{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7204636345","doi":"https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.08.27.747290","title":"The CoralAssist Plug: a novel device that enhances outplant rate and survivorship of sexually propagated corals","display_name":"The CoralAssist Plug: a novel device that enhances outplant rate and survivorship of sexually propagated corals","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-08-28","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7204636345","doi":"https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.08.27.747290"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.64898/2026.08.27.747290","doi":"https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.08.27.747290","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.08.27.747290","pdf_url":"https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2026/08/28/2026.08.27.747290.full.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306402567","display_name":"bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I2750212522","host_organization_name":"Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2750212522"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"bioRxiv","raw_type":"posted-content"},"volume":null,"type":"preprint","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":"https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2026/08/28/2026.08.27.747290.full.pdf","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5006524523","display_name":"Eveline van der Steeg","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9768-7472","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9768-7472"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I71920554","display_name":"King Abdullah University of Science and Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/01q3tbs38","country_code":"SA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I71920554"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I84884186","display_name":"Newcastle University","ror":"https://ror.org/01kj2bm70","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I84884186"]}],"countries":["GB","SA"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Eveline van der Steeg","raw_affiliation_strings":["KAUST Coral Restoration Initiative (KCRI), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal (KAUST), Saudi Arabia","School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9768-7472","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"KAUST Coral Restoration Initiative (KCRI), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal (KAUST), Saudi Arabia","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I71920554"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I84884186"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5015822390","display_name":"Adriana Humanes","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7962-2635","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7962-2635"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I84884186","display_name":"Newcastle University","ror":"https://ror.org/01kj2bm70","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I84884186"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Adriana Humanes","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7962-2635","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I84884186"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5031231866","display_name":"John C. Bythell","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2416-9786","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2416-9786"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I84884186","display_name":"Newcastle University","ror":"https://ror.org/01kj2bm70","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I84884186"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"John C. Bythell","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2416-9786","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I84884186"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5013854512","display_name":"Alasdair J. Edwards","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2979-7389","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2979-7389"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I84884186","display_name":"Newcastle University","ror":"https://ror.org/01kj2bm70","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I84884186"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Alasdair J. Edwards","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2979-7389","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I84884186"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5061708320","display_name":"Yimnang Golbuu","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8621-7742","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8621-7742"]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Yimnang Golbuu","raw_affiliation_strings":["The Nature Conservancy Micronesia & Polynesia, Koror, Palau"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8621-7742","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"The Nature Conservancy Micronesia & Polynesia, Koror, Palau","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5044700747","display_name":"Liam Lachs","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3712-6144","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3712-6144"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I84884186","display_name":"Newcastle University","ror":"https://ror.org/01kj2bm70","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I84884186"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Liam Lachs","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3712-6144","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I84884186"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5085625205","display_name":"Margaret W. Miller","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0883-5064","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0883-5064"]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Margaret W. Miller","raw_affiliation_strings":["SECORE International, Miami, USA"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0883-5064","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"SECORE International, Miami, USA","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5034389737","display_name":"James R. Guest","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9714-9009","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9714-9009"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I84884186","display_name":"Newcastle University","ror":"https://ror.org/01kj2bm70","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I84884186"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"James R. Guest","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9714-9009","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I84884186"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5006524523"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I71920554","https://openalex.org/I84884186"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10341","display_name":"Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies","score":0.9994999766349792,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2303","display_name":"Ecology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/23","display_name":"Environmental Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10341","display_name":"Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies","score":0.9994999766349792,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2303","display_name":"Ecology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/23","display_name":"Environmental Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11088","display_name":"Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies","score":9.999999747378752e-05,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1104","display_name":"Aquatic Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/11","display_name":"Agricultural and Biological Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10765","display_name":"Marine Biology and Ecology Research","score":0.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1910","display_name":"Oceanography"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/19","display_name":"Earth and Planetary Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/coral-outplanting","display_name":"coral outplanting","score":0.8119999766349792},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/coral-survival","display_name":"coral survival","score":0.6380000114440918},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/microrefugia","display_name":"microrefugia","score":0.8479999899864197},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/acropora-digitifera","display_name":"Acropora digitifera","score":0.8230000138282776},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/coral-transplantation","display_name":"coral transplantation","score":0.7670000195503235},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/assisted-evolution","display_name":"assisted evolution","score":0.8579999804496765},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/selective-breeding","display_name":"selective breeding","score":0.8809999823570251},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/coral-thermal-tolerance","display_name":"coral thermal tolerance","score":0.7860000133514404}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C143020374","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2411228","display_name":"Coral","level":2,"score":0.7803000211715698},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.7391999959945679},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779590308","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q292100","display_name":"Acropora","level":3,"score":0.6672999858856201},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77044568","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q184358","display_name":"Reef","level":2,"score":0.5378000140190125},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C18903297","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7150","display_name":"Ecology","level":1,"score":0.5024999976158142},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C172400760","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q332796","display_name":"Survivorship curve","level":3,"score":0.4968000054359436},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C143837700","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4782659","display_name":"Aquaculture of coral","level":3,"score":0.47440001368522644},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C79367842","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11292","display_name":"Coral reef","level":2,"score":0.387800008058548},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C134121241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q899301","display_name":"Yield (engineering)","level":2,"score":0.3822000026702881},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2911091166","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106419912","display_name":"Transplantation","level":2,"score":0.37880000472068787},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779356992","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25441","display_name":"Cnidaria","level":3,"score":0.35679998993873596},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C115961737","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1516282","display_name":"Juvenile","level":2,"score":0.35199999809265137},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C505870484","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180538","display_name":"Fishery","level":1,"score":0.32589998841285706},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C24518262","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16197023","display_name":"Threatened species","level":3,"score":0.2768999934196472},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780498771","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3942169","display_name":"Pocillopora damicornis","level":3,"score":0.2703000009059906}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.64898/2026.08.27.747290","doi":"https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.08.27.747290","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.08.27.747290","pdf_url":"https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2026/08/28/2026.08.27.747290.full.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306402567","display_name":"bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I2750212522","host_organization_name":"Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2750212522"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"bioRxiv","raw_type":"posted-content"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.64898/2026.08.27.747290","doi":"https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.08.27.747290","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.08.27.747290","pdf_url":"https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2026/08/28/2026.08.27.747290.full.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306402567","display_name":"bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I2750212522","host_organization_name":"Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2750212522"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"bioRxiv","raw_type":"posted-content"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/14","display_name":"Life below water","score":0.5769000053405762}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":true,"grobid_xml":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W7204636345.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W7204636345.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":70,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1849969096","https://openalex.org/W1951724000","https://openalex.org/W1965582741","https://openalex.org/W1975176287","https://openalex.org/W1983390326","https://openalex.org/W2004128331","https://openalex.org/W2005285102","https://openalex.org/W2007903264","https://openalex.org/W2009206044","https://openalex.org/W2009897528","https://openalex.org/W2011806055","https://openalex.org/W2020975167","https://openalex.org/W2038158566","https://openalex.org/W2080646149","https://openalex.org/W2082665220","https://openalex.org/W2096973757","https://openalex.org/W2112062196","https://openalex.org/W2129163973","https://openalex.org/W2140913808","https://openalex.org/W2158788450","https://openalex.org/W2334780982","https://openalex.org/W2481970566","https://openalex.org/W2551613356","https://openalex.org/W2555083996","https://openalex.org/W2615936971","https://openalex.org/W2751121440","https://openalex.org/W2765989253","https://openalex.org/W2770919392","https://openalex.org/W2780304924","https://openalex.org/W2786358356","https://openalex.org/W2914002916","https://openalex.org/W2946911115","https://openalex.org/W2973179172","https://openalex.org/W2981243265","https://openalex.org/W2981279613","https://openalex.org/W2981471577","https://openalex.org/W2981526842","https://openalex.org/W2991545792","https://openalex.org/W3013654306","https://openalex.org/W3028716322","https://openalex.org/W3121844709","https://openalex.org/W3133484107","https://openalex.org/W3162004103","https://openalex.org/W3167153176","https://openalex.org/W3172803370","https://openalex.org/W3196332007","https://openalex.org/W3200599911","https://openalex.org/W4281672653","https://openalex.org/W4285044964","https://openalex.org/W4295308279","https://openalex.org/W4362584422","https://openalex.org/W4362719244","https://openalex.org/W4379389999","https://openalex.org/W4392600151","https://openalex.org/W4392751715","https://openalex.org/W4393397153","https://openalex.org/W4399487816","https://openalex.org/W4399639995","https://openalex.org/W4403401700","https://openalex.org/W4404430499","https://openalex.org/W4407985266","https://openalex.org/W4408072839","https://openalex.org/W4410350725","https://openalex.org/W4412046524","https://openalex.org/W4413453748","https://openalex.org/W4414307773","https://openalex.org/W4415021669","https://openalex.org/W4417114360","https://openalex.org/W4417360360","https://openalex.org/W7154750894"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W3179765582","https://openalex.org/W2981243265","https://openalex.org/W2038158566","https://openalex.org/W4409168225","https://openalex.org/W4388422728","https://openalex.org/W2780304924","https://openalex.org/W2007903264","https://openalex.org/W2946911115","https://openalex.org/W4417354563","https://openalex.org/W3133484107"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Abstract":[0],"Sexual":[1],"coral":[2,16,25,41],"propagation":[3,28],"is":[4,54,130],"an":[5,251],"emerging":[6],"technique":[7],"capable":[8],"of":[9,13,94,141,173,205,219],"producing":[10],"large":[11,99],"numbers":[12,100],"corals":[14,97,117,267,300],"for":[15,36,88],"transplantation":[17],"and":[18,32,70,91,134,143,153,162,275],"reef":[19,166,293],"rehabilitation.":[20],"In":[21],"contrast":[22],"to":[23,39,114,132,164,170,184,211,231,237,250,262,307],"asexual":[24],"propagation,":[26],"sexual":[27],"increases":[29],"genotypic":[30],"diversity":[31],"can":[33,287],"be":[34],"used":[35],"selective":[37,313],"breeding":[38],"enhance":[40],"heat":[42],"tolerance":[43],"or":[44],"other":[45],"desirable":[46],"traits.":[47],"However,":[48],"implementation":[49],"at":[50],"meaningful":[51,290],"ecological":[52],"scales":[53],"hindered":[55],"by":[56,126,295],"high":[57,63],"mortality":[58],"during":[59],"early":[60],"life":[61],"stages,":[62],"costs":[64],"associated":[65],"with":[66,158,221,304],"nursery":[67,176,203,228],"rearing":[68],"facilities,":[69],"labour-intensive":[71],"outplanting":[72,93],"methods.":[73],"To":[74],"overcome":[75],"these":[76],"issues,":[77],"we":[78,234],"developed":[79],"the":[80,89,139,148,217],"CoralAssist":[81],"Plug":[82],"(CAP),":[83],"a":[84,121,145,165,222,289],"ceramic":[85],"device":[86],"designed":[87],"rapid":[90],"cost-effective":[92],"sexually":[95,298],"propagated":[96,299],"in":[98,147,188,255,292],"that":[101,129,150,268,285],"maximises":[102],"post-outplant":[103,247],"survivorship.":[104],"CAPs":[105,155,187,286],"combine":[106],"three":[107],"important":[108],"functional":[109],"features:":[110],"1)":[111],"built-in":[112],"microrefugia":[113],"protect":[115],"juvenile":[116],"from":[118],"grazing,":[119],"2)":[120],"relatively":[122],"small":[123],"size,":[124,272],"3":[125],"1":[127,169,232],"cm,":[128],"easy":[131],"handle":[133],"stack":[135],"efficiently":[136,296],"without":[137,264],"compromising":[138],"survivorship":[140,248],"corals,":[142],"3)":[144],"hole":[146],"middle":[149],"facilitates":[151],"handling":[152],"attachment.":[154],"were":[156,235,273,276],"settled":[157],"Acropora":[159],"aff.":[160],"digitifera":[161],"outplanted":[163],"crest":[167],"after":[168,279],"6":[171,206],"months":[172],"ex":[174],"situ":[175],"rearing.":[177],"A":[178],"3-person":[179],"dive":[180,192],"team":[181],"was":[182,209],"able":[183,236],"outplant":[185,260],"\u223c120":[186],"one":[189],"90-minute":[190],"shallow":[191],"(just":[193],"over":[194],"2":[195],"minutes":[196],"per":[197,199],"CAP":[198],"person).":[200],"With":[201,227],"longer":[202],"durations":[204,229],"months,":[207],"it":[208],"possible":[210],"achieve":[212],"36":[213],"%":[214,240,253],"yield":[215,241,256],"(i.e.,":[216],"proportion":[218],"devices":[220,263],"surviving":[223],"coral)":[224],"4-years":[225],"post-outplant.":[226,243],"shortened":[230],"month,":[233],"attain":[238],"24":[239],"3-years":[242],"Microrefugia":[244],"significantly":[245],"enhanced":[246],"leading":[249],"11":[252],"increase":[254],"4":[257,280],"years":[258],"post":[259],"compared":[261],"microrefugia.":[265],"Outplanted":[266],"had":[269],"reached":[270],"adult":[271],"self-attached":[274],"reproductively":[277],"mature":[278],"years.":[281],"Our":[282],"results":[283],"suggest":[284],"play":[288],"role":[291],"rehabilitation":[294],"introducing":[297],"into":[301],"natural":[302],"populations":[303],"clear":[305],"applications":[306],"assisted":[308],"evolution":[309],"techniques,":[310],"such":[311],"as":[312],"breeding.":[314]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-11-09T13:22:03.289127","created_date":"2026-08-30T00:00:00"}