Table 1. Summary of coral species used to seed nursery frames at Opal Reef sites Blue Lagoon (BL; August 2018) and RayBan (RB; May 2018).
| Species | Morphology | Source colonies (n) | Nursery frags. (n) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BL | RB | BL | RB | ||
| Acropora hyacinthus | Plating | 5 | 5 | 216 | 103 |
| Acropora humilis | Corymbose | 4 | 5 | 159 | 116 |
| Acropora intermedia | Branching Open | 1 | 19 | 19 | |
| Acropora loripes | Corymbose | 1 | 7 | 38 | 210 |
| Acropora millepora | Corymbose | 2 | 10 | 85 | 183 |
| Acropora tenuis | Corymbose | 6 | 9 | 372 | 493 |
| Montipora hispida | Encrusting Long Upright | 1 | 2 | 53 | 26 |
| Montipora spumosa | Encrusting | 4 | 57 | ||
| Pocillopora cf. verrucosa | Branching Closed | 4 | 10 | 81 | 122 |
| Porites cylindrica | Encrusting Long Upright | 2 | 2 | 73 | 31 |
| Turbinaria reniformis | Laminar | 6 | 80 | ||
| TOTAL | 1096 | 1440 | |||
Morphology was classified as per Precoda et al. [30].