transplanting Acropora cytherea to MHI (fwd)

[Ed Parnell]

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Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1996 09:58:14 -1000 (HST) 
From: Robert Miller <bmiller at soest.hawaii.edu> 
To: Ed Parnell <parnell at soest.hawaii.edu> 
Subject: Re: transplanting Acropora cytherea to MHI (fwd) 

hey ed, see i'm supporting you! 

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Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1996 09:56:46 -1000 (HST) 
From: Robert Miller <bmiller at soest.hawaii.edu> 
To: JOSHUA Feingold <joshua at polaris.ncs.nova.edu> 
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