{"id":13,"date":"2013-11-29T11:32:38","date_gmt":"2013-11-29T18:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/crfreturnofthereef\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2013-11-29T17:12:27","modified_gmt":"2013-11-30T00:12:27","slug":"how-it-works","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/crfreturnofthereef\/how-it-works\/","title":{"rendered":"How it works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>So how exactly does coral restoration work?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The CRF takes broken off pieces of \u00a0Elkhorn and Staghorn corals (called fragemnts or &#8220;frags&#8221;) and grows them in their coral nurseries using a multitude of techniques.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s2ZaRo1bl1c\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Coral Restoration Techniques<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coralrestoration.org\/staghorn-coral\/\" target=\"_blank\">Disk Nursery<\/a>:\u00a0Coral fragments are attached to a pipe-like base by underwater adhesive, then installed it onto the ocean floor.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_45\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coralrestoration.org\/staghorn-coral\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45\" class=\"size-full wp-image-45\" alt=\"Photo credit: CRF\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/crfreturnofthereef\/files\/2013\/11\/disk-nursery.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/crfreturnofthereef\/files\/2013\/11\/disk-nursery.jpg 720w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/crfreturnofthereef\/files\/2013\/11\/disk-nursery-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/crfreturnofthereef\/files\/2013\/11\/disk-nursery-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-45\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: CRF<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coralrestoration.org\/staghorn-coral\/\" target=\"_blank\">Line Nursery<\/a>:\u00a0Coral fragments are hung on connected, \u00a0buoyed, vertical lines.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_46\" style=\"width: 827px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coralrestoration.org\/staghorn-coral\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46\" class=\"size-full wp-image-46\" alt=\"Photo credit: CRF\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/crfreturnofthereef\/files\/2013\/11\/line.jpg\" width=\"817\" height=\"543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/crfreturnofthereef\/files\/2013\/11\/line.jpg 817w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/crfreturnofthereef\/files\/2013\/11\/line-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/crfreturnofthereef\/files\/2013\/11\/line-624x414.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 817px) 100vw, 817px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-46\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: CRF<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coralrestoration.org\/elkhorn-coral\/\" target=\"_blank\">Block Nursery<\/a>:\u00a0Designed for first generation corals growing into second and third generation. The slits molded on the side of the block help to balance the weight of coral branches.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_53\" style=\"width: 722px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coralrestoration.org\/elkhorn-coral\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53\" class=\"size-full wp-image-53\" alt=\"Photo credit: CRF\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/crfreturnofthereef\/files\/2013\/11\/block-nursery2.jpg\" width=\"712\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/crfreturnofthereef\/files\/2013\/11\/block-nursery2.jpg 712w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/crfreturnofthereef\/files\/2013\/11\/block-nursery2-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/crfreturnofthereef\/files\/2013\/11\/block-nursery2-624x378.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 712px) 100vw, 712px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-53\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: CRF<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coralrestoration.org\/staghorn-coral\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tree Nursery<\/a>:\u00a0Coral fragments are hung on the tree-shape framework with a buoyed pole that can move with the water. This is the most efficient and storm-tolerant technique.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_47\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coralrestoration.org\/staghorn-coral\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47\" class=\"size-full wp-image-47\" alt=\"Photo credit: CRF\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/crfreturnofthereef\/files\/2013\/11\/tree-nursery.jpg\" width=\"498\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/crfreturnofthereef\/files\/2013\/11\/tree-nursery.jpg 498w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/crfreturnofthereef\/files\/2013\/11\/tree-nursery-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-47\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: CRF<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So how exactly does coral restoration work? The CRF takes broken off pieces of \u00a0Elkhorn and Staghorn corals (called fragemnts or &#8220;frags&#8221;) and grows them in their coral nurseries using a multitude of techniques. Coral Restoration Techniques Disk Nursery:\u00a0Coral fragments are attached to a pipe-like base by underwater adhesive, then installed it onto the ocean [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17800,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/crfreturnofthereef\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/crfreturnofthereef\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/crfreturnofthereef\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/crfreturnofthereef\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17800"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/crfreturnofthereef\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/crfreturnofthereef\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/crfreturnofthereef\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions\/87"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/crfreturnofthereef\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}