Preparing Corals For Replanting With Kuleana Coral

Let’s head to a Kuleana Coral event! ????

We learned about the next step in Kuleana Coral’s restoration process and were even able to help prepare corals for re-planting.

First, Corals of Opportunity are cut into smaller pieces called fragments. Fragmentation is a way to increase growth rates and plant more coral across wider areas.

These coral fragments are attached to plugs made from aragonite. Aragonite is a form of calcium carbonate that makes up coral skeletons.

I thought it was so cool to use a material that makes up coral skeletons for re-planting!

Kuleana Coral, in partnership with @shebabrandus and @shebahopegrows, will adhere these coral fragments onto degraded sections of reef to grow into strong and healthy corals.

Be sure to stay tuned next month as we’ll join Kuleana Coral on a restoration dive.

???? Jenna Tanner

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