nitrates on corals
Gektidis at em.uni-frankfurt.de
Gektidis at em.uni-frankfurt.de
Wed Nov 22 08:58:38 EST 1995
Hy tom,
this is marcos Gektidis from Frankfurt , Germany.=20
The report probably dealt with the ENCORE - project on One Tree Island,=20
Australia. I' m currently involved in that project. Several Microatolls=20
on One Tree Reef are "poisoned" with an elevated nutrient level. There=20
are N-, P-, and N plus P- injektions. The ENCORE-programm runs already=20
since 1994 but the elevated nutrient - doses proved too small. This will=20
be changed next year. For more information, please contact me:
marcos gektidis
geologisch-pal=E4ontologisches institut
senckenberg - anlage 32
60054 frankfurt am main
germany
e-mail: gektidis at em.uni-frankfurt.de
fax: 0049 69 79822958
On Tue, 21 Nov 1995, Coral Health and Monitoring Program wrote:
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> Date: Sun, 19 Nov 95 12:09:11 EST
> From: Tom Guilderson <tguild at lamont.ldgo.columbia.edu>
> To: Coral Health and Monitoring Program <coral at coral>
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> For those on the list in the U.S. -
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> Did anyone happen to catch the program this past week either on the
> "Discovery Channel" or "The Learning Channel" or perhaps even "NOVA" whic=
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> dealt with the effects of increased nitrate concentration on coral health=
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> I did not catch the program but learned of it from a friend. It was a
> progress report of a long term study where they are elevating the nitrate
> concentration on several small "micro-atolls" daily (they also have
> controls where they aren't doing anything). The end result is that the
> increase in nitrate isn't resulting in enhanced blue-green algae activity=
,
> but a significant decrease in coral growth. They plan on increasing the
> nitrate "spike" by a factor of 10 next season.
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> If any knows of this project, I'd be interested in catching up on it, as
> well as perhaps tracking down a VHS copy of the show.
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> Thanks in advance,
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> This message is from:
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> Tom Guilderson
> tguild at lamont.ldeo.columbia.edu
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> Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
> Palisades, NY 10964 USA
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> phone: (914)365-8411
> fax: (914)365-8154
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