From pichardo at polaris.ncs.nova.edu Sun Feb 4 23:07:14 1996 From: pichardo at polaris.ncs.nova.edu (Jose PICHARDO) Date: Sun, 4 Feb 1996 23:07:14 -0500 (EST) Subject: X-ray densitometry Message-ID: Since Chalker et al. (1985) I have been unable to find any more work related to x-ray densitometry of corals. I would appreciate if anybody could send me references to any articles dealing with this topic post 1985. Also, does anybody know why this method for measuring coral skeletal density has not been used in research? Or has it? Jose Carlos Pichardo pichardo at polaris.ncs.nova.edu From roz at post.tau.ac.il Mon Feb 5 08:52:09 1996 From: roz at post.tau.ac.il (Michael Rozenfeld) Date: Mon, 5 Feb 1996 15:52:09 +0200 (IST) Subject: effect of sediment on hard-substrate organisms.Help? Message-ID: To All Coral List Subscribers, I am a MSc. student at the institute for Nature Conservation Reserch,Tel-Aviv University,Israel. I'm writing my thesis on the effect of marine sediments on hard-substrate dwellers. I already have lots of material on corals, but am severly lacking in material on other types of hard-substrate organisms.I would greatly appreciate receiving any and all information including reference lists, actual publications and names of professionals in the field who could help me out. I can be reached at E-mail: roz at zoot.tau.ac.il Snail mail: Institute for Nature Conservation Research Faculty of Life Sciences Tel-Aviv Univesity Tel-Aviv ISRAEL Thank you very much! Micael Rosenfeld \|/ ( 0 0 ) j ___ From MCGRATTA at scccvc.corning-cc.edu Mon Feb 5 09:45:00 1996 From: MCGRATTA at scccvc.corning-cc.edu (MCGRATTA at scccvc.corning-cc.edu) Date: Mon, 5 Feb 1996 09:45 EST Subject: Unique fish assemblage. Seeking information. Message-ID: <199602051450.JAA10107@reef.aoml.erl.gov> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text Size: 706 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/19960205/d0445b19/attachment.ksh From jpowell at btl.net Mon Feb 5 11:06:37 1996 From: jpowell at btl.net (James Powell) Date: Mon, 5 Feb 1996 11:06:37 -0500 Subject: Belize, Glover's Reef Atoll Message-ID: <199602051606.LAA10168@reef.aoml.erl.gov> PLEASE FEEL FREE TO FORWARD OR CROSS POST THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE. Glover's Reef Marine Research Station Belize, Central America Wildlife Conservation Society P.O. Box 2310 Belize City, Belize Tel: 501-2-33855 FAX: 501-2--31963 E-mail: jpowell at btl.net or jcarter at mailbox.une.edu Glover's Reef atoll and marine reserve is located approximately 50 km off the coast of central Belize. It is considered to be one of the most pristine and important coral reef sites in the Caribbean. Due to the isolation of Glover's Reef atoll, there is little influence from coastal sedimentation or pollution. It is considered to be one of the most ideal sites in the world to conduct coral reef research (Dahl, MacIntyre & Antonius. 1974. A comparative survey of coral reef research sites. In: Marie-Helene Sachet and Arthur Dahl. Atoll Research Bulletin. 172: 37-75.). Consequently the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) in cooperation with the Government of Belize has established a permanent research station at Middle Cay located on Glover's Reef. WCS along with the Government of Belize would like to invite scientists and graduate level students who are interested in working at Glover's Reef to contact James Powell at jpowell at btl.net or Jacque Carter at jcarter at mailbox.une.edu for more information. The marine reserve at Glover's Reef atoll is a major component of a general comprehensive program for coastal zone management for Belize, Central America. In a broad sense the reserve was established to maintain ecological processes, preserve genetic diversity, achieve sustainable yields of its resources through wise management of species and their habitats, maintain natural areas for education and research and provide social, and economic benefits through ecologically sensitive recreation and tourism. Keenly aware of the need to protect this world class resource, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) purchased the island of Middle Cay, situated at the southern end of the atoll, for the purposes of providing a marine park headquarters for the Government of Belize and to establish a marine research field station. WCS has completed construction of this facility and now provides a base of operations for park rangers and scientists alike. WCS's over-arching mission is to provide for the long-term conservation and protection of Glover's Reef atoll. To accomplish this goal, WCS is working in close collaboration with the government of Belize to develop a coordinated research and management program for the atoll. WCS's primary responsibility in this partnership is scientific research. In the coming years, we hope that the research on Glover's Reef atoll will lead to a better understanding and management of this coral reef. The Comparative Investigations of Tropical Reef Ecosystems (CITRE) program identified Glover's Reef as the most preferred site in the Caribbean for "long-term, multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional investigation of coral reef ecosystems" (Dahl, MacIntyre & Antonius. 1974. A comparative survey of coral reef research sites. In: Marie-Helene Sachet and Arthur Dahl. Atoll Research Bulletin. 172: 37-75.). The authors reported, "In contrast to the other reefs surveyed in the Caribbean area, Glover's Reef atoll appears to offer the greatest variety of reef types, and the optimum reef development in terms of population density and species diversity of reef corals and associated organisms". In addition to Glover's Reef, Belize's extensive barrier reef is 30 km away. The WCS research station on Glover's Reef atoll is located on Middle Cay. The present facility includes a ranger station and visitor's centre, a dry laboratory and work area, dining and cooking facilities (meals are provided and we have an excellent cook) and current housing for eight scientists and/or students. There are boats, air compressor and SCUBA tanks for researcher support. Aquarium facilities will soon be installed. The station is completely self-sufficient with full-time electricity (110 vac) provided by a complementary system of wind and solar power. Fresh water is available through a (soon to be installed) de-salination plant and rain-water catchment. Refrigeration is available. Toilet facilities are state-of-the-art pollution-free, containment composition type. One aim of the station is to utilize, whenever possible, non-polluting and energy efficient technology. WCS invites any scientists or students interested in using the Glover's Reef Research Station to please contact: Glover's Reef Marine Research Station, P.O. Box 2310, Belize City, Belize or Tel. 501-2-33855 or fax 501-2-31963. E-mail messages can be sent to: jpowell at btl.net or jcarter at mailbox.une.edu . ************************************* James A. Powell Glover's Reef Marine Research Station P.O. Box 2310 Belize City, Belize e-mail: jpowell at btl.net ph: (501)2-33855 From CML at zool.canterbury.ac.nz Mon Feb 5 15:37:13 1996 From: CML at zool.canterbury.ac.nz (Dr.C.L.McLay) Date: Tue, 06 Feb 1996 09:37:13 +1300 Subject: Crabs on Corals Message-ID: <253378734D34@zool.canterbury.ac.nz> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text Size: 1469 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/19960206/d2abaa4b/attachment.asc From priess at com.univ-mrs.fr Tue Feb 6 01:39:56 1996 From: priess at com.univ-mrs.fr (Kathrin PRIESS) Date: Tue, 6 Feb 1996 09:39:56 +0300 Subject: X-ray densitometry Message-ID: <199602060840.DAA10903@reef.aoml.erl.gov> On Sun 4 Feb Jose Carlos Pichardo wrote : Since Chalker et al. (1985) I have been unable to find any more work related to x-ray densitometry of corals. I would appreciate if anybody could send me references to any articles dealing with this topic post 1985. Also, does anybody know why this method for measuring coral skeletal density has not been used in research? Or has it? Jose Carlos Pichardo pichardo at polaris.ncs.nova.edu Try the following articles. David Barnes of the AIMS in Townsville was working rather a lot with x-ray densitometry. Barnes,-D.J.; Lough,-J.M., 1990b. Computer simulations showing the likely effects of calix architecture and other factors on retrieval of density information from coral skeletons. J.-EXP.-MAR.-BIOL.-ECOL. 1990. vol. 137, no. 2, pp. 141-164. Chalker,B.E.; Barnes,D.J., 1990. Gamma densitometry for the measurement of skeletal density. CORAL-REEFS. 1990. vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 11-23. Lough,-J.M.; Barnes,-D.J., 1990a. Possible relationships between environmental variables and skeletal density in a coral colony from the central Great Barrier Reef. J.-EXP.-MAR.-BIOL.-ECOL. 1990. vol. 134, no. 3, pp. 221-241. Lough,-J.M.; Barnes,-D.J., 1990b. Intra-annual timing of density band formation of Porites coral from the central Great Barrier Reef. J.-EXP.-MAR.-BIOL.-ECOL. 1990. vol. 135, no. 1, pp. 35-57. Lough,-J.M.; Barnes,-D.J., 1990c. Measurement of density in slices of coral skeleton: Effect of densitometer beam diameter. J.-EXP.-MAR.-BIOL.-ECOL. 1990. vol. 143, no. 1-2, pp. 91-99. Lough,-J.M.; Barnes,-D.J., 1992. Comparisons of skeletal density variations in Porites from the central Great Barrier Reef. J.-EXP.-MAR.-BIOL.-ECOL. 1992. vol. 155, no. 1, pp. 1-25. Hope it helps Kathrin Priess Universite de la Mediterranee Centre d'Oceanologie de Marseille Station Marine d'Endoume Rue de la Batterie-des-Lions F-13007 Marseille phone : (33) 91 04 16 00 fax : (33) 91 04 16 35 From Nancy_Daves at ccgate.ssp.nmfs.gov Mon Feb 5 16:37:55 1996 From: Nancy_Daves at ccgate.ssp.nmfs.gov (Nancy Daves) Date: Mon, 05 Feb 96 16:37:55 EST Subject: Unique fish assemblage. Seeking information. Message-ID: <9601058235.AA823567210@ccgate.ssp.nmfs.gov> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text Size: 1460 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/19960205/80a821c9/attachment.ksh From Gektidis at em.uni-frankfurt.de Tue Feb 6 09:41:07 1996 From: Gektidis at em.uni-frankfurt.de (Gektidis at em.uni-frankfurt.de) Date: Tue, 6 Feb 1996 15:41:07 +0100 (TZ=CET) Subject: field work requested! Message-ID: To whom it may concern. My name is Jenny Krutschinna, I am a 26 years old student of Biology at the University of Frankfurt, Germany. Over the last three years I took part in several courses on marine biology. In october 94 I joined a field trip of Peter Vogel and Bill Kiene to Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas. The trip was part of a bioerosion project in reef environments. Since I would like to continue working in marine (reef-) biology, I am now eager to gain more field experience. Apart from fossil reefs there is not much of that in Frankfurt so that is why I am using the net to ask for volunteer projects. If you have vacancies for a volunteer student for some time between 1.4.-15.7.96 or for a masters project (diplom) later on, please contact me: e-mail: Gektidis at em.uni-frankfurt.de snail mail: Jenny Krutschinna Wurmbachstr.9 60487 Frankfurt am Main Germany I hope to hear from you soon. Thanks, Jenny From J.M.H.Neighbour at newcastle.ac.uk Tue Feb 6 18:48:56 1996 From: J.M.H.Neighbour at newcastle.ac.uk (J.M.H.NEIGHBOUR) Date: Tue, 6 Feb 1996 18:48:56 GMT0BST Subject: Coral reefs/dissertation Message-ID: <16EF6AB1655@TOWN3.ncl.ac.uk> I am currently undertaking a 3rd year dissertation on the effects of heavy metals on corals, in particular in the vicinity of a tin smelter effluent in Ko Phuket, Thailand. The species I am concerned with is Goniastrea aspera, and I would be extremely grateful if you could forward any information on either the region(in particular historical data of sediment heavy metal analysis), or on the species itself, (reproduction/ heavy metal uptake/growth etc.). Any help would be very well appreciated. From marshall at marinelab.sarasota.fl.us Tue Feb 6 17:35:13 1996 From: marshall at marinelab.sarasota.fl.us (Mike Marshall) Date: Tue, 6 Feb 1996 14:35:13 -0800 (PST) Subject: Florida Keys Summer Courses Message-ID: Mote Marine Laboratory is offering two courses, 1)Coral Reef Ecology and 2)Florida Keys/Florida Bay Ecosystems, at our Pigeon Key Marine Research Center. Full details and application forms for both courses can be obtained from our web site or by request from the Pigeon Key Course Coordinator at . Thank you. Mike Marshall MJM/MARBIO lstowner. """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Michael J. Marshall, Ph.D. Mote Marine Laboratory marshall at marinelab.sarasota.fl.us Tropical Marine Ecology Program 941-388-4441/941-388-4312(fax) 1600 Thompson Parkway http://www.marinelab.sarasota.fl.us Sarasota, Florida 34236 USA """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Mote Marine Lab is an independent, not-for-profit research organization From TSNELL at lsuvm.sncc.lsu.edu Wed Feb 7 17:10:06 1996 From: TSNELL at lsuvm.sncc.lsu.edu (Tonya) Date: Wed, 07 Feb 96 16:10:06 CST Subject: coral genetics Message-ID: <960207.161646.CST.TSNELL@LSUVM.SNCC.LSU.EDU> I am looking for information about conducting molecular techniques on coral tissue, mtDNA analysis in particular. If anyone is willing and able to devulge some info on the topic (protocols, primers, contamination by algal DNA, etc.), it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance... Tonya Snell Louisiana State University Baton Rouge From mjoao at rodrig.uem.mz Thu Feb 8 13:10:35 1996 From: mjoao at rodrig.uem.mz (Maria Joao Rodrigues) Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1996 13:10:35 gmt+0200 Subject: e-mail request Message-ID: <199602081204.HAA04351@reef.aoml.erl.gov> Dear All, Does anybody know the e-mail contact of one of the following scientists: Vicki J. Harriot Peter L. Harrison Simon A. Banks If you do, pls contact me. Thanks in advance. All the best for 1996, Maria Joao Rodrigues -- MJoao From TSNELL at lsuvm.sncc.lsu.edu Thu Feb 8 12:49:35 1996 From: TSNELL at lsuvm.sncc.lsu.edu (Tonya) Date: Thu, 08 Feb 96 11:49:35 CST Subject: coral genetics Message-ID: <960208.115628.CST.TSNELL@LSUVM.SNCC.LSU.EDU> I am trying to get in touch with Sandra Romano. I believe that she worked at the University of Hawaii. If anyone has any info (or if you are reading this Sandra) please let me know. Thank you so much!! Tonya Snell Louisiana State University Baton Rouge tsnell at lsuvm.sncc.lsu.edu From hendee at aoml.noaa.gov Thu Feb 8 13:59:03 1996 From: hendee at aoml.noaa.gov (James C. Hendee) Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1996 13:59:03 -0500 (EST) Subject: Who is on the coral-list In-Reply-To: <960208.115628.CST.TSNELL@LSUVM.SNCC.LSU.EDU> Message-ID: Dear Tonya, You can find out who is on the coral-list by sending the following message (only) in the body of a message to majordomo at reef.aoml.noaa.gov: who coral-list For a list of other commands, substitute that message with: help Hope this helps. Jim Hendee +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ | James C. Hendee | Internet: hendee at aoml.noaa.gov| | Coral Health and | | | Monitoring Program | Voice: 305 361-4380 | | Ocean Chemistry Division | Fax: 305 361-4582 | | NOAA/AOML | COASTAL RBBS: 305 361-4524 | | 4301 Rickenbacker Causeway | | | Miami, FL 33149-1026 | http://coral.aoml.erl.gov | +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ On Thu, 8 Feb 1996, Tonya wrote: > Date: Thu, 08 Feb 96 11:49:35 CST > From: Tonya > To: coral-list at reef.aoml.erl.gov > Subject: coral genetics > > I am trying to get in touch with Sandra Romano. I believe that she > worked at the University of Hawaii. If anyone has any info (or if you > are reading this Sandra) please let me know. > > Thank you so much!! > > Tonya Snell > > Louisiana State University > Baton Rouge > tsnell at lsuvm.sncc.lsu.edu > From elg6 at columbia.edu Thu Feb 8 16:08:32 1996 From: elg6 at columbia.edu (Ellen L Goedecke) Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1996 16:08:32 -0500 (EST) Subject: No subject Message-ID: I am working on my senior thesis, and I need to find up-to-date info on the health of reefs in Florida and Hawaii. If anyone has this kind of data available, or knows where I can get it, please Please PLEASE e-mail me as soon as you get a chance. Thank you very much! Lori Goedecke P.S. My thesis is on the efficacy of US coral reef protection laws. From umkaletz at umanitoba.ca Thu Feb 8 22:16:14 1996 From: umkaletz at umanitoba.ca (Greg Kaletzke) Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1996 21:16:14 -0600 Subject: Need Help Finding Data Message-ID: Hi. I am a graduate student in geography at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. I have a great interest in the preservation of coral ecosystems, and am currently working on a project involving the identification of endangered reefs. The model I propose will deal with the detection of terrestrial pollution such as effluent and/or toxic discharge. Belsher, et al (1992) have suggested the use of the satellite monitoring of Benthic algae as an indicator of possible or existing pollution. In their study Belsher, et al make use of SPOT satellite images taken of the lagoon of Moorea island in French Polynesia. Computer assisted interpretation of these images allowed for the creation of a map of the Benthic organisms in this area. I would like my model to demonstrate that an introduction of pollution or an increase in pollution to coral intolerant levels will cause the death of coral populations and a notable increase in levels of Benthic Algae. One of my problems is a lack of data. Winnipeg, if you don't already know, is a city that is nearly in the center of the continent - making data on coral reefs slightly difficult to come by. I am hoping that you would be able to provide me with some data, or suggestions as to where I might find some. I would also appreciate any and all suggestions you may have regarding the topic. I would be more than happy to provide you with a copy of my work if you were able to help me or were interested. Thank you in advance. Yours truly, Greg Kaletzke Belsher, T. with (1992)Contribution of SPOT satellite data to the knowledge of M.L. Meinesz, C. Payri, coral reef ecosystems. The marine vegetation of Moorea Island (French H. Ben-Moussa Polynesia). Remote Sensing and Insular Environments in the Pacific: Integrated Approaches. Pix' Iles 90. pp. 537-546. "When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him." - Jonathan Swift From yajleft at uclink2.berkeley.edu Fri Feb 9 17:42:16 1996 From: yajleft at uclink2.berkeley.edu (Jay Scott Grenfell) Date: Fri, 9 Feb 1996 14:42:16 -0800 (PST) Subject: OCEAN Initiative research Message-ID: The Ocean Conservation and Environmental Action Network (OCEAN Initiative), at the University of California, Berkeley is currently conducting research on threatened coral reefs worldwide with a focus on the Caribbean. We are most interested in direct threats to coral reef ecosystems such as destructive fishing methods, dive related damage,etc. We are also interested in restoration efforts and progams to minimize damage. We hope to map threatend reefs in the Caribbean, classifying the different problems in different regions. Any information regarding the above mentioned threats or any others can be sent to either ocean-initiative at uclink.berkeley.edu or to yajleft at uclink2.berkely.edu. This information or any contact will be of great value and will be appreciated. Thank you, Jay Grenfell From bobjoh at ice.net.au Sat Feb 10 20:15:02 1996 From: bobjoh at ice.net.au (Bob Johannes) Date: Sun, 11 Feb 1996 12:15:02 +1100 Subject: cyanide/live reef food fish trade Message-ID: Summary of Report entitled: Environmental, Economic and Social Implications of the Fishery for Live Coral Reef Food Fish in Asia and the Western Pacific, by Robert E. Johannes and Michael Riepen Summarized below is a recently released 33,000 word report on the environmentally devastating but not widely known live reef food fish trade that is spreading for thousands of miles from its center in Southeast Asia. The report is based on an investigation which took the authors to nine countries in the region and involved interviews with several hundred individuals, including fishermen, divers, dive tour operators, social and biological researchers, members of national and international NGOs, live reef food fish exporters and importers, government officials, aquaculture experts, fish farmers and village leaders. Copies of the full report can be obtained from Carol Fox of The Nature Conservancy in Honolulu, fax number 1 808 545 2019 - email cfox at tnc.org. For more information contact Bob Johannes 8 Tyndall Court, Bonnet Hill, Tasmania 7053, Australia Phone 002 298 064 - Fax 002 298 066 - Email bobjoh at ice.net.au *********************** Summary of the Summary A billion dollar restaurant trade in live reef fish has grown up o over the past decade in Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Taiwan, and other Chinese population centers. To stun and capture reef fish for this market, hundreds of tons of sodium cyanide are being pumped annually into the coral reefs of Southeast Asia, degrading the most species-rich marine communities in the world. In addition, intensive hook and line fishing to supply this market has completely eliminated some grouper spawning aggregations in the region. The Philippines and Indonesia are being rapidly depleted of target species. In consequence, and because of escalating demand for live reef fish in China, these fishing practices are spreading into the Western Pacific Islands to the east and the Indian Ocean to the west. Fishing companies involved in the trade are especially optimistic about prospects in Papua New Guinea. The trade is destructive not only to the marine environment, but also to the economies and the social fabric of coastal fishing communities in the region. It is also resulting in the death or paralysis of many untrained divers, due to the bends. Despite the appalling destruction being caused by this industry, it could be put on an environmentally and economically sustainable basis. We propose a series of actions to bring this about. From mjoao at rodrig.uem.mz Mon Feb 12 19:24:53 1996 From: mjoao at rodrig.uem.mz (Maria Joao Rodrigues) Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1996 19:24:53 gmt+0200 Subject: generic diversity Message-ID: <199602121737.MAA10991@reef.aoml.erl.gov> Dear All, I'm looking for literature about generic diversity (on corals). Can anybody help me??? I'll be looking foward for any response. Best Wishes, Maria Joao Rodrigues 5th year Student at the Universidade Eduardo Mondlane Department of Biological Sciences Biology Course Maputo-Mozambique -- MJoao From JAAP_W at harpo.dep.state.fl.us Mon Feb 12 13:16:32 1996 From: JAAP_W at harpo.dep.state.fl.us (Walt, Jaap) Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1996 13:16:32 -0500 (EST) Subject: generic diversity - Reply Message-ID: <01I14PGQNTYE00063A@mr.dep.state.fl.us> Brian Rosen, British Museum of Natural History, Geology Dept. and Charlie Vernob, Australian Institute of Marine Science (Townsville) published several articles on diversity of corals in the Indo Pacific.. From jodlauk at stud.uni-frankfurt.de Tue Feb 13 06:34:45 1996 From: jodlauk at stud.uni-frankfurt.de (jodlauk at stud.uni-frankfurt.de) Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1996 12:34:45 +0100 (TZ=CET) Subject: volunteer project or PHd Message-ID: To whom it may concern, my name is Ulrike Rothenb=E4cher and Iam a 27 years old biologist from the= =20 University of Frankfurt, Germany. I just finished my study with a master=20 project (diplom). My speciality is Zoology and I studied Marine Biology =20 and Marine Zoology about one year at the University of La Laguna=20 (Tenerife,Spain). Iam a VDTL-diver (German diving licence) and I have=20 joined diving trips to several places. Apart from my studies at the=20 University Iam now eager to gain more field experience in marine biology=20 and I would like to continue with a dissertation (PHd) later on. If you=20 have vacancies for a volunteer or projects to collaborate for some time=20 please contact me. Iam looking forward to hear from you. Al ser posible me intersaria mucho asistir o colaborar en un proyecto de=20 biologia marina (zoologia) del campo para obtener mas experiencia y=20 practica. Como desde Frankfurt es bastante dificil enterarse de las=20 posibilidades que hay seria muy amable si Usted me mandara informaciones=20 a la siguiente direccion Ulrike Rothenb=E4cher Saalgasse 17 60311 Frankfurt Germany e-mail: jodlauk at stud.uni-frankfurt.de From FKMRC at aol.com Tue Feb 13 08:30:15 1996 From: FKMRC at aol.com (FKMRC at aol.com) Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1996 08:30:15 -0500 Subject: research at Pigeon Key Message-ID: <960213083014_320686232@mail06.mail.aol.com> To all interested parties, As you may have heard, Pigeon Key is undergoing extensive renovations to its historic railroad-era buildings. The old lab building (Section Gang Quarters) has been completed and is available as a teaching and meeting facility. Several other buildings, including the dormitory, have recently received funding and work will commence shortly. Mote Marine Laboratory has established the Pigeon Key Marine Research Center (PKMRC) on the island to support research and college/graduate education. A wet lab with seawater system will be operational within a few weeks and boats will be available. The PKMRC also has a historic structure, the Bridge Foreman's House (the old "dock" house) that will serve as a dry lab. Although it now contains an office and some very basic bench space, it is in need of complete renovation. The plans call for a National Register quality restoration (Pigeon Key is a National Historic District) but with modern laboratories within. An NSF Facilities Grantis being submitted to request funding to assist with the renovations. I am seeking expressions of interest from researchers who would consider using the PKMRC, particularly those that would need dry lab space. Please plan to stop by if any of you are in the Keys and see all that has been done (and needs to be done!). For those of you not familiar with Pigeon Key, check our Web page at: http://www.marinelab.sarasota.fl.us/~marshall/fkmrc2.html Thanks! Erich Mueller, Ph.D., Director Phone: (305) 289-4282 Mote Marine Laboratory FAX: (305) 289-9664 Pigeon Key Marine Research Center email: FKMRC at aol.com P.O. Box 500895 Marathon, FL 33050 From KESLER at rhodes.edu Tue Feb 13 09:42:20 1996 From: KESLER at rhodes.edu (David Kesler) Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1996 09:42:20 -0500 (CDT) Subject: Reefs as Source or Sink of CO2 Message-ID: <01I15S0AFOE6001VNO@rhodes.edu> I am teaching a course, "Coral Reef Ecology", and we will be discussing Kayanne et al.'s 1995 Science article, "Diurnal changes in the partial pressure of carbon dioxide in coral reef water". Are you aware of any responses to their article or more recent work dealing with this topic? Thank you in advance for your time. (I'm new to this listserver and apologize if this question is redundant.) David Kesler, Ph.D. Rhodes College 2000 N. Parkway Memphis, TN 38112 (901) 726-3557 - phone (901) 726-3565 - fax KESLER at RHODES.EDU http://kesler.biology.rhodes.edu/default.html From gattuso at hermes.unice.fr Wed Feb 14 04:01:16 1996 From: gattuso at hermes.unice.fr (Jean-Pierre Gattuso) Date: Wed, 14 Feb 1996 10:01:16 +0100 Subject: Reefs as Source or Sink of CO2 Message-ID: <199602140902.EAA13644@reef.aoml.erl.gov> >I am teaching a course, "Coral Reef Ecology", and we will be discussing >Kayanne >et al.'s 1995 Science article, "Diurnal changes in the partial pressure of >carbon dioxide in coral reef water". Are you aware of any responses to their >article or more recent work dealing with this topic? >Thank you in advance for your time. (I'm new to this listserver and apologize >if this question is redundant.) Two technical comments are in press in Science (due to be published sometime in February). The authors are: - Buddemeier R. W. [contact: bob_buddemeier at msmail.kgs.ukans.edu] - Gattuso J.-P., Frankignoulle M., Smith S. V., Ware J. & Wollast R. [contact: gattuso at naxos.unice.fr] Hope this helps. JPG +-------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ | Jean-Pierre Gattuso - Observatoire Oceanologique Europeen | +-------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ | VOICE: (+33) 92167982 (direct)| SNAIL : Observatoire Oceanologique | | : (+33) 93153600 (switch)| Europeen, Avenue Saint-Martin | | FAX : (+33) 93505297 | MC-98000 Monaco | +-------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ | E-MAIL: GATTUSO at NAXOS.UNICE.FR | +-------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ From cbingman at netcom.com Thu Feb 15 02:11:00 1996 From: cbingman at netcom.com (Craig Bingman) Date: Wed, 14 Feb 1996 23:11:00 -0800 (PST) Subject: Reefs as Source or Sink of CO2 In-Reply-To: <01I15S0AFOE6001VNO@rhodes.edu> Message-ID: On Tue, 13 Feb 1996, David Kesler wrote: > I am teaching a course, "Coral Reef Ecology", and we will be discussing Kayanne > et al.'s 1995 Science article, "Diurnal changes in the partial pressure of > carbon dioxide in coral reef water". Are you aware of any responses to their > article or more recent work dealing with this topic? I'll defer to the judgement of others, as I know that some of the individuals sending technical comments are also on the list and may respond here as well, but what struck me about the article was that the body of water which was isolated seemed to have many things growing in it besides corals. I remember seeing extensive areas of seagrass and other "green" things in the water in the diagrams of the area. So, my gut reaction to the article was that the "unexpected" results reported might have a lot more to do with the CO2 demand from the seagrass and other photosynthetic organisms than some problem with the orthodox view that the act of producing calcium carbonate from a solution in which the alkalinity is mainly in the form of bicarbonate produces carbon dioxide in addition to calcium carbonate. Or that coral can be net producers of carbon dioxide during the day when the rate of calcification overtakes the photosynthetic carbon dioxide demand. It is sort of difficult to work one's way around these equations: (1) Ca++ + 2(HCO3-) --> CaCO3 + H2O + CO2 (2) Ca++ + CO3-- --> CaCO3 Since the bulk of the alkalinity in seawater is in the form of HCO3- ions, what you get is mainly equation 1), with some of equation 2). The body of water surveyed was also fairly northern and it is not clear that the species of corals contained were among the more rapidly calcifying types. I'm sure others will have other things to say. ;) Craig Bingman From coral at coral.aoml.erl.gov Fri Feb 2 14:14:48 1996 From: coral at coral.aoml.erl.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 07:14:48 +30000 Subject: Important notes: C-MAN data Message-ID: Greetings, Doug Scally of NOAA's National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) has offered important notes, listed here (with minor editing), regarding our posting of Coastal-Marine Automated Network data: a. FWYF1 (Fowey Rocks), SMKF1 (Sombrero Reef), MLRF1 (Molasses Reef) and DRYF1 (Dry Tortugas) are presently operated and maintained by NDBC for MET measurements (under programmatic and financial support from NWS [National Weather Service].) However, FIO (Florida Institute of Oceanography) maintains and operates all oceanographic sensors. b. SANF1 (Sand Key) and LONF1 (Long Key) operate temporarily under the same division of responsibility, but are both scheduled for removal this year (as financial support, formerly through FIO, is no longer available.) c. Wind speed and direction are 2-minute averages (minutes 58 to 00 each hour); wind gust is the highest 5-second running average measured during the 2-minute observation. The SeaKeys stations also report "continuous wind measurements" each hour. These consist of 6 10-minute averages and the peak gust during the previous hour. d. You may wish to substitute "Celsius" (equivalent to Centigrade) as the now preferred term for metric temperatures. e. There are now 10 Micronesian C-MAN stations but not all are presently releasing data through GOES. f. More detailed information on the stations and met measurements are available on our SeaBoard Home Page (http://seaboard.ndbc.noaa.gov/ndbc.html). ----------------------------------- For further information, contact: Douglas Scally, NDBC phone: 601/688-1719 e-mail: dscally at ndbc.noaa.gov From nskrenes at kusd.kusd.edu Thu Feb 15 16:23:08 1996 From: nskrenes at kusd.kusd.edu (Neal Skrenes) Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 15:23:08 -0600 Subject: Health rating of Fl. Keys Reef Message-ID: This months Rodale's had a "reader survey" that listed the condition of the reef scoring a 3.8 out of possible 5. How many of you agree with this rating? I know about Algae Blooms in the summer? Few< sea urchins=algae taking over Bleaching no small mollusks, crustaceans or fish except parrot fish. lots of nurse sharks and 'cuda Are these the signs of a healthy reef? I feel that the reef is not in good health, and I question if it is not misleading or irresponsible for a diving publication to allow uninformed divers to think otherwise. What do you think?? [:-}< From hreyes at calafia.uabcs.mx Thu Feb 15 20:18:40 1996 From: hreyes at calafia.uabcs.mx (Hector Reyes Bonilla) Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 19:18:40 -0600 (CST) Subject: Health rating of Fl. Keys Reef In-Reply-To: Message-ID: About the problem of the diving magazines writing things that are not precisely true, the same happened for years when they refered to Cabo Pulmo reef, at the Gulf of California. Even "Skin diver", the foremost authority (or so they say) said in the 70'\s and 80's that Pulmo was a protected area; it was not. Why they don't bother in asking the right people about it, instead of just "write what they see"? Now, could that be a problem when other people (decision -makers) read about it? Saludos, banda. H./ From nd71 at columbia.edu Thu Feb 15 23:16:53 1996 From: nd71 at columbia.edu (Nicole Dettmann) Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 23:16:53 -0500 (EST) Subject: Looking for information Message-ID: To all interested parties: I am an undergraduate student in Environmental Science at Barnard College of Columbia University. I have a great interest in the preservation of coral reefs and am currently writing my thesis on Mexican environmental law and protection schemes. I am taking an in depth look and the content and efficacy of environmental law and its affect on coral reefs in Mexico. I am very interested in the recent development project at Paradise Reef on the Caribbean coastal island of Cozumel. A new cruise ship dock/pier is being built and threatens to destroy a major part of Paradise Reef. This is an interesting example of how Environmental law in Mexico is not being enforced. Any information, contacts or sugesstions pertaining to my thesis (especially the new pier development) would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance. Nicole L. Dettmann Box 142 McIntosh 3001 Broadway New York, New York U.S.A. Telephone: (212) 853-5921 e-mail : nd71 at columbia.edu From Michele_Dastin_at_~NMFS-1 at ccgate.ssp.nmfs.gov Fri Feb 16 08:37:09 1996 From: Michele_Dastin_at_~NMFS-1 at ccgate.ssp.nmfs.gov (Michele_Dastin_at_~NMFS-1 at ccgate.ssp.nmfs.gov) Date: Fri, 16 Feb 96 08:37:09 EST Subject: OCEAN Initiative research Message-ID: <9601168244.AA824489038@ccgate.ssp.nmfs.gov> A very basic document that you might find interesting is the State of the Reefs. Call ICRI Secretariat at 202-736-7113. From KESLER at rhodes.edu Fri Feb 16 07:34:45 1996 From: KESLER at rhodes.edu (David Kesler) Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 07:34:45 -0500 (CDT) Subject: Source of coral for teaching? Message-ID: <01I19UF5L8AQ000ZHC@rhodes.edu> Can you suggest a source of non-living coral (corallums) for teaching coral taxonomy? David Kesler, Ph.D. Rhodes College 2000 N. Parkway Memphis, TN 38112 (901) 726-3557 - phone (901) 726-3565 - fax KESLER at RHODES.EDU http://kesler.biology.rhodes.edu/default.html From Gektidis at em.uni-frankfurt.de Fri Feb 16 10:20:38 1996 From: Gektidis at em.uni-frankfurt.de (Gektidis at em.uni-frankfurt.de) Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 16:20:38 +0100 (TZ=CET) Subject: urgent search! Message-ID: Dear all, I am trying to get hold of Henrich Bruggemann from Groningen, Holland who went off to set up a marine lab somewhere in Africa. If anybody knows his current address or (better) e-mail or Henrich, if you read this, please reply as soon as possible! Lots of thanks, Marcos Gektidis From carlson at soest.hawaii.edu Fri Feb 16 13:17:13 1996 From: carlson at soest.hawaii.edu (Bruce Carlson) Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 08:17:13 -1000 (HST) Subject: Source of coral for teaching? In-Reply-To: <01I19UF5L8AQ000ZHC@rhodes.edu> Message-ID: David, We raise a variety of corals at the Waikiki Aquarium and can make them available either alive or as teaching specimens. Let me know what you need and what quantity and let you know what have available. Bruce Carlson Waikiki Aquarium University of Hawaii On Fri, 16 Feb 1996, David Kesler wrote: > Can you suggest a source of non-living coral (corallums) for teaching coral > taxonomy? > > David Kesler, Ph.D. > Rhodes College > 2000 N. Parkway > Memphis, TN 38112 > (901) 726-3557 - phone > (901) 726-3565 - fax > KESLER at RHODES.EDU > http://kesler.biology.rhodes.edu/default.html > > From PHrank2139 at aol.com Sat Feb 17 10:50:56 1996 From: PHrank2139 at aol.com (PHrank2139 at aol.com) Date: Sat, 17 Feb 1996 10:50:56 -0500 Subject: Source of coral for teaching? Message-ID: <960217105055_324862525@emout07.mail.aol.com> Contact the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. They have lots of confiscated corals which they will give out on permanent loan to any educational institution. Frank M. Greco (pHrank2139 at aol.com) From pecheux at eureka.meta.fr Mon Feb 19 07:09:41 1996 From: pecheux at eureka.meta.fr (pecheux at eureka.meta.fr) Date: Mon, 19 Feb 96 12:09:41 GMT Subject: Large Foram biometry Message-ID: <9602191209.AA06999@innet.meta.fr> PECHEUX M 1995 Ecomorphology of a recent large foraminifer, Operculina ammonoide s. GEOBIOS (Lyon, France) 28/5, 529-566 Hundred specimens studied from Aqaba stu died by X-ray and computerized biometry, with >100000 data Growth rate, fecundity, shape controlled by light while size by competition. Calcification equals to photosynthesis. Irregularities at mid-depth, very slight compared toabnormalities during bleachi ng From kayanne at geogr.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp Mon Feb 19 07:43:59 1996 From: kayanne at geogr.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp (Kayanne) Date: Mon, 19 Feb 1996 21:43:59 +0900 Subject: Reefs as Source or Sink of CO2 Message-ID: <9602191239.AA07003@uts2.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp> Dear coral-list participants, Thank you for the recent information exchange on our paper "Diurnal changes in the partial pressure of carbon dioxide in coral reef water" in Science, 269, 214-216 (1995). As Dr. Jean-Pierre Gattuso showed, we have received two comments from Dr. Gattuso et al. and Prof. Buddemeier and I responded to them. Their principal criticisms are that our examples are too small (representativeness of our study site and statistical poverty etc.) to contradict the current idea that reef calcium carbonate production exceeds net photosynthetic production and act as a sources of CO2. In my response to their comments, I stressed that our basic question is to the idea of a closed reef originated from Odum in 1950's that reef net primary production is zero, because reefs are surrounded by tropical oligotrophic water. We wish that the discussion of the relation between reefs and CO2 will not remain in sink/source controversy but is sublated to create new viewpoint on coral reefs. This March, we will hold an "International Workshop on Response of Coral Reefs to Global Changes" in Tsukuba, Japan. One of the topics in it is to extend the idea of open reefs both to the outer ocean and to the atmosphere in relation not only to carbon but also to nitrogen and phosphate. Basically this workshop is composed of the presentations only by invited speakers and is not a open symposium. We would like to discuss the issues from interdisciplinary points of views and both from longer and shorter timescales and hope to create a new research program on reefs and global changes. Hajime Kayanne Univ. Tokyo ------------------------ Sorry if you feel my response is delayed. I am now crazy busy in WS prep, univ works etc. I cut off sleeping time to respond to you ! Hajime KAYANNE Dept. Geography, Univ. Tokyo Tel: +81-3-3812-2111 (ex4573) Fax: +81-3-5684-0518 From kayanne at geogr.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp Mon Feb 19 07:26:15 1996 From: kayanne at geogr.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp (Kayanne) Date: Mon, 19 Feb 1996 21:26:15 +0900 Subject: Reefs as Source or Sink of CO2 Message-ID: <9602191221.AA06918@uts2.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp> Dear coral-list participants, Thank you for the recent information exchange on our paper "Diurnal changes in the partial pressure of carbon dioxide in coral reef water" in Science, 269, 214-216 (1995). As Dr. Jean-Pierre Gattuso showed, we have received two comments from Dr. Gattuso et al. and Prof. Buddemeier and I responded to them. Their principal criticisms are that our examples are too small (representativeness of our study site and statistical poverty etc.) to contradict the current idea that reef calcium carbonate production exceeds net photosynthetic production and act as a sources of CO2. In my response to their comments, I stressed that our basic question is to the idea of a closed reef originated from Odum in 1950's that reef net primary production is zero, because reefs are surrounded by tropical oligotrophic water. We wish that the discussion of the relation between reefs and CO2 will not remain in sink/source controversy but is sublated to create new viewpoint on coral reefs. This March, we will hold an "International Workshop on Response of Coral Reefs to Global Changes" in Tsukuba, Japan. One of the topics in it is to extend the idea of open reefs both to the outer ocean and to the atmosphere in relation not only to carbon but also to nitrogen and phosphate. Basically this workshop is composed of the presentations only by invited speakers and is not a open symposium. We would like to discuss the issues from interdisciplinary points of views and both from longer and shorter timescales and hope to create a new research program on reefs and global changes. Hajime Kayanne Univ. Tokyo ------------------------ International Workshop on Response of Coral Reefs to Global Changes Date: 4-6 March, 1996 Venue: Auditorium, Tsukuba Research Center, Agency of Industrial Science and Technology, MITI (Tsukuba 305, Japan) Rationale: Coral reefs are landforms constructed by corals themselves, on which diversified creatures live and they drive biogeochemical cycles in relation to the ocean and the atmosphere. Coral reefs are related not only to local environmental changes but also to major elements of the global changes: CO2 increase, global warming and sea-level changes. To understand reef response to the global changes, we should view them from interdisciplinary points of view (geological, physical, ecological and biogeochemical) and in relation to the ocean and the atmosphere. The target timescale of the future global changes is 100 years. At this timescale, reef landforms and functions of reefs to the global cycles have been changed and will be changed. We should approach this timescale both from longer (>1000 years) and from shorter (<10 years) timescales. On the basis of these points, this workshop intends to create new research fields to evaluate and predict response of coral reefs to the global changes from interdisciplinary points of view. Though the speakers approaches the issue from various viewpoints and timescales, they are asked to comment the relation between reefs and the global changes with a timescale of 100 years. Sponsors Science and Technology Agency, Japan Geological Survey of Japan 4 March Yonekura, N. (Univ. Tokyo): Background and outline of this workshop Session 1. Coral reefs and global changes: To review global changes which affect coral reefs and to discuss their relation to reef development mainly from longer timescales and change in reef landforms accompanying with the changes. Chair: Matsumoto, E. (Inst. Hydrospheric-Atmospheric Sci., Nagoya Univ.) Fairbanks, R. G. (Lamont-Doherty Geoscience Observatory): The response of reefs to changing sea level. Kayanne, H. (Univ. Tokyo): Reef development through postglacial time with change in geomorphological, physical, biological and biogeochemical interactions. Session 2. Changes in physical conditions: To review hydrological environment around coral reefs and to discuss necessary researches to evaluate and predict responses of reefs to the past and future global changes. Chair: Hosokawa, Y. (Port Harbour Res. Inst.) Wolanski, E., Massel, S. and Furukawa, K. (Australian Institute of Marine Science): Oceanographic impacts of sea level rise on coral reefs. Nakamura, Y. (Kyushu Univ.): Hydrodynamic control of mass transfer at the sea floor. Session 3. Characteristics of coral reef ecosystems: To show uniqueness of coral reef ecosystems and their biogeochemical cycles comparing with the other ecosystems. Chair: Omori, M. (Tokyo Univ. Fisheries) Hughes, T. (James Cook Univ.): Geographic variation in community structure of coral reefs: Implications for global climate change. Fry, B. (Florida Int. Univ.): N budgets and possible uses of 15N to study coral reef N cycles. Wada, E. (Kyoto Univ.): Isotope biogeochemical structures of several aquatic ecosystems with emphasis on N2 fixation. Session 4. Response of corals and reef ecosystems to the global changes: To discuss the past and the future responses of corals and reef ecosystems to the global changes. Chair: Yamazato, K. (Univ. Ryukyus) Muscatine, L. (Univ. California L. A.): Response of corals to global changes. Eakin, C. M. (NOAA): Response of coral reef ecosystems to global changes. Tsuchiya, M. (Univ. Ryukyus): Environmental purification in coral reefs: maintenance of beautiful landscape by biological activities. 5 March Session 5. Role of coral reefs in the global biogeochemical cycles: To discuss the functions of reefs in the global carbon and nutrient cycles. Chair: Koike I. (Ocean Res. Inst., Univ. Tokyo) Gattuso, J. -P. (Observatoire Oceanologique Europeen): Productivity and calcification in recent coral reefs: effect on air-sea CO2 fluxes. Szmant, A. M. (Univ. Miami): Nutrient dynamics and cycling within coral reef communities: contrasts between oligotrophic benthic and eutrophic planktonic production systems. Capone, D. (Chesapeake Biol. Lab.): Coral reef ecosystems in the context of the marine nitrogen cycle. Yamamuro, M. (Geological Survey of Japan): Coral reefs as sustainable organic producers. Session 6. Organic geochemistry of coral reefs: To view reefs from organic geochemical points of view and to discuss the role of reefs in organic geochemical cycles. Chair: Ishiwatari, R. (Tokyo Metropolitan Univ.) Logan, G. (CSIRO): Potential of organic geochemistry for study of coral reefs and global change. Yamamoto, M.(Geol. Survey Japan): Characteristics of organic matter in coral reef sediments. Session 7. Strategy in coral reef researches: To view future research strategy in coral reef researches to solve the relation between the global changes and reefs. Chair: Harashima, S. (Natioanl Inst. Environmental Studies) McManus, J. W. (Int. Center Living Aquatic Resources Management): Determining the effects of global changes on coral reefs: A strategy for International research, data exchange and meta-analysis. Grigg, R. W. (Univ. Hawaii): Global climate change and coral reef research:future priorities, planning, funding and scientific organization. Sato, T. (Geol. Survey Japan) Closing remarks 6 March Closed expert workshop to create new research fields. ------------------------ Sorry if you feel my response is delayed. I am now crazy busy in WS prep, univ works etc. I cut off sleeping time to respond to you ! Hajime KAYANNE Dept. Geography, Univ. Tokyo Tel: +81-3-3812-2111 (ex4573) Fax: +81-3-5684-0518 From nreyns at ic.sunysb.edu Mon Feb 19 10:52:10 1996 From: nreyns at ic.sunysb.edu (Nathalie Brigitte Reyns) Date: Mon, 19 Feb 1996 10:52:10 -0500 (EST) Subject: West Indies Message-ID: I am a graduate student working on larval brachyurans from the West Indies. I am currently looking for information (published, and non-published) regarding species from this region. I am particularily interested in keys and any other relevant information pertaining to identification and ecology. I'd appreciate any help! Thanks! Nathalie Reyns Marine Sciences Research Center State Univeristy of New York Stony Brook, NY 11789-5000 email: nreyns at ic.sunysb.edu From jordan at mar.icmyl.unam.mx Mon Feb 19 12:09:33 1996 From: jordan at mar.icmyl.unam.mx (Jordan Dahlgren Eric) Date: Mon, 19 Feb 1996 11:09:33 -0600 (CST) Subject: Looking for information In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Nicole: Unfortunately, as you say the Pier in Paraiso is being built. Most likely it will destroy a small part of that reef, but we are not able to prove that it will ".. destroy a major part of Paradise Reef". Based on the limited available information on the water-dynamics of the area, there is reason to suspect that both during stages of the construction, and also while operating, damage may be caused in downstream reef areas. However, there is no information at present to properly asses the extention of the influence area, nor the amount of damage to the reef community, that may result from both these puntual (in time) and chronic impacts. In my opinion, there is too much to risk, but the problem is that this is only one opinion, and however educated it may be, is not a certainity. In spite of the sadness of seeing that pier being built, notwithstanding that some scientists adviced against it, some good has come from this. Because of the turmoil that this affair generated, a wider social sector in Mexico is now aware that these ecosystems are fragile and useful (in terms of anthropogenic activities), at the same time. So, we may do better next time. On the other hand, as you surely know these are complex social issues, and regarding Mexico I will try to have a wide open mind to be able to understand the causality of these problems. You see, socially speaking Mexico is not very similar to the US. Mexico's struggle to shift from almost total ecological unawareness in marine ecosystems to healthy environmental law enforcement is a slow process. There are several people that could help you: Rita Sheese, at Cozumel (987) 23535, could tell you about the environmentalist people point of view. Official position is to be obtained from top officials at Mexico City (This issue fall under federal government) in the Secretaria del Medio Ambiente, such as Julia CArabias or GAbriel Quadri. In the mexican consulate at your place you would be able to obtain their phone numbers. Scientific information can be provided by the same environmentalists of Cozumel (do you read spanish ?). For specific doubts on these matters you can call upon me. On Thu, 15 Feb 1996, Nicole Dettmann wrote: > > To all interested parties: > > I am an undergraduate student in Environmental Science at Barnard > College of Columbia University. I have a great interest in the preservation of > coral reefs and am currently writing my thesis on Mexican environmental > law and protection schemes. I am taking an in depth look and the content > and efficacy of environmental law and its affect on coral reefs in > Mexico. > I am very interested in the recent development project at Paradise > Reef on the Caribbean coastal island of Cozumel. A new cruise ship > dock/pier is being built and threatens to destroy a major part of > Paradise Reef. This is an interesting example of how Environmental law in Mexico > is not being enforced. Any information, contacts or sugesstions pertaining to my > thesis (especially the new pier development) would be greatly appreciated. > > Thank you in advance. > > > > Nicole L. Dettmann > Box 142 McIntosh > 3001 Broadway > New York, New York > U.S.A. > > Telephone: (212) 853-5921 > e-mail : nd71 at columbia.edu > From jpcarri at xaway.ciqro.conacyt.mx Mon Feb 19 19:14:25 1996 From: jpcarri at xaway.ciqro.conacyt.mx (Juan Pablo Carricart Ganivet) Date: Mon, 19 Feb 96 18:14:25 CST Subject: Looking for information Message-ID: <19346.jpcarri@xaway.ciqro.conacyt.mx> Nicole: Unfortunately, there are many interesting examples of how environmental law in Mexico is not being enforced. The Federal Government, on august 1992, declared, as a National Marine Park, the Reef System of Veracruz (RSV). There is not a adequate management plan improved by the goverment, until now. I am sending to you, by mail, a photocopy of this declaration. Best wishes, Juan P. Carricart-Ganivet ECOSUR Apdo. Postal 424, Chetumal, Q. Roo. 77000. Mexico e-mail: jpcarri at xaway.ciqro.conacyt.mx From cel1 at axe.humboldt.edu Tue Feb 20 00:06:01 1996 From: cel1 at axe.humboldt.edu (Christopher Ledford) Date: Mon, 19 Feb 1996 21:06:01 -0800 (PST) Subject: West Indies In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear Nathalie, In response to your request for information on brachurans, you might want to try to contact the School for Field Studies on South Caicos. I know they have a lot of unpublished data on all sorts of things, but I'm not sure about brachurians. Their e-mail address is sfstci at igc.apc.org and thier phone number is (809) 946-3362. You also might want to try the Caicos Conch Farm on Provodencialis. I don't know the number but if you ask for Bill at SFS he could tell you. Good luck. From TSTEIN at ewu.edu Tue Feb 20 17:22:10 1996 From: TSTEIN at ewu.edu (TSTEIN at ewu.edu) Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 14:22:10 -0800 (PST) Subject: transplantation/reintroduction? Message-ID: <01I1FTL1QIN68Y8G8S@ewu.edu> I recently read an article by Ian Anderson (New Scientist, Jul '95) on reparing reefs by hard grafting coral samples taken from healthy reefs. I am interested in doing a case study on coral transplantation but find that the information is very sparce. Other than the IUCN red data book on invertebrates, are there other primary sources I might look into? Suggestions appreciated, Tim Stein From carlson at soest.hawaii.edu Tue Feb 20 19:25:55 1996 From: carlson at soest.hawaii.edu (Bruce Carlson) Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 14:25:55 -1000 (HST) Subject: transplantation/reintroduction? In-Reply-To: <01I1FTL1QIN68Y8G8S@ewu.edu> Message-ID: Tim, I have not conducted any coral transplantation work in the field but we handle a lot of coral fragments in culture and the techniques could be applied to field situations. Others can inform you how they transplant corals on the reef, but on our "farm" we snip off fragments roughly 3-5cm in length (mostly Acropora spp.). These are immediately glued onto small, cubical nylon plugs ("faucet adaptors") using Z-Spar splash zone compound (A-788). The plugs are then set into the slots in a plastic eggcrate tray in an outdoor aquarium. We can grow dozens of fragments in a very small space this way. The fragments are then used for research, or given to other public aquariums, or used in our own exhibits. I see no reason why this method could not be expanded to grow fragments to transplant on the reef. The plugs could either be snipped off or used as anchors to hold the coral fragments in small holes on the reef. Of course, the plugs would have to be secured with underwater epoxy to ensure that they stay in place. This would require an underwater drill, and probably regular trips to the surface to get additional epoxy -- it starts to become unworkable in about 10 minutes. My gut feeling is that transplanting corals on the reef is more trouble than it's worth, given all the logistics involved, but there probably are reef areas which might be unsuitable for the settlement of coral planulae but otherwise have conditions suitable for coral growth. Such areas might be candidates for transplanting fragments. On Tue, 20 Feb 1996 TSTEIN at ewu.edu wrote: > I recently read an article by Ian Anderson (New Scientist, Jul '95) on reparing > reefs by hard grafting coral samples taken from healthy reefs. I am interested > in doing a case study on coral transplantation but find that the information > is very sparce. Other than the IUCN red data book on invertebrates, are there > other primary sources I might look into? > > Suggestions appreciated, > > Tim Stein > From parnell at soest.hawaii.edu Tue Feb 20 21:23:02 1996 From: parnell at soest.hawaii.edu (Ed Parnell) Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 16:23:02 -1000 (HST) Subject: transplanting Acropora cytherea to MHI (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 16:17:37 -1000 (HST) From: Ed Parnell To: Bruce Carlson Subject: transplanting Acropora cytherea to MHI Hello, I saw your reply on the coral server list regarding the transplantation of corals for reef rehab. In it you inferred that the ends probably wouldn't justify the means (i.e., too much effort). However, I still wonder how Acropora cytherea would do in the Main Hawaiian Islands if transplanted from the North West Hawaiian Islands. As you know, Acropora is a hardy, fecund, fragmenting, and most important of all, a fast growing species. The lack of Holocene reef accretion in Hawaii could be due to the lack of just such a species. Given the high energy, high disturbance regime of Hawaii, pioneering and fast growth seem to be required for resilience in the face of frequent disturbance. Acropora fits this bill in addition to being resistant to wave energy such as seen in the NWHI where it is naturally common. It just hasn't made its way to the MHI. The recent work of Clark and Edwards (1995; Coral Reefs, 14:201-213) demonstrate that mortality rates of transplanted acroporids was about 50% after 28 months. Given the fast growth and 50% return rates of Acropora they measured, doesn't it seem worthwhile to try it in the MHI. The possible benefits over the next fifty years include: 1)Production of reef that serves to: a)enlarge coral habitat space for coral reef species b)for fish this could mean higher biomass and therefore larger and safer fishing stocks c)higher fish biomass could lead to increased herbivory rates on coral competing algae thereby leading to a an established healthy positive feedback coral community; N.B. the production of reef by Acropora could also enhance the biomass of other corals so the MHI reefs would not be monospecific. Reef buildup provides vertical relief so recruiting larvae aren't quickly abraded by sand and debris as they are now d)protect shorelines that may be eroded in the near future by storm waves in an ocean that's rising 2)Enhance an important natural resource of this state that attracts tourist dollars. As you mentioned in your reply, the inertia to establish corals to rehabilitate/enhance reefs, if not regions, is immense. But, it may be that once Acropora got started in the MHI it would do quite well on its own seeding the region from a few strategically placed reefs. One could bring down parts of many colonies and transplant them to a protected area such as Kaneohe Bay. After they are established and begin to reproduce locally, they become a local source of larvae for seeding larger and larger areas of K Bay. The planulae could be collected over these reefs and in K Bay itself (since flushing rates are low). These larvae could then be artificially recruited in culture and grown for a year (to miss hi juv. mort. rates) then transplanted to other areas of Oahu. Fragments of the K Bay colonies could also be transplanted to other areas of Oahu. These may be grandiose ideas but I think some discussion is warranted and at least a transplanting pilot study should be done with A. cytherea here in Hawaii. What do you think? Would there be resistance to this idea by the public or reef scientists? Have you already had this idea? Ed Parnell From carlson at soest.hawaii.edu Tue Feb 20 22:45:18 1996 From: carlson at soest.hawaii.edu (Bruce Carlson) Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 17:45:18 -1000 (HST) Subject: transplanting Acropora cytherea to MHI (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 17:42:16 -1000 (HST) From: Bruce Carlson To: Ed Parnell Subject: Re: transplanting Acropora cytherea to MHI Ed, Good idea but there are pitfalls. Collecting Acropora cytheria at French Frigate Shoals is possible, and we can certainly grow it here (I have several colonies from Fiji) in our outdoor tanks. However, State Agriculture will not allow anything from French Frigate Shoals into the main Hawaiian Islands without an import permit. Yes the NW Hawaiian Islands are geologically and biologically and politically part of Hawaii but from Agriculture's standpoint they might as well be Africa. I can get a permit to bring corals back from the NWHI but only on condition that they be safeguarded from accidental introduction into the wild. The permit conditions are very stringent with stiff penalites. In addition to these hurdles, there are many people here who are steadfastly against introductions of new corals into the main Hawaiian Islands. Basically on the premise that we cannot know in advance what disruption they may cause to existing ecosystems. My guess is that A. cytheria would provide benefits, but I could be wrong and who would want to take the blame for any permanent long-term environmental havoc? We've had a long history of bad mistakes in this area (e.g. the introduction of the blue-lined snapper from Tahiti) so I think such a proposal would take years to get through the approval process -- if ever!! For your information, Acropora was apparently quite common on Oahu about 10,000 years ago. We can still find fossil colonies of it on the Ewa plain (and brain corals etc.). A few colonies of Acropora have turned up on Kauai over the years. That's what we need to find (and nurture!). Thanks for the ideas! Bruce Carlson On Tue, 20 Feb 1996, Ed Parnell wrote: > Hello, > I saw your reply on the coral server list regarding the transplantation > of corals for reef rehab. In it you inferred that the ends probably > wouldn't justify the means (i.e., too much effort). However, I still > wonder how Acropora cytherea would do in the Main Hawaiian Islands if > transplanted from the North West Hawaiian Islands. As you know, Acropora > is a hardy, fecund, fragmenting, and most important of all, a fast > growing species. The lack of Holocene reef accretion in Hawaii could be > due to the > lack of just such a species. Given the high energy, high disturbance > regime of Hawaii, pioneering and fast growth seem to be required for > resilience in the face of frequent disturbance. Acropora fits this bill > in addition to being resistant to wave energy such as seen in the NWHI > where it is naturally common. It just hasn't made its way to the MHI. > The recent work of Clark and Edwards (1995; Coral Reefs, 14:201-213) > demonstrate that mortality rates of transplanted acroporids was about > 50% after 28 months. Given the fast growth and 50% return rates of Acropora > they measured, doesn't it seem worthwhile to try it in the MHI. The > possible benefits over the next fifty years include: > 1)Production of reef that serves to: > a)enlarge coral habitat space for coral reef species > b)for fish this could mean higher biomass and therefore larger > and safer fishing stocks > c)higher fish biomass could lead to increased herbivory rates on > coral competing algae thereby leading to a an established healthy > positive feedback coral community; N.B. the production of reef by > Acropora could also enhance the biomass of other corals so the MHI reefs > would not be monospecific. Reef buildup provides vertical relief so > recruiting larvae aren't quickly abraded by sand and debris as they are now > d)protect shorelines that may be eroded in the near future by > storm waves in an ocean that's rising > 2)Enhance an important natural resource of this state that attracts > tourist dollars. > > As you mentioned in your reply, the inertia to establish corals to > rehabilitate/enhance reefs, if not regions, is immense. But, it may be that > once > Acropora got started in the MHI it would do quite well on its own seeding > the region from a few strategically placed reefs. > > One could bring down parts of many colonies and transplant them to a > protected area such as Kaneohe Bay. After they are established and begin > to reproduce locally, they become a local source of larvae for seeding > larger and larger areas of K Bay. The planulae could be collected over > these reefs and in K Bay itself (since flushing rates are low). These > larvae could then be artificially recruited in culture and grown for a > year (to miss hi juv. mort. rates) then transplanted to other areas of > Oahu. Fragments of the K Bay colonies could also be transplanted to > other areas of Oahu. > > These may be grandiose ideas but I think some discussion is warranted and at > least a transplanting pilot study should be done with A. cytherea here in > Hawaii. What do you think? Would there be resistance to this idea by > the public or reef scientists? Have you already had this idea? > > Ed Parnell > > From esh8 at columbia.edu Tue Feb 20 23:41:06 1996 From: esh8 at columbia.edu (Erika Haendel) Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 23:41:06 -0500 (EST) Subject: Coral Reefs and Debt-for-Nature Swaps Message-ID: To all interested parties: Hi, my name is Erika Haendel and I am currently writing a senior thesis at Columbia University under the supervision of Professor David Downie. This thesis explores the possibility of using debt-for-nature swaps to save endangered coral reefs throughout the world. Part of my thesis will involve making recommendations for future debt-for-nature swaps involving coral reefs. In order to do this, I need to find current information concerning coral reefs throughout the world (preferably in developing nations) which are severely threatened by human activities (i.e. muro-ami or explosive fishing techniques, increasing coastal development, sewage discharge into reef ecosystems etc...). Some areas where I would be interested in include the Philippines, Tanzania, Honduras (or other Central American countries), Belze, Kenya, Jordan, Egypt, Thailand and the Caribbean. If anybody has any current information on the state of the reefs in these or any other developing nations, or if you know of a place or a book where I might be able to obtain this type of information, your assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thank You in advance, Erika S. Haendel esh8 at columbia.edu From coral at coral.aoml.erl.gov Thu Feb 8 14:10:54 1996 From: coral at coral.aoml.erl.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1996 07:10:54 +30000 Subject: Coral Reefs and Debt-for-Nature Swaps Message-ID: Forwarded response: To: coral-list From: rbak at nioz.nl (Rolf P.M. Bak) Subject: Re: Coral Reefs and Debt-for-Nature Swaps Dear Erika, A debt for nature swap is being considered to save the threatened, yet pristine coral reefs of Oostpunt, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles. For more info contact: Wim Bergman email iucnnethcomm at gn.apc.org or Nico Visser fax 599 9 612154 Good luck, Rolf Bak From cbester at bgnet.bgsu.edu Wed Feb 21 08:49:28 1996 From: cbester at bgnet.bgsu.edu (Cathleen Lyn Bester) Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1996 08:49:28 -0500 (EST) Subject: Coral Reefs and Debt-for-Nature Swaps In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Erika, In response to your email concerning coral reefs throughout the world, I may be able to give you some information. During 1994 summer I worked as a work-study at the Hol Chan Marine Reserve off of San Pedro in Belize. Hol Chan is a marine reserve set up by the Belize Dept of Fisheries with some help from USAID. You can get in contact with them at: Hol Chan Marine Reserve, San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, Belize. They can provide some answers for you on the state of the reef there. Also, the department of fisheries may be able to help you - they are located in Belize City as well as the Belize Center for environmental studies on Eve Street in Belize City, Belize. Due to the fact that Hol Chan is a "eco-tourist" destination, I found it to be badly damaged by snorkelers and SCUBA alike. I took part in the marine patrol during the summer and saw people touching and standing on everything - a bit of a disaster. Many of the grey snapper there also had fungal infections due to being touched by humans as they are used to being fed (which is now illegal there)! To all concerned: I am currently a masters degree student working on the molecular mechanisms that occur between the coral polyp and its symbiotic zooxanthellae, carrying out my research in Bermuda. If anyone has any info on such subjects, it would be greatly appreciated... Cheers Cathy Bester From joshua at polaris.ncs.nova.edu Wed Feb 21 11:34:21 1996 From: joshua at polaris.ncs.nova.edu (JOSHUA Feingold) Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1996 11:34:21 -0500 (EST) Subject: transplanting Acropora cytherea to MHI (fwd) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On Tue, 20 Feb 1996, Ed Parnell wrote: snip ... > As you know, Acropora > is a hardy, fecund, fragmenting, and most important of all, a fast > growing species. The lack of Holocene reef accretion in Hawaii could be > due to the > lack of just such a species. Given the high energy, high disturbance > regime of Hawaii, pioneering and fast growth seem to be required for > resilience in the face of frequent disturbance. Acropora fits this bill > in addition to being resistant to wave energy such as seen in the NWHI > where it is naturally common. It just hasn't made its way to the MHI. snip... > One could bring down parts of many colonies and transplant them to a > protected area such as Kaneohe Bay. After they are established and begin > to reproduce locally, they become a local source of larvae for seeding > larger and larger areas of K Bay. The planulae could be collected over > these reefs and in K Bay itself (since flushing rates are low). These > larvae could then be artificially recruited in culture and grown for a > year (to miss hi juv. mort. rates) then transplanted to other areas of > Oahu. Fragments of the K Bay colonies could also be transplanted to > other areas of Oahu. > > These may be grandiose ideas but I think some discussion is warranted and at > least a transplanting pilot study should be done with A. cytherea here in > Hawaii. What do you think? Would there be resistance to this idea by > the public or reef scientists? Have you already had this idea? Ed, I am amazed that you would consider the introduction of any species into the waters of Hawaii. Yes, A. cytherea may grow quickly and recruit to areas not yet populated with corals. It also may displace native corals and change the structural complexity of existing reef habitats. In general, species introductions are fraught with unexpected outcomes. Even if the transplanted species comes from a nearby region, A. cytherea is not native to the main Hawaiian archipelago. This idea exemplifies the conflict between wanting to mitigate anthropogenic diminution of reef systems and the desire to allow reefs to develop naturally (be that increase or decline). Joshua Feingold Nova Southeastern University joshua at polaris.ncs.nova.edu From sjameson at coralseas.com Wed Feb 21 10:52:26 1996 From: sjameson at coralseas.com (Stephen C. Jameson) Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1996 10:52:26 -0500 Subject: transplantation/reintroduction? Message-ID: <199602211552.KAA17067@wizard.wizard.net> Tim, A good person to talk to regarding transplanting coral is Harold Hudson. He along with Bill Goodwin run the restoration office at the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Harold can be reached at hhudson at ocean.nos.noaa.gov or via phone 305/451-5321, 305/451-3193 (fax). Keep me posted on your progress. Best regards, Dr. Stephen C. Jameson, President Coral Seas, Inc. 4254 Hungry Run Road The Plains, VA 20198-1715 USA 703/754-8690, 703/754-9139 (FAX) From SOBELJ at dccmc.mhs.compuserve.com Wed Feb 21 15:29:49 1996 From: SOBELJ at dccmc.mhs.compuserve.com (Jack, Sobel) Date: 21 Feb 96 15:29:49 EST Subject: transplanting Acropora cyth Message-ID: <960221202949_555063.0_EHF31-1@CompuServe.COM> Why don't we spend more time and effort protecting our natural heritage rather than trying to replicate someone else's to displace ours? Coral reefs, Acropora coral reefs included, are parts of beautiful and valuable natural ecosystems, and we should do all we can to protect these threatened treasures; but that doen't mean we should be exporting them into other natural environments that also have value. Why don't we learn from our past mistakes? History provides enough experience with both deliberate and accidental introductions to be very wary of such actions, which often have unintentional adverse impacts. Think about the deliberate introduction of carp or the accidental introduction of the zebra mussel to North America. There are a multitude of such examples. Hawaii, in particular, with its sensitive, highly endemic flora and fauna; provides a font of such examples. Let's protect our extraordinary and threatened natural coral reefs, including those with Acropora, but let's not manufacture a need to introduce them to areas where they don't belong. Let's not mess unnecessarily with Mother Nature. From parnell at soest.hawaii.edu Wed Feb 21 17:22:11 1996 From: parnell at soest.hawaii.edu (Ed Parnell) Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1996 12:22:11 -1000 (HST) Subject: transplanting Acropora cytherea to MHI (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1996 09:58:14 -1000 (HST) From: Robert Miller To: Ed Parnell Subject: Re: transplanting Acropora cytherea to MHI (fwd) hey ed, see i'm supporting you! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1996 09:56:46 -1000 (HST) From: Robert Miller To: JOSHUA Feingold Subject: Re: transplanting Acropora cytherea to MHI (fwd) Joshua, There are no native, that is endemic, Hawaiian corals that are restricted to the main chain. All the species in the Hawaiian chain occur thoughout it except A. cytheria, and it has in the past lived in the main isles. The reefs of the main Hawaiian chain are now pretty depauperate, due partly to the fact that this area is not a good habitat for corals, as Ed pointed out (too much disturbance). I think his proposal deserves careful consideration based on the biogeography of the area and not dismissal based on the mere presence of numerous examples of bad exotic introductions. The reintroduction of cytheria should more appropriately be compared to the seeding of native plants wiped out by a particularly bad winter. Bob Miller (a former nova employee) Bob Miller Dept. of Oceanography University of Hawaii 1000 Pope Rd. Honolulu Hawaii 96822 From coral at coral.aoml.erl.gov Fri Feb 9 15:19:56 1996 From: coral at coral.aoml.erl.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Thu, 22 Feb 1996 08:19:56 +30000 Subject: transplanting Acropora cytherea to MHI (fwd) Message-ID: Forwarded message: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1996 19:26:52 -0500 From: Ursula Keuper-Bennett To: owner-coral-list at reef.aoml.erl.gov Subject: Re: transplanting Acropora cytherea to MHI (fwd) To Ed Parnell: First off I am a layperson whose only knowledge of corals is limited to the ones I dive with in West Maui. I do however know some of them (entire coral heads) quite personally. I can even tell you what year they got smothered and died. During a series of algae blooms (Cladophora) the corals that got killed off the quickest were Pocillopora endouxyii and also Pocillopora meandrina. While these corals would stand the pounding winter waves and yes, to some extent even being blasted by sand and silt assaults, one season of Cladophora blooms did many of them in. At 04:23 PM 2/20/96 -1000, Ed Parnell wrote: >As you mentioned in your reply, the inertia to establish corals to >rehabilitate/enhance reefs, if not regions, is immense. But, it may be that >once >Acropora got started in the MHI it would do quite well on its own seeding >the region from a few strategically placed reefs. I just checked what Acropora looks like in the book Living Corals. I could not find cytherea but many of the Acropora species appear to have finger-like branches and a rasp-like appearance. In this respect they are as vulnerable to algae blooms as their Pocillopora cousins. The Cladophora snags on the branches and does them in. While I am not suggesting our dive site is typical of the Hawaiian Islands, I am suggesting nutrient input and runoff are an increasing problem and MORE of a concern than any pounding winter waves. The decline of many Hawaiian corals has more to do with suspect-to-poor water quality and lack of serious commitment to protect their ocean environment than anything nature could toss their way. Ed Parnell then wrote: >These may be grandiose ideas but I think some discussion is warranted and at >least a transplanting pilot study should be done with A. cytherea here in >Hawaii. What do you think? Please correct me if I am wrong but I believe there was an interesting transplanting study done on Oahu (Kaneohe Bay?) where Red Hypnea, a Florida native was studied as a money "crop". As I heard it it was not feasible and the plant was let loose. Other stories say it got loose. Anyway, that Red Hypnea piles up in various parts of Maui every summer now including our dive site. It is now so "successful" it has become a permanent blight. I am in no way suggesting a coral could accomplish something this impressive or fast in a little over a decade, I am just pointing out the side-effects of many "introductions" inflicted on the Hawaiian Islands. Ed Parnell then wrote: Would there be resistance to this idea by >the public or reef scientists? I can tell you with all due respect, I know of at least ONE..... Aloha and best ^ Ursula Keuper-Bennett 0 0 Mississauga, Ontario /V^\ I I /^V\ Email: howzit at io.org /V Turtle Trax V\ /V Forever Green V\ http://www.io.org/~bunrab From coral at coral.aoml.erl.gov Fri Feb 9 15:21:49 1996 From: coral at coral.aoml.erl.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Thu, 22 Feb 1996 08:21:49 +30000 Subject: transplanting Acropora cytherea to MHI (fwd) Message-ID: Forwarded message: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 22 Feb 1996 07:10:05 -0500 From: Ursula Keuper-Bennett To: owner-coral-list at reef.aoml.erl.gov Subject: Re: transplanting Acropora cytherea to MHI (fwd) Robert Miller wrote: The reefs of the main Hawaiian chain >are now pretty depauperate, due partly to the fact that this area is not >a good habitat for corals, as Ed pointed out (too much disturbance). You are right with the too much disturbance part. Only I don't think we would agree on what "disturbance" means. Again, I am only reporting here on the reefs along West Maui but most of them were done in by run-off and (likely) sewage "management". Robert Miller then wrote: >think his proposal deserves careful consideration based on the >biogeography of the area and not dismissal based on the mere >presence of numerous examples of bad exotic introductions. Fair.... but let's make that highly cautious consideration instead. Robert Miller than wrote: The >reintroduction of cytheria should more appropriately be compared to the >seeding of native plants wiped out by a particularly bad winter. I recall the damage done to certain areas of Kaneohe Bay because of sewage outfall and construction run-off. There was a documentary made on it "Cloud over the Reef" I believe... It might even be these areas you are considering "replanting". Then there is my dive site in West Maui where many of the corals got wiped out in a single Cladophora bloom of 1989. The area has experienced annual blooms of various algaes/seaweeds since then. What used to be mature P. endouyxii and meandrina heads are now clumps of seaweeds. The fact they got so big means for decades that ocean had the right water quality they required for growth. These corals were NOT wiped out by a "particularly bad winter". Crashing waves (hurricanes) did not do them in. They are STILL in place only overgrown with seaweeds and algae. See a "particularly bad winter" implies your reefs are being done in by nature. That is not only false but a harmful assertion. It suggests man has little role to play but "replant". Given my experience with Hawaii's lack of resolve to protect its reef resources, no "particularly bad winter" can match the harm humans do daily to your oceans. ^ Ursula Keuper-Bennett 0 0 Mississauga, Ontario /V^\ I I /^V\ Email: howzit at io.org /V Turtle Trax V\ /V Forever Green V\ http://www.io.org/~bunrab From TSTEIN at ewu.edu Tue Feb 20 17:22:10 1996 From: TSTEIN at ewu.edu (TSTEIN at ewu.edu) Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 14:22:10 -0800 (PST) Subject: transplantation/reintroduction? Message-ID: <01I1FTL1QIN68Y8G8S@ewu.edu> I recently read an article by Ian Anderson (New Scientist, Jul '95) on reparing reefs by hard grafting coral samples taken from healthy reefs. I am interested in doing a case study on coral transplantation but find that the information is very sparce. Other than the IUCN red data book on invertebrates, are there other primary sources I might look into? Suggestions appreciated, Tim Stein From westley at hawaii.edu Thu Feb 22 13:49:51 1996 From: westley at hawaii.edu (Marian B Westley) Date: Thu, 22 Feb 1996 08:49:51 -1000 Subject: transplantation/reintroduction? In-Reply-To: <01I1FTL1QIN68Y8G8S@ewu.edu> Message-ID: Tim, Try Paul Jokiel at the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology--in the middle of a tranplanting project at Kawaihae Harbor on the Big Island of Hawaii. His email address is (I think) jokiel at soest.hawaii.edu Good luck! Marian Westley From steve at rfx.rfx.com Sat Feb 24 02:20:57 1996 From: steve at rfx.rfx.com (Steve Tyree) Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1996 23:20:57 -0800 Subject: transplanting Acropora cytherea to MHI Message-ID: <9602232320.ZM17309@rfx.rfx.com> Coral Reef List, You have brought up a particular subject which I think will become extremely important to the ecosystems of the planet. I think its a given that human interaction has changed the shape of ecosystems of the planet. In some cases completely obliterating them. This human trait though is not restricted to our species in particular. Every species on the planet has its own survival at the top of its agenda list, well besides reproduction maybe :>. The blooming algae could care less that it may wiped out a local acropora population, in fact it pro- bably is not even coherent of the fact. We as humans though do have that capability of recognizing dynamic changes in eco- system populations. This leads to a great debate about what should WE in particular do. Should we leave the ecosystems alone and let them try to recover to some subjective state or should we try to manage them somewhat. I dont agree that any- thing we do is not natural. We are a product of mother nature. We evolved here. If mother nature thinks we should not be here, we will disappear. So we are no more guilty than the theoritical algae was that just wanted to bloom. We are different from that algae in our ability to recognize that our blooming has an affect on other species. So now, mother nature has created a species that has the ability to direct the dynamic changes that our occuring to species populations. I say that the trait was a desired one or one selectively choosen for. If you realize the ultimate fate of this planet, the reason behind the trait becomes quite clear :>. Dont get me wrong, I am not condoning the wholesale management of ecosystem populations. Just that a two pronged approach is probably the best bet. One that combines niche ecosystem preservation with management of species. Any coral reef in particular could do with a human reef manager or two. One excellent job would be righting and recementing large old coral colonies that have been toppled by storm surge or wind driven currents. Some recent dives on the Solomon Islands found many large Acropora tables that had been toppled or knocked down in an avalanch. Many stony coral colonies be- come loose from the substratum because of boring organism activity. What would be wrong with recementing or fortifying their base. Many coral fragments get broken off corals and end up in piles where little light penetrates. These could be recemented onto newly added platforms or older existing ones. I am currently writing a non-academic book centered on reef- building stony coral that will include lots of research from academic works. This above debate will sort of be an under- lying theme and one of the reasons I am writing the book. So any input will be highly desorable. The thread is already on my hard disk :>. Sorry for the poorly edited text, I am work- ing with a poor internet connection. I highly recommend reading the recent book by Veron titled "Corals in Space and Time, The Biogeography and Evolution of the Scleractinia". One interesting point is that what we see currently as species distribution, is only a small slice in time of the long geo- logical distribution of these corals. Also, there appear to be some interesting aspects of coral species distribution over time, that make the whole subjective species concept, somewhat tainted :>. Steve Tyree Dynamic Ecomorphology (Very busy right now, but appreciates any input for the book). From LGXEEDO at lzn2.lass.nottingham.ac.uk Sat Feb 24 13:20:30 1996 From: LGXEEDO at lzn2.lass.nottingham.ac.uk (EDWINA DOMINGUEZ) Date: Sat, 24 Feb 1996 13:20:30 GMT0BST Subject: No subject Message-ID: Has there been any research done on Ecotourism as a Tool in Coral Reef Conservation? I am doing research on the subject in relation to the Philippines Edwina Dominguez lgxeedo at lzn2.lass.nottingham.ac.uk From nd71 at columbia.edu Sun Feb 25 14:38:17 1996 From: nd71 at columbia.edu (Nicole Dettmann) Date: Sun, 25 Feb 1996 14:38:17 -0500 (EST) Subject: looking for information Message-ID: Can anyone tell me about the Snail Darter in the U.S.? What happen with efforts to protect it? Thanks. Nicole Dettmann BOX 142 McIntosh 3001 Broadway New York, NY 10027 U.S.A. (212)853-5921 nd71 at columbia.edu From FKMRC at aol.com Mon Feb 26 08:30:45 1996 From: FKMRC at aol.com (FKMRC at aol.com) Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 08:30:45 -0500 Subject: talks in the Keys Message-ID: <960226083044_333286935@mail04.mail.aol.com> To all in the Florida Keys or planning trips to the Keys, Mote Marine Laboratory's Pigeon Key Marine Research Center is establishing a speaker series to publicly communicate scientific information, particularly about or relevant to the Keys. No doubt many of you are aware of the environmental devisiveness that exists in this area. At least part of this is due to lack of scientific communication with the public or the misinterpretation of scientific statements by various media. We wish to provide a venue for information to flow directly from scientists to the public regarding findings relevant to the Keys' ecosystems. Talks will be for a general audience but with enough information to keep you all interested enough to stay for the discussions afterward! If you will be in the Keys on 14 March, please plan to attend Bob Steneck's talk: Reef Degradation in St. Croix and Jamaica: Two Long-Term Case Studies Talk will be at 7:00 PM in the newly restored Section Gang Quarters on Pigeon Key. If you need further info or would like to share your findings in the future, please contact: Erich Mueller, Ph.D., Director Phone: (305) 289-4282 Mote Marine Laboratory FAX: (305) 289-9664 Pigeon Key Marine Research Center email: FKMRC at aol.com P.O. Box 500895 Marathon, FL 33050 Web page: http://www.marinelab.sarasota.fl.us/~marshall/fkmrc2.html From sjameson at coralseas.com Mon Feb 26 08:57:25 1996 From: sjameson at coralseas.com (Stephen C. Jameson) Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 08:57:25 -0500 Subject: looking for information Message-ID: <199602261357.IAA19825@wizard.wizard.net> Dear Nicole, For information on the snail darter you could start with: Herb Kaufman NOAA Office of Protected Species Protected Species Management Division 301/713-2319 301/588-4967 (fax) Ask Herb for more contacts in: US Fish & Wildlife Service Endangered Species Office or call National Biological Service 202/482-2348 and they can point you in the right direction. Best regards, Dr. Stephen C. Jameson, President Coral Seas, Inc. 4254 Hungry Run Road The Plains, VA 20198-1715 USA 703/754-8690, 703/754-9139 (FAX) From sjameson at coralseas.com Mon Feb 26 09:28:07 1996 From: sjameson at coralseas.com (Stephen C. Jameson) Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 09:28:07 -0500 Subject: Message-ID: <199602261428.JAA19946@wizard.wizard.net> Dear Edwina, In my mind ecotourism is not a tool. The tools related to ecotourism that help manage our coral reef ecosystems include: 1. Integrated coastal zone management: This includes: public education, community development, economic incentives and alternative income generation, global or regional legal instruments, institutional restructuring, wellmanaged marine protected areas, regulation and enforcement of reef resource exploitation, management of tourism and recreational activities, management of land-based activities and coastal development, coral reef ecosystem monitoring, mapping, database creation, and restoration. 2. Capacity building 3. Improved Scientific Understanding of Coral Reef Ecosystems Ask Peter Thomas, Coordinator, International Coral Reef Initiative (pthomas at state.gov) for a copy of: Jameson, S.C., J.W. McManus, and M.D. Spalding 1995. State of the Reefs: Regional and Global Perspectives. International Coral Reef Initiative Executive Secretariat Background Paper. U.S. Department of State. There is also some useful information on the Philippines in this paper. Also see the latest edition (Spring 1996) of the Natural Resources Defense Council Amicus Journal. On page 31 there is an article titled "Where is ecotourism going? If ecotravel is booming, asks a photojournalist, how sustainable is it?" Best regards, Dr. Stephen C. Jameson, President Coral Seas, Inc. 4254 Hungry Run Road The Plains, VA 20198-1715 USA 703/754-8690, 703/754-9139 (FAX) From jpcarri at xaway.ciqro.conacyt.mx Mon Feb 26 15:21:04 1996 From: jpcarri at xaway.ciqro.conacyt.mx (Juan Pablo Carricart Ganivet) Date: Mon, 26 Feb 96 14:21:04 CST Subject: National Marine Park, Reef System of Veracruz Message-ID: <16905.jpcarri@xaway.ciqro.conacyt.mx> Dear Dr. Causey: Maybe you don't remember me, but I was with you on your last visit (June of 1992) to Isla de Enmedio. I was working at Secretariat of Marine, in Veracruz, and now I'am in ECOSUR, here in Chetumal (since January of this year). The mooring buoys you refer, because of bureaucracy, were finaly installed along the reef tract of Isla Verde (in front of the Port of Veracruz). The environmental degradation of de coral reefs of the Reef System of Veracruz (RSV) is more evident every day. Suspended solids in the water column, sewage discharges, organic matter and pesticides supplied from the continent, and nutrient enrichment of the reefs waters, are the major troubles caused by anthropogenic impact. I know that Dr. Luis Sautto, Manager of CRIP-Veracruz, is working on the management plan for the RSV. You can contact him at (29) 31-44-37 (sorry I don't have his mailing address). On the other hand, what can I do to get a copy of your 1960 and 1992's videos? Many advanced thanks. Sincerely yours, Juan P. Carricart-Ganivet ECOSUR Apdo. Postal 424, Chetumal, Q. Roo. 77000. Mexico Tel: (983) 21666 Fax: (983) 20447 e-mail: jpcarri at xaway.ciqro.conacyt.mx From jsh32 at columbia.edu Mon Feb 26 21:02:51 1996 From: jsh32 at columbia.edu (Jason Hunter) Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 21:02:51 -0500 (EST) Subject: Economic valuation of coral reefs Message-ID: <199602270202.VAA02756@mailhub.cc.columbia.edu> Working with the International Coral Reef Initiative, we have been tasked to develop a study on the biological, political, and economic benefits of the proposed "Coral Reef Peace Park" in Aqaba Jordan. The primary focus of the study is on the economic valuation of Aqaba's coral reefs as they exist today, as well as projected net worth after tourist development. In order to assist us in our study we are kindly looking for the following information: - is there a ubiquitous method to determine diver capacity on a particular reef eco-system (outside of the method used by Dixon et al.); - what are the average expenditures by divers on a 6 day trip (including hotels, restaurants, etc.); - specific information on capacity, development plans, and the general diving tourist trade in Jordan, Israel and Egypt; - and following up on Edwina Dominguez message, any general data on the valuation of reefs from a eco-tourism perspective would be most helpful. Your assistance in this project would be of immense help. Thank you, Coral Reef Workshop School of International and Public Affairs Columbia University * * * * * * * * * * * Jason Hunter School of International and Public Affairs Columbia University jsh32 at columbia.edu http://www.columbia.edu/~jsh32/ From sjameson at coralseas.com Tue Feb 27 10:20:55 1996 From: sjameson at coralseas.com (Stephen C. Jameson) Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1996 10:20:55 -0500 Subject: Ecotourism Message-ID: <199602271520.KAA27441@wizard.wizard.net> Dear Richard, Please put me on the mailing list for a copy of the Red Sea ecotourism study. I'm helping the Kingdom of Jordan set up and manage the Red Sea Marine Peace Park and would find your study very interesting. PS. Thanks for all your help with the maps for the International Coral Reef Initiative "State of the Reefs" Report. They were great! Best regards, Dr. Stephen C. Jameson, President Coral Seas, Inc. 4254 Hungry Run Road The Plains, VA 20198-1715 USA 703/754-8690, 703/754-9139 (FAX) Internet: sjameson at coralseas.com From sjameson at coralseas.com Tue Feb 27 10:40:52 1996 From: sjameson at coralseas.com (Stephen C. Jameson) Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1996 10:40:52 -0500 Subject: Economic valuation of coral reefs Message-ID: <199602271540.KAA27550@wizard.wizard.net> Dear Jason, Dr. Nanette Chadwick-Furman and her students are doing some interesting work on the correlation between scuba diving and physical damage to coral reefs in the Red Sea. This along with other factors will be useful in determining carrying capacity. Contact her at: Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences P.O. Box 469 Eilat, Israel Tel: 7-360-101 Fax: 7-374-329 email: furman at brosh.cc.biu.ac.il Also see: Riegl, B and B. Velimirov 1991. How many damaged corals in Red Sea reef systems? A quantitative survey. Hydrobiologia 216/217: 249-256. Best regards, Dr. Stephen C. Jameson, President Coral Seas, Inc. 4254 Hungry Run Road The Plains, VA 20198-1715 USA 703/754-8690, 703/754-9139 (FAX) Internet: sjameson at coralseas.com From areichel at scu.edu.au Wed Feb 28 22:40:49 1996 From: areichel at scu.edu.au (amanda reichelt) Date: Thu, 29 Feb 1996 14:40:49 +1100 Subject: reference Message-ID: <199602290340.OAA17852@alsvid.scu.edu.au> Hello, Just wondering if anyone could help me. I am looking for a refernce I found on the home page of the coral-list. I would really appreciate it if someone may be able to help. Glynn, P.W.; Szmant, A.M.; Corcoran, E.F.; Cofer-Shabica, S.V. Condition of coral reef cnidarians from Byscayne National Park rref tract:Pesticides, heavy metals and histopathological examination. RES. RESOUR. MANAGEM REP. U.S. NATL. PARK. SERV. 1989. 36 pp. Thans in advance Mandy. _*-*_*-*_*-*_*-*_*-*_*-*_*-*_*-*_*-*_*-*_*-*_*-*_*-*_*-*_*-*_*-*_*-*_*-*_*-*_* Amanda Reichelt Centre for Coastal Management Southern Cross University PO Box 157 Lismore NSW 2480 From CML at zool.canterbury.ac.nz Thu Feb 29 15:26:56 1996 From: CML at zool.canterbury.ac.nz (Dr.C.L.McLay) Date: Fri, 01 Mar 1996 09:26:56 +1300 Subject: Precious Coral Message-ID: <27735D39120A@zool.canterbury.ac.nz> I have a record of a crab living on "precious coral (Corallium sp.)" taken from around 360m off Ohau, Hawaii. I wonder if someone could please tell me what is meant by "precious coral" and direct me to some references or pictures of these corals. Please forgive what is probably a very elementary question from a non-coral specialist. I find that the books on my shelves are of little use! Thanks, Dr Colin McLay Zoology Department Canterbury University PB 4800, Christchurch New Zealand. Tel: +64 3 364 2887 FAX: +64 3 364 2024 email: c.mclay at zool.canterbury.ac.nz WWW Home Page: http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/zool/cm.htm From coral at coral.aoml.erl.gov Tue Feb 20 18:21:15 1996 From: coral at coral.aoml.erl.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 11:21:15 +30000 Subject: Anne Cohen's Instrument Summary Message-ID: We have posted Anne Cohen's (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute) summary of coral reef instrumented monitoring sites at our CHAMP Home Page (near the bottom of the page) at http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov. If you have any additions or corrections to her graphic, I'm sure she would be grateful, and we will update the graphic as soon as we can. Sincerely yours, Jim Hendee ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | | | Coral Health and Monitoring Program | | Ocean Chemistry Division | | Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorlogical Laboratory | | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | | Miami, Florida | | USA | | | | Email: coral at coral.aoml.noaa.gov | | World-Wide Web: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov | | | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From coral at coral.aoml.erl.gov Tue Feb 20 18:24:38 1996 From: coral at coral.aoml.erl.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 11:24:38 +30000 Subject: Anne Cohen's e-mail Message-ID: Whoops, forgot to include Anne Cohen's e-mail address. It is: acohen at cliff.whoi.edu Sincerely yours, Jim Hendee ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 11:21:15 +30000 From: Coral Health and Monitoring Program To: coral-list at reef Subject: Anne Cohen's Instrument Summary We have posted Anne Cohen's (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute) summary of coral reef instrumented monitoring sites at our CHAMP Home Page (near the bottom of the page) at http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov. If you have any additions or corrections to her graphic, I'm sure she would be grateful, and we will update the graphic as soon as we can. Sincerely yours, Jim Hendee ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | | | Coral Health and Monitoring Program | | Ocean Chemistry Division | | Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorlogical Laboratory | | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | | Miami, Florida | | USA | | | | Email: coral at coral.aoml.noaa.gov | | World-Wide Web: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov | | | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From coral at coral.aoml.erl.gov Tue Feb 20 17:26:54 1996 From: coral at coral.aoml.erl.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 10:26:54 +30000 Subject: Archives of coral-list Message-ID: Archives of posted coral-list messages may be found at the following URL: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/coral-list/coral-list.html This is one big file of all the messages, and is only meant to be a temporary fix until (if?) I come up with an automated system that will post each new message as it comes. I should mention that the file is about 934K long and is best loaded via a Web Browser. The best use out of this link would be to search for a particular topic after the file is loaded. For instance, using your browser, you could search for the key word "spawn" or "bleach" to get to each message where these words are mentioned. Hope this helps. Sincerely yours, Jim Hendee ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | | | Coral Health and Monitoring Program | | Ocean Chemistry Division | | Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorlogical Laboratory | | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | | Miami, Florida | | USA | | | | Email: coral at coral.aoml.noaa.gov | | World-Wide Web: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov | | | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From coral at coral.aoml.erl.gov Thu Feb 22 14:44:36 1996 From: coral at coral.aoml.erl.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Wed, 6 Mar 1996 07:44:36 +30000 Subject: Returned coral-list e-mail addresses Message-ID: Sorry for the extra bandwidth, but the following e-mail addresses of coral-list subscribers have been continuously returned by the list-server as bad addresses. If you happen to recognize any of these and could offer a new address or other enlightenment, I'd appreciate your help (and so might they!). Cheers... Jim Hendee Coral-List Administrator ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ mmoore at violet.berkeley.edu Madeline.G at eworld.com jutro.p at epamail.epa.gov carvis at icarus.state.gov william_peterson at ssp.nmfs.gov ccc at coralcay.demon.co.uk oceano%ceniai at igc.orgau geobjkj at npd.uff.br Ross.Jones at jcu.edu.au tapled1 at mail.auburn.edu lara at cicese.mx j_pandolfi at aims.gov.au path at amsg.austmus.oz.au lbecker at zool.umd.edu rbradley at climate1.geo.umass.edu spater at cb.uga.edu slowey at ocean.tamu.edu scoats at co.pinellas.fl.us nreyns at ic.sunysb.edu cbcmnrj at omega.lncc.br Sehested at dk-online.dk orion at speedy.coacade.uv.mx From coral at coral.aoml.erl.gov Thu Feb 22 16:12:48 1996 From: coral at coral.aoml.erl.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Wed, 6 Mar 1996 09:12:48 +30000 Subject: Coral Reef Restoration - Reply (fwd) Message-ID: Forwarded message from Walt Jaap: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 06 Mar 1996 07:23:55 -0500 (EST) From: Walt, Jaap To: OWNER-CORAL-LIST at reef.aoml.erl.gov Subject: Coral Reef Restoration - Reply The Soto Reef Restoration project at Grand Cayman currently working on the 8th week has transplanted about 600 corals, moved ten tons of rubble and replaced large coral heads weighing in excess of 6000 lbs. The crew has in excess of 4000 hours under water. We are using Liquid Rock epoxy to attach corals back on the reef. Restoration will be finiished in about two weeks. At that point we will have transplanted approximately 2500 corals. We will be glad to share our insights with those that are interested. W. Jaap, J. Morelock. From coral at coral.aoml.noaa.gov Fri Feb 23 15:01:38 1996 From: coral at coral.aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 08:01:38 +30000 Subject: Discontinued C-MAN postings Message-ID: The daily posting of Coast-Marine Automated Network data will be temporarily discontinued. We hope to be able to present them again soon. If you have a use for these data, please drop a line so I can get an idea of who uses them and for what purpose. Many thanks... Take care, Jim Hendee From coral at coral.aoml.noaa.gov Tue Feb 27 15:08:48 1996 From: coral at coral.aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 08:08:48 +30000 Subject: Response etiquette In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear subscribers, Please ensure that your responses to fellow subscribers go to whom you intend them to go to by double-checking your "To: " line in your mailer. I sometimes get messages which are addressed to owner-coral-list at reef.aoml.noaa.gov and have no way of forwarding them to the intended recipient if I don't have that person's e-mail address handy. Also, please be sure that replies intended to go to a subscriber personally are not accidentally posted to the entire list. On the other hand, if you feel your response would be of value to the entire list, then by all means please DO post your message for all. Many thanks for attention and consideration. Sincerely yours, Jim Hendee coral-list administrator From coral at coral.aoml.noaa.gov Thu Feb 29 14:43:14 1996 From: coral at coral.aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 07:43:14 +30000 Subject: diversity indexes (fwd) Message-ID: This message, originally sent to owner-coral-list at reef.aoml.noaa.gov, is forwarded herewith: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 07:16:02 -0500 (EST) From: James C. Hendee To: coral at coral Subject: RE: diversity indexes (fwd) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 16:46:00 -0800 (PST) From: John McManus To: owner-coral-list Subject: RE: diversity indexes TO:coral list In reply to Amorim (and for others who are interested) there are several approaches to statistically comparing diversity indices. If you have data leading to two indices, you can calculate a variance for each index and conduct a t-test. The procedure is in: Magurran, A.E. 1988. Ecological Diversity and its Measurement. Croom Helm, London. 179 p. A more powerful approach would be to use a randomization approach. Randomization may become a standard way to do most statistical comparisons in the future, but is not there yet, so it might require some programming. Neither approach makes me comfortable about comparing diversities in two areas or one area over time, because they do not account for geographic variability in any straight-forward way. Instead, I prefer to take several sample units of equal size in each of the two areas (or times) and treat the diversity indices as if they were a variable such as "fish abundance per transect", calculating mean diversities, variances on the mean, and doing standard statistical tests. However, this only works for transects of the same length and width, as corrections for size are complicated. This will tell you if there is a difference in diversity "per transect" between areas or times. The pros and cons of using the Shannon versus other indices are covered in Magurran's book, which is highly recommended. I like to define the Shannon value as "diversity" and then to analyze the changes in diversity over time or space in terms of changes in abundance, richness, species per 1,000 individuals and evenness (H'/log(s)). That way I identify a pattern and then seek to explain it. Examples are found in our book "The Resource Ecology of the Bolinao Coral Reef" which is unfortunately out of print, but in the collections of some coral reef scientists. If you send us an address, we can send you photocopies of the relevant pages. The whole book is available as a photocopy from ICLARM for $17.50. Sincerely, Dr. John W. McManus Program Leader, Aquatic Environments Program Project Leader, ReefBase Project International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM) 205 Salcedo Street, Legaspi Village, Makati, Metro Manila 1229 Philippines Tel. No. (63-2) 8180466/Fax No.: (63-2) 8163183 E-Mail: J.McManus at cgnet.com ---------- From: owner-coral-list To: coral-list Subject: diversity indexes Date: Monday, March 11, 1996 10:40AM Dear all, I'm doing a research work on comparing coral reef fishes in two areas, using a video camera. What I need to know, urgently, is how to compare, statisticly, diversity indexes to see if they are significant. Are there any scientific papers on similar studies? I would appreciate it if you would help me. Thanks! Sorry for any duplication! -- amorim From coral at coral.aoml.noaa.gov Thu Feb 29 14:41:52 1996 From: coral at coral.aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 07:41:52 +30000 Subject: Other Mailing Lists Message-ID: Requests have been made for other list-server locations. For those of you interested in other marine science-oriented mailing lists, the following URL has a very comprehensive list of all kinds of subjects: http://www.NeoSoft.com/internet/paml/bysubj.html Another list that is not on there, but is of wide interest to marine biologists, is the Marine Biology list-server. Contact Mike Marshall at marshall at marinelab.sarasota.fl.us. Following are some excerpts from that list regarding some other marine science disciplines. The list includes cnidarians, mangroves, crustaceans, sea-grasses, sharks, fish, the deep-sea, aquariums and more. Sincerely yours, Jim Hendee =========== Cnidarians: Date: Fri, 8 Dec 95 10:03:24 +0900 From: Masaya Toyokawa To: marbio at marinelab.sarasota.fl.us Subject: Re: marbio: cniarian mailing list [The following text is in the "iso-2022-jp" character set] [Your display is set for the "US-ASCII" character set] [Some characters may be displayed incorrectly] At 5:30 PM 95.12.7 -0500, Susan E Reidy wrote: >Hi, > > I was wondering if anyone knew of any Cnidarian mailing lists? > Thanks very much, Sue Reidy > send mail to: listserv at uci.edu with a message: subscribe cnidaria should be replaced by your name. masaya --- mtoyokaw at nria.affrc.go.jp =========== Mangroves: From: Mike van Keulen Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 10:11:16 +0800 (WST) Subject: marbio: Yet another e-mail discussion list - MANGROVE Hello all, On the instigation of Dr Eric Paling at Murdoch University, I have recently established a new global e-mail discussion list devoted to all aspects of mangrove research. The information notice follows this message. To reach as many potential subscribers as possible, I have also posted this message to the discussion lists: ALGAE-L, MARBIO and COASTNET. If you also subscribe to those lists, please bear with me for the overlap. If anyone has any further suggestions for spreading the word, please let me know. For any list-related/administrative issues, please contact me on: keulen at murdoch.edu.au For any mangrove-related issues, contact Eric Plaing on: paling at essun1.murdoch.edu.au - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe to the list, simply send a message to: majordomo at essun1.murdoch.edu.au with the the line: subscribe mangrove in the body of the message. You will receive additional information on how to use the list on subscribing, including instructions on how to obtain help and extra information. Best regards, Mike =========== Shark Lists: Date: Wed, 25 Oct 1995 00:34:15 -0700 (PDT) From: "Selna L. Kaplan" To: marbio at marinelab.sarasota.fl.us Cc: Martha Subject: Re: marbio: Shark lists / Fisheries list On Tue, 24 Oct 1995, Martha wrote: > I agree with you about the list being too broad. I'm interested in a > list just on shark biology. Do you know of any or do you know how I > could start one? On Tue, 24 Oct 1995, Jeff Rodzen wrote: > Does anyone out there know of, and have addresses for, any fisheries > lists??? There are two shark biology lists. The first, SHARK-L, is geared for serious amateurs, although several biologists participate. It can be subscribed to at listserv at utcvm.utc.edu . The second, ELASMO-L, is for more technical research on sharks, rays, and chimeras, and is produced by the American Elasmobranch Society. Contact Sandy Moss at smoss at umassd.edu for subscription info. The principle fisheries biology list is FISH-ECOLOGY . It can be subscribed via listserv at searn.sunet.se . - Bruce Heyer University of California, San Francisco endo at itsa.UCSF.edu ================== Seagrass forum: Date: Wed, 25 Oct 1995 17:00:37 +0800 (WST) From: Mike van Keulen To: marbio at marinelab.sarasota.fl.us Subject: marbio: Announcing SEAGRASS_FORUM Dear fellow marine biologists, I thought this might be a way of reducing some of the load :-) I am pleased to announce the launch of SEAGRASS_FORUM, a global e-mail discussion list oriented to all aspects of seagrass research. The description notice follows this message. To reach as many potential subscribers as possible, I have also posted this message to the discussion lists: ALGAE-L, MARINE-L and COASTNET. If you have already received this message, I apologise. For any list-related/administrative issues, please contact me on: keulen at murdoch.edu.au ------------------------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe to the list, simply send a message to: majordomo at essun1.murdoch.edu.au with the the line: subscribe seagrass_forum in the body of the message. You will receive additional information on how to use the list on subscribing, including instructions on how to obtain help and extra information. I look forward to discussing seagrass-related matters with you in SEAGRASS_FORUM. Best regards, Mike ===================== Date: Wed, 25 Oct 95 08:16:41 BDB From: "Euclydes A. Santos" To: MARBIO at marinelab.sarasota.fl.us Subject: marbio: FISICOMP-L and subscription volume [ stuff deleted... ] For those interested in physiology of marine animals I would point to the existence of FISICOMP-L (Comparative Physiology Discussion List). This list is just the oposite of MARBIO, i.e., it has almost no posting at all. Some new blood may be more than welcome. To join? Send to LISTESERV at IF.USP.BR a single line msg: SUBSCRIBE FISICOMP-L Your Name . =============== Deepsea: Date: Tue, 24 Oct 1995 11:20:01 -0700 From: "Andrew G. McArthur" To: marbio at marinelab.sarasota.fl.us Subject: marbio: DEEPSEA Mailing List Join the DEEPSEA electronic mailing list! The DEEPSEA mailing list exists to serve as an electronic forum for the world's community of deep-sea and hydrothermal vent/seep biologists, oceanographers, and geologists. By joining DEEPSEA, you will recieve messages from the DEEPSEA membership by email. Frequent uses of DEEPSEA include searches for specialist literature or opinion, specimen exchange, technical discussions, and general discussions about deep-sea marine biology and geology. As of October 1995, DEEPSEA had over 600 members representing more than 35 countries. Moving to the USENET/BIONET soon! To join DEEPSEA, send email to listserv at uvvm.uvic.ca with "SUB DEEPSEA yourfullname" in the body of the letter. After joining you will receive email with full instructions on how to best utilize DEEPSEA. --------------------------------------------------------------- Please note that my email has changed: amcarthu at uvaix.uvic.ca But don't worry, email sent to my old address will still get to me (for now). --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew G. McArthur Department of Biology University of Victoria P.O. Box 1700 Victoria, British Columbia Canada, V8W 2Y2 =============== Aquarium: Date: Thu, 2 Nov 1995 15:10:19 -0400 (AST) From: Sophie Estelle Mckay To: marbio at marinelab.sarasota.fl.us Subject: marbio: Aquarium listserv I thought that some of you may be interested in the following listserv which discusses subjects related to fish and aquaria. Network-wide ID: AQUARIUM full address and list description: AQUARIUM at EMUVM1.CC.EMORY.EDU To subscribe send message to: LISTSERV at LISTSERV.NET Message sould read: SUBSCRIBE AQUARIUM Sophie ============== Water Management: Dialog-Agua-L is a forum for all whose lives and careers are involved with the use and management of water. The discussion list is moderated by the Florida Center for Environmental Studies, housed at Florida Atlantic University. The dialog was originally set up to serve the needs of the Inter-American Dialog on Water Management (IADWM) and the Florida Center for Environmental Studies (CES). The IADWM seeks to share useful water-related information of all kinds among water managers across the hemisphere. CES is dedicated to research, information and training in the area of tropical and subtropical freshwater and estuarine ecosystems worldwide. It represents all ten universities in the Florida State University System, and brings resources of these universities and state agencies together to address complex water resource problems. Dialog-Agua-L is guided by the IADWM secretariat, located at the Organization of American States (OAS) in Washington, D.C., and CES. We welcome suggestions and material from all, and have no restrictions on material other than its relevance to our program. To subscribe, send a message to: mailserv at acc.fau.edu The body of the message should read: SUB DIALOG-AGUA-L "(your name)" END For further information, contact me at tgmessen at acc.fau.edu ============== Molluscs: Date: Mon, 27 Nov 1995 08:12:49 -0500 (EST) From: "Dana Denson TPA 813/744-6100 Ext. 320" To: marbio%marinelab.sarasota.fl.us%in at mr.dep.state.fl.us Cc: Peggy Morgan TPA Subject: marbio: Mollusc mailing list - thanks! Thanks to all of you who responded with information about mollusc mailing lists. Because several people also sent messages asking for what information I received on these lists, I have included it herein. Two lists which are wholly or substantially concerned with molluscs are: MOLLUSCA To subscribe, address to listproc at ucmp1.berkeley.edu With this message (only): subscribe mollusca Note the following: In the address, it is ucmp1 (one), not ucmpl (L). Also, the message should be in the order indicated above. Some sources say that your name should be in the middle, but this doesn't work. SHELLFISH To subscribe, address to shellfish-request at kenyon.edu With this message (only): subscribe Thanks again for your help! ============== NE Atlantic: Date: Tue, 28 Nov 1995 00:01:19 GMT From: pbrogaard at nn.apc.org To: fish-ecology at sern.sunet.se Cc: marbio at marinelab.sarasota.fl.us Subject: marbio: NE-atlant new list FISHBIO-NE-ATLANT a daily edited list, with news and letters from the whole world, but mainly addressed to academic scientists and tecnical staff who are working on the NE Atlantic area. The headlines will be: Highlights from other lists, Fishbiology, algae, assesment, otoliths, conservation, new tecnology, soft- ware, books, papers, new jobs, meetings and courses, workshops, questions from peopele to peopele, Who is Who, etc.etc. But the main reason to do this list, is the fact that now we got so many lists worldwide, so I think that there must be a need, to join an edited list, who get an fast wiev on todays headlines, specially focusing on the North east atlant (but not only, other topics can be seen, if they are interesting). Anyone can part in the discussion, just E-mail a letter to FISHBIO-NE-ATLANT at nn.apc.org Palle Brogaard, Denmark. listownr. ============== Other: Date: Thu, 26 Oct 1995 17:53:33 +0800 From: Melita Pennifold To: marbio at marinelab.sarasota.fl.us Subject: marbio: Other mailists Hi everybody, Several people have mentioned that this mailist is growing bigger and bigger and that maybe there should be specialised lists. Well, there are many specialised mailists already out there in the net (you just need to find them!). Here is a useful site to start looking: Marine Biology Links at http://www2.hawaii.edu/wormlab/mario.html Also here are several lists: Coral Health and Monitoring Program (CHAMP). To subscribe, send an e-mail message to: majordomo at reef.aoml.noaa.gov with the following text (only) in the body of the message: subscribe coral-list Seagrass Research Discussion List. To subscribe, send an e-mail message to: majordomo at essun1.murdoch.edu.au seagrass_forum Crustacean Discussion Group. To subscribe, send an e-mail message to: LISTSERV at SIVM.SI.EDU. with the following text (only) in the body of the message:CRUST-L XXXX XXXXX, where the XXXX XXXXX = your name Just to name a few! There will also be a list for polychaete and other wormy things soon (called ANNELIDA). If you are interested in polychaetes there is magazine on the net called Chaetozone and also a polychaete online researches list. These two groups plus many others are listed in Marine Biology Links (see above). I hope this is useful to someone out there. Melita Pennifold From coral at coral.aoml.noaa.gov Thu Feb 29 14:45:58 1996 From: coral at coral.aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 07:45:58 +30000 Subject: Coral Reef Restoration - Reply (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 11:57:00 -0500 (EST) From: KENNARD POTTS 202-260-9178 To: owner-coral-list Subject: Re: Coral Reef Restoration - Reply (fwd) Dear Dr. Jameson: I have noted your interactions with the list and thought that you may be of help to me. I am working on an ecosystem protection document for coral reefs with EPA. I am searching for appropriate case studies for inclusion into this document. This document is intended for users at the ground level. (resource managers) This document looks at the watershed and integrated coastal zone approachs to expand current efforts to protect near shore reefs. If you could suggest any possible examples for case studies, I would be most appreciative. Ken Potts U. S. EPA Oceans and Coastal Protection (4504F) 401 M Street, SW Washington DC 20460 Phone 202-260-7893 Fax 202-260-9920 Thank You, Ken