Table 2. Characteristics of study sites/populations and mitigation experiment in the upper Florida keys.
Number of genets indicates number of Acropora cervicornis multi-locus genotypes (based on seven microsatellite markers (Baums et al., 2009; Baums et al., 2010) within the surveyed populations at each site. Distribution of experimental replicates for the mitigation experiment among sites and years is summarized in the last two columns.
| Colony origin | Site type | # of genets | Coordinates | Depth (m) | # 2011 replicates (C/EB/EX) |
# 2012 replicates (C/EB/EX) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Molasses | Nursery | Restored | 3 | 25°00.60′N 80°22.37′W |
8–10 | 2/8/6 | 1/1/0 |
| Aquarius | Transplant & nursery |
Restored | 11 | 24°57.20′N 80°27.15′W |
14 | 9/6/3 | NA |
| Conch Shallow | Transplant | Restored | 14 | 24°57.08′N 80°27.59′W |
6 | 1/1/1 | 4/4/5 |
| French | Nursery | Restored | 3 | 25°07.31′N 80°17.85′W |
10 | 5/3/4 | 6/5/1 |
| KL Dry Rocks | Nursery | Restored | 3 | 25°07.45′N 80°17.84′W |
6 | NA | 3/3/4 |
| Pickles | Nursery | Restored | 3 | 24°59.30′N 80°24.74′W |
8–10 | 0/1/1 | NA |
| Tav patch A | Wild | Wild | UNK* | 24°59.23′N 80°27.17′W |
6 | NA | NA |
| Tav patch B | Wild | Wild | UNK | 24°59.24′N 80°27.16′W |
6 | NA | NA |
| Little Conch | Wild | Wild | UNK | 24°56.78′N 80°28.21′W |
6 | NA | 10/10/2 |
| CRF nursery | Nursery | >20 | 24°59′N 80°26′W |
11 | NA | NA |
Notes.
*
Previous haphazard genotype sampling at this site yielded 6 unique genets in 20 sampled colonies (MW Miller & IB Baums, 2008, unpublished data).
- UNK
- Unknown
- C
- Control
- EB
- Epoxy band
- EX
- Excision