Super Supplement - Boosting coral resilience through nutritional subsidies

Project Member(s): Doble, P., Camp, E., Matthews, J.

Funding or Partner Organisation: Coral Research and Development Accelerator Platform
Coral Research and Development Accelerator Platform

Start year: 2024

Summary: The global decline of coral reefs may be mitigated by enhancing natural capacities to tolerate stress. Our multi-national, multi-disciplinary team comprising of coral scientists, medical biologists, analytical chemists, leading aquaculture industry specialists and coral restoration practitioners, propose to unite our knowledge to customise a nutritional “super supplement” to elevate the resilience of corals at crucial life history states. We unite 50+ years of experience and propose to exploit published and innovative proof-of-concept findings to demonstrate the utility of customized nutritional supplements for supporting coral health and fitness during periods of stress.

FOR Codes: Environmental rehabilitation and restoration, Rehabilitation or conservation of marine environments

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.