From davidson at blue.weeg.uiowa.edu Sun Jun 2 06:55:15 1996 From: davidson at blue.weeg.uiowa.edu (Osha Gray Davidson) Date: Sun, 2 Jun 1996 05:55:15 -0500 Subject: Ocean and Marine Dictionary Message-ID: <199606021055.FAA29880@ns-mx.uiowa.edu> Anyone know where I can obtain a copy of "Ocean and Marine Dictionary" by David Tver? Seems to be out-of-print. Thanks Osha From mabel at usp.br Sun Jun 2 09:46:22 1996 From: mabel at usp.br (Mabel Augustowski) Date: Sun, 2 Jun 1996 10:46:22 -0300 Subject: Ocean and Marine Dictionary Message-ID: <199606021346.KAA127013@spider.usp.br> Hi, Osha I would like to have a copy of this Dictionary, too. Please forward the answers you get to me. Thanks Mabel. Mabel Augustowski Parque Estadual da Ilha Anchieta Caixa Postal 204 - CEP 11680-000 Ubatuba, SP - Brasil e-mail: mabel usp.br From peyrot at com.univ-mrs.fr Tue Jun 4 02:52:32 1996 From: peyrot at com.univ-mrs.fr (Mireille Peyrot) Date: Tue, 4 Jun 1996 08:52:32 +0200 Subject: Panama bioerosion worshop Message-ID: <199606040655.CAA04828@reef.aoml.noaa.gov> Proposed format for the Workshop on Bioerosion being held during the 8th International Coral Reef Symposium 1. Initial Welcome by the organisers, Drs Pat Hutchings and Mireille Peyrot-Clausade, and a brief explanation of the structure of the Workshop. Duration of Workshop- half day. 2. All participants will then introduce themselves, and give a brief summary (max time 3 mins) of their current research studies on bioerosion, using an overhead with the following main points covered- (this is designed to save time and help the non native English speakers- it will also help in compiling a summary document on the board if everybody also bought a xerox of this overhead for the organisers). From peyrot at com.univ-mrs.fr Tue Jun 4 04:36:24 1996 From: peyrot at com.univ-mrs.fr (Mireille Peyrot) Date: Tue, 4 Jun 1996 10:36:24 +0200 Subject: Panama Workshop bioerosion 2 Message-ID: <199606040838.EAA04895@reef.aoml.noaa.gov> Bill Kiene wrote me only the two first message had been cut so I send it again , I hope it"ll arri ve well Proposed format for the Workshop on Bioerosion being held during the 8th International Coral Reef Symposium 1. Initial Welcome by the organisers, Drs Pat Hutchings and Mireille Peyrot-Clausade, and a brief explanation of the structure of the Workshop. Duration of Workshop- half day. 2. All participants will then introduce themselves, and give a brief summary (max time 3 mins) of their current research studies on bioerosion, using an overhead with the following main points covered- (this is designed to save time and help the non native English speakers- it will also help in compiling a summary document on the board if everybody also bought a xerox of this overhead for the organisers). 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In-Reply-To: <199606040838.EAA04895@reef.aoml.noaa.gov> Message-ID: Does anybody know if the UV vice president, Al Gore, is expected to speak at the coral reef symp.at panama? Thanks Nadav Shashar From kelmo at ufba.br Tue Jun 4 19:09:36 1996 From: kelmo at ufba.br (Francisco Kelmo O dos Santos) Date: Tue, 4 Jun 1996 20:09:36 -0300 (GRNLNDST) Subject: your mail In-Reply-To: <960531.121414.CDT.TSNELL@LSUVM.SNCC.LSU.EDU> Message-ID: I am interested, too. ******************************************************************* ** Prof.Francisco Kelmo ** ** Departamento de Zoologia do Instituto de Biologia ** ** Universidade Federal da Bahia - Campus de Ondina ** ** Av. Adhemar de Barros s/n. Salvador-Bahia-BRAZIL ** ** cep. 40170-290 ** ** fax:+55 071 2456909 Ph: +55 071 2473810/2473744 ** ** e-mail:Kelmo at ufba.br ** ******************************************************************** On Fri, 31 May 1996, Tonya wrote: > I was wondering if anyone knew of a protocol to isolate intact zooxanthellae > from scleractinian coral tissue. I have only found partial or very general > protocols. > > Thanks in advance. > > Tonya Snell > > tsnell at lsuvm.sncc.lsu.edu > Louisiana State University > From hendee at aoml.noaa.gov Wed Jun 5 09:04:40 1996 From: hendee at aoml.noaa.gov (James C. Hendee) Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1996 09:04:40 -0400 (EDT) Subject: zooxanthellae Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 31 May 96 12:11:18 CDT From: Tonya To: coral-list at aoml.noaa.gov I was wondering if anyone knew of a protocol to isolate intact zooxanthellae from scleractinian coral tissue. I have only found partial or very general protocols. Thanks in advance. Tonya Snell tsnell at lsuvm.sncc.lsu.edu Louisiana State University From s911023 at segi.ulg.ac.be Wed Jun 5 13:18:54 1996 From: s911023 at segi.ulg.ac.be (collette caroline) Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1996 19:18:54 +0200 Subject: Coral Reef Research and Conservation (From =?iso-8859-1?Q?Jean=2DS=E9bastien_?= Houziaux (aquarium)) Message-ID: <1.5.4.16.19960605191620.1a0f9628@pop3.student.ulg.ac.be> Subject: Coral Reef Research. To who it may concern, I found the announce for the International Year of the Reef in the UICN's "Shark News", which a French researcher sent me since I am particularly interested in shark ecology and conservation. I made graduate studies in Zoology and post-graduate (Master, 2 years) in Oceanology at University of Li=E8ge (Belgium). I started a major work on a small European species, the Lesser Spotted Dogfish Scyliorhinus canicula, which has become the most important Selachian in the French Fisheries since the recent decay of the Spiny dogfish, Squalus Acanthias. I wanted to continue my first work on the annual cycle of reproduction of this species by a behavioural approach, with a further look on the fishery problem with the framework of 'IFREMER' (France). Unfortunately, I was the only Belgian researcher to start a work in the field of Selachians, and I therefore couldn't get any funding for this Ph.D. project. Our laboratory had to give it up. I am searching for a new project, and this is very hard in Belgium in the field of Marine Ecology. I want to leave Belgium and search in a foreign country. Therefore, I have applied to the 'BAEF' (Belgian American Educational Foundation) in order to get a grant for starting a Ph.D. in the USA. My candidature is accepted on the basis of my academic results. I am now seeking for a project to submit within an American institution. I currently have no idea on how to get other funding for such research in another country. I would like to know if there may be a chance for starting a PhD project dealing with the ecology and conservation of coral reefs, since such a work is actually of a prime interest to me. I am specialized in Fish Ecology and Behaviour, with personal interest to sharks and rays, but my studies gave me a broad approach of general Marine Ecology. I don't know whether it might be useful to do so on this server, but I attach to this message a copy of my C.V., hoping somebody to be interested in it. I thank you for your time and look forward to hearing from you. Sincerely. Jean-S=E9bastien Houziaux (University of Liege: Graduate in Zoology, Master= in Oceanology). N.B. This E-mail was sent from another location than the address given in the C.V. (aquarium at vm1.ulg.ac.be). Both can be used. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Attn JAPANESE MARINE BIOLOGISTS ONLY We have full funding for Japanese scientists to take part in the expeditions. If you are interested and have any suitable research proposal we will forward to the Japanese evaluation committee. Dr Steve Oakley soakley at tualang.unimas.my Institute of Biodiversity & Environmental Conservation Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, KotaSamarahan 94300 Fax 082 672275 Tel 082 671000 x 260 From mbs at mangga.usc.edu.ph Thu Jun 6 12:15:48 1996 From: mbs at mangga.usc.edu.ph (Marine Biology Section, USC, Cebu, Philippi) Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 16:15:48 +0000 Subject: Proceedings Philippine Marine Science Message-ID: <286306A051A@mangga.usc.edu.ph> Dear All, I am posting an announcement for the Proceedings of the Third National Symposium in Philippine Marine Science, ed. by Filipina Sotto, Jason Young, and Fr. Joseph Baumgartner, SVD. We have only a few limited copies left. This book contains 20 original articles and 67 abstracts from the symposium held in Iloilo, Panay Island, on May 3-4, 1994. The articles are peer-reviewed by international scientists. Cost is only US$ 40.00 including air mail. This book is important since it provides information from a region that is relatively unknown, though containing one of the highest biodiversity in the world. Topics include aquaculture, coastal resource management, molecular biology, biochemistry, biotechnology, ecology, oceanography and pollution. All proceeds go directly to the Philippine Association of Marine Science. Thank you very much for your time and support. Jason Young ____sender's name_____ Marine Biology Section University of San Carlos fax (+63-32) 3460351 Cebu City 6000, Philippines email: mbs at mangga.usc.edu.ph ****** When replying, PLEASE INCLUDE ADDRESSEE'S NAME IN SUBJECT HEADER *** thanks. ******** From tsocci at usgcrp.gov Thu Jun 6 11:02:53 1996 From: tsocci at usgcrp.gov (Tony Socci) Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 11:02:53 -0400 Subject: June 10th USGCRP Seminar Flyer on Forests - Final Message-ID: U.S. Global Change Research Program Second Monday Seminar Series FOREST RESPONSES TO CHANGES IN ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND CLIMATE What is the response of forests to increasing concentrations of carbon dioxide and other gases? What impact has climate change had on forests? What are the combined effects of these influences on soil fertility, forest productivity, and forest ecosystems? Do forests in different regions exhibit different responses to these influences? What is the outlook for forests 25 to 50 years from now, and beyond? Public Invited Monday June 10, 1996, 3:15-4:45 PM Rayburn House Office Bldg., Room B369, Washington, DC Reception Following INTRODUCTION Dr. Jerry Sesco, Deputy Chief of Forest Service for Research, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Washington, DC SPEAKERS Dr. Richard Birdsey, Program Manager, Northern Global Change Program, USDA Forest Service, Radnor, PA Dr. J. G. Isebrands, Project Leader, North Central Forest Experiment Station, USDA Forest Service, Rhinelander, WI. Background Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the most important of the greenhouse gases that are influenced directly by human activities. The rising atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide is predicted to enhance photosynthesis of some plants and to warm the climate. The CO2 concentration in the atmosphere is determined by the emissions from combustion of fossil fuels and by CO2 uptake and release by the Earth's oceans, vegetation, and soils. Carbon dioxide is taken up by land plants, which annually consume about twelve times the world's fossil fuel emissions. The biosphere also gives off about the same amout of CO2 through respiration and plant decay. This makes land plants a critical part of the global carbon cycle. Global observations clearly indicate atmospheric concentrations of CO2 are increasing. However, the rate of increase in atmospheric CO2 is not as high as expected based on the increase in fossil fuel emissions. This "missing" carbon is being taken up by either the oceans or the terrestrial biosphere (plants and soils), or both. Understanding these carbon transfers is critical to predicting the importance of global climate change and its consequences. Recent studies have pointed to carbon accumulation in temperate forests of the Northern Hemisphere as a likely explanation for the imbalance in the global carbon budget. It is thought that several factors may be accounting for the increase in the carbon uptake by the terrestrial biosphere - the regrowth of forests in regions where farming is being reduced, increased plant growth due to the increase in the CO2 concentration of the atmosphere, and increased forest productivity as a result of nitrogen deposition. Atmospheric Changes and Forest Responses Trees and ecosystems are affected by an array of environmental factors that vary in space and time, and so a particularly important area of research has been the simultaneous effects of multiple factors on forests. While simple experiments may show the effects of a single factor, it is the timing and intensity of interactions between multiple factors that determine how a tree responds to environmental change. There are also genetic factors that determine the sensitivity of individual trees to stress, and their adaptability to a new environment. It is generally accepted that scientists need to study more natural systems because of significant difficulties with exposure chamber techniques. Under the auspices of the U.S. Global Chnage Research Program, a multi-agency terrestrial ecology program, augmented by funding from private sources, a new chamberless experimental facility is under development at a U.S. Forest Service site in Rhinelander, Wisconsin. This will be the largest "free air CO2 enrichment" (FACE) experimental facility in the U.S., consisting of 12 exposure rings, several different tree species, and the capability to simulate exposures to CO2 and ozone, singly and in combination. In multi-factor, multi-year experiments using exposure chambers, different tree species have shown very different responses to elevated ozone levels, alone and in combination with elevated CO2 levels. For example, aspen is highly sensitive to ozone and there are strong genotypic differences. Ozone reduces biomass production and root growth in aspen, and an increase in the CO2 concentration does not compensate for the reduction. This negative interaction between CO2 and ozone decreases aspen photosynthesis rates more than ozone stress alone. In contrast, white pine and yellow poplar show no significant detectable adverse effects of exposure to ozone, and growth has been stimulated with the simultaneous addition of CO2. Models of Forest Behavior and Response Integrated models of physical, biological, and social systems are being used to address the effects of different scenarios of climate change on forest productivity, carbon storage, and the timber economy. Initial projections from these models suggest that increases in productivity are likely for northern forest types, while southern forest types may show small increases or decreases in productivity. In one extreme scenario for the southeastern U.S., much of the dense pine forest would be replaced by a pine savanna of low productivity. Forests in the western U.S. may be highly sensitive to small climate changes because they often grow at or near the limits of climate tolerated by tree species. When the ecosystem models are linked with economic models, results show that projected increases in productivity may not lead to increases in harvest at the national scale because the market responds to many different factors besides timber growth. The models project some redistribution of harvest among regions, which would in turn lead to some changes in fiber types and the ownership of lands from which wood is harvested. Harvested timber will add to a growing pool of carbon in wood products. Byproducts from timber production, which are burned for energy, reduce the combustion of fossil fuels that adds long-stored carbon back into the atmosphere. Retrospective applications of the models have explored uptake and release of carbon by forests and forest products. Results suggest that U.S. forests are currently a net sink for carbon. Increases in biomass on U.S. forest lands over the last 40 years are estimated to have added 281 million metric tons per year of stored carbon, enough to offset 25 percent of U.S. emissions for the period. Most of this additional carbon is found in regrowing forests on abandoned agricultural land in the eastern U.S. These estimates indeed suggest that some of the "missing" carbon can be accounted for by storage in northern temperate forests. The integrated models are currently undergoing extensive revisions in preparation for another round of projections based on updated forest inventory data, new climate projections, and developments in modeling techniques. An international model intercomparison study known as VEMAP (Vegetation Ecosystem Model Analysis Project) has compared the results of 3 biogeochemistry models for simulating the response of 21 different U.S. vegetation types to climate change scenarios. This exercise has helped the model developers understand the strengths and weaknesses in representing key ecosystems processes, and will facilitate analytical review of uncertainty in projections of vegetation change. Forest Management to Offset CO2 Emissions Opportunities to increase carbon storage above the expected baseline have been identified and are beginning to influence landowner decisions. Studies have shown that CO2 emissions can be effectively offset by sequestering additional carbon at various steps in the life cycle of wood growth, harvest, use, and disposal. Typical practices to offset carbon emissions include (1) tree planting on marginal agricultural land, (2) increasing timber growth on forests now used for timber production, (3) increasing the use of wood in place of fossil fuels, and (4) improving wood utilization. Several U.S. agencies, in partnership with American Forests, a nonprofit organization that represents many land owners, have been quantifying how various management practices used in different regions and forest types may impact carbon storage over long periods of time. This information has been used by utility companies to design carbon offset projects to compensate for CO2 emissions that are a byproduct of energy generation from fossil fuels. Other landowners have begun to use estimates of carbon storage under different forest conditions to quantify accomplishments under the Department of Energy's "Voluntary Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Reductions" Program. Biographies Dr. Richard Birdsey is Program Manager of the Northern Global Change Research Program within the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. He is a specialist in quantitative methods for large-scale forest inventories and has pioneered the development of methods to estimate national carbon budgets for forest lands from forest inventory data. He spent 10 years as team leader for forest inventory research in the Midsouth States. He was a principal contributor to several regional and national assessments of future timber supply in the South and the Nation. He designed the first comprehensive inventories of forest resources in Puerto Rico and St. Vincent, West Indies. He is a contributor to the ongoing inventory of U.S. greenhouse gases and sinks compiled by USDA, EPA, and DOE. He also cooperates with the Sukachev Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in a project to estimate the Russian carbon budget. He was a major contributor to the most recent assessment of climate change impacts on America's forests conducted as part of the decadal Resources Planning Act Assessment. In his current role as Program Manager, Dr. Birdsey is coordinating a national effort to link biological and economic models with atmospheric models to assess the impacts of global change on U.S. forests, and to analyze mitigation and adaptation strategies. He manages a large basic research program involving a dozen U.S. Forest Service Laboratories and Experimental Forests in the Northeast and North Central States, with research emphases on basic plant processes, ecosystem nutrient cycling, and measurement and modeling techniques. Dr. Birdsey has degrees in quantitative methods and world forestry from the State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Dr. J. G. Isebrands is Project Leader of a research project in the USDA Forest Service (FS), North Central Forest Experiment Station entitled "Physiological mechanisms of growth and multiple stress responses in northern forests" located in Rhinelander, Wisconsin. His research expertise is tree physiology with emphasis on carbon allocation, tree canopy architecture and physiological growth process modeling. He is currently the FS representative to the Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems Core Project (GCTE) of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Program (IGBP) as well as the FS representative to the FAO-sponsored International Poplar Commission. He was involved in the formation of the current FS Global Change Program and is currently on the technical advisory committee of the FS Northern Global Change Program. He has received an award from this group for fostering cooperative research. For 8 years he was the chairman of the International Union Forest Research Organization (IUFRO) Working Group on "Forest tree canopies" and has been the cochairman of the international meetings for that group in Italy, New Zealand, and the U.S. He currently holds adjunct research professorships at four universities including University of Minnesota, Michigan Tech University, University of Washington, and Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. He holds graduate degrees in forestry and forest science from Iowa State University, Ames, IA and is the author and/or co-author of over 100 scientific publications. PLANNED TOPIC FOR NEXT SEMINAR on Monday, July 15, 1996 A Look at Climate Feedbacks and Controls For more information please contact: Dr. Anthony D. Socci, U.S. Global Change Research Program Office 300 D St., SW, Suite 840, Washington, DC 20024 Telephone: (202) 651-8244; Fax: (202) 554-6715 E-Mail: TSOCCI at USGCRP.GOV. Additional information on the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) and this Seminar Series is available on the USGCRP Home Page at: http://www.usgcrp.gov. Normally these seminars are held on the second Monday of each month. From cr10 at mailer.york.ac.uk Thu Jun 6 17:22:57 1996 From: cr10 at mailer.york.ac.uk (Callum Roberts) Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 17:22:57 BST Subject: Nominations for ISRS Council Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, Thanks to all of you who responded to my recent posting asking for nominations for councillors of the International Society for Reef Studies. This note is to let you know that by a decision of the council of ISRS the deadline for nominations has been extended to the 31st August in order to allow everybody time to have a say in the process. Among the current nominees, the USA and Europe are well represented. However, we are particularly keen to expand the geographic base of ISRS council and so still seek nominations of people from developing countries, Australasia and the Pacific to even the balance out a little. Please give some thought to possible nominees from these areas especially. Those nominating somebody need to obtain their permission and need to forward to me (or get the nominee to forward) a brief paragraph stating interests and experience. Self nominations are welcome. I look forward to receiving your responses. Best wishes, Callum Roberts Corresponding Secretary ISRS EEEM, University of York, York, YO1 5DD, UK Fax: +44 1904 432998 From TSNELL at lsuvm.sncc.lsu.edu Thu Jun 6 15:23:18 1996 From: TSNELL at lsuvm.sncc.lsu.edu (Tonya) Date: Thu, 06 Jun 96 14:23:18 CDT Subject: spawning 1996 Message-ID: <960606.142734.CDT.TSNELL@LSUVM.SNCC.LSU.EDU> I would like to witness the coral spawning event this year and was hoping someone could tell me what the expected dates are. If anyone is looking for volunteers to record these events please let me know. I am a grad student at Louisiana State University working on coral genetics and I am SCUBA certified. I hope to here from some of you. Thanks... Tonya From coral at aoml.noaa.gov Fri Jun 7 09:44:19 1996 From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Fri, 7 Jun 1996 09:44:19 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Online Directory expanded Message-ID: Thanks to Dr. C. Mark Eakin of NOAA's Office of Globabl Programs, and the programming efforts of Ms. Betty Huss of NOAA/AOML/OCD, our Online Coral Researchers Directory has been *significantly* expanded to include names and contact information for most of the world's coral reef researchers. The directory, which is updated frequently, can be found as a URL link off our CHAMP home page at: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov If you have any updates or corrections to the list, please drop a line. Many thanks for your interest. Sincerely yours, Jim Hendee ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | | | Coral Health and Monitoring Program | | Ocean Chemistry Division | | Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological 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 swalker at medea.gp.usm.edu Fri Jun 7 10:56:03 1996 From: swalker at medea.gp.usm.edu (Sharon H. Walker) Date: Fri, 7 Jun 1996 09:56:03 -0500 (CDT) Subject: coral reef teaching materials sought Message-ID: <199606071456.JAA25073@medea.gp.usm.edu> WANTED: CORAL REEF TEACHING MATERIALS FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS. Instructional materials on coral reefs (coral biology, reef structures and features, flora and fauna, ecology, pollution, destruction, conservation, and related topics) geared for high school students or younger are sought for a translation project which will result in a teacher's manual for Spanish-speaking students. THE CORAL REEF CURRICULAR MATERIALS TRANSLATION PROJECT is being funded by E.P.A. and coordinated by the J.L.Scott Marine Education Center in Biloxi, MS. If you are using, or are aware of, exceptional quality instructional resources (concepts/hands-on activities), please reply A.S.A.P to Amanda Newton at (601)374-5550 or swalker at medea.gp.usm.edu. or FAX (601)374-5559. From coral at aoml.noaa.gov Fri Jun 7 12:26:07 1996 From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Fri, 7 Jun 1996 12:26:07 -0400 (EDT) Subject: AVHRR images of coral reef areas Message-ID: Greetings! The Remote Sensing Facility of the Department of Marine Science, University of South Florida, in St. Petersburg, Florida, and NOAA/AOML/OCD's Coral Health and Monitoring Program, are collaborating to provide Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) images to the coral research community. This capability provides researchers with another tool for gaining a better understanding of the influence of water masses on the health of coral assemblages. The images are available as a URL link off the CHAMP Home Page at: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov The AVHRR data has been processed to represent sea surface temperature (SST) fields. Only images which have 20% or better SST coverage over water will be displayed, so the most recent image may not be today's. Past images are archived and available. At the present time, only AVHRR images of Florida Bay and the Florida Straits are available, but if you have other reef areas you'd like to see, or if you have other special requests, please drop a line. Sincerely yours, Jim Hendee ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | | | Coral Health and Monitoring Program | | Ocean Chemistry Division | | Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological 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 davidson at blue.weeg.uiowa.edu Fri Jun 7 12:51:11 1996 From: davidson at blue.weeg.uiowa.edu (Osha Gray Davidson) Date: Fri, 7 Jun 1996 11:51:11 -0500 Subject: UnCover Reveal Alert Service Message-ID: <199606071651.LAA19953@ns-mx.uiowa.edu> Anyone familiar with UnCover's Reveal Alert Service? For $20/year they say they'll e-mail the most recent tables of contents from 50 journals (you pick'em from their list of 17,000 title). AND once a week they'll run a search of user-provided terms of new articles in their database--again, e-mailing you the results. Sounds good; has anyone tried it? Then there's the question of which journals? I'm a science writer new to this field: Can list-serve members suggest which journals are most important to keep posted on? (I won't even get into the question of best search terms at this point!) Thanks Osha Gray Davidson By the way, they're URL is: http://www.carl.org From PRJCOLLI at aol.com Sat Jun 8 11:13:54 1996 From: PRJCOLLI at aol.com (PRJCOLLI at aol.com) Date: Sat, 8 Jun 1996 11:13:54 -0400 Subject: Reproduction of corals Message-ID: <960608111353_409913450@emout14.mail.aol.com> Does anyone out there know anything about reproduction in Culicia spp. and Oulastrea spp... (spawn, brood, hermap, gonochoric?). I need this info to link with recruitment data. Many Thanks Peter Collinson The University of Hong Kong From howzit at io.org Sat Jun 8 17:42:23 1996 From: howzit at io.org (Ursula Keuper-Bennett) Date: Sat, 8 Jun 1996 17:42:23 -0400 Subject: Important NOAA resource now online Message-ID: <199606082142.RAA23133@io.org> Dear CORALers, I am really a turtle person but I hang around here because I know the welfare of corals and reefs is critical to keeping marine turtles healthy. For the past four months I have been surfing the net trying to locate environmental information on all Green Turtle Fibropapilloma sites reported by Drs. Herbst and Williams. I was doing quite well too. Today is Ocean Day. As if to commemorate it, I came upon a most remarkable resource at a NOAA website. Newly posted on May 30th is Chapter 1 (NOAA document) "State of the Reefs: Regional and Global Perspectives". I was into the third paragraph before I realized I had forgotten to breathe! Neatly presented was much of the environmental information I had been searching for all these evenings! This web document has summarized conditions and trends of the world's reefs. I think this NOAA resource is important for all people interested in corals and reef systems. If you aren't already concerned about much of the world's tropical and sub-tropical coastlines you'll be sounding the alarm after THIS read! You can reach this document DIRECTLY at: http://www.nos.noaa.gov/icri/state.html But also put The Coral Health and Monitoring Program homepage in your bookmarks. It can be reached at: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/ Visiting the NOAA website will only get you Chapter One of this document. What follows is information necessary for people (like me) who want to order the entire thing. 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, US Department of State, Washington, DC, 32 p. For copies of the complete paper contact Stephen C. Jameson, US Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, 1305 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA. I thank Drs. Jameson, McManus and Spalding for writing this resource, Jim Hendee (webmaster of NOAA site) for announcing it and NOAA for funding this critical research. Some turtle friends I know back in Hawaii thank them too. ^ Ursula Keuper-Bennett 0 0 Mississauga, Ontario /V^\ I I /^V\ Email: howzit at io.org /V Turtle Trax V\ Visit the Turtle Trax Cartoon at: /V Forever Green V\ http://www.io.org/~bunrab/toon.htm From JSTEIN1 at umbc2.umbc.edu Mon Jun 10 01:23:50 1996 From: JSTEIN1 at umbc2.umbc.edu (JSTEIN1 at umbc2.umbc.edu) Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1996 00:23:50 -0500 (EST) Subject: UnCover Reveal Alert Service In-Reply-To: <199606071651.LAA19953@ns-mx.uiowa.edu> Message-ID: If you have a University or other affiliation they may already have a site liscense that can carry you and save you the yearly fee. I'm new to the service but people say it works well. James Stein Department of Geography University of Maryland Baltimore County On Fri, 7 Jun 1996, Osha Gray Davidson wrote: > Anyone familiar with UnCover's Reveal Alert Service? For $20/year they say > they'll e-mail the most recent tables of contents from 50 journals (you > pick'em from their list of 17,000 title). AND once a week they'll run a > search of user-provided terms of new articles in their database--again, > e-mailing you the results. Sounds good; has anyone tried it? Then there's > the question of which journals? I'm a science writer new to this field: Can > list-serve members suggest which journals are most important to keep posted > on? (I won't even get into the question of best search terms at this point!) > Thanks > Osha Gray Davidson > By the way, they're URL is: http://www.carl.org > > From davidson at blue.weeg.uiowa.edu Mon Jun 10 21:22:37 1996 From: davidson at blue.weeg.uiowa.edu (Osha Gray Davidson) Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1996 20:22:37 -0500 Subject: Red Sea Marine Peace Park Message-ID: <199606110122.UAA13619@ns-mx.uiowa.edu> I recently read about the possibility of developing a management plan for a Red Sea Marine Peace Park in the northern Gulf of Aqaba. Anyone involved in this--or can tell me more about it? Thanks, Osha From SHASHAR at umbc2.umbc.edu Tue Jun 11 09:14:19 1996 From: SHASHAR at umbc2.umbc.edu (SHASHAR at umbc2.umbc.edu) Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1996 08:14:19 -0500 (EST) Subject: Red Sea Marine Peace Park In-Reply-To: <199606110122.UAA13619@ns-mx.uiowa.edu> Message-ID: There are actually 2 things with similar names 1) The Peace Park. You can get more information about it from Mr. B. Mieremet of NOAA, who runs the project. Phone (301) 713-3155 ext. 127. 2) The Peace Reef. You can get info at an home page which is under construction at http://www2.hawaii.edu/wormlab/peacerf.html I am involved with the latter and wil be happy to follow up if you want. Take care nadav On Mon, 10 Jun 1996, Osha Gray Davidson wrote: > I recently read about the possibility of developing a management plan for a > Red Sea Marine Peace Park in the northern Gulf of Aqaba. Anyone involved in > this--or can tell me more about it? > Thanks, > Osha > > From coral at aoml.noaa.gov Wed Jun 12 13:19:05 1996 From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 13:19:05 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Reef Awareness Key in Key West, FL Message-ID: Forwarded information: Press Release: For Immediate Release June 6, 1996 Contact: DeeVon Quirolo, Reef Relief (305) 294-3100 Reef Awareness Week planned for July 21-27, 1996 Reef Awareness Week, the annual event designed to enhance appreciation and support for the coral reef, is planned for July 21-27, 1996 in the Florida Keys. REEF RELIEF, the non-profit group dedicated to protecting the coral reef, has organized a full week of activities including discounted family snorkel trips to the reefs near Key West, a petition drive for a coral reef license plate, Children's Day activities at Museums at Crane Point Hammock and a reef excursion for children aboard the Discovery Glassbottom Boat, a luncheon at Islamorada's Cheeca Lodge featuring Harold Hudson on coral restoration, a Buoy Splcing Party hosted by Charterboat Reef Chief and Safe Harbor Marina on Stock Island, the Annual Membership Meeting at Pier House Caribbean Spa Featuring Craig Quirolo's State of the Reef Address and Dr. Brian Lapointe on water quality, the airing of environmental films compliments of TCI Channel 5, a magical Journey to Nature with Umi and more! The event is sponsored in part by American Express and Best Western Hibiscus Motel. "We will be celebrating REEF RELIEF's 10th anniversary during Reef Awareness Week and will kickoff our first Capital Campaign. Come out and show your support for saving North America's only living coral barrier reef!" noted Heidi Golightly, Director of Development. For a schedule or to volunteer, call (305) 294-3100 or visit hte REEF RELIEF Environmental Center at the foot of William Street in Key West. Mailing Address: Post Office Box 430; Key West, FL 33041 Environmental Center & Store: 201 William Street; Key West, FL 33040 Telephone: (305) 294-3100 Fax: (305) 293-9515 From 9227421m at udcf.gla.ac.uk Wed Jun 12 15:53:35 1996 From: 9227421m at udcf.gla.ac.uk (Fran Marubini) Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 20:53:35 +0100 Subject: No subject Message-ID: <22892.199606121953@lenzie.cent.gla.ac.uk> I am trying to collect comparative information on calcification, photosynthesis and any other physiological parameter between corals on the reef and in laboratory aquaria. Does anyone know of published comparative reports? Looking forward to your replies, thank you Francesca Marubini From davidson at blue.weeg.uiowa.edu Thu Jun 13 00:17:25 1996 From: davidson at blue.weeg.uiowa.edu (Osha Gray Davidson) Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 22:17:25 -0600 Subject: No subject Message-ID: <2.2.32.19960613041725.00696cb4@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu> Dear fellow list-servers: I'm a free-lancer at the beginning stages of writing a literary natural history book about coral reefs--for lay-people such as myself. (It will be published by Wiley Press in 1998.) While I'm still working out the details, here's a general view of the project: I'm interested in presenting the history of how humans have come to understand the reef and its ecosystem. Also, in what the threats are to this diverse ecosystem, and in what is being done about them. And, of course, about what is THERE: the flora and fauna of the reef ecosystem (including seagrass beds, mangroves and hardwood hammocks). I plan on visiting a several reefs around the world: in the Caribbean, the Great Barrier Reef, the Red Sea, ??? I want to spent some time in each place with people who are doing research and management work. I come to the subject with admittedly little knowledge, but with a great love for coral reefs--at least for the ones I've known in the Florida Keys. I was a "beach-bum" in Key West in the mid-1970s and spent most of my time snorkeling. I will be attending the Panama symposium (and writing a magazine piece on it) to begin getting an idea of the issues and people involved. (I've also signed up for a summer college course on coral reef ecology so as not to remain a completely ignorant journalist. I have written for the usual suspects: the New York Times, the Nation, the New Republic, and have written a few books--but all of them on political/social issues.) Please feel free to approach me at the symposium if you'd like to talk about some issue you feel is relevant to this project--or if you'd just like to chat. I'm not sure of my hotel assignment yet, but I imagine there will be a communications board up at the symposium site and I will check it regularly. And until then (and afterwards) there is always the blessed e-mail. Looking forward to meeting at least some of you in Panama, Osha From eakin at ogp.noaa.gov Thu Jun 13 17:26:37 1996 From: eakin at ogp.noaa.gov (Mark Eakin) Date: 13 Jun 1996 16:26:37 -0500 Subject: Red Sea Marine Peace Par Message-ID: Reply to: RE>Red Sea Marine Peace Park Ben Mieremet at NOAA and Steve Jameson of Coral Seas, Inc. are currently in the middle east working on the management plan. Upon their return you can reach them at: bmieremet at coasts.nos.noaa.gov sjameson at coralseas.com Cheers, Mark -------------------------------------- Date: 6/10/96 8:51 PM To: Mark Eakin From: Osha Gray Davidson I recently read about the possibility of developing a management plan for a Red Sea Marine Peace Park in the northern Gulf of Aqaba. Anyone involved in this--or can tell me more about it? Thanks, Osha ------------------ RFC822 Header Follows ------------------ Received: by ogp.noaa.gov with SMTP;10 Jun 1996 20:50:18 -0500 Received: by reef.aoml.noaa.gov (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI) for coral-list-outgoing id BAA00846; Tue, 11 Jun 1996 01:25:12 GMT Received: from ns-mx.uiowa.edu by reef.aoml.noaa.gov via ESMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI) for id VAA00841; Mon, 10 Jun 1996 21:25:10 -0400 Received: from ns-mx.uiowa.edu by ns-mx.uiowa.edu (8.7.5/19950309.1) on Mon, 10 Jun 1996 20:22:37 -0500 id UAA13619 with SMTP Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1996 20:22:37 -0500 Message-Id: <199606110122.UAA13619 at ns-mx.uiowa.edu> X-Sender: davidson at blue.weeg.uiowa.edu X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 2.1.1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: coral-list at reef.aoml.noaa.gov From: Osha Gray Davidson Subject: Red Sea Marine Peace Park Sender: owner-coral-list at reef.aoml.noaa.gov Precedence: bulk From coral at aoml.noaa.gov Fri Jun 14 09:39:22 1996 From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1996 09:39:22 -0400 (EDT) Subject: UnCover Reveal - Coral reefs. 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SI 0722-4028(1996)15:2L.148:ISRS;1- >> Profile #: 1236477 UnCover #: 251,066,024,028 -- The REVEAL Table of Contents service is supplied to you by the UnCover Company. If you desire further information or assistance, please phone us at 800.787.7979 (outside the US at 303.758.3030), or electronic mail to: uncover at carl.org. Thank you for using REVEAL. From suniwan at po.jaring.my Sat Jun 15 02:21:59 1996 From: suniwan at po.jaring.my (DON BAKER) Date: Sat, 15 Jun 1996 14:21:59 +0800 (MYT) Subject: Culture of Hard Corals / Thailand Message-ID: <199606150621.OAA11952@relay1.jaring.my> Dear Coral List, Word was passed to me from the University of Malaysia - Sabah / Dr Ridzwan Abdul Rahman - that there is successful maturation and culture of Acropora & Pocillopora spp. in Thailand. Can anyone reference more info on this effort? Verify such? Many regards to All, Don Baker From davidson at blue.weeg.uiowa.edu Sun Jun 16 10:53:35 1996 From: davidson at blue.weeg.uiowa.edu (Osha Gray Davidson) Date: Sun, 16 Jun 1996 08:53:35 -0600 Subject: Honduras Message-ID: <2.2.32.19960616145335.00676f20@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu> Hi--Anyone doing work on or know about coral reefs around the island of Roatan, off the Honduran coast? Thanks, Osha From coral at aoml.noaa.gov Mon Jun 17 14:20:00 1996 From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 14:20:00 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CHAMP Web Problems Message-ID: Unfortunately, one of the Coral Health and Monitoring Program hard disks that holds ICRI documents (and other items, including AVHRR images) for access over the Web crashed over the weekend. Hopefully it will be up soon. Please note that several important ICRI documents may be obtainable at: http://wave.nos.noaa.gov/icri/csd/report.html (except, of course, ones that link back to the CHAMP server). Thanks for you patience. Sincerely yours, Jim Hendee ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | | | Coral Health and Monitoring Program | | Ocean Chemistry Division | | Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological 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 bob_buddemeier at msmail.kgs.ukans.edu Tue Jun 18 19:32:42 1996 From: bob_buddemeier at msmail.kgs.ukans.edu (Bob Buddemeier) Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 07:32:42 +0800 (U) Subject: Coral Reefs, Global Change, ICRS8 Message-ID: <01I632MX7S0I8ZQC1T@KUHUB.CC.UKANS.EDU> Return-receipt-to: "Bob Buddemeier" To: coral-list at reef.aoml.noaa.gov Coral Reefs, Global Change, and ICRS8 On Thursday June 27 at the 8th International Coral Reef Symposium in Panama there will be a workshop session addressing the topic: Coral Reef Responses to Global Change: The Role of Adaptation. This is intended to provide an opportunity for the larger scientific community to participate in and contribute to the activities of SCOR Working Group 104, which is addressing this topic. The workshop will consist of topical discussion sessions, initiated by BRIEF individual or panel presentations to set the stage for general input and discussion. Details may be modified as the Symposium progresses, but the topical areas will include: 1. The fuzzy borderline between adaptation and acclimation: reproduction, genetics, life histories and evolution -- and the ever-popular species problem. 2. Community structure and function over time and space -- who matters, how obligate are their associations, how do they find each other, and what do they do when single? 3. Organism physiology and endosymbiosis as controls on acclimation -- the problem of locally determined tolerance levels and other untidy details. 4. Stress, synergism, and environmental preference -- nutrients, light, temperature, carbonate saturation state, and other subtly critical environmental variables. The exact schedules of discussion will be determined and posted or circulated at the meeting, in order to minimize conflicts with other workshops and to take advantage of the available expertise. All are welcome and reservations are not required, but anyone with extensive interests in or potential contributions to any of the topics is invited to contact me prior to the event: Robert W. Buddemeier email: Bob_Buddemeier at msmail.kgs.ukans.edu (through June 22) or at the Plaza Paitilla Inn in Panama durig the Symposium From mpl at christa.unh.edu Wed Jun 19 10:23:53 1996 From: mpl at christa.unh.edu (Michael P. Lesser) Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 10:23:53 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Belize Bleaching Update Message-ID: Having just returned from Belize at Carrie Bow Cay I wanted to update the reports of widespread bleaching there in 1995 on the coral-list. At this time temperatures have returned to their seasonal norms (27=B0C @ 15-20 m an= d 28-29=B0C at <1m) at mid-day. Surveys of both the outer and inner reefs at Carrie Bow and adjacent areas suggest widespread recovery of corals. An occasional sample of Agaricia lamarki (@15 m or greater) or Montastrea annularis (Morphotype I and II in 1-5 m) still appear to be recovering, or recently bleached, as suggested by their mottled coloration. No widespread mortality of corals, that might be attributable to the 1995 bleaching event, was evident as well. Michael P. Lesser University of New Hampshire Departments of Zoology and Microbiology Durham, NH 03824 (603) 862-3442 (W) (603) 862-3784 (FAX) From coral at aoml.noaa.gov Wed Jun 19 12:07:08 1996 From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 12:07:08 -0400 (EDT) Subject: ICRI Docs available Message-ID: The complete document of the ICRI Workshop, May 29 through June 2, 1995 is again available in three different formats at the following URL: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/icri/icri.html Sorry for the inconvenience of its inaccessibility for a short while. Sincerely yours, Jim Hendee From bhaskell at ocean.nos.noaa.gov Wed Jun 19 15:51:23 1996 From: bhaskell at ocean.nos.noaa.gov (Haskell, B.) Date: 19 Jun 1996 14:51:23 -0500 Subject: Florida Keys Marine Research at Your Fingertips Message-ID: Florida Keys Marine Research at Your Fingertips After months of intense work compiling abstracts on the broad array of marine research projects conducted here in the Keys, the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary is now offering public access to a database of research papers and educational materials on local marine resources. The database includes citations for peer reviewed journals, state and federal reports, and other reference materials. In an effort to provide a broad audience with an efficient means of obtaining information on marine resources, a growing number of documents, ranging from published scientific papers to educational videotapes, have been compiled and catalogued in a computer database. These materials focus on the many different aspects of the biological and physical characteristics of the Florida Keys marine environment. This database project was initiated by the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary and The Nature Conservancy utilizing AmeriCorps and other volunteers to collect and enter information. Citations and summaries of over 1,000 documents are now easily accessible by Internet at URL: www.fknms.nos.noaa.gov. Because these citations are computerized, a person can search all the documents for the particular subject of interest, read the summary, and identify where to find the complete document. This database of documents on Keys resources will continue to grow as new information is added. Many of the educational and scientific institutions of the Florida Keys have expressed interest in participating, and it is the project's continuing goal to include as many of their collections as possible in the database. I hope you find this a useful resource. Benjamin Haskell Science Coordinator bhaskell at ocean.nos.noaa.gov From tsocci at usgcrp.gov Wed Jun 19 15:04:45 1996 From: tsocci at usgcrp.gov (Tony Socci) Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 15:04:45 -0400 Subject: US Global Change Seminar Series Questionaire Message-ID: US Global Change Research Program Draft List of Second Monday Sem= inar Series Topics for 1996-97 June 19, 1996 Dear Friends and Colleagues: In our first year, our seminar series has covered a wide range of topics (see list on reverse side). In anticipation of the upcoming year of seminars the U.S. Global Change Research Program Office has compiled a draft list of possible topics to be included in the US Global Change Research Program Second Monday Seminar Series. We would very much appreciate your input regarding this list, and welcome your suggestions as to additional and/or alternative topics. Please indicate your level of interest in the following topics by ranking each of the topics listed below from 0 to 5, with 5 indicating the highest level of interest, 3 general interest, and 0 indicating that the topic is unlikely to be of interest to our primary audience (Congressional staff, reporters and newsletter writers, agency program leaders, NGO's, and those with global and regional environmental interests). Suggestions for additional or alternative topics should also be indicated. Please remember we have only 11 slots each year. Our sincere thanks for your comments, support, and continued interest in the U.S. Global Change Research Program Second Monday Seminar Series. Sincerely Yours, Anthony D. Socci, Ph= .D. Please mail, fax, or e-mail your response to: Dr. Anthony D. Socci U.S. Global Change Research Program Office 300 D St., SW, Suite 840 Washington, DC 20024 Tel. (202) 651-8244 =46ax: (202) 554-6715 E-mail: tsocci at usgcrp.gov Global Change Web Site: http://www.usgcrp.gov Past USGCRP Seminars =46loods and Droughts Climate Models Ice Core Records of Past Climate Changes: Implications for the Future Climate Change and Human Health Signals of Human-Induced Climate Warming Hurricanes Anthropogenic Ozone Depletion: Status and Human Health Implications The Role of Aerosols in Climate Change Coral Reef Bleaching: Ecological and Economic Implications A Close Look at Global Satellite and Surface Temperature Records and Trends Extent and Implications of Land Cover Changes: The View from Space Climate Implications of Abrupt Changes in Ocean Circulation ____________________________________________________________________________= _ Draft Topics for 1996-97 USGCRP Seminars =AE Climate Feedbacks and Controls - What processes are involved in forcing climate change and what are the feedbacks? =AE Possible Economic Paradigms for Assessing the Cost of Climate Change and Mitigation =AE Polar Ice Caps , Mountain Glaciers, and Sea Level Rise: Status, Trends, and Implications =AE The Climate of the Past Few Thousand Years =AE History of the Earth's Climate System - How have Earth's systems and processes operated to bring about climate change over the history of the planet? =AE How Much Atmospheric CO2 Can the Biosphere and the Oceans Absorb? - Wha= t are the climatic implications of nature's limited ability to absorb CO2? =AE Environmental Security in a Climatically-Altered World: The Middle East =AE Climate Change and Water Resources in the Western U.S. =AE Anomalous Absorption of Solar Radiation =AE Emissions Trends and Projections: Possible Pathways into the 21St Centu= ry =AE Climate Surprises - What low probability events could lead to large changes in climate? =AE Assessing the Cost of a Weather-Related Disaster =AE Indicators of Climate Change: The Observational Record =AE An Economic Look at Climate Mitigation Options =AE Barriers to the Use of Renewable Energy and More Energy Efficient Technologies =AE Detection of Global Warming: The Ocean Acoustical Experiment =AE Chemical Feedbacks and Climate Warming: The Case of Methane Hydrates =AE El Nino Forecasting: The Cost and Economic and Social Benefits =AE Tropospheric Ozone: How Is It Changing and What Effects Would It Have? =AE Stratospheric Ozone: When Will the Decline in CFC Concentrations Close the Ozone Hole? =AE Satellites: What Are They Telling Us About the Earth System? =AE Deserts: Are They Expanding? =AE Tropical Forests: How Fast Are They Disappearing? =AE Uncertainties: Perspectives from Effects and Consequences Research =AE Food Production and Global Environmental Change: What Are the Prospects? =AE International and Intergenerational Equity: What's Involved? Additional Suggestions: ___________________________________________ Optional Information: What is your organizational affiliation? =AE Federal or State Agency =AE Non-Government Organization =AE Academic Institution =AE U.S. Congress =AE International Organization =AE Other (Please Specify) ___________________________ From thomassi at com.univ-mrs.fr Thu Jun 20 07:31:12 1996 From: thomassi at com.univ-mrs.fr (Bernard A. THOMASSIN) Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 12:31:12 +0100 Subject: I.C.R.S. 8th - request for reports available Message-ID: To all the 8th ICRS Workshops Organizators, Unfortunatly for me I cannot attemp the Symposium (lack of money...), so please try to gather for me all the informal papers or reports that will be distributed during the worshop you will organize. This is important for me, but also to make copy for various isolated coral reef researchers (as Madagascar, Moyotte I. or other places in the indopacific). Thanks a lot. Have a nice symposium and attractive discussions. Bernard A. Thomassin From hendee at aoml.noaa.gov Thu Jun 20 08:02:37 1996 From: hendee at aoml.noaa.gov (James C. Hendee) Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 08:02:37 -0400 (EDT) Subject: I.C.R.S. 8th - request for reports available In-Reply-To: Message-ID: If anyone attending the Symposium has digital copies of presentations, data, images, etc. that they'd like for me to post on the CHAMP Home Page, please see me at the Symposium, FTP the files to our anonymous ftp site at coral.aoml.noaa.gov (subdirectory pub/champ/8icrs), or mail them to me (address below) and I'll make them publicly available. Sincerely yours, Jim Hendee +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ | James C. Hendee | Internet: hendee at aoml.noaa.gov| | Coral Health and | | | Monitoring Program | Voice: 305 361-4396 | | Ocean Chemistry Division | Fax: 305 361-4392 | | NOAA/AOML | | | 4301 Rickenbacker Causeway | | | Miami, FL 33149-1026 | http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov | +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ On Thu, 20 Jun 1996, Bernard A. THOMASSIN wrote: > Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 12:31:12 +0100 > From: Bernard A. THOMASSIN > To: coral-list at reef.aoml.noaa.gov > Subject: I.C.R.S. 8th - request for reports available > > To all the 8th ICRS Workshops Organizators, > Unfortunatly for me I cannot attemp the Symposium (lack of money...), so please try to gather for me all the informal papers or reports that will be distributed during the worshop you will organize. This is important for me, but also to make copy for various isolated coral reef researchers (as Madagascar, Moyotte I. or other places in the indopacific). > Thanks a lot. Have a nice symposium and attractive discussions. > > Bernard A. Thomassin > > From davidson at blue.weeg.uiowa.edu Thu Jun 20 10:29:02 1996 From: davidson at blue.weeg.uiowa.edu (Osha Gray Davidson) Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 08:29:02 -0600 Subject: Contadora Island Message-ID: <2.2.32.19960620142902.00674e80@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu> Hello all--I've been assigned to the Contadora Island one-day field trip at the Symposium. Can anyone tell me what is significant about this one and shouldn't be missed? Or would my time (and not insignificantly, my money) be better spent elsewhere? Thanks, Osha Gray Davidson From coral at chaos.aoml.noaa.gov Thu Jun 20 13:34:23 1996 From: coral at chaos.aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 13:34:23 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Image format Message-ID: For those of you who wish to upload image files of 8ICRS presentations to our anonymous site at coral.aoml.noaa.gov (pub/champ/8icrs), we can handle the following formats: GIF JPG TIF BMP PS X11 Bitmap XPM IRIS RGB Targa (24-bit) FITS PM PBM Adobe Illustrator ...and a few more. Thanks for your interest. Sincerely yours, Jim Hendee From coral at chaos.aoml.noaa.gov Thu Jun 20 14:51:59 1996 From: coral at chaos.aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 14:51:59 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Document format Message-ID: Sorry, I should have mentioned this before... If you want documents from the 8ICRS to be obtainable in the format in which they were written, you can put them on our site, but it would be useful to use an identifying file suffix, perhaps so: .MW6 MicroSoft Word 6.0 .WP5 WordPerfect 5.1 or 5.2 .ASC ASCII .PS Postscript .WS7 WordStar 7.0 and so on. MicroSoft Word (v6.0 or v7.0) is preferred. If you want the document to be viewable on the Web, I would of course be *extremely* grateful if you could supply the file in HTML format, but we can work something out. Take care... Jim Hendee P.S. Reminder of site address: anonymous ftp at coral.aoml.noaa.gov in subdirectory /pub/champ/8icrs. From zrepas at cc.fc.ul.pt Fri Jun 21 13:08:30 1996 From: zrepas at cc.fc.ul.pt (Miguel Repas) Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 18:08:30 +0100 (LISBOA) Subject: Field Guide In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Could anyone please advise me on a field guide to the corals of the Indian Ocean? Many thanks Miguel Repas ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MIGUEL REPAS - Marine Biologist Rua do Balteiro, 11 E-mail: zrepas at cc.fc.ul.pt 2795 LINDA-A-VELHA Telf: +351 1 419 7465 PORTUGAL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From yamamuro at gsj.go.jp Sat Jun 22 11:33:37 1996 From: yamamuro at gsj.go.jp (Masumi Yamamuro) Date: Sat, 22 Jun 1996 11:33:37 -0400 Subject: Book Sites Message-ID: Is there any web sites where I can check the list of new books? In Japan, there is a web site where you can check the informations of all bo oks published every week. It is useful because I can order the books concerning condition of reef ecos ystems, NGO activities on reefs etc. published local small companies. If there is any such sites in your country, please give me the address. It would be wonderful reading popular books concerning coral reefs to know w hat they mean to people in the world. Sincerely, Masumi YAMAMURO --------------------------------- Masumi YAMAMURO Marine Geology Department Geological Survey of Japan Tel.&Fax: 81-298-54-3766 --------------------------------- From PRJCOLLI at aol.com Sat Jun 22 19:45:47 1996 From: PRJCOLLI at aol.com (PRJCOLLI at aol.com) Date: Sat, 22 Jun 1996 19:45:47 -0400 Subject: Coral Recruitment Message-ID: <960622194546_336471730@emout13.mail.aol.com> Dear All Hi. Im in a bit of a quandry re coral recruitment. Can anyone out there please help? I need to know how fisheries people acertain cohorts from measurements of i.e., length etc... Are cohorts defined by plotting frequencies of all i.e., lengths, and then performing a polynomial function to separate ie., 3 age/size groups? Or is it completely different!!!!? Many thanks Peter Collinson University of Hong Kong From CML at zool.canterbury.ac.nz Mon Jun 24 16:54:29 1996 From: CML at zool.canterbury.ac.nz (Dr.C.L.McLay) Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 09:54:29 +1300 Subject: Reef Slide Message-ID: As part of a Marine Biology course I give a lecture on the crown of thorns starfish. I have a nice slide of a pristine coral reef (Paradise) and a nice slide of Acanthaster (The Bad Guy) but I don't have a slide showing devastation of the reef. I wonder if someone has such a slide, perhaps showing Acanthaster in the midst of its destruction? If you have a suitable slide, I'd very much appreciate a copy. Perhaps I can exchange it for a slide of some New Zealand marine animal - let me know. 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 nasoli at post.tau.ac.il Tue Jun 25 04:51:35 1996 From: nasoli at post.tau.ac.il (Nissim Sharon) Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 11:51:35 +0300 (IDT) Subject: Field Guide In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On Fri, 21 Jun 1996, Miguel Repas wrote: > > Could anyone please advise me on a field guide to the corals of the > Indian Ocean? > Dear Miguel, I happened to be in Nissim's lab when your message arrived. I am based at the Oceanograph8ic Research Institute in Durban, South Africa and have written the coral section for a field guide to marine life on the coast of East Africa. This is being edited by Matt Richmond, presently at Bangor (I think), but soon to be back on Zanzibar at the marine lab of Dar university. I will return to SA on July 8 and you can contact me at seaworld at neptune.lia.co.za to obtain his e-mail and other addresses. Kind regards, Michael Schleyer *************************************************************************** * Nissim Sharon E-mail: nasoli at ccsg.tau.ac.il * * Department of Zoology FAX: 972-3-6409403 * * Tel Aviv University TEL: 972-3-6409090 * * Ramat Aviv HOME: 972-3-5041075 * * Tel Aviv 69978 * * ISRAEL * *************************************************************************** From wheeler at zool.umd.edu Thu Jun 27 18:00:02 1996 From: wheeler at zool.umd.edu (Jennifer A. Wheeler) Date: Thu, 27 Jun 1996 22:00:02 +0000 Subject: Ornamental Reef Fish - Reg.s and Recruitment Message-ID: <199606280126.VAA07244@umd5.umd.edu> Two quick questions for those in the know about the marine aquarium trade: 1. Has the European Community adopted regulations with prohibit trade in organisms unlikely to survive in captivity (discussed in Wood 1992 - reprort on the marine aquarium trade). 2. Has there been some sort of major rethinking about which factors limit numbers of reef fish? I believe the traditional view is that shelter or space as well as food are the primary limiting factors, with recruitment out of the planktonic larval stage not really limiting. Is this now thought to be the other way around - for some or many species? (Something I read in the Johannes and Riepen 1995 report on the live reef fish trade makes me ask.) Well, maybe these weren't quick questions, but I would appreciate any feedback. Thank you. Jennifer Wheeler wheeler at zool.umd.edu From PRJCOLLI at aol.com Sat Jun 29 21:24:03 1996 From: PRJCOLLI at aol.com (PRJCOLLI at aol.com) Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1996 21:24:03 -0400 Subject: Oulastrea crispata..favids Message-ID: <960629212401_343821286@emout19.mail.aol.com> Hi all. Please please help! Its 3-00 am on a Saturday night and I cannot find any data as to growth rates of the black favid Oulastrea crispata. If you know about it in general, or more specifically to recruitment and sizes from initial settlement to 2-3 yrs old I would greatly appreciate it..Many thanks. Yours frustratedly Peter Collinson The University of Hong Kong From PRJCOLLI at aol.com Sat Jun 29 21:23:40 1996 From: PRJCOLLI at aol.com (PRJCOLLI at aol.com) Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1996 21:23:40 -0400 Subject: Terry Done Message-ID: <960629212339_343821299@emout08.mail.aol.com> Dear Terry Hi. I would like to E-mail and chat to you re: survey methodology...if that OK by you!!!!! Thanks Yours Peter Collinson The University of Hong Kong From greenlife.society at worldnet.att.net Sat Jun 29 21:12:41 1996 From: greenlife.society at worldnet.att.net (GreenLife Society) Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1996 20:12:41 -0500 Subject: Occasional Paper on Palau Message-ID: <2.2.32.19960630011241.006ede04@postoffice.worldnet.att.net> Latest publication in IELPOPS series The GreenLife Society announces the release of the 11th paper in its International Environmental Law & Policy Occasional Paper Series (IELPOPS), entitled "Paradise Lost? Environmental Prospects And Politics In The Republic of Palau." (GLSNA IELPOPS No. 11, February, 1996) (18p.) The paper, authored by Erica Rosenberg, former Senior Legal Counsel for the House of Delegates, Palau National Congress, focuses on the threat to Palau's flora and fauna species and suggests means to improve the prospects for preserving the nation's rich biodiversity through legal, political and educational initiatives. Copies of the paper are available for $8.00; which includes shipping and handling. Please add $2.00 for orders outside of the United States. Payments should be made in U.S. currency. We will bill academic institutions, NGOs and government agencies. Orders may be effectuated via e-mail, fax, phone or mail. Our mailing address is: GreenLife Society -North American Chapter, 700 Cragmont Ave., Berkeley, CA 94708, USA, Phone/Fax: (510)558-0620, e-mail: greenlife.society at worldnet.att.net William C. Burns Director, GreenLife Society - North American Chapter 700 Cragmont Ave. Berkeley, CA 94708 USA Phone/Fax: (510) 558-0620 WWW site: http://nceet.snre.umich.edu/greenlife/index.html GLSNA Affiliations: Union of Concerned Scientists, Sound Science Initiative The EarthAction Network The Galapagos Coalition Reseau International d'ONG sur la Desertification (RIOD) Accredited NGO Observer, International Whaling Commission European Social Science Fisheries Network -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- "The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it." -- William James -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- From coral at chaos.aoml.noaa.gov Sun Jun 30 19:45:04 1996 From: coral at chaos.aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Sun, 30 Jun 1996 19:45:04 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Coral Reef "Morrocoy SOS" Venezuela (fwd) Message-ID: This is a forwarded message from Edgard A. Yerena concerning reef damage in Vensezuela. Sorry I didn't get to it sooner, but I was in Panama at the 8ICRS. =09JCH =09coral-list administrator ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 18:57:44 -0400 From: Edgard A. Yerena To: hendee at aoml.noaa.gov Subject: Coral Reef "Morrocoy SOS" Venezuela Dear Dr. Hendee: In January this year a massive coral reef death occurred in Morrocoy National Park in the western coast of Venezuela. This rather odd fatality happened during the last half of the month, most probable dates between the 20th and 25th. The causes are still not clear. Researchers and experts have outlined 2 major hypothesis: 1- an extremely rare, all of a sudden, drop of surface sea temperature in the order of 6 to 8 degrees Celsius, and 2- a plume of an unknown substance and source that some fishermen reported off the coast during those days. The substance of yellow-brownish colour had a strong smell and when collected in plastic buckets or glass containers "glued" to the surfaces of the recipients. A possible explanation for this second theory suggests that when the plume reached the coastline, the breaking waves made it sink and kill most of the present biota from the surface down to 20 meters+, a renowned local dive operator claims it killed everything down to 40 meters, including fish, crustaceans, and 90-95% of the hard corals. The barrier reef is lost, only the 3 small cays located east off the park seem to have survived in a rather good shape. Strange burnt-like scars can be seen in many coral heads, sponges and other living substrata. We need support to conduct a deeper insight at what really happened. At the moment I am trying to get local people organized into an SOS NGO but it is an uphill way up. We also need to ask some questions through the worldwide CORAL REEF FORUM and my friend John R. Clark from Florida suggested your name: 1- Has a massive dissapearance of this magnitude (10 to 12 kms length approx. of coral reef barrier) ever happened on the planet and has it been recorded in any way? 2- What could we expect to happen with the sorrounding ecosystems, mangroves and sea grass beds? 3- What could we expect to happen with the human activities such as tourism and fisheries? I can take my chances and guess on these questions but would like to receive some answers from colleagues round the world. A final point, and I must apologize for extending myself on this, but is there any possibility of getting NOAA's help or any other competent agency to access Landsat or other sat images of the area during the days concerned in order to identify what was happening with the sea surface behavior at the moment? Please answer me at your earliest convenience, I know that the 6th International Coral Reef Conference is going on in Panama and this might be the opportunity to spread this SOS. A colleague from the Universidad Central de Venezuela, Dr. Sheila Pauls Marques is attending the Congress and will probably be presenting a panel regarding the subject. Please answer me through either peter at link7.lat.net (Peter Czeisler) and/or eyerena at ccs.internet.ve since I do not have e-mail access yet. Thanks & regards, jose ram=F3n delgado, oceanographer Edgard Yerena, M.Sc. Regular Mail: Apartado 68409, Altamira, Caracas 1062, Venezuela Fax: 58+2+2860468 E-Mail: eyerena at ccs.internet.ve