Coral Restoration 
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CoralPlugs: Coral Restoration in Pilau

Collaborative project with the School of Marine Science, Newcastle University, titled “Improve scalability of coral reef rehabilitation by improving methods for out planting sexually propagated corals” – (2020/21)

 

The project aims to propose a method that reduces the early mortality of corals from fish grazing and minimizes the labor and cost of outplanting that can be used in any habitat with a range of species. I was involved in designing and prototyping the substrates upon which the coral larvae grow, using digital fabrication.

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Crawford, A., Humanes, A., Caldwell, G., Guest, J., van der Steeg, E., 2022. Architecture for coral restoration: Using clay-based digital fabrication to overcome bottlenecks to coral larval propagation. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003023555-55