珊瑚修复曼卡岛
It’s been nearly six months since we started collaborating with Ocean Gardener andMurex Dive Resortson a coral identification and restoration project in Bangka Island Sulawesi. And we’re happy to report that coral fragments are growing nicely, and we’ve started transplanting corals to their final restoration site.
如果您有兴趣学习如何识别珊瑚，现在可以与训练有素的教练一起参加整整三天的五天潜水课程，并成为认证的珊瑚潜水员！检查一下，叫做海洋园丁珊瑚潜水员课程。
作为本课程的一部分，您可以参观Murex Bangka Island Coral Nursery，并为正在进行的珊瑚修复工作提供帮助。
The coral reefs in North Sulawesi are already quite healthy and, have been identified as one of the50个礁石around the world which are least vulnerable to climate change and have the highest potential for regenerating in the future. In aSeaview survey从2018年开始，研究人员对苏拉威西珊瑚礁的韧性感到乐观，因为他们幸免于最近的珊瑚漂白和海洋变暖危机。
In an effort to continue building this resilient coral reef ecosystem, the aim of the Ocean Gardener project is to restore and then care for reefs which have been damaged by destructive fishing. The first restoration area is located behind the Murex Bangka Dive Resort with a focus on restoring the robustAcroporaandTurbinaria有助于消散波浪并缓冲海岸线的殖民地。
珊瑚修复曼卡岛：第一个修复现场
为了完成这种修复，并在此过程中包括海洋园丁学生，我们首先建立了一个苗圃区，开始种植育雏珊瑚殖民地。该课程的学生可以参观这个苗圃，并帮助碎片和维护托儿所。
We stocked the nursery with a mix of fast and slower growing corals, including branching corals,Acropora，，，，Gonipora，，，，and蒙蒂托拉，电镀Turbinaria，，，，Pachyseris，蒙蒂托拉，光合作用ISIS Gorgonian和三种软皮革珊瑚，叶植物，，，，肌肉菌，，，，andSinularia.
曼卡岛托儿所的进度
当我们上个月参观托儿所时，我们很高兴看到其中一种更快的物种Acropora vermiculata几乎超越了托儿所。从从沙滩上救出的几个小树枝中，我们现在有一个健康的繁殖种群来收集碎片，以移植到曼卡后礁。
在这次旅行中，我们能够开始重新种植珊瑚的项目的修复阶段。我们从苗圃收集了各种珊瑚碎片，以填充曼卡岛后礁的蜘蛛结构。
The Restoration Site
The restoration site is behind the Murex Bangka Resort. To prepare the site we laid out two 30m transect lines and documented the site along the length of the line. Along the line you can see many brokenAcorpora沙滩上的树枝。
The site is between 7-8m deep on a reef slope. Further up the slope toward shore are large colonies ofAcropora nobilis，一个厚厚的分支珊瑚，很可能与该地点的死树枝相同。
Along the 30m line, we set 11 spider frames above areas with broken corals for a total of 22 frames. We populated these frames with a mix of branching, plating, and soft corals.
On the spider frames, we added theAcropora vermiculata，andAcropora Formosacorals which were grown at the nursery, as well as someSinulariaandIsis托儿所的碎片。我们还调查了A. nobilis浅层中的珊瑚从三个殖民地收集了破碎的碎片。
沿着该横切地点，我们还通过了令人印象深刻的立场Turbinaria珊瑚似乎很久以前被暴风雨或钓鱼损坏。我们在该区域放置了两个框架，并将重点努力恢复接下来的这些强大的镀金珊瑚。
如果您想参与该项目并了解有关北苏拉威西岛的珊瑚识别的更多信息，请在Murex Dive Resort上注册珊瑚潜水员课程。该课程在Murex Manado，Muted Mandka和Lembeh Resort的小动物提供。
