Coral Restoration Base: R&D and Field Validation

Most coral bases are concrete, ceramic or silicone, and corals must be detached before transplanting. We develop friendly bases that go straight into the sea, shaped for corals and giant clams, tested with clownfish.

Ocean Ecology · Ongoing

Supports base prototypes and sea trials

Coral fragments mounted on restoration bases in the tank

Close-up of coral fragments on restoration bases

Coral fragment samples collected near shore

Filling and testing the restoration tanks

Hexagonal column base modules

Base feedstocks: oyster shell, coral sand, biochar and moulds

Coral larva settled on the base

Primary polyp with tentacles

Polyps on the oyster-shell surface variant

Clownfish spawning room

SDGs

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Supports base prototypes and sea trials