Cultivo del coral cuerno de alce Acropora palmata en un sistema recirculado utilizando agua de mar sintética

• Autores: Galdy Hernández Zárate, Fabiola Lango Reynoso, María del Refugio Castañeda Chávez, Jorge E. Zamora Castro, Juan Raymundo Maldonado Hernández
• Localización: Revista de biología marina y oceanografía, ISSN 0718-1957, ISSN-e 0717-3326, Vol. 46, Nº. 3, 2011, págs. 477-482
• Idioma: español
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  • Culture of elkhorn coral Acropora palmata in a recirculating system using synthetic seawater
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  • This study assessed the survival of Acropora palmata fragments under controlled experimental conditions over a period of four months in a recirculating artificial seawater system. The coral fragments (5-9 cm long) were fixed in aragocrete and placed in an aquarium under a photoperiod of 12 h light: 12 h dark, using 150 W lamps (10000 K). The survival rate was 58%. Fragment mortality occurred mostly during the first month, which was associated to the process of bleaching stress as a result of fragmentation. These results showed that the conditioning in captivity of A. palmata using artificial seawater has potential as a viable tool to help the conservation of this species.