Publication Date:
2021-05-19
Description:
Two coral species, Porites palmata and Porites lutea, were transplanted into three
distinct management areas adjacent to the Mombasa Marine National Park, Kenya: A no-fishing
MPA; a gear-restricted reserve with no beach seining; and a reserve with beach seining.
Corallivory by fish or breakage by fishing gear was measured over a 57-day period. Porites
palmata, the branching species, was more susceptible to disturbance than Porites lutea, the
massive species, which showed no difference in mortality rate between the three management
areas. Porites palmata was affected more by corallivory than fishing gear and, therefore, suffered
more damage from coral predators in the no-fishing MPA. Corals transplanted into the gearrestricted
fishing site had the highest survival. The damage from predators was small and seldom
resulted in total colony mortality, which was common in the fishing area with beach seining.
Description:
Published
Keywords:
Marine parks
;
Coral reefs
Repository Name:
AquaDocs
Type:
Journal Contribution
,
Refereed
,
Article
Format:
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application/pdf
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