From ecosense at cura.net  Sun Jun  1 20:34:26 1997
From: ecosense at cura.net (ecosense at cura.net)
Date: Sun, 1 Jun 1997 20:34:26 -04:0
Subject: The Coral Reef Game
Message-ID: <199706020040.UAA14462@tula.cura.net>

NEW PUBLICATION

The Coral Reef Game

by Manfred Van Veghel, Marianne Prins & Jacqueline Bakker

This board game is developed for Reef Care Curacao as a teacher-free 
educational tool for primary school on Curacao (Netherlands Antilles).
It is a family board-game for 2 to 4 persons and can be played on 
different levels. Players as old as 10 years can play all
levels of the game, while kids from age 3 and up enjoy themselves in
the first round of the game. All kinds of additional variations on the
game are possible, from memory and combination games to `bingo', using
the different accessories included. Kids learn about biodiversity, 
food chains and positive actions to save our reefs.
The directions and chance-card are in English, Dutch and Papiamentu, 
the rest of the game is free of text. In full color, with  artwork by 
Peter van der Wolf.

For more information check our webpage at:

http://www.aquadiving.com/reefgame.html

EcoSense <ecosense at cura.net>
Dr. Manfred L.J. van Veghel
PO Box 3187
Curacao, Netherlands Antilles
Phone and Fax: +599 9 4613196


From reefchck at uxmail.ust.hk  Mon Jun  2 00:49:25 1997
From: reefchck at uxmail.ust.hk (HODGSON GREGOR)
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 12:49:25 +0800 (HKT)
Subject: Press Release
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.95L.970602124536.7824A-100000@uststf4.ust.hk>


The following is a press release about Reef Check '97 from the Office of Public Affairs HKUST.  

Media coverage world wide is an important part of the Reef Check project as it raises public awareness of the plight of coral reefs, and the importance of their sustainablity.  If you would like further information about media coverage, or would like more


 detailed information about the project for press releases in your own area please contact me <reefchck at uxmail.ust.hk> or Telephone (852) 2358-8568, 
Fax (852) 2358-1582.  Alternatively log on to our website homepage http://www.ust.hk/~webrc/reef.html. for the latest update on the project.   

Sincerely

Penny Quaile
Reef Check Intern
____________
For release
29 May 1997


HKUST LAUNCHES FIRST GLOBAL REEF SURVEY

	Scuba-diving students from the Hong Kong University of Science and 
Technology are joining hundreds of divers around the world for Reef Check 1997, 
the first global survey of coral reefs.

	The world headquarters for Reef Check is located in the HKUST Research 
Centre's Institute for Environment and Sustainable Development.

	Between 14 June and 31 August, reef scientists will train and lead more 
than 100 teams of volunteer divers from 35 countries to measure the health of 
more than 300 coral reefs around the world.  In Hong Kong, student teams from 
Hong Kong and Chinese Universities will be diving alongside those from HKUST.

	"Coral reefs are an important natural resource throughout the tropics, 
but particularly in the South China Sea," says RC Director Prof Jay Chen.  "We 
must raise awareness of their value, and gather more accurate data on how they 
function and respond to human activity."

	HKUST's Institute for Environment and Sustainable Development will 
analyze the data and report on the state of the world's reefs at a campus press 
conference in mid-October.

	"We have heard that many reefs believed to be in good shape actually 
have been damaged by human impacts, such as dynamite and poison fishing," said 
Dr Gregor Hodgson, the HKUST biologist leading the initiative.  "However, 
scientists do not have a clear picture of the health of the world's reefs."

	Dr Hodgson first suggested the idea for a global survey on the 
Internet.  "Based on the massive response from serious scientists, I realized 
that we should go for it."  Now Reef Check 1997 is the most ambitious project 
during the International Year of the Reef.

	 Over two hundred million years old, coral reefs have been called the 
tropical rain forests of the ocean, housing over 25% of all marine species, 
including some of  the favorite delicacies of Chinese cuisine such as sea 
cucumber, live fish and shellfish.  Scientists are only beginning to uncover 
their hidden secrets; some of the newest anti-cancer and AIDS-fighting drugs 
have been derived from reef organisms.

	Coral reefs are vital for the world's largest industry, tourism.  Some 
Island regions, such as Hawaii and Hainan Island,China, depend on reefs for tourism 
dollars as well as for fishing. Sandy beaches are created and protected by 
reefs.  Without this protection, shorelines are washed away, a recent occurrence 
at one beach-front resort in Hainan after the coral reef was removed.


From peking at mail.asiandevbank.org  Mon Jun  2 03:15:21 1997
From: peking at mail.asiandevbank.org (Peter N. King)
Date: Mon, 02 Jun 97 15:15:21 +800
Subject: Recovery from cyanide poisoning
Message-ID: <9705028652.AA865289837@mail.asiandevbank.org>

     As you may know, the Asian Development Bank, World Bank, GEF, AusAID, 
     JICA and the Government of Indonesia are formulating a major Coral 
     Reef Rehabilitation and Management Project in Indonesia and we seek 
     the cooperation of Coral-List members in providing the technical 
     backstopping for this ambitious undertaking.

     One of the unresolved areas debated in Indonesia and the Philippines 
     is the extent to which coral reefs can recover from cyanide poisoning 
     associated with illegal fishing for the live fish trade.  In a 1986 
     paper, Peter Rubec noted that researchers in the Philippines were 
     divided on the question of whether squirting sodium cyanide at coral 
     reefs caused their death.  "Scleratinian corals reacted by retracting 
     their polyps and exuding a mucoid substance.  In a matter of minutes, 
     the polyps came out again positioned in the usual way."  "A second 
     dose was given four months after the first. A day after the second 
     application, all corals appeared to have recovered.  But when the 
     stations were revisited three months later, all corals in the test 
     quadrats were dead."  The results may have been confounded by an 
     outbreak of COTS (Acanthaster sp.).  

     Can anyone explain a mechanism that would allow the corals to survive 
     for four months after the first dose, apparently recover after the 
     second dose, and then appear to have died 3 months later?  What have 
     other field or laboratory tests shown in relation to recovery rates 
     following cyanide poisoning? 

     Peter King
     Asian Development Bank
     Manila, Philippines


From jogden at seas.marine.usf.edu  Mon Jun  2 09:22:32 1997
From: jogden at seas.marine.usf.edu (John Ogden)
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 09:22:32 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Reef Sites (fwd)
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.95.970602092019.5807B-100000@seas.marine.usf.edu>

FORWARDED FROM THE EDITOR OF CORAL REEFS

Anybody out there have outstanding photographs illustrating interesting
aspects of the geology/biology/ecology of coral reefs.  Check Reef Sites
in CORAL REEFS.

*******PLEASE NOTE NEW PHONE AND FAX BELOW***********************

John C. Ogden        Director        Phone:  813/553-1100
Florida Institute of Oceanography    Fax:    813/553-1109
830 First Street South               St. Petersburg, Florida 33701

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 27 May 1997 10:11:08 +0100 (BST)
From: Terry Hughes <thughes at tcd.ie>
To: JCORTES at CARIARI.UCR.AC.CR, path at amsg.austmus.oz.au,
        juergen.paetzold at .uni-bremen.de, cr10 at york.ac.uk,
        fautin at kuhub.cc.ukans.edu, miller at nurc.cmsr.uncwil.edu,
        jogden at seas.marine.usf.edu, pol at univ-perp.fr,
        dobura at users.africaonline.co.ke, swells at wwfnet.org,
        C.WILKINSON at pearl.AIMS.GOV.AU, pglynn at rsmas.miami.edu,
        ks95 at umail.umd.edu, rcgregor at usthk.ust.hk, pichon at univ-perp.fr,
        potts at biology.ucsc.edu, psammarco at ccoffman.lumcon.edu,
        thomassin at com.univ-mrs.fr,
        iclarm.caribsurf.com at quickmail.macnet2.gbrmpa.gov.au
Subject: Reef Sites

Dear All,

Coral Reefs needs more Reef Sites.  If you know of anyone who has an
interesting photograph or slide that they would like to publish, please have
them contact me.  My address until January 15th, 1998 is:

Zoology Dept,
Trinity College,
Dublin 2, Ireland.

Best Wishes,

Terry Hughes
Managing Editor, Coral Reefs




From Jim.Bohnsack at noaa.gov  Mon Jun  2 15:14:24 1997
From: Jim.Bohnsack at noaa.gov (Jim Bohnsack)
Date: 02 Jun 1997 15:14:24 -0400
Subject: No subject
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Date: 6/2/97 1:41PM
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Postdoctoral Associate - Benthic Ecology

The Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies, a joint 
activity of the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of marine and 
Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administrations's Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC), invites 
applications for a postdoctoral position for research on a wide-range of 
problems involving hard-bottom benthic ecology, coral reefs, habitat 
restoration, and the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.  This position 
is responsible for scientific investigations dealing with life history, 
ecology, and population dynamics of attached organisms on coral reefs, live 
bottom, and other hard bottom habitats in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. 
A significant portion of time is anticipated to be directed to studies of 
restoration and surveys of coral reef communities.  This position will 
allow substantial interaction among scientists at both NOAA and RSMAS.  The 
initial term of the appointment is one year beginning in 1997; with a 
satisfactory review of performance, it is renewable for a second and third 
year. Screening of applications will begin June 1, 1997 and will continue 
until the position is filled.

Written applications (electronic applications cannot be accepted) 
consisting of a curriculum vitae, a statement of research interests, and 
the names, addresses, and telephone number of three references should be 
sent to:

Dr. Joseph M. Prospero
Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies 
4600 Rickenbacker Causeway
Miami, FL  33149


An equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.  Smoke/drug free workplace.
 POSITION DESCRIPTION
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Job Description:
POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE IN BENTHIC ECOLOGY

RESEARCH SITUATION

This is a special research position in the Cooperative Institute for Marine 
and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS) of the University of Miami and the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations's Southeast Fisheries Science 
Center (SEFSC).  The incumbent is responsible for planning, directing, and 
the performance of research on benthic and sessile species associated with 
coral reefs, hard bottoms, artificial reefs, and other reef resources.

Specific responsibilities expected for this position are:
Direction and participation in scientific investigations dealing with 
research on a wide-range of problems involving life history, ecology, and 
population dynamics of benthic organisms on coral reefs, live bottom, and 
other hard bottom habitats in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico.  The 
incumbent is responsible for data collection and research involving site 
specific studies, analysis and interpretation of existing monitoring data, 
developing protocols for long-term monitoring, and evaluation of management 
activities involving hard-bottom benthic ecology, coral reefs, habitat 
restoration, and the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.  A significant 
portion of time is anticipated to be directed to studies of restoration and 
surveys of coral reef communities.   The results of these investigations 
are expected to provide the necessary information for the rational 
management of reef resources in the Atlantic Ocean on a regional, national, 
and international basis.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED

The incumbent must be able to work independently, but he/she will be under 
the direct supervision of the Director of CIMAS, and will be expected to 
work under the guidance of senior scientists at CIMAS and with other 
researchers at SEFSC, and other NOAA institutions.  The incumbent is 
expected to derive technical guidance regarding his/her work through 
interaction with scientists within and outside CIMAS and SEFSC.  The 
incumbent is expected to periodically report to the Director of CIMAS on 
the progress of work.

GUIDELINES AND ORIGINALITY

Available guidelines and precedents such as existing literature in the 
field are largely lacking in many critical areas of research.  A high 
degree of originality is required in defining problems which are often 
complex.  The incumbent is expected to develop and apply new techniques and 
original methods to attack problems in benthic ecology of interest to 
habitat management.  Researcher must show creativity and apply a high 
degree of insight to finding solutions to habitat problems.  Incumbent must 
analyze and  synthesize complex data and information of precedent-setting 
nature.  The incumbent will work with other scientists to develop 
guidelines for the research approach.  The incumbent will rely on the 
guidance of his/her supervisor when a clear direction is not apparent after 
considering his/her own opinions and those of any collaborators.

QUALIFICATIONS AND SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS

The incumbent must have extensive academic training and field experience in 
marine and habitat sciences and the technical knowledge described above 
concerning the environmental factors regulating organisms on coral reefs. 
In addition he/she must utilize information and methodologies from other 
disciplines including oceanography and statistics.  He/she must be able to 
carefully explain and document interpretive results before the scientific 
community from many countries.  He/she is expected to publish papers which 
are accepted by his/her peers as significant research findings.  He/she is 
also expected to maintain an active affiliation with scientific bodies, 
universities, and the private sector to undertake continuing studies of 
other research affecting program objectives.  The incumbent must 
demonstrate leadership by leading a productive research team or by 
formulation of productive research ideas for others.  He/she may be called 
upon to serve as a member of a larger team.  The incumbent must be 
experienced in the use of computers and computer programming for the 
manipulation, numerical analysis, and graphical display of large data sets.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The work associated with this position is about evenly divided between that 
performed in an office environment and in the field.  Extensive field work 
conducted on reefs and on scientific cruises will require lifting (less 
than 100 lbs), walking, standing, bending, sitting, and swimming.  In 
addition the incumbent will be called upon as an authorized NOAA SCUBA 
diver working with underwater photography, but may also participate in 
underwater surveys of various types.  Other than these requirements, no 
special physical demands are needed to perform the work.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

The incumbent must have a Ph.D. in an appropriate area of marine biology 
and direct experience in the benthic ecology of southern Florida or the 
Caribbean.  The incumbent must be a certified SCUBA diver and have 
experience using small boats.  Preference will be given to individuals who 
have demonstrated direct experience in coral reef and restoration ecology, 
benthic processes, and experience with field project management.

Jill A. Reed, Staff Associate
CIMAS/RSMAS,4600 Rickenbacker Cswy.
Miami, FL 33149
PH: (305) 361-4159 - FAX (305) 361-4457

From rcgregor at usthk.ust.hk  Mon Jun  2 22:30:10 1997
From: rcgregor at usthk.ust.hk (Gregor Hodgson)
Date: Tue, 03 Jun 1997 10:30:10 +0800
Subject: ADB etc Cyanide Fishing Impacts
Message-ID: <339381B2.5FE5@usthk.ust.hk>

$$ For Cyanide Fishing Damage Rehabilitation ADB etc

It would be interesting to know if coral list members believe that
rehabilitation is the best way to spend money on coral reef
conservation. Please post replies to the list.

There is a desperate need for good controlled scientific studies of
cyanide fishing impacts on coral reefs as it is normally practiced e.g.
under different water current regimes. I am unaware of well-controlled
scientific studies that demonstrate that cyanide fishing has killed
numerous whole reefs i.e. corals and all as has been widely reported in
the media. At the February ICRI meeting, Indonesian scientists reported
that many reefs in Eastern Indonesia were cleaned out of large target
species due to cyanide fishing, but that the corals were generally in
good condition. Although cyanide dumping has been reported to occur, it
would seem that there would be little incentive for a cyanide fisherman
to pour an uncontrolled dose of cyanide onto a reef and turn a US$10,000
live grouper into a US$500 dead one. How common is cyanide dumping?

If cyanide fishing as normally practiced, does minor damage to other
organims, and if it could be restricted to small to medium-sized fish,
then it is simply an alternative fishing method.

An efficient method of controlling cyanide fishing and preventing coral
reef damage is to control demand. There is a pressing need for studies
of the demand side of cyanide fishing e.g.:

1) What is the size preference for live fish of different species in
different regions of China?
<<Of 80 students in my ecology class, 5 ate live fish at Chinese New
Year and none ate one larger than 2 kg>>

2) What are the characteristics of people who prefer to eat fish larger
than 2 kg?
<<In HK, big fish seem to appear at e.g. business functions, not
weddings>>>

3) What cultural (traditional and modern) factors are involved in the
consumption of large live fish?
<<Longevity -- is a big fish better?>>

4) What are the typical dishes that large live fish are cooked into?
<<Big fish are tough -- in HK usually end up as soup>>

3) What is the market size for live fish?
<<All over southern China -- many different preferences and prices RMB
338/lb (US50/lb) in China last week for a small grouper>>

4) What are the prospects for an educational campaign to diminish demand
for large live fish?

Perhaps some of the $$ for the cyanide fishing project could be devoted
to the study of the above questions and especially trial implementation
of #4 -- an educational campaign in HK and southern China -- "adopt a
Maori wrasse?"


Gregor Hodgson


From  at usp.ac.fj  Mon Jun  2 18:55:49 1997
From:  at usp.ac.fj ( at usp.ac.fj)
Date: Tue, 03 Jun 1997 10:55:49 +1200
Subject: LOOKING FOR JOHN PANDOLFI, PETER MINCHIN
Message-ID: <01IJMT4ZIZ768ZE4VY@usp.ac.fj>

Dear Coral-listers,

Have unsuccessfully tried various sources to obtain email addresses for John. M. 
Pandolfi (Panama?) and Peter R. Minchin (Australia?).  Can anyone 
help?

Sincerely, Oliver


M.Tina Davis
P.O. Box 1168, Dept. of Biology
University of the South Pacific
Suva, Fiji
email address: davis_t at usp.ac.fj
phone:(country code)679-
      (home)306-118; (office)212-527


From lwantiez at canl.nc  Tue Jun  3 23:25:33 1997
From: lwantiez at canl.nc (Dr Laurent WANTIEZ)
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 1997 14:25:33 +1100
Subject: coral gardens
Message-ID: <199706040443.PAA07915@ns1.canl.nc>

Bonjours all,

I am actually working on coral reef rehabilitation and creation and
management of coral gardens for resorts.
I have a report on the work done in Moorea (Park Royal Beachcomber hotel)
but I am looking for more recent information (scientific publication,
reports, personal experience) on that subject. 
Thank you for answering to the following Email address.

Dr Laurent Wantiez
T&W Consultants
Environment and Marine Resources
email : lwantiez at canl.nc     tel/fax : + 687 27 1447


From tsocci at usgcrp.gov  Wed Jun  4 11:26:29 1997
From: tsocci at usgcrp.gov (Tony Socci)
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 1997 11:26:29 -0400
Subject: June 9th USGCRP Seminar: Antarctic Update: An Ecosystem Perspective on UV        
                        Radiation and Climate Change Impacts
Message-ID: <v02140b00afbb38d80d3d@[131.182.242.88]>

 U.S. Global Change Research Program Second Monday Seminar Series


               Antarctic Update: An Ecosystem Perspective on UV Radiation
                                   and Climate Change Impacts


What are the effects of recent climate changes on Antarctic ecosystems and
what are the implications for the future?  Is there a relationship between
ozone depletion and higher levels of UV radiation reaching the surface in
the Antarctic region?  What effects have seasonally increased levels of
UV-B radiation had on Antarctic ecosystems?  How will these changes affect
other ecosystems and food webs?


                                                    Public Invited

                                     Monday, June 9, 1997, 3:15-4:45 PM
                      Rayburn House Office Bldg., Room B369, Washington, DC
                                                Reception Following


INTRODUCTION

Dr. Cornelius W. Sullivan, Director, Office of Polar Programs, National
Science Foundation, Arlington, VA


SPEAKERS

Dr. William R. Fraser, Biology Department, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT

Dr. Deneb Karentz, Departments of Biology and Environmental Science,
University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA


                                                  OVERVIEW

Dr. Fraser and Dr. Karentz have concluded the following regarding the
impacts of ozone depletion and climate change in the Antarctic: 1) Changing
patterns of snow deposition and melt are affecting summer nesting habitats
of penguins in the West Antarctic peninsula by producing a mismatch between
the availability of breeding habitat and the requirements of penguins at
various stages in their breeding cycle; 2) These changes are consistent
with there having been warming in certain regions of the West Antarctic on
the order of 4-5 degrees C which are values generally consistent with
observations and model predictions; 3) Those Antarctic species found at the
periphery of their breeding ranges are most likely to undergo pronounced
changes due to climate change; 4) Antarctic marine organisms have different
sensitivities to UV exposure; 5) The amount of biological damage to Antarctic
marine organisms due to UVB radiation is directly correlated to the level of
ozone depletion; 6) Increased levels of UVB radiation in the Antarctic can, and
do, result in impairment of metabolic processes, decreases in growth,
reduction in reproductive potential, morphological abnormalities, genetic
damage, and death; and 7) UV-induced damage to marine organisms can further
lead to the disruption of entire ecosystems and food webs, and therefore,
the availability of food resources for humans and other ecosystems.


      Long-Term Changes in Certain Antarctic Predator Populations: Evidence of
                  Climate Warming in the Western Antarctic Peninsula Region


It  is estimated that a century ago the number of baleen whales feeding in
the Antarctic during summer totaled about one million, with a biomass of 43
million tons.  These whales fed  primarily on a small crustacean, the
Antarctic krill, taking an estimated 190 million tons annually.  By the
1930's, commercial whaling had reduced the whale population to about
340,000  individuals, and today the current biomass probably does not
exceed 7 million tons, or about one sixth of the initial stock.

A central tenet of Antarctic ecology holds that the depletion of baleen
whale stocks resulted in a "krill surplus."  Documented increases in the
abundance of krill-dependent predators such as seals and penguins following
the collapse of whale stocks have thus been attributed to the effects of
competitive release, or the idea that, without whales, other predators
benefited from the increased availability of krill.  Although this
hypothesis has been one of the dominant  elements guiding the
interpretation of data related to Southern Ocean food web dynamics, close
inspection of the long-term population trends of some of these predators
has revealed patterns that are inconsistent with this model.

These trends, based on two ecologically similar penguins (Chinstrap and
Adelie) found on the Antarctic Peninsula, suggest these species are
tracking the effects of a warming trend that is affecting the availability
of critical winter and summer habitats.  The suspected mechanism appears to
involve a decrease in the frequency of cold years with heavy sea ice, which
represents critical winter habitat.  Changing patterns of snow deposition
and melt, perhaps related to the absence of winter sea ice as well, are also
affecting summer nesting habitat, producing a temporal mismatch between
the availability of breeding habitat and the requirements of penguins, for
example, at various stages in their breeding cycles.  These observations
support the predictions of a number of climate model studies with respect
to where pronounced climatological and hence, ecological changes are likely
to occur (polar environments), what species will be affected (those found at the
periphery of their breeding range) and what biophysical processes may be
involved (the disruption of evolved natural history patterns by changing
the timing of physical events).  These observed physical changes, as well
as changes in patterns of behavior, are consistent with expectations of the
consequences of the observed regional increase in mid-winter temperatures
of 4-5 degrees C over the past half-century.


                      Ecological Considerations of Antarctic Ozone Depletion


Global scale ozone depletion attributed to anthropogenic pollution of the
atmosphere was predicted by scientists more the 20 years ago. Ozone is a
natural component of the Earth's atmosphere and ozone specifically absorbs
in the ultraviolet (UV) portion of the solar spectrum. Even under a
"normal" ozone column, harmful UVB radiation passes through to the Earth's
surface. Ozone depletion results in an increase in the amount of
biologically harmful ultraviolet B (UVB) radiation that reaches the Earth's
surface and that penetrates into the surface waters of the oceans.

UVB is biologically harmful, primarily because UVB is absorbed by key
biological molecules such as nucleic acids (DNA) and proteins. Absorption
of UV causes structural damage to these molecules, changing their physical
shape and interfering with the specific functions they provide for life.
Dr. Karentz and her colleagues have observed and documented, for example,
that increased levels of UVB radiation in the Antarctic provoke a range of
changes in marine organisms, such as impairment of metabolic processes,
decreases in growth, reduction in reproductive potential, morphological
abnormalities, genetic damage, and death. Thus, the evidence suggests that
UV-induced damage to specific organisms can initiate various degrees of
disruption in marine ecosystems, upsetting the balance between organisms
and their environment.

Research conducted in the Antarctic indicates that the amount of biological
damage to marine organisms is directly correlated to the level of ozone
depletion. It has also been observed that Antarctic organisms have
differential sensitivities to UV exposure such that a dose of UV that is
lethal to one species may only cause impairment in another. The degree of
tolerance is dependent on 1) the effectiveness of protective strategies
that serve to minimize damage by reducing exposure to UVB, and 2) repair
mechanisms that can correct UVB-induced damage. The combination of
protection and repair capabilities varies among species and will influence
survival, growth, and reproductive success under UVB stress. Because each
species responds differently, shifts in species composition (biodiversity)
are expected under an increased UVB regime. Even subtle alterations in the
quantity or quality of food sources (phytoplankton and krill) can
ultimately affect the larger Antarctic consumers such as penguins, seals,
and whales. Because the Antarctic marine ecosystem is directly linked to
the rest of the world's oceans, changes in the Antarctic region can
initiate changes in the rest of the biosphere.  We need, therefore, to
understand better what these changes might be and what impacts they could
have on humans and other ecosystems.


                                                            Biographies

Dr. William R. Fraser  is currently an Assistant Professor in the Polar
Oceans Research Group of the Biology Department at Montana State University
in Bozeman, Montana.  His research  interests focus on understanding the
physical and biological interactions that control the distribution and
demography of seabirds.  His present research on the Antarctic Peninsula
began in 1974 while he was at the University of Minnesota, and has
continued to the present, evolving into a program that employs basic and
applied approaches to investigating issues involving the effects of climate
change, fisheries, and tourism on Antarctic ecosystems, most especially
seabird communities.

Dr. Fraser's work has emphasized long-term research, the rationale being
that the scale of the effort needs to match the scale of the processes
under investigation, and ecological time scales involve decades to
centuries.  It was this focus that in 1992, nearly two decades after his
research began, led him to propose that changes in sea ice conditions due
to climate warming were having a significant impact on the Antarctic
ecosystem.  Although other researchers had suggested a possible climate
effect, none had identified a mechanism by which changes in the physical
environment might lead to ecosystem-level responses.  This work became one
of the founding hypotheses supporting long-term research in Antarctica as
part of the National Science Foundation's prestigious Long-Term Ecological
Research Program.

Dr. Fraser is currently a U.S. representative to the Scientific Committee
on Antarctic Research, Bird Biology Subcommittee, and annually contributes
data and advises national and international programs concerned with
management of Antarctic marine living resources.  He received his B.S.
degree in Wildlife Management from Utah State University in 1973, and his
Ph.D. degree in Wildlife Ecology from the University of Minnesota in 1989.



Dr. Deneb Karentz is a Professor in the Departments of Biology and
Environmental Science at the University of San Francisco. She has studied
the UV-photobiology of Antarctic organisms since 1987 and was one of the
first scientists to document the biological effects of Antarctic ozone
depletion. Dr. Karentz's research has underscored the importance of
understanding species-specific responses to UV exposure as a vital
component in evaluating the ecological consequences of ozone depletion. Her
current research program focuses on characterizing tolerance (protection
and repair) mechanisms that determine the UV sensitivity of organisms.

Dr. Karentz has participated in a number of workshops and symposia relating
to the biological effects of UV exposure and the potential impacts of ozone
depletion on ecosystem change.  These include meetings sponsored by the
Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE), the NATO
Advanced Science Institute Series on Global Environmental Change, the
International Congress of Scientific Unions (ICSU), Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution and the American Association for the Advancement
of Science (AAAS).  She has received the Luigi Provasoli Award in
Recognition of an Outstanding Paper published in the Journal of Phycology
and the Arthur Furst Award for Outstanding Research from the University of
San Francisco.

Dr. Karentz's academic background is in marine biology.  She has a M.S.
degree from Oregon State University (1976) and a Ph.D. from the University
of Rhode Island (1982).  Dr. Karentz was a National Research Service Award
Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of California Medical Center in San
Francisco (1983-1986) and is an instructor in the National Science
Foundation Antarctic Biology Course held at McMurdo Station, Antarctica
(1994, 1995, 1996).


                       The Next Seminar is scheduled for Monday, July 14, 1997

             Planned Topic: Wetlands Losses in the United States: Scope,
                                       Causes, Impacts and Future Prospects


For more information please contact:

Anthony D. Socci, Ph.D., U.S. Global Change Research Program Office, Code
YS-1, 300 E St., SW, Washington, DC 20546 Telephone: (202) 358-1532; Fax:
(202) 358-4103 E-Mail: TSOCCI at USGCRP.GOV.

Additional information on the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP)
and this Seminar Series is available on the USGCRP Home Page at:
http://www.usgcrp.gov. Normally these seminars are held on the second
Monday of each month.


Anthony D. Socci, Ph.D.
Program Associate
Office of the US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP)
Code YS-1
300 E St., SW
Washington, DC 20546

Tel: (202) 358-1532
Fax: (202) 358-4103
E-mail: tsocci at usgcrp.gov
World Wide Web Address: http://www.usgcrp.gov/



From Tracey.Jordan at noaa.gov  Wed Jun  4 12:56:05 1997
From: Tracey.Jordan at noaa.gov (Tracey Jordan)
Date: 04 Jun 1997 12:56:05 -0400
Subject: Info request
Message-ID: 
  <038C433959E2570C*/c=US/admd=ATTMAIL/prmd=GOV+NOAA/o=CCNMFS/s=Jordan/g=Tracey/@MHS>


     I am looking for information and documentation concerning the 
     population status of and threats to the following species of coral.  
     Any help would be greatly appreciated:

     Staghorn coral
     Elkhorn coral
     Flower coral
     Knobby Brain Coral
     Grooved Brain Coral
     Pillar Coral
     Ivory Bush Coral
     Ivory tree coral
     Finger coral
     Black Coral

     Thank you - Terri Jordan
     please reply directly to me at: Tracey.Jordan at noaa.gov


From reefchck at uxmail.ust.hk  Wed Jun  4 23:21:26 1997
From: reefchck at uxmail.ust.hk (HODGSON GREGOR)
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 1997 11:21:26 +0800 (HKT)
Subject: Reef Check Update - June 1997
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.95L.970605111508.21942D-100000@uststf4.ust.hk>


Reef Check Update - June 1997

********** News from Reef Check Headquarters at HKUST **********

This is it!! Reef Check 1997 begins this month! If you have registered
for Reef Check, you will be part of one of the most ambitious synoptic
ecological surveys attempted. Field work for this exciting volunteer
IYOR activity officially begins on 14 June - United Nations Ocean Day -
and will finish up on 31 August. We have recently plotted the global
coverage of Reef Check and it is something that all participants should
be proud of. We will shortly post this map on the web.

The Web site (http://www.ust.hk /~webrc/reef.html) is constantly being
updated so please have a look. New pages have been added regarding 
data collection and analysis. The automated Excel data reporting files 
have been e-mailed to all participants, as well as being made available 
on FTP. 

We have been fortunate to secure the assistance of Ms Penny Quaile, a
university student from the UK, who is volunteering as a summer intern
as part of her first-year project, and Mr Chan King Tai from Chinese
University will soon be joining us as Assistant Data Analyst.

We sent out our first press release this week. Reef Check has already
received good coverage by the print media around the world. Reef 
Check will be get a short blip on CNN International on the new 
breakfast show on Friday 6 June and will be covered by CNBC the 
international NBC unit on 13 June. We thank you for your help in 
moving towards our goal of raising public awareness about the value 
of coral reefs and threats to their health.

****** DATE CHANGE FOR INTERNATIONAL MEDIA EVENT ******
Please note that the Reef Check International Press Conference has been
moved to Thursday 16 October to provide sufficient time for analysis of
results from the larger than expected number of teams. Final results
will also be sent to all teams at the same time for further dissemination.

A summary of national and regional activities is given below:

****** ERITREA ******
We are awaiting government approval to carry out REEF CHECK in 
Eritrea, southern Red Sea and to also organize a coral reef conservation 
and public awareness workshop. There has never been a coral reef 
workshop and along with my colleagues and ex-students, we will organize 
the workshop to also launch IYOR. REEF CHECK will give us impetus 
to develop a regular reef monitoring program. 
Amanuel Melles <aa608 at freenet.toronto.on.ca> Fax: (416) 269-0438

****** GERMANY/RED SEA ******
Michael Eisinger, from the University of Essen in Germany will be
assessing the reefs in Taba and Safaga in Egypt as part of the Red Sea 
Reef Check Surveys. He can be contacted at: 
<michael.eisinger at uni-essen.de>  Fax: 49 (0) 201 183-2529

Slide sets have been prepared for ReefCheck Egypt, which consist of 36
slides in total, all bilingual german/english. These slides describe the 
IYOR general concept (key phrases from IYOR goals, etc.), ReefCheck 
concept, design, etc. and target fishes and invertebrates within the 
Indo-Pacific (with emphasis on Red Sea species).

Prints of those files have been plastified and will be used for underwater 
identification during the ReefCheck. If anybody wants to use the files,
we can mail them as Microsoft PowerPoint documents or put them on the
ftp-server at Geomar. Georg Heiss <gheiss at geomar.de>  

Moshira Hassan and Gert Woerheide have finished the planning of the 
Red Sea ReefCheck. The Egyptian authorities fully support IYOR and 
ReefCheck, and Moshira and Gert were successful in setting up a 
multinational team involving reef scientists from Germany, France, 
England, Scotland, Italy, Netherlands, and Australia. The main ReefCheck 
activities will be carried out around Sharm el Sheikh (Sinai Peninsula) 
and Hurghada (mainland Egypt) between June 16 and August. The 
scientists will change every two weeks and will be based at selected diving 
centers in Sharm and Hurghada. Shorter ReefChecks will be carried out 
around Taba (near the border to Israel, Sinai, 14 days) and Safaga (south 
of Hurghada, 4 weeks) in cooperation with selected diving centers. So the 
teams will be able to cover a long coastline and many different reef sites of 
the Red Sea in Egypt, reaching from Taba at the northern end of the Gulf 
of Aqaba down south to Safaga at the mainland.
Moshira Hassan <mhassan at geomar.de>  Fax: 49 (431) 600-2941
Gert Woerheide <gwoerhe at ibm.net>  Fax: 49 (551) 39-7996

****** ISRAEL ******
We are planning a survey for late July - early August, where we will
survey the southern portion of the Coral Garden Nature reserve, and make 
a comparative check of the areas in front of dive centers, as well as those 
further to the south. Our team is a small and dedicated group of divers; 
graduate students and PhD's at the University of Haifa's Marine Civilizations 
Department, and there is interest in achieving the goals of Reef Check, to 
further the global knowledge of coral reefs. We expect to see the damaging 
effects of scuba diving on the coral reefs, and hope to use this information 
to promote community environmental awareness and conservation. We are 
sharing the same wonderful sea conditions, and marine life as our Egyptian 
neighbors, and hope for some combined involvement which may enable us 
to make some cooperative surveys in the Sinai Peninsula as well. 
Joe Breman <jbreman at study.haifa.ac.il>  Fax: (972) 4 824-0391

****** HONG KONG ******
Seven sites will be surveyed in Hong Kong and the South China Sea as part 
of  Reef Check. An exciting expedition will be made to Pratas Reef, an 
offshore atoll. Several teams are involved, including students from HKUST 
and Chinese University, members from the YMCA and South China Dive 
Clubs, and the Hong Kong Marine Conservation Society.  
Marc Smith-Evans <marcse at asiaonline.net>

****** SRI LANKA ******
We are keen to participate in the IYOR activities and Reef Check. We hope 
to conduct a survey on the east coast during the Reef Check period. This 
activity will be carried out by NARA (National Aquatic Resources Agency). 
The Marine Conservation Society of UK (MCS), IUCN (Sri Lanka office) 
and the Sri Lanka Sub-Aqua Club (SLSAC) will also participate. 

Activities planned include: surveys in the east coast, Hikkaduwa marine 
sanctuary, Bar reef marine Sanctuary, educational programmes for schools 
with IUCN support, and photo and art exhibition with IUCN support.
Arjan Rajasuriya <arjan at nara.ac.lk>  Fax: 94 1 52-2932

****** KAUA'I  TO LAUNCH AN INTERNATIONAL REEF CHECK ******
Hanalei Bay will be the first location in Hawaii for Reef Check, beginning 
worldwide on June 14. The sponsoring organization for Kaua`i s Save Our 
Seas and the Kaua`i Reef Check will be held in conjunction with the Clean 
Oceans `97 Conference, June 13-15 at the Princeville Hotel. The conference, 
featuring Bobby Kennedy Jr., senior attorney for the National Resources 
Defense Council, celebrates the International Year of the Reef, declared by 
the United Nations, Gov. Ben Cayetano and other leaders of countries and 
states.

On Saturday, June 14, professional and recreational divers will ensure 
scientific quality of Kaua`i Reef Check in the nearshore waters of Hanalei 
Bay, fronting Princeville Hotel. This site was selected due to its dynamic 
situation - it is popular for snorkeling and is subject to the output of a 
nearby river. Its nearby waters are popular for surfing and boating and it 
is next to a beach used by a major hotel. Coordinators are Dr Alan 
Friedlander, a fisheries specialist, and Dr Cindy Hunter, a zoologist, both 
on staff with the University of Hawai`i. 

For more information on Reef Check, volunteering and participating in 
the Clean Oceans `97 Conference, call 1-800-767-4101. 
Carl Stepath <sos at aloha.net>  Fax: (808) 826-7770

****** PANAMA ******
So far there are two local marine conservation groups involved in the 
Reef Check project, who have obtained a moderately large (30-60 people) 
group of interested people, most of whom dive. I am getting together a 
general public seminar in Spanish/English to put across the ideas, aims 
and methodology of  the project, which will take place in approximately 
two weeks, so we get preliminary press coverage and more support.  

Our major Reef Check location is the Panamanian Caribbean coast. We 
have three sites at Portobello that will be surveyed, and we may also 
survey the Panama Pacific coast. This trip will probably constitute groups 
going to remote locations in 4WD cars and working from the shore. 
Peter Collinson <collisop at naos.si.edu>  Fax: (507) 228-0516

****** UNITED KINGDOM ******
Our main efforts have been to interest groups in conducting a Reef 
Check. At this stage we have teams surveying the Seychelles, the Red Sea,
Aqaba, Tanzania, Mozambique, Honduras and Indonesia. So far we have:
* organised an article to appear in Diver, the UK's most popular diving 
magazine, and they are also interested in publishing the Reef Check results
* distributed 100 flyers about Reef Check at the London International Dive 
Show in March 1997
* written to all UK reef scientists in an attempt to persuade them to 
incorporate Reef Check into their summer fieldwork 
* highlighted Reef Check at UK IYOR meetings and organized an article 
in the UK IYOR newsletter
* organized a Reef Check article in the CCC newsletter and placed details 
on the CCC website - http://www.coralcay.org/
Alastair Harborne <ccc at coralcay.demon.co.uk>  
Fax: +44 (0)171 498-8447 / 622-6126 

****** TANZANIA/MOZAMBIQUE ******
Frontier Conservation will be undertaking activities in Tanzania 
(southern near Mtwara) and Mozambique (Quirimba Archipelago) and 
these will be coordinated by Mr Martin Guard and Dr Mark Whittington 
(respectively) in July.
Catharine Muir <enquiries at frontier.mailbox.co.uk>  Fax: 171 613-2992

****** SOUTHWESTERN USA ******
During May and June I will be delivering presentations to major dive 
clubs in the Dallas/Ft. Worth/Denton/Waco metroplex. I expect to speak 
to about 300 divers total, and my primary goal is to flesh out the four 
teams I'm working with. My secondary goal is to begin laying the 
foundation for next year's recruiting effort.

I will be working with a production company called "Advanced Creative 
Productions" with the goal of covering Judy Lang's Reef Check in 
Akumal this year. I will continue work with the Journey's End Resort 
Reef Check conference and help them as they need. 
Shawn Brooks <sbrooks at waymark.net>  Fax: (972) 680-7114

****** HONDURAS ******
The ReefCheck surveys that we plan to carry out will be part of an 
expedition based in Utila, one of the Bay Islands of Honduras. The 
expedition will commence in July and will finish in September. Expedition 
plans seem to be going well, we have raised a good portion of the funds, 
we have local collaboration and permission, the team is selected and the 
flights are booked - so all systems are go!  
James Guest <J.R.Guest at newcastle.ac.uk>  Fax: 44 (191) 222-7891

****** BARBADOS ******
The youth group of the Barbados Cultural Association of BC (BCABC) 
has planned a very exciting and innovative calendar of events for the next 
few months. We have a few educational activities planned for Vancouver, 
BC prior to our departure to Barbados August 14, 97 to work in 
partnership with the Caribbean Youth Environmental Network (CYEN) 
on Reef Check and a youth environment conference. Activities include:
* May 28 - "Discover Coral Reefs", slide presentation at the Vancouver 
Public Aquarium. Guest speaker, Dr. John Nightingale from the 
Vancouver Aquarium.
* June - Students will produce a 1 hour environmental radio program on 
CFRO, a community radio station. They will be learning to use the 
equipment, research the content  for the show and record it!
* June 8 - Oceans Day - coastal cleanup of one of Vancouver's beaches.
* July - A sleepover at the Vancouver Aquarium for students 9-16 years 
old. They will learn about various marine ecosystems around the world 
and prepare meals for the animals of the Aquarium and sleep next to 
the whales!
* August - Participation in Reef Check & youth conference - Barbados.
* September 17 - Workshop on environmental awareness - focusing on 
marine ecosystems.
* Balance of the year > - Students that participated in this program 
will design a short presentation to be taught to school age children and 
toddlers, based on marine awareness.
Caroline Belgrave <cbelgrav at direct.ca>  Fax: (604) 298-0871

****** EASTERN USA ******
We have set up a schedule for the summer in the Florida Keys from 
June 7 to August 30 with one site each week. This involves Reef Check 
Instructors training, as well as training/dives at various reef sites with 
all volunteers, including West Point Cadets. Other dates and locations 
in the Keys will be added after we have volunteers trained. We will 
have a busy Reef Check season!  
Mary Enstrom <menstrom at ocean.nos.noaa.gov>  

****** NETHERLANDS ANTILLES ******
We have a group of volunteer divers (numbering 29) of whom 15 have 
ccompleted the first round of in water training in the survey technique 
(acting as reelmaster, photographer or videographer). We also have 4 
persons trained in data collection (three of whom are partly trained 
scientists) and fish spotting.

We plan a second round of training in the form of a Reef Identification 
course which will teach all the volunteers to identify dominant corals to 
species level and distinguish the various other benthic types accurately. 
This is planned for 30th June 1997. Depending on how much training 
is required in identification skills, we hope to begin surveying by mid 
July and to have completed by mid August. 
Kalli De Meyer <marinepark at bonairenet.com>  Fax:(599) 7 8444

****** MALDIVES ******
Rosemarie Asang-Soergel (Ulm, Germany) was recently successful to 
convince the Maldive authorties about the goals of the IYOR and 
ReefCheck. She has got the permits now to carry out ReefCheck 
activities in the Maldives! ReefCheck Maldives is scheduled for the 
last two weeks of July. Rosemarie is right now seeking for funding, 
the negotiations are still running. At this stage the European 
ReefCheck Coordinators and Rosemarie Asang-Soergel are looking 
for scientists interested to act as groupleaders in the ReefCheck 
Maldives during the last two weeks of July. Interested scientists 
should contact Gert Woerheide <gwoerhe at ibm.net> before June 14.

****** WESTERN AUSTRALIA ******
We are hoping to have 3 possibly 5 sites in Westen Australia: Rowley 
Shoals, Dampier Archipelago, Monte Bellos Islands, Ningaloo Reef 
and the Abrolhos Islands. Because of the logistical dificulties in getting 
to many of these areas details are yet to be finalised. We are hoping 
to get industry support as well as community involvement. 
Chris Simpson <chriss at calm.wa.gov.au>  

****** GUAM ******
Three orientation workshops were held on Guam during May. These 
were organized by the IYOR/ICRI committee, including the Guam 
Coastal Zone Mangement Program, the Division of Aquatic and 
Wildlife Resources, Guam Environmental Protection Agency and 
the University of Guam Marine Lab. Over 120 community members 
attended the sessions, which were designed to teach the methods we 
will be using for the surveys. Over 30 children between the ages of 
5 and 11 joined in. We will perform the surveys on June 14, and 
will split between 2 sites: one relatively pristine, the other heavily 
impacted by human disturbances. Surveys will be performed on the 
benthic community as well as selected fish, and we will also make 
measurements of water quality. A follow-up session for going over 
the data is scheduled for June 28. We expect about 150 particpants 
total.  Robert Richmond <richmond at uog9.uog.edu>  

******SEYCHELLES******
Reef Check surveys will be carried out during the period Aug 20-30 - 
a collaboration between the Marine Conservation Society UK and 
the Seychelles Underwater Centre. Plans are to look at sites around 
Mahe and possibly also Praslin. Our aim is to investigate 'true' coral 
reefs as well as coral communities associated with granitic outcrops, 
and to include both impacted and non-impacted reefs. 
Elizabeth Wood <ewood at globalnet.co.uk>  Fax: 011 (89) 73-1832
******************************************************************

We apologize for any omission of news about your site. Please send us 
your latest news for inclusion in the July Reef Check update. To join 
Reef Check, please contact your nearest National or Regional Coordinator 
or Reef Check Headquarters as soon as possible.


Suzie Geermans
Assistant Reef Check Coordinator
Institute for Environment and Sustainable Development
Research Centre, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Clearwater Bay, Kowloon, HONG KONG
Ph: (852) 2358-6906
Fax: (852) 2358-1582
e-mail: reefchck at uxmail.ust.hk
Reef Check: http://www.ust.hk/~webrc/reef.html



From sos at aloha.net  Thu Jun  5 16:23:20 1997
From: sos at aloha.net (sos at aloha.net)
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 1997 10:23:20 -1000
Subject: Clean Oceans Conference
Message-ID: <v03010d03afbccfb96f1c@[207.12.7.46]>

The Second International Clean Ocean Conference at the Princeville Hotel, Kauai

The three day Clean Oceans Conference, June 13-15 at the Princeville Hotel,
Kauai, Hawaii, will feature 'Oceans in Peril,' 'Ocean Solutions,' and
'Ocean Fun.'  Each of these themes will be featured throughout the event,
with the overall focus of the event being "1997, The International Year of
the Reef."   The conference is dedicated to the aloha spirit of Percy Leleo
Kinimaka, a beach captain and Hawaiian man of vision.  Workshop
registration is $45.00, films and Dr. Kelly's Ahupua'a lecture are free,
but advance reservations must be made by calling 828-1400.  The June 14
dinner banquet is $60.00 ($75.00 at the door).   Full conference
registration is $195.00.

The breakout sessions will start on Friday, June 13, with Oceans in Peril
being the focus. At 2:30 pm in the Princeville Hotel Theatre Dr. Chuck Blay
will discuss Kauai's Coral / Algal Reefs. He will speak about Kaua'i's
coral and algal resources, and the origin and characteristics of the
beaches of Kauai. Mr. Don Heacock will speak at 3:30 pm, and will address
"A Watershed Stewardship approach to Oceans in Peril!"  and how it involves
caring for the resources from the mountains to the sea.   At  4:30 pm Dr.
Alan Friedlander will be talking about Important Fisheries Studies.  The
results of an extensive 3 year investigation of the fisheries and marine
resources of Hanalei Bay will be discussed.  The nationally acclaimed IMAX
film, "The Living Sea" will be shown at 5:30 pm for conference registrants,
and then again for the general public at 8:30 pm.  Dr. Brian Tissot will
address CommunityBased Management of Coral Reefs at 7:15 pm.   He feels
that Coral reefs are fascinating places and important economic assets,
however, they are being threatened by a variety of human impacts. Community
 based management involves educating and involving the local community in
reef monitoring.

The conference continues on Saturday, with Ocean Solutions being the focus.
Dr. Richard Grigg will start at 8:00 am and will discuss "The History of
Coral Reefs in Hawaii."  This is an introduction to the geology and
development of Coral reefs, the history of coral reefs and the impacts on
nearshore ecosystems.

At 8:30 am Dr. James Maragos is discussing 'The Hawaii Coral Reef Initiative.'
The Hawaii Coral Reef Initiative consists of volunteer scientists and
community members who assess the status of our reefs with the goal of
strengthening public awareness and education, and ecological monitoring.
Dr. Cindy Hunter will inform us about Video and Coral Reef Monitoring.
Afterwards, Dr. Hunter will teach us about this new and exciting method of
documenting underwater data.

Then Dr. John McManus will discuss the "Status of The Worlds Reef
Reefbase," a global database on Coral Reefs and their resources.  He has
data on over 7,000 reefs of which 2,000 are degraded by excessive
sedimentation, organic pollution, and destructive or over fishing. The most
promising solution is comanagement schemes at the village level and
supported by the government. New volunteer monitoring systems, involves
training divers to gather ecological data.  At 10:30 am Saturday a Panel
Discussion including all the Coral Reef Experts will be held.  Speakers
from the Clean Oceans Conference will answer questions on the topics
discussed during the event. 	This session will last approximately
1 hour and 15 minutes, and will also address questions from the audience if
time is permitting.

Lunch will be held at Princeville Beach at 12 noon, with Mr. Mike Wilson,
chairman of the State Department of Natural Resources as the speaker.  One
of the topics of the discussion will be the concept about corporate
stewardship of ocean resources.  Following lunch is a coral reef monitoring
workshop for people interested in learning more about how this data is
collected, and what the actual procedures are (please bring your own
snorkel gear).  Simultaneously, a group of the visiting scientist will
actually monitor the reef in conjunction with "Reef Check." Reef Check
takes place between June 14  and August 31, 1997, reef scientists will
train and lead more than 100 teams of volunteer divers from 35 countries to
measure the health of more than 300 coral reefs around the world. The event
on Kauai is kicking off "Reef Check," and spearheading a Hawaii effort to
collect baseline information about our reefs.

At 4:30 pm on Saturday, Dr. Marion Kelly will discuss The Hawaiian Ahupua'a
with a Slide Show by Kauai's famous photographer, David Boynton to follow.
"The Kanaka Maoli" or "The True People of this land" sustained themselves
and the environment within the Ahupua'a system. This system governed the
land from the mountains to the sea. The "Ahupua'a, Fishponds , and Loi,"
film, will be shown before this workshop at 3:30 pm in the Hotel theater.
Both the film and workshop are free of charge, but advance reservations are
necessary.

The evening festivities of Saturday, June 14,  will start at the
Princeville Hotel with a silent auction and entertainment at 6 pm.  The
dinner banquet begins at 7 pm, an Opening Oli and blessing, and ancient
hula by Kani Ka Pahuolohi Okina Au.  The keynote speaker is Mr. Robert
Kennedy, Jr., and he will speak at 8 pm followed by a dedication ceremony
in memory of Percy Kinimaka.  The evening will end with dancing in the
ballroom to the tunes of 'Lips on the move.'

Sunday is Ocean Fun Day, with kayak trips, snorkeling and boat rides
available to event registrants.  Much fun will had in the ocean at Hanalei
Bay.

Everyone is invited.  For reservations or further information call Melinda
Sandler at 808-826-4581 or 1-800-767-4101.










Carl  :)

 	       Carl M. Stepath, Executive Director
                                "Save Our Seas"
                     P.O.Box 598, Hanalei, HI 96714, USA
                          808-826-2525, fax 826-7770
                     website: http://planet-hawaii.com/sos/












From A.J.Edwards at newcastle.ac.uk  Fri Jun  6 09:53:43 1997
From: A.J.Edwards at newcastle.ac.uk (Alasdair Edwards)
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 1997 14:53:43 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Rehabilitation of coastal ecosystems
Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91-941213.970606145112.23030A-100000@aidan.ncl.ac.uk>


Announcement

Special Issue: Marine Pollution Bulletin

REHABILITATION OF COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS 
====================================

http://www.ncl.ac.uk/~ntcmweb/rehab/

Guest editors: Dr Alasdair Edwards, Centre for Tropical Coastal Management 
Studies, University of Newcastle upon Tyne; Dr Malcolm Beveridge, Institute 
of Aquaculture, University of Stirling; Emeritus Professor Colin Field, 
Faculty of Science, University of Technology, Sydney; Dr Miguel Fortes, 
Marine Science Institute, University of the Philippines.

The field of coastal habitat restoration has been steadily growing over the 
last two decades. As salt marsh, mangrove, coral reef, seagrass, dune and 
other coastal systems have been increasingly subject to anthropogenic 
impacts, so research into techniques to rehabilitate these has burgeoned 
together with the implementation of projects to restore habitats.

A number of national and international workshops and meetings on habitat 
restoration are scheduled for 1997 and 1998. In these the success of 
restoration projects and methodologies in both developing and developed 
countries with boreal to equatorial coastal habitats will be evaluated.

The purpose of this Special Issue is to bring together key research on 
habitat restoration in temperate and tropical latitudes in a single volume, 
to evaluate critically its effectiveness, and to provide a summary of the 
state of the art. 

There are a range of questions and critical issues which the volume will 
seek to address. They include:

*	How do the particular ecological parameters of impacted systems (e.g. 
dynamited reef, clear-cut mangrove forest, abandoned shrimp pond) 
affect what can be achieved in terms of restoration and the likely 
timescales of recovery?
*	What are the precise objectives of restoration projects and what 
institutional, socio-political and economic factors should be taken 
into account when planning rehabilitation projects?
*	How successful have restoration projects been and which techniques 
(scientific and management) have contributed to success? What lessons 
have been learnt from failures?
*	What are the criteria (ecological, political, economic, social, 
legislative) against which success is (or can be) measured?
*	Which functions of degraded coastal systems can feasibly be restored 
and which cannot?
*	Is coastal habitat restoration cost-effective (or could funding 
devoted to rehabilitation be spent to greater benefit in other ways)? 

Is the perceived ability to rehabilitate/restore habitats in 
mitigation, increasing the threat to existing undegraded habitat?
Articles dealing with these issues will be given preference by the editors. 
Purely descriptive articles of case-histories which do not contribute to 
resolution of the questions and critical issues will not normally be 
acceptable.

The Special Issue volume will consist of up to 250 pages. Papers will be 
peer reviewed and should not normally exceed 8 printed pages in length 
including figures, tables and references. For guidance, one page of Marine 
Pollution Bulletin with no figures contains approximately 1000 words and is 
equivalent to about three A4 pages of double-spaced typescript. 

Deadline: The deadline for receipt of manuscripts for consideration in the 
Special Issue is 28 February 1998. To assist the process of peer review, 
the corresponding author may suggest two appropriate reviewers who may be 
asked to give an independent opinion of the research. For each paper, 25 
free offprints will be sent to the corresponding author.

A small number of colour illustrations may be included in the volume. 
Authors wishing to use colour need to make a strong case to the editors.

In addition to printed copy, final versions of papers should be sent on 
3.5" floppy disk (preferably in Word or Wordperfect format). For detailed 
Instructions to Authors and updated information on the Special Issue see:  
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/~ntcmweb/rehab/




From Scoats at flaquarium.org  Fri Jun  6 15:43:00 1997
From: Scoats at flaquarium.org (Scoats at flaquarium.org)
Date: Fri, 06 Jun 97 12:43:00 PDT
Subject: captive Caribbean corals
Message-ID: <33986864@msmailgw.flaquarium.org>




Hello,  I am a biologist at the Florida Aquarium in Tampa.  I am currently 
in charge of a live Caribbean coral exhibit.  I would like to know if anyone 
out there has a list of people that have captive Caribbean corals for 
educational or research purposes.  If not, I was wondering if anyone  else 
would be interested in such a list, so as to exchange growth, health, 
husbandry etc. information of Caribbean corals?   I may be in a position to 
organize such a list.   Please reply to my email at scoats at flaquarium.org.

Thanks for your time
R. Sean Coats


From edingeen at mcmail.cis.mcmaster.ca  Fri Jun  6 14:08:33 1997
From: edingeen at mcmail.cis.mcmaster.ca (E.N. Edinger)
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 1997 14:08:33 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: looking for Rolf Bak
Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.96.970606140727.10016A-100000@mcmail.CIS.McMaster.CA>

Hello hello.  Does anyone have a current address and email for Dr. Rolf
Bak?  I hear he has left the Caribbean and returned to Holland....

Thanks!  Evan Edinger


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Geology Department  				tel. (905) 525-9140 x24513
McMaster University				fax (905) 522-3141
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada			email: edinger at mcmaster.ca
L8S 4M1  CANADA
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From howzit at turtles.org  Fri Jun  6 21:22:40 1997
From: howzit at turtles.org (Ursula Keuper-Bennett)
Date: Fri, 06 Jun 1997 21:22:40
Subject: LOOKING FOR A FEW GOOD PhD's 
Message-ID: <3.0.1.16.19970606212240.095721dc@pop.vex.net>

Hi Coral-L Types,

The animals I care about hang around your reefs.  I figure some of you may have met sea turtles during your reef surveys and have grown to believe as I do, oceans would be much poorer without their presence.  They need some help.  I ask you please read fu
rther.

[LETTER BEGINS]

My name is Ursula Keuper-Bennett and I love sea turtles.  My husband and I have a webpage called Turtle Trax   

   http://www.turtles.org   

and we tell the story of a community of sea turtles we have dived with and documented over the years.

I am writing you on behalf of sea turtles --animals that are listed as threatened or endangered throughout their range. 

Dr. Galdikas, the prominent Orangutan researcher working in Borneo wrote this in her book, "Reflections of Eden":

"Along with other endangered species, orangutans are the innocent victims of human population growth, of development schemes and power struggles, of an insatiable global economy that creates greed but not satisfaction, desire but not happiness."

Well sea turtles are victims too!

On June 2nd, Todd Steiner (Earth Island Institute) sent a SCIENTIST SIGN-ON LETTER up to the scientific mailing list, CTURTLE.  A portion of it reads:

---------------------------------------------------

    SCIENTISTS URGE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION TO PLACE
    BIODIVERSITY AND SCIENCE ABOVE "FREE TRADE" ISSUES

The attached Sign-on letter from prominent scientists will be made public
and every attempt will be made to have it officially presented to the World
Trade Organization which is now entertaining a complaint from several
countries against sea turtle provisions of the US Endangered Species Act.

We would appreciate your signature AND help in circulating it to your most
prominent scientific colleagues.  We are especially interested in
scientists from outside the US signing on to this letter.

Signatures are needed as soon as possible.

--------------------------------------------------
This is an urgent letter explaining to scientists that TED'S (Turtle Excluder Devices):  

   http://www.turtles.org/glossary.htm#teds  

are critical to minimizing sea turtle drownings during shrimp trawling activity.  

The letter explains that "to protect sea turtles outside US waters and avoid putting US shrimpers at a competitive disadvantage, the United States has also banned the import of wild-caught shrimp from countries that do not require shrimp trawlers to use T
EDs. Several countries, including Malaysia, Thailand, Pakistan and India, have challenged this ban before at the World Trade Organization."

Scientists are being asked to sign this letter and help make the oceans safer for sea turtles.  I don't have a PhD (or any other necessary credentials) and I am frustrated that I can't sign.  I am trying to do the next best thing by getting as many scient
ists from as many nations and disciplines as I can to take a moral stand on behalf of sea turtles.

This planet's got a lot of smart people on it... lots of PhD's so I am told.  I am looking for those who think drowning is a nasty and preventable way for a sea turtle to die.

If you are interested in including your name on the list of scientists who've already "spoken" on behalf of sea turtles, please send me email, and I will upload the entire contents of the Todd Steiner's SCIENTISTS' SIGN-ON SEA TURTLE LETTER so you can mak
e a fully informed decision.

Thank you very much for reading this far and I really hope to hear from you.

All the best.
-----------------------------------------------------
              ^               Ursula Keuper-Bennett
             0 0              Email: howzit at turtles.org
    /V^\            /^V\             
  /V     Turtle Trax    V\    http://www.turtles.org 
 /                        \
When you study members of another species, when you
habituate them in the wild, when you begin to understand
the intimate details of their private lives, and then 
you learn that the population or whole group is sliding
towards extinction, what do you do?  In good conscience,
you must defend them...
          \       /                                
          /  \ /  \       --- Birute M.F. Galdikas
         /__| V |__\  

"So many PhD's so little time."

                          --- Me (June 6, 1997)



From elab at diala.greenpeace.org  Sat Jun  7 14:19:11 1997
From: elab at diala.greenpeace.org (Exeter Lab)
Date: Sat, 7 Jun 1997 18:19:11 +0000
Subject: Lophelia
Message-ID: <199706071723.TAA02397@adam.nli.gl3>

Can anybody help?

I am after information on Lophelia cold water corals. Anything 
anybody could send me would be much appreciated. Thanks.

Dr. Paul Johnston


From coral at aoml.noaa.gov  Sat Jun  7 18:33:06 1997
From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program)
Date: Sat, 7 Jun 1997 18:33:06 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Position in Cayos Cochinos Marine Biological Reserve
Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.92.970607183121.3225A-100000@coral.aoml.noaa.gov>

Forwarded message.  Please use contact information at the bottom of this
message only.  Thanks...JCH
______________________________________________________________________

A position is opening up in the Cayos Cochinos Marine Biological Reserve in
Honduras for a Reserve Manager.  Please circulate the following to those who
may be interested in applying for this position.  Direct replies should be
made to the address or fax given below.

GERENTE DE LA RESERVA
CAYOS COCHINOS, HONDURAS

Descripci?n de Responsabilidades Generales
El Gerente de Reserva estar? involucrado en lo siguiente:
1. Planificaci?n, direcci?n y coordinaci?n del manejo de la Reserva Marina y
todas las actividades que existen dentro de la Reserva;
2. Manejo y supervisi?n de todas las actividades administrativas incluyendo
el personal de seguridad, alojamiento, programas sociales, manejo de
presupuestos, servicios de transporte, compras de equipo, programas
educativos y interpretativos, programas para el manejo de recursos naturales
y relaciones con otras agentes y organizaciones involucradas en el proyecto;
3. Coordinaci?n de planes de trabajo con el director de investigaciones
cient?ficas para asegurar que todos los programas de la Reserva funcionan
armoniosamente.

Descripci?n de Responsabilidades Especificas
El Gerente de la Reserva tendr? que:
1. Preparar un plan estrat?gico para la operaci?n y el manejo de la Reserva.
2. Desarrollar un plan de manejo detallado con metas anuales para la
protecci?n de recursos y para los trabajos de restauraci?n - en colaboraci?n
con el director cient?fico.
3. Asegurar la implementaci?n, la evaluaci?n y la revisi?n adecuada de los
planes de manejo y el plan de acci?n.
4. Participar en todas las reuniones de la Comisi?n de la Reserva, en
reuniones profesionales de la regi?n y en reuniones de los socios del
proyecto.
5. Coordinar su trabajo con el director cient?fico para asegurar un apoyo
eficaz y efectivo en la implementaci?n del plan de manejo y estrategia de
desarrollo para la Reserva.
6. Coordinar y supervisar la contrataci?n y los trabajos del personas
encargadas del desarrollo de programas educativos y sociales en la Reserva.
7. Coordinar con organismos gubernamentales en Honduras sobre asuntos
pol?ticos que afecten la Reserva.
8. Buscar fondos de agencias y organismos de financiamiento ajenas al
proyecto y preparar las propuestas necesarias.
9. Hacer contactos con directores de otras reservas en Centro Am?rica y
M?xico para intercambiar informaci?n sobre opciones y m?todos para el manejo
de reservas marinas.
10. Involucrar a universidades, grupos escolares, ONGs y miembros de
comunidades Hondure?as en los programas de la Reserva.

Requisitos:
El candidato debe tener:
? Experiencia en el manejo de reservas marinas, el desarrollo de pol?ticas
costeras, el manejo de recursos marinos-costeros y pesqueros, u otras
experiencias relevantes.
? Un nivel de maestr?a (Master) en su campo de especializaci?n.
? Efectividad demostrada en trabajos administrativos.
? Efectividad demostrada en el manejo de una instituci?n o proyecto de
recursos naturales.
? Experiencia con el manejo de recursos naturales y con pol?ticas
gubernamentales en Centro Am?rica.
? Capacidad para la comunicaci?n efectiva y diplom?tica.
? Espa?ol e ingl?s escrito y hablado con fluidez
? Disponibilidad para mudarse y vivir dentro de la Reserva.
Los candidatos con experiencia cient?fica o con experiencia trabajando con
grupos ind?genas tendr?n preferencia.

Candidatos que tengan inter?s en esta oportunidad deben enviar su curriculum
al siguiente:
Monica Jain
AVINA Inc.
1500 Monza Ave.  #339
Miami, FL  33146
Fax:  305-661-7199

______________________________________________________________________

RESERVE MANAGER
CAYOS COCHINOS, HONDURAS

Description of General Responsibilities
The Reserve Manager will be involved in:
1. Planning, directing and coordinating the management of the Marine Reserve
and all activities therein;
2. Oversight of all daily administrative activities including security
personnel, accommodations, social programs, budget management,
transportation, purchasing, educational and interpretative programs, resource
management programs and relations with other agencies involved in the
project;
3. Coordinating work plans with the scientific research director to ensure
that all programs in the Reserve support one another and function smoothly
together.

Description of Specific Duties
The Reserve Manager will need to:
1. Prepare a strategic plan for operation and management of the reserve.
2. Develop a concise and specific management plan and annual goals for
resource protection and restoration work in the area in coordination with the
scientific director.
3. Ensure implementation, evaluation and timely updates of the Reserve
management and action plans
4. Participate in all meetings of the Reserve Commission, in all relevant
professional meetings and in meetings of the partners.
5. Coordinate with the scientific director to ensure efficient and effective
support and implementation of the strategy and management plans.
6. Coordinate and supervise the contracting and work of any personnel charged
with the development of educational and social programs in the Reserve.
7. Coordinate with government organizations in Honduras on issues that affect
the Reserve.
8. Seek and prepare project proposals and financial applications for funding
agencies and organizations.
9. Make contacts and liaise with managers from other reserves in Central
America and Mexico to exchange information on management options and
implementation methods.
10. Take an active outreach role to involve Honduran universities, NGOs,
school groups and community members in the Reserve

Required Experience:
The candidate should have:
? Experience in marine reserve management, coastal policy making, resource
management, fisheries management, or related fields.
? At least a MS degree in their field of specialization
? Demonstrated success in administration and supervisory duties.
? Demonstrated success in management of a natural resource institution or
project.
? Experience with natural resource management and government policy in
Central America.
? Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively and diplomatically with a
variety of organizations and people
? Level of fluency in reading and speaking both English and Spanish.
? The willingness and ability to relocate to and reside within the Reserve.

Candidates with scientific backgrounds related to the marine sciences and/or
with experience in working with indigenous groups will be given preference.
 Interested candidates should please send their curriculums to:

Monica Jain
AVINA Inc.
1500 Monza Ave., #339
Miami, FL  33146
Fax:  305-661-7199



From lkellogg at usouthal.campus.mci.net  Mon Jun  9 23:05:10 1997
From: lkellogg at usouthal.campus.mci.net (Lisa Kellogg)
Date: Mon, 09 Jun 1997 22:05:10 -0500
Subject: Particle Entombment
Message-ID: <1.5.4.32.19970610030510.0067cfa8@usouthal.campus.mci.net>

Dear Coral-List Members, 

I have recently begun thin-sectioning two specimens of Acropora palmata from
the Florida Keys.  Entombed within the skeletons, I have found several
sediment particles.  Thus far, all of these particles appear to be skeletal
material from Halimeda sp.  I have been unable to find any references in the
liturature that document this phenomenon.  I would appreciate hearing from
anyone who knows of pertinent references in the literature or has seen
anything similar in their own research.  Please reply to me directly at the
e-mail address below.  Thank you.

Sincerely,
Lisa Kellogg
e-mail: lkellogg at usouthal.campus.mci.net


From sjameson at coralseas.com  Tue Jun 10 15:47:47 1997
From: sjameson at coralseas.com (Stephen C. Jameson)
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 97 15:47:47 -0400
Subject: Preserves around the World
Message-ID: <199706101942.PAA10052@radagast.wizard.net>

Subject:     Re:      Preserves around the World
Sent:        10/12/96 8:44 PM
To:          NEWS, KKASSEM3 at ua1vm.ua.edu
             Coral-List, coral-list at reef.aoml.noaa.gov

Der Ken,

The most comprehensive listing of marine protected areas can be found in 
the 1995 report:

A Global Representative System of Marine Protected Areas (four volumes). 

For a copy contact:

Environment Department 
The World Bank
Room S-5-143 
1818 H St. NW 
Washington, DC  20433 USA

Also visit the World Conservation Monitoring Center home page:



Best regards,

Dr. Stephen C. Jameson, President
Coral Seas Inc. - Integrated Coastal Zone Management
4254 Hungry Run Road, The Plains, VA  20198-1715  USA
Office:  703-754-8690  Fax:  703-754-9139
email: sjameson at coralseas.com




From Roger.B.Griffis at noaa.gov  Tue Jun 10 15:34:54 1997
From: Roger.B.Griffis at noaa.gov (Griffis, Roger B)
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 97 15:34:54 EDT
Subject: 1998 International Year of the Ocean - IOC webpage
Message-ID: <vines.OMZ7+TlObnA@OA32.RDC.NOAA.GOV>

Forwarded FYI - apologies for any cross-postings

IOC LAUNCHES 1998 INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE OCEAN WEB SERVER
Date: Thursday, June 05, 1997 5:31PM
IOC, Paris, 5 June 1997
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
In recognition of the importance of the ocean, the marine
environment and its resources for life on earth and for sustainable
development, the United Nations has declared 1998 as the International
Year of the Ocean.

This provides a window of opportunity for governments,
organizations and individuals to become aware of the ocean and
to consider the actions needed to undertake our common responsibility to
sustain the greatest common heritage we have and without which we
cannot exist.
The idea for 1998, the International Year of the Ocean, came from the
Seventeenth Session of the IOC Assembly (March 1993) which adopted its
Resolution XVII-17, making the proposal. This was endorsed by the 27th
General Conference of UNESCO (November 1993) and by ECOSOC (of the
UN) in July 1994. The UN General Assembly formerly adopted the proposal
through its Resolution A/RES/49/13 (December 1994).
One basic reason for launching the International Year of the Ocean is
that so far neither the governments nor the public pay adequate attention
to the need to protect the marine environment and to ensure a healthy
ocean. Recent global change-related research has clarified the crucial
role of the ocean in our life supporting system, and as part of the Earth
climate system. The importance of the ocean was well recognized during
UNCED 1992. Today, the decision to have the International Year of the
Ocean clearly demonstrates a growing concern about the ocean among
governments.

The IOC is now pleased to announce the launching of the webserver for
the 1998 International Year of the Ocean (IYO). The server's URL is:
http://www.unesco.org/ioc/iyo/iyohome.htm
You will find information on:
Backgound:      Read some history on how to idea for the IYO came about
Objectives:     What is the IYO all about?
Who Does What:  How is the organization and co-ordination for the
IYO arranged and how does it all work?
Activities & Events:  Find here a calendar of the activities
                which are being planned
                = Ocean Charter, Ocean Education, Public Information,
                  Ocean Awards, Conferences, Research & Training Cruises,
Publications, Stamp series, ...). Updates will be made regularly.
EXPO '98:       Visit the website of the EXPO!
Let's Work Together: This section will be YOURS! You have
                anything to tell the world about the ocean? You will
                soon be able to leave your message here on the IYO Bulletin
Board!
So visit the IYO server regularly and find out more about the 1998
International
Year of the Ocean. And take the occasion to visit the IOC webserver as
well!!
Gunnar Kullenberg
Executive Secretary IOC
*******************************************************


From eakin at ogp.noaa.gov  Wed Jun 11 10:53:28 1997
From: eakin at ogp.noaa.gov (Mark Eakin)
Date: 11 Jun 1997 10:53:28 U
Subject: New Web Page
Message-ID: <n1346096029.94973@ogp.noaa.gov>

                           Subject:                         Time:   10:38 AM
                           New Web Page                     Date:   6/11/97

As part of NOAA's contributions to the International Year of the Reef
activities, we are preparing a web site to provide information on coral
paleoclimatology -- what it is, what it can tell us about reefs and climate. 
Thanks to the work of Heather Benway in our office, a preview of this site is
now available at:

               http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/paleo/coral.html

We hope that the full site will be up at the same address in July.




From kleypas at sage.cgd.ucar.edu  Wed Jun 11 13:06:51 1997
From: kleypas at sage.cgd.ucar.edu (Joanie Kleypas)
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 1997 11:06:51 -0600 (MDT)
Subject: Latest ENSO Advisory
Message-ID: <9706111706.AA04347@hopi>

Dear Colleagues:

The following information might be useful to those researchers 
working on coral bleaching:


Both present conditions and modeled forecasts indicate a rapid 
intensification of a warm episode in the eastern Pacific.  Temperatures 
along the equator in the eastern Pacific are already 4degC above normal.

The latest ENSO advisory is available for viewing under the Climate
Prediction Center website:
http://nic.fb4.noaa.gov:80/products/analysis_monitoring/

-- click on ENSO Advisory 

****************************************************************************
J. Kleypas
Climate Change Research Section
National Center for Atmospheric Research
PO Box 3000
Boulder, CO  80307-3000

PH:	(303) 497-1380
FAX:  (303) 497-1348

kleypas at ncar.ucar.edu
****************************************************************************


From andrew.baird at jcu.edu.au  Thu Jun 12 00:56:14 1997
From: andrew.baird at jcu.edu.au (Andrew Baird)
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 14:56:14 +1000
Subject: species list Hawaii
Message-ID: <1.5.4.16.19970612144757.25ff9d64@pop.jcu.edu.au>

Dear list members

Could anyone send me, or direct me to, a recent list of scleractinian
species found in the Hawaiin Islands.

Andrew Baird
Andrew Baird			work:	61 077 814801	
Dept. Marine Biology		home:	61 077 712379	
James Cook University		fax: 	61 077 251570				
Townsville Q. 4811		email:	andrew.baird at jcu.edu.au
Australia


From tmsgohb at leonis.nus.sg  Thu Jun 12 05:11:47 1997
From: tmsgohb at leonis.nus.sg (Goh Pi Lee Beverly)
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 17:11:47 +0800 (SST)
Subject: No subject
Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.95.970612165949.24695D-100000@leonis.nus.sg>

ANNOUNCEMENT

INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON THE REHABILITATION OF DEGRADED COASTAL 
SYSTEMS

Phuket Marine Biological Center, PO Box 60, Phuket 83000, Thailand
19-24 January 1998
____________________________________________________________________
Organised by:
PHUKET MARINE BIOLOGICAL CENTER (PMBC)
PO Box 60, Phuket 83000, THAILAND

CENTRE FOR TROPICAL COASTAL MANAGEMENT STUDIES (CTCMS)
Department of Marine Sciences and Coastal Management 
University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne 
NE1 7RU, UNITED KINGDOM 

TROPICAL MARINE SCIENCE INITIATIVE (TMSI)
National University of Singapore
10 Kent Ridge Crescent, SINGAPORE 119260
___________________________________________________________________

http://www.ncl.ac.uk/~ntcmweb/rehab/workshop.htm

The workshop will have a primary focus on Asia but be open to 
individuals from other parts of the world. The aim is to attract about 
100 participants and it is proposed to hold the workshop over 4 days 
with two additional days of excursions, one in the middle of the 
workshop and one at the end.

The international workshop will be focused around four themes. The 
primary focus of the workshop will be on "Rehabilitation of degraded 
coastal systems" and it is proposed to devote the first two days of 
the meeting to papers on this subject with a half-day workshop 
discussion in the last two days of the meeting. Three ancillary 
workshop sessions are also planned: 1) Impediments to the 
implementation of integrated coastal management and potential 
solutions, 2) Priorities for coastal management training and 3) 
Priorities for coastal management research. Initially a half-day will 
be allocated to each of these additional workshop sessions but these 
can be extended if required.

1.	Rehabilitation of degraded coastal systems
Papers are invited on the socio-economic and ecological impacts of 
degradation of coastal systems including mangroves, seagrass beds, 
coral reefs, salt marshes and dune systems and in particular on 
strategies (biological, engineering, socio-economic) to rehabilitate 
these systems or mitigate impacts.  Presentations dealing with these 
issues in an integrated coastal management context will be 
particularly welcome.

One goal of this theme of the workshop is to bring together key 
research on habitat restoration in a range of tropical habitats at one 
meeting to stimulate transfer of ideas from one area to another. 
Another is to evaluate critically the effectiveness of rehabilitation 
and to provide a summary of the state of the art in Asia.
There are a range of questions and critical issues which the workshop 
will seek to address. They include:
- How do the particular ecological parameters of impacted systems 
(e.g. dynamited reef, clear-cut mangrove forest, abandoned shrimp 
pond) affect what can be achieved in terms of restoration and the 
likely timescales of recovery?
- What are the precise objectives of restoration projects and what 
institutional, socio-political and economic factors should be taken 
into account when planning rehabilitation projects?
- How successful have restoration projects been and which techniques 
(scientific and management) have contributed to success? What lessons 
have been learnt from failures?
- What are the criteria (ecological, political, economic, social, 
legislative) against which success is / can be measured?
- Which functions of degraded coastal systems can feasibly be restored 
and which cannot?
- Is coastal habitat restoration cost-effective (or could funding 
devoted to rehabilitation be spent to greater benefit in other ways)? 
Is the perceived ability to rehabilitate/restore habitats in 
mitigation, increasing the threat to existing undegraded habitats?
Presentations dealing with these issues will be given preference by 
the organisers if there is competition for space.
Workshop participants should also note that there is a Special Issue 
of the international journal Marine Pollution Bulletin focusing on 
Rehabilitation of coastal systems which is scheduled for publication 
in late 1998 with a deadline for submission of manuscripts of 28 
February 1998. Papers will be peer reviewed internationally. 
Participants who may wish to submit their papers to this Special Issue 
may obtain the details and instructions to authors from Dr. Alasdar 
Edwards, CTCMS, or Dr. Beverly Goh, TMSI, upon request, or  via 
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/~ntcmweb/rehab/.
2.	Impediments to the implementation of integrated coastal management 
and potential solutions (Session leaders: Prof. Peter Burbridge, 
Centre for Tropical Coastal Management Studies, University of 
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK;  Assoc. Prof. Suraphol Sudara, Marine Science 
Department, Chulalongkorn University, THAILAND)
The Session Leaders will provide a discussion paper to stimulate 
debate. In addition a few papers are invited from those involved in 
attempting to implement (integrated) coastal management strategies. 
Papers should, where possible, use case-histories to highlight the key 
problems (eg. institutional, social, economic, lack of underpinning 
science, etc) which are hindering implementation of (integrated) 
coastal management plans.  It is envisaged that these presentations 
will provide the basis for the workshop session, which will seek 
potential solutions to the impediments highlighted by the case-
histories.
3.	Priorities  for coastal management training (Session leaders: Dr. 
Chua Thia-Eng, Coastal Management Center, Manila, PHILIPPINES; Dr. 
Alasdair Edwards, Centre for Tropical Coastal Management Studies, 
University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK)
Background:  To implement coastal management plans and to facilitate 
local training of coastal managers, personnel trained to varying 
levels of expertise are required.  Different forms of coastal 
management training will be appropriate to government officials, NGO 
personnel, environmental consultancy professionals, university or 
school teachers, community-based organisation extension workers, etc., 
depending on both their seniority and level of technical involvement 
in coastal management.
This workshop session will seek to build on earlier international 
workshops * and, taking the general principles developed in these, aims 
to identify specific coastal management training needs and the ways 
and means by which the individuals, partnerships, networks and 
institutions present at the Phuket meeting might collaborate to 
address these specific needs.

* UNDP/UNDOALOS (1994) Action plan for human resources development &
capacity building for the planning&management of coastal and marine areas
1993-1997. 58pp.
   Hay, JE and Chou Loke Ming (eds) (1993). Contributions to training in
coastal zone management in the Asia-Pacific region and report of the
first NETTLAP  resources development workshop for education and training
at tertiary level in  coastal zone management. UNEP/ROAP NETTLAP
Publication No. 7. 245 pp.
   Crawford, BR, Cobb JS and Chou Loke Ming (eds) (1995). Educating
coastal  managers: Proceedings from the Rhode Island Workshop. CRMP,
Coastal Resources  Center, URI and Center for the Environment, USAID. 184pp.
   GEF/UNDP/IMO (1996). Enhancing the success of integrated coastal 
management: good practices in the formulation, design and implementation
of  integrated coastal management initiatives.MPP-EAS Technical Report
No. 2, 32 pp.

To structure this workshop, an introduction by the Session Leaders 
will summarise the key outputs of the previous workshops. The workshop 
will seek to identify specific coastal management training needs in 
individual countries and outline proposals (or note actions taken) to 
address these needs.

4.	Priorities for coastal management research (Session leaders: Prof. 
Barbara Brown, Centre for Tropical Coastal Management Studies, 
University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK; Assoc. Prof. Chou Loke Ming, 
Tropical Marine Science Initiative, National University of Singapore, 
SINGAPORE)

Background: Much coastal research has been curiosity driven rather 
than coastal management problem led.  This often leads to a situation 
where scientific or socio-economic questions critical to developing a 
coastal management plan cannot be answered because the underpinning 
science or social or economic studies have not been done.  The lack of 
underpinning science is often the most difficult problem to solve as 
gathering the necessary data may be hugely expensive and take an 
inordinate amount of time.

This workshop session will seek to identify priority areas of coastal 
management where underpinning knowledge is sadly lacking and consider 
ways and means by which the individuals, partnerships, networks and 
institutions present at the Phuket workshop might collaborate to 
tackle these knowledge gaps.  To structure the workshop and initiate 
discussion, the Session Leaders will table a discussion paper 
highlighting instances where the absence of key scientific or other 
knowledge prevents sensible coastal management planning. The workshop 
will seek to expand on this by drawing upon the assembled expertise 
and experience from the region.


INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS

Registration forms for the workshop may be downloaded from the website:

http://www.ncl.ac.uk/~ntcmweb/rehab/workshop.htm

Abstracts and manuscripts should be prepared following the 
instructions given below:

Please fax or e-mail (use ASCII text attachment) your abstracts to:

Workshop on the Rehabilitation of Degraded Coastal Systems
Dr. Beverly Goh
Tropical Marine Science Initiative
National University of Singapore
10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore 119260
FAX: +65 7749654	TEL: +65 7749652
E-mail: bgoh at pacific.net.sg

Deadline for submission of abstracts:		1 December 1997

Authors will be notified by 20 December 1997, if their papers have 
been accepted for presentation at the workshop.

It is intended that Proceedings of the International Workshop be 
published as a Special Issue of the Phuket Marine Biological Center 
Research Bulletin. Papers presented (and not intended for submission 
to Marine Pollution Bulletin) may be submitted for consideration for 
inclusion in the Special Issue but will be subject to peer review. 
Instructions to authors for the submission of manuscripts for the 
Proceedings are provided below:

Authors are advised to submit a computer disk (3.5" for PC) containing 
the final version of the their manuscript together with two hard 
copies with camera ready figures, to the PMBC organisers at the 
workshop. Please only use the software packages MS Word for Windows 
(version 6.0 or below) or WordPerfect for Windows (version 6.1 or 
below). Computer disks should be clearly labelled with the name of the 
author/s, title of paper, and software package used.

Deadline for submission of manuscripts:	 24 January 1998

1. Submission of manuscripts.  Papers should be sent to the Editor or 
Editorial Board of Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin.  
The submission of a manuscript will be taken to imply that the 
material is original and that no similar paper is being, or will be, 
submitted for publication elsewhere.  With guidance from external 
references, the Center will accept for publication research carried 
out at the Center, or in cooperation with the Center, or independent 
research carried out in Thai waters and adjacent areas.

2. Manuscripts.  Paper should be written in concise English with the 
minimum number of tables and illustrations.  Two copies of the 
typescript should be provided, double spaced on one side of quarto or 
A4 with a margin of 2.5 cm all round.  Manuscripts should not exceed 
15 pages (including tables, captions, footnotes and references). 
Please indicate the position of tables and illustrations in the margin 
of the text; tables and legends for illustrations should be typed 
separately at the end of the manuscript, words to be printed in 
italics should be underlined.  The first mention of the Latin name of 
a species should be followed by the authority.  If a new taxon is 
described, the institute in which the type material is deposited must 
be indicated, together with details of the registration assigned to 
it.  All linear measurements and weights should be in the metric 
scale.  A diskette with the manuscript, preferable in MS Word for 
Windows (version 6.0 or below) or WordPerfect for Windows (version 6.1 
or below) must be supplied in addition to paper copies.  Tables should 
be produced in Microsoft Excel (or Lotus 123).

The text should be arranged according to the following scheme:

(a) Title. The title of the paper should be kept as short as possible 
	and be followed by the author's name and institute.
(b) Abstract. The abstract should summarise the contents and 
	conclusions of the paper, point out new information in the paper
	and indicate the relevance of the work.
(c) Introduction
(d) Materials and Methods.
(e) Results.
(f) Discussion and Conclusions.
(g) Acknowledgements (if applicable)
(h) References. References should only be made to quotations previously 
	mentioned in the text.

References must be listed alphabetically. The sequence of citation 
should be as follows:

a) periodicals: Author's name, initials, year of publication, full 
title of paper, periodical (abbreviated according to the "World List 
of Scientific Periodicals" latest edition), volume, first and last 
page.
	Example:
Berry, P.F.  1973. The biology of the spiny lobster Panulirus delagoae 
(Barnard) off the coast of Natal, South Africa. Invest. rep. Oceanogr. 
Res. Inst. 31:1-27

b) book: Author's name, initials, year of publication, full title, 
publisher, place of publication, total number of pages.
	Example:
Russell, F.S. & C.M. Yonge.  1928. The Sea. Frederick Warne, London. 
397 p.

c) Composite works or serials: Author's name, initials, year of 
publication, full title of paper, followed by In: editor(s), full 
title of publication, first and last pages, publisher, place of 
publication.

	Example:
Fogg, G.E.  1964. Environmental conditions and the patterns of 
metabolism in algae. In: D.F. Jackson (ed.). 	Algae and Man, pp. 77-85. 
Plenum Press, New York.

Appendix (if applicable)

Tables. Tables must have brief legends, they should be numbered in 
Arabic numerals and typed on separate 	pages inserted immediately 
after the text page on which the Table is to appear. The place of 
insertion in the text should be marked in the margin.

Illustrations.  Figures must be in black ink.  No drawing should be so 
large that it must be reduced to less 	than one third of its original 
size.  The degree of reductions need not be inserted by the authors. 
Axes and graduation marks on graphs must be inked in.  Legends for 
figures must be typed on a separate sheet and not inserted on the 
actual illustrations. Figures drawn on tracing paper are acceptable.

Plates.  Photographic illustrations must be clear, well contrasted and 
presented on glossy paper, size not to exceed 155 x 190 mm.

3. Proofs and Reprints.  Proofs will be sent to the author and should 
be promptly  returned to the editor.  A total of 500 copies of each 
number of the Research Bulletin will be printed and the first author 
will receive 50 copies of reprints  free.   The author(s) can request 
additional  copies at the time the  manuscript is accepted for 
publication.  Charges for the extra copies will be borne by the 
authors and will vary according to the printing costs.


From dbaker at tm.net.my  Thu Jun 12 10:05:09 1997
From: dbaker at tm.net.my (Don E Baker)
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 22:05:09 +0800
Subject: Acceptable Levels...
Message-ID: <33A00215.1540@tm.net.my>

Hi Coral-L'ers,

I am trying to obtain published / referenced acceptable levels for human waste effluent from treatment 
systems that discharge near coral reef habitats.  Has anyone established "acceptable level parameters" so 
as to "meet" a State/National standard....that will do little harm to the reefs....and allow safe water 
sports recreation?  Or is this asking too much too soon in the development of coral reef management? 

I am concerned with bacteria levels, phosphate, nitrate, ammonia, and pH.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks from Borneo,
THE REEF PROJECT
Don Baker


From zemanc%dccmc at cenmarine.com  Thu Jun 12 15:32:34 1997
From: zemanc%dccmc at cenmarine.com (Zeman, Christopher)
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 14:32:34 -0500
Subject: Sustainable Fisheries Conf.
Message-ID: <D43EA03301BD2576@smtp.cenmarine.com>

                       *****CONFERENCE NOTICE*****

The Sustainable Fisheries Act and the 21st Century:

A Critical Examination of Issues Associated with
Implementing the New Federal Fisheries Law

A conference at Tulane University, New Orleans, September 5-6, 1997

Co-Sponsors:  National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Region
          Center for Marine Conservation
          Seagrant Legal Program, LSU
          Tulane Law School

What will implementation of the amended Magnuson-Stevens Act really mean 
for fishing in the 21st century?  How will the new law deal with 
over-fishing and bycatch?  What challenges confront the new "essential 
fish habitat" provisions?  What are the prospects for ITQs?  What are the 


connections with international fisheries management regimes?

These issues and more (hypoxic zones, coral reefs, marsh management) will 


be addressed by those responsible for implementing the Act, and by 
fishermen, conservationists, scientists and lawyers.  Gary Matlock, 
Director of Sustainable Fisheries for the National Marine Fisheries 
Service, will provide a historical perspective on the Act at a luncheon 
address.  Senator Trent Lott is the invited keynoter.

Who should attend?  Fishermen, resource managers, conservationists, 
academics, lawyers and students.  This is not just for lawyers.

For more information, contact Sharon Stevenson at the Tulane Law School, 
504-865-5925 or via E-mail at srsteven at law.tulane.edu



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From andreu at msi01.cs.upd.edu.ph  Fri Jun 13 21:07:06 1997
From: andreu at msi01.cs.upd.edu.ph (Andre Jon Uychiaoco)
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 18:07:06 -0700
Subject: Update on Jim Hendee thanks
Message-ID: <33A1EEBA.38A8@msi01.cs.upd.edu.ph>

I logged 24 "Thank you"'s for Jim Hendee...sometimes including more 
elaborate expressions of thanks as well.

Andre


From buddrw at kgs.ukans.edu  Fri Jun 13 12:11:08 1997
From: buddrw at kgs.ukans.edu (Bob Buddemeier)
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 11:11:08 -0500
Subject: Reef-related Meeting
Message-ID: <s3a1276d.067@kgs.ukans.edu>


CORAL REEF SYMPOSIUM AND MEETINGS

Coral reef issues and programs will be a major focus of the joint
annual meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
(SICB) and its associated societies*, the International Society for
Reef Studies (ISRS), and the Ecological Society of America (ESA),
which will be held at the Boston Marriott Hotel -- Copley Place,
January 3-7, 1998.  SICB is organizing both meeting and program.

The scientific meeting will feature a major emphasis on coral reef
science, including an invited Symposium Jan. 6-7 on *CORAL REEFS AND
ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE -- ADAPTATION, ACCLIMATION, OR EXTINCTION.* 
Contributed paper and poster sessions, special events, and society
meetings will also take place.  Invited Symposium speakers include:
A. B. Pittock, B. N. Opdyke, J. Pandolfi, R. A. Kinzie III, R. Gates,
K. Yamazato, B. Carlson, H. Lasker, J. Benzie, D. Potts, R. Rowan, R.
P. M. Bak, T. Done, R. Karlson, J. Kleypas, T. Done, J.-P. Gattuso,
B. Hatcher, S. V. Smith, and R. W. Buddemeier.

Included in the presentations will be the initial versions of the
final report of Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR)
Working Group 104.  This group, co-sponsored by the Land-Ocean
Interactions in the Coastal Zone (LOICZ) Core Project of the
International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP), has as its charge
a review and report on the topic *Coral Reef Responses to Global
Change: The Role of Adaptation.  In addition to SCOR and LOICZ, the
symposium is being sponsored by SICB, ISRS, ESA, and the New England
Aquarium.

Abstract submittal information (deadline: mid-August) has been mailed
to all members of the participating societies, and registration
information will be distributed in early Fall, 1997.  Non-members who
are interested in participating should contact SICB at 1-800-955-1236
(phone), 1-312-245-1085 (fax), or sicb at sba.com.  Additional
information about SICB and the meeting can be obtained from the SICB
home page:  http://www.sicb.org/.  The home page
http://bcrc.bio.umass.edu/sicbboston/  provides information on the
status of the meeting planning and schedule.

MEETING HIGHLIGHTS OF INTEREST TO *REEFERS*:

1.  Business meeting of the ISRS (tentatively scheduled for January
7).
2.  Breakfast meeting, Society for Research on Coelenterates (SRC
--schedule to be announced)
3.  Workshops and programs organized by the New England Aquarium (to
be announced)
4.  Coral Reef contributed paper and poster sessions (if number of
submissions justifies)
5.  Other symposia and SICB Divisional and topical sessions
6.  SYMPOSIUM:  *CORAL REEFS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE -- ADAPTATION,
ACCLIMATION, OR EXTINCTION*  -- Jan 6-7.

We are doing our best to put together a program that addresses both
the major conceptual underpinnings of reef science and their
applicability to large-scale policy issues -- and one that provides a
stimulating and enjoyable opportunity for those interested in reef
science to meet and exchange ideas.  We think it will be very
exciting, and look forward to seeing you there.

Robert W. Buddemeier and Howard R. Lasker,  Symposium organizers.

P.S.  For those submitting abstracts-- in order to specify clearly to
the program committee that you are interested in being in a
reef-oriented  session, we suggest that you (a) try to have a title
containing a key word such as *coral* or *reef*, or (b) add a note to
your abstract submittal form.  Because it will be a relatively large
and busy meeting, we endorse the SICB suggestion that you consider a
poster presentation if possible.


*Other participating societies include The American Microscopical
Society (AMS), The Crustacean Society (TCS), the Animal Behavior
Society (ABS), and the Julia B. Platt Club.



From blrF94 at hampshire.edu  Fri Jun 13 12:53:49 1997
From: blrF94 at hampshire.edu (Ben Richards)
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 12:53:49 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Marine Airlifts
Message-ID: <v03007801afc6c5059aae@[140.142.199.70]>

Dear Colleagues -
	My apologies for any cross posting.

	My advisor and I are wanting to construct an airlift (underwater
vacuum cleaner), such as those used in excavating shipwrecks, for the
purpose of sampling the soft-bottom communities in the Pugett Sound.  Has
anyone out there used such a device?  We would like to construct the
airlift ourselves, so any design pointers you could give would be most
helpful.
	Along the same lines, we are also wishing to construct a "slurp
gun" for "sucking" small fishes and invertebrates from the water column.
Any design pointers on these would be much appreciated as well.  Thanks in
advance.

                                           The Force will be with you, always.
                                                         =-) Ben



Ben Richards
c/o the Ben Richards Distribution Center
7102 Coachwhip Hollow
Austin, TX  78750-8202
USA

brichards at hampshire.edu
http://hampshire.edu/~blrF94/		



From kclark at iu.net  Fri Jun 13 18:59:41 1997
From: kclark at iu.net (Kerry Clark)
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 18:59:41 -0400
Subject: Ben Richards' request, collector for small inverts:
In-Reply-To: <v03007801afc6c5059aae@[140.142.199.70]>
Message-ID: <l03102801afc77250d9c6@[198.69.25.106]>

>>Along the same lines, we are also wishing to construct a "slurp
gun" for "sucking" small fishes and invertebrates from the water column.
Any design pointers on these would be much appreciated as well.  Thanks in
advance.

Ben,
    My experience with "slurp guns" has not been good (my grad students and
I sometimes hang around dive shops and snicker whenever the Florida
tourists buy one), but you might be interested in my design for something a
colleague christened the "Clarksucker" (he requested that I _not_ reveal
his name, but he is a prominent authority on brittle stars).   Basically,
it uses a Nalgene wash bottle and two valves from polyethylene gas siphons
(K-Mart: $1.99 ea) to yield a flow-through suction collector, which very
gently, but firmly,  pulls in small inverts.  It probably won't work on
fish, except for larvae, as they swim too strongly.  But it has
revolutionized research on sea slugs, and I use it for many other small
marine invertebrates, too. It works flawlessly. The original citation is:
       1971. K.B. Clark. Construction of a collecting device for small
aquatic organisms and a method for the rapid weighing of small
invertebrates. Veliger 13:363-367.  Sorry, I'm out of reprints.
      The walls of the bottle are compressed by hand and then spring back,
pulling in a vortex of water that sucks the animal into the bottle.  A
small piece of Nytex screen makes sure that the little snots stay in the
bottle.  I can collect up to about a hundred slugs before things start to
plug up.  The animals are  retrieved in excellent physiological condition,
because each "slurp" refreshes the water in the bottle. An indication of
this is that sea slugs lose none of their cerata, which are easily knocked
off and are quickly shed under physiological stress.
   I have made a number of improvements through the years; the major one is
to use a hot-glue gun with  polyethylene sticks to weld the parts together;
in the original paper, I used wallboard adhesive to hold the plastic
together, which wasn't permanent enough.  If you want to send me a 500 ml
Nalgene wide-mouth wash bottle and $5.00, I'll assemble one for you (sorry,
caller #1 only--assembly takes an hour), and you can copy the design for
additional suckers.  Ideal for things like siphonophores, small medusae,
etc. -- as long as they'll fit through a 1/4" (6mm) orifice
(cross-section--length is irrelevant).
   I'm planning to post instructions for the new model--the "Mark XIV" --
on my website sometime this summer. I'll post a notice to this list at that
time.





- -
Kerry Bruce Clark, F.A.A.A.S.,  Professor of Biological Sciences
Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL 32901-6988
Phone 1-407-768-8000 x8195
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From aszmant at rsmas.miami.edu  Fri Jun 13 19:32:33 1997
From: aszmant at rsmas.miami.edu (Alina Szmant)
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 19:32:33 -0400
Subject: Job Openning
Message-ID: <199706132332.TAA15763@umigw.miami.edu>

TECHNICIAN/RESEARCH ASSOCIATE: I have a position open immediately for a
diving nutrient chemist interested in nutrient cycling in tropical estuaries
(Florida Bay) and coral reef areas (Florida Keys).  I need an independent,
take charge sort of person:  lots of field work as well as laboratory
chemistry and sediment processing.  Familiarity with autoanalyzers and/or
other modern laboratory equipment, and computer based data analysis,
graphing programs, etc. is required.  Minimum education of a B.S. in
Chemistry or Marine Science with 2+ years of experience or an M.S degree.
Salary in the $22K to $25K depending on qualifications.  Position for up to
two years depending on availability of funding.

If interested please call:  Dr. Alina M. Szmant:  (305)361-4609.  Be
prepared to send a CV and names and phone numbers/email addresses of 3
references.

**********************************************
Dr. Alina M. Szmant
Coral Reef Research Group
RSMAS-MBF
University of Miami
4600 Rickenbacker Cswy.
Miami FL 33149

TEL: (305)361-4609
FAX: (305)361-4600 or 361-4005
E-mail:  ASZMANT at RSMAS.MIAMI.EDU
**********************************************


From caricomp at santamarta.cetcol.net.co  Mon Jun 16 04:18:39 1997
From: caricomp at santamarta.cetcol.net.co (Caricomp - Invemar Colombia)
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 13:18:39 +0500 (GMT)
Subject: Coral Reefs book
Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.970616131644.12945B-100000@santamarta.cetcol.net.co>


Dear all:

I?m looking for the book "Coral Reefs" edited by Z. Dubinsky.  If 
somebody know how can I get it, please let me know.

Diego Luis Gil



From howzit at turtles.org  Mon Jun 16 22:16:12 1997
From: howzit at turtles.org (Ursula Keuper-Bennett)
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 22:16:12
Subject: GOING TO THE "WELL" ONE MORE TIME...
Message-ID: <3.0.1.16.19970616221612.0907ce96@pop.vex.net>

Hello again Coral Types,

My name is Ursula Keuper-Bennett and I am a layperson who has been spending
much of the week in front of her computer trying to find scientists and
researchers who were prepared to speak out on behalf of sea turtles.

I have spent HOURS emailing zoology and biology departments of major
universities to reach the world's best minds until my right elbow was sore
from swipe, click, send.   I set a personal goal of "collecting"  PhD
signatures. 

Oh, I'll reach my goal because like the sea turtles I love I am persistent.
  The threat sea turtles and the sea turtle community is facing in the next
few months can happen to the researchers (community) of other threatened
and endangered species.  This isn't just a sea turtle thing.  I ask your help.

I have been told now that time to get signatures is short and I am forced
to send to the mailing lists again because the Net is notoriously slow
today and sending a letter to each prof at some Zoology department (I was
trying for Asian universities) is like skating on gravel this evening.

I offer a message I sent up to the scientific mailing list CTURTLE to give
you some idea of the sense of urgency our community is feeling right now.
Here are portions of that message.  I hope this will convince some of you
to sign on and add your names to the remarkable people who've already
spoken on behalf of sea turtles.

Perhaps it is because I dive with sea turtles all July and August and just
spend HOURS underwater with the same individual animals one summer to the
next.  As a diver I watch them from below as they aim at the surface...
necks stuck all the way out, waves washing over their shells, gulping air.

I see how much they NEED AIR and as a diver I have some idea of what it
might feel like to DROWN.  I am scrambling like HELL in an attempt to stop
the existing callous and disgraceful fishing/shrimping practices that trap
and DROWN these beautiful animals.

I have some idea what it would be like to see the surface but not be able
to get there and I will give everything I got to STOP this kind of dying.
I would appreciate help.  

I ask you read this message.  Thank you.


[CTURTLE MESSAGE BEGINS]

About a week ago, Todd Steiner posted the SCIENTISTS' SIGN-ON letter
regarding the World Trade Organization.  A few weeks back, I happened to
read a May 3rd article on the World Trade Organization in the Toronto Star
(I live in Canada) and took Steiner's alert VERY SERIOUSLY.

I will provide you with the only paragraph you need to read in that
article.  Here:

"In a similar case now before the World Trade Organization panel, Thailand
and Singapore are demanding that the U.S. drop its ban on shrimp caught in
ways that destroy endangered sea turtles.  The judgement, Desombre warns,
will likely go against Washington."

I don't think it takes any imagination to figure what U.S. shrimpers will
do if Thailand and Singapore win out on this one.  A TEDless U.S. shrimping
fleet is something that should make your neck hairs stand on end.

Please read the following letter and should your compassion move you to
sign, please do and forward this urgent message to others.
----------------------------
STATEMENT OF SCIENTISTS

We, the undersigned scientists, are making this statement to express our
concern over the possible ramifications of a dispute presently before the
World Trade Organization (WTO) that may allow trade considerations to
overrule sound scientific-based measures on matters related to the
international protection of endangered species.

We are aware that a WTO dispute resolution panel is considering how
existing measures to protect endangered sea turtles from the effects of
shrimp trawling may interact with newly formed trade agreements.  We
believe it is imperative that the panel's decision not interfere in any way
with the right of countries to use scientifically developed facts -- not
trade or economic concerns -- to identify and implement appropriate
measures necessary to protect endangered species.  Through the Convention
on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
(CITES), the international community has already expressly recognized the
need to protect endangered species from potential damage caused by trade.
The listing of species in CITES is determined through scientific methods
and measures to protect the species should be implemented in response to
the scientific results.

Scientific evidence demonstrates that the five species of sea turtles at
issue in this WTO dispute -- Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempi), loggerhead
(Caretta caretta), green (Chelonia mydas), hawksbill (Eretmochelys
imbricata), and leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) -- are in danger of
extinction.  This danger has been recognized under both national and
international endangered species laws.

These five sea turtle species are listed under CITES as "threatened with
extinction [and] ... affected by trade."  In addition, the World
Conservation Union (IUCN) has determined that each of these species faces a
"very high risk of extinction in the wild in the near future."  A study by
the United States National Academy of Sciences also supports this
conclusion.  More seriously, the IUCN has determined that the Kemp's ridley
and hawksbill turtles face an "extremely high risk of extinction in the
wild in the immediate future."

When species, such as sea turtles, are endangered, it is crucial that the
cause of the problem and the solutions be identified through the use of
scientific methods. Numerous scientific studies have indicated that shrimp
trawling, which incidentally captures and drowns sea turtles in nets, is a
major threat to sea turtles.  Many studies have also indicated that the
proper design, installation, and use of Turtle Excluder Devices (TEDs) on
shrimp nets can reduce the number of turtles killed by shrimping by 97% or
more.  Furthermore, TEDs reduce the by-catch of other marine organisms by
up to 60%, mitigating some of the negative impact of shrimp fishing on
marine biodiversity.

In sum, the survival of all endangered species, including sea turtles,
depends on the ability of countries to assess the problem, identify the
underlying causes and take steps to remove those causes on the basis of
scientific study.  That is what the United States has done in requiring the
use of TEDs to protect sea turtles.  The World Trade Organization should
respect the value of the scientific method and should not interfere with
the ability of countries to take measures that are necessary to protect sea
turtles, as well as all other endangered species.

Sincerely,


______________________________________________________________________________
Name                                            Title
Institution

* James Spotila, Ph.D., Director, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation,
Drexel University
* Edward O Wilson, Pellegrino University Professor, Museum of Comparative
Biology, Harvard
* Michael Soule, Professor, Environmental Studies, UCSC
* Elliot Norse, President, Marine Conservation Biology Institute
* Ray Dasmann
* Karen Bjorndal, Professor, Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research,
University of Florida
* Karen Eckert, Ph.D., Executive Director, Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle
Conservation Network
* Lester Brown, President, WorldWatch Institute
* Jared Diamond, Professor, UCLA
* Michael Salmon, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida
Atlantic University
* Miles A. Smither, retired Associate Professor, University of Houston
* Scott A. Eckert, PhD, Senior Research Biologist, Hubbs-Sea World Research
Institute
* Peter J. Lardner, Chair, Department of Natural Science, Flagler College
* Amory Lovins, Director of Research, Rocky Mountain Institute
* Arthur H. Kopelman, PhD, Coastal Research and Education Society of Long
Island, Inc
* Lotus A. Vermeer, Research Associate, Bellairs Research Institute,
Barbados, West Indies
* Homero Aridjis, President, Grupo de Cien, Mexico
* Mario Boza, Former Vice Minister of Natural Resources, Costa Rica
* Richard Luxmoore, Head, Habitats Unit, World Conservation Monitoring
Centre, UK
* Donella Meadows, Adjunct Professor of Environmental Studies, Dartmouth
College
* Charles H. Peterson, Alumni Distinguished Professor of Marine Sciences,
Biology, and Ecology, UNC- Chapel Hill
* Terry L. Root, Professor, School of Natural Resources & Environment,
University of Michigan
* Mauricio Quesada, PhD, Department of Biology, University of Costa Rica
* Jorge Arturo Lobo, Ph.D., Department of Biology, University of Costa Rica
* Oscar Rocha, Ph.D., Department of Biology, University of Costa Rica, Chair
* Alvaro Leon, President, Costa Rican Ecologist Association
* Rembeto Briceno, Ph.D., Department of Biology, University of Costa Rica
* Rafael Acuna Mesen, Ph.D., Department of Biology, University of Costa Rica
* Paul Hanson, Ph.D., Department of Biology, University of Costa Rica
* Astrid Michels, MSc., Department of Biology, University of Munich, Germany
* Javier Rodriguez, Prof, Ph.D., Department of Biology, University of Costa
Rica/Dolphin Foundation
* Carlos Jimenez, MSc., Center for Marine Research, University of Costa Rica
* Helena Molina Urena, PhD, Center for Marine Research, University of Costa
Rica
* Jose Vargas, PhD, Director, Center for Marine Research, University of
Costa Rica
* Jose Truda Palazzo, Jr, Former General Coordinator of the National
Secretariat of the Environment, Presidential Staff, Brazil
* Federico Achaval, Professor, University of the Republic, Uruguay
* Thomas Dellinger, Professor, University of Madeira, Portugal
* Jonathon Gorham, Senior Environmental Specialist, Florida Power and Light
* Suzanne Koptur, Associate Professor of Plant Ecology, Florida
International University
* Roldan A. Valverde, Laboratory Instructor, Dept of Biology, Texas A&M
University
* Luis F. Lopez-Jurado, Professor, Dept of Biology, Universidad de las
Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain
* John Gordon Frazier, D.Phil., Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios
Avanzados del IPN, Mexico
* Bruce G. Baldwin, Jepson Herbarium & Dept of Integrative Biology,
University of California, Berkeley
* Whitney Eure, DVM, Veterinarian, Volunteer, Hidden Meadow Marine
Environmental Project
* Carla M. D'Antonio, Associate Professor of Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley
* James W. Valentine, UC Berkeley
* David H. Levenson, Institute of Marine Science, UC Santa Cruz
* David C. Rostal, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Georgia
Southern University
* Janice S. Grumbles, Veterinarian, Department of Biology, Georgia Southern
University
* Richard J. Mooi, Curator, California Academy of Sciences
* Terrence M. Gosliner, Senior Curator, California Academy of Sciences
* Gary Williams, Chair, Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Geology,
California Academy of Sciences
* James F. Case, Research Professor of Marine Biology and former Vice
Chancellor for Research, University of California Santa Barbara
* Jane Burns, M.D., Center for Marine Biomedicine and Biotechnology, UC San
Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
* Rebecca Goldburg, PhD, Environmental Defense Fund
* Mia J. Tegner, Ph.D., Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
* Michael M. Mullen, Director, Marine Life Research Group, Scripps
Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
* James P. Kennet, Director, Marine Science Institute and Professor of
Oceanography, UC Santa Barbara
* David Epel, Professor of Biological Sciences and Associate Director,
Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University
* Ronald S. Burton, Ph.D., Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
* William R. Riedel, D.Sc., Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
* Mark D. Ohrman, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Marine Life Research Group,
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
* Joy B. Zedler, Director, Pacific Estuarine Research Laboratory and
Professor of Biology, San Diego State University
* James R. Karr, Professor of Fisheries and Zoology; Adjunct Professor of
Civil Engineering, Environmental Health and Public Affairs, University of
Washington
* Fred Felleman, M.Sc., NW Director, Ocean Advocates
* Gregor M. Cailliet, Professor, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
* R. Andrew Cameron, Senior Research Associate, California Institute of
Technology
* William M. Hammer, Professor of Biology & Director, UCLA Marine Science
Center
* Judy L. Meyer, Research Professor, Institute of Ecology, University of
Georgia
* Lisa Levin, Professor, Marine Life Research Group, Scripps Institution of
Oceanography, UC San Diego
* Rod Kennett, Faculty of Science, Northern Territory University, Darwin,
Australia
* Graham Robertson, Australian Antarctic Division, Australia
* G.L. Kooyman, Research Professor, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC
San Diego
* William F. Perrin, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Scripps Institution of
Oceanography, UC San Diego
* Peter L. Zimmer, Veterinarian, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Germany
* Paulo C.R. Barata, Researcher, Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz, Brazil
* Mark A. Powell, Ph.D., President, Colliding Rivers Research
* Susan Kilham, Ph.D., Professor, Drexel University
* Pamela Plotkin, Ph.D., Drexel University
* Eugenia Naro Maciel, PhD candidate, Center for Environmental Research and
Conservation, Columbia University
* Richard Gersberg, Ph.D., San Diego State University
* Richard Rosenblatt, Marine Biology Research Division, Scripps Institution
of Oceanography, UC San Diego
* David W. Dunham, Professor of Zoology & Associate Chair (Graduate
Affairs), University of Toronto, Canada
* Nancy FitzSimmons, Research  Assistant, PhD candidate, Zoology
Department, University of Queensland, Australia
* Dr. David J. Garbary, Professor of Biology, St. Francis Xavier
University, Canada
* Gert Jan Gast, Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Department of
Marine Ecology, The Netherlands.
* Paul Broady, Department of Plant and Microbial Sciences, University of
Canterbury, New Zealand
* Bradford E. Rehm, Ph.D., Georgetown Texas
* Nadav Shashar,  Ph.D., B.K.E., Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole
* Ma Corazon Maglasang, University of San Carlos, Marine Biology Section,
Philippines
* Dr. Richard Gordon, Department of Radiology, University of Manitoba,
Health Sciences Centre, Canada
* Emma Gyuris, Lecturer,Tropical Environment Studies & Geography
James Cook University of North Queensland, Australia
* Micha Ilan, Ph.D, Department of Zoology, Tel Aviv University, Israel
* James S. Clegg, Ph.D., Director, Bodega Marine Laboratory; Professor,
University of California, Davis
* David Chapman, Professor of Biological Sciences and Dean of Mathematical
Life and Physical Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara
* Jeremy Woodley, Ph.D., Centre for Marine Sciences, University of the West
Indies, Jamaica
* David C. Powell (MA), Director of Live Exhibit Development, Monterey Bay
Aquarium
* Mike Forster, Ph.D., Findhorn Bay, Scotland, United Kingdom
* W.J. Jordan, MVSc, Bsc, Care for the Wild International, United Kingdom
* Todd Steiner, Director, Sea Turtle Restoration Project, Earth Island
Institute
* Deborah Crouse, Ph.D., Senior Conservation Scientist, Center for Marine
Conservation
* John Keinath, Ph.D., Research Scientist, Drexel University
* Denis Goulet, Research Scientist, Tel Aviv University, Israel
* Craig W. Schneider, Ph.D., Department of Biology, Trinity College
* Hans R. Preisig, Professor, University of Zurich, Switzerland
* Eugene K. Balon, University Professor Emeritus, Axelrod University of
Ichthyology, University of Guelph; Editor-in-Chief, International journal
"Environmental Biology of Fishes"

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             0 0              Email: howzit at turtles.org
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  /V     Turtle Trax    V\    http://www.turtles.org 
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When you study members of another species, when you
habituate them in the wild, when you begin to understand
the intimate details of their private lives, and then 
you learn that the population or whole group is sliding
towards extinction, what do you do?  In good conscience,
you must defend them...
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From cvpineda at worldbank.org  Tue Jun 17 19:44:51 1997
From: cvpineda at worldbank.org (Carlos Pineda)
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 23:44:51 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Macroalgal mariculture
Message-ID: <"E1526ZWWVSEWQU*/R=WBHQB/R=A1/U=CARLOS PINEDA/"@MHS>

Dear Coral-listers,

Does anyone have data regarding how macroalgal mariculture projects in the 
Asia/Pacific have affected coral reef ecosytems?  I am primarily interested in 
small-scale operations, although any information is appreciated.

Please send your comments directly to me, unless you think they are of general 
interest to the list.  Thank you!

Carlos Pineda
Land, Water and Natural Habitats Division, World Bank
cvpineda at worldbank.org


From penwellr at fiu.edu  Wed Jun 18 12:14:33 1997
From: penwellr at fiu.edu (Rebecca Penwell)
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 12:14:33 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: sedimentation and coral stress
In-Reply-To: <3307DB7A35@mangga.usc.edu.ph>
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.970618121056.22180F-100000@serss1>

	I am trying to keep Acropora cervicornis in lab conditions but I
am not having much luck.  Each coral is in a 10l tank no filter, airstone
for circulation, light metal halide 450 watts, temp. 320C, fed brine
shrimp every 3 days, water change with real seawater every 4 days and they
do not live more than a week and I am interested in keeping them for at
least 3 weeks.  Any help would be greatly appreciated, salinity 35 ppt,
and ph 8.2 THanks!

Rebecca A. Penwell
Florida International University
Miami, FL 33199




From cbingman at netcom.com  Wed Jun 18 13:47:22 1997
From: cbingman at netcom.com (Craig Bingman)
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 10:47:22 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: sedimentation and coral stress
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.970618121056.22180F-100000@serss1>
Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9706181021.A22900-0100000@netcom7>



On Wed, 18 Jun 1997, Rebecca Penwell wrote:

> 	I am trying to keep Acropora cervicornis in lab conditions but I
> am not having much luck.  Each coral is in a 10l tank no filter, 

>airstone for circulation, 

This is probably inadquate water circulation.  For a 10 liter tank, I 
would suggest adding at least a MaxiJet 250 powerhead to each tank.

>light metal halide 450 watts, 

Without knowing more about the geometry and type of lamp, you could have 
more light than the corals need, too much UV, etc.

>temp. 320C, 

The water is too hot.  Things happen too quickly at 90 F, and that water 
temperature is almost high enough to cause bleaching at ideal 
conditions.  I would suggest lowering the water temperature to 27C.

> fed brine shrimp every 3 days, 

Adult brine shrimp are too large for A. cervicornis polyps to capture.  
Artemia nauplii would be a more acceptable food, but strictly, the corals 
don't need food over thie timescale.

I suspect that the feeding may be contributing to poor water quality as well.
Ideally you would feed brine shrimp nauplii and then do a 100 percent 
water change several hours later.

You should also monitor the total alkalinity and pH in the test aquaria.  
If the corals are calcifying rapidly, they can reduce the total 
alkalinity in this volume of water substantially over the course of a 
single day.  I don't know how large the corals are, but in my experience 
fields of small coral cuttings can calcify at or above 20 kg m-2 yr-1.  
You may need to increase the total alkalinity with something like sodium 
bicarbonate or a mixture of sodium bicarbonate and sodium carbonate.  

If you want to maintain calcium as well, I would suggest making a stock 
solution of 0.5 molar calcium chloride  and another stock solution of 
(0.8 molar sodium bicarbonate + 0.1 molar sodium carbonate.)  These 
solutions will be balanced in calcium and alkalinity when equal parts of 
both are added to the test tanks.

You may also wish to increase the frequency of water changes to every 2 
days or every day.

> water change with real seawater every 4 days and they
> do not live more than a week and I am interested in keeping them for at
> least 3 weeks.  Any help would be greatly appreciated, salinity 35 ppt,
> and ph 8.2 THanks!

If after you make these changes, you still have a problem with coral 
mortality, please e-mail me and I will send you an antibiotic treatment 
protocol which will dramatically lower the chances of the coral dying of 
a bacterial disease during the course of your study.  However, it is 
probably best if you can avoid this.

Craig Bingman


From makashah at virtu.sar.usf.edu  Fri Jun 20 18:33:22 1997
From: makashah at virtu.sar.usf.edu (Mey Akashah (SAR))
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 1997 18:33:22 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Student interested research facilities and/or research assistant position
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.96.970619232914.12144B-100000@virtu>

Dear Coral List Members,


	My name is Mey Akashah and I am a fourth year student at New
College in Sarasota, Florida, where I am majoring in Marine Biology/
Environmental Sciences. I have done coral reef research in Kuwait, in the
Virgin Islands, and in Roatan, Honduras.  
        I am currently conducting senior thesis research on international  
cooperation in the monitoring and protection of coral reefs and would like
information and comparitive data relative to this subject.  I would also
welcome any opportunity to pursue research in a location with access to
centralized data and/or to work as a research assistant or summer intern.
I have completed all the requirements for a Dive Master certification and
am competent in underwater research skills.  If you can help with
information or advice, please respond to this address. 

				Thank you,
				Mey Akashah  







From coral at aoml.noaa.gov  Mon Jun 23 12:48:46 1997
From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program)
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 12:48:46 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: bleaching/spawing
Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.92.970623124438.18018A-100000@coral.aoml.noaa.gov>


Greetings,

	This is a reminder to members of the list, that we (or at least I)
would be interested in hearing of any incidences of coral bleaching and/or
spawning in your area.  I have been archiving reported incidences at our
Web site, and these incidences have been of great value to many
researchers.

	Thank you very much for your help and interest.

	Cheers,
	Jim Hendee
	coral-list administrator

Web site:  http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov




From Tonyasnell at aol.com  Tue Jun 24 00:46:15 1997
From: Tonyasnell at aol.com (Tonyasnell at aol.com)
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 00:46:15 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Coral tissue
Message-ID: <970624004614_523351934@emout10.mail.aol.com>

I am in need of cnidarian tissue (primarily scleractinian coral tissue) to
complete a genetic analysis for my masters research.  If anyone can give me
some information as to where I can obtain small amounts of frozen tissue
samples I would greatly appreciate it.  

Please respond directly to tonyasnell at aol.com.

Thank you in advance!

Tonya Snell

Dept. of Zoology and Physiology
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA  70803


From coral at aoml.noaa.gov  Tue Jun 24 07:45:43 1997
From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program)
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 07:45:43 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Golf Course near coral reefs  (fwd)
Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.92.970624074433.19463B-100000@coral.aoml.noaa.gov>


---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 1997 18:27:51 -0500
From: Siwa-Ban <sbf at btl.net>
Subject: Golf Course near coral reefs

Please try to put this message on the coral-list; this is the 4th time
I've tried and so far no such luck. Here is the message:

I live on a small island with a very (no--extremely) depauperate
literature base;  I was interested to know of any recent work done on
effect (if any) of chemical additives, such as pesticides, fertilisers
(for example, Scott's products), fungi- cides, etc etc. I need to know;
once they enter the groundwater, how far may these contaminants travel in
the currents? Any info would be of assistance.

Thank you in advance;

E. McRae
The Siwa-ban Foundation
Caye Caulker
Belize, Central America
sbf at btl.net





From T.M.Daw at newcastle.ac.uk  Tue Jun 24 16:44:34 1997
From: T.M.Daw at newcastle.ac.uk (Tim Daw)
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 16:44:34 GMT0BST
Subject: cement factory sedimentation
Message-ID: <290FA601E74@TOWN1.ncl.ac.uk>

Good day everyone!

I am writing in search of any information to help with an expedition 
which I am have recently joined, going to Eritrea in September and 
October of this year. We are looking at anthropogenic impacts to the 
reefs around the Port of Massawa and the general health of the 
ecosystem.

What I was hoping to learn about is sedimentation effects on corals 
from cement factories which is one of the largest impacts in the 
area. We are hoping to set sediment traps along gradients but I was 
hoping to be able to talk to someone who might have worked with this 
before.

We also have sewage outfalls and an oil terminal and any information 
or being pointed in the right direction would be greatly appreciated. 
Thanks for your time and consideration.

Jo Kynoch & Tim Daw
********************************************************
Tim Daw
Department of Marine Sciences and Coastal Management
University of Newcastle
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 7RU
UK

Tel. (0191) 222 6661
Fax. (0191) 222 7891
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Visit the Reefs of Massawa Expedition 1997 web 
site at http://www.ncl.ac.uk/~n4052302
--------------------------------------------------------
********************************************************


From sobelj%dccmc at cenmarine.com  Tue Jun 24 18:47:53 1997
From: sobelj%dccmc at cenmarine.com (Jack, Sobel)
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 17:47:53 -0500
Subject: Position Announcement
Message-ID: <191CB03301BD2576@smtp.cenmarine.com>

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT:  ECOSYSTEM/WATER QUALITY CONSERVATION SCIENTIST

The Center for Marine Conservation, (CMC) a non-profit marine 
conservation organization, is pleased to announce the availability of a 
position for a Water Quality/Ecosystem Conservation Scientist in our 
Washington, DC headquarters.  CMC , established in 1972, is dedicated to 
the conservation of worldwide protection of coastal and marine 
environments and their living resources.  Based in Washington, DC CMC has 
offices in Virginia, Florida and California.

BASIC FUNCTIONS:  The ecosystem/water quality scientist contributes 
technical expertise to the development and implementation of CMC's 
science-based programs and policies to protect marine ecosystems, 
including those affecting water quality and marine protected areas.  The 
scientist researches, analyzes, authors, disseminates and advocates 
scientific and policy information on these issues.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITES:  Provides leadership within the conservation 
community by researching, writing and disseminating proceedings from 
scientific workshop(s) on clean ocean water issues, and other scientific 
papers as necessary related to land-based sources of marine pollution and 
marine water quality. Identifies emerging issues in these areas for 
formulation of policies which address identified issues.  Serves as 
scientific advisor within CMC by providing scientific expertise and 
analysis on land-based sources of pollution, including preparation of 
white papers addressing sewage, agricultural, and airborne pollution.  
Provides scientific expertise and technical support related to the 
development, review, revision and implementation of water quality 
management, marine protected areas, and ecosystem protection.  Serves as 
CMC spokesperson to the media, governmental, scientific and technical 
groups relevant to water quality, marine protected areas, and ecosystem 
protection.  Serves as CMC's advocate by preparing testimony based on 
policy and scientific review for delivery to legislators, the scientific 
community, federal, state and international agency staff, and other 
interest groups.  Works with the Development department staff to develop 
funding proposals and materials, and reports to funders in support of the 
clean water and ecosystem programs.  Provides scientific support to the 
Ecosystem Director and Program Counsel, and advises other CMC staff on 
ecosystem and water quality issues related to marine protected areas, 
habitat protection, biodiversity conservation, fisheries, and human 
health.  Works with the finance and administration department to ensure 
the completion of applicable financial and administrative matters.  

QUALIFICATIONS:  An advanced degree in Marine Ecology, Biology, Chemistry 
or affiliated field.  In depth knowledge of marine ecosystems and their 
protection, marine protected areas, point and non-point source pollution, 
effects of pollutants on marine systems, wastewater treatment, 
water-borne diseases, and the Clean Water Act.  Demonstrated ability to 
publish scientific policy papers regarding water quality and marine 
resource protection.  Minimum of three years experience in the advocacy 
of marine conservation.

Applicants should send cover letter and resume to:
CMC
Sharon Tryon
1725 DeSales St. NW #600
Washington D.C. 20036  
        NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE  EOE


From coral at aoml.noaa.gov  Wed Jun 25 08:07:23 1997
From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program)
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 1997 08:07:23 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Sad news
Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.92.970625080224.21688A-100000@coral.aoml.noaa.gov>


The great Jacques Cousteau, who brought the beauty of coral reefs to more
hearts and minds than any other person in the world, has passed away at
the age of 87 in Paris, France.  I'm sure we will all miss his presence
greatly.




From osha at pobox.com  Wed Jun 25 07:57:38 1997
From: osha at pobox.com (Osha Gray Davidson)
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 1997 06:57:38 -0500
Subject: Apo Island info.
Message-ID: <2.2.32.19970625115738.006a4340@soli.inav.net>

Greetings: Does anyone know if the following article is on-line somewhere:
Alcala, Russ (1990) "A direct test of the effects of protective management
on abundance and yield of tropical marine resources," J.Cons. Int. Explor.
Mer. 46:40-47.

I'm interested in Apo Island as a (small-scale) example of the practicality
of fishing reserves. Any thoughts and/or information on this?

Thanks,
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 jogden at seas.marine.usf.edu  Wed Jun 25 16:04:45 1997
From: jogden at seas.marine.usf.edu (John Ogden)
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 1997 16:04:45 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Cousteau
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.95.970625160107.12491I-100000@seas.marine.usf.edu>


Three personal anecdotes:

1. Cousteau came to St. Croix on the Calypso to St. Croix in the early
'70's and docked unannouced at the Hess Refinery product loading
dock.  He was "out of gas." He was told that he should go to the
commercial fuel dock.  He responded by asking if the Hess executives would
like the world press to know that they had refused to help Cousteau and
the Calypso.  They gave him the fuel. (He was a great entrepreneur)

2. At the premier of one of the first Cousteau films on Third Ave. NYC:
>From the small sub he intoned: "We came across this very strange fish; we
have no idea what it is."  From the back of the packed house came a shout:
"Like hell, it's a batfish!"  The audience broke into laughter. (He didn't
always get his facts straight, but he was always entertaining, and it was
probably better as a "strange fish" anyway.)

3. At UNESCO in Paris in the mid-1980's a French friend asked me to leave
the meeting and come with him to meet someone.  We went across the street
to a huge auditorium full of noisy French school children of, say, 8-12
years.  We met Cousteau backstage briefly and then went into the audience.
I expected slides or a film, but Cousteau walked out on the stage alone,
the auditorium became silent, and he talked about the ocean for over a
hour holding the huge group in thrall.  (The voice, the accent, the
stories...no one could weave a spell like him.)

As Carl Safina said on NPR this morning, "he showed us that with great
curiosity about the sea's great mysteries, one can make great
discoveries, and have a lot of fun doing it."  Carl also said that he
showed us that if you find a bottle of wine on the sea floor, you can
drink it.

John C. Ogden        Director        Phone:  813/553-1100
Florida Institute of Oceanography    Fax:    813/553-1109
830 First Street South               St. Petersburg, Florida 33701




From ekelly at sentex.net  Thu Jun 26 00:15:02 1997
From: ekelly at sentex.net (Ed Kelly)
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 1997 00:15:02 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Trip to Socotra and Red SEa seeks researchers
Message-ID: <199706260415.AAA20024@granite.sentex.net>

RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY IN THE MIDDLE EAST

ARABIAN SEAS EXPEDITION

The Arabian Seas Expedition (ASE) is an environmental awareness project
producing a series of documentary film studies investigating the marine life
and environmental issues within all the seas surrounding the Arabian
Peninsula.  We are looking for people interested in doing research in this
part of the world to join us on our "Voyage of Discovery"  leaving Dubai on
November 15, 1997

ASE was born from the apparent environmental anticlimax that followed the
Gulf war, as a reaction to the shifting of global focus and was originally
aiming to view first hand the short and long term impact from the Gulf war's
oil spill, the largest manmade oil related disaster ever. The full impact on
the marine life and coastal ecology has never been clearly defined and was
soon swept away from public interest as the international media moved
elsewhere onto more current stories.

One of the most broadening consequences derived from the ASE's earlier work,
was the understanding that the seas of Arabia were far from being a desert
reflection of the arid land that they surround, but are actually amongst the
richest marine environments on our planet, rich in diversity of marine life,
and full of exciting new discovery.  Political tensions throughout this
historically volatile area had in fact prevented marine biologists from
moving freely within the area.  Today, marine scientist are discovering
hundreds of species new to science.  The chances of learning exciting new
information along with the possibility to view unique insights into an
amazing wealth of natural history have moved the ASE into a unique position
- to be the first to feature these insights on film.

Part of the process of producing these films also creates an advantageous
logistical platform for scientists and researchers wishing to commence or
further scientific marine life studies in these remote and until now,
inaccessible areas.  With this in mind, ASE is now preparing for the  most
dramatic and important facet of the project - The ASE VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY.

We are offering this unique opportunity to Research Institutions and
Universities enabling you to participate in our ASE VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY
commencing in November 1997.

Recent research is revealing that the proposed route intended by the ASE
will take them to waters that are potentially full of discovery and will
undoubtedly prove to be the most stunningly beautiful and important areas of
Arabia's underwater world.





DATES FOR VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY

Departure from Dubai	November 15 1998
				Aboard Breakwind, cetacean studies off Oman coastline
Arrive at Mukalla, Yemen	December 15, 1997
				Transfer to MS Surveyor
Arrive in Socotra		December 23, 1997
				Set up base camp to explore the island and waters
Arrive in Hudaydah		March 30, 1998
				Time to visit Yemen coastline
Depart for Daklak Islands	April 30 till June 1, 1998
				Visit Dibouti, and Southern Red Sea on to Egypt.


The Southern coast of Oman, in the Arabian Sea, is possibly  home to the
world's only resident humpback whale population.  The same area is exposed
to constant up-wellings from the Indian ocean depths, creating unique
ecosystems that support tropical and temperate organisms side by side.  In
only two months of research, Dr. Jack Randall from Honolulu's Bishop Museum,
discovered over 46 new species of fish from the Southern region of Oman.

There are few places left throughout the world that one can truly call
unknown in terms of marine biology.  One such location - Socotra, remains
enshrouded in mystery and legend.  A place that marine charts and
navigational maps still refer to as uncharted and dangerous waters.  A place
so isolated and remote from either the Arabian peninsula or African
mainland, that it's unique bio-diversity has changed little throughout
millennia.  Socotra is today considered as the Galapagos of the Indian
ocean, and promises to be full of interesting discoveries.  Assumption leads
us to believe that the island is home to many endemic marine species, a
large number of which will certainly be new to science.

The Daklak Islands off the coast of Eritrea in the Red Sea, had been off
limits for over 30 years of bitter civil war.  The islands represent one of
the last regions of pristine marine ecology in the Southern Red Sea.
Tourism is expected to grow rapidly here and we wish to film the fragility
of the island's biodiversity before it is lost to the demands of progress.

Our progressive route up the Red Sea will take us to areas that offer
special interests such as schooling sharks, graceful Manta Rays, Giant
Nudibranchs and pristine coral reefs of unsurpassed beauty.  Our final
destination is the most famous diving location throughout the Middle East,
and arguably the world -Egypt's Sinai, or more specifically Sharm-el-Sheikh,
(inorder to look at the latest marine park conservation project).

If you have interests in this region, and would life to initiate a specific
research study, please e-mail me details on the nature of your research with
an outline of what you would like to do.  We will respond immediately with a
plan as to how we could integrate your research into our overall mission.
Submissions should reach us no later than the first of September 1997.
DECRIPTION OF RESEARCH VESSESL

We have the use of two very different boats; Breakwind, has space for 3
researchers and is suited to those who would prefer to conduct their
research in a more private manner.  The boat is basic but comfortable and we
will do our best to make participants feel part of a unique and
unprecedented project.  Then we have the MS Surveyor, a luxury research
vessel with space for 14 researchers for those who may intend to spend more
time at sea and are looking for more facilities and comforts.

Breakwind

- 56 foot boat with a 5 metre beam and 2 metre draft with cutter rigging
(sails), diesel engine.
- 3 double cabins, one single berth in the stateroom.
- Kitchen galley, large lounge area, shower and WC facilities
- 1500 l fresh water tanks
- GPS (Global Positioning System), Radar, proximity alarms, sonar
Echsounders, Auto Pilot
- Auto-helm 7000, High frequency radio, VHS radio, SATCOM with fax 
- Solar and  wind powered generators.

MS Surveyor

-33 m research vessel
- 8 twin cabins with basin-sharing bathrooms and one double ensuite
- main saloon with TV, stereo and separate dining room
- air conditioned throughout
- film processing lab, editing suite, photo centre
- 3 compressors, 40x12  l tanks
- 2x5m inflatable with twin outboards
- water capacity: 60 tonnes plus watermaker of 2.5 tonnes per day
- crew of 8 including cook, mechanic, dive master and 3 deck hands


COST TO RESEARCHER AND WHAT THIS INCLUDES

Each researcher should be fully self funded for airfares and able to
contribute $3000 for every 4 weeks towards the expedition's costs.

End-destination airport pick-up
Transfer to boat
Full board (three meals and drinks)
Shared accommodation
Full or partial scuba equipment, training if required


LIST OF RESEARCHERS HELPED BY ASE TO DATE


Micheal Appel   	Senckenberg Institute, Frankfurt
		   	PhD work on Deapod Crustaceans of the Arabian Gulf and Gulf of Oman

Dr.Vic Cockcroft 	Centre for Dolphin STudies, Port Elizabeth Museum, South
Africa
		      	Dugong research in the UAE

Robert Baldwin  	Whale and Dolphin Research programme
		     	Comprehensive Cetacean Study - UAE

Anna Hywell- Davies     Crustaceans and Magal Ecosystems of Abu Dhabi's
offshore                         islands

Dr. Bernard Riegl 	University of Vienna, Austria
		        Coral Reef Study in the Southern Arabian Gulf			

Dr. Jack Randall	Bishops Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii
			Fish species identification in Southern Oman



Elaine Kelly
62 Harvard Road
Guelph, Ontario
N1G 2X8

        tel: 1 519 836 7117
fax: 1 519 763 0300
e-mail: ekelly at sentex.net

















Elaine Kelly, ekelly at sentex.net 

62 Harvard Road
Guelph, Ontario 
Canada 
N1G 2X8

tel: 1 519 836 7117
fax: 1 519 793 0300


From strong at nadn.navy.mil  Thu Jun 26 09:50:15 1997
From: strong at nadn.navy.mil (Prof Alan E Strong)
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 1997 09:50:15 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Cousteau (fwd)
Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.96.970626094714.18898A-100000@arctic>

More on Cousteau...

Al -

Tnx for the clip.  Keying off the  "He didn't always get his facts right"
sentence -- I remember I was at a UNEP conference in the 70s on
Mediterranean pollution.  Cousteau was there, went for a swim in the Med
and then proclaimed that the Med was dying. The conference was heavily
covered by the press, and they were hurting for a story. The next day
almost every European newspaper had headlines like: Cousteau Proclaims Med
is Dead. The man had to quickly retreat, retract and say something like
"it was only a local problem". He sure got attention!  UNEP got just what
it wanted.

Kent Hughes


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From pdustan at zeus.cofc.edu  Thu Jun 26 11:38:14 1997
From: pdustan at zeus.cofc.edu (Phil Dustan)
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 97 11:38:14 EDT
Subject: JYC
Message-ID: <9706261538.AA06694@zeus>

I'd like to acknowledge John Ogdfen's comments and say that there are many more that could be added to the legacy of JY Cousteau. Those of us that knew him will forever remember him. He was a hero for so many of us. Perhaps we sometimes disdained him as "
not being a REAl marine scientist" but a lot of than was probably out of jealousy, not intellect.
	However- the world has lost a great citizenwho, perhaps more than any other single individual, has connected humanity with its genetic visceral memory of the sea. Might we consider creating a world holiday in his honor on which we would celebrate his leg
acy and work towards realizing his goals of a humanity that has achieved consciousness in ecological harmony with nature.

			Phil Dustan


From howzit at turtles.org  Thu Jun 26 16:12:53 1997
From: howzit at turtles.org (Ursula Keuper-Bennett)
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 1997 16:12:53
Subject: JYC
In-Reply-To: <9706261538.AA06694@zeus>
Message-ID: <3.0.1.16.19970626161253.2147edd8@pop.vex.net>

Phil Dustan wrote:

>I'd like to acknowledge John Ogdfen's comments and say that there are many
more >that could be added to the legacy of JY Cousteau. Those of us that
knew him >will forever remember him. He was a hero for so many of us. 


I've been watching with great interest the activity on the newsgroup
rec.scuba since news of the passing of Jacques Cousteau.  It is moving and
significant how many people's lives he touched.

Never met him.  Knew him only through his TV documentaries but I want to
share with you what I wrote to rec.scuba yesterday about him.


Subject: Re: Jacques Cousteau is Dead
Organization: Turtle Trax
Message-ID: <5orutt$opc_001 at trt-on7-16.netcom.ca>
References: <5or7j6$cja at dfw-ixnews5.ix.netcom.com>
Keywords: About heroes and staying that way


He was one of my heroes back when I was a kid and managed to stay one right 
up til his death.  Considering the other heroes I had back in the Sixties 
only Jacques Cousteau never disappointed me.

Au revoir and aloha nui loa to the great man.

(And now to close my message with a quote from another)
--------------------------------------------------------
              ^               Ursula Keuper-Bennett
             0 0              Email: howzit at turtles.org
    /V^\            /^V\             
  /V     Turtle Trax    V\    http://www.turtles.org 
 /                        \
"For most of the wild things on earth the future must 
depend upon the conscience of mankind." 

          \       /       --- Dr. Archie Carr                           
          /  \ /  \        
         /__| V |__\



From kclark at iu.net  Thu Jun 26 17:09:22 1997
From: kclark at iu.net (Kerry Clark)
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 1997 17:09:22 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Cousteau, facts, and nature films
Message-ID: <l03102804afd8494af9bc@[198.69.25.206]>


>>  Keying off the  "He didn't always get his facts right"
sentence --

    In balance, many, probably most, of the nature films I've seen include
factual errors, ranging from a "Darth Vader" octopus whose breathing
movements are carefully synched with the sound of someone breathing through
a SCUBA regulator (in two _different_ films) to carefully staged sequences,
often filmed in aquaria, showing events which are highly unlikely to occur
in the wild. One that springs to mind is a slipper lobster (Scyllarus)
being pursued by a turtle in broad daylight; so far as I know these are
almost entirely nocturnal, so I assume this was removed from a hiding spot
and used to bait the turtle.  For terrestrial films, it's pretty common to
use captive animals to stage hunt/kill sequences.
     Not to excuse this, but film is very expensive and I think many
wildlife production units resort to staging to keep costs to manageable
level.  It might be nice if they cleared the script with a biologist before
including it, though.  A new trend is using computer animation to show rare
events, which is becoming more cost-effective and does not pretend to be
the actual event.
    At a minimum, I wish the narrators would at least look up terms in a
dictionary and learn to pronounce them properly.

- -
Kerry Bruce Clark, F.A.A.A.S.,  Professor of Biological Sciences
Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL 32901-6988
Phone 1-407-768-8000 x8195
-- Proud Member of the Impoverished Gentry --
Visit the Cambrian in 3D at "http://users.aol.com/kbclark/cambrian"
Metazoa website at "http://www.metazoa.com"  -- "Bytes of Nature,"
producing the best in natural history software



From dbaker at tm.net.my  Thu Jun 26 19:47:16 1997
From: dbaker at tm.net.my (Don E Baker)
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1997 07:47:16 +0800
Subject: JYC........
Message-ID: <33B2FF84.63F3@tm.net.my>

A Loss Indeed!  Jacques Cousteau passing away.....

I, for one, was inspired to actually make a career in mariculture & coral reef management through the many 
books by JYC that I read in my high school & US Navy days....back in the 60s & 70s.  I am sure there are 
many others all over the World in the same catagory.  

Will Phillipe help fill the same boots...or in a different flavour?

For this...I will be dedicating my new pavilion here at Kota Kinabalu - THE REEF PROJECT - Coral Reef & 
Giant Clam Rehabilitation Centre - to Jacques Cousteau.  Can someone direct me to a pertinent Web Page to 
obtain photos of JY Cousteau for my pavilion?  Cousteau Society?

Upon its opening, THE REEF PROJECT Pavilion information, mission, and invitations will be so noted in this 
List.  

Best regards to All,
Don Baker


From warrior at bu.edu  Thu Jun 26 20:18:53 1997
From: warrior at bu.edu (Jamie D. Bechtel)
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 1997 20:18:53
Subject: Cousteau, facts
In-Reply-To: <l03102804afd8494af9bc@[198.69.25.206]>
Message-ID: <3.0.1.16.19970626201853.4727186e@acs-mail.bu.edu>

I have been reading commentaries about Jacques Cousteau for two days now.
As scientists, we know he made mistakes.  It is now time to pay our
respects, not critique and critize his work. His contributions were far
greater than many of ours have been. Please, let us have this time to
reinvoke our awe and inspiration of a truly amazing person.

"And let us remember too that life, in its exuberance, always succeeds in
overflowing the narrow limits within which man thinks he can confine it."

Jacques Cousteau




From kclark at iu.net  Fri Jun 27 00:14:12 1997
From: kclark at iu.net (Kerry Clark)
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1997 00:14:12 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Cousteau, facts
In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.16.19970626201853.4727186e@acs-mail.bu.edu>
References: <l03102804afd8494af9bc@[198.69.25.206]>
Message-ID: <l03102800afd8ace9942f@[198.69.25.159]>

Jamie Bechtel wrote:
>I have been reading commentaries about Jacques Cousteau for two days now.
>As scientists, we know he made mistakes.  It is now time to pay our
>respects, not critique and critize his work. His contributions were far
>greater than many of ours have been. Please, let us have this time to
>reinvoke our awe and inspiration of a truly amazing person.

    My posting was not intended as a criticism of Cousteau, which should
have been obvious from the initial words "In balance...," nor did it
contain any comments directly pertaining to Cousteau, other than the title,
which was necessary to provide continuity with a preceding post. Rather, it
addressed problems with the nature film industry in general, which
effectively initiated a new "thread," one which I felt qualified to address
as an advisor on one completed film and another in progress.
   However, the posting of anecdotes about famous  recent decedents has a
long tradition in our culture.  Even when construed as negative by some,
these help us to develop a more intimate image of the life and
accomplishments of persons whom we may not have had the fortune to know
personally.  I don't think these detract from the reputation or
accomplishments of such individuals, but by humanizing them, bring them
closer. Many would consider this a helpful part of the grieving process, as
well as part of historical contextualizaton.
   I think the following definition is quite pertinent:
   "Anecdote: item of unpublished or secret history or biography; a usually
short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or curious incident, often
biographical, and generally characterized by human interest."  (Webster's
3rd New International).

- -
Kerry Bruce Clark, F.A.A.A.S.,  Professor of Biological Sciences
Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL 32901-6988
Phone 1-407-768-8000 x8195
-- Proud Member of the Impoverished Gentry --
Visit the Cambrian in 3D at "http://users.aol.com/kbclark/cambrian"
Metazoa website at "http://www.metazoa.com"  -- "Bytes of Nature,"
producing the best in natural history software



From coral at aoml.noaa.gov  Fri Jun 27 09:22:40 1997
From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program)
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1997 09:22:40 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Position at Keys Marine Laboratory
Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.92.970627091904.25453D-100000@coral.aoml.noaa.gov>


A forwarded message from Dr. Sandra Vargo, the Florida Institute of
Oceanography.  Please follow directions below for follow-up
information.


                       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


The Florida Institute of Oceanography operates the Keys Marine Laboratory
jointly with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.  We are
presently looking for a laboratory coordinator/manager to be responsible
for overall daily operations at the KML.  We would appreciate it if you
would forward this notice or post it for any persons you might think would
be interested in the position.  The position is a non-tenure track faculty
position at the Florida Institute of Oceanography, University of South
Florida the host university for the FIO.  The University of South Florida
is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer.  Individuals
requiring reasonable accommodation to participate in the interview process
should contact Human Resources (813)553-1115, TDD 1-800-8771 24 hrs prior.


                 Keys Marine Laboratory (KML) Coordinator

The Florida Institute of Oceanography/University of South Florida seeks a
manager for the Keys Marine Laboratory located on Long Key in the Florida
Keys.  The KML is a general service education and research center operated
jointly by the FIO and Florida Department of Environmental Protection.
The KML facilitates and supports education and research projects dependent
on South Florida habitats or resources.  The manager is responsible for
coordinating operations and maintenance of the KML on a daily basis.  This
includes, but is not limited to, scheduling facilities (dorms, labs,
holding facilities, boats, etc.), maintenance, repairs, and new
construction.  The manager coordinates 6 staff members and is the
immediate administrator responsible for monitoring expenditures and
revenues, and setting task priorities.  The operations of the KML are
diverse including boat support for field sampling, specimen collection and
transport for on-site and off-site use, a running seawater system for
maintaining organisms for education and research use, laboratory equipment
purchase and maintenance, and public outreach.  A minimum of a Bachelor's
degree in the natural sciences or related fields is required and
preferably 2-3 years experience in laboratory management.  The manager
must have strong organizational skills, the ability to communicate well
both verbally and in writing, skill and experience with small boat
operations, SCUBA use, and experience with subtropical/tropical marine
habitats.  The manager will be employed as a non-tenure track faculty
member by University of South Florida, the administrative host for the
FIO, which is a statewide consortium of the State University System of
Florida.  The salary range is $30,000 -$33,000 depending upon experience.


To apply send your application and the names of three references to:

Dr. Sandra Vargo
Florida Institute of Oceanography
830 First Street South
St. Petersburg, Florida  33701
(813)553-1100
(813)553-1109 (Fax)

Application Deadline: July 31, 1997


                          KEYS MARINE LABORATORY

     Only Florida among the continental states has a tropical marine
habitat.  Through the State's acquisition of the former Sea World Shark
Institute and subsequent establishment of the Keys Marine Laboratory (KML)
on Long Key, this unique U.S. resource is accessible to researchers and
educators throughout the country.  The KML, purchased through the Florida
Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) for joint operation by the
Florida Marine Research Institute/FDEP and the Florida Institute of
Oceanography/State University System, was formally dedicated in 1989 as a
full-service marine laboratory and education center for programs focussing
on south Florida environments.

     The facility is a two hour drive from Miami International Airport at
mile marker 68.5 on US Route 1.  Within 1/2 hour of the KML are coral
reefs, Florida Bay, grass flats, sandy beaches, mud flats, mangrove
forests, and hardwood hammocks as well as access to oceanic waters of the
Gulf stream and the Florida Straits.

     The KML has air conditioned dormitory facilities accommodating up to
27 people, with cooking facilities.  Local catering service is also
available.  The KML boasts a series of 30" deep interconnected research
and holding pools totalling 548,000 gallons of seawater with flow through
pumping capability in excess of 162,000 gph.  A 15,000 gallon observation
tank and assorted other tanks ranging in size from 1000 to 5000 gallons
are also maintained at the KML.  A classroom/meeting room is available as
well as wet lab/dry lab facilities for both individual research projects
and larger scale education programs.  A limited array of sampling gear and
laboratory equipment is maintained at the KML.  Special analytical
equipment is provided by individual researchers and can usually be
accommodated in secure or restricted areas.  The KML also has a fleet of
small boats which are available to users with KML staff operators.

     The KML staff members have backgrounds in marine environmental
education, expertise in marine animal collecting and maintenance, and
extensive knowledge of local habitats.  They are available for
consultation and help and coordination of both research projects and
education programs.  The staff is happy to assist groups and individuals
in any way to make their program successful and enjoyable.  Use of the KML
is approved upon completion of a Facility Use Request Form which insures
that the education or research needs can be met and that there are no
scheduling conflicts at that this multi-user facility

The mission of the KML is to encourage and support research and education
programs of particular interest or benefit to Florida in this unique
region of the state.  The KML/DEP-SUS operation provides local expertise,
services, and a base of operations which are not otherwise available.
This established infrastructure allows visitors to concentrate on their
work rather than use valuable research or teaching time to locate and
coordinate essential services.


Sandra L. Vargo
Assistant Director
Florida Institute of Oceanography
830 First Street South
St. Petersburg, Florida  33701

Phone:	(813)553-1100
Fax:	(813)553-1109
EMAIL:	svargo at marine.usf.edu



From coral at aoml.noaa.gov  Fri Jun 27 09:17:07 1997
From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program)
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1997 09:17:07 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Jacques (fwd)
Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.92.970627091540.25453C-100000@coral.aoml.noaa.gov>


I hope John C. and John O. don't mind me forwarding this...

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 1997 00:33:51 -0400
From: "John R. CLARK" <JOHCLARK at compuserve.com>
To: John Ogden <jogden at seas.marine.usf.edu>
Subject: Jaques

john,

i sat next to him at dinner in the "French Club"
in London. I was more innocent in the 60's.

I said "Dr. Costeau, you have done a great
service in providing the means for us to SEE
underwater."

Now, please give us the means to HEAR
underwater!

He went into a 90-second trance and then
emerged with a vigorous shake of the head
 to say only one word -- NON!

I think in that short time he calculated the
needs, the risks, and the costs! Amazing.

Regards,

John



From coral at aoml.noaa.gov  Fri Jun 27 09:15:22 1997
From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program)
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1997 09:15:22 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.92.970627090254.25453B-100000@coral.aoml.noaa.gov>


This is your list, but I say keep the Cousteau stories coming for awhile!
All the anecdotes of his activities or antics (good or not-so-good) will
be a good collection, and I doubt that such a collection exists (are you
listening out there, you writers?). The not-so-good after all just show
that he was human, and the good ones most of us have yet to hear!

	Cheers,

	JCH



From eakin at ogp.noaa.gov  Fri Jun 27 10:45:23 1997
From: eakin at ogp.noaa.gov (Mark Eakin)
Date: 27 Jun 1997 10:45:23 U
Subject: esperanza
Message-ID: <n1344714099.9171@ogp.noaa.gov>

        Reply to:   RE>>esperanza

This is yet one more of a series of unfortunate frauds on the internet.  I
recommend that any message such as this one or a virus warning be checked out
before forwarding it on to waste the time of thousands of people.

If you wish further information, you can check the American Cancer Society web
site at: http://www.cancer.org/

--------------------------------------
Date: 6/17/97 3:11 PM
To: Mark Eakin
From: Alan Giraldo Lopez
At 10:24 16/06/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Este mensaje llego pidiendo un poco de ayuda para una nina, el mensaje esta
>en ingles y castellano.
>
>Litttle Jessica Mydek is seven years old and is suffering from an acute and
>very rare case of cerebral carcinoma.  This condition causes severe
>malignant brain tumors and is a terminal illness.  The doctors have given
>her six months to live.  As part of her dying wish, she wanted to start a
>chain letter to inform people of this condition and to send people the
>message to live life to the fullest and enjoy every moment, a chance that
>she will never have.
>
>Furthermore, the American Cancer Society and several corporate sponsors have
>agreed to donate three cents toward continuing cancer research for every new
>person that gets forwarded this message.  Please give Jessica and all cancer
>victims a chance.  If there are any questions, send them to the American
>Cancer Society at:
>ACS at AOL.COM
>
>The End.
>
>TRADUCCION:
>
>La pequena Jessica Mydek tiene siete anos y sufre un caso agudo y muy raro
>de carcinoma cerebral.  Esta condicion le causa tumores cerebrales malignos
>muy severos, ademas de ser una enfermedad terminal.  Los doctores le han
>dado 6 meses de vida.
>Como parte de su ultimo deseo, ella ha querido empezar una carta-cadena para
>informar a la gente de su condicion y enviarle a la gente el mensaje de que
>vivan la vida completamente y que distruten de cada momento, una oportunidad
>que ella nunca tendra...  Es mas, la Sociedad Americana del Cancer y algunas
>corporaciones patrocinadoras, se han puesto de acuerdo en donar 3 centavos
>en favor de la investigacion sobre el cancer por cada nueva persona que
>reciba  redirigido este mensaje.
>Por favor, den a Jessica y a todas las demas victimas del cancer una
>portunidad.  Si hay alguna pregunta, enviarla a:
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>
>FIN TRADUCCION
>
>Explicacion:  Tienes que enviar una copia de este mensaje a todos los que
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>dara 3 centavos en favor de la investigacion contra el cancer.
>
>Vamos gente! todos conocemos a alguien que ha tenido o tiene cancer.
>
>
>
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From warrior at bu.edu  Fri Jun 27 12:27:45 1997
From: warrior at bu.edu (Jamie D. Bechtel)
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1997 12:27:45
Subject: Cousteau, facts
In-Reply-To: <l03102800afd8ace9942f@[198.69.25.159]>
References: <3.0.1.16.19970626201853.4727186e@acs-mail.bu.edu>
 <l03102804afd8494af9bc@[198.69.25.206]>
Message-ID: <3.0.1.16.19970627122745.4727438e@acs-mail.bu.edu>

I would like to apologize to Kerry Clark.  I did not mean to imply that his
specific correspondence was negative and overly critical of Jacques
Cousteau.  My complaint was issued at the general tone of many letters I
have read over the internet. 

Further, having acted as scientific advisor for the production and mass
distribution of eductional products, I agree that there are techniques
universal to the production of 'nature films' and other media that could be
improved upon. Conversation generated about such vitiations is helpful and
necessary.
I have no doubt that Dr. Clark is qualified to address these issues.

Regarding the use of anecdotes in the healing process:  I too enjoy this
tradition.  However, in such circumstances, my personal preference is to
share intimacies that cast a positive light on the given individual.
Perhaps I choose to do this because, if it were my passing that was the
topic of conversation, I would hope to be remembered for my successes. I
would, of course, hope others could learn from my mistakes (and I have made
many). However, mistakes are part of the learning process.  We are not
learning we are mourning. Perhaps at this time we should not attempt find
security in making JYC more like us but we should strive to be more like
him.  

I do not mean to impose my beliefs on anyone.  

Again, my sincerest apologizes to Dr. Clark for any misunderstanding.

Sincerely,

Jamie D. Bechtel




From jfbarimo at saturn.vcu.edu  Fri Jun 27 14:25:24 1997
From: jfbarimo at saturn.vcu.edu (John F Barimo)
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1997 14:25:24 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Viva Cousteau
Message-ID: <Pine.A32.3.95.970627140902.74896A-100000@saturn.vcu.edu>


	JYC definately left a positive impact on my life.  It was those
images during his TV show that hooked me on the underwater realm.  It was
my involvement with Cousteau's Project Ocean Search that provided a
catylist in my transitition from corporate telecommunications engineering
to biological sciences.  I understand the main premise in his work was
that people protect what they love, so he spent his life helping people
fall in love with the ocean.  A romantic vision.  I can forgive his
claims that the oceans were silent, he prehaps even helped
underwater bioacoustics with that notion.

	Captian Cousteau was a global citizen who openly voiced his
concern for the future generations.  A positive role model. 
VIVA COUSTEAU!!!!!!

John Barimo
Graduate Student
Virginia Commonwealth University


From dbaker at tm.net.my  Sun Jun 29 04:32:26 1997
From: dbaker at tm.net.my (Don E Baker)
Date: Sun, 29 Jun 1997 16:32:26 +0800
Subject: JYC........
References: <170BFDD5C57@cathar.tesag.jcu.edu.au>
Message-ID: <33B61D9A.16D8@tm.net.my>

JOHNSTON DAVIDSON wrote:
> 
> Don,
> I can't believe you actually wrote about Philippe taking Jacque's
> place and then  sent this message out around the world attached to an
> advert for your new pavilion. As many of the recipiants of you advert
> will know, Philippe died in 1979, June 28th, ie this anniversary was
> the day after you sent your message.
> 
> I'm sure your grief and your intentions are as sincere as everyone elses.
> 
> Good luck with your pavilion. You'll find lots of info. by searching for "Cousteau".
> eg  http://www.weburbia.com/pg/cousteau.htm
> Also check out the Daddy Dearest article on:
>  http://outside.starwave.com/magazine/0396/9603fdad.html

Sorry............to you and all...got my "Cousteau" sons mixed up.  I 
meant Jean-Michel. 

Don