WHAT THE EVIDENCE SAYS
Six deployments of roughly 6,400 ceramic devices achieved 62–89% retention and 24–60% live-coral yield on devices recovered after 12–14 months. Surface placement performed similarly to diver placement.
WHY IT MATTERS / OUR READ
The device and deployment platform may be scaled independently of biological restoration success; watch future recruitment and reef community results.
CAVEATS / UNCERTAINTY
These are early device and coral survival measures, not self-sustaining reef recovery. Success depends on species and benthic terrain; first published 2025.
SOURCE
Restoration Ecology · coral seeding field trial
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