478 - 514
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2006

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