1. SECORE (SExual COral REproduction) Project is an initiative of public aquariums and research institutions to produce and exchange sexual coral recruits for the sustainable management of ex situ populations. Here we present the results of the initial three years (2002)(2003)(2004).2. Primary polyps (n=501) of corals (Acropora tenuis, Agaricia humilis, Favia fragum) were transported from Rotterdam Zoo to Cologne, Burgers', Hagenbeck and London Zoos, where development of juveniles was monitored for 10 months. All polyps were produced at Rotterdam Zoo from laboratory colonies (A. humilis, F. fragum), and from larvae generated from field collected gametes at Akajima, Okinawa, Japan (A. tenuis). Additionally, planulae of A. tenuis (n=1440) were transported from Rotterdam Zoo to Burgers' Zoo and to London Zoo to obtain primary polyps.3. Larval settlement (A. tenuis) was observed to be 3.00 AE 2.57% (mean AE SD; n=1480) in 2002 and 17.36 AE 6.01% (mean AE SD; n=1480) in 2003, significantly lower compared to settlement at Rotterdam Zoo (57.84 AE 11.01% in 2003; mean AE SD, n=1480). High post-transport survival rates of 95.18 AE 4.86% (mean AE SD; n=501) were observed in primary polyps of all species. 4. Juvenile survival (t=10 months; A. tenuis: 18.4-86.2%; A. humilis: 0-19.7%; F. fragum: 13.3-72.7%) differed significantly between institutions. Mean colony sizes (measured 10 months after transportation) were, in all cases, similar or higher to those reported from literature.

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In this work, we determine the numerical data of the experimental color‐matching functions (cmf's) of three real observers (JAM, MM, and CF) for two small fields (2°). In previous works, these cmf's have been shown generically and expressed only in a new system of unreal X′Y′Z′ primaries. Here, we show results found with these cmf's for the visible spectrum in intervals of 10 nm, from 400 to 700 nm. The data refer to both the RGB CIE‐1931 system and a new system of unreal primaries X′Y′Z′, established by a procedure similar to that of the XYZ CIE‐1931 system. This transformation was needed, because negative values appeared in various cmf's when they were referred to the XYZ CIE‐1931 system. Recently, we have called this new system G94 (Granada ‘94). Here, we also describe the method and calculation of the matrix that enables this transformation; in testing six real observers with new cmf’s, we found positive results. We have used these new and experimental cmf's in several preceding works, as have other authors as well, to whom J. A. Martínez privately communicated the corresponding numerical data. The use of these cmf's by all the authors has led to noteworthy results. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Col Res Appl, 28, 89–95, 2003; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/col.10127