From mbs at mangga.usc.edu.ph Tue Oct 1 10:55:22 1996 From: mbs at mangga.usc.edu.ph (Marine Biology Section, USC, Cebu, Philippi) Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 14:55:22 +0000 Subject: current meter Message-ID: <6E3B914DF6@mangga.usc.edu.ph> Dear All, Can anyone recommend a good current, cheaply, that can log data automatically and able to transfer it to a computer? Please include contact address, too. Thanks. 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 coral at aoml.noaa.gov Tue Oct 1 20:38:42 1996 From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 20:38:42 -0400 (EDT) Subject: 52 Coral Reef Stories for the World Press Message-ID: INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE REEF (IYOR) MEDIA OUTREACH PROPOSAL IUCN/NOAA/IYOR PROPOSE HIGHLIGHTING WEEKLY STORY IDEAS IN INTERNATIONAL MEDIA IUCN/World Conservation Union, U.S. Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the International Year of the Reef (IYOR) invite your contribution to an international media strategy to highlight the urgent need for conservation and sustainable use of coral reefs. IUCN, NOAA and IYOR propose a coordinated 52 weekly story idea calendar to be distributed to international media outlets throughout the year to promote the outreach and educational goals of IYOR. To implement this strategy, a true partnership is required among agencies, IUCN members, and IYOR if the heightened public awareness is to encourage action at local, national, regional and international levels. IUCN requests its marine-oriented members to submit story ideas to NOAA by October 30. Each group that responds with ideas will be responsible for drafting a release for the story idea, providing background materials and for listing a contact on the subject matter. See attached format. NOAA will assist in distributing these story ideas to the international media. ~~~ TIMELINE ~~~ -- SEPTEMBER -- * IUCN and IYOR will solicit story ideas and submit to contact points by October 30. * The first 1997 quarter's set of stories are agreed upon in November by IUCN, NOAA and IYOR and the parties responsible are notified of selection and due date of release, background and contact person. -- OCTOBER through DECEMBER -- * The remaining 52 week calendar stories are proposed and release dates are sent to all participating groups. * Press releases and background information for the first two months are due December 1. * NOAA will contact media outlets and begin promoting the 52-week program for the coral reef initiative in late December. * The release calender is made available to the media outlets. -- JANUARY 1997 -- * Beginning January 6, 1997, every Monday morning, a new story idea is sent to local, national and international media markets interested in coral reefs and the IYOR. * NOAA's Office of Public and Constituent Affairs will facilitate media outreach on story ideas including distribution of materials and background information. WHAT IS A CORAL REEF STORY IDEA? A story idea or "tip sheet" is a media teaser. It is not a press release or news article. It is a paragraph or two that gives a broad outline of a newsworthy topic and gives the reporter the name and number of the person to contact for more information. The contact person will provide the reporter the background information and expert list needed to write the article. WHAT IS A NEWSWORTHY CORAL REEF TOPIC? Diverse newsworthy story ideas will be considered addressing the broad range of themes of the International Coral Reef Initiative and IYOR: coastal zone management, capacity building, research and monitoring. Some examples might include the launch of new coastal area management planning at a site, project successes/failures, cyanide fishing and other destructive fishing practices, research, e.g., human impacts on ecosystems, regional monitoring networks supporting the global coral monitoring network, public involvement and empowerment, application of a new technology, ecotourism and carrying capacity, transforming paper parks into operational coastal/marine parks, etc. EXAMPLE: CORAL BLEACHING IN BELIZE IS CAUSED BY WARMER WATERS Coral bleaching caused by environmental stresses is threatening the Western Hemisphereas well as other areas of the western Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. The same warm waters that spawned or strengthened hurricanes in the western Atlantic last year also are associated with this occurrence of coral bleaching. From August through October, NOAA satellites detected elevated sea surface temperatures spanning much of the Gulf of Mexico and the western Caribbean basin from Belize to Jamaica, Honduras and Venezuela. FOR MORE INFORMATION AND LIST OF SUBJECT EXPERTS, PLEASE CONTACT: Matt Stout National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Voice: (202) 482-6090 (U.S.) Fax: (202) 482-3154 Email: mstout at rdc.noaa.gov or, Paul Holthus Voice: 41-22-999-0251 Fax: 41-22-999-0025 Email: pfh at hq.iucn.org From mbs at mangga.usc.edu.ph Wed Oct 2 11:27:31 1996 From: mbs at mangga.usc.edu.ph (Marine Biology Section, USC, Cebu, Philippi) Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 15:27:31 +0000 Subject: Request for literature Message-ID: <86C55319F6@mangga.usc.edu.ph> 3 October 1996 Dear ALL, Greetings! I would appreciate getting any published articles from coral-list members on "the effect of sedimentation on corals, coral reefs and coral reef organisms". I am particularly interested in simple hydrographic models which can predict the amount of sediments from a dredged area and "raining" to a nearby coral reef. Thank you very much for your kind attention. Cheers... Danilo T. Dy ____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 coral at aoml.noaa.gov Wed Oct 2 07:09:14 1996 From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 07:09:14 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Belize coral spawning request (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 27 Sep 96 13:55:51 CST From: Coral Cay Conservation Subject: coral spawning Deena, Hello from sunny Belize, our Science Officer Julie Robinson is wondering if you could let us know when the next coral spawning will occur in Belize. We know that you did some surveys on coral spawning in Belize and would appreciate if you could send us copies of your findings or any useful information that you may have. thanks, Henry Lanza Coral Cay Conservation BLZ OFFice --------------------------------------------+-------------------- University College of Belize, PO Box 990, | Tel: +501 2 32787 Belize City, BELIZE, Central America. | Fax: +501 2 32787 From coral at aoml.noaa.gov Wed Oct 2 09:08:51 1996 From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 09:08:51 -0400 (EDT) Subject: "52 Stories" format and URL Message-ID: The format for preparing any ideas for the IUCN/NOAA/IYOR Media Outreach call for papers was inadvertently left out of the previous message. The entire text, including the format, for the Media Outreach Proposal can be found at the following URL: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/bulls/52final.html This URL includes links to IUCN, NOAA Headquarters and the IYOR Home Page. Following is the format: Story Theme/Working Title Relevant Dates (if any) Summary. Two paragraphs outlining the following: Problem/Urgency Solutions/Conservation and sustainable use measures Local/regional/international angles Proposing Organization/Individual Phone/facsimile/e-mail and mailing address Author Background Information (for organizer's purpose, to keep a folder on each topic idea) .............. For further information, please contact: Matt Stout National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Voice: (202) 482-6090 (U.S.) Fax: (202) 482-3154 Email: mstout at rdc.noaa.gov or, Paul Holthus Voice: 41-22-999-0251 Fax: 41-22-999-0025 Email: pfh at hq.iucn.org Cheers, 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 strong at nadn.navy.mil Wed Oct 2 09:34:35 1996 From: strong at nadn.navy.mil (Prof Alan E Strong) Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 09:34:35 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Arabian Gulf Bleaching Message-ID: Roger Uwate - Saw your note 23 Sep on bleaching off Bahrain due to SSTs some 4 deg C higher than last year during July-August. We are developing new, twice-weekly, hi-res SST anomaly charts to aid in the monitoring for areas of high temperature stress that might lead to coral reef bleaching. New Climatology/Anomaly: http://psbsgi1.nesdis.noaa.gov:8080/PSB/EPS/SST/climo.html When we were spinning this new product up the end of July, as I now look back, SSTs during much of Aug were several degrees above climatology in the Arabian Sea. Past data have shown that when SSTs exceed the max monthly climatology by 1 deg C, bleaching can be expected....paper at recent Panama ICRS...it looks like you saw evidence of that. Thanks for your report. Hope the reef have recovered with cooling temps this fall. Cheers, Al Strong ***************************************************************************** Alan E. Strong Physical Scientist/Oceanographer Adj. Asst. Professor NOAA/NESDIS/ORA/ORAD -- E/RA3 US Naval Academy NOAA Science Center -- RM 711 Oceanography Department Camp Springs, MD 20233 Annapolis, MD 21402 301-763-8102 410-293-6566 [v-mail] astrong at nesdis.noaa.gov strong at nadn.navy.mil FAX: 301-763-8020 FAX: 410-293-2137 http://www.nadn.navy.mil/Oceanography/FACULTY/AES_resume.html ***************************************************************************** From dealessi at cei.org Wed Oct 2 11:51:09 1996 From: dealessi at cei.org (Michael De Alessi) Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 11:51:09 -0400 Subject: private reef conservation? Message-ID: <199610021551.LAA00305@router.cei.org> Hi. I am looking for any leads or information on private conservation of coral reefs, anywhere around the world. Ideally, an instance where either common or private property rights have empowered either a community or individuals to control access to and conserve reef habitat, for whatever reason -- fishing, tourism, or merely preservation. The rights need not be formal (for example an isolated community without any formal rights to an area that still sets rules to encourage conservation). I am quite familiar with other instances of private stewardship, e.g. habitat protection and pollution fighting activities undertaken by the owners of oyster beds, but do not know of any coral reefs that have been protected in this way. Any help would be much appreciated; please reply to me directly. Thanks and cheers, Michael De Alessi Center for Private Conservation Washington, D.C. dealessi at cei.org From pizzaburger at juno.com Wed Oct 2 18:57:37 1996 From: pizzaburger at juno.com (Jason Mass) Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 17:57:37 EST Subject: Science Journals Message-ID: <19961002.175512.10982.0.Pizzaburger@juno.com> Does anyone know of any science journal articles that pertain to Pollution and Coral reefs? If you do, then please e-mail me with the bibliographical information if possible. I need these because I am doing a report on the effects of pollution on the coral and one of the requirements of my report is to get 10 Scientific journal sources. Cheers, Jason Mass From acohen at whoi.edu Sun Oct 6 14:09:52 1996 From: acohen at whoi.edu (acohen) Date: Sun, 06 Oct 96 13:09:52 est Subject: Coral species Message-ID: <9609078446.AA844697341@mail.whoi.edu> Johnston Atoll hosts about 30 known scleratinian species, though there might be more. see Maragos and Jokiel 1986 in Coral Reefs. hope this helps. From coral at aoml.noaa.gov Mon Oct 7 07:55:08 1996 From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Mon, 7 Oct 1996 07:55:08 -0400 (EDT) Subject: KUDA LAUT PROJECT FOR BUNAKEN Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 4 Oct 1996 23:40:11 -0700 From: Kuda Laut To: Coral Health and Monitoring Program Subject: Re: 52 Coral Reef Stories for the World Press KUDA LAUT PROJECT FOR BUNAKEN (NORTH SULAWESI, INDONESIA) CORAL REEF MONITORING. Bunaken marine park is one of the most interesting areas of the world for the marine biodiversity. The park is completely assigned to the scuba diving tourism, and, due to the quick tourism development of the area, it will probably undergo some change in the few next years. Manado Seagarden is a diving centre operating in the area, managed by four Italian instructors and marine biologists. The centre is launching the Kuda Laut project, including 3 different marine biology courses and a program for valuation and monitoring of the reef community health status using mostly overseas volunteer divers. Spending a lot of time daily in the water enable the personnel and the costumers of the diving centre to gather a large number of data for an effective monitoring of the reef's conditions and for early detection of any change. For further information, and if you are interested in receiving the complete protocol for reef monitoring produced by us, please contact: Massimo Boyer, Paola Bearzi, Sergio Cotta, Lorenzo Pacciardi Kuda Laut Project - Manado Seagarden Adventures P.O. Box 1535 95001 Manado (Sulut) Indonesia phone & fax +62 431 61100 E-mail: or: Massimo Boyer, Paola Bearzi via Chiodo 10/24 17100 Savona Italy phone +39 19 853148 E-mail: Best regards Massimo Boyer * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Manado Seagarden Adventures * * Kuda Laut Project * * P.O. Box 1535 * * Manado 95001 * * North Sulawesi * * Indonesia * * Phone and fax: +62 431 61100 * * E mail: kudalaut at indo.net.id * * Internet site: http://www.wp.com/kudalaut * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * From TSNELL at lsuvm.sncc.lsu.edu Mon Oct 7 11:50:51 1996 From: TSNELL at lsuvm.sncc.lsu.edu (Tonya Snell) Date: Mon, 07 Oct 96 10:50:51 CDT Subject: Agaricia taxonomy Message-ID: <961007.105518.CDT.TSNELL@LSUVM.SNCC.LSU.EDU> I am in need of a taxonomist to positively identify a species of Agaricia for me. I have some frozen samples or I could send bleached specimens. If anyone knows who I should contact, please email me at: tsnell at lsuvm.sncc.lsu.edu. Many thanks in advance!! Tonya Snell Louisiana State University From bmetzger at mail.utexas.edu Mon Oct 7 16:38:20 1996 From: bmetzger at mail.utexas.edu (Bridget Metzger) Date: Mon, 7 Oct 1996 15:38:20 -0500 Subject: writer seeks stories Message-ID: Writer in Austin, Texas, would greatly appreciate sea-life and success stories from divers and anglers with experiences at artificial reef sites, preferably those off Texas' Gulf Coast, dormant oil and gas rig sites, concrete pipes, car graveyards, and sunken ship sites. Other data helpful. Send via e-mail your name and telephone number to: bmetzger at mail.utexas.edu From andreu at msi.upd.edu.ph Wed Oct 9 19:25:18 1996 From: andreu at msi.upd.edu.ph (Andre Uychiaoco) Date: Wed, 10 Oct 1996 07:25:18 +0800 Subject: Evaluation of Effective Coastal Management Survey Form Message-ID: <199610092246.GAA00165@msi.msi.upd.edu.ph> Hi, we have drafted a simple form of some 120 questions for use to evaluate effectiveness of coastal management with special reference to coral reefs. Most of the questions are such that you pick an answer from 1 to 3 as an answer for what is the state or what has been done for your particular management site. We are looking for volunteers to review this form. We can send an Excel file as an attachment. This is an effort of the Coral Reef Information Network of the Philippines. Please send me mail if you want to help us by reviewing the form (andreu at msi.upd.edu.ph). Thank you very much. From colref at santamarta.cetcol.net.co Thu Oct 10 02:36:29 1996 From: colref at santamarta.cetcol.net.co (Coleccion de referencia - Invemar) Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 11:36:29 +0500 (GMT) Subject: J. Ernesto Arias Gonzales Message-ID: Im Alberto Acosta, I think that you can contact Dr. Ernesto Weill (see directory of the last Symposium of coral reefs) because he has a very good list of coral species. If there are some other think, please contact me Sincerely Alberto Acosta From J.MCMANUS at cgnet.com Fri Oct 11 19:42:00 1996 From: J.MCMANUS at cgnet.com (John McManus) Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 16:42:00 -0700 (PDT) Subject: More coral bleaching in Hawaii Message-ID: <325E1317@msm.cgnet.com> October 11, 1996 TO: Coral-list I refer to the interesting report on bleaching in Oahu posted to Coral list on Friday, September 20, 1996, but no author was given. It would help if we could get the name and email of the sender. Sincerely, John W McManus ReefBase Project Leader Aquatic Environments Program ICLARM Manila, Philippines From coral at aoml.noaa.gov Fri Oct 11 08:22:00 1996 From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 08:22:00 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Coral Jobs Bulletin Update Message-ID: For those who have expressed an interest in seeking employment in coral research, please remember to check the "Employment Opportunities for Coral Researchers" Page at http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/jobs/jobs.html from time to time. If you would like to post information (seeking or offering employment), please send a message to coral at coral.aoml.noaa.gov and I will post the information. If you have previously posted information which is no longer valid or useful, please let me know so I can delete it. Many thanks, JCH From coral at aoml.noaa.gov Fri Oct 11 08:09:34 1996 From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 08:09:34 -0400 (EDT) Subject: bleachings and spawnings Message-ID: Dear Coral-Listers, I've been trying to keep a running list of all coral-list messages that announce coral bleachings and spawnings on the C.H.A.M.P Web site at: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov (See right under Bulletins: Archives of coral spawning, bleaching...) If you observe any spawning or bleaching events, or if you have any tabulated data on previous bleaching or spawning events, I would very much appreciate it if you could either post them to the coral-list, or send them directly to this e-mail address so that I may include them in the list for others to make use. Any environmental, location, date and time data you might be able to include would be *extremely* beneficial. Thank you so very much for your help and cooperation. Cheers, 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 Pete.Mohan at anheuser-busch.com Fri Oct 11 09:27:39 1996 From: Pete.Mohan at anheuser-busch.com (Mohan, Pete) Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 08:27:39 -0500 Subject: Coral Bleaching Message-ID: I'm successfully propagating various stony corals for use in our reef exhibits. I'm getting ready to start up a greenhouse system and am interested in avoiding a bleaching event due to elevated temperatures. Anecdotal reports of maximum acceptable temperatures vary considerably. I normally avoid temperatures above 26 C, but believe I'm acting conservatively. I'd appreciate receiving actual observed critical temperatures from various parts of the world. Sincerely, Pete Mohan Curator of Fishes Sea World of Ohio 1100 Sea World Dr. Aurora, OH 44202 Voice: (216) 995-2158 Fax: (216) 995-2117 Internet: Pete.Mohan at Anheuser-Busch.com From gboland at ocean.tamu.edu Fri Oct 11 14:41:13 1996 From: gboland at ocean.tamu.edu (Gregory S. Boland) Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 11:41:13 -0700 Subject: coral list addition request Message-ID: I would like to be added to your coral reef information network. I am an active coral reef biologist, among other special interests, and I am also currently involved in the monitoring studies at the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. I have been a Biological Oceanographer for the past 21 years. Other credentials: Diving Safety Officer for College of Geoscience and Department of Oceanography Work at the Flower Garden coral reefs since 1975. Active in coral spawning research since its discovery in the Gulf of Mexico Thank you for your attention. Gregory S. Boland Senior Research Associate Texas A&M University Department of Oceanography From KKASSEM3 at ua1vm.ua.edu Fri Oct 11 18:36:43 1996 From: KKASSEM3 at ua1vm.ua.edu (NEWS) Date: Fri, 11 Oct 96 17:36:43 CDT Subject: Preserves around the World Message-ID: <961011.174259.CDT.KKASSEM3@ua1vm.ua.edu> Hi Everybody! I have looked far and wide with no luck (short of pounding the pavement from embassy to embassy), for a list (partial or comprehensive) of marine preserves in existance around the world. I am trying to get a feel for who is doing something about marine conservation and who is not. I will look at other indicies such as support for the UN's Law of the Sea and economic factors. If anyone knows of such a list or has any ideas, please let me know. Thank you in advance! Ken Kassem Ken Kassem Dept. of Geography University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, Al 35401 kkassem3 at ua1vm.ua.edu From laurence at alice.wonderland.caltech.edu Fri Oct 11 16:34:50 1996 From: laurence at alice.wonderland.caltech.edu (Dustin L. Laurence) Date: Fri, 11 Oct 96 13:34:50 PDT Subject: Coral Bleaching Message-ID: <9610112034.AA28609@Alice.Wonderland.Caltech.EDU> >Anecdotal reports of maximum acceptable temperatures vary considerably. >I normally avoid temperatures above 26 C, but believe I'm acting >conservatively. If you are interested in amateur anecdotes, I have one, if not, feel free to ignore this and I'll return to lurking. I'd say you are acting extremely conservatively, if you can control the temperature with reasonable accuracy. This summer we have been running around 27C--this would have been a bit higher, perhaps 28C, but the temperature was adjusted low following a bleaching episode which I will describe. I have not dialed the temperature up since then because I have not been here to observe the tank continuously. We see better growth as temperatures increase, even up to within a degree or so of what we regard as maximum (and it's cheaper to run the chiller too, a useful bonus on a rather limited budget). Common wisdom among advanced amateurs is to expect bleaching around 29 or 30C, which is what we observed. Early this summer a thermometer failed, reading about 2 degrees low, and our tank was running around 30C instead of an intended 28C. This persisted for perhaps three weeks, since lighting was changed to higher Kelvin-rated metal halides around the same time and I was looking at possible UV-induced bleaching instead of temperature (and since the temperature read OK). I think the lighting was a contributing factor, at least as a trigger, but I don't think it could have happened without the elevated temperature. After about a week of these elevated temperatures we began to notice bleaching. The hardest hit were small fragments. We lost two fragments of Seratiopora hystrix (I'm spelling these things from memory, and these are amateur NOT professional ids so beware) which had also been recently shipped, one unidentified Acropora fragment, and probably a couple of other that have slipped my mind. A larger Stylophora pistilata fragment bleached completely but survived azooxanthellate for a month or two before dying. I feel particularly bad about this specimen because if I had been here enough I think I would have had a good chance of saving it by feeding it in that critical month. Another unidentified Acropora sp. fragment from the same parent colony as the dead one just mentioned bleached but did not show tissue loss and has made a complete recovery, and a third partially bleached but survived car transport from Los Angeles to Sacramento and has reportedly also completely recovered. A fourth, the largest, did not bleach and was also transported. Two unidentified Acropora sp. fragments from a different parent (of a different species) which were fragmented at the same time as the earlier four also did not bleach and easily survived transport. Both parent colonies showed no obvious signs of stress. An Acropora humilis suffered total bleaching but only about 50% of the tissue subsequently died--it has since completely recovered its symbionts on the remaining tissue and is doing well. A Millepora sp. suffered maybe 90% tissue loss--I believe there is a small amount of still living tissue still but I doubt it can recover. The larger and better established Acropora and the other non-Acroporids were not noticably affected. In addition to the two parent colonies mentioned above, another small Acropora colony and an Acropora fragment (both unidentified) survived without problems, as did two sibling Pavona cactus fragments, a Porites cylindrica, and a Montipora digitata. There were only two large polyped corals in the tank at the time, both Catalyphilia. The larger and long-established one was damaged, but I think would have survived if I had been here to keep an eye on it and if it had not been subsequently heavily harassed by a Z. veliferum tang. This coral was on the extreme opposite end from the halide fixture that was upgraded and should have received very little from that light, so I think this must have been a purely temperature effect. A small Catalyphilia that would have received some light from the upgraded bulb was unaffected. >I'd appreciate receiving actual observed critical temperatures from >various parts of the world. It would also be interesting to me to know if the critical temperature is significantly different in captivity. Dustin From pcis at igc.apc.org Sat Oct 12 15:10:17 1996 From: pcis at igc.apc.org (GreenLife Society) Date: Sat, 12 Oct 1996 12:10:17 -0700 (PDT) Subject: New Publication Message-ID: <2.2.16.19961012120947.98afa838@pop.igc.org> As part of our Middle Eastern Environmental Project (MEEP), we are in the process of launching a new newsletter that will address issues related to coral reef degradation in the Middle East from both a scientific and policy perspective. The Editor-in-Chief of this new publication will be Dr. Steven Coles, a zoologist with the Bishop Museum in Hawaii. At this point we are: 1. Seeking articles for the first issue, which we expect to be released in the spring of 1997. Articles should be approximately 750-950 words; 2. Announcements and other relevant materials for the newsletter; 3. Subscriptions to the newsletter. The newsletter will be published quarterly and will cost $20.00 per year. Subscription inquiries should be sent to our attention. Articles and other materials may be directed to Steve at: slcoles at bishop.bishop.hawaii.org, though we'd appreciate a cc: here at GLSNA also. GreenLife Society - North America 700 Cragmont Ave. Berkeley, CA 94708 USA (510) 558-0620 (Ph./Fax) E-mail: pcis at igc.apc.org WWW: site: http://EELINK.umich.edu/greenlife/index.html From sjameson at coralseas.com Sat Oct 12 20:53:24 1996 From: sjameson at coralseas.com (Stephen C. Jameson) Date: Sat, 12 Oct 1996 20:53:24 -0400 Subject: Preserves around the World Message-ID: <199610130053.UAA04721@wizard.wizard.net> Dear Ken, The most comprehensive list of marine protected areas can be found in: A Global Representative System of Marine Protected Areas 1995 (four volumes). For copies contact: Environment Department The World Bank Room S 5-143 1818 H Street, NW Washington, DC 20433 USA Also check out the World Conservation Monitoring Center Home Page on Marine Protected Areas: http://www.wcmc.org.uk/~dynamic/pavl/index.html Best regards, Dr. Stephen C. Jameson, President Coral Seas, Inc. - Integrated Coastal Zone Management 4254 Hungry Run Road The Plains, VA 20198-1715 USA 703/754-8690, 703/754-9139 (FAX) Internet: sjameson at coralseas.com From gregorh at hk.super.net Sat Oct 12 23:12:35 1996 From: gregorh at hk.super.net (gregorh at hk.super.net) Date: Sun, 13 Oct 1996 11:12:35 +0800 (HKT) Subject: Reef Check 97 Update Message-ID: <199610130312.LAA04444@is1.hk.super.net> **REEF CHECK 1997** an IYOR Activity Reef Check 1997 will be an exciting international event involving collaboration between recreational divers and scientists. The concept of Reef Check is a one-day rapid survey of as many reef sites as possible throughout the world using very basic "tried-and-true" techniques such as counting indicator species such as grouper, sea urchins, measuring coral cover ratio live/dead etc. The work will be done in one day at each site by combined teams of recreational divers with a knowledge of marine biology and at least one professional marine scientist per team who will be responsible for ensuring the scientific quality of the work. The objective will be to report on the basic "health" of a minimum of 100 reef sites from around the world. It is thought that this strategy will help achieve one of the major aims of IYOR -- to build awareness of coral reefs and problems affecting them. The goal will be to disseminate the information gained from this snapshot "Reef Check" by having a live video satellite link among a number of representative sites throughout the world. In this way, we hope to focus the attention of the public, politicians and government leaders on the status of the world's coral reefs. The date of Reef Check 1997 will be the first two weeks of June 1997, and we hope to be able to announce the results on Ocean Day 14 June 1997. We are now looking for diver group/lead scientist combination teams to join our list of Reef Check 1997 participants. If your group would like to particpate in Reef Check 1997, please send your contact information to: Reef Check 1997 Coordinator Mr Shaun Waddell The Hong Kong Marine Conservation Society Fax: (852) 2548-9464 e-mail: HRDUBWD at hkucc.hku.hk Once we have a consolidated list of participants, we will send you more information about the survey protocols and reporting arrangements in November/December. For your information, there will be a basic Reef Check "core" protocol that we will require all groups to follow. In addition, groups will be able to add whatever additional survey parameters that may be most appropriate for their part of the world or interests. Gregor Hodgson Hong Kong University of Science and Technology From rohan at ites.ac.lk Fri Oct 11 15:41:13 1996 From: rohan at ites.ac.lk (Rohan Harindra Wickramasinghe) Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 15:41:13 SLT Subject: Buona Vista Coral Reef Message-ID: <325e6ab2.ites@ites.ac.lk> The town of Galle is situated on the southwestern coast of Sri Lanka. Galle harbour is several centuries old and has played a very important role in the foreign trade of the island. It is proposed to extend Galle harbour and this is expected to greatly benefit the economy and employment generation of the region and thereby the country as a whole. While the economic and employment generation benefits arising from the increased shipping etc are essential to the economic and political wellbeing of the country, a problem which will arise when the project is implemented is the envisaged impact on the Buona Vista Coral Reef. The Buona Vista Coral Reef at Rumassala, Galle is small (500 by 200 metres; within the 8 metre contour) but is extremely rich in both fish species as well as invertebrate forms. It would be a great pity if it were to be lost. The purpose of this posting is to inquire whether: 1) If it is possible to avoid the harbour construction from physically damaging the reef, would it be possible to erect a " curtain "-like structure to isolate the reef from pollution caused by increased operational activity in the harbour ? 2) Have similar structures been successful anywhere else ? This is just a preliminary (and naive) inquiry but any information would be greatly appreciated - particularly any references to published material or relevant reprints. Thank you. Rohan H. Wickramasinghe, Ph.D., Institute for Tropical Environmental Studies, 41 Flower Road, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka (email: rohan at ites.ac.lk) From woodley at uwimona.edu.jm Mon Oct 14 18:47:03 1996 From: woodley at uwimona.edu.jm (Jeremy Woodley) Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 17:47:03 -0500 (GMT-0500) Subject: October spawning in Jamaica In-Reply-To: <199607310152.VAA24661@tula.cura.net> Message-ID: Encouraged by your suggestion last month, Judith Mendes and I looked for coral spawning on the night of October 3rd at Drunkenman's Cay, Port Royal, Jamaica. Between 2130 and 2200 (EST) we saw spawning by Montastraea annularis (columnar) and M. Faveolata (massive). More, we thought, than in September, but the corals were less abundant at the site we studied then. Uncorrected Hobotemp data show a max of 30.7 on September 14. I was surprised to see the brittle-star Ophiopsila totally emerged and, in one case, adopting a "pentapod" posture, shown by some b-s when spawning. Usually one sees only the slender arms, at night, fishing from a crevice. A touch, in the dark, prompts a green luminescent display. Jeremy Woodley. From coral at aoml.noaa.gov Tue Oct 15 08:39:22 1996 From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 08:39:22 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Spawing at Soufriere, St. Lucia Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 11:34:20 -0500 From: Allan Smith To: Coral Health and Monitoring Program Subject: Re: bleachings and spawnings For the record, dive operators at Soufriere, St. Lucia, reported that colonies of Diploria strigosa were spawning between 7:00 and 7:30 last night (10th). They did not see any spawning on either the 1st or 3rd October, at least up to 8:00 pm. Allan Smith Caribbean Natural Resources Institute Vieux Fort St. Lucia, West Indies. Tel +(758) 454 6060 Fax +(758) 454 5188 From coral at aoml.noaa.gov Tue Oct 15 08:45:45 1996 From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 08:45:45 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Preserves around the World (fwd) Message-ID: [ Please send any responses directly to Mark.Spalding at wcmc.org.uk. Thanks.] ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 14 Oct 96 10:21:49 BST From: Mark.Spalding at wcmc.org.uk To: owner-coral-list at aoml.noaa.gov Subject: re: Preserves around the World For Ken Kassem (and interested others) You probably came across the 4-volume World Bank Series "A Global Representative System of Marine Protected Areas" (1995, Eds: Kelleher, G, Bleakly, C and Wells, S.), available from the Environment Department, The World Bank, Room S 5-143, 1818 H Street NW, Washington, DC 20433, USA. This includes lists of exsisting protected areas and areas proposed for protection. Linked to this work was the updating of the global database on marine protected areas at the World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC) and an agreement with the IUCN Commission on National Parks and Protected Areas that WCMC would act as the main holder of these data. The database forms a part of a much larger database listing over 35,000 protected areas worldwide. Definitions of 'marine' and of 'protected area' vary enormously, so that depending on your definition there are about 3-4000 marine protected areas worldwide of which there are only about 350 containing coral reefs. Hope this is useful, Best wishes Mark D. Spalding E-mail: mark.spalding at wcmc.org.uk World Conservation Monitoring Centre 219 Huntingdon Rd Cambridge, CB3 0DL Fax: +44 1223 277136 United Kingdom Tel: +44 1223 277314 From CEDINTERN at conservation.org Tue Oct 15 12:54:00 1996 From: CEDINTERN at conservation.org (CEDINTERN at conservation.org) Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 09:54 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Info request on coral in bone transplants Message-ID: <01IANVYJJV52002BEU@CGNET.COM> Dear Coral-listers: I am currently investigating sustainable uses of marine products. A colleague indicated to me that recently members of the list discussed the application of coral in bone transplants. If this is correct, I would greatly appreciate it if someone who has the messages saved could forward them to me. Or if someone runs across other relevant or interesting examples of sustainable uses of marine resources, please let me know. Thanks in advance for your help. Yours truly, Carlos V. Pineda Marine Products Analyst Conservation International From davidson at blue.weeg.uiowa.edu Tue Oct 15 12:39:02 1996 From: davidson at blue.weeg.uiowa.edu (Osha Gray Davidson) Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 11:39:02 -0500 Subject: Umbgrove Message-ID: <2.2.32.19961015163902.00979fcc@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu> Greetings--Does anyone know of English versions of the following documents (by Umbgrove, J. H. F.): 1928. De Koraalriffen in de haai van Batavia. Wetenschappelijke Mededeelingen Nr. 7. 1939. Madreporaria from the Bay of Batavia. Zoologische Mededeelingen XXII: 1-64. Also, anything else about the Jakarta Bay area IN ENGLISH by the same author would be of great interest. Cheers Osha Gray Davidson 14 S. Governor St. Iowa City, IA 52240 USA +++++++++++ PH: (319) 338-4778 FAX: (319) 338-8606 e-mail: davidson at blue.weeg.uiowa.edu Center for International and Comparative Studies, University of Iowa From pcis at igc.apc.org Sat Oct 12 16:30:17 1996 From: pcis at igc.apc.org (GreenLife Society) Date: Sat, 12 Oct 1996 13:30:17 -0700 (PDT) Subject: New Publication Message-ID: <2.2.16.19961012132950.5237a246@pop.igc.org> As part of our Middle Eastern Environmental Project (MEEP), we are in the process of launching a new newsletter that will address issues related to coral reef degradation in the Middle East from both a scientific and policy perspective. The Editor-in-Chief of this new publication will be Dr. Steven Coles, a zoologist with the Bishop Museum in Hawaii. At this point we are: 1. Seeking articles for the first issue, which we expect to be released in the spring of 1997. Articles should be approximately 750-950 words; 2. Announcements and other relevant materials for the newsletter; 3. Subscriptions to the newsletter. The newsletter will be published quarterly and will cost $20.00 per year. Subscription inquiries should be sent to our attention. Articles and other materials may be directed to Steve at: slcoles at bishop.bishop.hawaii.org, though we'd appreciate a cc: here at GLSNA also. GreenLife Society - North America 700 Cragmont Ave. Berkeley, CA 94708 USA (510) 558-0620 (Ph./Fax) E-mail: pcis at igc.apc.org WWW: site: http://EELINK.umich.edu/greenlife/index.html From Kenneth_Deslarzes at smtp.mms.gov Wed Oct 16 09:25:59 1996 From: Kenneth_Deslarzes at smtp.mms.gov (Kenneth_Deslarzes at smtp.mms.gov) Date: Wed, 16 Oct 96 08:25:59 EST Subject: EIS/reefs Message-ID: <9609168454.AA845483752@smtp.mms.gov> Dear coralers, I would much appreciate knowing where I could obtain info on EIS's involving Coral Reefs, any upcoming workshops, conferences, symposia involving EIS's and reefs, or related topics. Best wishes, Ken Deslarzes (Kenneth_Deslarzes at smtp.mms.gov) USDOI/Minerals Management Service 1201 Elmwood Park Blvd, MS 5410 New Orleans, LA 70123-2394, USA Phone: 504-736-5705 N.B. I tried reaching Gregor Hodgson using the following address but with little success (address not recognized) gregorh at hk.super.net From gregorh at hk.super.net Wed Oct 16 10:02:50 1996 From: gregorh at hk.super.net (gregorh at hk.super.net) Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 22:02:50 +0800 (HKT) Subject: More about Reef Check 97 Message-ID: <199610161402.WAA22322@is1.hk.super.net> The Reef Check 97 organizers would like to thank the 60 or so mainly experienced coral reef scientists from around the world who have so far offered to lead a group of divers to carry out Reef Check protocols. Based on this response, my guess is that we will be able to survey up to 200 individual sites around the world. I also thank those who have offered to Beta test the core protocols. Bill Alevizon is an experienced coral reef field man who has raised some concerns about Reef Check. For those of you who were not party to some of the IYOR planning sessions during the past years or in Panama, you may have similar concerns. The good news is that after we explained to Bill in more detail the history and goals of Reef Check 97, he has thrown his considerable expertise in to support us, and has offered to lead a Reef Check in the Bahamas next summer! Thanks Bill. For those of you who are still in the dark, a brief background and goals of IYOR Reef Check 97 is given below. GOALS OF IYOR and REEF CHECK As Sue Wells has drummed into us, IYOR is an awareness building campaign, not a scientific expedition. The idea behind Reef Check, is to promote public awareness of coral reefs and potential threats by using a few very basic parameters that we are comfortable that HS students could do. The results should be scientifically sound, and should provide clear, although partial, answers to the question of "What shape is the reef in?" Each Reef Check group is required to have a designated scientific leader who is someone with field experience and a member of the coral reef scientific community who can vouch for the scientific quality of the work. A number of us have quietly been doing testing for a Reef Check type operation for many years now. Earthwatch projects are one successful example that this process works, and there are many others around the world. There is no question that the type of survey we have in mind can be done by amateurs given appropriate guidance. What kind of survey do we have in mind? The actual protocols that we are working with as our "core" are very simple -- e.g. counting the number of Diadema in a 20 sq meter patch, presence/absence of trash, fish nets or dynamite blast craters. Any high school student could do these with after training. To be doubly sure, we are Beta testing each protocol here in HK, in the Solomons (Daphne Fautin) and other locations with amateur groups to ensure that none of the 10 protocols are inappropriate, before we include them as a "core" procedure. If we have problems with any of the protocols, we will simply toss them. As Bill correctly noted: "The scientific community is still a long way from agreeing on the most appropriate ecological indicators of the health or integrity of reef systems in any part of the world." This is an intractable problem, and if we wait for a consensus there wont be many decent reefs left to argue about. The whole purpose of IYOR is an "awareness campaign" -- it is not to decide what the best technique is for determining reef health (although that would be nice). Based on the overwhelming response we have gotten so far, dozens of extremely experienced field-based coral reef scientists feel that Reef Check is not only feasible, but is also an excellent method of promoting coral reefs and threats to them. What will require some careful thought is how to rank the results with respect to what we think we should expect to find at each site e.g. for edible animals. How many Trochus "should" be found on "pristine" reef in Palau? In some cases, the answers will be clear cut, and these are the ones that the media will no doubt focus on -- eg. 45 sites that should have Tridacna have almost none, or 180 out of 200 sites have ghost fish nets and evidence of dynamite blasts. These results will be the most valuable for the PR angle. It is the borderline cases that will be more difficult to interpret, and although the data will be quantitative, we will need to rely on historical knowledge ala Jeremy Jackson to report this from a qualitative perspective. In any case, the data will be available for all to play with. We have no doubt that we will not get Reef Check 100% right the first time round. With everyone's help, we will generate significant new public and media awareness that could translate into action to devote more resources in more places to study and conserve coral reefs. Phew! Gregor Hodgson Institute for Environmental Studies Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Clearwater Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong Fax: (852) 2358-1582 From pol at syspo.univ-perp.fr Wed Oct 16 21:14:06 1996 From: pol at syspo.univ-perp.fr (pol at syspo.univ-perp.fr) Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 20:14:06 EST Subject: Coral Reef ecology course Offerings Message-ID: <009A9F27.0BA8E500.28531@syspo.univ-perp.fr> POSTGRADUATE COURSE IN CORAL REEFS ECOLOGY As part of its teaching programme, the Department of Oceanology of Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (EPHE), University of Perpignan, France, is offering an advanced course in coral reef ecology at University 5th year (PhD course) level. The course will consist of lectures (approximately 40 hours) spread over 6 days, during the week 6-11 January 1997. Lectures, which will be complemented by the screening of relevant videotapes, will cover the following topics. - Specific characteristics of Coral Reef Ecosystems - Physical Oceanography of Coral Reefs - Scleractinian Coral Biology and Ecology - Community Structure and Zonation - Primary producers and reef Trophodynamics - Carbon flows in reef Ecosystems - Reef fish Ecology and Biogeography - Reef and lagoonal Fisheries - Natural and Anthropic Disturbances - Management of Coral Reef Ressources Lectures will be given by Faculty staff of Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes and reef experts from other French or foreign Universities. The majority of lectures will be delivered in French. Admission to the course is free. The number of places is limited and persons interested must register as soon as possible with EPHE Secretariat (closing date 15 December 1996). To obtain additional information or the registration form, please contact the EPHE Secretariat at the University of Perpignan by Tel.: 33 (04) 68662055, Fax: 33 (04) 68503686 or by Email : pol at univ-perp.fr -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Biologie Marine et Malacologie/Ichtyoecologie tropicale et Mediterraneenne ECOLE PRATIQUE DES HAUTES ETUDES Centre de Biologie et d'Ecologie Tropicale et Mediterraneenne Universite de Perpignan, 52 Av. de Villeneuve, F-66860 - PERPIGNAN CEDEX Tel.: +33 4 68 66 20 55, Fax: +33 4 68 50 36 86, e-mail:pol at univ-perp.fr -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- From J.MCMANUS at cgnet.com Thu Oct 17 18:22:00 1996 From: J.MCMANUS at cgnet.com (John McManus) Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 15:22:00 -0700 (PDT) Subject: No subject Message-ID: <3265E497@msm.cgnet.com> TO:Coral List cc.: Carl Stepath FROM:Dr John W McManus/ICLARM DATE:17 October 1996 Someone recently asked me for some leads into the field of coral reef monitoring. As I get that kind of inquiry frequently, I though it might be useful to others if I put my reply on coral-list. The courage is very patchy and I don't have all the complete references at hand. However, the leads may be generally useful, and, to roughly paraphrase Charles Darwin, my colleagues may take great delight in pointing out the shortcomings. Many apologies for all the important work that I left out. Sincerely, John W McManus ICLARM email:< J.McManus at cgnet.com> From J.MCMANUS at cgnet.com Thu Oct 17 19:27:00 1996 From: J.MCMANUS at cgnet.com (John McManus) Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 16:27:00 -0700 (PDT) Subject: No subject Message-ID: <3265F2B1@msm.cgnet.com> TO:Coral List cc.: Carl Stepath FROM:Dr John W McManus/ICLARM DATE:17 October 1996 Someone recently asked me for some leads into the field of coral reef monitoring. As I get that kind of inquiry frequently, I though it might be useful to others if I put my reply on coral-list. The courage is very patchy and I don't have all the complete references at hand. However, the leads may be generally useful, and, to roughly paraphrase Charles Darwin, my colleagues may take great delight in pointing out the shortcomings. Many apologies for all the important work that I left out. -------------------- Dear Colleagues: To understand monitoring on reefs, you should look at its roots, which are in phytosociology. The best summary is: Mueller-Dombois, D. and Ellenberg, H. 1974. Aims and Methods of Vegetation Ecology. Wiley. 547 p. Other references include the historically important: Braun-Blanquet, J. 1932. Plant Sociology: the study of Plant Communities. Reprint 1983 Koeltz Scientific Books. P.O. Box 1360, D-6240 Koenigstein/West Germany. and the collection of papers in: McIntosh, R.P. 1978. Phytosociology. Benchmark Papers in Ecology V.6. Dowden, Hutchinson & Ross, Inc. You would want to look into the history of continuous vs discrete and releve vs. random approaches to community analysis in: McIntosh, R.P. (?). Background of Ecology. and from the system view in: Golley, F.B. 1993. A history of the Ecosystem Concept in Ecology. Yale University Press. New Haven. 254 p. There are several recent books on Plant Ecology, Community Ecology and Landscape Ecology that discuss sampling. An important environmental sampling book is that of Roger Green. The line transect method for coral reefs was an application of a particular vegetation method. It, and some other methods were reviewed in the green UNESCO book on Coral Reef Methods. There are several papers on errors associated with line transects in the ICRS volumes and Coral Reefs. A nice statistical analysis of fish transects is: Samoilys, M.A. and Carlos, G. 1992. Development of an underwater visual census method for assessing shallow water reef fish stocks in the South West Pacific. Final Report. ACIAR. (Available from the Department of Primary Industries, PO Box 1085, Townsville, Qld, 4810, Australia). McManus, J. et.al. discuss reef sampling in "Chapter 5. Coral Reef Fishery Sampling Methods" in the 1996 CRC book on "Stock Assessment:quantitative Methods and Applications for Small-Scale Fisheries" (Galluci et.al. eds.) The social science side of reef sampling and monitoring is less well-documented. See chapters by Ruddle and by McManus in: Polunin, N.V.C. and Roberts, C.M. 1996. Reef Fisheries. Chapman and Hall. London. 477 p. A fairly comprehensive manual for this kind of sampling by Richard Pollnac is in preparation. It relates directly to ReefBase, covering about half of ReefBase's 250 tables. An IUCN protocal has also been developed -- contact Ian Dight or Rodney Salm. Back on the ecological side, the ASEAN-Australian Manual is under revision. Contact Clive Wilkinson. We have just drafted a ReefBase Aquanaut Manual aimed at volunteer divers. It will be out in a few months. There are some good expedition protocols for volunteer divers available from several groups listed in the Greenpeace International Coral Reef NGO Directory. Be sure to look through past papers by Robert Johannes on how to interview to get ecological and management information, starting with his book "Words of the Lagoon". Biochemical sampling is covered in the EIA literature and many articles. I have just listed a small part of a massive literature, emphasizing some sources which are oftern overlooked. In particular, it is very important to know the history of the methods, in part to avoid re-living debates carried out in the 1920's to 1950's. Most of the methods we now use were developed to understand community structure or ecosystem function. Both of these are useful in, but do not directly address, managing coral reefs. The concerns in management are mostly Ecosystem Health, Risk Assessment, Impact Assessment, Impact Abatement, Multiobjective Optimization Cross-field Cross-sectoral Decision Analysis, and other aspects of Integrated Coastal Zone Management. The ecological side of monitoring nowadays (which can never be fully separated from the social science sides) is focused primarily on ecosystem health. We are currently developing quantitative working definitions of coral reef ecosystem health which can be used to help focus both the sampling and the analysis of the data in monitoring programs. If you want to get involved in that aspect, you might want to subscribe to the journal "Ecosystem Health" and read the book of the same title by Robert Costanza. Good luck! Sincerely, John W McManus ReefBase Project Leader ICLARM, Philippines email: J.McManus at cgnet.com From gregorh at hk.super.net Thu Oct 17 09:06:29 1996 From: gregorh at hk.super.net (gregorh at hk.super.net) Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 21:06:29 +0800 (HKT) Subject: Info on quinaldine effect on corals Message-ID: <199610171306.VAA14305@is1.hk.super.net> > >My name is Bruce Davidson I am working with the American Marinelife Dealers >Association (AMDA). This is an organization of people that derive the majority >of their income from the sale of marine life. Our goal is to impose self >regulation on the marine fish and invertebrate wholesale and retail industry. > > One of the things we are looking into is the effects quinaldine has on the >living corals when it is used to collect marine fish. If you have any >information on this topic please forward me a copy e-mail >76773.2763 at compuserve.com or regular mail. > > Bruce Davidson > 212 Saguaro Dr > Louisville KY USA > 40229-6139 > > If you know of anyone that has done work in this area please forward them >a copy of this letter. > > Thanks in advance From hendee at aoml.noaa.gov Thu Oct 17 08:56:05 1996 From: hendee at aoml.noaa.gov (James C. Hendee) Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 08:56:05 -0400 (EDT) Subject: coral reef monitoring inquiries In-Reply-To: <3265E497@msm.cgnet.com> Message-ID: Those who are intested in coral reef monitoring may wish to view the Charter Document of the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN) at the following URL: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/gcrmn/gcrmn.html Those who are interested in actually following the GCRMN protocol may wish to contact the Director of the GCRMN, Dr. Clive Wilkinson, at: c.wilkinson at aims.gov.au I believe some of the members of the GCRMN will soon be posting (via the CHAMP Home Page, coral-list, and elsewhere) protocols that they have found to be effective for their areas. Some of these protocols (such as that of the Kuda Laut Project, http://www.wp.com/kudalaut) have been already been announced on coral-list, but a comprehensive list of protocols will hopefully be available in the near future. Cheers, 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.noaa.gov | +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ On Thu, 17 Oct 1996, John McManus wrote: > TO:Coral List > cc.: Carl Stepath > FROM:Dr John W McManus/ICLARM > DATE:17 October 1996 > > Someone recently asked me for some leads into the field of coral reef > monitoring. As I get that kind of inquiry frequently, I though it might be > useful to others if I put my reply on coral-list. The courage is very > patchy and I don't have all the complete references at hand. However, the > leads may be generally useful, and, to roughly paraphrase Charles Darwin, my > colleagues may take great delight in pointing out the shortcomings. Many > apologies for all the important work that I left out. > > Sincerely, > > John W McManus > ICLARM > email:< J.McManus at cgnet.com> > From coral at aoml.noaa.gov Thu Oct 17 09:43:27 1996 From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 09:43:27 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Coral Reefs FAQ Message-ID: Greetings, Pursuant to Dr. John McManus' very informative posting of coral reef ecosystem monitoring, I thought it might be worthwhile if "we" (read: you coral-listers!) helped to construct an FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) list, which I can post on the CHAMP Home Page and/or periodically circulate via the coral-list. This should be helpful for all of us, as well as to people new to coral reef study, and should also helpfully give you a little slack in answering all those questions all the time. If this idea meets with your approval, perhaps we could proceed thus: -> For now, let's just try to answer the most common, broadly appealing, questions. After we get the basics down, then perhaps we can address the more esoteric issues. -> Send questions you feel should be in the FAQ to this address (coral at coral.aoml.noaa.gov). I'll collect the questions for awhile, and if there are no answers accompanying them, I'll post the questions to the coral-list for your (hopefully!) informative answers. -> If you *know* the answers to the questions, please send them along with the questions, or at least help by providing a resource to find the answer. -> It might be helpful if you could provide, in your answers, further references for research, such as Dr. McManus did in his recent reply concerning coral reef monitoring. If you have any orther suggestions (or even if you think this isn't a workable idea), please drop a line. Cheers, Jim ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | | | 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 sjameson at coralseas.com Thu Oct 17 10:58:27 1996 From: sjameson at coralseas.com (Stephen C. Jameson) Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 10:58:27 -0400 Subject: EIS/reefs Message-ID: <199610171458.KAA23472@wizard.wizard.net> Dear Ken, Jim Maragos and Gregor Hodgson conducted a seminar on Coral Reef EIA's at the 8th International Coral Reef Symposium in Panama this June. They are in the process of preparing the final report of the workshop. They could probably send you some of the handouts from the symposium. They can be reached at the following addresses. Jim Maragos East-West Center Honolulu, Hawaii 808-944-7272, 808-944-7298(FAX) Gregor Hodgson Institute for Environmental Studies Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Clearwater Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong gregorh at hk.super.net Fax: (852) 2358-1582 Tel: (852) 2358-8568 Best regards, Dr. Stephen C. Jameson, President Coral Seas, Inc. - Integrated Coastal Zone Management 4254 Hungry Run Road The Plains, VA 20198-1715 USA 703/754-8690, 703/754-9139 (FAX) Internet: sjameson at coralseas.com From carlson at soest.hawaii.edu Thu Oct 17 14:47:54 1996 From: carlson at soest.hawaii.edu (Bruce Carlson) Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 08:47:54 -1000 (HST) Subject: Info on quinaldine effect on corals In-Reply-To: <199610171306.VAA14305@is1.hk.super.net> Message-ID: The State of Florida did some research on the effects of quinaldine on the captured fish and on corals. As I recall, they found no significant negative effects if used "properly". My memory of that report could be faulty, but that is my recollection. I could probably dig up the report unless someone else has ready access to it. Bruce Carlson Waikiki Aquarium ******************************************************************** On Thu, 17 Oct 1996 gregorh at hk.super.net wrote: > > > >My name is Bruce Davidson I am working with the American Marinelife Dealers > >Association (AMDA). This is an organization of people that derive the > majority > >of their income from the sale of marine life. Our goal is to impose self > >regulation on the marine fish and invertebrate wholesale and retail industry. > > > > One of the things we are looking into is the effects quinaldine has on the > >living corals when it is used to collect marine fish. If you have any > >information on this topic please forward me a copy e-mail > >76773.2763 at compuserve.com or regular mail. > > > > Bruce Davidson > > 212 Saguaro Dr > > Louisville KY USA > > 40229-6139 > > > > If you know of anyone that has done work in this area please forward them > >a copy of this letter. > > > > Thanks in advance > > > From coral at aoml.noaa.gov Fri Oct 18 08:08:05 1996 From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 08:08:05 -0400 (EDT) Subject: effects of quinaldine In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Bruce, Gregor, Here is at least one recent reference on quinaldine and its effect on larval fish, but I couldn't find anything for effects on coral: Massee, K C; Rust, M B; Hardy, R W; Stickney, R R. 1995. The effectiveness of tricaine, quinaldine sulfate and metomidate as anesthetics for larval fish. Aquaculture 134(3-4): 351. Hope this helps... JH From jpcarri at xaway.ciqro.conacyt.mx Fri Oct 18 10:57:02 1996 From: jpcarri at xaway.ciqro.conacyt.mx (Juan P. Carricart-Ganivet) Date: Fri, 18 Oct 96 08:57:02 CST Subject: Info request Message-ID: <18351.jpcarri@xaway.ciqro.conacyt.mx> Greetings from Chetumal to everyone! Does anybody has info about Manicina areolata recruiting and/or larval settling of this species? Many advanced thanks, Saludos! Juan Pablo |-----------------------------------------------| | Juan P. Carricart-Ganivet | | Departamento de Ecologia Acuatica, ECOSUR | | Zona Industrial No. 2, Carr. Chetumal-Bacalar | | Apdo. Postal 424, Chetumal, Q. Roo. 77000. | | MEXICO | | Tel: (983) 2-16-66 | | Fax: (983) 2-04-47 | | e-mail: jpcarri at xaway.ciqro.conacyt.mx | |-----------------------------------------------| From hendee at aoml.noaa.gov Fri Oct 18 11:27:41 1996 From: hendee at aoml.noaa.gov (James C. Hendee) Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 11:27:41 -0400 (EDT) Subject: *Manicina areolata* In-Reply-To: <18351.jpcarri@xaway.ciqro.conacyt.mx> Message-ID: Dear Juan, There was an excellent Ph.D. thesis published in December, 1991, called "Population Ecology of a Free-Living Coral: Reproduction, Population Dynamics, and Morphology of *Manicina areolata* (Linneaus)" by Kenneth George Johnson, Graduate College of The Univesity of Iowa. It probably has most everything you need, including a wealth of great references, tables, photographs and graphs. Your librarian should be able to check it out for you on Interlibrary Loan. This library reference might be of help: QL 377 .C5j67 1991 Don't know what there might be that is more recent. Hope this helps... Cheers, Jim Hendee On Fri, 18 Oct 1996, Juan P. Carricart-Ganivet wrote: > Date: Fri, 18 Oct 96 08:57:02 CST > From: Juan P. Carricart-Ganivet > To: coral-list at reef.aoml.noaa.gov > Subject: Info request > > Greetings from Chetumal to everyone! > > Does anybody has info about Manicina areolata recruiting and/or larval > settling of this species? > > Many advanced thanks, > > Saludos! > > Juan Pablo > |-----------------------------------------------| > | Juan P. Carricart-Ganivet | > | Departamento de Ecologia Acuatica, ECOSUR | > | Zona Industrial No. 2, Carr. Chetumal-Bacalar | > | Apdo. Postal 424, Chetumal, Q. Roo. 77000. | > | MEXICO | > | Tel: (983) 2-16-66 | > | Fax: (983) 2-04-47 | > | e-mail: jpcarri at xaway.ciqro.conacyt.mx | > |-----------------------------------------------| > From coral at igc.apc.org Fri Oct 18 18:41:12 1996 From: coral at igc.apc.org (coral) Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 14:41:12 -0800 Subject: Info on quinaldine effect on corals References: <199610171306.VAA14305@is1.hk.super.net> Message-ID: <32680788.3F71@igc.apc.org> Regarding quinaldine, my understanding is that its use does have some negative impacts on reefs and reef fishes. It stands to reason that any poison used to stun a fish is potent and will impact delicate ecosystems. Contact Nancy Daves at NMFS (301) 713-2319, and Georgia Kranmore (813) 570-5305 at NMFS for their studies. Marcy Roth Coral Forest -- Coral Forest 400 Montgomery Street, Suite 400 San Francisco, CA 94104 USA (415) 788-REEF (7333) Fax (415) 331-4064 E-mail: coral at igc.apc.org Web site: http://www.blacktop.com/coralforest From carlson at soest.hawaii.edu Fri Oct 18 22:49:45 1996 From: carlson at soest.hawaii.edu (Bruce Carlson) Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 16:49:45 -1000 (HST) Subject: Info on quinaldine effect on corals In-Reply-To: <32680788.3F71@igc.apc.org> Message-ID: Marcy, Your statement, on the face of it, does not "stand to reason". The blue ringed octopus releases poison into the environment to stun and kill shrimp. Does that impact delicate ecosystems? I am not convinced that quinaldine in small doses has any negative "permanent" effect on the environment. It does have a very beneficial effect when collecting small, delicate and hole-dwelling fishes. There is far less stress and potential harm to these fishes when handled in an anesthetised state rather than thrashing around in a net. There are safe anethestics used for all other creatures, and for now, quinaldine is the anesthetic of choice among scientists and aquarium professionals. That said, I am not an advocate of the wholesale release of this anesthetic to the general public and fish collectors. Highly concentrated solutions and heavy doses can be detrimental (in the extreme, we can say with 100% certainty that corals will not live in pure quinaldine!). The use of quinaldine should be regulated but allowed for scientific and related purposes. I will call the folks you mentioned and read their reports. The more data that is available the better for making an objective conclusion. Bruce Carlson On Fri, 18 Oct 1996, coral wrote: > Regarding quinaldine, my understanding is that its use does have some > negative impacts on reefs and reef fishes. It stands to reason that any > poison used to stun a fish is potent and will impact delicate > ecosystems. Contact Nancy Daves at NMFS (301) 713-2319, and Georgia > Kranmore (813) 570-5305 at NMFS for their studies. > > Marcy Roth > Coral Forest > -- > Coral Forest > 400 Montgomery Street, Suite 400 > San Francisco, CA 94104 USA > (415) 788-REEF (7333) > Fax (415) 331-4064 > E-mail: coral at igc.apc.org > Web site: http://www.blacktop.com/coralforest > > From carlson at soest.hawaii.edu Sat Oct 19 20:20:21 1996 From: carlson at soest.hawaii.edu (Bruce Carlson) Date: Sat, 19 Oct 1996 14:20:21 -1000 (HST) Subject: Info on quinaldine effect on corals (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 19 Oct 1996 13:59:04 -1000 (HST) From: Bruce Carlson To: Nicolas James Pilcher Subject: Re: Info on quinaldine effect on corals Nicolas, OK, that was a bit terse. Sorry. I just get more and more upset at conclusions tossed out without data to substantiate them. Quinaldine has been such a subject for decades. Most of the arguments that I have seen have been based on emotion and assumption, whereas most of the scientific data have indicated that it has little if any environmental impact -- and no impact on the fish if applied correctly. Now the subject comes up again and the same baseless arguments arise. I'd like to see some real data. My own experience with the anesthetic indicates that it has little if any effect on surrounding organisms. Yes, occasionally other fishes ares stunned, but either I collect them too or they just recover on their own in a minute or two and swim away. I have not used any qunialdine in a long time, but it is very useful in collecting Cirripectes blennies and some deep reef fishes, or to anesthetize them prior to handling during tag and release studies, such as the research I conducted. Some of the fish I studied were captured and released multiple times using quinaldine. This fish feeds on live coral and I photographed the coral during the study. There was no effect on the coral due to the quinaldine -- there was, however, a significant negative effect on the coral due to the fish feeding upon it! I would hazard a guess that quinaldine and MS-222 are on the shelves of many(most?) ichthyologists who work on coral reefs who have to safely capture their fish and release them for study. Nets can be used but too often damage the fish. By the way, I do not condone nor advocate breaking of coral to capture fish. And, as I stated before, I would advocate regulations or licensing of people who intend to use quinaldine on a reef to ensure that they know how to mix it and use it properly. In my opinion, it should be used only for research. Virtually all aquarium fish that hobbyists might want can be collected by an experienced collector using nets. Bruce ********************************************** On Sat, 19 Oct 1996, Bruce Carlson wrote: > > Nicolas > > Prove it. > > Bruce > > On Sat, 19 Oct 1996, Nicolas James Pilcher wrote: > > > In reply to Bruce's recent comments, and in light of the fact that this is > > now warming up to the extent of actually sidestepping the original request > > for info, my I draw your attention ot the following: > > > > I AM convinced that quinaldine in any dosage has an effect on these delicate > > ecosystems, no matter how permenent, and THAT (the fact that there IS an > > effect) is the real issue. Quinaldine in small doses to catch other small > > fish -aside from that it was not what was originally in question - has an > > adverse effect on the nearby small fish that were not intended for capture. > > In many cases these are then helpless to defend themselves, and get eaten by > > the larger, not anaethesised fishes. That IS permanent. Removing coral fish > > that are asleep inside coral crevices in many cases also results in the > > breakage of corals to get to them (not always, but it definitely happens), > > and again, that IS permanent. Standing to reason is that we are all in this > > for the longevity of the reefs and their inhabitants - incuding those who > > want to remove the fish for whatever purposes, and ANY man-made effect on > > the reef should be out of the question! Let's face, if the reefs were > > supposed to have little squirts of quinaldine, don't you think they'd have > > figured it out by now? > > > > Happy ruminating this one..... > > > > Nick > > !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > Nicolas J. Pilcher > > > > Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation > > Universiti Malaysia Sarawak > > 94300 Kota Samarahan > > Sarawak, Malaysia > > > > Tel ++ 60 82 671 000 Ext. 181 > > Fax ++ 60 82 672275 > > E-mail nick at tualang.unimas.my > > !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > > > > > From osha at pobox.com Sun Oct 20 21:47:32 1996 From: osha at pobox.com (Osha Gray Davidson) Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 20:47:32 -0500 Subject: Bali Message-ID: <2.2.32.19961021014732.00674840@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu> Any coral/mangrove/seagrass scientists and/or managers/NGOs, etc. on Bali who would be willing to talk with a journalist doing research on these ecosystems? I will be there 12-13 November, staying in Sanur at the Laghawa Beach Inn. Tel: (0361) 288494. Fax: 62-361-289353. Or contact me by return e-mail, phone or fax at the addresses below before I depart the States on 1 November. Or, anyone with recommendations for important sites to visit there (relative to the above interests)? Thanks. Cheers, Osha Osha Gray Davidson 14 S. Governor St. Iowa City, IA 52240 USA +++++++++++ PH: (319) 338-4778 FAX: (319) 338-8606 e-mail: osha at pobox.com Center for International and Comparative Studies, University of Iowa From Mark.Spalding at wcmc.org.uk Mon Oct 21 16:07:23 1996 From: Mark.Spalding at wcmc.org.uk (Mark.Spalding at wcmc.org.uk) Date: Mon, 21 Oct 96 16:07:23 BST Subject: No subject Message-ID: <9610211511.AA23743@wcmc.org.uk> (Sent this last week, but suspect it never got through as I never got a copy back!) Users will be pleased to know that, as of this week, the World Conservation Monitoring Centre has placed some 150 maps of coral reefs onto the Web. These are the same maps which are in ReefBase Version 1.0 (although they are georeferenced in the latter and can thus be linked to other data). The maps include simple bathymetry, mangrove and coral reef data. All are fully referenced and users are asked to look at these references as an integral part of the maps! http://www.wcmc.org.uk:80/marine/data/ Other marine data on this site include lists of marine protected areas by country and other marine statistics. Please note that our Coral Reef Mapping Initiative and ReefBase are ongoing. If you are able to supply better, newer, or more detailed information please contact myself (for maps) or the ReefBase team in Manila (e-mail: reefbase at cgnet.com). I hope this information is useful and look forward to your comments. Cheers Mark D. Spalding E-mail: mark.spalding at wcmc.org.uk World Conservation Monitoring Centre 219 Huntingdon Rd Cambridge, CB3 0DL Fax: +44 1223 277136 United Kingdom Tel: +44 1223 277314 From didak at sfsu.edu Tue Oct 22 11:12:15 1996 From: didak at sfsu.edu (Dida Kutz) Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 08:12:15 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Banda Is. Message-ID: <199610221512.IAA07694@pluto.sfsu.edu> Hi- I'm currently investiogating the possibility of doing some basic survey research in the Banda Is. next March. I understand there is a dive operation there. Can anyone give me the name of the outfit, and/or any info about them? Any other comments about doing work there would be deeply appreciated also. Thank you, Dida Kutz didak at sfsu.edu didak at sfsu.edu Director Pacific Cetacean Group - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - San Francisco State University Graduate Student--Dept. of Biology San Francisco, CA 94132 From coral at aoml.noaa.gov Tue Oct 22 12:35:55 1996 From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 12:35:55 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Info on quinaldine effect on corals Message-ID: Forwarded message: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 12:35:50 -0500 (EST) From: "Walt, Jaap" To: OWNER-CORAL-LIST at aoml.noaa.gov Subject: Re: Info on quinaldine effect on corals - Reply A copy of a report titled Observations on Florida reef corals treated with fish-collecting chemicals. is available from the librarian at the Florida Marine Research Institute, 100 8th Ave SE, St. Petersburg, FL 33701. Ask for FMRP number 10. I worked on the study and we did note that some corals bleached from application of quinaldine to their tissues. We also found that small cryptic fauna were stupefied by quinaldine and were very easy prey for the blueheads that trailed us during the experiments. We ran a literature search on quinaldine and similar chemicals this spring. The results did not provide any conclusive new evidence that would ban its use. Walt Jaap From CESAL at CEnvSci.Com Thu Oct 24 05:14:57 1996 From: CESAL at CEnvSci.Com (Maria Justine MILICI) Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 09:14:57 +0000 Subject: tracking down an elusive map!! Message-ID: <199610240106.JAA01106@ces.ces.linuxhk.com> Dear List Members, I hope someone out there might be able to help me. I'm trying to find a map that a colleague has told me exists but he can't remember where he saw it!! Its a world map that details the damaged coral reefs around the world and identifies them by colour coding according to the type of damage. Apparently there are about 4-6 categories, listing things such as destructive fishing, overfishing, mining, bad water quality.... If anyone can help me with this I would sure appreciate it. I want to use it for presentation at an Asian Hotel Forum in a couple of weeks where I aim to outline what resort developments may be able to do for coral reefs etc.... By the way, I visitied Paul Blanchons site yesterday and was most impressed. The geology essay is excellent and having taught a few lectures on that topic in a general tropical marine biology course, I was excited by the material for teaching purposes as well as for my own education. And the access to other sites is excellent. The address is: http://www.ualberta.ca/~pblancho/index.html thanks Maria Dr. Maria Milicich Senior Scientist CES (ASIA) LTD Room 1201 Tai Yau Building, 181 Johnston Rd Wanchai fax: 28910305 ph: 28931551 From timn at intercoast.com.au Wed Oct 23 22:11:25 1996 From: timn at intercoast.com.au (Tim Norman) Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 12:11:25 +1000 Subject: Coral reef viability Message-ID: <2.2.32.19961024021125.006ad5e8@intercoast.com.au> I would like to make contact with anyone who is conducting research into the long-term management of coral reefs. I am particularly interested in management strategies that have "sustainable bioconstruction" as their objective - a timeframe of decades to centuries. My angle is conservation biology and reserve selection strategies but I am also investigating the socio-economic and political implications of long-term management strategies. I don't want to burden the list with a long message so I am happy to provide further details on the research I am undertaking on request. Many thanks Tim Norman Phone: (+612) 9949 1428 Fax: (+612) 9380 6964 e-mail: timn at intercoast.com.au timn at amsg.austmus.gov.au From coral at aoml.noaa.gov Thu Oct 24 11:29:49 1996 From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 11:29:49 -0400 (EDT) Subject: McManus list (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 09:40:51 -0500 (EST) From: Walt, Jaap To: HENDEE at aoml.noaa.gov Subject: McManus list John McManus' list was a nice stimulant to stir up some action. I offer a few items to add to your literature list for monitoring and sampling methods. I could spend days adding other items, it is a forever task. I will get you a few more on a later date. We have an unpublished manual that Porter, Dustan, Jaap and Wheaton developed for the EPA coral reef and hard bottom monitoring project in the keys that empahasizes video. PAX Walt Jaap SELECTED METHODS LITERATURE Braun-Blanquet, J. 1932. Plant sociology: the study of plant communities. Koeltz Scientific Books (reprint). Box 1360 D-6240 Koenigstein, Germany. Andrewartha, H.G. 1971. Introduction to the study of animal populations. University of Chicago Press, Chicago. 283 pp. Elliott, J.M. 1973. Some methods for the statistical analysis of samples of benthic invertebrates. Pub. 25, Freshwater Biological Association, Ferry House, Ambleside, Westmoreland. LA22 0LP, United Kingdom. 148 pp. Mueller-Dombois, D and H. Ellenberg 1974. Aims and methods of vegetation ecology. Wiley, New York. 547 pp. Pielou, E.C. 1975. Ecological diversity. Wiley-Intersience, New York. 165 pp. McIntosh, R.P. 1978. Phytosociology. Benchmark papers in ecology. Vol. 6. Hutchinson and Ross, Inc. Dowden. Stoddart, D.R. and R.E. Johanes (editors) 1978. Coral reefs: research methods. UNESCO, Paris. 581 pp. Pickett, S.T.A. and P.S. White (editors) 1985. The ecology of natural disturbance and patch dynamics. Academic Press, Orlando. 472 pp. Likens, G.E. (editor) 1988. Long-term studies in ecology: approaches and alternatives. Springer Verlag, New York. 214 pp. Jaap, W.C., J.L. Wheaton, and K.B. Donnelly 1990. Materials and methods to establish multipurpose, sustained ecological research stations on coral reefs at Dry Tortugas. Pp 193 to 203 in. Proc. AAUS Tenth annual Scientific Diving Symposium, St. Petersburg. Golley, F.B. 1993. A history of the ecosystem concept in ecology. Yale Univ. Press, New Haven. 254 pp. English, S., C. Wilkerson, and V. Baker. (editors) 1994. Survey manual for tropical marine resources. Australian Inst. Of Mar. Sci. 368 pp. Rogers, C.S. (editor) 1994. Coral Reef monitoring manual for the Caribbean and western Atlantic. Virgin Islands National Park, St. John, USVI. 107 pp. Committee on biological diversity in marine systems, National research Council 1995. Understanding marine biodiversity. National Academy Press, Washington. 114 pp. Lessios, H. 1996. Methods for quantifying abundance of marine organisms. Pp 149 to 157 in. Proc. AAUS 1996 Scientific Diving Symposium, Washington. Polunin N.V.C. and C.M. Roberts (editors) 1996. Reef fisheries Chapman and Hall, London. 477 pp. From reinhold.leinfelder at po.uni-stuttgart.de Thu Oct 24 12:55:10 1996 From: reinhold.leinfelder at po.uni-stuttgart.de (Reinhold Leinfelder) Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 18:55:10 +0200 Subject: IYOR Germany takes off! Message-ID: (if you subscribed to both the IYOR and the CORAL-listserver, we apologize for the inconvenience of receiving this message twice) INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE REEF 1997: ACTIVITIES IN GERMANY IYOR-Germany took some time for preparations. But now we are taking off like a rocket! This mail is from the official organizing group for IYOR-Germany. We would like to inform you about the German activities for the International Year of the Reef (1997). You may also check our web page on general IYOR aims and German IYOR activities at: http://www.uni-stuttgart.de/UNIuser/igps/IYOR The German IYOR initiative was officially launched at a meeting of the German Science Foundation (DFG) in G?ttingen in Oct. 1996. The DFG meeting was held on the occasion of the closure of the Research Priority Programm on Modern and Ancient Reefs. The great majority of German reef researchers attended the meeting and support the initiative. GERMAN IYOR COMMITTEE: Organizing team: Prof. Dr. Reinhold Leinfelder, Institute of Geology and Paleontology, University Stuttgart, reinhold.leinfelder at po.uni-stuttgart.de PD Dr. Franz Br?mmer, Institute of Biology, University Stuttgart, bruemmer at po.uni-stuttgart.de Dipl.-Biol. Moshira Hassan, GEOMAR, Kiel, mhassan at geomar.de Dipl.-Biol. Felix Gunkel,fgunkel at gwdg.de and Dipl.-Geol. Gert Woerheide, gwoerhe at gwdg.de, both Institute of Geology and Paleontology, University G?ttingen The curatorium consists of: Prof. Dr. Helmut Schuhmacher, Institute of Ecology, University of Essen (probably the most renowned German reef zoologist) Prof. Dr. Erik Fluegel, Institute of Paleontology, University of Erlangen (probably the most renowned German reef geoscientist) Prof. Dr. Fritz Steininger, Director of the Senckenberg Museum at Frankfurt (probably the most renowned German museum on Natural History and Biology) GERMAN IYOR ACTIVITIES German IYOR activities particularly focus on the following: 1. Exhibitions 2. Diving associations 3. Schools 4. General public information in various media. The following activities are already completed or under direct preparation: 1. EXHIBITIONS * IYOR-OPENING BY HANS HASS: The largest European exhibition/fair on water sports, the BOOT (translated: 'boat', taking place in Dusseldorf in January 1997) is, among other things, the top exhibition for all national and international diving associations (sport divers, research divers). We are proud to announce that the opening public talk will be held by HANS HASS (our most charismatic diving biologists, Austrian, born in 1919, who made many books and films which ANY Austrian or German knows) and this WILL BE THE OFFICIAL OPENING FOR IYOR IN GERMANY. There will be a booth with informations on IYOR as well. *MUSEUM TOUR EXHIBITION ON REEFS: The outcome of the 6-years DFG-priority program on reefs (with more than 150 colleages involved, see above) will be presented in a public reef exhibition (sponsored by the DFG, and also official part of the German IYOR-activities). We will also particularly focus on the importance of reefs for mankind. This exhibition will be starting at the renowned Senckenberg Museum (Frankfurt am Main) and probably will go on tour to a variety of other museums and exhibition halls in the course of 1997. 2.DIVING ASSOCIATIONS * Many different diving associatons (both German and International) support IYOR. German diving tourists are widespread across the globe and this is why we will particularly focus on these associations. Activities will include articles in diving and tourism journals as well as new information material for instructors. Franz Bruemmer, from the IYOR-group, Germany, is vice president or committee member of a variety of diving associations and head associations, so we do have good possibilities. See below for the associations involved to date. 3. SCHOOLS * In Spring 1997, Moshira Hassan, GEOMAR, Kiel will give informative courses on coral reefs for selected high schools in Northern Germany. The courses will include slide shows, excursions to the Baltic Sea and an introductory scuba dive. Similar activities with other schools are in preparation at a larger scale. We are also preparing course material for distribution to school teachers. 4. GENERAL PUBLIC ACTIVITIES * Press conferences at various occations. The first one was during the reef meeting mentioned above (G?ttingen). Outcome: IYOR presented in the press in a friendly way * The "Jurassic Reef Park", a popular educational science internet article (by Reinhold Leinfelder), both in English and German, informs on modern and ancient reefs, and also on their possible importance for mankind. (URL http://www.uni-stuttgart.de/UNIuser/igps/Jurassic_Reef_Park) * The German IYOR web page not only lists the activities of IYOR, but also gives informations on the importance of reefs and suggestions what everyone can contribute to the protection of reefs.URL: http://www.uni-stuttgart.de/UNIuser/igps/IYOR (maintained by Reinhold Leinfelder, send your info on IYOR- activities in Germany to him, this e-mail's address) ( mostly in German) * Various information brochures on the importance of reefs will be produced The reef exhibition mentioned above will be accompanied by a catalogue including similar informations. * Colleagues will prepare popular science articles for selected popular journals, including diving journals. We will also try to launch articles in the mass media. * Public talks and guided tours will be given in museums, zoological gardens and aquariums, as well as other institutions. SUPPORTERS Who supports IYOR-Germay till now? University Institutions * GEOMAR-Kiel (Prof. Dullo, Dipl.-Biol. Moshira Hassan - e-mail: mhassan at geomar.de) * Institut f?r Geologie und Pal?ontologie der Universit?t Stuttgart (incl. its reefgroup: Prof. Dr. R. Leinfelder et al., e-mail: reinhold.leinfelder at po.uni-stuttgart.de). * Institut f?r Biologie der Universit?t Stuttgart, (Privatdozent Dr. Franz Br?mmer, e-mail: Bruemmer at po.uni-stuttgart.de, Prof. Dr. H.-D. Goertz) * Institut und Museum f?r Geologie und Pal?ontologie der Universit?t G?ttingen (Prof. Reitner, Dipl.-Biol. Felix Gunkel - e-mail: fgunkel at gwdg.de, gwoerhe at gwdg.de) * Institut f?r Pal?ontologie der Universit?t Erlangen-N?rnberg (Prof. Fl?gel) * Institut f?r ?kologie, Universit?t GH Essen (Prof. Schuhmacher) * Institut und Museum f?r Geologie und Pal?ontologie der Universit?t T?bingen (Dr. Gischler). (additionally we have a long signature list of supporting reef researchers from Germany) Museums * The Senckenberg Museum of Natural Science Senckenberg, Frankfurt am Main (Director Prof. Steininger) * Museum of Natural History, Stuttgart (Director Dr. K?nig) Zoological Gardens * Wilhelma Stuttgart Diving organisations * WITUS: Scientific Diving Group of the University of Stuttgart (as part of the Association of Research Diving Biologists) (ARDB) * F?rderkreis Sporttauchen e.V. * Verband deutscher Sporttaucher, e.V. (VDST, member of CMAS) * W?rttembergischer Landesverband f?r Tauchsport e.V. (WLT) * Baltic Dive Center (Oliver Wolf) * PADI Europe -PROJECT AWARE Schools * Integrierte Gesamtschule L?tjenmoor/Kiel Others * Technisches Hilfswerk Kiel (with many others we are in negociations) Regards to all of you, the German IYOR organizing team Moshira, Franz, Gert, Felix and Reinhold (e-mail- and full addresses see above) PS: IYOR GERMANY HAS OPENED A BANK ACCOUNT FOR SPONSORS. If you want to contribute ask Reinhold or check out the IYOR-Germany webpage ******************************************** Reinhold Leinfelder Institut fuer Geologie und Palaeontologie der Universitaet Stuttgart Herdweg 51 D-70174 Stuttgart Germany e-mail: reinhold.leinfelder at po.uni-stuttgart.de phone: ++49-711-1211340 or -1339 fax: ++49-711-1211341 WorldWideWeb: Institute: http://www.uni-stuttgart.de/UNIuser/igps/ Reef Group Stuttgart: http://www.uni-stuttgart.de/UNIuser/igps/reefgroup/ German activities to the International Year of the Reef 1997: http://www.uni-stuttgart.de/UNIuser/igps/IYOR Dive into the Jurassic Reef Park! http://www.uni-stuttgart.de/UNIuser/igps/Jurassic_Reef_Park/ From raronson at jaguar1.usouthal.edu Thu Oct 24 15:09:50 1996 From: raronson at jaguar1.usouthal.edu (Richard B. Aronson) Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 14:09:50 -0500 (CDT) Subject: Reef Methods Message-ID: To follow up on Walt Jaap's recent message, here is another reference on video monitoring techniques for coral reef ecology: Aronson, R. B., et al. 1994. Large-scale, long-term monitoring of Caribbean coral reefs: simple, quick, inexpensive techniques. Atoll Research Bulletin 421: 19 pp. We've also got a paper on multivariate applications of video transect methods coming out in the proceedings of the Panama symposium Rich Aronson ______________________________________________________________________________ Richard B. Aronson Dauphin Island Sea Lab P. O. Box 369-370 Dauphin Island, AL 36528 Voice: (334) 861-7567 Fax: (334) 861-7540 email: raronson at jaguar1.usouthal.edu From soakley at tualang.unimas.my Fri Oct 25 00:23:35 1996 From: soakley at tualang.unimas.my (Dr. Steve Oakley) Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 12:23:35 +0800 Subject: Expeditions in Borneo Message-ID: <199610250353.XAA05845@reef.aoml.noaa.gov> Attn Coral reef or Tropical Marine ecosytem researchers We are organising 5 one month expeditions during the next 2 years to remote unstudied tropical marine ecosystems off the island of Borneo. These include soft bottoms, coral reefs & mangrove swamps. We should be able to provide the resources for most suitable research topics in taxonomy, ecology, biology, behaviour, resources etc. If you can provide funds for yourself (flights & food mostly), we would be interested in hearing from you. BODGAYA ISLANDS 6 th April - 9th May 1997 Bodgaya Islands Offshore from Semporna reefs & islands mostly on the continental shelf, Various ecosystems mostly reefs. Includes Sipadan (National park) and Mabul which are dive resorts as well as other reefs and islands which are outside the national park. KUDAT BAY 1st - 30th June 1997 Extreme NE of Borneo. sediment and dynamite impacted reefs? Complete range of ecosystems from muddy shores, mangrove, & seagrass to coral reefs. Likely to include extensive seagrass beds and hopefully dugongs. LAYANG LAYANG ATOLL 16th Aug. - 19th Sept. Layang Layang atoll in Spratley islands, 320km Nw of Kota Kinabalu, Dive resort This is an untouched, pristine, oceanic atoll, visibility of up to 70m. More details on the web page http://www.unimas.my/%7Enick/ Dr. Steve Oakley, Institute of Biodiversity & Environmental Conservation Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia soakley at tualang.unimas.my Fax 082 672275 Tel 082 671000 x 260 From eakin at ogp.noaa.gov Fri Oct 25 17:22:01 1996 From: eakin at ogp.noaa.gov (Mark Eakin) Date: 25 Oct 1996 17:22:01 U Subject: Coral Reef Status Paper On- Message-ID: Subject: Time: 17:06 Coral Reef Status Paper On-line Date: 10/25/96 The paper on coral reef status that I presented at the 8th International Coral Reef Symposium (co-authored with John McManus, Mark Spalding and Stephen Jameson) is now available on-line. It can be found at http://www.ogp.noaa.gov/misc/coral/8icrs The abstract follows. ----------------------------- CORAL REEF STATUS AROUND THE WORLD: WHERE ARE WE AND WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? C.M. Eakin, J.W. McManus, M.D. Spalding and S.C. Jameson ABSTRACT The Philippines-hosted International Coral Reef Initiative Workshop, June 1995, began a concise global summary of coral reef ecosystem status. State of the Reefs and six regional status reports evaluated environments, threats and opportunities for improved management. Regional meetings, held Jun. 1995 - Feb. 1996, provided greater focus on the regions and improved regional assessments. The ICRI Framework for Action calls for regular reviews of these important ecosystems and of actions toward the goal of increasing sustain-ability to be shared with international bodies and conventions. Global and regional programs must coordinate efforts to help countries relieve human pressure on reef ecosystems around the globe. This presentation will introduce the status reports, discuss the interrelationships between these organizations and plans for developing the global monitoring network and delivering future assessments. __________________________________________________________ C. Mark Eakin, Ph.D. NOAA/Global Programs, 1100 Wayne Ave., Suite 1210 Silver Spring, MD USA 20910-5603 Voice: 301-427-2089 ext. 19 Fax: 301-427-2073 Internet: eakin at ogp.noaa.gov From jpowell at btl.net Sat Oct 26 19:07:22 1996 From: jpowell at btl.net (James A Powell) Date: Sat, 26 Oct 1996 17:07:22 -0600 Subject: Glover's Reef Marine Research Station Message-ID: <327299AA.2BA7@btl.net> 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 Please take a look at our WWW page at: http://www.une.edu/glover/glovindx.html 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 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 housing for eight scientists and/or students. There are boats, air compressor and SCUBA tanks for researcher support. Aquarium facilities are available. 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 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 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. -- James A. Powell Director Glover's Reef Marine Research Station P.O. Box 2310 Belize City, Belize Tel./Fax 501-233855 Middle Cay tel: 501-148474 E-mail: jpowell at btl.net From C.Wilkinson at pearl.aims.gov.au Sun Oct 27 01:07:36 1996 From: C.Wilkinson at pearl.aims.gov.au (Clive Wilkinson) Date: Sun, 27 Oct 1996 15:07:36 +1000 Subject: GCRMN Pilot Monitoring Study Message-ID: <2.2.32.19961027050736.006f8f98@email.aims.gov.au> GLOBAL CORAL REEF MONITORING NETWORK (GCRMN) Pilot Monitoring Programme of the IOC-UNEP-IUCN Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network: we are launching a one-off pilot programme to monitor reefs around the world. We invite you to participate. This call is to marine research groups, senior researchers and others who have experience in monitoring coral reefs, particularly in several different coral reef regions. Our goals are to: establish a cooperative network; demonstrate to governments, donors and the science community that a network can function; and assist developing countries get started in reef monitoring. We shall ask you to monitor at least one site in your country and a parallel one with developing country scientists between December 1996 and May 1997; then pool the data so that we can report a snapshot view of reef status as part of the International Year of the Reef in June 1997. Methods and protocols will either be provided by electronic mail or are in the Manual (see below) now being revised for a 2nd printing. It is probable that sites monitored this time will constitute the basis for a global system of regular long-term monitoring. HISTORY The concept of global coral reef monitoring has been discussed for many years. It culminated in June 1992 in Guam, at the 7th International Coral Reef Symposium when many reef scientists and managers reported their willingness to participate in a 'snapshot' global reef monitoring programme. But there was no money to get it started. METHODS Methods from the Survey Manual for Tropical Marine Resources (Eds. English, Wilkinson and Baker, published by AIMS) from the ASEAN-Australia Living Coastal Resources Project will form the basis for monitoring. These were chosen as the 'standards' by the UNEP-IOC-WMO-IUCN Meeting of Experts on a Long-Term Global Monitoring System of Coastal and Near-Shore Phenomena Related to Climate Change, Pilot Projects on Mangroves and Coral Reefs, December 1991, and confirmed by the UNEP-IOC-IUCN-ASPEI Global Task Team on the Implications of Climate Change on Coral Reefs in 1992. However, during this Pilot project, any comparable methods will be acceptable. These biophysical monitoring methods include: manta tow (or equivalent for a broad perspective); line intercept transect with identification at a minimum of 'lifeform' level (or equivalent transect method to gather % cover data); and fish censusing, with emphasis on fisher target species and indicator fish, like butterfly (chaetodont) fish. Reporting should also include specific events and activities e.g. bleaching, predators, dynamite damage, urchin populations etc. Data on these are being accumulated by several groups, coordinated by Bob Ginsburg in Miami, Gregor Hodgson in Hong Kong, and John McManus of ReefBase in Manila. A comparable set of socioeconomic parameters are being assembled. THE GCRMN The GCRMN was activated by the International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) to provide Research and Monitoring information on coral reefs and related ecosystems for more efficient management and long-term conservation. The GCRMN has 3 co-sponsors (IOC, UNEP and IUCN), two hosts (AIMS and ICLARM) and interacts closely with the ICRI Secretariat. The overall objectives of the GCRMN are to: improve the conservation, management and sustainable uses of coral reefs and related ecosystems for peoples of the tropics and the world through assessing the trends in biophysical status and social, cultural and economic values of these ecosystems; provide many people with the capacity to assess their resources and integrate these people into a global network to document and disseminate data on reef status and trends. The GCRMN is based on the following principles: emphasise the involvement of local communities; put equal emphasis on biophysical and social, cultural and economic data; function through existing organisations, networks, and monitoring programmes, not create new bodies; offer a standard methodology, but be responsive to wishes of participants; often focus monitoring in current or planned Marine Protected Areas and adjacent unprotected areas; ensure that data are accessible to all in an understandable format. CONTACT If you want more information, please look up the web site - http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/gcrmn/gcrmn.html to sign up contact - Dr Clive Wilkinson, Coordinator, Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network, c/o Australian Institute of Marine Science PMB No. 3, TOWNSVILLE MC 4810, AUSTRALIA Tel: +61 77 534 372 or +61 77 724 314 Fax: +61 77 722 808 or +61 77 725 852 e-mail: c.wilkinson at aims.gov.au or Dr John McManus, ReefBase Project Leader International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management, MCPO Box 2631, 0718 MAKATI, Metro Manila, PHILIPPINES Tel: +63 2 818 0466 or +63 2 817 5255 Fax: +63 2 816 3183 e-mail: j.mcmanus at cgnet.com Clive Wilkinson, Coordinator Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network Tel: +61 77 724314; Fax: +61 77 722808 or 725852 From ecosense at cura.net Sun Oct 27 15:53:25 1996 From: ecosense at cura.net (EcoSense) Date: Sun, 27 Oct 1996 15:53:25 -04:0 Subject: Field Trip Offering Message-ID: <199610271955.OAA29372@tula.cura.net> **** FIELD TRIP OFFERING **** Rerun field trip to Cura=E7ao - Bonaire The Cura=E7ao-Bonaire field trip which was organized as part of the 8th International Coral Reef Symposium was an enormous success for both participants, local scientists and the organizers. Therefor the organizers are considering to rerun the field trip from June 29 - July 6 1997. We need a minimum of 15 participants (max. 18) to run the field trip. During the field trip, which is orientated on both biology and geology, we will visit about 10 SCUBA-dive localities and 16 geological sites. For transportation from Cura=E7ao to Bonaire and back we will use a 36 m Sailing Ship. For more information and application form contact: Manfred van Veghel EcoSense, P.O. Box 3187, Cura=E7ao, Netherlands Antilles Phone/Fax: + 599 9 613196; E-mail: ecosense at cura.net EcoSense Dr. Manfred L.J. van Veghel PO Box 3187 Cura=E7ao, Netherlands Antilles Phone and Fax: +599 9 613196 From coral at aoml.noaa.gov Mon Oct 28 08:20:22 1996 From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 08:20:22 -0500 (EST) Subject: Congressional Research Service Reports available Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 14:06:28 -0400 From: "Comm. for the NIE" Subject: Congressional Research Service Reports available CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE REPORTS AVAILABLE Hello, I would like to invite you to visit the Committee for the National Institute for the Environment's (CNIE) web site. http://www.cnie.org We are developing a prototype National Library for the Environment, an on-line source of environmental information. The address is: http://www.cnie.org/nle To activate the project, the CNIE has put on-line about 200 full-text U.S. Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports on environmental issues. Our site has reports covering a range of environmental topics including: Agency Profiles Air Biodiversity Climate Energy Forestry Information Sources International Legislation Marine Mining Pesticides Pollution--General Population Public Lands Regulatory Reform Risk Assessment Science & Tech. Stratospheric Ozone Trade, Taxes & Econ. Transportation Resources--General Waste Management Water Quality Wetland & Aquatic CRS, part of the United States Library of Congress, provides nonpartisan information on any subject of interest to Congress. CRS products undergo careful review for accuracy, thoroughness, technical soundness, balance, nonpartisanship and objectivity. The Committee for the National Institute for the Environment is a nonprofit organization with broad support from the scientific, environmental, state and local government, and business communities. Its mission is to improve the scientific basis for making decisions on environmental issues through institutional reform of the federal government and the creation of a nonregulatory science agency known as the National Institute for the Environment. Please feel free to let me know what you think of our web site. Juge Gregg Director, Academic Relations ********************************************** Juge Gregg Director, Academic Relations Committee for the National Institute for the Environment 1725 K Street, NW Suite 212 PHONE 202-628-4303 Washington, DC 20006 FAX 202-628-4311 juge at cnie.org http://www.cnie.org ********************************************** From spauls at conicit.ve Mon Oct 28 09:13:41 1996 From: spauls at conicit.ve (Sheila M. Pauls UCV-ZOOl.TROP.) Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 10:13:41 -0400 (AST) Subject: spawning Montastrea in Venezuela Message-ID: <9610281413.AA21377@dino.conicit.ve> To: coral-list at reef.aoml.noaa.gov I did observe Montastrea annularis spawning the night of September 4th, 1996 (10:40 pm) at Dos Mosquises Key, Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela (Southern Caribbean). Sheila M. Pauls ******************* Sheila M. Pauls Instituto de Zoologia Tropical Universidad Central de Venezuela A.Postal 47058 Caracas 1041-A - Venezuela E-mail: spauls at conicit.ve ******************* From coral at aoml.noaa.gov Mon Oct 28 09:09:00 1996 From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 09:09:00 -0500 (EST) Subject: New charter document for GCRMN Message-ID: The new charter document of the GCRMN can be found at: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/gcrmn/gcrmn.html and is also included here: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN) INTRODUCTION Coral reefs around the world are being damaged and destroyed at an increasing rate. But we cannot be precise about how much and where, because of the special difficulties of monitoring underwater. Thus, there is a need to assess how, where and why damage is occurring and determine the best methods for prevention. By harnessing the interest and skills of all users in reef assessment and management, the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN) has been established to tackle these problems and to provide valid management data. The GCRMN's major product will be the facilitation of networks of people trained to look closely at coral reefs and to monitor their progress over time. This will also provide knowledge and data on reef status and trends. Essentially, the GCRMN is a bottom-up network which aims to tap into the current knowledge about coral reefs in order to advance reef management. BACKGROUND Global reef monitoring has been discussed seriously for some time. When the International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) was launched at the United Nations Global Conference on Sustainable Development of Small Islands Developing States in Barbados in 1994, there was renewed emphasis on monitoring coral reefs. In 1995 ICRI called on many nations to commit themselves towards increasing research and monitoring of reefs to provide the data for effective management. IOC,UNEP,WMO and IUCN have joined forces to co-sponsor the GCRMN, which is hosted jointly by AIMS (Australian Institute of Marine Science) and ICLARM (International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management). These bodies, along with the ICRI Secretariat, form the GCRMN Management Group. Advice is provided by a widely representative Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (GCRMN-STAC). WHERE IS GCRMN LOCATED The GCRMN will function through fifteen independent networks, or sub-nodes, in six regions around the world. These networks will contain many different groups of people, all collaborating to monitor coral reefs and share data. The regions are: * Western Indian Ocean islands and East African States * Middle East Gulfs (those countries bordering the Red Sea around to the Persian/Arabian Gulf) * South Asia (India, Sri Lanka and Maldives) * East Asian Seas (from Burma/Myanmar and Japan to Indonesia/Philippines * Pacific Island states * Caribbean and Intra-Americas, including countries with reefs bordering the Atlantic Ocean Regions will be divided by the participant countries into smaller sub-nodes, each of which will employ a team of trainers and database operators to assist a small group of countries Funding for each of these sub-nodes will be requested from country, development bank and agency donors, with the responsibility of funding monitoring to devolve to the countries, after about five years. Donors are invited to assist in developing the networks and funding proposals in regions where their Regions will be divided by the participant countries into smaller sub-nodes, each of which will employ a team of trainers and database operators to assist a small group of countries Funding for each of these sub-nodes will be requested from country, development bank and agency donors, with the responsibility of funding monitoring to devolve to the countries, after about five years. Donors are invited to assist in developing the networks and funding proposals in regions where their interests are paramount. interests are paramount. Thus, the GCRMN will emphasise the involvement of local communities. Wherever possible, the GCRMN will use existing organisations and networks, integrate existing monitoring programmes, and maintain flexibility to incorporate different methods of monitoring, other than the standard methodology. GCRMN OBJECTIVES The GCRMN aims to improve management and sustainable conservation of coral reefs for people by assessing the status and trends in the reefs and how people use and value the resources. It will do this by providing many people with the capacity to assess their own resources, within a global network, and to spread the word on reef status and trends. In summary, the core objectives are: * To link existing organisations and people to monitor biophysical and social, cultural and economic aspects of coral reefs within interacting regional networks. * To strengthen the existing capacity to examine reefs by providing a consistent monitoring program, that will identify trends in coral reefs and discriminate between natural, anthropogenic, and climatic changes. * To disseminate results at local, regional, and global scales by providing annual reports on coral reef status and trends to assist environmental management agencies implement sustainable use and conservation of reefs. Data will also aid preparation of predictive global climate change models for the GOOS Coastal Zone Module. HOW DOES THE GCRMN WORK? The strategy to establish the global network is to employ a team of monitoring trainers in each GCRMN sub-node and use this team to train similar trainers in participating countries. The training will continue throughout the region with the focus on monitoring by local communities. Monitoring will continue over time at key national sites, to gather data and develop skills. Experienced marine institutes will assist in training, establishing of databases and problem resolution. A range of reef types will be monitored along line transects, assessing easily recognisable lifeforms and total fish counts, with specific counts of 'target' fish of commercial or recreational value. As people gain more experience, monitoring will be upgraded using the same methods, but to species level. Local communities will be questioned on their use and knowledge of reef resources and how management may be improved. The Network will be responsive to reef users and provide information back in an understandable format. Much of the monitoring will be in current or planned Marine Protected Areas and adjacent unprotected areas. This will be coordinated with the World Bank, IUCN/CNPPA, and GBRMPA Global Representative System of Marine Protected Areas project. Monitoring data will be accumulated in each sub-node for distribution within the region and to ReefBase (ICLARM, Manila). These will be combined, by the GCRMN Coordinator, into annual global reef status summaries and disseminated to international forums, organisations and the media. Two special monitoring projects will be supported by the GCRMN: a pilot programme undertaken simultaneously by research institutes around the world to give a snapshot of reef status; and the development of a tourist monitoring programme coordinated through tourist operators. * Ensure that your organisation or country is informed of the GCRMN and its objectives. * Inform the GCRMN Coordinator about organisations and individuals who wish to be part of the International Coral Reef Initiative and the GCRMN. * Recommend the possibility of funding by donors to assist a sub-node or country, or through the direct funding of training workshops or publications. * Assist us to provide training or equipment to countries to monitor and operate their own databases. For further information, please contact: Dr Clive Wilkinson Coordinator, Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network c/o Australian Institute of Marine Science PMB No. 3, TOWNSVILLE MC 4810 AUSTRALIA Tel: +61 77 534 372 or +61 77 724 314 Fax: +61 77 722 808 or +61 77 725 852 e-mail: c.wilkinson at aims.gov.au or Dr John McManus ReefBase Project Leader International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management, MCPO Box 2631 0718 MAKATI, Metro Manila PHILIPPINES Tel: +63 2 818 0466 or +63 2 817 5255 Fax: +63 2 816 3183 e-mail: j.mcmanus at cgnet.com From coral at aoml.noaa.gov Tue Oct 29 14:34:07 1996 From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 14:34:07 -0500 (EST) Subject: South Florida Ecosystem Success Indicator - 11 Message-ID: Greetings, The attached message is a prologue to a larger document by Dr. Michael P. Crosby, "South Florida Ecosystem Success Indicator - ll: Improvement of Coral Reef Conditions." The entire document may be read on the Web at: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/themes/indicators.html It is also available as a postscript document in the following anonymous FTP subdirectory on coral.aoml.noaa.gov: pub/champ/docs/sfl ----------------------------------------------- Dear Colleagues, As part of my responsibilities and interests both within NOAA and as a representative on the South Florida Restoration Intergovernmental Science Working Group I have drafted the following short description of the "Ecological Success Criteria" for the improvement of coral reef condition. This very succinct description is the product of numerous discussions, meetings and e-mails (most of which began on Jim Hendee's coral listserver earlier this year). I greatly appreciate the input and ideas that I received from many of you with expertise in this broad ecosystem. I was NOT looking for verbose treatise on the subject of what is "healthy" versus "non-healthy". What I was attempting to do was to identify specific variables (i.e., biomass, diversity, presence/absence, physico-chemical, indicator species) that should increase or decrease, and in what magnitude, in order to say the system is improving in overall condition. I also want to emphasize that I was seeking criteria to measure significant improvement, not total restoration (that is another kettle of fish altogether!) Some variable that had earlier been suggested (although in many cases still requiring some degree of being quantitative) are: - Nutrients and suspended sediments reduced - Macro algae bloom and coverage decrease - Increase sea urchin population - Tortugus shrimp harvests restored to recent historic levels to support a MSY of 10 million pounds annually - Increase in population of common snook - Increase in recruitment of Gray Snapper - Restoration of larval and juvenile spiny lobster habitat (loggerhead sponges) to their historic range - Increase in sighting of jewfish - Increase in sighting of sea turtles - An increase in coral cover by 15-20% - Restore coverage and species composition of seagrasses to mid-1980s level - Increase in wading bird, osprey and brown pelican populations The input of many of you, as well as an initial review (by the Everglades Partnership and Center for Marine and Environmental Analyses at their Workshop on Ecological sustainability Criteria for South Florida in April, 1996) of draft ESI criteria developed for the entire South Florida Region has led to the following ESI for the condition of coral reefs in South Florida. You will note an absence of criteria pertaining directly to fishes, birds, turtles, etc and a strong focus on the coral reef itself. This is in direct response to the recommendations from several of you and specifically the above mentioned workshop. The more mobile species associated with coral reefs (Yes, we all know that coral have mobile life stages, but we are dealing with adults here) are addressed in other sections of the South Florida Ecological Success Criteria document that should be available in early December, 1996 from the South Florida Restoration Intergovernmental Science Working Group. I have asked Jim Hendee to post this "final draft version" of the Coral Reef Chapter of that document on the CHAMP Home Page and the coral listserver in order to get this out ASAP and pre-final publication. I still have time to make some changes to this Chapter prior to the middle of November, 1996. I would also be greatly appreciative to hear back from anyone who has any kind of data sets and monitoring or research sites that can assist with creating the baseline for either the existing and previous condition of the identified variables. Please feel free to either send you comments directly to my internet address or use the coral listserver. And once again, Many Thanks to all of you who have helped with your comments, suggestions and encouragement. Cheers, Michael --------------------------------------------------- Dr. Michael P. Crosby National Research Coordinator Ocean and Coastal Resource Management NOAA, SSMC-4, Rm 11437 1305 East West Highway Silver Spring, MD 20910 phone:301-713-3155, ext. 114 fax: 301-713-4012 Internet: mcrosby at coasts.nos.noaa.gov From coral at aoml.noaa.gov Wed Oct 30 07:34:30 1996 From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 07:34:30 -0500 (EST) Subject: CHAMP down today Message-ID: The coral-list listserver and the CHAMP Home Page will be down today for operating system upgrades. Thank you for your patience. JCH From coral at aoml.noaa.gov Wed Oct 30 07:35:42 1996 From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 07:35:42 -0500 (EST) Subject: bleachings and spawnings (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 15:03:03 -0600 (CST) From: Rosa Elisa Rodriguez To: Coral Health and Monitoring Program Subject: Re: bleachings and spawnings Coral Bleaching in the Mexican Caribbean was observed in October 1995. Personal observations were done in the rear-reef of Puerto Morelos Reef. Quatitative data are as follows 1: 1-20% of the colonies were bleached 2: 21-40% 3: 41-60% 4: 61-80% 5: 81-100% Site 1 Site 2 Montastrea annularis 5 4 Diploria strigosa 1 - Meandrina meandrites 5 - Porites porites 3 3 P. astreoides 1 - Isophyllastrea rigida 3 - Isophyllia sinuosa 3 - Acropora palmata 0 1 A. cervicornis - 1 A. prolifera - 5 (only 2 colonies present) Agaricia agaricites 5 - A. tennuifolia 5 - M. complanata 5 5 M. alcicornis 3 - Palythoa sp. and many species of gorgonacea were also bleached Other sites reported by locals were Punta Nizuc (Cancun), Manchones Reef (Isla Mujeres), Mahaual (South of Quintana Roo). Observations conducted in March, 1996 revealed no bleaching in Site 2 and two other sites. In site 1 only M. annularis colonies remained pale on the top part of the colony, the sides had recovered their original color. Although we have no quantitative data no severe mortality appeared to have happened due to the bleaching event. Biol. Rosa Rodriguez Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnologia Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Estacion Puerto Morelos, Lab. Arrecifes Coralinos Tel (987) 102-19 Fax (987) 101-38 e-mail: rosaer at mar.icmyl.unam.mx From sbsclm at leonis.nus.sg Thu Oct 31 03:42:35 1996 From: sbsclm at leonis.nus.sg (Chou Loke Ming) Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 16:42:35 +0800 (SST) Subject: GCRMN Pilot Monitoring Study In-Reply-To: <2.2.32.19961027050736.006f8f98@email.aims.gov.au> Message-ID: Dear Clive, Yes, we will participate in the pilot monitoring programme. Will select a few reef sites in Singapore for the monitoring. Loke Ming ------------------------------------------------ Dr. Chou Loke Ming School of Biological Sciences National University of Singapore 10 Kent Ridge Crescent Singapore 119260 e-mail: sbsclm at nus.sg tel: (65) 772 2696 fax: (65) 779 6155 ------------------------------------------------ From coral at aoml.noaa.gov Thu Oct 31 07:44:42 1996 From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 07:44:42 -0500 (EST) Subject: GCRMN Membership Message-ID: Greetings, Individuals, institutions and agencies who are actively engaged in monitoring coral reefs and recording data, or who plan to do so, may wish to join the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network. The charter document describing the GCRMN may be found at: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/gcrmn/gcrmn.html Because policy, organizational and operational issues of the GCRMN may not be of general interest to the members of coral-list, a separate listserver has been instituted for members of the GCRMN. The intention of this list is to foster information transfer among those actively engaged in recording data for the benefit of the GCRMN and its goals. All list members may contribute to discussions, which primarily are intended to support the goals of the GCRMN. For general coral discussions, postings may be made to the coral-list open discussion group. To subscribe to the GCRMN listserver, send e-mail to majordomo at reef.aoml.noaa.gov, with the following message (only!) in the body of the text: subscribe gcrmn For specific questions concerning the GCRMN itself, please contact Dr. Clive Wilkinson at c.wilkinson at aims.gov.au. 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