Cloning Coral: Replacing Depleted Colonies?

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How beneficial would it be to clone coral to replace depleted colonies?
 
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wildwohl said:
How beneficial would it be to clone coral to replace depleted colonies?
There are projects where they are seeding coral in artificial beds to rebuild reefs.
 
Thank you, glad to hear they are doing something about it.
 

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