Progress report for
Reef Life Foundation IntelliReefs Biomimicking Coral Habitats
Achievement at a glance
I can see extensive CCA coverage with entoprocts and ectoprocts colonizing Dr. David Vaughan Amazingly fast growth of good algae! The CCA shows that the reefs will be ready for spawning season and may already have live coral settlement, as I saw in my laboratory of Initial Oceanite pieces I tested; Yes, Great fish shots. For now, the function of oceanic habitat structures with fish aggregation is probably more important to document; until other organisms start to colonize as surviving coral recruits Dr. David Vaughan. Phase two testing in Summer, pre spawn, and phase three, post spawn are absolutely vital data sets for the future of ocean regeneration. I have seen the spotted goat fishes resting on the IntelliReefs on the bridge site many times. I did not observe them trying to eat the minerals or substrate. I did observe an Ocean Sturgeon fish picking from the IntelliReefs substrate on the Mike's Maze site; however they are known to pick at algae. I assume they were going for the different food algae, instead of the minerals Nature Foundation Biologist: Melanie Meijer zu SchlochternChallenges faced in implementation
Challenges for Ocean Action Projects like these are permits from Foundations, MPA, and ocean organizations having the funding for reef protection, disease mitigation, and coral restoration. The deployment of these was easy and extremely effective. Now that we have the science, creating site and function specificity is an imperative to assist in disease control and migration to cooler waters.Beneficiaries
Immediate beneficiaries are the local fish and marine creatures. The fact that multiple fish species so quickly were drawn to Oceanite mineral substrates amazed all of the participants in the MPA and other deployment sites--, fish do not immediately rest daily on a new installation, proving the rapid good algae food groups growing also attributed to fish aggregation. The swift coverage of the modules in Crustos Coralline Algae-- precursor to natural reef structures spawn capture was also reported as extremely rapid. Diverse fish species, bio-diverse algae and attractive surfaces all play a part in the bio-efficiency upgrade to the site. dive attraction to an actively thriving reefscape assists island revenues, and the long term increase in coral spawn settlement raises the site value considerably for next phases of reef restoration.
Actions
As many projects (40%+) will be unique; requiring custom design reflecting the specifics of the installation performance parameters, location, depth, type of coral, fish, and marine creature functionality, state of degradation and potential coral diseases, client consultation manuals are under design so that faster project knowledge can be assessed.This reef design manual will bring reef restoration swiftly to a coastal, or island community, so that the "fins in the water" teams who spot problems can get solutions implemented smoother, and more efficiently.