🧪 Restoration Workspace

The Restoration Workspace is where you manage coral nurseries and labs. It is designed for fragment-level tracking, genetics, health monitoring, and outplanting, aligned with the CRC Guide to Coral Reef Restoration (2025).

When to use it

• Facility sites: Coral nurseries and coral labs.
• Ecosystem sites (mangrove, seagrass, coral reef) continue to use Surveys and Survey Plans.

Facilities use the Restoration Workspace instead of surveys. Open a facility site and use the Facility workspace switcher to move between Overview and Restoration.

Workspace layout

• Facility workspace switcher: two cards at the top of the Site view let you choose Overview or Restoration.
• Start here: CRC-guided next steps plus quick jumps to key sections.
• CRC‑aligned checklist: shows what is complete vs missing.
• Section cards (Profile, Structures, Genotypes, Donors, Fragments, Outplants, Environment):
  • Each card has an Add or Edit button in the header.
  • Row-level actions live in the ⋮ Actions menu.
  • Structures include a Build slots menu for slot blueprints and a read‑only Schematic overview.

CRC-aligned workflow (in MariMap)

1. Define the facility profile
   • Purpose, capacity, monitoring cadence, and outplant thresholds.
   • Optional taxonomy profile to enforce allowed species/genera (e.g., the Reef Support default Restoration Corals (Genus Only) profile for coral facilities).
2. Set up structures & layout
   • Tanks, ropes, trees, racks, etc (with icon-based selection).
   • Slot blueprints are auto-suggested by structure type:
     • Grid for tanks/trays/racks
     • Line for ropes/rails
     • Tiered for coral trees
   • Prefixes and counts have sensible defaults you can tune.
   • Switch to Manual if you need irregular slot layouts or one‑off edits.
   • Layout is used for filtering and reporting (no map drawing required).
3. Record donor colonies & genetics
   • Log donor colonies and collection details.
   • Add genotypes to track diversity and provenance.
4. Tag and track fragments
   • Each fragment is linked to a genotype and (optionally) a structure/slot.
5. Log monitoring
   • Measurements (size + health) and events (move, split, outplant, mortality).
6. Plan outplanting
   • Create outplant batches and add units tied to fragments.
7. Capture environment
   • Manual or logger readings (tanks, nurseries).
   • In‑water facilities also show satellite-derived context.

CRC guide link: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15350846 (opens in a new tab)

Core data you can manage

• Facility profile: goals, capacity, cadence, thresholds.
• Structures & slots: organize tanks/ropes/trees and track capacity with blueprints.
• Donor colonies: source sites and collection details.
• Genotypes: preserve genetic diversity and lineage.
• Fragments: tagged individuals with growth history.
• Measurements: size + health over time.
• Events: split/move/outplant/mortality timeline.
• Outplant batches & units: link fragments to outplant actions.
• Environment readings: conditions that explain performance.

Outplant readiness

The Outplant readiness section uses your profile thresholds (size/health) and the most recent fragment measurements to flag readiness. This keeps outplant decisions consistent and transparent.

Tips

• Use the Start here panel when you’re unsure what to do next—it links to the right action.
• Use a consistent tag ID system so fragment lineage is easy to follow.
• Track donor colonies and genotypes to preserve diversity.
• Record environment data regularly to link growth outcomes to conditions.
• Use events to document moves, splits, and outplants for full history.