ARMS: Artificial Reef Matrix Systems

[tawake_a at usp.ac.fj]

Dear John
Thank you for the information. Ive looked through the web site and has
helped me alot in
understanding this ARMS method.

Cheers
alifereti

On 9 Jan 2003 at 12:39, John McManus wrote:

Date sent:              Thu, 09 Jan 2003 12:39:08 -0500
From:                   John McManus <jmcmanus at rsmas.miami.edu>
Subject:                RE: ARMS: Artificial Reef Matrix Systems
To:                     tawake_a at usp.ac.fj, Coral List
<coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
Send reply to:          jmcmanus at rsmas.miami.edu

> Dear Alifereti,
>
> I found this on website:
> http://www.nhm.org/marcom/news/voyages/research.htm.
>
> "ARMS-Artificial Reef Matrix Structure - Because it is so difficult to
> capture small creatures that live within the coral heads themselves
> without actually destroying parts of the reef, the research team
> invented structures that would mimic the various habitats provided by
> coral."
>
> Cheers!
>
>  John
>
> _________________________________________________________
>
> John W. McManus, PhD
> Director, National Center for Caribbean Coral Reef Research (NCORE)
> Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (RSMAS)
> University of Miami, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway Miami, Florida 33149.
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-coral-list at aoml.noaa.gov
> [mailto:owner-coral-list at aoml.noaa.gov]On Behalf Of tawake_a at usp.ac.fj
> Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 11:59 PM To:
> coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov Cc: rqauqau at fisheries.gov.fj;
> sqalovaki at govnet.gov.fj; samasoni Sauni; etika Rupeni Subject: ARMS:
> Artificial Reef Matrix Systems
>
>
> Dear Coral Listers,
> A team is coming to do a survey here in Fiji and they are proposing
> this ARMS: Artificial Reef Matrix Systems technique.
>
> I and most of my colleages here in Fiji have not used it let alone
> hear it. We are only farmiliar with other standard reef monitoring
> methods.
>
> Can anyone please direct us to where we can find more infor on this
> technique or how different it is from Belt or LIT methods commonly
> used?
>
>
> Look forward to your response.
>
>
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