Beaun
It's pronounced Bone
A NYTimes article I just read should be a very interesting read for most of us here. It is an article about new techniques they are starting on reefs around Japan to try and transplant corals. Its a good read and has some very interesting thoughts and has a good discussion on the costs vs. the benifits.
"Since 2005, the project has planted around 13,000 pieces of coral, at a cost of some $2 million"
"Only a third of the coral sprigs transplanted in 2005 have survived threats ranging from predators like the Crown-of-Thorns starfish to “bleaching,†an ultimately fatal condition caused when rising water temperatures turn coral a sickly white."
"The techniques have steadily improved, lifting survival rates. One change was to shift from placing new coral on flat sea bottoms, which proved vulnerable to typhoon-driven surface waves that broke off coral, to more protected vertical reef faces."
"Another advance was the ceramic discs, which are baked at 2,700 degrees until hardened, but whose surface contains tiny pores that allow coral larvae to take root. Every spring, a team of a dozen divers has spent up to two weeks drilling holes and gluing in the discs."
"Since 2005, the project has planted around 13,000 pieces of coral, at a cost of some $2 million"
"Only a third of the coral sprigs transplanted in 2005 have survived threats ranging from predators like the Crown-of-Thorns starfish to “bleaching,†an ultimately fatal condition caused when rising water temperatures turn coral a sickly white."
"The techniques have steadily improved, lifting survival rates. One change was to shift from placing new coral on flat sea bottoms, which proved vulnerable to typhoon-driven surface waves that broke off coral, to more protected vertical reef faces."
"Another advance was the ceramic discs, which are baked at 2,700 degrees until hardened, but whose surface contains tiny pores that allow coral larvae to take root. Every spring, a team of a dozen divers has spent up to two weeks drilling holes and gluing in the discs."
