REEF  RESTORATION PROGRAM

Manager - David Vaughan, Ph.D.

The science and technologies of restoring reef ecosystems. This includes hard corals, soft corals, seagrass meadows, macroaglae, invertebrates, vertebrates and factors involved in the reef community. 

The program will coordinate with other Mote Marine Laboratory Research Centers that compliment research and work on the reef, including:

• Aquaculture - including coral, conch, and Diadema (long-spine sea urchin)
• Fisheries Enhancement
• Benthic Ecology
• Ecotoxicology

The program also has a close affiliation with the Coral Reef Restoration Initiative (CRRI) of EarthEcho International (EEI) with Philippe Cousteau.  The purpose of this project is to preserve and restore precious coral reefs around the world.  This will be done through the establishment of a world Coral Gene Bank and future experimental farm to produce specimens for replanting damaged reefs.  

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Mote Marine Laboratory - Tropical Research Laboratory
24244 Overseas Highway, Summerland Key, Florida 33042
(305)745-2729 - (305) 745-2730(FAX) - TRL-info@mote.org

Dr. David Vaughan, Director
Center for Coral Reef Research