Indonesia - New Government Quota System To Preserve Coral Reefs

Oceanic · #1 10-26-2009, 08:42 PM

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I would be interested in finding out more about this as well. I know that there is definitely more stress on corals in the wild, with there being no end to the predators like parrot fish, crown of thorns, etc. not to mention the storms they have to endure. Maybe the one centimeter thing is a measure of the average the entire reef grows a year, not just the corals. So the amount of coral/algae that needs to grow and turn into 'live rock' to support the next generation of corals? I don't know but it would be interesting to see growth rates of various corals from different areas. Did anyone catch the amount of time between shots on that Fiji clip mentioned earlier?

The video states that the growth sequence is shot over six months, the pieces look like they increase in size about 5 fold!

RCFA · #2 10-26-2009, 08:50 PM

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The video states that the growth sequence is shot over six months, the pieces look like they increase in size about 5 fold!

Oh wow! 6 months for each shot or six months total? ya they went from little frags to huge colonies! if that was only six months total, that is really impressive.

Oceanic · #3 10-26-2009, 09:51 PM

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Oh wow! 6 months for each shot or six months total? ya they went from little frags to huge colonies! if that was only six months total, that is really impressive.

The video does say six months for the colonies to branch out, it shows about 4-5 time lapsed photographs likely in 4-5 week intervals. If it is 6 months per shot then the growth would be spaced out over about 2.5 to 3 years.