From kgrandch at worldcom.ch Sat Apr 1 07:00:20 2000 From: kgrandch at worldcom.ch (Kenneth & Susan Mutti-Grandchamp) Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2000 14:00:20 +0200 Subject: Revista de Biologia Tropical In-Reply-To: <8c.229fcab.26168061@aol.com> Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20000401140020.00d136d0@worldcom.ch> Hello, I think I saw a link to this "Revista" from the web page of OTS (Organization for Tropical Studies) at: http://ns.ots.ac.cr/ The "Revista"'s URL is, I believe: http://www.biologia.ucr.ac.cr/%7Erbt/tbonline/annosi.htm Hope this helps ! Ken. Kenneth & Susan Mutti-Grandchamp 31, ch. des Grangettes 1224 Chene-Bougeries Geneva, Switzerland. Tel/Fax: +41 22 349.62.69 Email: kgrandch at worldcom.ch Web: http://home.worldcom.ch/kgrandch From acmaea at together.net Sun Apr 2 10:23:09 2000 From: acmaea at together.net (Gustav W. Verderber) Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2000 10:23:09 -0400 Subject: NATURE & PHOTO WORKSHOPS 2000 Message-ID: <009901bf9cae$f948bec0$f1205bd1@GustavW.Verderber> Gustav W. Verderber, Environmental Interpretation Nature & Photo Workshops 2000 The following workshops are currently open for enrollment. Post-secondary credit is not available through Gustav W. Verderber, Environmental Interpretation. However, faculty are welcome to consider these itineraries as field components for independent studies in appropriate areas. More detailed workshop/course syllabuses can be made available upon request. Please print and post to your colleagues, students, members, and visitors. For further information please visit http://www.GustavWVerderber.com. THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS Aug 15 ? 23, 2000 Optional Amazon Extension: Aug 24 ? 28 It is my pleasure to invite you to join me as I return to the Galapagos Islands this coming August to experience and photograph the natural history of the Land of Darwin. I have chartered the smallest of the Galasam yachts, the Lolita, which holds only 10 people. Such a small group will encourage a comradely atmosphere among all the participants as well as afford me the privilege of attending personally to the particular abilities and needs of each individual participant. The workshop will accommodate serious (not to be confused with "expert") wildlife photographers as well as anyone with a passion for natural history, evolution, and travel. In other words, we will arrange our visits to the various islands to maximize photo opportunities and we plan to linger, observe, and photograph the wildlife and landscapes we encounter rather than be in a hurry to return to the yacht. Days are long and, if you are intent on getting high-quality images, even strenuous. Please take this into consideration. Once again, in cooperation with the Rainforest and Reef Fund, we have made this workshop as sustainable as possible in that all guides, accommodations, etc. are provided exclusively by Ecuadorian business interests. We will be led by an expert naturalist guide who will also keep our particular interests in mind. I very much hope that you will think about joining what will be one of the most pleasant, intimate, and memorable experiences that I could imagine sharing with you. Visit my web site (URL below) to view the itinerary, browse the Galapagos Gallery, and to be very pleasantly surprised by the cost of this wonderful opportunity. Proceed directly to web page for this workshop: http://www.gustavwverderber.com/galapagos.html SOUTHEAST ALASKA WORKSHOP Available Dates 2000: Jun 15-28, Jul 2-15 (filled), Jul 20-Aug 2 This workshop immerses you in the natural history and culture of SE Alaska. Highlights include rafting the beautiful Sauk River, a federally protected "Wild and Scenic" river that offers views of the Cascade Mountain Range, hanging glaciers, and wildlife. This is regarded as one of the premier rafting experiences in the Pacific Northwest. You will then embark on a fantastic voyage through the Inside Passage of SE Alaska, past spectacular scenery that includes glacially carved fjords, waterfalls tumbling down from snow-capped mountains, quaint fishing villages, pristine temperate rainforest, humpback whales, bald eagles, and much, much more. Most of our ensuing activities will be based out of Wrangell, Petersburg, and Sitka. Naturalist John Muir staged expeditions out of Wrangell. Among them will be camping in the Tongass National Forest, largest in the U.S., sea kayaking, whale watching in Frederick Sound, and fishing for salmon & halibut. A boat trip to LeConte glacier is also planned. LeConte glacier is the southern-most tidewater glacier in N. America and constantly calves large icebergs into LeConte Bay. Killer whales, seals, and porpoises are common here. We will also stay in Sitka, considered Alaska?s most beautiful seaside village, hike the 2.5 mile Sealion Cove trail into old growth Sitka spruce and hemlock forest, visit Tlingit Indian and Russian cultural features, and be entertained by Tlingit elders. Proceed directly to web page for this workshop: http://www.gustavwverderber.com/alaska.html The Lake Eden Photo Camp-In: Basic Field Techniques in Close-up Nature Photography June 9 ? 11, 2000 This year?s spring workshop is another of the popular photo camp-ins at picturesque Lake Eden in the heart of Vermont?s northern Green Mountains. Bring your tent or RV and spend a delightful weekend in the company of fellow nature photography enthusiasts. Classroom sessions are combined with field excursions to Belvidere Pond, an undeveloped pond teeming with wildlife, and the Babcock Nature Preserve during which I will share with you my professional field techniques of close-up nature photography. The spring wildflowers will be in bloom, peepers will be chorusing, and, of course, the insects will be hung with care in the dew-drenched meadows. This workshop is designed for anyone merely thinking about photographing the natural world as well as for those of you who have already spent some time stalking nature near you home. All the techniques that enable me to produce publishable close-up images of insects, frogs, flowers, and even microscopic subjects (without a microscope) will be discussed. In just one weekend, this workshop will take you from beginner to serious amateur and do it in one of the most pleasant settings you could imagine. Groups are kept to a maximum of 15 people to assure a cozy, comradely format and to allow for personal attention to everyone?s particular interests. As with all of my other workshops, after you have processed your film, I invite you to send me nonreturnable copies of the images you take during the workshop so that I can critique your efforts. Deborah Godin and her family will be our hosts; they will be seeing to all our corporeal needs, that is, they will provide us with shelter, food, coin-operated showers, other basic amenities and, well, you might not want to leave after the workshop is completed. (Whatever you do while you?re at Lake Eden, DO NOT ORDER THE BANANA SPLIT! I came to Lake Eden in 1997 intending to camp for the summer while I looked for a home. The setting, the people, the variety of photographic opportunities are enough to seduce most anyone. Then, one day, I ordered one of Deb?s banana splits. After I finished it, I decided to put off buying a home. Instead, I returned to Lake Eden and lived there in an RV for three years! I believe she puts something in the toppings.) Proceed directly to web page for this workshop: http://www.gustavwverderber.com/eden.html For detailed workshop itineraries please visit my web site: http://www.GustavWVerderber.com If you think that you might want to join us, don?t hesitate too long; these workshops fill up quickly. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions or concerns and, of course, to find out how to register. With gratitude and respect, Gustav W. Verderber Environmental Interpretation ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY * FREE-LANCE WRITING * NATURE TRAVEL http://www.GUSTAVWVERDERBER.com Email: G.Verderber at Sciencenet.com P.O. Box 153, Lowell, VT 05847 Toll Free: (877) 560-0623 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/20000402/0293b1ee/attachment.html From eweil at caribe.net Sun Apr 2 10:19:09 2000 From: eweil at caribe.net (Ernesto Weil) Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2000 10:19:09 -0400 Subject: Revista Biologia Tropical Message-ID: <002301bf9cae$6aa4efe0$b4cc5bd1@oemcomputer> For those colleagues interested, this is the info about the issue of Revista de Biologia Tropical with articles on Caribbean coral diseases Proceedings of the 28th Meeting of the Association of Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean (ALMC). The special issue of the Revista Tropical with the compilation of the papers presented in Costa Rica is available through CIMAR. Cost is $ 15 including delivery by air mail. Contact Dr. Jorge Cort?z CIMAR, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Pedro, Costa Rica. Email: jcortez at cariari.ucr.ac.cr. Ernesto Weil, Ph.D Department of Marine Sciences University of Puerto Rico PO BOX 908 Lajas PR 00667. Pho. (787) 899-2048 ext. 241 Fax. 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The posts are expenses only and all need to be filled before 24 March. = More details about these projects and others being run under the same = umbrella can be found at (http://www.operationwallacea.win-uk.net) = Anyone interested in these projects please e-mail = tcoles at ecosurveys.win-uk.net by 24 March. pippa at ecosurveys.win-uk.net Operation Wallacea Priory Lodge Hagnaby Spilsby Lincolnshire PE23 4BP Tel: 01790 763665 Fax: 01790 763417 ------=_NextPart_000_000F_01BF9D59.C1CAB240 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

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From victor.gomelyuk at PWCNT.nt.gov.au Tue Apr 4 00:01:12 2000 From: victor.gomelyuk at PWCNT.nt.gov.au (Gomelyuk, Victor) Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 13:31:12 +0930 Subject: Electromagnetic resilience radar for mapping? Message-ID: Dear colleagues, Can anyone help me with finding more about using high-resolution remote sensing devices for sea floor mapping in the shallow areas with high water turbidity? Regards, Victor Gomelyuk Dr Victor E. Gomelyuk Marine Scientist Cobourg Marine Park PO Box 496 PALMERSTON NT 0831 AUSTRALIA phone 61 (08) 8979 0244 FAX 61 (08) 8979 0246 From leancho at uwimona.edu.jm Wed Apr 5 10:27:18 2000 From: leancho at uwimona.edu.jm (Leandra Cho) Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 09:27:18 -0500 (GMT-0500) Subject: E-mail address for Dr. Harilaos Lessios Message-ID: Hello all, I have been trying to contact Dr. Lessios via e-mail at Lessiosh at naos.si.educ but I have not been successful, keep getting error messages. Does anyone have or know of his e-mail address. I would appreciate if you could send it to me. Thanks. Leandra Cho From reefkeeper at earthlink.net Wed Apr 5 07:11:02 2000 From: reefkeeper at earthlink.net (Alexander Stone) Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 11:11:02 +0000 Subject: ListServe Launched for Neth. Antilles Coral Reef Initiative Message-ID: <38EB1F4B.4DB@earthlink.net> NACRI_2000 Discussion Forum ListServe Launched for Netherlands Antilles Coral Reef Initiative CURACAO - A Netherlands Antilles Coral Reef Initiative (NACRI_2000 Forum) listserve has just been established by coral reef conservation organizations Reef Care Curacao, based in the Netherlands Antilles, and ReefKeeper International, based in Florida. The purpose of the NACRI_2000 Forum is to promote discussion and public awareness about establishing a country-level Netherlands Antilles Coral Reef Initiative in the year 2000. Subscriptions to this announcements and discussion listserve are free by sending a blank email message to NACRI_2000-subscribe at listbot.com. "ReefKeeper International and Reef Care Curacao have joined forces to work for the establishment of a national Coral Reef Initiative to protect the fragile coral reefs in the Netherlands Antilles," states Alexander Stone, Director of ReefKeeper International. "The NACRI_2000 Forum listserve will be a valuable tool to keep people informed of the process, bolster support, and have productive dialogues." The goal of NACRI is to effectively coordinate interagency decision-making and monitoring affecting water quality, coastal development and other habitat issues in coral reef areas throughout the country. The proposed NACRI would be modeled after international efforts to assess and monitor coral reefs, develop precautionary management measures, and broaden public awareness to generate support for needed management measures. Coral reefs are found off all five main islands in the Netherlands Antilles. In fact, all five islands boast marine parks that encompass a significant fraction of those coral reefs. But recent events, including major groundings by freighters and cruise ships in the last three years, coastal development and dredging, and wastewater pollution, highlight the need for country-wide government coordination and protection of these coral reefs. "Now is the time to begin implementation of an integrated management system that protects all of the coral reefs of the Netherlands Antilles," says Mr. Menno van der Velde, President of Reef Care Curacao. "A government-sanctioned Coral Reef Initiative will be a valuable step towards that protection. We urge people to become involved in the discussions regarding this through the NACRI_2000 Forum listserve." To subscribe at no cost to the NACRI_2000 Forum, send a blank email message to NACRI_2000-subscribe at listbot.com. Further information on the Netherlands Antilles Coral Reef Initiative can be obtained by contacting Reef Care Curacao at Post Office Box 676, Curacao, Neth. Ant., telephone 599-9-736-8120, or e-mail reefcare at cura.net. From leancho at uwimona.edu.jm Wed Apr 5 14:20:10 2000 From: leancho at uwimona.edu.jm (Leandra Cho) Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 13:20:10 -0500 (GMT-0500) Subject: Dr. Lessios address Message-ID: Thanks all for your help! For those of you who plan to send abstracts to Dr. Lessios for the 9ICRS, the e-mail address posted on the 9ICRS web page is incorrect. The last part is 'edu' and not 'educ' as shown. Thanks again, Leandra Cho. From itme at cwdom.dm Wed Apr 5 17:31:24 2000 From: itme at cwdom.dm (ITME Institute for Tropical Marine Ecology) Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 14:31:24 -0700 Subject: Marine Research Opportunities in Dominica Message-ID: <004f01bf9f46$7de8d040$713d30ce@o2y3p5> ***DOMINICA, LESSER ANTILLES*** INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MARINE ECOLOGY - PERMANENT OPERATIONS NOW IN PLACE We are pleased to announce that the Institute for Tropical Marine Ecology ITME in Dominica is now operating on a year round basis. ITME offers 3-month semester programs (Fall and Spring), 6-week summer courses in Marine Ecology, and serves as base for visiting researchers and student groups. See http://www.itme.org for details. ITME operates out of and manages the Archbold Tropical Research and Education Center (ATREC). The facilities are located approximately 13km north of Roseau and 4km inland from the main coastal road on the western side of Dominica. Perched in a narrow valley of lush tropical rainforest, the site overlooks the Caribbean Sea and offers spectacular views and a comfortable cool climate--particularly welcoming after a day at sea. The complex consists of 2 two-story buildings and 3 houses, 1 dry lab, a herbarium, a classroom, and accommodation space for approximately 30 visitors with spacious common areas available as well. Personnel and infrastructure for full room and board services, as well as transportation are also in place. Marine operations are currently being carried out with the support of a small dive center, a few minutes form ITME. Two 7-meter aluminum boats with 115HP outboard engines are at our disposal. There has been little exploration of Dominica's marine environment. Opportunities for marine biologists to be among the first to study these waters abound. As a relatively young, volcanic island Dominica has a narrow shelf and spectacular drop-offs. Wall diving in the south will fascinate sponge and Antipatharia lovers, and thrill seekers alike. In contrast, Dominica's central western coast is lined with patch reefs and spur and groove formations. The eastern and northern coastal waters remain virtually unexplored at this time. If you would like more information on our academic programs, carrying out research in Dominica, or bringing student groups, please contact us at: ITME P.O. Box 944 Roseau Commonwealth of Dominica (West Indies) Phone: (767) 449 3725 Fax: (801) 504 4369 [web-based] E-mail: admin at itme.org or itme at cwdom.dm Web: www.itme.org Best wishes, Dr. Sascha C.C. Steiner Marine Biologist, President Institute for Tropical Marine Ecology ITME Dominica From zingmark at mail.biol.sc.edu Wed Apr 5 15:38:33 2000 From: zingmark at mail.biol.sc.edu (Richard Zingmark) Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 15:38:33 -0400 Subject: Coral Reef Courses this June Message-ID: <38EB9639.70F40B@mail.biol.sc.edu> FYI The University of South Carolina (USA) offers two-3 week courses annually during June in the Caribbean (Isla Providencia, Colombia), "Coral Reef Ecology,"(by Dick Zingmark) and "Coastal Tropical Oceanography,"(by Bjorn Kjerfve). Students taking the courses earn a total of 8 semester hours. Enrollment has been ongoing since mid February, but there are still 2 spaces remaining. To reserve space for those interested you MUST communicate with me as soon as possible via email indicating your intententions, followed by a deposit check of US$500 made out to the University of South Carolina. Check out our web page containing detailed information at: http://marine-science.sc.edu/reefcourse.shtml You can also call me or email me for answers to your questions Cheers, Dick Zingmark -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: zingmark.vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 414 bytes Desc: Card for Richard Zingmark Url : http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/20000405/e11df8a0/attachment.vcf From bakus at worldnet.att.net Thu Apr 6 01:07:28 2000 From: bakus at worldnet.att.net (Gerald J. Bakus) Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 22:07:28 -0700 Subject: Note for Coral Reef Researchers from G. Bakus Message-ID: <004601bf9f86$01d47c80$cd4f480c@0017287625> There is a group of people headed by Tim Coles in Indonesia that is trying to recruit post-docs - for nothing - to help them in coral reef research. They cover only expenses. Postdocs have worked long and hard to accomplish their goals. They deserve to be paid for their efforts above and beyond expenses. If you have any feelings about this please contact tcoles at ecosurveys.win-uk.net. Thanks from someone who supports pay for work. Jerry Bakus, Professor of Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0371. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/20000405/d2c5ba1a/attachment.html From tcoles at ecosurveys.win-uk.net Thu Apr 6 03:51:03 2000 From: tcoles at ecosurveys.win-uk.net (Tim Coles) Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 08:51:03 +0100 Subject: Reply to Gerry Bakus Message-ID: <001001bf9f9c$dede7a20$0100a8c0@amber> Dear Coral Lister, Gerry Bakus is trying to rubbish a project that has resulted in the establishment of the second largest Marine National Park in Indonesia and supports research in the National Park. I hope that you will disregard the ravings in his latest circular and enjoy the comments printed below that he sent to me. You are a genuine ass! What have you done to further excellence in coral reef research? Fuck off and don't contact me again. I will tell everyone in the coral reef world that your operation is a ripoff Cheers and more cheers. Dr Tim Coles -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/20000406/8cc6c904/attachment.html From Erik.Franklin at noaa.gov Thu Apr 6 07:03:58 2000 From: Erik.Franklin at noaa.gov (Erik Franklin) Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 11:03:58 GMT Subject: Help from other oceans Message-ID: <200004061103.LAA44913@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Dear coral-listers, This request is a slight tangent to the norm for the list, yet I have great faith in the knowledge of its subscribers. I've received a list of questions from a second grade class about coral reefs. I've been able to answer all of them except for one: "How do giant clams eat cuttlefish?" My initial thought would be that they don't, expecting a punchline involving kalamari instead. If they do, could I call on some benevolent scientist from another ocean to shed some insight on this one. Thanks for the help. Please respond directly to erik.franklin at noaa.gov. ----------------------------------------------------- Erik C. Franklin Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary MM 95230 (Mail: P.O. Box 1083) Key Largo, Florida 33037 ph: (305) 852-7717 x23 fax: (305) 853-0877 email: erik.franklin at noaa.gov web: http://www.fknms.nos.noaa.gov ------------------------------------------------------- From Pandolfi.John at nmnh.si.edu Thu Apr 6 07:02:30 2000 From: Pandolfi.John at nmnh.si.edu (John Pandolfi) Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 11:02:30 GMT Subject: 12-week Graduate research awards Message-ID: <200004061102.LAA44854@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> ANNOUNCEMENT OF LINK FOUNDATION SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS AT SMITHSONIAN MARINE STATION AT FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA 12-WEEK FELLOWSHIPS FOR 2000/2001 IN MARINE SCIENCES For more information and for application forms: call 561/465-6630 or e-mail rice at sms.si.edu or write: Dr. Mary E. Rice, Director Smithsonian Marine Station 701 Seaway Drive, Fort Pierce, FL 34949 Closing Date - May 15, 2000 Award Notification - May 30, 2000 The Link Foundation was established in 1953 by Mr. and Mrs. Edwin A. Link. The Link Trainer, invented by Mr. Link in 1929, was the first successful flight simulator and truly a pioneer engineering effort that started a whole new field of endeavor. It is the policy of the foundation to make grants to qualified nonprofit organizations interested in the mastery of the air and sea, and the development of energy resources and their conservation. Each year, fellowships have been awarded in these categories as one means of implementing policy. The Smithsonian Marine Station is a research center of the National Museum of Natural History The Smithsonian Institution is an Equal Opportunity Employer From jltorres38 at hotmail.com Thu Apr 6 07:16:18 2000 From: jltorres38 at hotmail.com (Juan Torres) Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 04:16:18 PDT Subject: Coral Reef Conference Proceedings Message-ID: <20000406111618.98845.qmail@hotmail.com> Hi, Does any one know the status of the Proceedings from the International Conference on Scientific Aspects of Coral Reef Assessment, Monitoring and Restoration that were suppossed to come out in the Bulletin of Marine Sciences? I have tried to communicate with Carol Fretwell, but without any success. Sincerely, Juan L. Torres, MS University of PR Dept. of Marine Sciences ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com From hendee at aoml.noaa.gov Thu Apr 6 08:08:54 2000 From: hendee at aoml.noaa.gov (Jim Hendee) Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 08:08:54 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Get lost! Message-ID: Coral-list does not need the likes of Messrs. Coles and Bakus conducting personal tirades and broadcasting profanity via coral-list, so I'm unsubscribing both of them, along with a plea to the rest of you not to conduct yourselves in this fashion on a public, US government operated listserver which is meant to edify, not denigrate. Regretfully yours, Jim Hendee coral-list administrator From Erik.Franklin at noaa.gov Thu Apr 6 10:16:12 2000 From: Erik.Franklin at noaa.gov (Erik Franklin) Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 10:16:12 -0400 Subject: Help has arrived Message-ID: <200004061419.OAA46754@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Thanks to John McManus, Julian Sprung, and Les Kaufman for responses to the question of the epic struggle between cuttlefish and giant clams. The short answer - clams don't consume cuttlefish. Back to the kalamari punchline. ----------------------------------------------------- Erik C. Franklin Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary MM 95230 (Mail: P.O. Box 1083) Key Largo, Florida 33037 ph: (305) 852-7717 x23 fax: (305) 853-0877 email: erik.franklin at noaa.gov web: http://www.fknms.nos.noaa.gov ------------------------------------------------------- From Oliver.Burke at at-bristol.org.uk Thu Apr 6 12:55:49 2000 From: Oliver.Burke at at-bristol.org.uk (Oliver Burke) Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 17:55:49 +0100 Subject: The effect of sedimentation on juvenile coral and recruitment Message-ID: <89F0E95E282ED2118F3B0060B0C2ABA9B3D7D8@millennium1.at-bristol.org.uk> Dear all, Does anyone have any information on the effect of sedimentation on juvenile coral and recruitment. If they do could you fax me copies at: UK (0117-914-0429) or e-mail it to me at the above address Many thanks Oliver Burke From reefkeeper at earthlink.net Thu Apr 6 12:20:36 2000 From: reefkeeper at earthlink.net (Alexander Stone) Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 17:20:36 +0100 Subject: Part-Time MesoAmerica Grassroots Coordinator Position Message-ID: <38ECB9BE.E53@earthlink.net> ******************************** MesoAmerica Grassroots Conservation Coordinator Half-time Miami-based Position ******************************** JOB DESCRIPTION You will work 20 hours a week from our Miami Office on grassroots coordination for coral reef conservation in Mexico, Belize and Honduras. ABOUT REEFKEEPER INTERNATIONAL We are an international non-profit conservation advocacy organization exclusively dedicated to the protection of coral reefs and their marine life. Our campaigns focus on creation and management of marine protected areas, prevention of physical damage to coral reefs, coastal zone management and marine water quality policy reform, and modification of unsustainable or habitat-damaging fishing practices. See our website at www.reefkeeper.org. COMPENSATION Starting pay is $10.00/hour. Twenty hours per week, flexible schedule. Paid vacation, sick leave, and work holidays. ASSIGNMENT COMPONENTS o communicate with ReefKeeper members, ReefKeeper Network groups, sport diving businesses, and civic clubs to generate conservation issue activism o write English and Spanish action alerts to motivate grassroots involvement o coordinate & facilitate collaborative projects with local MesoAmerica groups o translate rulemaking requests & comment letters from English to Spanish POSITION REQUIREMENTS o bilingual (Spanish-English fluent speaker & writer) o excellent writing abilities o outgoing and motivating personality o strong oral & phone communication skills o attention to detail & organization o available for occassional weekend and evening work PREFERENCES o student at graduate school or person with no other employment committments o certified SCUBA diver o familiarity with coral reefs & marine resource issues TO APPLY Send letter of interest & resume. No phone calls, please. ReefKeeper International 2809 Bird Avenue - PMB 162 / Miami, FL 33133 e-mail: a_stone at reefkeeper.org / fax (305) 358-3030 www.reefkeeper.org ------------------------------ From reefkeeper at earthlink.net Thu Apr 6 13:01:30 2000 From: reefkeeper at earthlink.net (Alexander Stone) Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 18:01:30 +0100 Subject: Part-Time USVI Grassroots Coordinator Position Message-ID: <38ECC35C.6023@earthlink.net> ****************************** U.S. Virgin Islands Grassroots Conservation Coordinator Half-time Position ****************************** JOB DESCRIPTION As an independent contractor, you will work from at-home on grassroots coordination for coral reef conservation issues in the US Virgin Islands. ABOUT REEFKEEPER INTERNATIONAL We are an international non-profit conservation advocacy organization exclusively dedicated to the protection of coral reefs and their marine life. Our campaigns focus on creation and management of marine protected areas, prevention of physical damage to coral reefs, coastal zone management and marine water quality policy reform, and modification of unsustainable or habitat-damaging fishing practices. See our website at www.reefkeeper.org. COMPENSATION $850 per month for a half-time work committment. Paid personal car business mileage, expenses, and internet service. ASSIGNMENT COMPONENTS o communicate with ReefKeeper members, ReefKeeper Network groups, sport diving businesses, and civic clubs to generate conservation issue activism o write grassroots action alerts to motivate grassroots issue involvement o organize meetings and presentations to groups o participate in dive shows, mall fairs, and other public gatherings o organize public comment letter-writing workshops o give slide talks and other presentations to groups POSITION REQUIREMENTS o current resident of US Virgin Islands (St. Thomas preferred) o excellent public speaking abilities o outgoing and motivating personality o strong oral & phone communication skills o attention to detail & organization o available for occassional weekend and evening work PREFERENCES o student at grad school or person with no other job committments o certified SCUBA diver o familiar with coral reefs & marine resource issues TO APPLY Send letter of interest & resume. No phone calls, please. ReefKeeper International 2809 Bird Avenue - PMB 162 / Miami, FL 33133 e-mail: a_stone at reefkeeper.org / fax (305) 358-3030 www.reefkeeper.org From scip7318 at nus.edu.sg Thu Apr 6 22:11:16 2000 From: scip7318 at nus.edu.sg (Angela Dikou) Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 10:11:16 +0800 Subject: The effect of sedimentation on juvenile coral and recruitment Message-ID: <415039BB7DE8D011BC4600805F311E1603731309@exs25.ex.nus.edu.sg> Oliver, I would appreciated a lot if you pass me this info. I am very interested too. Thank you in advance Angela Dikou -----Original Message----- From: Oliver Burke To: 'coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov' Sent: 4/7/00 12:55 AM Subject: The effect of sedimentation on juvenile coral and recruitment Dear all, Does anyone have any information on the effect of sedimentation on juvenile coral and recruitment. If they do could you fax me copies at: UK (0117-914-0429) or e-mail it to me at the above address Many thanks Oliver Burke From jltorres38 at hotmail.com Fri Apr 7 08:39:10 2000 From: jltorres38 at hotmail.com (Juan Torres) Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 05:39:10 PDT Subject: Fwd: NCRI proceedings Message-ID: <20000407123910.67321.qmail@hotmail.com> Hi, just yesterday I received a reply from Carol Fretwell from a message I sent last March 23. So considering the time it took to answer my message from them I believe that either they are really busy trying to send all the reviews on time (which is what I believe) of they may have some problems with their electronic correspondence. As of this date (April 7, 2000) I still have not received any reviews eiher by electronic means or by regular mail. Considering that some of you are going through the same thing I believe that it will be impossible to send back all the reviwed papers by April 10. Sincerely, Juan L. Torres, MS UPR-Dept. of Marine Sciences >From: Jonathan Lowrie >To: Juan Torres >Subject: NCRI proceedings >Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 08:04:39 -0700 > >Hi- > >I too am wondering about these proceedings and have not had any success >reaching the folks down in FL. Please let me know if you hear anything. > >Thanks. > > >Jonathan Lowrie >Aquarist Supervisor >California Science Center >Tel: 213 744-2612 >Fax: 213 744-2547 > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com From Ben.Richards at noaa.gov Fri Apr 7 09:14:51 2000 From: Ben.Richards at noaa.gov (Ben Richards) Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 09:14:51 -0400 Subject: Florida Keys NMS Final Management Plan ONLINE Message-ID: <38EDDF4B.4C381142@noaa.gov> Greetings - For those who may be interested, all three volumes of the Final Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement for the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS) are now available as an on-line .pdf document at http://www.fknms.nos.noaa.gov/regs/welcome.html. Before downloading and printing, beware that the document and file size are large. The purpose of the Management Plan for the FKNMS is to ensure the sustainable use of the Keys' marine environment by achieving a balance between comprehensive resource protection and multiple, compatible uses of the resources of the Florida Keys. Resources in the FKNMS are threatened by a variety of direct and indirect impacts. Direct impacts include vessel groundings, propeller dredging of seagrasses (over 30,000 acres of seagrasses have been impacted by vessel propellers), overfishing, fishing gear impacts, and diver impacts on coral. Indirect impacts include marine discharge of waste products, land based sources of pollution, and external sources of water quality degradation. These and other issues are all addressed in this Management Plan. Volume I contains the final and comprehensive Management Plan and includes ten action plans which are designed to address the above mentioned management issues and are composed of management strategies developed with substantial input from the public, local experts, and the Sanctuary Advisory Council. The action plans provide an organized process for implementing management strategies, including a description of the activities required, institutions involved, staffing requirements, and an estimate of the implementation costs. Following is a list of the action plans.: Channel Marking Education and Outreach Enforcement Mooring Buoy Regulatory Research and Monitoring Submerged Cultural Resources Volunteer Water Quality Zoning. Volume II of the FMP contains the Environmental Impact Statement for the Management Plan including the process for selecting the preferred alternative. Page 134 provides a brief description of the process used to develop the no-take zoning plan. This volume also contains the socioeconomic impact analysis. Volume III of the FMP is a list of appendices and contains: The National Marine Sanctuaries Act The Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary and Protection Act Agreements for the Integrated management of the Sanctuary Revised Designation Document A summary of the major comments NOAA received on the Draft Plan, and NOAA's responses to those comments (as well as a list of all who submitted a written comment on the plan or who testified at one of the public hearings) A Costs and Benefits Assessment of the regulations implementing the plan. -- Benjamin L. Richards Webmaster/Research Assistant NOAA Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary P.O. Box 500368 Marathon FL, 33050 (305) 743-2437 x28 ben.richards at noaa.gov Check out the new and improved web site of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary http://www.fknms.nos.noaa.gov From fautin at eagle.cc.ukans.edu Fri Apr 7 09:26:52 2000 From: fautin at eagle.cc.ukans.edu (FAUTIN DAPHNE G) Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 08:26:52 -0500 (CDT) Subject: Panama proceedings Message-ID: As Treasurer of the International Society for Reef Studies, I have been given a set of the proceedings of the 8th International Coral Reef Symposium that had been ordered but that was returned to the sender, Allen Press (which is the firm that printed the proceedings and also prints REEF ENCOUNTER and handles ISRS membership tasks). Although the 8th ICRS did not involve ISRS, Allen Press did not know how to get these volumes to the person who ordered them expect by involving ISRS. If you recently ordered a set of the proceedings but have not yet received it, please inform me, with documentation of your order, and I will send you the volumes. Daphne G. Fautin Professor, Biological Sciences Curator, Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center Haworth Hall University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas 66045 USA telephone 1-785-864-3062 fax 1-785-864-5321 for e-mail, please use fautin at ukans.edu lab web page: www.nhm.ukans.edu/~inverts direct to sea anemone database version 2.1: biocomplexity.nhm.ukans.edu/ anemones/images/Version.html From raronson at jaguar1.usouthal.edu Fri Apr 7 11:15:50 2000 From: raronson at jaguar1.usouthal.edu (Richard B. Aronson) Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 10:15:50 -0500 (CDT) Subject: ISRS Elections Message-ID: To: Members of the International Society for Reef Studies From: Rich Aronson, Corresponding Secretary Subject: Elections 2000 This memorandum is a follow-up to the announcement about ISRS elections that appeared in the last issue of Reef Encounter (#26, December 1999). The ISRS will be holding elections this year, to replace outgoing officers and members of the ISRS Council. We will be electing a new Treasurer to replace retiring Treasurer Daphne Fautin and a new Recording Secretary to replace retiring Recording Secretary Steven Miller. In addition, we will need to replace the 6 retiring members of the ISRS Council: Rolf Bak, Gregor Hodgson, Michel Pichon, Don Potts, Paul Sammarco and Bernard Thomassin. The tenure of each elected postition is 4 years, beginning January 1, 2001. The positions are open only to members of ISRS. Nominations should be sent to Rich Aronson at raronson at disl.org and should consist of the person's name, institution and country; the post for which s/he is running; and a short statement. The statement should be one paragraph about the person's qualifications for the position (a brief history of the candidate's involvement in coral reef work) and objectives while in that position (how the candidate would envision working to the benefit of ISRS). Also required by the Society's bylaws is a statement of disclosure of any financial arrangements the candidate may have with any publisher of scientific literature. Self-nominations are welcome. If you wish to nominate someone else, please be sure that person actually agrees to run! DEADLINE: In order for nominations to be printed in the July 2000 issue of Reef Encounter, they must be sent to the Corresponding Secretary on or before April 26, 2000. A ballot will be mailed to each member of ISRS in September. The results of the election will be announceed at the 9th International Coral Reef Symposium in Bali in October. This announcement will also appear on the ISRS web site. If you are not already an ISRS member, please consider joining; information on membership is also on the web site: www.uncwil.edu/isrs From bmelis at hotmail.com Sat Apr 8 05:08:43 2000 From: bmelis at hotmail.com (blandine melis) Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 02:08:43 PDT Subject: Mlle Blandine Mélis Message-ID: <20000408090843.25841.qmail@hotmail.com> Dear Coral-Listers, Having recently completed my postgraduate diploma (bac +5) in Biology and the affects of human and natural activities at the Sea?s ecosystems at the University of Marseille (France). I Completed this formation in January 2000 by the seminar ?Coral reef Ecology and litoral tropical field ?EPHE, Perpignan University (France). During the last three years, I have gained experience in working in both France and abroad with coral reef research centers as a scientist and as a diver. This has given me sound theoretical knowledge and has allowed me to acquire practical skills in order to preserve and survey the coral reff ecosystem. I am looking for a position in a team where I will be involved in the prevention of environmental damage and also to make people more aware of the necessity to preserve this area. If there is any interest in my proposal, I will very pleased to send you my curriculum vitae. Many things in advance, Yours faithfully Blandine M?lis ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com From tsocci at usgcrp.gov Sat Apr 8 09:13:38 2000 From: tsocci at usgcrp.gov (Tony Socci) Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 13:13:38 GMT Subject: April 12th Global Change Seminar Message-ID: <200004081313.NAA62594@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> U.S. Global Change Research Program Seminar Series The Record of Surface Warming in the 20th Century: Recent Observations and Model Results What does the borehole record of temperature change tells us about climate change, particularly in the 20th century? Is the borehole record of temperature change at the Earth's surface consistent with recent observations of temperature change and other proxy records of past temperature changes, regionally and globally? From an observational perspective, what are the most notable changes in the surface temperature in the 20th Century, especially in the U.S.? From a modeling perspective, can the warming of the 20th Century be attributed entirely to natural climate variability? Are the regional and global warming trends consistent with a climate change resulting, in part, from a buildup of greenhouse gases? Public Invited Wednesday, April 12, 2000, 3:15-4:45 PM Dirksen Senate Office Bldg., Room 138 Washington, DC Reception Following INTRODUCTION: Michael E. Mann, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA SPEAKERS: Henry N. Pollack, Professor of Geophysics, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI David Easterling, Principal Scientist, National Climatic Data Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Asheville, NC Thomas R. Knutson, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Princeton, NJ Temperature Trends Over the Past Five Centuries Reconstructed from Subsurface Temperatures Temperature changes that occur at the Earth's surface propagate slowly downward into the rocks beneath the surface. Thus, rock temperatures at shallow depths provide evidence of changes that have occurred at the surface in the recent past. The pace of heat transfer in rocks is such that the past 500 years of surface temperature history is imprinted on and contained within the upper 500 meters of the Earth's crust. Analyses of underground temperature measurements from more than six hundred boreholes from all continents except Antarctica show that: * The global average ground surface temperature has increased by at least 0.9 degrees F (0.5 degrees C) in the 20th century. This is a conservative estimate of the century-long rate of warming because many boreholes used in this study were drilled and logged 15 to 20 years ago, prior to the extraordinary warming of the final decades of the 20th century. * The 20th century has been the warmest century of the last five centuries. * The present-day mean temperature is at least 1.8 degree F (1.0 degree C) warmer than five centuries ago; of this change about half has occurred in the 20th century alone, and 80% has occurred since the year 1800. The five-century change can be thought of as a time- and space-averaged overall measure of climate sensitivity (the response of the global mean surface temperature to changes in climate forcing factors over this time interval). These interpretations provide an historical perspective that indicates that the 20th century has not been just another century in terms of temperature change. In the context of the five-century interval investigated, the 20th century is clearly unusual. Observed Temperature Changes in the 20th Century Changes in Temperature Extremes One of several pieces of evidence used to gauge climate change is an increase in extreme climate events. The two types of extremes examined here are: (1) record-breaking average global temperatures, and (2) changes in the number of days in the U.S. where the temperature exceeds or drops below a given threshold temperature (e.g., freezing). Evidence from paleoclimatic data suggests that current temperatures are the warmest in the past 1000 years, and more recent observations of global temperatures indicate that temperatures have warmed approximately 0.6 degrees C (1.1 degrees F) over the past 100 years. However, an important piece of information related to understanding the sensitivity of the climate system to increases in carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, is the rate of warming. Since 1990, society has witnessed some of the warmest years on record. In particular, 1997, 1998, and now 1999, are the three warmest years on record. Furthermore, embedded within the temperature records of 1997 and 1998, was a string of sixteen consecutive months where the monthly global temperature broke the previous record for that month. In fact, during much of 1998, monthly records were broken that had just been set the previous year. Changes in the Rates of Temperature Change A casual inspection of the global temperature time series reveals that the increase in global mean temperature has not been constant. A simple linear fit to the time series from 1880 to 1999 shows that there are actually two periods where the rate of change has been much more than the observed 0.6 degrees C (1.1 degrees F)/100 years, and two periods where the rate of change has been slightly negative or very close to zero. Three inflection points (places where trends change direction) in the above time series were identified using statistical methods, then linear trends were fit to the sub-sections of the time series as defined by the presence of these inflection points. Analysis of these trends show a slight cooling of - 0.38 degrees C (-0.7 degrees F)/100 years from 1880 to 1910, a strong warming trend of 1.2 degrees C (2.2 degrees F)/100 years from 1911 to the 1940s, a slight cooling of -0.27 degrees C (-0.5 degrees F)/100 years from the 1940s to mid-1970s, and a very strong warming on the order of 0.2 degrees C (0.4 degrees F)/decade since the mid-1970s. Using this information, the string of sixteen consecutive months of record-breaking temperatures was analyzed for consistency with this observed rate of warming over the past two decades. Results of this analysis suggest that this string of record-breaking temperatures in 1997-98, is not consistent with a rate of warming of 0.2 degrees C (0.4 degrees F)/decade, but may signal an increase in this rate of change. In fact, the observed rate of change since the 1970s is comparable to the 1995 IPCC "business as usual" model scenarios of human-induced climate change for the 21st century which give a rate of warming of about 2.0 degrees C (3.6 degrees F)/100 years. Changes in Daily and Yearly Temperatures in the U.S. The average climate warming observed within the continental United States is about 1 degrees F (0.5 degrees C) over the past 100 years. It has been shown that most of the warming represented by the global average temperature is associated more with warming in minimum temperatures (nighttime lows) than in maximum temperatures (daytime highs). Analysis of changes in the number of days where the minimum temperature dips below freezing indicates that, for the U.S. as a whole, there has been a decline of two fewer days per year where temperatures fall below 0 degrees C (32 degrees F). However, since the southeastern U.S. is one of the few places in the world that has exhibited a cooling, there has been an increase in this region in the number of days below freezing. In contrast, the western U.S. has witnessed significant decreases in the number of days below freezing. 20th Century Surface Temperature Trends: Models Vs Observations The ability of global climate models to reproduce the observed surface temperature trends over the 20th century represents an important test of the models. Confidence in the ability of climate models to anticipate future climate changes rests in part on such evaluations. A recent set of global climate model experiments involving the use of a GFDL model, and driven by past concentrations of greenhouse gases and an estimate of the forcing by anthropogenic sulfate aerosols, was compared with historical temperature observations at various geographic or spatial scales: 1) global mean surface temperatures; 2) latitudinally-averaged temperature changes for various latitudes; and 3) maps of temperature trends for regions of the globe with sufficient observations. The model used provides a fairly realistic simulation of 20th century surface temperatures in terms of both global averages and latitudinally-averaged temperatures for various latitudes. Comparison of smaller-scale regional details of trends over the last half-century indicates that some significant discrepancies remain between model output and observations. In other words, in some regions, the difference between the model's trend from the greenhouse + sulfate experiments and the observed trend is greater than the "margin of error" as estimated by the internal climate variability in the model. However, for all spatial scales examined (including regional scales) the aggregate model results suggest that these regional warming trends are unlikely to be the result of internal climate variability alone, and suggest a role for a sustained climate forcing resulting from the buildup of greenhouse gases in the 20th century. 1. Global Mean Temperature: The model driven only by estimates of the varying concentrations of greenhouse gases and sulfate aerosols over time is capable of reproducing the 20th century observed global-mean surface warming quite well. Five such simulations using different initial ocean states simulate an overall 20th century warming that closely approximates the observed warming. 2. Latitudinally-Averaged Temperatures: Observed surface temperature changes, averaged for different latitudes, show that the warming since the 1970s has been fairly uniform across different latitudes. In contrast, the early 20th century warming was largest in high latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere. This difference in spatial structure suggests that the early 20th century warming may have resulted from a different set of causal factors than the recent warming. All five of the model experiments show a warming since the 1970s that is fairly uniform across different latitudes, similar to the observations. This result suggests an interpretation of the late 20th century record as a greenhouse-gas-induced warming "signal" emerging from the background "noise" of internal climate variations. One model experiment suggests that internal climate variability may well have played a substantial role in the early 20th century warming. 3. Geographical Pattern of Trends: The most stringent of the tests applied is the comparison of the complete spatial pattern of the observed and simulated temperature trends. For the model to be in agreement with observations, it must agree not only in terms of the globally averaged temperature changes, but also in terms of the regional details. According to this test, the climate model forced by greenhouse gases and sulfate aerosols is statistically consistent with the observed trends over more than 2/3 of the globe (considering only regions with sufficient observations). However, significant discrepancies exists between model and observations over about 30% of the area examined. Nonetheless, the observed warming trends appear to be clearly outside the range of internal climate variability alone. In the case of the greenhouse + sulfate experiments, a number of factors may contribute to the regional discrepancies between observed and simulated trend patterns. These factors (ordered in terms of our estimate as to their relative importance, from most to least important), include possible deficiencies in:1) specified radiative forcings such as indirect sulfate aerosol effects, for example; 2) climate model sensitivity to the forcings; 3) simulated internal climate variability, especially regionally; or 4) observational records. Biographies Dr. Henry Pollack is a professor of geophysics in the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He has engaged in research on all seven continents, addressing the dynamics and evolution of the Earth and its climate. His current research focuses on the record of global climate change as recorded by the temperatures of the rocks beneath the Earth's surface. Dr. Pollack has served on National Science Foundation advisory panels on Continental Dynamics, the Global Digital Seismograph Network, the San Andreas Fault, and Earth Science Instrumentation and Facilities. From 1991-95, he served as Chairman of the International Heat Flow Commission of the International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's Interior. He is presently a member of the U.S. Geodynamics Committee of the National Research Council, and the Committee on Global and Environmental Change of the American Geophysical Union. Dr. Pollack received his undergraduate degree in geology from Cornell University, an M.S. degree from the University of Nebraska, and a Ph.D. in geophysics from the University of Michigan. He has also held visiting teaching and/or research positions at Harvard University, the University of Zambia, the Universities of Durham and Newcastle (UK), and the University of Western Ontario. Dr. David Easterling is currently Principal Scientist at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) in Asheville, NC. Prior to that he served as an Assistant Professor in Climate and Meteorology, in the Department of Geography at Indiana University-Bloomington. He has authored or co-authored numerous research articles in such peer-reviewed journals as Science and the Journal of Climate. He is also a contributor to the upcoming Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 3rd Assessment Report, and serves as a member of the National Assessment Synthesis Team. Dr. Easterling's research interests include the detection of climate change in the observed record, particularly changes in extreme climate events; the development of statistical methods for improving the quality of climate data; and the application of General Circulation Model simulations in developing climate change scenarios for use in assessing the potential effects of climate change on the environment and society. He received his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1987. Thomas Knutson is a research meteorologist in the Climate Dynamics Group at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, one of the world's leading climate modeling centers. He has been author or co-author of a number of publications in major climate research journals, including two recent papers in Science on future hurricane intensities under a global warming, and on a model simulation of early 20th century global warming. His recent research interests include: detection of climate change; simulation of internal climate variability; and the impact of climate change on El Nino and hurricanes. He has been an invited expert on climate change and extreme events at the Aspen Global Change Institute, the Risk Prediction Initiative of the Atlantic Global Change Institute at the Bermuda Biological Station for Research, and at a recent Environmental Protection Agency workshop on climate change and extreme storm events. More recently, he was an invited speaker at the American Meteorological Society's 23rd Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology. The Next Seminar is scheduled for May 17, 2000 Tentative Topic: The Earth's Surface Temperature in the 20th Century: Coming to Grips with Satellite and Surface-Based Records of Temperature For more information please contact: Anthony D. Socci, Ph.D., U.S. Global Change Research Program Office, 400 Virginia Ave. SW, Suite 750, Washington, DC 20024; Telephone: (202) 314-2235; Fax: (202) 488-8681 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. A complete archive of seminar summaries can also be found at this site under the link: "Second Monday Seminars." From carlson at soest.hawaii.edu Sat Apr 8 18:34:51 2000 From: carlson at soest.hawaii.edu (Bruce Carlson) Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 12:34:51 -1000 Subject: Fiji bleaching event Message-ID: <004801bfa1aa$a763a1a0$22477aa6@waquarium.org> When Al Strong mentioned the "hot water" event going on now in the south Pacific, I contacted friends in Fiji to see if they noticed anything. Below I have copied the messages I received over the past few days. The area where this person dives is around the island of Beqa which is surrounded by a large barrier reef, and the south coast of Viti Levu in the Pacific Harbour/Deuba area. He does not think this is an island-wide event, ie, the reefs on the north side of Viti Levu may be unaffected since the pool of hot water seems confined to the southern areas of Fiji. Bruce Carlson Honolulu *********************************** April 5: Thanks Bruce for your message concerning hot water. Thanks for forwarding Ed's report on bleaching, unfortunately I have not found time to call him. I have not observed the degree of bleaching that is being reported. Most bleaching I have seen is in an area by Navua river where this occurs frequently and I believe this is a result of mud and freshwater. Rather then heat. We are seeing some species of coral such as Favites that are bleached, but again I have not seen large areas of bleaching when diving. Then this message came in: April 5: Just after I sent your email the divers came in with reports of large areas of white coral. I will try and get to the area they have been diving this weekend. The corals had lots of soft pastel purple. So far I still have not seen much but it does look as if I might have been just lucky in where I went diving. Then today's message: April 8: The situation has changed dramatically for the worse here. On Thursday the corals were in the bleaching process. We were told most the area inside the reef had turned white. This is on the main barrier reef on the south east side, it is inside the reef in snorkeling depth. Knowing that the hot water in the lagoon would probably affect the corals even in the deeper water of the lagoon I set my sites on the outside of the reef where the shelf dropped off quickly to depth. Hoping the strong currents, waves, and wind would keep the outside of the reef cooler with the deep water next to it. Unfortunately we checked along 20 kilometers of reef and it is all bleaching with many corals starting to die. All species of coral are affected and everywhere you look thousands upon thousands of coral are losing the color and going white. We soon quit diving as it was too depressing and you could spot check over the side of the boat and immediately see the problem. I believe that most likely all fifty kilometers of the reef are effected. Certainly thirty are for sure. I then checked some channel reefs and they were the same. I ended up this most depressing day on a reef Deuba side that I dove on Monday five days earlier. There was little sign of bleaching then with many nice corals Monday. I went to that same spot and there did not appear to be more then 10% of the reef healthy. In the five days many corals had died and most were bleaching. All species were effected except pipe organ at 50 feet depth. It looks to me that it could all be finished within a week or two at the most. The problem first cropped up two weeks ago and has moved at incredible speed. The difference five days made on the reef I refer to above, I simply would not believe it, if I had not seen it with my own eyes. I am assuming it will be years for any of this to recover? I will check the reef weekly and keep you informed. From yaelll at yahoo.com Sun Apr 9 05:21:09 2000 From: yaelll at yahoo.com (Yael BenHaim) Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2000 02:21:09 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Revista de Biologia Tropical : e- version Message-ID: <20000409092109.25864.qmail@web1403.mail.yahoo.com> Hi to all coral listers, Thanks a lot to all that answered me and helped me. I got the accessible electronic version of this journal. The internet site is : http://www.biologia.ucr.ac.cr/ 7Erbt/tbonline/annosi.htm By. Yael Ben - Haim Dept. of Microbiology and Biotechnology Tel Aviv University Israel --- owner-coral-list-daily at coral.aoml.noaa.gov wrote: > > coral-list-daily Sunday, 9 April 2000 > Volume 01 : Number 014 > > In this issue: > > Mlle Blandine M?lis > April 12th Global Change Seminar > Fiji bleaching event > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > From: "blandine melis" > Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 02:08:43 PDT > Subject: Mlle Blandine M?lis > > Dear Coral-Listers, > > Having recently completed my postgraduate diploma > (bac +5) in Biology and > the affects of human and natural activities at the > Sea?s ecosystems at the > University of Marseille (France). I Completed this > formation in January 2000 > by the seminar ?Coral reef Ecology and litoral > tropical field ?EPHE, > Perpignan University (France). > > During the last three years, I have gained > experience in working in both > France and abroad with coral reef research centers > as a scientist and as a > diver. This has given me sound theoretical knowledge > and has allowed me to > acquire practical skills in order to preserve and > survey the coral reff > ecosystem. > > I am looking for a position in a team where I will > be involved in the > prevention of environmental damage and also to make > people more aware of the > necessity to preserve this area. > > If there is any interest in my proposal, I will > very pleased to send you my > curriculum vitae. > > Many things in advance, Yours faithfully > Blandine M?lis > > > > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at > http://www.hotmail.com > > > ------------------------------ > > From: Tony Socci > Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 13:13:38 GMT > Subject: April 12th Global Change Seminar > > U.S. Global Change Research Program Seminar > Series > > The Record of Surface Warming in the 20th > Century: > Recent Observations and Model > Results > > > What does the borehole record of temperature change > tells us about climate > change, particularly in the 20th century? Is the > borehole record of > temperature change at the Earth's surface consistent > with recent > observations of temperature change and other proxy > records of past > temperature changes, regionally and globally? From > an observational > perspective, what are the most notable changes in > the surface temperature > in the 20th Century, especially in the U.S.? From a > modeling perspective, > can the warming of the 20th Century be attributed > entirely to natural > climate variability? Are the regional and global > warming trends consistent > with a climate change resulting, in part, from a > buildup of greenhouse > gases? > > > Public Invited > > Wednesday, April 12, 2000, > 3:15-4:45 PM > Dirksen Senate Office Bldg., Room > 138 > Washington, DC > > Reception Following > > > INTRODUCTION: > > Michael E. Mann, Department of Environmental > Sciences, University of > Virginia, Charlottesville, VA > > SPEAKERS: > > Henry N. Pollack, Professor of Geophysics, > Department of Geological > Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI > > David Easterling, Principal Scientist, National > Climatic Data Center, > National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, > Asheville, NC > > Thomas R. Knutson, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics > Laboratory (GFDL), National > Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Princeton, > NJ > > > Temperature Trends Over the Past Five Centuries > Reconstructed from > Subsurface Temperatures > > Temperature changes that occur at the Earth's > surface propagate slowly > downward into the rocks beneath the surface. Thus, > rock temperatures at > shallow depths provide evidence of changes that have > occurred at the > surface in the recent past. The pace of heat > transfer in rocks is such > that the past 500 years of surface temperature > history is imprinted on and > contained within the upper 500 meters of the Earth's > crust. > > Analyses of underground temperature measurements > from more than six > hundred boreholes from all continents except > Antarctica show that: > > * The global average ground surface temperature has > increased by at least > 0.9 degrees F (0.5 degrees C) in the 20th century. > This is a conservative > estimate of the century-long rate of warming because > many boreholes used > in this study were drilled and logged 15 to 20 years > ago, prior to the > extraordinary warming of the final decades of the > 20th century. > > * The 20th century has been the warmest century of > the last five centuries. > > * The present-day mean temperature is at least 1.8 > degree F (1.0 degree C) > warmer than five centuries ago; of this change about > half has occurred in > the 20th century alone, and 80% has occurred since > the year 1800. > > The five-century change can be thought of as a time- > and space-averaged > overall measure of climate sensitivity (the response > of the global mean > surface temperature to changes in climate forcing > factors over this time > interval). > > These interpretations provide an historical > perspective that indicates that > the 20th century has not been just another century > in terms of temperature > change. In the context of the five-century interval > investigated, the 20th > century is clearly unusual. > > > > Observed Temperature Changes in the 20th > Century > > Changes in Temperature Extremes > > One of several pieces of evidence used to gauge > climate change is an > increase in extreme climate events. The two types > of extremes examined > === message truncated === __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com From gidw at post.tau.ac.il Mon Apr 10 04:50:56 2000 From: gidw at post.tau.ac.il (gidon winters) Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 10:50:56 +0200 Subject: legal sttus of coral trade in US Message-ID: <38F195EF.AB7C7256@post.tau.ac.il> I am trying to look in to the legal status of coral trade in the US - could anyone point in the direction of the proper sites, treaties ... Thanks, Winters Gidon Inter University institute , Eilat Israel From acohen at whoi.edu Mon Apr 10 08:58:32 2000 From: acohen at whoi.edu (Anne Cohen) Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 08:58:32 -0400 Subject: info update Message-ID: <38F1CFF8.78D6087A@whoi.edu> Hello All I have 2 pages on the website that are due for updates: references to gorgonian growth rates and the where/whenabouts of in-situ temperature loggers. If you have and are willing to share info, please let me know (acohen at whoi.edu) many thanks Anne. ............................................................ Anne L. Cohen Dept Geology and Geophysics Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Woods Hole MA 02543 T: 508 289 2958 F: 508 289 2175 From acohen at whoi.edu Mon Apr 10 08:58:32 2000 From: acohen at whoi.edu (Anne Cohen) Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 08:58:32 -0400 Subject: info update Message-ID: <38F1CFF8.78D6087A@whoi.edu> Hello All I have 2 pages on the website that are due for updates: references to gorgonian growth rates and the where/whenabouts of in-situ temperature loggers. If you have and are willing to share info, please let me know (acohen at whoi.edu) many thanks Anne. ............................................................ Anne L. Cohen Dept Geology and Geophysics Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Woods Hole MA 02543 T: 508 289 2958 F: 508 289 2175 From rainesbk at cybertime.net Mon Apr 10 12:24:05 2000 From: rainesbk at cybertime.net (Bret Raines) Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 09:24:05 -0700 Subject: Isla de Pascua ... accompaniment, support and data sharing Message-ID: <025901bfa309$31869540$74549bcf@user> Dear Coral Listers, Currently, I'm coordinating a trip to Isla de Pascua (better known as Easter Island) from 20-30 Dec 2000. I know that some of you have an interest in the island, so I thought that I would send out this email. My main interest is marine macro-invertebrates. During my first trip to the island in April 1998, I was successful in obtaining many species. Some of which were new to science. The purpose for my next trip is to fill in some data gaps and to collect samples from 60 to 200 meters. Since I'm an independent researcher, I'm typically on a shoestring budget. I'm hoping that I can rally some support in the way of finding someone who would like to accompany me on the trip to share the costs of the rental vehicle, boat, etc. I am also looking for used sampling equipment such as a grab sampler, dredge, etc. Or may be even detailed plans for making simple one-man devices. In return, I would share samples and data that I collect regardless of the Phylum. Please contact me privately regarding the trip or support. Thank you in advance for you consideration. Sincerely, Bret ********************************************************* Bret K. Raines Museum Associate - Invertebrate Zoology (Malacology) Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Bret Raines P.O. Box 612 Victorville, CA 92393 USA rainesbk at cybertime.net ********************************************************* From liam.carr at yale.edu Mon Apr 10 14:04:04 2000 From: liam.carr at yale.edu (Liam M Carr) Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 14:04:04 -0400 Subject: economic values of coral reefs Message-ID: <200004101803.OAA06862@pantheon-po01.its.yale.edu> coral listers- i would greatly appreciate any economic numbers you might have regarding a value on yours/any reef system, especially indo-pacific. specifically, reef values due to tourism/fisheries industries would be super. i am building a data base for my thesis and am trying to fill in some ominous gaps. please email me at: liam.carr at yale.edu cheers, --liam From kat1003 at cus.cam.ac.uk Mon Apr 10 14:20:00 2000 From: kat1003 at cus.cam.ac.uk (kat1003 at cus.cam.ac.uk) Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 19:20:00 +0100 Subject: Reef Encounter - Call for Contributions Message-ID: <1911660665.955394400@cugd-pc-176.geog.cam.ac.uk> REEF ENCOUNTER No. 27 NEWSLETTER OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR REEF STUDIES CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS Dear all, We are currently looking for articles for the next issue of Reef Encounter. We would welcome contributions from a few hundred words to a couple of pages on any aspect of reef studies, including news, comments, short reviews (but not original scientific data) and especially illustrations/cartoons. Our deadline is 1st May and text sent by email is strongly preferred. You can also send illustrations (and text if desired) to the address at the end of this message. Please email your articles to one of us at: Kristian Teleki, kat1003 at cus.cam.ac.uk Maggie Watson, habari at candwbvi.net Maria Joao Rodrigues, Maria.Rodrigues at jcu.edu.au If you are interested in joining the International Society for Reef Studies and receiving Reef Encounter please contact Richard Aronson, raronson at jaguar1.usouthal.edu Thanks, Kristian, Maggie and Maria Joao __________________________________________ Kristian A. Teleki Cambridge Coastal Research Unit Department of Geography, University of Cambridge Downing Place, Cambridge United Kingdom CB2 3EN Tel +44 1223 333399 +44 1223 339775 (Direct) Fax +44 1223 355674 Email: kat1003 at cus.cam.ac.uk __________________________________________ From raronson at jaguar1.usouthal.edu Mon Apr 10 15:03:00 2000 From: raronson at jaguar1.usouthal.edu (Richard B. Aronson) Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 14:03:00 -0500 (CDT) Subject: Reef Encounter - Call for Contributions In-Reply-To: <1911660665.955394400@cugd-pc-176.geog.cam.ac.uk> Message-ID: Dear Kristian, PLEASE do not refer people to me for joining ISRS. We have a web site, and that's where I send them. Thanks. Rich On Mon, 10 Apr 2000 kat1003 at cus.cam.ac.uk wrote: > REEF ENCOUNTER No. 27 > NEWSLETTER OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR REEF STUDIES > CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS > > > Dear all, > > We are currently looking for articles for the next issue of Reef > Encounter. We would welcome contributions from a few hundred words to > a couple of pages on any aspect of reef studies, including news, > comments, short reviews (but not original scientific data) and > especially illustrations/cartoons. Our deadline is 1st May and text sent by > email is strongly preferred. You can also send illustrations (and > text if desired) to the address at the end of this message. > > Please email your articles to one of us at: > Kristian Teleki, kat1003 at cus.cam.ac.uk > Maggie Watson, habari at candwbvi.net > Maria Joao Rodrigues, Maria.Rodrigues at jcu.edu.au > > If you are interested in joining the International Society for Reef > Studies and receiving Reef Encounter please contact > Richard Aronson, raronson at jaguar1.usouthal.edu > > Thanks, > > Kristian, Maggie and Maria Joao > > __________________________________________ > Kristian A. Teleki > > Cambridge Coastal Research Unit > Department of Geography, University of Cambridge > Downing Place, Cambridge United Kingdom CB2 3EN > > Tel +44 1223 333399 +44 1223 339775 (Direct) > Fax +44 1223 355674 > > Email: kat1003 at cus.cam.ac.uk > __________________________________________ > > From alex at sharkcity.freeserve.co.uk Mon Apr 10 14:52:16 2000 From: alex at sharkcity.freeserve.co.uk (Alex Grimes) Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 19:52:16 +0100 Subject: Address to reply to Utila/Taytay Bay dataset request Message-ID: <008701bfa322$114df340$daac883e@Alex> Dear All, My e-mail address appears to have been omitted from my initial message, so here it is: Alex at sharkcity.freeserve.co.uk Cheers, Alex -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/20000410/76a42ab7/attachment.html From raronson at jaguar1.usouthal.edu Mon Apr 10 15:23:55 2000 From: raronson at jaguar1.usouthal.edu (Richard B. Aronson) Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 14:23:55 -0500 (CDT) Subject: Inadvertent Message Message-ID: I just inadvertently broadcast a personal message on the subject of joining ISRS to the entire coral list. My apologies to all. The web address for joining ISRS and receiving Reef Encounter is: www.uncwil.edu/isrs. Best regards, Rich Aronson ______________________________________________________________________________ Richard B. Aronson Corresponding Secretary, ISRS Dauphin Island Sea Lab 101 Bienville Boulevard Dauphin Island, AL 36528 Voice: (334) 861-7567 Fax: (334) 861-7540 email: raronson at jaguar1.usouthal.edu From lovell at suva.is.com.fj Mon Apr 10 15:26:23 2000 From: lovell at suva.is.com.fj (Biological Consultants (Fiji)) Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 07:26:23 +1200 (FJT) Subject: Fiji bleaching event Message-ID: <200004101926.HAA07133@maggie.is.com.fj> Dear Coral-Listers, In addition to Bruce Carlsons reports, the following is a more general appraisal of the coral bleaching event now developing in Fiji. March/April Coral Bleaching Event in Fiji April 10, 2000 A coral a bleaching event is well underway in Fiji with 30-31C temperatures being experienced along the southern areas of Fiji's main islands of Viti Levu and Vanua Levu. Considering the time-line of this warm water event, the first reports of minor bleaching were reported in late April. An observation (Feb. 20, 2000) of some minor bleaching at the entrance to Suva Harbour was interpreted as due to heavy rain. I conducted a Reef Check at the Fijian Resort (27/2/00) at the western end of the Coral Coast, S. Viti Levu and saw only minor, "possible" bleaching in a few colonies of Acropora. It was determined then that no bleaching was occurring. A recent call to the Fijian Resort Dive operation confirmed that the bleaching has occurred in the area of survey within the first week of March. Austin Bowden-Kerby commenting the reef flat environment gave the following report. "The Cuvu reefs (Fijian Resort) are pretty severely bleached, it started over a month ago, but has spread. The interesting thing is what has not bleached; most of the larger colonies appear completely unaffected, adapted to the heat, regardless of species. Also smaller Seriatopora and some Pocillopora are resistant as well as many of the staghorn Acroporas. There has been some death, but lots of extremely bleached corals seem to be holding their own so far, many Stylophora look like they might die though." By contrast, it is the larger colonies that appear to be affected in the subtidal areas of the reef slope. The bleaching of large plate and corymbose Acropora colonies are evident. A trip to Frigate Pass in the Beqa Lagoon (12/3/00) revealed extensive bleaching, or should, I say bluing or yellowing. The effect was dramatic with sprawling colonies of Acropora monticulosa and A. humilis appearing bright blue due to the absence of the zooxanthellae. A. nana also exhibited a blue appearance. A. hyacinthus, A. clathrata, A. nasuta, a sprawling zoanthid and many soft corals took on a yellow appearance. Some became very white. Light green was a common color for Gonioporas. Regardless of color, it often appears luminescent. It is estimated that there is 50% bleaching with >65% in some areas. Up to 30% of those affected were blue. Montastrea curta and Platygyra sinensis were affected. A. muricata was bleaching white. Pocillopora eydouxi is common and showed no bleaching. The presence of the bleaching was patchy with some areas not particularly affected. This observation was probably two weeks into the event. Now a little more than a month the beginning of the event, a dive on the local Suva reefs near the harbour entrance, and Rattail Passage (2/4/00) revealed extensive bleaching with an estimate 75% of the hard and soft coral affected. Most of these were bleached white though many still had blue, pink or yellow coloration. Unfortunately, an estimated 15% of colonies had algae beginning to grow on their surfaces, indicating that these were the colonies affected early in the episode (~1 month) and have died. Many of the colonies were ? bleached indicating a progressive effect with some portions covered by algae. The water temperature was 31.5C at the Suva Harbour entrance and 31C at Rattail passage. Interestingly, some species that were bleached totally, have colonies of the same species nearby that appear to be totally unaffected. The bleaching was evident at depth and in underhangs and crevice areas. A listing of the species that have bleached is extensive, with many Acroporas and notably colonies of Lobophyllia sp. and Diploastrea sp. All of the Montiporas seemed affected. Some Acroporas like were completely unbleached. Unlike the earlier observations at the Fijian Resort, the Seriatopora and Pocillopora are bleaching to varying degrees. Large tabulate colonies have been affected often progressively. In some cases algae has began to settle on one portion of the colony which is bleached white in the center but will still exhibit natural coloration on a portion. Among the bleached colonies, there are colonies that are not bleached and appear healthy. Other observations have come from the Cousteau Resort near Savusavu, Vanua Levu which report high percentages of coral bleaching (65%) (11/3/00). Reports of from helicopter trip along the southern coast of Viti Levu revealed the bleaching to be occurring all along the coast. Two things have surprised me about this event. One is the vivid colour of many of the corals (pinks, blues and yellows) which are evident after the expulsion of the their zooxanthellae. It also seems that the symptom of coloration is more characteristics of the offshore, clearer waters. In the inshore areas, the bleaching white is more apparent, but many exceptions. The second is the rapid nature of the effect. One week all is well and the next week, there is apparent widespread bleaching. We are now in the sixth week with high water temperatures. NOAA's hotspot website seems to be very informative in showing the progressive warming. Of interest, the warm water didn't migrate from somewhere else. It originated at these latitudes, largely south of Fiji extending east. Thankfully, according to the website, it seems to be breaking up, at least near Fiji. Temperature reports from some areas confirm that the inshore temperatures still remain high (~31C). A call to Ha'atafu, Tongatapu, Tonga and the report of the widespread bluing of coral is the same. As with Fiji, lots of blue and yellow coloration is characterizing the coral areas. A trip 10 miles north of Tongatapu to some isolated barrier reefs revealed the same phenomenon. Bleaching has been reported from the Ha'apai group, central Tonga. Though further north and outside of the hotspot area, bleaching of the large Acropora plates, particularly evident at depth (~15m), has been reported from Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. The extent is uncertain but is occurring. Apparently less so in the shallow waters. Best regards, Ed Lovell Biological Consultants, Fiji Suva Edward R. Lovell From heathemm at yahoo.com Mon Apr 10 15:41:23 2000 From: heathemm at yahoo.com (HEATHER EMMITTE) Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 12:41:23 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Economics of coral reefs Message-ID: <20000410194123.5679.qmail@web120.yahoomail.com> Hello coral listers, I am a graduate student at American University and I am trying to gather any information on the economics of coral reef conservation strategies. If anyone has any journal articles on the costs and benefits of implementation of a particular strategy/plan on coral reefs in the U.S. or for other reef systems, I would greatly appreciate your help. The article is for a class on Environmental Economics. Thanks for your time and consideration, Heather Emmitte __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com From Milen.Dyoulgerov at noaa.gov Mon Apr 10 16:55:08 2000 From: Milen.Dyoulgerov at noaa.gov (Milen Dyoulgerov) Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 16:55:08 -0400 Subject: information request Message-ID: <38F23F7C.9A553FDD@noaa.gov> Dear all, Some of you might recall that NOS, NOAA has been engaged for more than a year now with promoting a better, uniform depiction of coral and MPA on nautical charts. Last year we asked for help with information on vessel grounding and you gave us an outstanding response -- encouraging us to know that you also consider the reduction of vessel damage to corral to be an important issue. Now we would like to ask again for you assistance in preparation for the next round of negotiations on the subject with hydrographers from Europe and the Caribbean. This time, we are looking for information on the enforcement and punitive practices outside of the US in cases involving coral damage by large ships. Do you know whether shipping companies have call to pay for coral reef damage and coral reef restoration in other countries? Are you aware of national legislation (in countries other than the US) under which shipping interests could be hold liable for coral damage? We will be grateful for information from all over the world. In addition, we will greatly appreciate it if you can send us any relevant information regarding countries from the Wider Caribbean Region BY THE END OF THIS WEEK! Please, send all responses to mile.dyoulgerov at noaa.gov and meg.danley at noaa.gov. Thank you in advance for your help, Milen Dyoulgerov From Bill.Millhouser at noaa.gov Mon Apr 10 18:03:08 2000 From: Bill.Millhouser at noaa.gov (Bill Millhouser) Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 18:03:08 -0400 Subject: Coral Reef Job Vacancy in NOAA Message-ID: <38F24F9C.631DDE82@noaa.gov> The job announcement for a Coral Reef Environmental Protection Specialist position within NOAA in Silver Spring MD, is available at the web address listed below. The vacancy will be open until April 28, 2000. If you have a questions, please call me. Thank you, Bill Millhouser http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/wfjic/jobs/BQ5058.HTM ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Bill Millhouser, Pacific Regional Manager Coastal Programs Division, OCRM, NOAA N/ORM-3, Room 11206 1305 East-West Hwy, Silver Spring, MD 20910 Ph: 301-713-3121 X189 Fax: 301-713-4367 Mobile: 703-623-9909 E-Mail: bill.millhouser at noaa.gov http://www.nos.noaa.gov/ocrm/czm/welcome.html From dgleason at gsvms2.cc.gasou.edu Mon Apr 10 19:47:08 2000 From: dgleason at gsvms2.cc.gasou.edu (Danny Gleason) Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 19:47:08 -0400 Subject: Bahamas Summer Course Message-ID: <4.3.0.20000410193614.01f18300@gsvms2.cc.gasou.edu> Greetings! We still have a few spots left in our Tropical Marine Biology summer field course held at Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas! This course will run July 17-31, 2000. More detailed information can be found below. If you have students that are interested, please tell them to contact me soon! We would also appreciate it if you would post this information within your department. Thank you, Danny Gleason FIELD COURSE IN BAHAMAS Tropical Marine Biology What: Intensive 2-week field course that will introduce you to the natural history and ecology of a variety of tropical marine organisms and ecosystems including mangroves, seagrasses, rocky shores and coral reefs. Where: Caribbean Marine Research Center, Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas When: July 17 31, 2000 Credit hours: Up to 4 on semester system Prerequisites and Requirements: General Biology or equivalent and permission of instructor. Must be able to swim 400 yds non-stop and tread water for 10 minutes. Cost: Approximately $1,800 + tuition ($1,800 includes room, board, laboratory fees, boat fees, diving and/or snorkeling fees, and transportation costs from Statesboro, GA) Interested? Contact Daniel Gleason, Georgia Southern University, Department of Biology. E-mail: dgleason at gasou.edu Phone: 912-681-5957 For more information see the following home page: http://www.bio.gasou.edu/Bio-home/Gleason/Trop_Mar_Biol/TMB_Home_Page.html ************************************** "Heck, we're invertebrates, my boy! As a whole, we're the movers and shakers on this planet! Spineless superheroes, that's what we are!" Father Worm to his son in "There's a Hair in My Dirt - A Worm Story" by Gary Larson ************************************** Daniel Gleason Department of Biology Georgia Southern University P.O. Box 8042 Statesboro, GA 30460-8042 Phone: 912-681-5957 FAX: 912-681-0845 E-mail: dgleason at gsvms2.cc.gasou.edu http://www.bio.gasou.edu/Bio-home/Gleason/Gleason-home.html ************************************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/20000410/475f1fc3/attachment.html From DoE at candw.ky Mon Apr 10 19:00:02 2000 From: DoE at candw.ky (Department of Environment) Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 19:00:02 -0400 Subject: Request information on Acropora palmata Message-ID: <01BFA31F.38E35740@pm3-5-90.dialup.candw.ky> Dear coral-list readers, I am a Ph.D. student working on environmental controls of coral reef growth. I am looking for information regarding physiological reactions / adaptations of the elkhorn coral Acropora palmata to physico-chemical parametres (the effect of light, nutrients, temperature, wave-power, ...on coral growth, calcification, etc...). Any information could help. Also information on whoever is working or has worked on this field. Thank you very much!! Frank Sommer present address: Dept. of Environment PO BOX 486 GT Grand Cayman Cayman Islands Tel. 345-949-8469, FAX: 345-949-4020 Email: DoE at candw.ky From F.Kelmo at plymouth.ac.uk Tue Apr 11 09:43:51 2000 From: F.Kelmo at plymouth.ac.uk (Francisco KELMO) Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 13:43:51 GMT Subject: Request information on Acropora palmata In-Reply-To: <01BFA31F.38E35740@pm3-5-90.dialup.candw.ky> Message-ID: Hi folks, I would appreciate these information too. It is not easy to find out information regarding physiological reactions/adaptations of cnidarians. Thanks, Francisco Kelmo. > From: Department of Environment > To: "'coral-list at aoml.noaa.gov'" > Subject: Request information on Acropora palmata > Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 19:00:02 -0400 > Reply-to: Department of Environment > Dear coral-list readers, > > I am a Ph.D. student working on environmental controls of coral reef growth. > I am looking for information regarding physiological reactions / adaptations of the elkhorn coral Acropora palmata to physico-chemical parametres (the effect of light, nutrients, temperature, wave-po> Any information could help. Also information on whoever is working or has worked on this field. > Thank you very much!! > > Frank Sommer > > present address: > Dept. of Environment > PO BOX 486 GT > Grand Cayman > Cayman Islands > Tel. 345-949-8469, FAX: 345-949-4020 > Email: DoE at candw.ky > > F.Kelmo Coral Reef Ecology Benthic Ecology Research Group 613 Davy Building, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Devon, PL4 8AA United Kingdon. Phone: +44 (0)1752 232951 (Lab) +44 (0)870 710 5741 (home) Fax: +44 (0)1752 232970 E-mail: fkelmo at plymouth.ac.uk From M.ABLAN at CGIAR.ORG Tue Apr 11 06:10:12 2000 From: M.ABLAN at CGIAR.ORG (Ablan, Menchie) Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 03:10:12 -0700 Subject: ICLARM position Message-ID: <200004111356.NAA10539@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Apologies for cross posting **************************************************************** Dear Colleagues, Please note the following announcement for a position at ICLARM. **************************************************************** ICLARM A member of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), the International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM) is an international, non-government, non-profit scientific institute conducting fisheries and aquaculture research in tropical developing countries. The Center requires a highly competent and motivated individual to fill the position of: CORALREEF FISHERIES SCIENTIST ICLARM invites applications from fisheries scientists with expertise in coral reef fisheries research and management. The appointment will be for a scientist/senior scientist position within ICLARM's Coastal and Marine Resources Research Program and based at ICLARM's new headquarters in Penang, Malaysia. Background: ICLARM conducts research and management activities on living aquatic resources to ensure the conservation and sustainable use of these resources for the benefit of the poor in developing countries. One major focus of ICLARM's activities under the Coastal and Marine Resources Research Program is the conservation and appropriate use of coral reefs and their fisheries resources. Work includes the compilation of a global database of coral reef information termed ReefBase and the definition of indicators of reef connectivity and health to improve management advice and to target new research. Work to evaluate catches and appropriate offtake of reef resources is complemented by other ICLARM projects on the implementation of marine protected areas, ecosystem modelling, coastal aquaculture (including of coral reef organisms), resource evaluation, coastal zone training and policy studies. The coverage is global in coral reef areas, with particular current research foci in the Pacific and South East Asia, and in the Caribbean. The position: ICLARM is seeking a leading fisheries scientist with expertise in coral reef research. The scientist will be expected to sustain and develop new research of an international character targeted to the definition of key scientific facts and the delivery of advice to improve management of coral reef resources for developing countries. The development of competitive research proposals is part of the scientific responsibility. ICLARM conducts all its work in partnership and the ability to conduct excellent research and analysis, and the coordination and catalysis of international research with partner institutes will be prerequisites for the position. Similarly there will be the opportunity to lead a group of scientists and to interact fully with ICLARM's multidisciplinary research programs. Qualifications: The scientist is expected to have a Ph.D. in fisheries science or similar and at least five years research experience working on coral reefs or their fisheries. Excellent statistical and database management skills are essential. A good publication record and evidence of leadership or high level involvement in international collaborative research and management are expected. Fluency in English (ICLARM's working language) and good writing skills are required. ICLARM offers competitive remuneration and benefits packages. ICLARM is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all applications regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religious persuasion or political beliefs. Applications from women and developing country professionals are especially encouraged. Interested candidates should send their application with current curriculum vitae, publication lists with copies of key publications and the names of three (3) professional referees (including telephone, fax, and e-mail address, if available) before 15 May 2000 to: The Associate Director General, ICLARM, POBox 500, GPO, 10670 Penang Malaysia. Telefax: + 604-643-4496, e-mail: E.Sayegh at cgiar.org For more information see www.cgiar/iclarm From jch at aoml.noaa.gov Tue Apr 11 10:26:16 2000 From: jch at aoml.noaa.gov (coral-list admin) Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 14:26:16 GMT Subject: Research Resources Message-ID: <200004111426.OAA10653@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Greetings, Students, I know many of you may be quite a distance from a library and other information resources, and thus it is occasionally helpful to ask for help in locating research materials. However, for the rest of you, please take note of the following paragraph from the coral-list Welcome Message, then see some links below: "3) Please conduct as much preliminary research into a topic as possible before posting a query to the list. (In other words, you shouldn't expect others to do your research for you.) Please consider: o Your librarian (an extremely valuable resource) o The CHAMP Literature Abstracts area at the CHAMP Web site o The CHAMP Online Researcher's Directory (i.e., search for your topic, ask the experts directly) o The CHAMP (and other) Web sites' links page(s) But please *do* avail yourself of the list when you've exhausted other sources." The CHAMP Web site is www.coral.noaa.gov. ~~~ I would imagine that most modern libraries have access to Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (see "Cambridge" link, below), Sea Grant Information Center (http://nsgd.gso.uri.edu/), and similar online databases, and would be only too happy to help you, especially if you are a PhD student who is by now well versed in research methods and can help them refine your research topic. If your librarian does not have specialized database accounts, here are some resources for them (or you?) to consider subscribing to: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts http://www.csa.com/siteV3/contactcsa.html First Search: http://firstsearch.oclc.org/ For more basic questions by non-research folks, the Encyclopedia Britannica has a good quick bunch of basic answers: http://search.eb.com/ For the most up-to-date texts on basic coral biology, your graduate advisor would be the best resource, or you can find the most recent texts through your librarian's vast resources (e.g., "Books in Print"). I hope this helps. Cheers, Jim From alex at sharkcity.freeserve.co.uk Tue Apr 11 13:27:16 2000 From: alex at sharkcity.freeserve.co.uk (Alex Grimes) Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 18:27:16 +0100 Subject: Search for data from Bay Islands, Honduras or Taytay Bay, Philippines Message-ID: <003101bfa3db$49778c40$dca7883e@Alex> Dear All, My name is Alex Grimes and I am currently undertaking a masters at Plymouth University, England. For the research module of the course, I am hoping to assess the impacts of anthropogenic stressors on coral reefs. I am currently carrying out a grey literature search for past reef research carried out at two possible locations:- the Bay Islands (Roatan or Utila), Honduras or Taytay Bay, Palawan ( preferably Negros Island) in the Philippines. So if anyone out there knows of any baseline data sets, which may be of use to me or anyone I could contact for some help in this matter please contact me on Alex at sharkcity.freeserve.co.uk Cheers Alex -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/20000411/752228dd/attachment.html From bergmann at ametro.net Tue Apr 11 16:02:09 2000 From: bergmann at ametro.net (Charles Bergmann) Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 15:02:09 -0500 Subject: gas additives and coral Message-ID: <009b01bfa3f0$d1ba28a0$9821fa0a@dmr1> Does anyone know of any work done on the effects of gas additives on coral? With outboard companies admitting to 25% of the fuel entering the outboard leaving unburned one could surmise there would be tons of additives attacking the coral. It is my understanding the gas and oil will evaporate but the additives in the gas do not. Something that Texas Parks and Wildlife discovered in fresh water lakes last September -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/20000411/cd193633/attachment.html From carlson at soest.hawaii.edu Tue Apr 11 15:48:26 2000 From: carlson at soest.hawaii.edu (Bruce Carlson) Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 09:48:26 -1000 Subject: Fw: Additional Data From Beqa Message-ID: <002f01bfa3ee$e79663c0$22477aa6@waquarium.org> Here's is another report from Fiji. Also, apparently the western side of Viti Levu has not been affected as of 4/11/00. Bruce ----- Original Message ----- To: Bruce Carlson Sent: Monday, April 10, 2000 2:01 PM Subject: Additional Data From Beqa Dear Bruce, ....I believe of more value would have been the report I am sending now which includes information from Sunday's surveys. You mentioned this is of scientific interest which I assume that this is where you are directing the information. I do realize of course that it is on the web which is shouting it to the world. The report below should be considered as correct if there is any conflict with the information sent in the rushed messages I sent you. Please get this information on record to replace any of the information in the messages. I have carefully pulled notes and dates of problems starting to occur, to put together a more accurate picture. Also I had whoever was diving with me review assessments to see if they felt the same about what they were viewing. March 24: We notice a few species of corals showing signs of bleaching. Mostly Hydnophora. These are in areas with a lot of river run off and where bleaching occurs more frequently. April 3: I receive a message from Bruce Carlson about unusually warm water. A day later I see Ed Lovell's report on bleaching in the western side of Beqa lagoon and various parts of Fiji. I check a couple of dive sites but only see the same situation as March 24. I dive one reef very near here and it looks quite OK just the odd coral with light bleaching. April 7: Reports come in from local divers that some of the coral is turning white in the lagoon areas of Beqa and Deuba. April 8: We check the outside reef of Beqa lagoon on the south and south east side bordering deep water well away from the passes. About 5% of the coral at most was dead. Around 75% of the corals were alive but were showing bleaching from light to severe, with around 20% looking relatively u nbleached and healthy. Dropping down the reef, we found that betwen 8 and 10 metres there was a distinct improvement in the health of the corals. The deeper corals in 10 meters or more were the least affected, showing little or no sign of bleaching, and looking healthy. A large stretch of reef of over 10 kilometers was spot checked with consistent results. This was followed up by a check of the inshore reef mentioned above that is very near my house on April 5th. The situation there had changed dramatically. About 10 % of the coral on top of the reef was dead, with all the acropora showing signs of bleaching. Again, the corals at depth were healthier. April 9: I checked the top of the reef on the south western part of Beqa lagoon. The areas I checked were between 1 meter and three meters deep at high tide. I was there at mid tide. It was an outgoing tide taking water from the lagoon. There was large surf pushing in water from the outside of the reef. It was mid day, hot and sunny. Temperature of the water was between 86.3F degrees and 85.3F degrees depending on location. There was a higher percent of dead corals in this area, approximately 10% to 20%. Most corals were in various stages of bleaching. The deeper the water the less the effect even though it was only a meter or two difference in depth. I then checked the outside of the reef on the western side. Temperature there at between five and ten meters was 84F degrees. The coral there more resembled the outside of Beqa lagoon on the south eastern side. Less actual dead coral and mostly bleaching coral with some healthier corals at 10 meters and more. It is important that although most corals are bleaching now, corals that have actually died seem more prevalent in certain species. So when rough percents are given above they do not reflect that some species are really in difficulty and have died where as others there is still a high percentage alive and they may still survive if some cool water comes in quickly. I have listed a few species below and how they appear to be doing as of August 9. Acropora: Most of the dead acropora is in the sprawling colonies of loose branching species, such as A. nobilis and A. pulchra. These can be up to 50% dead in some areas, particularly the shallow lagoon areas. Only 5% of other species such as humilis, samoensis, robusta, subulata, and aculeus were dead, although a high proportion were showing light to extreme bleaching. Note that I have a lot of difficulty to identify these species. The only healthy ones with no or little bleaching are at 10 meters or more. Pocillopora: There are some dead pocillopora approximately 5% with P. damicornis more affected. Most damicornis are suffering from bleaching. >From 8 meters depth onward there are many healthy ones. P. verrucosa tended to be less affected by bleaching, with some healthy ones in shallow waters, and quite a few healthy at 10 metres or more. Seriatopora: Almost all appear to be bleaching at shallower than 10 meters. However, there were large healthy populations at 15 meters and more on the outside of the reef. Fungia: Mostly healthy with a very small percent (<5%) exhibiting bleaching. Caulastrea: Shallow water ones are almost all bleached. Deeper water ones have bleaching showing but some colonies are still not bleached. Favia & Platygyra: A large proportion were bleached, although very few dead colonies were observed. Galaxea: Very few dead, but some bleaching (30% to 40%) starting to take effect. Lobophyllia: Most are bleached but even in shallow water I have not observed any dead ones. Turbinaria: Mixed observations, with some shallow water areas showing significant bleaching, while in other areas they remain healthy and unbleached. Sarcophyton spp: Widespread bleaching occuring, having rapidly deteriorated between March 26 and April 9. Virtually no dead sarcophyton observed. To sum this up. As in Ed Lovell's report I have seen the rapid nature of the effect where one week all is well and the next week there is rapid and widespread bleaching. Also my survey of the outside of the reef on April 8 bears out his observation that widespread color remains on the outside of the reef. Although I am in shock as to the rapid change in what is occurring on a reef I have spent many thousands of hours diving on over the last sixteen years I will not give up hoping that cool water will arrive before it is too late. In a perverse way it is fortunate that this has struck when the reef population is so strong. The present population of coral in the Beqa-Deuba area is the best I have ever seen. We have gone through an unusually calm period of no major cyclones coming this way to destroy the reef for six years. And it has been almost a decade since we have had a devastating crown of thorns invasion. This has all combined to give a high coral density. Given some cooling in water temperature I am hopeful that if the mortality is not too extreme, we could be left with a population at not too far from the long term average level. From carlson at soest.hawaii.edu Tue Apr 11 17:29:03 2000 From: carlson at soest.hawaii.edu (Bruce Carlson) Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 11:29:03 -1000 Subject: Cook Islands - no bleaching Message-ID: <00c201bfa3fc$f5c556a0$22477aa6@waquarium.org> Apparently the Cook Islands are not experiencing any bleaching event. > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Bruce Carlson > >To: Ben Ponia > >Date: 11 April 2000 09:00 > >Subject: Re: > >>I'd like to post your message on the Coral-List server which goes out to > >>coral reef biologists and others around the world who are interested in > >what > >>is happening out in your area. Do you have any objections if I post it? > >> > >>Aloha > >>Bruce Carlson, Director > >>Waikiki Aquarium. > > ----- Original Message ----- From: Ben Ponia To: Bruce Carlson Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2000 11:03 AM Subject: Re: > no problem >> > >>----- Original Message ----- > >>From: Ben Ponia > >>To: Bruce Carlson > >>Sent: Monday, April 10, 2000 2:01 PM > >> > >> > >>Kia orana Bruce, > >> > >>Mary forwarded your email concerns about coral bleaching to me. I have > just > >>got back to Rarotonga today but have emailed the local dive operators and > >>coral scientists to ask their opionion. i spoke to an operator who > remarked > >>that the only unusual activity was an increase in crown of thorns. we > >>receive temperature data from tidal monitoring stations, the latest set is > >>for the month of february which reported temperatures higher then normal. > i > >>am not too sure of march and april. i was told that the last few weeks > have > >>been quite stormy weather. > >> > >>coincidently, we've just hosted a major climate change conference here > last > >>week with several hundred participants. if a major bleaching event > happened > >>it would be ironic if none of them noticed it! > >> > >>we do some coral monitoring work here. we don't do regular monitoring > >surveys > >>though, the last major survey was in feb 1999. > >> > >>regards > >>ben ponia > >>director research > >> > >> > > > > > > > From dbaker at tm.net.my Tue Apr 11 20:20:59 2000 From: dbaker at tm.net.my (Don Baker) Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 08:20:59 +0800 Subject: Coral Reef Restoration Programs / Worldwide Message-ID: <38F3C16B.BC925B72@tm.net.my> Dear Coral-L, This coming May, I will be giving a short, and hopefully informative, talk at the Bangkok - ADEX about the status of various active coral reef restoration projects/programs worldwide [i.e. Dr Heeger's Cebu/Philippines/UofSan Carlos]. It would also be an excellent chance for other scientists and institutions involved with active restoration methods to get involved as well. Though short notice but those willing to give a short presentation at ADEX, please contact Robert Houston of "Action Asia" magazine soonest. ["Robert Houston" ]. If you can not be directly involved, I would be glad to summarize your work & programs in my talk. Please email me details about your projects. [donbakerjr at hotmail.com, reefprj at hotmail.com] My talk so far will be about "The Reef Project" of Sabah, Malaysia but with an "international" concept & appeal. I hope that I can have more programs to announce and talk about? Don Baker THE REEF PROJECT From gjgast at dds.nl Wed Apr 12 12:39:08 2000 From: gjgast at dds.nl (GJ Gast) Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 12:39:08 +1:00 Subject: On job ads. In-Reply-To: <38F24F9C.631DDE82@noaa.gov> Message-ID: <200004121044.MAA24075@feline.dds.nl> The one below is a position restricted to those who have worked at least one year in US federal service. There have been quite a positions advertised on the coral-list that were for US citisens only. Please indicate such restrictions when you advertise a position on this World wide medium. That would save us, who the message is not meant for, the trouble of looking up the homepage (and having hopes trashed). Aside from this detail, I appreciate job ads passed on the list. Thanks, GJ. P.s. for those looking: there a quite a few fish-biology jobs on the usajobs site. > The job announcement for a Coral Reef Environmental Protection > Specialist position within NOAA in Silver Spring MD, is available at the > web address listed below. The vacancy will be open until April 28, 2000. > If you have a questions, please call me. Thank you, Bill Millhouser > > http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/wfjic/jobs/BQ5058.HTM > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > Bill Millhouser, Pacific Regional Manager > Coastal Programs Division, OCRM, NOAA > N/ORM-3, Room 11206 > 1305 East-West Hwy, > Silver Spring, MD 20910 > Ph: 301-713-3121 X189 > Fax: 301-713-4367 > Mobile: 703-623-9909 > E-Mail: bill.millhouser at noaa.gov > http://www.nos.noaa.gov/ocrm/czm/welcome.html =============================================== Dr. Gert Jan Gast Oostelijke Handelskade 31 1019BL Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Phone int 31 (0)20 4190951 Fax int 31 (0)20 4198605 From icriwnc at noumea.ird.nc Wed Apr 12 07:29:05 2000 From: icriwnc at noumea.ird.nc (icriwnc at noumea.ird.nc) Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 11:29:05 GMT Subject: Bleaching events and ICRI regional meeting in Noumea Message-ID: <200004121129.LAA17814@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Dear Coral-listers, As already announced earlier this year an ICRI regional meeting is to take place in Noumea (New Caledonia) on May 22-24 this year. As there are a number of coral bleaching events currently occuring in the region, we would very much appreciate if participants who are aware of such events in their area could bring with them any of the following information: 1 - areas hit by these phenomena : surface estimates, depth range, biotope... 2 - indication on the species which seem the most affected and those which seem to be least affected 3- any quantitative data. Maps showing the extension of the problem would be extremely useful 4 - observations on associated species : fish, echinoderms, crustaceans ... which show some change in their behavior or distribution next to these bleaching events For further information of this ICRI meeting please contact the following e-mail: icriwnc at noumea.ird.nc or kulbicki at noumea.ird.nc in case your e-mail does not get through you may also Fax to : (687)-26-43-26 (specifiy it is for the ICRI meeting). Thank you all in advance for your assistance, Michel Kulbicki (as co-ordinator of the Noumea ICRI meeting) From heather.walton at duke.edu Tue Apr 11 21:35:44 2000 From: heather.walton at duke.edu (Heather Picot Walton) Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 21:35:44 -0400 Subject: Data by waterbody Message-ID: <200004121127.LAA17855@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Dear Colleague: I write to request the following information for as many waterbodies as possible (including streams, rivers, lakes, bays, estuaries, seas, oceanside coastal zones, continental shelves, open oceans, etc): 1) Surface area of each waterbody (square kilometers). (I particularly need information on small lakes and streams.) 2) Number of native species. 3) Number of non-native species. 4) Number of extinct/extirpated species (during historical time). 5) Literature references or contacts. I recognize that exact numbers may not be available-- even estimates and taxonomically-specific (for example, fish only) personal communications would be VERY helpful. Please e-mail/postal mail/fax/phone me any ideas, along with unpublished data, reprints, and other publications (address below). This data will be compiled in a forthcoming book chapter, which we think will be useful to anyone interested in the present state of our aquatic systems. Thank you in advance for your help, Heather P. Walton Heather P. Walton Doctoral student Nicholas School of the Environment Duke University Marine Laboratory Email: heather.walton at duke.edu 135 Duke Marine Lab Road Phone:(252)504-7530 Beaufort, NC, USA 28516-9721 Fax:(252)504-7648 From sphillips at nodc.noaa.gov Wed Apr 12 10:20:39 2000 From: sphillips at nodc.noaa.gov (Sheri Phillips) Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 10:20:39 -0400 Subject: Release of NODC Coral Reef Data and Information Management System Website Message-ID: <200004121420.KAA16654284@nodc.noaa.gov> As part of NOAA?s National Oceanographic Data Center's (NODC) mission to collect, archive, distribute, and preserve marine data, and in support of the 1998 Executive Order for Coral Reef Protection and the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force National Action Plan, the NODC is developing a Coral Reef Data and Information Management System that will integrate biological data from coral reef and related ecosystem monitoring and research programs with interrelated chemical, biological, and physical data of surrounding marine areas, including seagrass beds and mangrove forests. These data will include, inter alia, quantitative and descriptive biology of coral reef communities and associated communities, including measurements of species occurrences, numbers, life stages, pathology, productivity, and nonbiological measurements, e.g., sea water chemistry, turbidity, temperature, salinity, currents, biooptical data, and substratum features. Additionally, data from in situ measurements, laboratory studies, remotesensed data, and digital videotapes and photographs will also be archived and made available through the website. The system is being designed to provide a central "hub" providing direct and immediate access to worldwide coral reef system and associated seagrass and mangrove habitat data. As the system develops, users will be able to download NODC archived biological data in conjunction with data from NODC's large holdings of oceanographic datasets. A co-located relational database for monitoring data is planned for the near future. This newly opened website is accessible through the NODC homepage at http://www.nodc.noaa.gov. Downloadable NODC-held data received in 1999 are currently accessible and being added to in the "Data Sources" section, along with links to other organizations with reef data holdings. This section also includes the "List of Extant Stony Corals" (Cairns, et al, 1999), a glossary of reef terminology, and the developing "Seagrasses and Mangroves" section. Reef location maps include a clickable overview map of a U.S. coral reef region and accompanying closeup views with lists of geographical coordinates of the coral reefs. The NODC encourages scientists and managers globally to submit a copy of their valuable coral reef, associated seagrass, and mangrove forest data, with associated metadata, to the NODC for permanent archival and distribution. Data submission procedures may be obtained from the NODC homepage, or alternatively, please contact the NODC Coral Reef Team Lead, Dr. Anthony Picciolo (Phone: 3017133280 x140; Email: Anthony.Picciolo at noaa.gov) or other team members through the website for more information. U.S. researchers should review their parent and funding agency requirements on submitting data to the NOAA National Data Centers. We also encourage scientists and managers not obligated under Federal data submission requirements and guidelines, or that lack funding and/or facilities to permanently manage and store coral reef, seagrass bed, and mangrove forest data, to contribute a copy of these data to NODC for permanent archival and curatorship. The NODC encourages commentary and feedback on this developing site. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/20000412/b6e3500e/attachment.html From hendee at aoml.noaa.gov Wed Apr 12 11:13:17 2000 From: hendee at aoml.noaa.gov (Jim Hendee) Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 11:13:17 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Good News! Message-ID: Greetings, Coral-Listers, It now appears as though funding to support NOAA's Coral Health and Monitoring Program (CHAMP) Web server and coral-list is imminent. I would therefore appreciate it if you would forward to me your list of capabilities and holdings that you'd like to see the CHAMP program support. Please include any suggestions for design changes, thoughts on problems you've had in the past, areas you use the most, new areas for inclusion, etc., and I will try to incorporate that in a new design. Thank you all so much for your support and help. Cheers, Jim ---------------------------------------------------- James C. Hendee, Ph.D. Coral Health and Monitoring Program Ocean Chemistry Division Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration U.S. Department of Commerce 4301 Rickenbacker Causeway Miami, FL 33149-1026 Voice: (305) 361-4396 Fax: (305) 361-4392 Email: jim.hendee at noaa.gov Web: http://www.coral.noaa.gov From kenbannister at groundwater.com Wed Apr 12 20:44:10 2000 From: kenbannister at groundwater.com (Ken Bannister) Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 17:44:10 -0700 Subject: NEW WATER FORUM Message-ID: <007001bfa4e1$6461ef80$0c661bce@dowser> Please Forward This Message: Announcing: *** WaterForum *** A new e-mail discussion forum WaterForum is a free and open forum for discussion of surface water and groundwater resources issues; including drinking water, water conservation, environmental chemistry, wetlands, wastewater, irrigation, recreational use, fisheries and wildlife use, aquaculture, coastal studies and oceanography, environmental and public health issues, contamination/remediation, computer modelling, climatology, hydropower, and any other relevent water resources topics. The list is moderated by Ken Bannister, founder of Groundwater-Digest, currently the world's largest groundwater discussion forum. WaterForum seeks to broaden the discussions held on Groundwater-Digest to include other areas of interest in the water resouces field. A broad range of members from academia, industry, government, and the general public, as well as wide ranging geographic diversity will provide for an interesting and helpful forum. Your membership is valued and your input is welcomed. If you are not already a member, please consider joining the nearly 2000 subscribers of WaterForum today! To join, simply send a blank e-mail to waterforum-subscribe at eGroups.com Best wishes and I hope to see you on the new list. Ken Bannister WaterForum Moderator http://www.egroups.com/group/waterforum From lovell at suva.is.com.fj Wed Apr 12 18:29:16 2000 From: lovell at suva.is.com.fj (Biological Consultants (Fiji)) Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 10:29:16 +1200 (FJT) Subject: Coral Bleaching Message-ID: <200004122229.KAA17799@maggie.is.com.fj> Hello Ponia, It is worth having a close at the coral, presently, as the event wasn't recognized in its early stages in Fiji. Then the coral was still alive often exhibiting brighter coloration. Many who had been witnessing the early stages, thought that the reef never looked better. This was particularly the case offshore. Also the lagoon corals are often pre-adapted to the high temperatures and many don't bleach, so you need to be looking on the reef slope or in the passes. The abundance of Acropora here has made the event more noticeable. It is very understandable to me that visitors would think that what ever they observed to be normal for the area. The Rarotonga observations are important to the understanding of the event, from a remote sensing point of view, as Rarotonga was within the hotspot area from early March according to NOAA's hotspot website. From that data, it was predicted accurately for Fiji and, accordingly, should have occurred in your area. Best regards, Ed Lovell Edward R. Lovell From carlson at soest.hawaii.edu Wed Apr 12 20:15:09 2000 From: carlson at soest.hawaii.edu (Bruce Carlson) Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 14:15:09 -1000 Subject: Cook Islands bleaching Message-ID: <018f01bfa4dd$5495e2e0$22477aa6@waquarium.org> The message I forwarded yesterday from the Cook Islands indicated that they had not observed any bleaching there. Here is an update. I don't have any other information. Bruce ----- Original Message ----- From: Ben Ponia To: Bruce Carlson Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2000 1:36 PM Subject: Fw: Bleaching > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Gerald McCormack > >To: Ben Ponia > >Date: 12 April 2000 12:44 > >Subject: Re: Bleaching > > > > > >> > >>Hi Ben > >> > >>There is a bleaching episode in the Rarotonga lagoon which started last > >>month. Apparently nobody has notice one on the outside reef. > >> > >>A visitor who SCUBA dived in Aitutaki reported that all the coral was > >>bleached where they dived. > >> > >> > >>cheers, Gerald > >> > >> > >> > >>-------------------------- > >>-------------------------- > >>Gerald McCormack > >>Director, Cook Islands Natural Heritage Project > >>P.O. Box 781 > >>Rarotonga, COOK ISLANDS > >>phone: (682) 20 959 > >>Fax: (682) 24 894 > >>e-mail: gerald at nature.gov.ck > >>-------------------------- > >> > >> > > > > > > > From kdm at bonairelive.com Wed Apr 12 10:41:03 2000 From: kdm at bonairelive.com (Kalli De Meyer) Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 07:41:03 -0700 Subject: No subject Message-ID: <200004131139.LAA26776@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> The Coral Reef Alliance (CORAL) is proud to announce the opening of its first Branch Office on Bonaire in the Dutch Antilles. The office will be staffed by Kalli De Meyer, former Manager of the Bonaire Marine Park. Contact information is as follows: The Coral Reef Alliance - Bonaire Kaya Madrid 3A Sabana Bonaire. Dutch Caribbean Tel: 599-717-3465 Email: kdemeyer at coral.org Kalli De Meyer is the Director of CORAL=92s new Coral Parks Programme the goal of which is to help and support existing coral protected areas and the encourage the development of new protected areas. De Meyer will also be working closely with the dive industry and divers in an educational drive aimed at encouraging them to actively support marine protected areas. Whilst the scope of the project is global the initial focus will be on the Western Pacific and Caribbean. With nine years experience running the Bonaire Marine Park one of De Meyer=92s first tasks will be to produce a handbook for protected areas managers which will support them in their daily work. De Meyer will also be developing packages of information for protected areas managers on key issues such as mooring installation, funding options etc. In another innovate move CORAL will soon be launching a new partnership with dive operators in the form of an accreditation scheme. Those dive operators who meet certain basic criteria (such as using mooring bouys, if these are available and briefing their dive guests) and are minimizing the impact of their operation on the reef they visit will qualify for inclusion in the programme. Benefits will include a posting on CORAL=92s web site as an =93eco-friendly=94 resort, promotion by CORAL in their newsletter and more. Both dive operators and divers have voiced their strong support and enthusiasm for this initiative. Initial funding for this programme of more than $600,000 was donated by the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund, David and Lucille Packard Foundation and the Curtis and Edith Munson Foundation. The Coral Reef Alliance (CORAL) is one of the fastest growing non-profit marine conservation organizations in the world. With assistance from over 10,000 supporters CORAL promotes coral reef conservation by working with the dive industry, governments, local communities and other organizations to protect and manage coral reefs, fund conservation efforts and raise public awareness. For more information contact Kalli De Meyer: kdemeyer at coral.org From coral-list.admin at aoml.noaa.gov Thu Apr 13 07:59:06 2000 From: coral-list.admin at aoml.noaa.gov (coral-list.admin at aoml.noaa.gov) Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 11:59:06 GMT Subject: subscribing to digests Message-ID: <200004131159.LAA26878@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> For those of you who missed it, coral-list has a daily digest and a weekly digest. All messages from each day are compiled into one message for coral-list-daily, and all messages for one week are compiled into one message for coral-list-digest. If you would rather cut down your email inbox to one message a day or one message a week, subscribe to one of the digests and unsubscribe from coral-list, which has messages posted as they are sent (usually). You can send a subscribe and unsubscribe message in one message to majordomo at coral.aoml.noaa.gov. For subscribing to the daily digest, send these commands in the body of a message to majordomo at coral.aoml.noaa.gov, subscribe coral-list-daily unsubscribe coral-list For the weekly digest, subscribe coral-list-digest unsubscribe coral-list Here is a list of the current number of subscribers: Number list ------ ----------------- 1192 coral-list 92 coral-list-daily 222 coral-list-digest 1506 total I hope you have a nice weekend. From hendee at aoml.noaa.gov Thu Apr 13 08:35:41 2000 From: hendee at aoml.noaa.gov (Jim Hendee) Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 08:35:41 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Online Directory Message-ID: I have been getting some good suggestions regarding a remake of the Online Directory. One thought is that the directory might have some digital photographs of each of us in the directory. If you have a digital picture of yourself and wouldn't mind having it in the directory, please forward it to lagoon at coral.aoml.noaa.gov. Also, if you have any digital group pictures of coral meetings, etc., or if you would like for us to scan those (but not the individual pictures at this time), please also forward them to lagoon at coral.aoml.noaa.gov, or send to: ---- cut here --------------------------------------------- Jim Hendee Coral Health and Monitoring Program Ocean Chemistry Division Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration U.S. Department of Commerce 4301 Rickenbacker Causeway Miami, FL 33149-1026 ---- cut here --------------------------------------------- Many thanks for your suggestions! Cheers, Jim From DStanley at beak.com Thu Apr 13 09:52:24 2000 From: DStanley at beak.com (David Stanley) Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 09:52:24 -0400 Subject: Fisheries/Marine Communities and OCS Development Message-ID: Below please find information on a conference on OCS development and fisheries/marine communities. Please pass the announcement along to anyone interested and post if possible. I would invite anyone interested to submit a paper. Any questions please email or call. Regards Dave Stanley Gulf of Mexico Fish and Fisheries: Bringing Together New and Recent Research October 24-26, 2000 New Orleans Sponsored by: U.S. Dept of Interior, Minerals Management Service Offshore energy structures are an important influence on Gulf of Mexico fisheries. In the Gulf region a unique relationship exists between the oil and gas industry, user groups, researchers and managers. Now numbering in the neighbourhood of 4,000 structures, petroleum platforms play a role as artificial reefs and also directly impact fisheries through enhancement of productivity, as attraction devices, and as a mechanism allowing dispersal of species across the Gulf. It is the goal of this conference to bring together widely ranging research topics on fisheries biology and ecology of the Gulf of Mexico with examine the relationship between fisheries and the oil and gas industry in the Gulf and world-wide. The proceedings from this workshop will become an important reference for the current state of knowledge for many aspects of fisheries and outer continental shelf development. Presentations planned include widely ranging topics from ecology of platform fish assemblages, to ichthyoplankton, natural and artificial reef productivity, and pelagic fisheries, with perspectives from academia, industry, and managers. For a electronic version of the conference announcement please visit: http://www.beak.com/info/features/features.htm or email: dstanley at beak.com for further information Dr. David Stanley Fisheries / Acoustic Scientist Beak International 14 Abacus Rd Brampton ON L6T 5B7 800 361 2325 905 794 2338 Fax dstanley at beak.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/20000413/a360b8af/attachment.html From garrettg at mail.state.fl.us Thu Apr 13 17:16:14 2000 From: garrettg at mail.state.fl.us (George Garrett) Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 17:16:14 -0400 Subject: Online Directory Message-ID: <01BFA56B.F9FDB260.garrettg@mail.state.fl.us> Jim: With regard to the digital image concept - sounds fine. Actually, as I opened the CHAMPS page the other day, the photo of the individual in the right hand side looked vaguely familiar. Larry Benvenuti is my benefactor and the picture came from a time just after Georges when we were out assessing a couple of reef areas in the middle Keys. It caught me by surprise. Otherwise, happy to provide another picture sans dive gear and in the open air. Thanks for your perseverance on the Coral-List George Garrett -----Original Message----- From: Jim Hendee [SMTP:hendee at aoml.noaa.gov] Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 8:36 AM To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov Subject: Online Directory I have been getting some good suggestions regarding a remake of the Online Directory. One thought is that the directory might have some digital photographs of each of us in the directory. If you have a digital picture of yourself and wouldn't mind having it in the directory, please forward it to lagoon at coral.aoml.noaa.gov. Also, if you have any digital group pictures of coral meetings, etc., or if you would like for us to scan those (but not the individual pictures at this time), please also forward them to lagoon at coral.aoml.noaa.gov, or send to: ---- cut here --------------------------------------------- Jim Hendee Coral Health and Monitoring Program Ocean Chemistry Division Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration U.S. Department of Commerce 4301 Rickenbacker Causeway Miami, FL 33149-1026 ---- cut here --------------------------------------------- Many thanks for your suggestions! Cheers, Jim From szmanta at uncwil.edu Thu Apr 13 18:30:38 2000 From: szmanta at uncwil.edu (Alina M. Szmant) Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 18:30:38 -0400 Subject: change of address Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.20000413183038.006e6a34@pop.uncwil.edu> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 669 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/20000413/41f68afc/attachment.bin From svargo at seas.marine.usf.edu Thu Apr 13 18:36:15 2000 From: svargo at seas.marine.usf.edu (Sandra Vargo) Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 22:36:15 GMT Subject: Position Announcement Message-ID: <200004132236.WAA31375@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> 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 Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. 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. This position is limited to U.S. citizens or foreign nationals with appropriate visas permitting them to work in the U.S. The salary range is $32,000 - $35,000 depending upon experience. To apply send your letter of application, resume' and the names of three references to: Dr. Sandra Vargo Florida Institute of Oceanography 830 First Street South St. Petersburg, Florida 33701 (727)553-1100 (727)553-1109 (Fax) e-mail: svargo at seas.marine.usf.edu Application Deadline: May 5, 2000 ~~~~~~~ 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/Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission 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 facility manager, Bill Gibbs, can be reached directly at (305) 664-9101, Fax. No. (305)664- 0850. Dr. Sandra Vargo is the FIO program coordinator and can be reached at (727) 553-1100, Fax. No. (727)553-1109. Both will be happy to answer any questions and to help plan and schedule your KML visit. Please do not hesitate to call. From flotsam at manado.wasantara.net.id Sat Apr 15 02:29:32 2000 From: flotsam at manado.wasantara.net.id (Mark and Arnaz Erdmann) Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 14:29:32 +0800 Subject: 9ICRS Scientific Field Trip Schedule Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, After months of negotiations, we are proud to announce the finalized 9ICRS Scientific Field Trip Schedule. This field trip series will offer a range of ten pre and post-symposium excursions on various liveaboard dive vessels to four diverse reef regions of Indonesia: Komodo, North Sulawesi, Wakatobi (SE Sulawesi) and Bali. Each trip will be led by a reef scientist with at least three years' experience working on Indonesian reefs, and should offer an unparalleled opportunity for 9ICRS participants to explore some of the most diverse but understudied reef systems in the world while benefitting from the insights of local and expatriate reef scientists. All four destinations will feature diving within Indonesia's Marine Protected Areas system (including Komodo National Park, Bunaken National Marine Park, Wakatobi National Marine Park, and Bali Barat National Park), allowing participants to view first hand both the successes and problems with this MPA system. Trips range from three to six days in duration, and most require additional air travel from Bali. Each itinerary has been designed to visit the widest range of reef environments possible in the short time available, making full utility of the liveaboard dive vessel platform to offer trips that would be impossible from a land-based itinerary. The liveaboard situation should also allow maximum exchange of information between the trip leader and participants, with the possibility of slide shows and short presentations during the evenings. Additionally, each trip will be encouraged to conduct at least one ReefCheck survey during the course of their itinerary (though this will be voluntary). Space is limited to a total of 137 participants on the 10 scheduled trips, and enquiries received to date indicate that these spaces will fill quickly.? Detailed information on the trips is now available by contacting Tara Schoedinger at Asia Transpacific Journeys:? .? This detailed information will also soon be available through the 9ICRS website: (note that some preliminary information is already posted on the website, but should be updated in the next few days). Below is a brief summary of the 10 trips: Bali October 20-23 (3 days/3 nights) on board Sea Safari VI Bali October 28-31 (3 days/3 nights) on board Baruna Adventurer Komodo October 15-22 (6 days/6 nights) on board Evening Star II Komodo October 28-Nov 2 (5 days/5 nights) on board Sea Safari VI Komodo October 28-Nov 2 (5 days/5 nights) on board Adelaar Tukang Besi October 17-22 (5 days/5 nights) on board Baruna Adventurer North Sulawesi October 17-22 (5 days/5 nights) on board Serenade North Sulawesi October 17-22 (5 days/5 nights) on board Symphony North Sulawesi October 28-Nov 2 (5 days/5 nights) on board Serenade North Sulawesi October 28-Nov 2 (5 days/5 nights) on board Symphony We would like to thank the Indonesian 9ICRS organizing committee for allowing us to develop this field trip series, and especially Terry Done, David Hopley, and Kevin Kohler for their support throughout the negotiation process. Hope to see you in Bali! Best wishes, Arnaz and Mark Erdmann Mark V. Erdmann, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow Indonesian Institute of Sciences and University of California, Berkeley PO BOX 1020 Manado, Sulawesi Utara 95010 Indonesia Telp: (62) 811-432649 From zennnnwoman at hotmail.com Sat Apr 15 14:08:38 2000 From: zennnnwoman at hotmail.com (megan berkle) Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 11:08:38 PDT Subject: interested in coral research Message-ID: <20000415180839.35642.qmail@hotmail.com> To coral-listers: I am interested in doing my masters degree in marine biology. I would like to focus my research on coral physiology and reproduction. Does anyone in the South Pacific islands, Australia, California, or Florida have openings for a graduate student in 2000-2001? I look forward to hearing from you all soon. Cheers, Megan Berkle Allston, MA U.S.A email: zennnnwoman at hotmail.com ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com From sre at caribsurf.com Sat Apr 15 19:30:22 2000 From: sre at caribsurf.com (Seascape Research and Education) Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 19:30:22 -0400 Subject: Unique summer experience program in the Caribbean Message-ID: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/20000415/cb8ef9e1/attachment.html From victor.gomelyuk at PWCNT.nt.gov.au Sun Apr 16 18:48:13 2000 From: victor.gomelyuk at PWCNT.nt.gov.au (Gomelyuk, Victor) Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 08:18:13 +0930 Subject: Remote sensing for marine habitat mapping Message-ID: I am really grateful for everyone who responded to my request. Thanks for your time an valuable advices, mates! Cheers, Victor Dr Victor Gomelyuk Marine Scientist Cobourg Marine Park PO Box 496 PALMERSTON NT 0831 AUSTRALIA phone 61 (08) 8979 0244 FAX 61 (08) 8979 0246 From sdnp at envfor.delhi.nic.in Mon Apr 17 04:04:49 2000 From: sdnp at envfor.delhi.nic.in (SDNP-India) Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 13:04:49 +0500 Subject: Environment and Sustainable Development Networks Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20000417130449.007bc160@envfor.delhi.nic.in> Dear Colleague Greetings from India! I am sure this would be of interest to you. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada in collaboration with Ministry of Environment and Forests (India) has launched the portal site of Sustainable Development Networking Programme, India (SDNP-India) at http://sdnp.delhi.nic.in mirrored at http://members.tripod.com/sdnp_india. SDNP India is a part of the Global Capacity 21 Initiative of the UNDP to foster informed decison-making by countries in environmental matters. More information of the global SDNP Initiative is available at http://www.sdnp.undp.org The SDNP India website provides access to a host of online databases, environmental legislation, case studies, publications, news clippings and electronic discussion groups on gamut of issues from Agriculture to Climate Change to Population, Health and Human Rights. A database of international organisations working on sustainable development issues is being maintained on the website and has been indexed subject area wise. We have also started to host information on Environment and Sutainable Development in local Indian languages too, so as to enhance the reach of the programme. The website also provides a platform to initiate debates and discussions, highlight developmental issues and initiate environmental actions at all levels through a host of services such as Building Bridges, Development Job Opportunities, Query Desk, Dev-Online, Event Reporting service, Web-Site Hosting and Training on Information and Communication Technologies. More information about these services is available at the SDNP website or by sending an email at sdnp at envfor.delhi.nic.in Vikas Nath Programme Officer Sustainable Development Networking Programme (India) Sustainable Development Networking Programme (India) Room 1023 Paryavaran Bhawan CGO Complex, Lodhi Road New Delhi 110003 India Phone + 91 11 436 2140 Fax + 91 11 436 1147 Email : sdnp at envfor.delhi.nic.in URL : http://sdnp.delhi.nic.in mirror site : http://members.tripod.com/sdnp_india From corals at caribe.net Tue Apr 18 07:46:03 2000 From: corals at caribe.net (CORALations) Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 07:46:03 -0400 Subject: Fw: Vieques' Calendar of Events (From April 15 to May 24): Message-ID: <000f01bfa92b$b250f080$b7c85bd1@default> In a message dated 4/14/00 5:54:53 PM, viequeslibre at viequeslibre.org writes: < PHONE: (603) 653-0027 ****************************************** ************** May 5 ************** Hartford, CT Serie de Conciertos Grito de Vieques El concierto Grito de Vieques se llevara a cabo en el Auditorio de la escuela Superior Bulkeley de Hartford. CONTACT PERSON: Gloria Gerena E-MAIL: PHONE: 860-956-1509 ****************************************** ************** May 6 ************** Philadelphia, PA Serie de Conciertos Grito de Vieques CONTACT PERSON: Miriam -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Send online invitations with Yahoo! Invites. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/20000418/35ae3fc5/attachment.html From raronson at jaguar1.usouthal.edu Mon Apr 17 12:39:28 2000 From: raronson at jaguar1.usouthal.edu (Richard B. Aronson) Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 11:39:28 -0500 (CDT) Subject: ISRS Elections Message-ID: Dear ISRS Members, As stated in an earlier message, the ISRS will be holding elections this fall. We have modified the procedure somewhat to be sure that members who do not have access to email will be included. I am reproducing below a letter that will soon be mailed to all ISRS members. In particular, please note that the deadline for nominations has been extended to June 5, and that nominations must be sent to me in writing by post, by fax, or as an attachment to an email (our interpretation of the ISRS constitution is that text in an email message is not sufficient). Please contact me if you have any questions about the election or if you are considering making a nomination and would like more information about the responsibilities of the Council and officers of the Society. Best regards, Rich Richard B. Aronson Corresponding Secretary, ISRS Dauphin Island Sea Lab 101 Bienville Boulevard Dauphin Island, AL 36528 Voice: (334) 861-7567 Fax: (334) 861-7540 email: raronson at jaguar1.usouthal.edu TEXT OF LETTER TO ALL ISRS MEMBERS The International Society for Reef Studies will be holding elections this year to replace outgoing officers and members of the ISRS Council. We will be electing a new Treasurer to replace retiring Treasurer Daphne Fautin and a new Recording Secretary to replace retiring Recording Secretary Steven Miller. In addition, we will be replacing six retiring members of the ISRS Council: Rolf Bak, Gregor Hodgson, Michel Pichon, Don Potts, Paul Sammarco and Bernard Thomassin. (Six members of the ISRS Council will continue for another two years: Loke-Ming Chou, He?ctor Guzma?n, Nicholas Polunin, Robert Richmond, Suharsono and Carden Wallace.) The tenure of each elected position is 4 years, beginning January 1, 2001. These positions are open only to members of ISRS. I am writing to solicit nominations for these positions. Nominations should be sent to me by post or fax, or as an email attachment to raronson at disl.org. Nominations submitted as text of an email message must be confirmed by one of the above methods. Each nomination should consist of the person's name, institution and country; the post for which s/he is running; and a short statement. The statement should be one paragraph, in the third person, about the candidate's qualifications for the position (a brief history of the candidate's involvement in coral reef work) and objectives while in that position (how the candidate envisions working to the benefit of ISRS). Also required by the Society's bylaws is a statement of disclosure of any financial arrangements the candidate may have with any publisher of scientific literature. Self-nominations are welcome. If you wish to nominate someone other than yourself, please ask that person to mail, fax or email me a confirmation of his/her willingness to run for the office. DEADLINE: The previously advertised deadline of April 26 has been extended to June 5. The biographical sketches of all the candidates will be sent as an insert with the next issue of Reef Encounter (#27), which will be mailed in July. Biographical sketches will also be posted on the ISRS web site, www.nova.edu/ocean/9icrs, until the day ballots are due. Ballots will be mailed separately and will need to be returned to the Corresponding Secretary in September (exact date to be announced). The results of the election will be announced at the 9th International Coral Reef Symposium in Bali in October. This is your chance to participate in running your Society. I look forward to hearing from you! Sincerely, Richard B. Aronson From hendee at aoml.noaa.gov Tue Apr 18 13:53:54 2000 From: hendee at aoml.noaa.gov (Jim Hendee) Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 13:53:54 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Coral Reef Maps of the World Message-ID: Greetings, Coral-Listers! I am happy to announce a resource that I think most of you can use. Thanks to the cooperation of Dr. Sue Wells, UNEP/IUCN, and our WebMeister Monika Gurnee (gurnee at aoml.noaa.gov), we how have a page of maps to the main coral reef areas of the world. Please be advised that these maps were published in 1988 and therefore doubtless could use some updating. Also, there are many researchers within NOAA striving to conduct extensive mappings of other coral reef areas. Still, I think you will agree that this is a good resource for you. The URL is http://www.coral.noaa.gov/reef_maps Cheers, Jim Hendee Coral Health and Monitoring Program NOAA/AOML Miami, Florida From marks at wcmc.org.uk Wed Apr 19 06:23:08 2000 From: marks at wcmc.org.uk (Mark Spalding) Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 11:23:08 +0100 Subject: Coral Reef Maps of the World Message-ID: Dear all Thanks to CHAMP, Jim and others for putting Sue Well's maps from the coral reef directories on the web, these are an important resource, being clear, detailed, and well annotated. At the same time it should be pointed out that there are other reef maps, many at higher resolution, fully referenced and with linked information also on the web. Sue's maps (and much of the source material for these, which remains at WCMC) were a important source for some of these newer maps, but in other cases the resolution has been improved and maps updated. I would encourage NOAA and any others who want, to provide clearer links to these pages. ReefBase probably runs the best version on http://www.cgiar.org/iclarm/reefbase/ Click on the Maps window on the right hand side of the screen Alternatively you can get the same maps at WCMC's web site, which also offers some related marine statistics (although we're hoping to do updates on some of this soon!) http://www.wcmc.org.uk/marine/data/ Through our Internet Map Server facilities on the web you can also view the WCMC reef data through an interactive web-based GIS, and link this to marine turtle distribution (Indian Ocean) and coral disease distribution (global). http://www.wcmc.org.uk/marine/mturtle/index.htm http://www.wcmc.org.uk/marine/coraldis/index.htm I hope we will be able to update these web maps in the next year or so as our GIS data are being rapidly improved at the present time as a part of an ongoing project with UNEP to produce a World Atlas of Coral Reefs. Thanks Mark _____________________________________ Mark Spalding, PhD Marine Biologist e-mail:mark.spalding at wcmc.org.uk World Conservation Monitoring Centre www.wcmc.org.uk 219 Huntingdon Road Tel: +44 (0)1223 277314 Cambridge, CB3 0DL Fax: +44 (0)1223 277136 UK and Research Associate Cambridge Coastal Research Unit Department of Geography Downing St Cambridge UK From hendee at aoml.noaa.gov Wed Apr 19 07:52:19 2000 From: hendee at aoml.noaa.gov (Jim Hendee) Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 07:52:19 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Coral Reef Maps of the World In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Thanks, Mark. I'm sorry I didn't mention these exceptional resources (ReefBase and WCMC) on the Page and in my message. We wanted to have a spot for quick access to maps by our users. We will be certain to put links to these sites from our site. Cheers, Jim ---------------------------------------------------- James C. Hendee, Ph.D. Coral Health and Monitoring Program Ocean Chemistry Division Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration U.S. Department of Commerce 4301 Rickenbacker Causeway Miami, FL 33149-1026 Voice: (305) 361-4396 Fax: (305) 361-4392 Email: jim.hendee at noaa.gov Web: http://www.coral.noaa.gov From Mike.Crane at noaa.gov Wed Apr 19 15:34:07 2000 From: Mike.Crane at noaa.gov (Michael Crane) Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 15:34:07 -0400 Subject: Dissolved Oxygen Message-ID: <1.5.4.16.20000419153555.112fb386@saturn.aoml.noaa.gov> To ACCESS LIST members Subject - Dissolved Oxygen data in coastal waters I have had two members request the same type of data along the Broward marine section. The geographic area is located near the reef tracks in 20 to 40 meters of water. The parameter is dissolved oxygen measurements in the water column. Does anyone on the access-list have data or can refer me to the data? Thanks for your help. Mike Crane From kenbannister at groundwater.com Thu Apr 20 17:29:20 2000 From: kenbannister at groundwater.com (Ken Bannister) Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 14:29:20 -0700 Subject: NEW WATER FORUM - SECOND AND LAST ANNOUNCEMENT Message-ID: <093e01bfab0f$811bb8c0$72661bce@dowser> Please Forward This Message: SECOND & FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT Announcing: *** WaterForum *** A new e-mail discussion forum WaterForum is a free and open forum for discussion of water resources issues; including drinking water, water conservation, drainage, environmental chemistry, wetlands, wastewater, irrigation, recreational use, fisheries and wildlife use, aquaculture, coastal studies and oceanography, environmental and public health issues, contamination/remediation, computer modelling, climatology, hydropower, and any other relevent water resources topics. The list is moderated by Ken Bannister, founder of Groundwater-Digest, currently the world's largest groundwater discussion forum. 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Ken Bannister WaterForum Moderator Groundwater-Digest Moderator kenbannister at groundwater.com http://www.egroups.com/group/waterforum From o.poulin at student.sc.ucl.ac.be Fri Apr 21 09:57:39 2000 From: o.poulin at student.sc.ucl.ac.be (Olivier Poulin) Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 15:57:39 +0200 (MET DST) Subject: coral bleaching Message-ID: <200004211357.PAA30429@didactique.sc.ucl.ac.be> good mornig I'm a biology'student at the university of Louvain la Neuve in belgium. I have to do a work about the coral bleaching, the reasons , the diagnostic and all things about this subject. If you have title of books or internet site, I will very happy if you send me these informations. thank you very much for your answer olivier poulin From Bprecht at pbsj.com Fri Apr 21 10:31:50 2000 From: Bprecht at pbsj.com (Precht, Bill) Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 09:31:50 -0500 Subject: ICRS - Bali 2000 Message-ID: LAST CHANCE - ALL ABSTRACTS FOR ALL SESSIONS AND MINI-SYMPOSIA ARE DUE BY APRIL 30, 2000. Below is a re-send of an earlier message. Sorry for cross-postings. ----------------------------------------- Dear Coral Listers: Richard Dodge and I will be convening a mini-symposium at the October 2000 ICRS in Bali entitled "Coral Reef Restoration in the Next Millennium." This mini-symposium will detail the state of the science for coral reef restoration. The session is aimed at understanding what works, and what does not in coral reef restoration strategies. Papers detailing reef restoration case histories are encouraged. Overview papers detailing; injury & damage assessment protocol, restoration/rehabilitation methodology, economic applications, improved decision making processes, the ethics of restoration, new technologies, multi-disciplinary efforts, goal setting and success criteria, monitoring restoration efficacy,and the future of reef restoration are be solicited from international scientists working in this enterprise. In addition to oral and poster presentations in Bali, manuscripts may be submitted for inclusion in a symposium-specific section of the ICRS proceedings. All manuscripts will be subject to peer-review. The deadline for submission of abstracts is April 30, 2000. Please send your abstract to William F. Precht (bprecht at pbsj.com) and David Hopley (David.Hopley at ultra.net.au). For additional information regarding the meeting please check the meeting web site at - (www.nova.edu/ocean/9icrs) Thank you all and we hope to see you in October. William F. Precht & Richard E. Dodge, Co-Convenors Mini-Symposium D4 Cheers, Bill William F. Precht Ecological Sciences Program Manager PBS&J 2001 NW 107th Avenue Miami, Florida 33172 USA bprecht at pbsj.com From richardl at fiu.edu Fri Apr 21 11:47:25 2000 From: richardl at fiu.edu (Laurie Richardson) Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 11:47:25 -0400 Subject: Abstract reminder Message-ID: <3900780C.D7A4CC78@fiu.edu> Dear Coral Listers ? This is a reminder that abstracts are due April 30th to be included as a speaker/poster presenter in the mini-symposium titled ?Coral diseases: Pathogens, etiology and effect on coral reefs?. The symposium, interdisciplinary in nature, will focus on all aspects of coral diseases. Perspectives will include paleontological, microbiological, and molecular. This field is exhibiting rapid advances and we anticipate an excellent symposium. In addition to oral and poster presentations in Bali, manuscripts may be submitted at a later date for inclusion in a symposium-specific section of the ICRS proceedings. All manuscripts will be subject to peer-review. Again, the deadline for submission of abstracts is April 30, 2000. Please send your abstract to Laurie Richardson (richardl at fiu.edu) and David Hopley (David.Hopley at ultra.net.au). Thank you and we hope to see you in Bali October. Laurie L. Richardson and Richard B. Aronson, Co-Convernors From coral-list.admin at aoml.noaa.gov Fri Apr 21 16:25:39 2000 From: coral-list.admin at aoml.noaa.gov (coral-list.admin at aoml.noaa.gov) Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 20:25:39 GMT Subject: Lengthy posts Message-ID: <200004212025.UAA94071@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Greetings! I have received some complaints on the length of posts by some subscribers to coral-list. I just wanted to remind subscribers that the intent of the listserver is to circulate news and thoughts without being a vehicle for circulating large documents. If you have lengthy documents, please just post a link to your document on the Web. Messages to coral-list should be less than 20,000 characters. If you're not sure of the length, send it to yourself first and you will see in your inbox the length of the message. Sorry to interrupt...I hope you have a nice day. Cheers, Jim coral-list admin From gregorh at pacific.net.hk Fri Apr 21 21:59:05 2000 From: gregorh at pacific.net.hk (Gregor Hodgson) Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 09:59:05 +0800 Subject: Reef Check Annual Press Con etc Message-ID: <39010768.91F58086@pacific.net.hk> Reef Check Annual Press Conference A brief summary of the 1999 Reef Check results was presented at a Press Conference held at the UCLA Ocean Discovery Center in Santa Monica today. The UCLA press release may be seen at: http://www.coral.noaa.gov/reefcheck Thanks to the efforts of the UCLA Media Relations team led by Jeff Snyder, the meeting was well-attended and all major TV networks including CNN were present and many other media including AP. On behalf of all RC participants, I would like to thank the many UCLA staff who contributed to this successful PR event to spread the word about the global coral reef crisis in the lead up to Earth Day. I would like to clarify the UCLA press release. The 1998 Reef Check results for coral cover were announced while the bleaching event was still in progress. The 1998 results were interpreted to indicate that on average worldwide, the global bleaching event was responsible for a 15% mortality of corals (N=1000 replicates). The 1999 results indicate that the final death toll was 10%, concentrated in the Indo-pacific, and one possible explanation is that 1/3 of the corals that looked dead in 1998 actually recovered. The differences are highly significant statistically. P<0.0001. There are, of course, alternative explanations. The 1999 Reef Check was highly successful and demonstrated growing support, with many new countries joining the GCRMN/Reef Check network. Already in 2000, the value of an activie network as an early warning system was shown this month when Ed Lovell, tipped off by Al Strong's satellite interps used Reef Check surveys as a rapid method to track the bleaching now affecting Fiji. If you believe global warming is a threat to reefs, it is not too late to help raise the noise level by setting up for a Dive In to Earth Day event. The 2000 Earth Day theme is energy conservation. Register on line at: www.coral.org/divein Dive In events involving Reef Check are planned in many places including: Hawaii, Japan, Egypt, Kosrae, Indonesia, Philippines, BVI, Vietnam, Thailand, Australia, etc. A hearty thank you to all Reef Check scientists, team leaders and participants for a job well done in 1999. The results have already been used to help in the formulation of the latest regional Reefs at Risk assessment for SE Asia. A powerpoint presentation will be made available shortly. -- Gregor Hodgson, PhD Coordinator, Reef Check Global Survey Program GPO Box 12375, Hong Kong Tel: (852) 2802-6937 Fax: (852) 2887-5454 Email: gregorh at pacific.net.hk Web: www.ReefCheck.org From rockon at uclink4.berkeley.edu Mon Apr 24 00:24:54 2000 From: rockon at uclink4.berkeley.edu (Amy White) Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2000 21:24:54 -0700 Subject: interested in research start in december Message-ID: <2.2.32.20000424042454.006d75a8@uclink4.berkeley.edu> Hi - My name is Amy White. I am a senior at UC Berkeley majoring in Molecular Biology. My emphasis is genetics. I am looking for a job starting in December doing some hands on research. I have two years of extensive human gentics research mainly dealing with disease. I would like some field research where I would also get to learn about other cultures. I will get my SCUBA license next semester. Please e-mail me back if you have any info which I could use or if you could help me in any ways. Thanks a lot, Amy (rockon at uclink4.berkeley.edu) From jsprouse at uswest.net Mon Apr 24 03:00:32 2000 From: jsprouse at uswest.net (JS) Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 00:00:32 -0700 Subject: Coral trade statistics Message-ID: <005701bfadba$c85502c0$0200000a@Uswest.Me> Hello, My name is James Sprouse. I am an International Degree student at Oregon State University. To complete my degree, I am writing a thesis on Human Impacts on Indo-Pacific coral reefs. I am looking for trade statistic in regards to international and local trade of coral and shells. I looked at the CITES website, but did not find anything. I would like to get import/export stats for USA, Japan, Phillipines, etc. I'm looking for stats from about 1960's to 2000. I figure that there should be some government department or organization which keeps somewhat accurate records on at least the US side, but I don't know where to look. Where should I look? Also does anyone know where to obtain tourism stats in the region? I want to look at the relationship between tourism and related problems with scuba diving and coral trade. Any help and suggestions would be great. Thank you for any assistant. James From corals at caribe.net Mon Apr 24 14:02:55 2000 From: corals at caribe.net (CORALations) Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 14:02:55 -0400 Subject: Fw: RFK Jr. Welcomed in Vieques......... Message-ID: <00e801bfae17$79dbec00$78c95bd1@default> Forwarding message from Puerto Rico Libre....Associated Press Article Don't know URL to access this article..... ----- Original Message ----- From: Los Luises To: Eledayn Polasky ; Fran LaFon ; Lana ; Solomon ; Uri Elias Sent: Friday, April 21, 2000 2:35 AM Subject: RFK Jr. Welcomed in Vieques......... Puerto Rico Libre RFK Jr. Welcomed in Vieques By RICARDO ZUNIGA, Associated Press Writer VIEQUES, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Environmentalist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. went scuba diving Tuesday with protesters off the coast of bomb-ravaged Vieques Island and said he would sue the U.S. Navy for endangering sea and bird life during military exercises. Kennedy inspected sunken munitions buried in coral reefs, hefted an artillery shell and surveyed a sunken barge off Vieques, where a small group of protesters has occupied the training range for almost a year. ''We've got to get the Navy out of here,'' he said after diving around the barge, which was used as a target for warships. Kennedy, a senior counsel for the New York-based Natural Resources Defense Council, said Monday the group would sue the Navy to stop further exercises, saying the Navy was getting away with environmental violations it never would be allowed to on the mainland. The Navy said in a written statement Tuesday that it is ''firmly committed to the environment and will continue to work with ... (local and federal agencies) to ensure that all applicable environmental standards are complied with regarding this matter.'' Later Tuesday, Kennedy visited protesters' camps in the bombing area and at the training grounds main gate. ''This visit helps us a lot in our fight to get out the message to the American public with more force,'' said Carlos Ventura, one of the protest leaders. The U.S. Navy owns two-thirds of Vieques, a 20-mile by 5-mile island, and calls it the Atlantic Fleet's most important training ground. About 10,000 people live on the island, sandwiched between the bombing area and munitions depots. Opposition to the Navy's presence boiled over in April 1999, when a U.S. Marine Corps jet dropped two bombs off target, killing a civilian security guard and injuring four other people. The accident prompted a report by the Puerto Rican government that documented other accidents and alleged the exercises have scarred the island, home to manatees, sea turtles, and endangered peregrine falcons. In November, the Puerto Rican government complained to the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force that errant bombs had blown apart coral reefs off Vieques. A May 1999 survey showed craters in the reefs, as well as parachutes, shells and other debris, said Daniel Pagan, secretary of Puerto Rico's Department of Natural and Environmental Resources. Pagan said the damage was more severe than during a survey in 1978, when scientists determined that at least 80 percent of a reef on the island's north coast had been pulverized by the Navy's bombing. On Monday, Kennedy alleged the Navy has violated the Resource Conservation Rec overy Act, the Clean Water Act, the Endangered Species Act and the National Environmental Policy Act. President Clinton has pledged to order the military out by May 2003 if Vieques residents vote for the expulsion in a referendum. Clinton said he would allow practice with non-explosive munitions to continue until the referendum is held, but protesters on the range have refused to budge. Kennedy's visit comes as protesters are planning a series of special vigils, choir performances and a church service to commemorate the April 19, 1999 death of the security guard, David Sanes Rodriguez. On Tuesday, about 25 activists occupied San Juan's 16th-century Fort San Felipe del Morro, a U.S. national historic site, saying they plan to camp there overnight in a protest over Vieques. Chanting ''the Navy must go!'' the protesters took down a U.S. flag and replaced it with a Puerto Rican flag. They also took down an old military flag from Puerto Rico's former colonizer, Spain. The protesters said they would leave voluntarily Wednesday morning, and the U.S. National Park Service said it had no plans to force them out. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Send online invitations with Yahoo! Invites. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/20000424/2e4949ec/attachment.html From Walt.Jaap at fwc.state.fl.us Mon Apr 24 13:57:18 2000 From: Walt.Jaap at fwc.state.fl.us (Jaap, Walt) Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 13:57:18 -0400 Subject: Diving for Science Message-ID: <200004241822.SAA16002@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> DIVING FOR SCIENCE IN THE 21st CENTURY AMERICAN ACADEMY of UNDERWATER SCIENCES - DIVING FOR SCIENCE, 20TH ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC DIVING SYMPOSIUM 11 to 15 October 2000, St. Pete Beach, FL, Sirata Beach Resort The American Academy of Underwater Sciences (AAUS) is a non-profit organization dedicated to establishing and maintaining standards of safe practice for scientific diving. The annual symposium is a platform for exchanging information, formal presentations on diving research, technology, safety, and techniques employed to advance underwater science. The symposium will feature workshops, oral presentations, exhibits, training programs, and optional tours. Conference Hosts: Florida Marine Research Institute The University of South Florida The United States Geological Survey Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Florida Institute of Oceanography Florida Sea Grant Correspondence and inquiries should be directed to the organizing committee: Co-chairmen: William Dent-USF and Walt Jaap-FMRI William Dent, Diving Safety Officer, University of South Florida, 4202 E> Fowler Ave., PED 214 Tampa, FL 33620. wdent at research..usf.edu; 813-974-5018; fax: 974-4979. Walt Jaap, Diving Safety Officer, Florida Marine Research Institute, 100 8th Ave. SE, St. Petersburg, FL 33701-5095 walt.jaap at fwc.state.fl.us; 727-896-8626; fax: 893-1270. Technical Program: Pam Muller-USF Dept. of Marine Science, University of South Florida 140 7th Ave South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, pmuller at marine.usf.edu;727-553- Conference venue coordinator: Jennifer Wheaton-FMRI Florida Marine Research Institute, 100 8th Ave. SE, St. Petersburg, FL 33701-5095; jennifer.wheaton at fwc.state.fl.us; 727-896-8626, ext. 1125; fax: 893-1270. Workshop coordinator: William Dent Diving Safety Officer, University of South Florida, 4202 E> Fowler Ave., PED 214 Tampa, FL 33620. wdent at research..usf.edu. 813-974-5018; fax: 974-4979 Poster presentation coordinator: Jim Garey, Dept. of Biology, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler, Ave. Tampa, FL 33620. Photo Exhibit coordinator: Dan Marelli Florida Marine Research Institute, 100 8th Ave. SE, St. Petersburg, FL 33701-5095; dan.marelli at fwc.state.fl.us; 727-896-8626, ext. 1125; fax: 893-1270. Publications Editor: Llyn French- Florida Marine Research Institute, 100 8th Ave. SE, St. Petersburg, FL 33701-5095; Llyn.french at fwc.state.fl.us; 727-896-8626, ext. 1125; fax: 893-1270. The hotel conference center has a web page. You can browse the information at www.sirata.com. All events will take place at the Sirata Beach Hotel unless noted otherwise. These data will be on the AAUS website: www.aaus.org. When booking reservations, be sure to identify yourself with the conference. Workshops Workshops will be before or following the meeting. Workshop offerings depend on a reasonable subscription to defray the expense. Deadline for the decision about going forward with the workshop will be 30 August. Tentative workshop offerings 1. Three day introduction to rebreather systems -(Tampa, USF campus) 2. DAN Remote oxygen resuscitator rebreather system 3. Scubapro regulator technical service and repair training, two day, FMRI at Bayboro Harbor in St. Petersburg. 4. Light and motion underwater video techniques 5. PSI high pressure cylinder inspection course 6. Southern Nikonos field repair and service of Nikonos cameras 7. High pressure air compressor and filling systems 8. High pressure oxygen safety class Special tours and trips The trips are dependent upon subscription. The local museum trips will be for family and friends during conference technical sessions. 1. St. Pete Museums: Dali, Holocaust, Fine Arts, Historical 2. Busch Gardens and Museum of Science and Industry-Tampa 3. Kayak adventure nature tour to Anclote Key off Tarpon Springs 4. Eastern Gulf dive trip 5. Florida Keys dive trip 6. Belize dive Trip 7. Cayman Island Dive Trip Poster Presentations Poster sessions and exhibits will not conflict with the oral presentations. The posters will be judged by an independent panel and the student(s) poster with the best presentation (content and presentation) will receive an award. Underwater Photo Exhibit An underwater photo exhibit will be held on site. Photos in various formats are eligible. You must be an AAUS member to enter the contest. Prizes will be awarded based on the decision of a panel of independent judges. Rules and standards will be available soon. Dan Marelli, is the coordinator. Commercial Exhibits Commercial companies are encouraged to display and market merchandise and services. Details regarding space and costs can be obtained from Jennifer Wheaton. Tentative Technical Program The proposed sessions include the following focus: 1. Benthic ecology- coral reefs, seagrass, kelp beds, sedimentary habitats 2. Blue-water diving- science and techniques 3. Diving Technology- advanced modes 4. Fish and Fisheries 5. Geological research 6. Science diving and interacting with the news media 7. Sustainable Seas Expeditions- submersible applications Schedule October 12 (Thursday) 8:30 to 12:00: Diving Safety Officer Meeting 1:30 to 4:30: Organizational Member Meeting 7:00 to 9:00: Ice Breaker Reception October 13 (Friday) 8:30 to 12:00: Opening Addresses & Technical Sessions 12:00 to 1:30: Lunch 1:30 to 5:00: Technical Sessions 8:00 to 10:00PM: Reception at the Tampa Aquarium October 14 (Saturday) 9:00: Plenary address 10:00 to 12:00: Technical Sessions 12:00 to 1:30: Lunch 1:30 to 5:00: Technical Sessions 7:00 to 10:00: Reception-Banquet October 15 (Sunday) 9:00: Breakfast 10:00: Address 11:00: Annual members meeting 1:00 to 3:00 Board of Directors Meeting 1:00 til ? workshops and field trips Critical dates: Submission of the expanded abstracts and intent to submit a poster: 30 June. Work shop and fieldtrip Subscription: 30 August Photo submission notification: 30 August Instruction for submission of papers-expanded abstracts. Format: Text, figures, tables, and references must not exceed three 8.5 by 11 inch pages using Times-New Roman 10 point type. Text area will be bordered by one-inch top, bottom, and side margins. Author(s) name, institution, postal address, and email address will follow the title. Text will comply with normal rules for abbreviation and scientific notation. A blank line will separate paragraphs. Literature citations will follow AIBS guidelines. Examples: According to Jones (1876), water is wet; however, some workers dispute this claim (Dunce 1902, Hogwash, 1907, and Klutz et al. 1966). Literature references will be listed alphabetically, then chronologically. Do not use tabs or hanging indentations. Do not imbed photos or graphics in the text. Supply separate tif, jpg, or bmp files and a hard copy. Indicate in the text margin (hard copy) the approximate location of the figure or photo. Submit your paper to Pam Muller: pmuller at marine.usf.edu, hard copy with disk to the address listed earlier. Registration Before 1 September 2000: AAUS Member: $200.00 Non Member: $225.00 Student: $50 After 1 September 2000: AAUS Member: $225.00 Non Member: $250.00 Student: $55 Diving Safety Officer Meeting: $20. Special airfare opportunities: Continental Airlines is offering AAUS members special package airfares for the meeting. The discounts apply to all routes and travel times. To find out about AAUS discount travel contact Bayfront Travel: bayfronttravel at compuserve.com or call Fabienne at 800-940-5544. From jltorres38 at hotmail.com Mon Apr 24 18:25:04 2000 From: jltorres38 at hotmail.com (Juan Torres) Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 15:25:04 PDT Subject: No subject Message-ID: <20000424222504.19573.qmail@hotmail.com> Hi to all coral listers, I would like to know about the epoxies available in the market that can be used to cement corals to hard substrates like cement plates or any other substrate and if they can be acquired through the internet. Even though I have been told that this kind of information was discussed in the list some months ago, I did not have the chance to look at it. I would appreciate it very much if any of you can foward it to me. Thanks, Juan L. Torres, MS Bio-optical Oceanography Lab. Dept. of Marine Sciences University of Puerto Rico jltorres at caribe.net ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com From hendee at aoml.noaa.gov Tue Apr 25 07:43:30 2000 From: hendee at aoml.noaa.gov (Jim Hendee) Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 07:43:30 -0400 (EDT) Subject: your mail Message-ID: <200004251146.LAA22045@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Why don't you take "the chance to look at it" by going to the archives at www.coral.noaa.gov, scan down to Archives, click on Coral-List Discussions, click on coral-list 2000 messages, and use your "Edit" function on your browser to look up the word "epoxy" and read the answer. It took me all of less than one minute. Jim On Mon, 24 Apr 2000, Juan Torres wrote: > Hi to all coral listers, > I would like to know about the epoxies available in the market that can be > used to cement corals to hard substrates like cement plates or any other > substrate and if they can be acquired through the internet. > Even though I have been told that this kind of information was discussed in > the list some months ago, I did not have the chance to look at it. I would > appreciate it very much if any of you can foward it to me. > Thanks, > Juan L. Torres, MS > Bio-optical Oceanography Lab. > Dept. of Marine Sciences > University of Puerto Rico > jltorres at caribe.net > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > From jch at aoml.noaa.gov Wed Apr 26 08:26:31 2000 From: jch at aoml.noaa.gov (jch at aoml.noaa.gov) Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 12:26:31 GMT Subject: coral-list: please read & save Message-ID: <200004261226.MAA01081@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Coral-list is running again, after some difficulties. Please read and save the following. Thank you. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Welcome to the Coral Health and Monitoring Program List-Server! SAVE THIS MESSAGE! It has important information on subscribing and unsubscribing from coral-list. 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Sincerely yours, Jim Hendee, Ph.D. Louis Florit Philippe Dubosq Ocean Chemistry Division Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 4301 Rickenbacker Causeway Miami, FL 33149-1026 USA From kdm at bonairelive.com Tue Apr 25 13:55:22 2000 From: kdm at bonairelive.com (Kalli De Meyer) Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 10:55:22 -0700 Subject: sunscreen Message-ID: <200004261506.PAA02473@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> I am searching for any information on the potential threat to coral reef environments posed by the use of sunscreen products by visitors. I have heard that sunscreen products may be banned in parts Mexico and would certainly like to hear more about the justification for any bans and which products or active ingredients are thought to be harmful I would also be interested to hear from anyone who may have done research into this issue and of any published literature on the subject Please reply to Kalli De Meyer: kdm at bonairelive.com From wff at duke.edu Wed Apr 26 13:48:36 2000 From: wff at duke.edu (William Figueira) Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 13:48:36 -0400 (EDT) Subject: monitoring the fecudity of S. partitus Message-ID: <200004270416.EAA06766@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> I wish to estimate the total number of eggs received by an individual male bicolor damselfish (S. partitus) during a reproductive period. I am considering using the same technique used by Knapp who worked with the same species, or Itzkowitz who worked with a very similar damselfish (S. leucostictus). Both techniques involve setting out an artificial nesting site for the male and then monitoring the amount of eggs received on that nest site by tracing the perimeter of individual clutches onto acetate sheets using a wax pen. The difference between the two techniques is chiefly that Knapp used 13 cm diameter clay flower pots and Itzkowitz used 4, 10 cm long by 7.5 cm diameter PVC pipes laid out in a cross pattern as the artificial nest. My questions are: 1. Do the damselfish lay eggs on the inside or outside of the nest structure? I would guess inside however, if that is the case, how does one manage to trace the outline of clutches in such confined spaces? 2. Does anybody have any other related or completely different techniques that might work for this species? I have wondered if using some sort of clear plastic insert into the nests would be possible. That way, assuming that eggs are laid on the inside of the nest, it could be removed and clutch outlines could be traced from the outside. Any and all information is much appreciated. Thanks for your attention. Cheers, Will ____________________________________________________________________ Will Figueira email: wff at duke.edu Duke University Marine Lab phone: (252)504-7572 135 Duke Marine Lab Rd fax : (252)504-7648 Beaufort, NC 28516 USA http://www.env.duke.edu/marinelab/marine.html ____________________________________________________________________ From ltpv at online.marine.su Wed Apr 26 18:21:51 2000 From: ltpv at online.marine.su (Latypov) Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 08:21:51 +1000 Subject: papers Message-ID: <200004270417.EAA06810@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Dear Fellow Coral-Listers: I am studying a succession of sea ground community of the Caspian Sea and coral communities of the South China Sea. For summarising work and discussion of results it is necessary to me to have copy of papers about a succession of sea communities for last years (1998-2000). Send me please prints of such papers in exchange for mine prints or prompt addresses and researchers who is able to do it. I can to you send following copy of papers: 1. Coral communities of the Namsu Islands(Gulf of Siam, South China Sea). 1986. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 2. Pioneer settlements of reef-building corals on pile piers of oil-drilling platform in the South China Sea. Biol. Morya. 1989. 3. Light-dependence in scleractinian distribution in the sublittoral zone of South China Sea islands. 1991.Coral Reef. 4. Benthic communities of the coral reefs of the Kondao Islands in the South China Sea. 1993. Biol. Morya. 5. Rise of the level of the Caspian Sea and its influence on coastal ecosystem. 1995. Biol. Morya. 6. Community structure of scleractinian reefs in the Baitylong Archipelago (South China Sea). 1995. Asian Mar. Biology. 7. The succession of the bivalve Abra ovata community in Sulaksky Bay, the Caspian Sea. 1998. Biol. Morya. 8. Benthic communities of coral reefs of Tho Chu Islands (Gulf of Thailand, South China Sea). 1999. Biol. Morya. 9. Communities of macrobenthos on the reefs of the An Thoi Archipelago, the South China Sea. 2000. Biol. Morya. Best regards, Yuri Latypov Dr. Yuri Ya. Latypov Institute of Marine Biology Vladivostok, 690041 Russia E-mail: ltpv at online.marine.su From pattengill at excite.com Wed Apr 26 14:44:38 2000 From: pattengill at excite.com (Christy Pattengill-Semmens) Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 11:44:38 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Job Announcement Message-ID: <200004270416.EAA06764@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Please reply directly to Laddie Akins, reef003 at aol.com __________________________________________ JOB OPENING Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF) JOB TITLE: Education/Outreach Coordinator JOB LOCATION: Key Largo, FL WORK SCHEDULE: Full time, including some weekends as needed SALARY: $26,000; health benefits and 2 weeks paid vacation after one year START DATE: August 15, 2000 REEF is a nonprofit environmental organization with over 17,000 members.=20 Our primary focus is educating divers and the general public about marine life and how to conduct marine life surveys during their dives. REEF manages this information for use by the scientific and management communities. We are seeking a person to identify, establish and encourage local partnerships to strengthen REEF's current programs and to further develop our education and outreach goals. =20 The successful candidate should have experience in grassroots organizing, communications, event coordination, and an interest in marine issues. Minimum requirements include Bachelors in Marine Biology or Environmental Education or equivalent experience, scuba certification with extensive diving experience, computer and Website literacy, public speaking skills an= d experience in surveying marine organisms. Extensive travel, both in the U.S. and abroad, will be associated with this position. Send letter of interest and resume by June 1 to REEF, EOC Position, P.O. Bo= x 246, Key Largo, FL 33037, Fax (305) 451-0028, reef003 at aol.com. DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES: =B7 Implement a support network for REEF's local partners to increase ongoi= ng survey programs, including training, material development, and promotion of local activities. =B7 Manage REEF's Field Station program, a group of dive shops and resorts = who support REEF's survey activities. =B7 Coordinate with our local partners to present REEF's annual Great Ameri= can Fish Count event each July and update GAFC postings on the Website. =B7 Identify new local partners. =B7 Assist when needed on organization-wide projects and events. =B7 Assist with general functioning of REEF HQ office. Christy Pattengill-Semmens, Ph.D. Scientific Coordinator Reef Environmental Education Foundation www.reef.org _______________________________________________________ Get 100% FREE Internet Access powered by Excite Visit http://freelane.excite.com/freeisp From shemlaav at post.tau.ac.il Thu Apr 27 08:39:04 2000 From: shemlaav at post.tau.ac.il (zohar) Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 15:39:04 +0300 Subject: dinoflagellates Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20000427153904.007b14c0@post.tau.ac.il> Dear colleagues, I would appreciate any information / references regarding the effects of temperature on the growth of dinoflagellates in general and zooxanthellae in particular. Thank you very much in advance, Avi Shemla Tel-aviv university Israel ~~~~~ Previous coral-list postings may be viewed in the coral-list archives (updated once a month) on the Web at http://www.coral.noaa.gov/lists/list-archives.html From flotsam at manado.wasantara.net.id Thu Apr 27 10:30:46 2000 From: flotsam at manado.wasantara.net.id (Mark and Arnaz Erdmann) Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 22:30:46 +0800 Subject: 9ICRS Scientific Field Trips website Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, This message is intended as a brief update on the 9ICRS scientific field trip schedule. Interested participants can now view detailed information on this field trip schedule through the 9ICRS website: . An on-line order form is provided to directly make bookings or enquire about specific trips. This can also be done by directly contacting Ms. Tara Schoedinger at Asia Transpacific Journeys: .? Total scientific field trip participation is limited to 137 people on the 10 trips, so interested participants should make their bookings soon. These liveaboard dive trips showcase some of the best of Indonesia's incredibly diverse reefs, and with the added attraction of locally-experienced trip leaders should provide an unparalleled opportunity to explore some of the least-studied reefs on earth. Selamat jalan! Mark and Arnaz Erdmann Mark V. Erdmann, PhD Marine Protected Areas Advisor NRM/EPIQ North Sulawesi Program PO BOX 1020 Manado, Sulawesi Utara 95010 Indonesia Phone: (62) 811-432649, 811-433857 ~~~~~ Previous coral-list postings may be viewed in the coral-list archives (updated once a month) on the Web at http://www.coral.noaa.gov/lists/list-archives.html From hendee at aoml.noaa.gov Thu Apr 27 11:05:37 2000 From: hendee at aoml.noaa.gov (Jim Hendee) Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 11:05:37 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Response to Juan Torres Message-ID: Dear Coral-Listers, I guess I've gotten a little impatient sometimes with subscribers, and I want to herewith apologize to Juan for publicly embarassing him. That day was not a good day for me (in fact, totally rotten), and though that doesn't excuse me, it might help to explain my actions. I hope the intention, purpose and function of coral-list is plain to all. If not, please re-read the Welcome Message, which I recently re-sent. I hope you all have a nice day. Cheers, Jim ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 07:52:07 PDT From: Juan Torres To: hendee at aoml.noaa.gov Subject: Re: your mail Dear Dr. Hendee: It has been very difficult to me trying to find an epoxy that hardens fast so that I can cement ramose coral colonies to cement plates in aquariums here in Puerto Rico. That was the main reason I posted the message on the coral-list. So I have look at it very extensively. I'm just a Ph.D. student who is trying very hard to get these products to conduct the thesis research, but so far I have not had any luck with them. I have already tried with some cements, but none of them seem to work so far, including cyanoacrylate, which was one of the suggested ones. In fact, posting the message on the list served not only to me, but other scientists that work with coral reef restoration. Some of them have sent me private messages asking me to foward them any information I may found through the listers. So I am not the only one looking for such kind of info. I believe that one of the objectives of having a coral-list is to help us all find the tools we need to do our jobs. In fact, I am not the first one (and certainly won't be the last one) that posted a message on the list with a hope that someone who may have worked with a similar theme could be kind enough of sharing it with me and with the rest of the scientific community. I find the fact sarcasm of "take the chance to look at it" (as if I would not be doing my job) denigrating. Nevertheless, no offense was taken and I will follow the suggestion of looking at the NOAA site. Sincerely, Juan L. Torres, MS Univ. of PR, Dept. of Marine Sciences >From: Jim Hendee >Reply-To: Jim Hendee >To: Juan Torres >CC: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov >Subject: Re: your mail >Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 07:43:30 -0400 (EDT) > >Why don't you take "the chance to look at it" by going to the archives at >www.coral.noaa.gov, scan down to Archives, click on Coral-List >Discussions, click on coral-list 2000 messages, and use your "Edit" >function on your browser to look up the word "epoxy" and read the answer. >It took me all of less than one minute. > > Jim > >On Mon, 24 Apr 2000, Juan Torres wrote: > > > Hi to all coral listers, > > I would like to know about the epoxies available in the market that can >be > > used to cement corals to hard substrates like cement plates or any other > > substrate and if they can be acquired through the internet. > > Even though I have been told that this kind of information was discussed >in > > the list some months ago, I did not have the chance to look at it. I >would > > appreciate it very much if any of you can foward it to me. > > Thanks, > > Juan L. Torres, MS > > Bio-optical Oceanography Lab. > > Dept. of Marine Sciences > > University of Puerto Rico > > jltorres at caribe.net > > ~~~~~ Previous coral-list postings may be viewed in the coral-list archives (updated once a month) on the Web at http://www.coral.noaa.gov/lists/list-archives.html From Bprecht at pbsj.com Thu Apr 27 12:12:00 2000 From: Bprecht at pbsj.com (Precht, Bill) Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 11:12:00 -0500 Subject: FW: International Coral Reef Symposium and other stuff Message-ID: Coral-Listers: (esp. Juan Torres) With regards to questions concerning epoxies and coral attachment - the following should be of interest We here at PBS&J have been working on various coral restoration, rehabilitation, and transplantation projects... in these efforts some striking data has emerged (and will be published in a peer-reviewed forum in the near future). In general, we have had high failure rates attaching corals with almost ALL the underwater epoxies including liquid rock, etc... However, we have had tremendous success using Portland Cement... In fact, we have an experimental garden where 50 fist-size corals were attached using epoxy and another 50 were attached using cement... One year after transplantation (and the passage of a few significant storms)- 48 of the cemented ones remained while only 12 of the epoxied ones were still present. Enough said... Because of the high efficacy rates of the cement, we use this material almost exclusively now... We pre-mix the cement on the surface and bring it down to the restoration site in pails. While soft, it is easy to mold and form, yet sets relatively fast. Hope this helps cheers, Bill > William F. Precht, P.G. > Ecological Sciences Program Manager > > <<...>> > > bprecht at pbsj.com > > > ~~~~~ Previous coral-list postings may be viewed in the coral-list archives (updated once a month) on the Web at http://www.coral.noaa.gov/lists/list-archives.html From jsprouse at uswest.net Thu Apr 27 12:31:18 2000 From: jsprouse at uswest.net (JS) Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 09:31:18 -0700 Subject: thank you Message-ID: <001901bfb066$03e734e0$0200000a@Uswest.Me> To all who helped me thank you. I will check the information provided. For those who asked I will send you what I can get or have, just please have patience. Once again thanks James ~~~~~ Previous coral-list postings may be viewed in the coral-list archives (updated once a month) on the Web at http://www.coral.noaa.gov/lists/list-archives.html From martinlangevoord at hotmail.com Fri Apr 28 02:57:12 2000 From: martinlangevoord at hotmail.com (Martin Langevoord) Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 23:57:12 PDT Subject: recolonization after bleaching Message-ID: <20000428065712.96079.qmail@hotmail.com> Hello, I am new to coral research and the coral list at all. As a marine biolgist I studied reefs, though more more for fish. I wandered if there is any data available of recolonization of corals on pieces of dead coralskeletons that died after the severe bleaching in 98/99 (especially in Indo Pacific region). Can anybody give me some information at martinlangevoord at hotmail.com Thanks, Martin langevoord ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ~~~~~ Previous coral-list postings may be viewed in the coral-list archives (updated once a month) on the Web at http://www.coral.noaa.gov/lists/list-archives.html From reefprj at tm.net.my Fri Apr 28 01:42:31 2000 From: reefprj at tm.net.my (The Reef Project) Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 13:42:31 +0800 Subject: coral tranplant Message-ID: <200004281219.MAA14521@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Dear Coral-lister, We are planning to set up coral tranplant pilot project. I am trying to gather as much information regardin the above endeavors on the technical side. I need information of underwater quick drying cement or epoxy and where to buy them . Here in Sabah, Malaysia, there are limited resources on those stuff and thus, is expensive. If anybody have experienced using cheaper substitute, i appreciate it if you could share. thank you, Wilson Alex The REEF PROJECT, Pulau Gaya, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia ~~~~~ Previous coral-list postings may be viewed in the coral-list archives (updated once a month) on the Web at http://www.coral.noaa.gov/lists/list-archives.html From Bill.Millhouser at noaa.gov Fri Apr 28 10:57:20 2000 From: Bill.Millhouser at noaa.gov (Bill Millhouser) Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 10:57:20 -0400 Subject: NOAA Coral Reef Management Position Message-ID: <3909A6CF.4428DA39@noaa.gov> The closing date for the Coral Reef Management position within the Coastal Programs Division in NOAA has been extended to May 5, 2000. If you would like additional information on this position, please access the website shown below, or call or e-mail me. Thank you, Bill Millhouser http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/wfjic/jobs/BQ5058.HTM -- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Bill Millhouser, Pacific Regional Manager Coastal Programs Division, OCRM, NOAA N/ORM-3, Room 11206 1305 East-West Hwy, Silver Spring, MD 20910 Ph: 301-713-3121 X189 Fax: 301-713-4367 Mobile: 703-623-9909 E-Mail: bill.millhouser at noaa.gov http://www.nos.noaa.gov/ocrm/czm/welcome.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Before you commit "Electronic Career Suicide" by asking others to do your research for you, please read the Coral-List Welcome Message for tips on how to research your subject first! Or, see, http://www.coral.noaa.gov/lists/coral-list.html From ccorbett at swfrpc.org Fri Apr 28 13:00:26 2000 From: ccorbett at swfrpc.org (Cathy Corbett) Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 13:00:26 -0400 Subject: Southwest Florida water flows and the coral reefs Message-ID: For those of you interested in the effects that Southwest Florida water currents have on the coral reefs in Florida, South Florida Water Management District has started releasing 3172 cfs of water from Lake Okeechobee into the Caloosahatchee river. This level of flow was commenced Tuesday (April 25), I believe, after the governing board meeting and will continue for 92 days and is meant to spare the levee in the lake. Documented actual flow measurements have been higher --as discharge from Moore Haven was 4492 cfs and Franklin Locks was 4529 cfs on 4/27/00. It is believed that the flows from the river (an impaired water body with relatively high phosphorous loadings) could then affect the coral reefs, especially at such large levels. (Incidentally, the outflows to the St. Lucie are 1963 cfs and to WCAs are 1375 cfs). Many people in Southwest Florida are concerned because there had been no releases from the lake since January, and many of the seagrass beds in the Caloosahatchee estuary have died back. They just started releasing some water several weeks ago, and now they are releasing entirely too much. Their experts claim it will take the seagrass beds two years to recover from this disaster. Many groups are striving to document the results of these releases so that such large releases will not occur again in the future. Perhaps you know of a few people who would like to document the effects of this release on coral reefs. If so, please inform those that you think would be interested in this matter. Thanks, Catherine Corbett Environmental Projects Manager CHARLOTTE HARBOR NATIONAL ESTUARY PROGRAM 4980 Bayline Drive, 4th Floor N. Fort Myers, Florida 33917 Phone: 941-995-1777 Fax: 941-656-7724 Email: ccorbett at swfrpc.org Website: http://www.charlotteharbornep.com