From jim.hendee at noaa.gov  Fri Feb  2 06:45:28 2007
From: jim.hendee at noaa.gov (Jim Hendee)
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2007 06:45:28 -0500
Subject: [Coral-List] Sedimentation post (David Hopley)
Message-ID: <45C32458.6070801@noaa.gov>

[My apologies, but we've had problems getting David's post through for 
some reason.  Here it is:]

Subject: Sedimentation
From: "David Hopley" <dhopley at austarnet.com.au>
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 10:15:00 +1000
To: <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>

I've read with interest the Coral-list discussion over the last few days 
on sediments and reefs having being involved with colleagues in a number 
of studies a few years ago which attempted to establish the sediment 
tolerance levels of corals on inshore reefs of the GBR.  The first of 
these was for reefs adjacent to a road bulldozed through rainforest 
adjacent to fringing reefs at Cape Tribulation north of Cairns.  This 
involved measuring both turbidity and settlement using sediment traps.  
The results were published by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park 
Authority (Tech. Mem. 24, 1990).  It showed that for settlement, 
sediment trap design is critical and not always acknowledged in 
subsequent studies.  Even more important was the range of suspended 
sediment levels measured especially from control sites not affected by 
the road.  These ranged from 1-50mg l-1 during high rainfall, 100 to 
200mg l-1 in normal rainfall periods for this area (100mm in 24 hours) 
and 180 to 260mg l-1 in a heavy rainfall event (300mm in 24 hours).

Nonetheless Charlie Veron established that these reefs accommodated 141 
species of hard corals.  To some extent, at this time the waters had 
been muddied (no pun intended) by the 1985 Pastorok and Bilyard paper 
(Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser. 21) which had suggested that sedimentation rates 
of 1-10mg cm-2 d -1 caused slight effects on reefs, 10-50mg moderate to 
severe and >50mg catastrophic.  At the Cape Tribulation control site 
levels >50mg were regularly measured in wind speeds greater than 20kts.  
Mike Risk's work in Puerto Rico and other studies showed similar results 
but Pastorok  and Bilyards thresholds have long been accepted and 
repeated in several reviews.  Critical issues are the fact that many of 
their results came from very dry areas or limestone coasts with minimal 
surface run-off.  As Ken Anthony has recently (2000) shown (Coral Reefs, 
19), individual corals are attuned to their ambient conditions and a 
coral on a turbid fringing reef will have a far greater tolerance to 
sediments than exactly the same species on outer shelf reefs in clear 
water  

Also in 1989 Rob van Woesik and I carried out a study on the reefs of 
Magnetic Island (Townsville) adjacent to a new marina.  From 
measurements taken over 2 months (and later confirmed in a larger report 
by Bruce Mapstone and colleagues) we recommended the following limits 
during construction of the marina:  For suspended sediment (Mg/L) 
absolute 1500, short term (up to two tidal cycles) 1000, medium term (up 
to 20 days) 120, long term (beyond 20 days) 75.  For rates of sediment 
settlement (Mg cm2 day-1 ) absolute 200, short term (up to two tidal 
cycles) 150, medium term (up to 20 days) 120, long term (beyond 20 days) 
80.  The lower levels are already experienced on a regular basis by 
Magnetic Island Reefs and other nearshore reefs (see Larcombe references 
mentioned below).

The source of much of this sediment is a nearshore mud/silt wedge up to 
10km wide and 20m thick built up over the last 6,000 years of stable sea 
level (for our biological friends remember that Holocene sea level 
patterns vary in different parts of the world and for isostatic reasons, 
a similar sediment wedge may not have had time to develop adjacent to 
Caribbean reefs).  Sedimentation levels and processes of re-suspension 
are very well described by Piers Larcombe and his colleagues (1999, 
Austr. J. Earth Sci., 46; 1999 Coral Reefs, 18; 1995 Marine Geol. 127; 
1995 Coral Reefs 14; 2001, Sedimentology, 48).  I certainly agree with 
Jeremy Sofonia's comments about sedimentation levels and tolerances 
being site specific and, as Dikou and van Woesik, (2006 Mar. Poll. 
Bull.) recommend, should be evaluated on a case by case basis.  This 
comment is applicable to the Magnetic Island figures given above which 
are only a broad guide to other highly turbid inshore reefs.

Gene Shinn referred to the 1928-29 GBR Expedition study on Low Isles 
carried out by Marshall and Orr (1931, Sci. Repts. GBR Exped. 1).  This 
was a highly innovative study using storage jars located on different 
sites of the Low Isles reef and collected on a weekly basis.  As they 
gave exact dimensions and locations, in 1991 I had one of my Masters 
students (Kay Johnstone) repeat the study over exactly the same 6 months 
of the year.  Interestingly, in spite of much development on the 
adjacent coast near Cairns, the results for the 2 periods could not be 
statistically separated, suggesting that re-suspension from the long 
established sediment wedge, not new sediment, was the main source.

Sorry for going on so long on this but it is an extremely interesting 
and important topic.  I can't miss the opportunity for a bit of 
advertising.  With James Cook University colleagues Scott Smithers and 
Kevin Parnell we are about to have a new book published, the final 
chapter of which deals with amongst other things the geomorphological 
processes involved in sedimentation on GBR reefs.  This is Hopley, 
Smithers and Parnell  2007  The Geormorphology of the Great Barrier Reef 
: Development, Diversity and Change, Cambridge University Press, 532pp.  
It covers most of the things I've touched on here and when published in 
the next few months may provide more detail.
 
Dr. David Hopley
8 Lilydale Pocket
Fairfield Waters
IDALIA  QLD  4811
AUSTRALIA
 
PH:  +61 7 4729 0671
 
EMAIL: dhopley at austarnet.com.au



From j_urich at yahoo.com  Thu Feb  1 13:09:37 2007
From: j_urich at yahoo.com (Juan F Urich)
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 10:09:37 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Coral-List] Question
Message-ID: <586637.5089.qm@web32810.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Dear listers : I greatly appreciate your suggestions regarding the following questions that came to my mind while dealing with R.V O?Neill and De Angelis book "A Hierarchical concept of Ecosystems". Chapter 3 "Ecosystem as systems".
   
  This questions arise in the search for a proper system to further explore  the Resilience / Perturbation relation:
   
  The questions are:
   
  Do small coral assemblages and associated species (ranging from fish to microrganism), dabling trough or stablished in discrete dead coral boulders, have a recognizable homeorhetic trophic structures?
   
  If yes, do these trophic structures persist and change through time and space independently of their species composition? 
   
  Are these questions properly formulated?. If not, suggestions are welcomed.
   
  MSc. Juan F Urich
  from March 2007 Phd. candidate at:  Laboratorio de Biolog?a Te?rica
                                                        Instituto de Zoolog?a Tropical
                                                        Facultad de Ciencias
                                                        Universidad Central de Venezuela
    

 
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From bbaldwin at stlawu.edu  Thu Feb  1 12:19:40 2007
From: bbaldwin at stlawu.edu (Brad Baldwin)
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2007 12:19:40 -0500
Subject: [Coral-List] edcuational materials
In-Reply-To: <100339.98627.qm@web37906.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
References: <100339.98627.qm@web37906.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <45C2212C.6050307@stlawu.edu>

Hi folks,
I teach at a liberal arts college and am always looking for more good 
papers, texts, websites, movies to use in class. Not sure if its 
appropriate to ask on this listserve (I'm a bit new to it) but could 
other educators and researchers recommend some favorite materials they 
use to teach coral reef ecology to college students?  Naturally I'd be 
happy to share my own as well.
Thanks, Brad

<><  ><> <><  ><> <>< ><> <><  ><> <><
Brad Baldwin
Associate Professor
Department of Biology/Bewkes Hall 121-1
St. Lawrence University
Canton, NY 13617

315-229-5240 (7429 fax)
bbaldwin at stlawu.edu





From jim.hendee at noaa.gov  Fri Feb  2 07:13:10 2007
From: jim.hendee at noaa.gov (Jim Hendee)
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2007 07:13:10 -0500
Subject: [Coral-List] Pacific Network of Marine Educators
Message-ID: <45C32AD6.9070402@noaa.gov>

[From J. Michael Nolan]

International Pacific Marine Educators Conference Establishes Network to 
Protect the Ocean, Presentations Available Online
 
(HONOLULU -- 31 January 2007) The International Pacific Marine Educators 
Conference (IPMEC), which brought together marine educators from 18 
countries Jan. 15 to 18, 2007, in Honolulu, has resulted in the 
establishment of a Pacific network of marine educators designed to 
ensure the health of the Pacific and the communities that depend upon 
it. The network aims to facilitate real action in marine education and 
highlight the need for ocean stewardship across the Pacific.
 
The conference was hosted and sponsored by the Western Pacific Regional 
Fishery Management Council (WPRFMC). It was originally to be held at and 
co-hosted by the University of the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji but was 
relocated to Honolulu after the Dec. 5, 2006, coup in that country. 
Additional support for the conference came from NOAA Ocean Exploration 
Program, National Marine Sanctuary Foundation, National Marine Educators 
Association, The Ocean Foundation and the World Ocean Network's 
Sustainable Actions Committee.
 
"The Pacific contains the largest and most diverse coral reef 
ecosystems, produces two-thirds of the world's tuna, extends over almost 
half of the globe, and has major impacts on the world's climate," notes 
Kitty M. Simonds, WPRFMC executive director, on the importance of this 
landmark occasion.
 
Nearly 100 marine educators participated in the conference both onsite 
and online during two days of presentations and one day of workshops. 
The conference featured nearly 60 on-site and real-time web-delivered 
presentations from areas spanning the East Coast of the United States to 
Papua New Guinea. All of these presentations as well as the opening and 
closing ceremonies are now available as web-based streaming video at the 
College of Exploration website <www.coexploration.org/ipmec/>.
 
Ben Mikaere Namakin, an environmental educator originally from Kiribati 
and currently at the Conservation Society for Pohnpei, was selected to 
chair the Ad Hoc Organizing Committee for the next IPMEC and to further 
establish the network. He replaces Sylvia Spalding, WPRFMC media and 
education specialist, who chaired the first committee. Offers to host 
the next conference came from Australia, Easter Island and Fiji.
 
For more information, visit www.ipmec.info or contact Sylvia Spalding at 
Sylvia.spalding at noaa.gov or Ben Namakin at bnamakin at yahoo.com.
 
IPMEC Organizing Committee 2007-2008

- Ben Mikaere Namakin, Conservation Society for Pohnpei, Federated 
States of Micronesia  (Chair)
- Leimana DaMate, Pacific Islands Resource Management Institute, Hawaii
- Jarad Makaiau, Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, Hawaii
- Jasmine Mason, Thompson Rivers University, British Columbia, Canada
- Jennifer Metz, Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, Hawaii
- Luis Pintos, Centro AquaSendas, Chil
- Craig Strang, Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California, 
Berkeley, USA
- Teny Topalian, National Marine Fisheries Service, Northern Mariana Islands
- Nacaniele "Nat" Tuivavalaqi, College of the Marshall Islands, Marshall 
Islands
- Andrew Vance, Melbourne Girls College, Australia

-- 
Sylvia Spalding
Media and Education Specialist
Western Pacific Fishery Management Council
1164 Bishop St., Suite 1400
Honolulu, HI 96813
Phone +1 808 522-5341; Fax +1 808 522-8226
email, sylvia.spalding at noaa.gov
url www.wpcouncil.org


From jmcmanus at rsmas.miami.edu  Fri Feb  2 12:12:27 2007
From: jmcmanus at rsmas.miami.edu (jmcmanus)
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 12:12:27 -0500
Subject: [Coral-List] edcuational materials -- ReefRanger Hawaii
In-Reply-To: <45C2212C.6050307@stlawu.edu>
Message-ID: <000001c746ed$50c4b290$0276ab81@GOLIATH>


Felimon Gayanilo and I (with lots of help from advisors and sponsors) have
designed and built an educational game about coral reef management,
ReefRanger Hawaii, sponsored by the truly visionary leadership of the
Hawaiian Coral Reef Initiative. The player faces a series of cameras focused
on parts of the hypothetical watershed and reef. Responses to questions lead
to recovery or damage, and credits towards promotion (or not). The imagery
consists of a large number of video clips from custom-built 3D animations,
linked to questions via custom software, both built by Felimon. Instructors
can easily customize the questions simply by filling in some digital forms. 

The game is intended to help inform students and others about the
complexities of managing coral reefs. All of the scenes display Hawaiian
species. However, the question series address a lot of widespread issues.  

The game will likely be in official final form by May 2007. However, please
feel free to download the near-final program at www.ncoremiami.org and send
us feedback so that we can keep improving it. More information is also
available at the game's more permanent home, the HCRI website
www.hawaii.edu/ssri/hcri/. 

Cheers!

John
 
John W. McManus, PhD
Professor, Marine Biology and Fisheries
Coral Reef Ecology and Management Laboratory (CREM Lab)
Director, National Center for Coral Reef Research (NCORE)
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
University of Miami, 33149
Office: 305-421-4814/4820, Fax: 305-421-4910, Website: www.ncoremiami.org
 
If I cannot build it, I do not understand it. -- Richard Feynman, Nobel
Laureate
 

-----Original Message-----
From: coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
[mailto:coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov] On Behalf Of Brad Baldwin
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 12:20 PM
To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
Subject: [Coral-List] edcuational materials

Hi folks,
I teach at a liberal arts college and am always looking for more good 
papers, texts, websites, movies to use in class. Not sure if its 
appropriate to ask on this listserve (I'm a bit new to it) but could 
other educators and researchers recommend some favorite materials they 
use to teach coral reef ecology to college students?  Naturally I'd be 
happy to share my own as well.
Thanks, Brad

<><  ><> <><  ><> <>< ><> <><  ><> <><
Brad Baldwin
Associate Professor
Department of Biology/Bewkes Hall 121-1
St. Lawrence University
Canton, NY 13617

315-229-5240 (7429 fax)
bbaldwin at stlawu.edu



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From mmamanagerquestionnaire at gmail.com  Fri Feb  2 08:17:06 2007
From: mmamanagerquestionnaire at gmail.com (Venetia Hargreaves-Allen)
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 13:17:06 +0000
Subject: [Coral-List] =?iso-8859-1?q?MPA_management_survey_launched=2C_wit?=
	=?iso-8859-1?q?h_=243=2C000_in_prizes_to_be_won!_=A1Se_lanza_una_e?=
	=?iso-8859-1?q?ncuesta_para_administradores_de_zonas_marinas=2C_co?=
	=?iso-8859-1?q?n_US=243=2E000_en_premios!?=
Message-ID: <a02708880702020517o62460a4s2840762c163979ef@mail.gmail.com>

Dear marine area manager or researcher,



Below is a weblink to a questionnaire in Spanish and English, about marine
managed areas (MMAs).   This questionnaire is part of an on-going research
project by Venetia Hargreaves-Allen, from Imperial College London, with
support from the World Fish Centre and Reefbase.



We are researching costs and benefits generated by MMAs and how these are
linked to conservation success.   This will enable us to make
recommendations, including identifying strategies for enabling more
sustainable support for MMA management costs.



To thank you for your time, you will automatically be entered into a *PRIZE
DRAW *when you return your questionnaire, with *10 PRIZES of US$300 to WIN*!
Winners will be notified by the 1st June 2007.


*Please see this website for further details;
http://www.iccs.org.uk/mmamanagerquestionnaire.htm.  *
**





Estimado Administrador o Investigador de zonas marinas,



A continuaci?n se incluye un enlace a un cuestionario en ingl?s y
espa?ol, sobre
las zonas marinas administradas (MMA por sus siglas en ingl?s).



Este cuestionario es parte de un proyecto de investigaci?n en curso a cargo
de Venetia Hargreaves-Allen, de Imperial College London, con apoyo del
WorldFish Centre y ReefBase.

* *

Estamos investigando los costos y beneficios generados por las zonas marinas
administradas y c?mo se relacionan con el ?xito en la conservaci?n.  Esto
nos permitir? hacer recomendaciones, o sea identificar estrategias para
permitir un apoyo m?s sostenible a los costos de la administraci?n de las
zonas marinas administradas.

* *

*Para agradecer su colaboraci?n, participar? autom?ticamente en un SORTEO
cuando env?e su cuestionario, ?con 10 PREMIOS DE US$300!   Los ganadores
recibir?n la notificaci?n antes del 1? de junio de 2007. *

* *

*Please see the website for further details; *

*http://www.iccs.org.uk/mmamanagerquestionnaireesp.htm*<http://www.iccs.org.uk/mmamanagerquestionnaireesp.htm>
*.  *


-- 
Venetia Hargreaves-Allen (MSc)
PhD Researcher
Imperial College, London
http://www.iccs.org.uk/Venetia/Hargreaves-Allen.htm?Venetia.htm~mainFrame
http://www.iccs.org.uk/mmamanagerquestionnaire.htm
http://www.iccs.org.uk/mmamanagerquestionnaireesp.htm


From russellkelley at mac.com  Fri Feb  2 23:21:05 2007
From: russellkelley at mac.com (Russell Kelley)
Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 14:21:05 +1000
Subject: [Coral-List] educational resources
Message-ID: <CD20DA1A-0D6E-4D75-BA45-E7872FCB7260@mac.com>

Dear Listers,

Further to the recent request for reef education resources.  Anyone  
interested in communicating a "whole of system" approach to  
understanding coral reefs might consider three educational products  
from the Great Barrier Reef experience:

The Blue Highway  is a A3 poster highlighting the importance of  
ecosystem connectivity and the role non-reefal habitats can play in  
overall reef function.  This product visualizes the life cycle of the  
Red Emperor from its spawning behavior on offshore reefs, through the  
larval journey in the plankton to inshore nursery environments and  
offshore again via a series of inter-reefal habitats that are  
described in more detail on the reverse of the poster.

The Catchment to Reef poster and booklet further expands the whole-of- 
system understanding of the GBR by highlighting connections,  
ecological and physical, between land, sea and reef.  In outlines the  
key freshwater connections / processes and describes the impacts of  
human activities on the freshwater environments of GBR catchments and  
the consequences for the marine environment.  A list of resources is  
provided.

Finally, and just off the press, Nutrients, Catchments and Reefs  is  
an account of nutrient processes and pathways in the Great Barrier  
Reef catchment. It highlights the ways in which land use can impact  
on natural nutrient cycles and water quality in freshwater and  
inshore marine environments.

Printed copies of the Blue Highway can be requested from the Great  
Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority:  http://www.gbrmpa.gov.au/

Printed copies of the other publications can be requested from the  
Catchment to Reef website:
http://www.catchmenttoreef.com.au/


Anyone interested in a fairly plain language account of ecological  
connectivity within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park that also  
sites the key scientific literature might be interested in:

CAPPO, M. & KELLEY, R. 2001 Connectivity in the Great Barrier Reef  
World Heritage Area-an overview of pathways and processes. In  
Wolanski, E. Oceanographic processes of coral reefs: physical and  
biological links in the Great Barrier Reef: 161-187. CRC Press, New  
York.


Regards

Russell

Russell Kelley
russellkelley at mac.com

Writer, project manager, science communication consultant.
P.O. Box 1859, Townsville, 4810, AUSTRALIA
ABN 66208215206
Int. + 61 (0) 7  47804380 ph.
GMT + 10 hours

http://homepage.mac.com/russellkelley

http://www.catchmenttoreef.com.au




From mdemetr at biophi.org  Sat Feb  3 13:46:09 2007
From: mdemetr at biophi.org (Melissa K. Demetrikopoulos, Ph.D.)
Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2007 18:46:09 +0000
Subject: [Coral-List] educational materials
Message-ID: <W280221176028891170528369@webmail10>

In responce to Brad Baldwin's request for educational materials....
Hi everyone,
Although many of the readers of the coral list likely havean interest in education, there are some other marine related lists that arespecifically dedicated to this which you may find helpful if you are notalready aware of them.I did not put theinformation in quotes but I have cut and pasted so that you would have theright info.These groups cover K-12 education, outreach,and college level teaching.

1.InformationExchange for Marine Educators provided with the support of NOAA's Office ofEducation and the NationalMarineProtectedAreasCenterto share information pertinent to the marine educator community. To subscribe to this distribution list, send a blank messageto requests at willamette.nos.noaa.gov with ?subscribe infoexchange? in thesubject field.Similarly, to removeyourself from the list, send the subject ?unsubscribe infoexchange?. 

2."Scuttlebutt",the Bridge discussion list, provides a forum for marine educators to talkinformally about marine education ideas, issues, and questions. The Bridgestaff monitors list activity and will assist in locating expertise to answerquestions that teachers post to the list, as needed. All educators andscientists interested in marine science education are invited to subscribe. Thelist does not provide research services for students' assignments. A link to subscribe to this listserveis on the National Marine EducationAssociation web site at http://www.marine-ed.org/ If you have any trouble subscribing to Scuttlebutt, pleasecontact Lisa Ayers Lawrence at ayers at vims.edu.

3.One additional resourcesfor marine education is The Bridge.TheBridge is a growing collection of the best marine education resources availableon-line. It provides educators with a convenient source of accurate and usefulinformation on global, national, and regional marine science topics, and givesresearchers a contact point for educational outreach. The Bridge is supported by the National SeaGrant Office, the National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP), and theNational Marine Educators Association (NMEA).This web site can be found at http://www.vims.edu/bridge/

I hope this is helpful,
Melissa K. Demetrikopoulos, Ph.D.
Director of Scientific Communications
Chair, Division of Program Development and Assessment
Institute for Biomedical Philosophy
mdemetr at biophi.org
305-240-1522



From southern_caribbean at yahoo.com  Tue Feb  6 08:53:26 2007
From: southern_caribbean at yahoo.com (SouthernCaribbean.Org)
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 05:53:26 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Coral-List] Waste management resources and databases for wider
	Caribbean region
Message-ID: <201885.2661.qm@web61215.mail.yahoo.com>

As part of our local ICZM Aruba program (www.iczmaruba.org) and its parent Southern Caribbean program for ICZM in the Caribbean (www.southerncaribbean.org) we are in search of resources and databases for use in a comparative analysis (quantitative and qualitative analyis) of the Southern part of the Wider Caribbean.
   
  We are looking in particular for Solid Waste Management resources to be able to compare SWM collection, recycling, processing, disposal and storage policies, rates and fees for residential and industrial waste collection.
   
  We are also looking for resoruces and databases with regard to waste collection (solid and liquid wastes) in ports and corresponding MARPOL port reception facilities, again including also on fees charged.
   
  And finally we are looking for resoruces and databases detailing land based sources of contamination and waste, including sewage, agricultural and urban runoff, and their documented effects on marine ecosystems in the Caribbean.
   
   


Milton Ponson, President
Rainbow Warriors Core Foundation
(Rainbow Warriors International)
Tel. +297 568 5908
PO Box 1154, Oranjestad 
Aruba, Dutch Caribbean 
Email: southern_caribbean at yahoo.com
Web Sites: http://www.southerncaribbean.org
http://www.rainbowwarriors.net (Global)
http://www.ecoaruba.com (Aruba)

To unite humanity in a global society dedicated to a sustainable way of life


 
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From ctwiliams at yahoo.com  Tue Feb  6 22:18:55 2007
From: ctwiliams at yahoo.com (Tom Williams)
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 19:18:55 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Coral-List] Waste management resources and databases for wider
	Caribbean region
In-Reply-To: <201885.2661.qm@web61215.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <988225.60640.qm@web50406.mail.yahoo.com>

Try the Asian Development Bank projects for the
Marshall Islands, Guam, Saipan, and Fuji/PapuaNew
Guinea all have the same issues.

Try the govt. of Hawaii.

Some work has been done in the Maldives, one whole
island has been set aside as the Dump. Also I would
presume that the Seychelles have the same problems.





From nbarnard at icran.org  Wed Feb  7 06:36:00 2007
From: nbarnard at icran.org (Nic Barnard)
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 12:36:00 +0100
Subject: [Coral-List] Waste management resources and databases
	for	widerCaribbean region
Message-ID: <20070207T123627Z_F83700020000@icran.org>

Dear Milton, Listers,

The ICRAN-Mesoamerican Reef Alliance (MAR) Project has a large watershed management component through which studies have been conducted to link patterns of land use within watersheds to the impacts on the Mesoamerican Reef, develop diagnostic tools to predict future trends in land use and sediment transport, develop measurable soil and water standards, and develop better management practices in collaboration with independent farming communities and the agro-industry for bananas, citrus, palm oil, pineapple and sugar cane crops. Activites are on-going in Belize, Honduras, Mexico and Guatemala.

Further information can be found on the website: 
www.icranmar.org



Nicola Barnard
Programme Officer
International Coral Reef Action Network (ICRAN)
c/o UNEP - WCMC
219 Huntingdon Road
Cambridge  CB3 0DL
United Kingdom
+44 (0)1223 277314

>>> "SouthernCaribbean.Org" <southern_caribbean at yahoo.com> 02/06/07 01:53pm >>>
As part of our local ICZM Aruba program (www.iczmaruba.org) and its parent Southern Caribbean program for ICZM in the Caribbean (www.southerncaribbeanorg) we are in search of resources and databases for use in a comparative analysis (quantitative and qualitative analyis) of the Southern part of the Wider Caribbean.
   
  We are looking in particular for Solid Waste Management resources to be able to compare SWM collection, recycling, processing, disposal and storage policies, rates and fees for residential and industrial waste collection.
   
  We are also looking for resoruces and databases with regard to waste collection (solid and liquid wastes) in ports and corresponding MARPOL port reception facilities, again including also on fees charged.
   
  And finally we are looking for resoruces and databases detailing land based sources of contamination and waste, including sewage, agricultural and urban runoff, and their documented effects on marine ecosystems in the Caribbean.
   
   


Milton Ponson, President
Rainbow Warriors Core Foundation
(Rainbow Warriors International)
Tel. +297 568 5908
PO Box 1154, Oranjestad 
Aruba, Dutch Caribbean 
Email: southern_caribbean at yahoo.com 
Web Sites: http://www.southerncaribbean.org 
http://www.rainbowwarriors.net (Global)
http://www.ecoaruba.com (Aruba)

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From Kelly.Drinnen at noaa.gov  Wed Feb  7 08:59:01 2007
From: Kelly.Drinnen at noaa.gov (Kelly Drinnen)
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2007 07:59:01 -0600
Subject: [Coral-List] Coral Reef Workshop for K-12 Educators
Message-ID: <45C9DB25.8040601@noaa.gov>

Following in the recent education thread of discussion, I'd like to make 
everyone aware of our annual educator workshop that includes a SCUBA 
field experience at the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary.   
This program is geared specifically to K-12 educators both in and 
outside the traditional classroom.

*Down Under, Out Yonder - Texas*
The 2007 Down Under, Out Yonder educator workshop and field expedition, 
hosted by the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary and 
sponsored by the Gulf of Mexico Foundation, will be held July 7-11, 
2007.  This unique workshop about coral reef ecosystems and the National 
Marine Sanctuary Program, specifically the Flower Garden Banks NMS 
located in the Gulf of Mexico, consists of 2 days of land-based workshop 
followed by 3 days of SCUBA diving in the sanctuary.  All applicants 
must be previously SCUBA certified and have a fair amount of open water 
diving experience.  Applications and information are available on both 
of the following websites.  This is a competitive application process; 
the application deadline is February 28, 2007.
http://flowergarden.noaa.gov/education/workshops.html
http://www.gulfmex.org/duoy.htm

-- 
------------------------------------------------
Kelly L. Drinnen
Education Specialist
Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary
Kelly.Drinnen at noaa.gov
http://flowergarden.noaa.gov 



From eshinn at marine.usf.edu  Wed Feb  7 14:19:00 2007
From: eshinn at marine.usf.edu (Gene Shinn)
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 14:19:00 -0500
Subject: [Coral-List] David Hopley,
	reef dredging mud and J. Harold Hudson PhD.
Message-ID: <a062309f8c1efd317b885@[131.247.137.127]>

Dear David, Your posting about dredge-mud and turbidity 
concentrations was very interesting. The levels expressed (as mg/l) 
that did not kill corals are high but not a complete surprise. They 
are probably higher than most coral biologists would be willing to 
accept. When I first responded to the dredge mud question I avoided 
specific numbers because the numbers we had generated in the past 
seemed high considering the poor state of coral reefs today. Around 
30 years ago in the mid 1970s we funded and hosted Jack Thompson's 
dissertation work on corals at Fisher Island Station. Corals were 
still healthy then and there was growing concern over effects of 
drilling mud. Because of that concern we were funded by the USGS 
Conservation Division that later merged with parts of the Bureau of 
Land Management to become the present day Minerals Management 
Service. Data was urgently needed to make rational decisions 
regarding offshore drilling. Congress was even considering a Federal 
Oil Company.
       Most of Thompson's Texas A and M dissertation was published in 
an obscure Elsevier book (MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, 1, Richard 
A. Geyer editor). The book was published in 1980. I suspect few coral 
researchers have ever seen the book. Here is a quick summary.  As a 
team we published 3 chapters in the book. Thompson's chapter (16) 
was, EFFECTS OF DRILLING MUD ON SEVEN SPECIES OF REEF-BUILDING CORALS 
AS MEASURED IN THE FIELD AND LABORATORY. Chapter 17, was Hudson, J. 
H., and Robbin, D. M., EFFECTS OF DRILLING MUD ON THE GROWTH RATE OF 
THE REEF-BUILDING CORAL MONTASTREA ANNULARIS and Chapter 18, was 
Shinn, E. A., et al., DRILLING MUD PLUMES FROM OFFSHORE DRILLING 
OPERATIONS: IMPLICATIONS FOR CORAL SURVIVAL.
      In these studies seawater and carbonate mud from Florida bay, 
were used as controls and results were also compared to sediment 
stirred up by boats in Hawk channel (including the glass bottom boat 
that usually made 3 trips/day in Pennekamp state park and the Key 
Largo Marine Sanctuary. One of the most unexpected finds was that 
clear water from near the entrance to Miami's Government Cut that we 
pumped into our lab at high tide killed corals quicker than any mud 
concentrations we tested. It was our first realization of how 
effectively microbes could kill coral. Because of this, Thompson was 
forced to make weekly trips 6 miles out in the Gulf Stream for clean 
water.
Sediment/mud content was determined and expressed as mg/l based on 
weighing Millipore filters. The duration of the tests were the 
standard 96 hours.
      In summary we learned from Thompson's laboratory and field tests 
that after 96 hrs all seven species showed behavioral effects but 
none died at levels up to 150 mg/l. At 476 mg/l M. annularis and 
Agaricia agaricites were killed after 65 hrs. Acropopra cervicornis 
was killed after 96 hrs in one test but survived in another test. Why 
one survived and the other did not could not be determined. The other 
species, Dichocoenia stokesii, Porities divaricata, Porities 
astreoides, Porities divaricata survived 96 hrs exposure in the high 
concentration but showed extreme behavioral response, i.e., retracted 
polyps etc.
      Thompson's field tests were unique. They were performed in 
closed 22-liter glass aquaria (sealed glass lids) in 3 m of water 
adjacent to the Carysfort lighthouse on Carysfort reef. The also 
lighthouse served as a base of operations for a group of graduate 
students from Texas A and M University. Small plastic bilge pumps in 
each aquaria maintained particle suspension and the water was changed 
daily and new mud added to maintain concentrations. To put the data 
in perspective Griffin (1976) had measured 40 mg/l (lime mud) in the 
wake of a barge tug combination in Hawk Channel in Pennekamp park. 
Three hours later it had dropped to 14 mg/l while concentration 
outside the plume was 3 mg/l. A surface sample of Mississippi river 
water we collected from mid river near Venice La was 41 mg/l.
     The study of drill mud plumes around 7 different oil rigs in the 
northern Gulf of Mexico (Chapter 18) revealed ranges from 11 to 80 
mg/l only 1-meter from the discharge pipe! Concentrations ranged from 
1.40 to 11.32 mg/l in the plume 96-m from the discharge pipe. Average 
background of samples taken upstream of platforms was 2 mg/l, much of 
which was salt and plankton. None of the samples were leached in 
distilled water to remove salt before weighing. Compared with 
Thompson's test one could conclude that all the corals tested could 
have survived 96 hrs only 1 meter from the discharge pipe (assuming 
the muds were all of the same composition). Clearly they would 
survive much longer 96 m from the source. These were surprising 
results because drill mud plumes are sometimes visible from the air 
up to 1 km downstream from rigs when drilling is in progress.
      The chapter by Hudson et al (Chapter 17) has two parts. While 
Thompson was doing his bioassay at Carysfort reef the team of Texas A 
and M students lead by Tom Bright were conducting other tests. Knobs 
from a single Montastrea sp were cemented to tiles. And monitored 
using closed circuit TV. Every few hours (night and day) a student 
diver would squirt drill mud paste (resembling tooth paste) on one of 
the heads. The mud mucus combination formed a layer a few mm thick 
over the coral. Within hours polyps swelled and in conjunction with 
wave and tentacle action the mud was shed. None of the corals were 
killed after repeated applications. These test corals were allowed to 
remain on the reef for 6 months at which time they were collected by 
Hudson for slicing, X-ray photography, and sub samples were analyzed 
for barium (the common ingredient of drill mud). Data revealed that 
barium had been incorporated in the skeleton but measurement of 
growth rings indicated that growth rate was not affected. Growth rate 
was compared to the previous 5 years of growth of the same specimen. 
Hudson later used the same technique (in 25 m of water) at a drill 
site off the Philippines. The mud had minimal effect on growth rate. 
(Hudson, J. H., et al., 1982, Effects of offshore oil drilling on 
Philippine reef corals: Bulletin of Marine Science, v. 32, no. 4. P. 
890-908) In the same chapter Hudson also measured annual growth rings 
from 12 cores of Montastrea sp taken in 20-m of water at East Flower 
Gardens off Texas. The major finding was a significant reduction in 
growth rate that occurred simultaneously in all 12 heads in 1957. 
Growth rate dropped from a 50-year average of 8.9 mm/yr before 1957 
to 7.2 mm/yr after 1957. Samples of skeleton representing growth from 
between 1969-74 were analyzed for barium and chromium but none was 
found although offshore drilling had been occurring throughout the 
northern gulf for many years. The cause of growth rate reduction in 
1957 was not known but later information suggested a sudden increase 
in water depth due to collapse of the underlying salt dome. This is 
still an open question.
      The results for these three studies (Chapters) had important 
implications, however, to my knowledge they never influenced offshore 
drilling policy one way or the other. All of these studies were very 
field-work-intensive and may never be duplicated. Diving regulations 
alone would require a mountain of paper work today. It is however, 
reassuring to see that data from 30 years ago falls in the range of 
recently determined concentrations reported by David Hopley. The 
exact composition of the drill mud that we used was not precisely 
known but in all likelihood was more toxic than typical dredge mud in 
a coral reef setting. Drilling mud concentration and composition 
constantly changes as the drill bit get deeper and deeper. It should 
also be pointed out that dredging usually lasts more than 96 hrs. A 
good recommendation would be to limit active periods of dredging to 
96 hr periods if measured concentrations are more than 150 mg/l. As 
they say, more study is needed.
There were additional studies conducted by the Texas A and M group on 
Carysfort reef but they, like the smearing of drill mud paste on live 
coral, remained in the grey literature category. David, thanks for 
stimulating me to dredge this stuff up (no pun intended).
      And finally I want all to know that as you read this, J. Harold 
Hudson will be on an airplane to Germany where on February 9th the 
University of Frankfurt will bestow upon him an honorary PhD. The 
degree is for pioneering work on the application of coral banding for 
determining coral health and environmental impacts of pollutants on 
coral reefs. Those who have followed his pioneering lead owe him a 
round of thinks. His continued devotion to reef restoration while 
working for the NOAA Florida Keys Marine Sanctuary since that early 
work has been exemplary. Gene 

-- 


No Rocks, No Water, No Ecosystem (EAS)
------------------------------------ -----------------------------------
E. A. Shinn, Courtesy Professor
University of South Florida
Marine Science Center (room 204)
140 Seventh Avenue South
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
<eshinn at marine.usf.edu>
Tel 727 553-1158---------------------------------- 
-----------------------------------

From paulsn at ceakumal.org  Wed Feb  7 21:51:05 2007
From: paulsn at ceakumal.org (Paul Sanchez-Navarro)
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 18:51:05 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Coral-List] [WW2BW] Waste management resources and databases
	for wider Caribbean region
In-Reply-To: <201885.2661.qm@web61215.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <897211.51152.qm@web39510.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Very interesting work!. We would be interested to see what sort of actions are being taken in the Southern Caribbean regarding waste management and runnoff because we get a tremendous amount of household waste washing up on our beaches each day, from Southern Caribbean states. We have a list of countries from which the garbage comes.  
  Likewise, we are working on waste management issues along the Mexican Caribbean, to make sure waste (solid and liquid) is not reaching the sea and damaging the reef. 
   
  Best,
   
  Paul
   
  

"SouthernCaribbean.Org" <southern_caribbean at yahoo.com> wrote:
          As part of our local ICZM Aruba program (www.iczmaruba.org) and its parent Southern Caribbean program for ICZM in the Caribbean (www.southerncaribbean.org) we are in search of resources and databases for use in a comparative analysis (quantitative and qualitative analyis) of the Southern part of the Wider Caribbean.

We are looking in particular for Solid Waste Management resources to be able to compare SWM collection, recycling, processing, disposal and storage policies, rates and fees for residential and industrial waste collection.

We are also looking for resoruces and databases with regard to waste collection (solid and liquid wastes) in ports and corresponding MARPOL port reception facilities, again including also on fees charged.

And finally we are looking for resoruces and databases detailing land based sources of contamination and waste, including sewage, agricultural and urban runoff, and their documented effects on marine ecosystems in the Caribbean.



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From c.marquis at unsw.edu.au  Wed Feb  7 22:45:08 2007
From: c.marquis at unsw.edu.au (Chris Marquis)
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2007 14:45:08 +1100
Subject: [Coral-List] coral genome sequencing
Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.0.20070208144327.03fec338@unsw.edu.au>

I am wondering if anyone is up to speed on the proposed candidate or 
candidates for undertaking sequencing of a coral genome. In 
particular, I would like to know if a species has been agreed upon.

Many Thanks

Chris Marquis





From mnolan at rainforestandreef.org  Wed Feb  7 14:09:19 2007
From: mnolan at rainforestandreef.org (J. Michael Nolan)
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 14:09:19 -0500
Subject: [Coral-List] [Fwd: Job in Galapagos]
Message-ID: <019d01c74aeb$7af84750$7a0fa8c0@YOUU3EF4OUUIR>


*THE DEPARTMENT OF MARINE SCIENCES
AT THE CHARLES DARWIN RESEARCH STATION SEEKS A
SPECIALIST IN MARINE RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION


*


      **Position: Head of Marine Sciences (reference JIM-07)**

**The Charles Darwin Foundation for the Galapagos Islands (CDF) seeks a 
Head of Marine Sciences, to work at the Charles Darwin Research Station 
(CDRS), based on Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos.  CDF is an international 
non-government organization, whose mission is /"To provide the knowledge 
and support to ensure the conservation of the biodiversity in the 
Galapagos Archipelago through scientific research and complementary 
actions". /All the work of CDF is carried out in close collaboration 
with the Galapagos National Park Service (GNPS), which is the authority 
responsible for managing both the Galapagos Marine Reserve (GMR) and the 
Galapagos National Park.  CDF also collaborates with other authorities, 
fishermen, and tour operators in the GMR, through a participatory 
management system. See www.darwinfoundation.org 
<http://www.darwinfoundation.org/> for more details about the 
organisation and its work.


**


      ***Responsibilities***

***The Head of Marine Sciences will be a key member of the CDF Science 
Programme and will be responsible for the implementation of marine 
science activities within the framework of the CDF Strategic Plan. This 
position reports to the Director of Science, and supervises and provides 
leadership to the Marine Sciences group. The Head of Marine Sciences may 
be required from time to time to act as the main voice for marine issues 
at CDF.


***


      ****Role****

****The Head of Marine Sciences will direct all marine research 
activities at CDRS. This person must contribute to strengthening current 
research on ecosystems, climate change, population dynamics, fisheries 
and marine tourism. This position will develop and lead a research 
programme that must focus on conservation priorities, including baseline 
research, monitoring, studies of priority conservation problems, 
experimental management, development of scientific alliances, 
participatory management of the Marine Reserve, and dissemination of 
scientific material. The position includes the following specific 
responsibilities:
?        Maintain a fluid relationship with the main partners of CDF in 
order to ensure effective communication and an understanding of the 
needs of clients, donors and allies, including providing support and an 
active role in the participatory management system for the Marine Reserve.
?        Lead the marine research team in association with Galapagos and 
external partners in developing a participatory monitoring system for 
the management of the Galapagos marine ecosystem, including biological 
inventories, key ecological (ecosystem, community, population), 
biophysical (El Ni?o and climate change) and social indicators, and 
supporting the development of a socio-economic baseline.
?        Lead the marine research team in association with Galapagos and 
external partners in developing tools and strategies to identify and 
prioritize problems and in using these tools to prioritize research and 
conservation in Galapagos.
?        Lead the marine research team in their work with the GNPS and 
other partners to carry out priority studies of the key problems which 
the Galapagos ecosystem is facing, solve management problems and develop 
strategies appropriate for the conservation, restoration and sustainable 
management of Galapagos.
?        Strengthen existing scientific alliances, and develop new 
alliances with national and foreign scientists and conservationists to 
work as collaborators in marine monitoring and priority studies.
?        Ensure the publication and dissemination of the results of 
marine research in the scientific community through peer reviewed 
publications and participation in conferences and symposia, and ensure 
that scientific information is available on the CDF website.
?        Carry out any other activity required on occasion by the 
Director of Science or the CDF Executive Team.


****


      *****Qualifications:*****

*****This position requires extensive knowledge of research applied to 
marine conservation and resource management.  Qualifications required 
include:
?        PhD or equivalent experience in marine research and 
conservation; with strong scientific background and publication record.
?        Demonstrated capacity to design, supervise and execute 
scientific research projects.
?        At least five yearsexperience of science administration and 
project management, including basic financial management.
?        Good skills in communication and personnel management, 
including supervision and training of staff and students, and team-building.
?        Ability to communicate orally and write technical reports in 
both Spanish and English.
?        Knowledge of databases and GIS, including Access and ArcView.
?        Proven success in fund-raising for conservation science projects.
?        Aptitude for working in a multi-cultural environment and 
developing good teamwork with scientists, national park staff, public 
officers, fishermen, marine reserve stakeholders, etc.
?        Willingness and ability to communicate fully and continually 
with supervisors, and to involve others in planning and decision-making.
?        Experience in coordinating research projects with management 
agencies, especially in protected areas.
?        Ability to cope with the varying levels of isolation and the 
logistical problems associated with working on islands and in developing 
countries.
?        Strong commitment to conservation principles.


*****


      ******Remuneration and Conditions ******

******The initial contract period for this position is two years.  An 
attractive salary will be offered, according to qualifications and 
experience. Benefits include translocation package, health insurance and 
22 days annual vacation.  The post is envisaged as long-term and a 
candidate is sought who intends to stay in post for several years. 


******


      *******How to apply:*******

*******Send: detailed letter of interest, full CV, names, positions and 
email (or other) addresses of three referees to:
" empleo at fcdarwin.org.ec or,
" the office of Charles Darwin Foundation in Ecuador, AP 17-01-3891, 
Quito, Ecuador; tel  02- 2464824 / 2241573 or,
" any office of Charles Darwin Foundation in Galapagos.
Please quote reference:  JIM-07 and your last name.

*Questions can be sent to the Director of Science, Dr  Alan Tye at:  
atye at fcdarwin.org.ec

*Closing date for applications is 2 March 2006.  *We will begin the 
selection process on this date but will continue to accept later 
applications until the position is filled. 

*/ 

/*******
*******EL DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS MARINAS DE LA
ESTACI?N CIENT?FICA CHARLES DARWIN BUSCA UN
ESPECIALISTA EN INVESTIGACI?N Y CONSERVACI?N MARINA


*******


      ********Posici?n: Jefe de Ciencias Marinas (c?digo JIM-07)
      *La Fundaci?n Charles Darwin para las Islas Gal?pagos (FCD) busca
      un Jefe de Ciencias Marinas, para trabajar en la Estaci?n
      Cient?fica Charles Darwin (ECCD), en la isla Santa Cruz,
      Gal?pagos. La FCD es una organizaci?n internacional sin fines de
      lucro, cuya misi?n es "Proveer el conocimiento y apoyo para
      asegurar la conservaci?n de la biodiversidad de las Islas
      Gal?pagos a trav?s de investigaci?n cient?fica y acciones
      complementarias". La FCD trabaja en estrecha relaci?n con el
      Servicio Parque Nacional Gal?pagos (SPNG), que es la autoridad
      responsable del manejo de la Reserva Marina de Gal?pagos (RMG) y
      del Parque Nacional Gal?pagos. La FCD tambi?n colabora con otras
      instituciones y autoridades locales, as? como miembros del sector
      pesquero y operadores de turismo de la RMG bajo un sistema de
      manejo participativo. Para mayor informaci?n sobre la Fundaci?n y
      su trabajo visitar la p?gina web ww.darwinfoundation.org
      <http://www.darwinfoundation.org/>.

      *Responsabilidades ********

********El Jefe de Ciencias Marinas ser? un miembro clave del Programa 
Cient?fico de la FCD y ser? responsable de la implementaci?n de las 
actividades de ciencia marina dentro del marco del Plan Estrat?gico de 
la FCD. El Jefe de Ciencias Marinas reportar? al Director de Ciencias y 
supervisar?, proveer? liderazgo y guiar? al grupo de ciencias marinas. 
El Jefe de Ciencias Marinas, en caso de requerirlo, tambi?n actuar? como 
el vocero principal sobre asuntos marinos de la FCD.


********


      *********Rol*********

*********El Jefe de Ciencias Marinas dirigir? las actividades de 
investigaci?n marina en la ECCD. Deber? contribuir al fortalecimiento 
las investigaciones de ecosistemas, cambio clim?tico, din?mica 
poblacional, pesquer?as y turismo marino. Ser? responsable de 
desarrollar y liderar un programa de investigaci?n que debe enfocarse en 
las prioridades de conservaci?n incluyendo investigaci?n de l?nea base, 
monitoreo, estudios de problemas de conservaci?n prioritarios, manejo 
experimental, desarrollo de alianzas cient?ficas, manejo participativo 
de la RMG y diseminaci?n cient?fica. Involucra, entre otras, las 
siguientes responsabilidades espec?ficas:
?         Mantener una relaci?n continua con los socios principales de 
la FCD para asegurar una efectiva comunicaci?n y comprender las 
necesidades de clientes, donantes y aliados, incluyendo el apoyo y 
participaci?n efectiva en el sistema del manejo participativo para la 
Reserva Marina.
?         Dirigir al grupo de investigaci?n marina en asociaci?n con 
socios locales y externos en el establecimiento del sistema de monitoreo 
participativo para el manejo efectivo del ecosistema marino de 
Gal?pagos, incluyendo la realizaci?n de inventarios biol?gicos, 
indicadores claves ecol?gicos (ecosistema, comunidad, poblaci?n), 
biof?sicos (El Ni?o y cambio clim?tico), y sociales, y apoyando el 
desarrollo de la l?nea base socio econ?mica.
?         Dirigir el grupo de investigaci?n marina en asociaci?n con 
socios locales y externos en el desarrollo de herramientas y estrategias 
para identificar y priorizar problemas y en el uso de ?stas para 
priorizar la investigaci?n y conservaci?n en Gal?pagos.
?         Dirigir el grupo de investigaci?n marina para trabajar con el 
SPNG y otros socios para emprender estudios de los problemas 
prioritarios que enfrenta el ecosistema de Gal?pagos, resolver problemas 
de manejo y desarrollar estrategias apropiadas para la conservaci?n, 
restauraci?n y manejo sustentable de Gal?pagos.
?         Desarrollar nuevas alianzas cient?ficas, y fortalecer las 
existentes, para motivar a los cient?ficos y conservacionistas 
extranjeros y nacionales a trabajar como colaboradores en el monitoreo y 
prioridades de investigaci?n marinos.
?         Asegurar la publicaci?n y difusi?n de los resultados de 
investigaci?n marina entre la comunidad cient?fica mediante 
publicaciones internacionales y la participaci?n en simposios y foros 
cient?ficos y asegurando que la informaci?n cient?fica est? disponible 
en la p?gina web de la FCD
?         Emprender cualquier otro tipo de actividad definida por el 
Director de Ciencias o el Equipo Ejecutivo de la FCD en determinadas 
ocasiones


*********


      **********Requisitos**********

**********Este trabajo requiere de un amplio y profundo conocimiento de 
la aplicaci?n de la investigaci?n a la acci?n de la conservaci?n marina 
y al manejo de recursos naturales. Los requisitos para esta posici?n 
incluyen:
?         Ph.D o experiencia equivalente en investigaci?n y conservaci?n 
marinas, con antecedentes cient?ficos s?lidos y una lista de 
publicaciones sustancial.
?         Capacidad demostrada de dise?ar, supervisar y ejecutar 
proyectos de investigaci?n cient?fica.
?         Al menos cinco a?os de experiencia en el manejo administrativo 
de investigaci?n y gesti?n de proyectos, incluyendo su administraci?n 
financiera b?sica.
?         Excelentes habilidades de comunicaci?n y en manejo de 
personal, incluyendo la supervisi?n y capacitaci?n de empleados y 
estudiantes, y en la conformaci?n de equipos.
?         Habilidad de comunicarse oralmente y escribir informes 
t?cnicos en ingl?s y en espa?ol. Debe poseer fluidez en ingl?s.
?         Conocimiento de sistemas de bases de datos y de SIG, 
incluyendo Access y ArcView.
?         ?xito demostrado en levantar fondos para proyectos de ciencia 
para la conservaci?n.
?         Habilidad demostrada para trabajar en un ambiente 
multidisciplinario y multicultural y para desarrollar buenas relaciones 
interpersonales con un amplio rango de grupos de inter?s, incluyendo 
cient?ficos, personal del parque nacional, oficiales de Gobierno, 
pescadores y otros grupos con intereses en el RMG, etc.
?         Buena voluntad y habilidad para comunicar estrechamente con 
sus supervisores e involucrar a otros en la planificaci?n y toma de 
decisiones.
?         Habilidad demostrada y experiencia en coordinar proyectos de 
investigaci?n con autoridades de manejo, especialmente en ?reas protegidas.
?         Aptitud para soportar el aislamiento de diferentes niveles y 
los problemas log?sticos relacionados con el trabajar en islas y pa?ses 
en desarrollo.
?         Fuerte compromiso con los principios de conservaci?n.

Condiciones:
*El periodo inicial del contrato para este cargo es de dos a?os. El 
salario base ser? de acuerdo a la calificaci?n y experiencia. Los 
beneficios incluyen ayuda para trasladarse a Gal?pagos, un seguro de 
salud y 22 d?as anuales de vacaciones. El puesto se considera de largo 
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From mpoulicek at ulg.ac.be  Thu Feb  8 03:14:22 2007
From: mpoulicek at ulg.ac.be (Mathieu POULICEK)
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2007 09:14:22 +0100
Subject: [Coral-List] coral and anemones histology
Message-ID: <6.1.1.1.0.20070208090250.01df4c88@pop3.mailbc.ulg.ac.be>

Bonjour ? tous,

Two students are beginning a thesis under my supervision that will need 
histological and cytological observations on coral and anemone tissues. 
They looked for references of papers dealing with a, quite recent, 
description of cnidaria cells under electronic microscopy and found very 
few data (except some references to works about bleaching for example).
Most figures are from "classical" histology slides and are several decades old.
Did they make a good search or did they miss key papers ?  Is there a book 
describing such data ?
Perhaps somebody on the list, already working in that field could give us 
some advice and indicate some key references.
If this is of interest for other users, I can post later a brief summary of 
answers.

Have a nice day,
Bonne journee ? tous,

Mathieu


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From bbaldwin at stlawu.edu  Thu Feb  8 12:48:30 2007
From: bbaldwin at stlawu.edu (Brad Baldwin)
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2007 12:48:30 -0500
Subject: [Coral-List] Waste from ships
In-Reply-To: <897211.51152.qm@web39510.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
References: <897211.51152.qm@web39510.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <45CB626E.7000305@stlawu.edu>

Folks,
Can someone point me to information about wastes (garbage, sewage, etc) 
that come from ships. I assume this is meant to be regulated but I would 
guess compliance is another matter. Its depressing to see what washes up 
on shorelines, even on remote islands.
Thanks, Brad

Paul Sanchez-Navarro wrote:

>Very interesting work!. We would be interested to see what sort of actions are being taken in the Southern Caribbean regarding waste management and runnoff because we get a tremendous amount of household waste washing up on our beaches each day, from Southern Caribbean states. We have a list of countries from which the garbage comes.  
>  Likewise, we are working on waste management issues along the Mexican Caribbean, to make sure waste (solid and liquid) is not reaching the sea and damaging the reef. 
>   
>  Best,
>   
>  Paul
>   
>  
>
>"SouthernCaribbean.Org" <southern_caribbean at yahoo.com> wrote:
>          As part of our local ICZM Aruba program (www.iczmaruba.org) and its parent Southern Caribbean program for ICZM in the Caribbean (www.southerncaribbean.org) we are in search of resources and databases for use in a comparative analysis (quantitative and qualitative analyis) of the Southern part of the Wider Caribbean.
>
>We are looking in particular for Solid Waste Management resources to be able to compare SWM collection, recycling, processing, disposal and storage policies, rates and fees for residential and industrial waste collection.
>
>We are also looking for resoruces and databases with regard to waste collection (solid and liquid wastes) in ports and corresponding MARPOL port reception facilities, again including also on fees charged.
>
>And finally we are looking for resoruces and databases detailing land based sources of contamination and waste, including sewage, agricultural and urban runoff, and their documented effects on marine ecosystems in the Caribbean.
>
>
>
>Milton Ponson, President
>Rainbow Warriors Core Foundation
>(Rainbow Warriors International)
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>PO Box 1154, Oranjestad 
>Aruba, Dutch Caribbean 
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From beth.dieveney at noaa.gov  Thu Feb  8 09:45:32 2007
From: beth.dieveney at noaa.gov (Beth Dieveney)
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2007 09:45:32 -0500
Subject: [Coral-List] U.S. Coral Reef Task Force meeting
Message-ID: <45CB378C.4060504@noaa.gov>

Upcoming U.S. Coral Reef Task Force Meeting

The next meeting of the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force will take place March 
1-2, 2007 in Washington D.C. at the Department of the Interior.  The 
meeting will highlight the issues, goals, progress, challenges and 
opportunities for coral reef management with special presentations on 
the Local Action Strategies, and alternative, market incentives to spur 
coral reef conservation.
There is opportunity for public comment and exhibit space.
For more information on the full weeks agenda, how you can participate, 
and to Register go to: www.coralreef.gov.

Co-chaired by the Department of Commerce and Department of the Interior, 
the Task Force is composed of senior representatives of twelve federal 
agencies and the Governors of seven states, territories, and 
commonwealths.  Since its establishment by Presidential Executive Order 
in 1998, the Task Force has helped lead U.S. efforts to address the 
global decline of coral reefs and to effectively manage the nation's 
valuable coral reef ecosystems.

From esther.peters at verizon.net  Thu Feb  8 09:48:20 2007
From: esther.peters at verizon.net (Esther Peters)
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2007 09:48:20 -0500
Subject: [Coral-List] coral and anemones histology
References: <6.1.1.1.0.20070208090250.01df4c88@pop3.mailbc.ulg.ac.be>
Message-ID: <45CB3834.7070208@verizon.net>

Dear Matheiu,

I don't think much has been done using transmission electron microscopy 
of coral or anemone tissues recently, although I know of a couple of 
U.S. graduate students using this tool in research on coral stress and 
disease.  Much of the past work was reviewed and published in:

Fautin, D.G. and R.N. Mariscal (1991) Cnidaria: Anthozoa. Placozoa, 
Porifera, Cnidaria, and Ctenophora. In Microscopic Anatomy of 
Invertebrates, F.W. Harrison, et al.(eds.), Vol. 2: Placozoa, Porifera, 
Cnidaria, and Ctenophora, pp. 267-358. Wiley-Liss, New York, NY.

To improve everyone's ability to study corals using histology, the Coral 
Disease and Health Consortium (CDHC) convened a workshop of comparative 
histopathologists in July 2005.  The report will soon be available in 
PDF format (printed copies will be distributed later):

	CDHC Workshop: Coral Histopathology II

This document includes illustrations, photomicrographs, and descriptions 
of coral tissues from diseased cases, as well as a glossary of terms to 
use when describing the microscopic anatomy and pathology of corals. 
The online Interactive Glossary of Actinarian (Sea Anemone) Anatomical 
Terms (Tangey et al.) is also being updated, and many thanks to Daphne 
Fautin's and Walter Goldberg's extensive assistance on the coral 
glossary project!  Document availability will be announced on the 
Coral-List soon (or contact Dr. Sylvia Galloway, 
sylvia.galloway at noaa.gov, for more information).

The CDHC is also working on a manual of histotechniques for the study of 
coral tissues, primarily using light microscopy, although some will also 
be helpful for electron microscopy.  The draft manual is being 
peer-reviewed now; it should be ready for publication later in 2007 (for 
more information, contact Dr. Shawn McLaughlin, International Registry 
of Coral Pathology, shawn.mclaughlin at noaa.gov).

Esther Peters, Ph.D.

Mathieu POULICEK wrote:

> Bonjour ? tous,
> 
> Two students are beginning a thesis under my supervision that will need 
> histological and cytological observations on coral and anemone tissues. 
> They looked for references of papers dealing with a, quite recent, 
> description of cnidaria cells under electronic microscopy and found very 
> few data (except some references to works about bleaching for example).
> Most figures are from "classical" histology slides and are several decades old.
> Did they make a good search or did they miss key papers ?  Is there a book 
> describing such data ?
> Perhaps somebody on the list, already working in that field could give us 
> some advice and indicate some key references.
> If this is of interest for other users, I can post later a brief summary of 
> answers.
> 
> Have a nice day,
> Bonne journee ? tous,
> 
> Mathieu
> 
> 
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From paulsn at ceakumal.org  Thu Feb  8 18:16:38 2007
From: paulsn at ceakumal.org (Paul Sanchez-Navarro)
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 15:16:38 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Coral-List] Waste from ships
In-Reply-To: <45CB626E.7000305@stlawu.edu>
Message-ID: <368150.64135.qm@web39506.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Conservation International, although working directly with the cruise industry, does have some interesting data on waste water dumping in the Caribbean. 
  

Brad Baldwin <bbaldwin at stlawu.edu> wrote:
  Folks,
Can someone point me to information about wastes (garbage, sewage, etc) 
that come from ships. I assume this is meant to be regulated but I would 
guess compliance is another matter. Its depressing to see what washes up 
on shorelines, even on remote islands.
Thanks, Brad

Paul Sanchez-Navarro wrote:

>Very interesting work!. We would be interested to see what sort of actions are being taken in the Southern Caribbean regarding waste management and runnoff because we get a tremendous amount of household waste washing up on our beaches each day, from Southern Caribbean states. We have a list of countries from which the garbage comes. 
> Likewise, we are working on waste management issues along the Mexican Caribbean, to make sure waste (solid and liquid) is not reaching the sea and damaging the reef. 
> 
> Best,
> 
> Paul
> 
> 
>
>"SouthernCaribbean.Org" wrote:
> As part of our local ICZM Aruba program (www.iczmaruba.org) and its parent Southern Caribbean program for ICZM in the Caribbean (www.southerncaribbean.org) we are in search of resources and databases for use in a comparative analysis (quantitative and qualitative analyis) of the Southern part of the Wider Caribbean.
>
>We are looking in particular for Solid Waste Management resources to be able to compare SWM collection, recycling, processing, disposal and storage policies, rates and fees for residential and industrial waste collection.
>
>We are also looking for resoruces and databases with regard to waste collection (solid and liquid wastes) in ports and corresponding MARPOL port reception facilities, again including also on fees charged.
>
>And finally we are looking for resoruces and databases detailing land based sources of contamination and waste, including sewage, agricultural and urban runoff, and their documented effects on marine ecosystems in the Caribbean.
>
>
>
>Milton Ponson, President
>Rainbow Warriors Core Foundation
>(Rainbow Warriors International)
>Tel. +297 568 5908
>PO Box 1154, Oranjestad 
>Aruba, Dutch Caribbean 
>Email: southern_caribbean at yahoo.com
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From jmcmanus at rsmas.miami.edu  Thu Feb  8 19:48:27 2007
From: jmcmanus at rsmas.miami.edu (jmcmanus)
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 19:48:27 -0500
Subject: [Coral-List] Congratulations to Harold Hudson!
Message-ID: <005801c74be4$03790d00$0676ab81@GOLIATH>

Congratulations to Harold Hudson, the one and only Reef Doc! His quiet
contributions to coral reef science and restoration have had a major impact
around the world. 

 

Thanks to Gene for letting us know about his Honorary Doctorate Award.

 

 John

 

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Professor, Marine Biology and Fisheries

Coral Reef Ecology and Management Laboratory (CREM Lab)

Director, National Center for Coral Reef Research (NCORE)

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From cnidaria at earthlink.net  Fri Feb  9 08:34:30 2007
From: cnidaria at earthlink.net (James M. Cervino (Marine Biologist))
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 08:34:30 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
Subject: [Coral-List] Sediments and stress
Message-ID: <677712.1171028070484.JavaMail.root@elwamui-mouette.atl.sa.earthlink.net>

Top of the morning to you Gene,


Your post seems to advocate that sediment loading will have no effects on current day reef building corals. You postulate your claim citing tests during 1979-1980 experimental in-vitro analysis yielded no death, thereby only showing minimal or no disturbance to M. annularis  during 96HR/4day TREATMENTS. 

The reason why coral physiologists, ecologists will shutter at the mention to this post is due to us knowing and understanding that sedimentation over longer periods of time will induce polyp retraction thereby reducing feeding behavior. This will also increase mucus production as well as reduced photosynthesis that can affect growth over time.  These 4 day experiments that you are citing cannot match what will happen if dredging and drilling were to truly happen near or in a reef system.  Environmental conditions were different during that period in time and yes I understand that these experiments were conducted in closed systems preventing other environmental variables from influencing these experiments, however, the duration of this experiment cannot elucidate that these data show that sedimentation and dredging will not harm corals. Especially in today?s world where corals have been shocked numerous times by thermal stress, not to mention a changing microbial flora that yield more virulent strains of opportunist bacteria that are colonizing on the surfaces of corals just waiting for a moment in the corals metabolic (immune) system to weaken.  The over all primary coral killer points to excessive, thermal stress brought on by anthropogenic global warming, new virulent pathogens, chemical pollution, macro-algal competition and higher sedimentation loading will kill corals if agencies allow dredge and fill projects to continue to happen near corals reef ecosystems. I understand that you do not think anthropogenic induced global warming is happening, or that sedimentation kills corals however, I suggest you try these experiments for longer durations as I have done with thermal stress in combination and then observe the differences. 

Sorry I respectfully disagree with this post as corals are at the ?tipping point? and it is time to think differently and evolve to newer ways to harvest energy and conduct man based activities close to coastal zones.

James
 


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From joshua at nova.edu  Fri Feb  9 07:23:28 2007
From: joshua at nova.edu (Joshua Feingold)
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2007 07:23:28 -0500
Subject: [Coral-List] Congratulations to Harold Hudson!
In-Reply-To: <005801c74be4$03790d00$0676ab81@GOLIATH>
Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.2.20070209072239.030f8a88@pop.nova.edu>

This was long overdue. Congratulations Harold!

Joshua

At 07:48 PM 2/8/2007 -0500, jmcmanus wrote:
>Congratulations to Harold Hudson, the one and only Reef Doc! His quiet
>contributions to coral reef science and restoration have had a major impact
>around the world.
>
>
>
>Thanks to Gene for letting us know about his Honorary Doctorate Award.
>
>
>
>  John



From billy.causey at noaa.gov  Fri Feb  9 11:45:52 2007
From: billy.causey at noaa.gov (Billy Causey)
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2007 11:45:52 -0500
Subject: [Coral-List] Dr. J. Harold Hudson
Message-ID: <45CCA540.4080705@noaa.gov>

Greetings Friends and Colleagues,
I have pasted an announcement that appeared at the end of a Gene Shinn email.  Gene and Harold Hudson have been close friends and colleagues since before SCUBA was invented ....and I think it very appropriate that I open with Gene's acknowledgment of the recognition being bestowed upon Harold Hudson for his enormous accomplishments in working with corals and coral reefs. 


"And finally I want all to know that as you read this, J. Harold 
Hudson will be on an airplane to Germany where on February 9th the 
University of Frankfurt will bestow upon him an honorary PhD. The 
degree is for pioneering work on the application of coral banding for 
determining coral health and environmental impacts of pollutants on 
coral reefs. Those who have followed his pioneering lead owe him a 
round of thinks. His continued devotion to reef restoration while 
working for the NOAA Florida Keys Marine Sanctuary since that early 
work has been exemplary. Gene"

 
Harold came over to NOAA and the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary in 1989 after having worked with Gene Shinn, Barbara Lidz, Bob Halley, Jack Klingner and others at USGS in Miami.  Their loss was our gain ... but they never really lost him, he just didn't move to St Pete.

Harold's accomplishments are huge and many ....and he has devoted 50 years to employment in the federal government, with most of those years focused on coral reef research and science.  In recent years Harold has lead the coral reef damage assessment and monitoring team for the FKNMS.  His innovative techniques for reef restoration have been recognized world-wide.

But ....one of Harold's most endearing qualities is his passion and desire to share his knowledge and ideas with others. He understands the need to communicate and educate people about coral reefs and how they "function."  For that, those of us who work with Harold on a daily basis appreciate all of his accomplishments ....and the way he clearly explains complex concepts to all audiences (K-elected officials).  

Gene mentioned Harold is receiving his Honorary Doctorate for his work on coral banding.  Well.... along that line, we just opened the Florida Keys Eco Discovery Center (interagency visitor center)in Key West, Florida and among the high-tech, interactive displays is a very tall coral plug that Harold completed drilling in 1976 ...thus he calls it the Centennial Coral Core. The coral growth bands along the colony are highlighted with various significant events in human history.  That coral colony began growing in the year 1577 when Sir Francis Drake began his voyage around the world.  Harold's work has helped us unravel complex ideas about the health of corals over the centuries ...but it has also helped us keep a perspective on what it means when we loose these corals forever.  Please never doubt for a moment that Dr. Harold Hudson's contributions to the science, conservation and protection of coral reefs has been enormous ....and for that, those of us who work with Harold daily, feel blessed for it.

Please join me and the rest of the Sanctuary Team is expressing a heartfelt congratulations to Dr. Harold Hudson for receiving this highly deserved recognition and honor.

Sincerely, Billy Causey 

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From eshinn at marine.usf.edu  Fri Feb  9 11:13:49 2007
From: eshinn at marine.usf.edu (Gene Shinn)
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 11:13:49 -0500
Subject: [Coral-List] Sediment and Stress
Message-ID: <a0623093cc1f242fff2f7@[131.247.137.127]>

James, Looks like you may have read into my posting things I did not 
write. Did I say "no effects on current day reef building corals" ?? 
Did I not mention polyp retraction? Did I not say corals were 
healthier in the mid 1970s? Did I  say tests of only  96 hrs are 
sufficient?  Did I say dredging is not a problem? Did I advocate 
dredging? Finally, I agree with you last sentence, "I suggest you try 
these experiments for longer durations as I have done with thermal 
stress in combination and then observe the differences." That's what 
I have been trying to get some one (preferably a biologist) to do all 
along. Sounds like David Hopley may have done it. Gene
-- 


No Rocks, No Water, No Ecosystem (EAS)
------------------------------------ -----------------------------------
E. A. Shinn, Courtesy Professor
University of South Florida
Marine Science Center (room 204)
140 Seventh Avenue South
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
<eshinn at marine.usf.edu>
Tel 727 553-1158---------------------------------- 
-----------------------------------


From nancy.daschbach at noaa.gov  Fri Feb  9 13:31:17 2007
From: nancy.daschbach at noaa.gov (Nancy Daschbach)
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2007 08:31:17 -1000
Subject: [Coral-List] Dr. J. Harold Hudson
In-Reply-To: <45CCA540.4080705@noaa.gov>
References: <45CCA540.4080705@noaa.gov>
Message-ID: <45CCBDF5.3080209@noaa.gov>

Congratulations Harold! This is long overdue, and your contributions to 
coral health monitoring and response certainly deserve this recognition. 
Your work in American Samoa in 1991 with the Hurricane Val assessment, 
and later in the early 2000s with the transplanting and monitoring of 
the Pago Harbor coral after the longliner(s) removal, may be minor 
bullet points in your broader resume, but meant a lot to our part of the 
world. Enjoy your day!

Nancy


Billy Causey wrote:
> Greetings Friends and Colleagues,
> I have pasted an announcement that appeared at the end of a Gene Shinn 
> email.  Gene and Harold Hudson have been close friends and colleagues 
> since before SCUBA was invented ....and I think it very appropriate 
> that I open with Gene's acknowledgment of the recognition being 
> bestowed upon Harold Hudson for his enormous accomplishments in 
> working with corals and coral reefs.
>
> "And finally I want all to know that as you read this, J. Harold 
> Hudson will be on an airplane to Germany where on February 9th the 
> University of Frankfurt will bestow upon him an honorary PhD. The 
> degree is for pioneering work on the application of coral banding for 
> determining coral health and environmental impacts of pollutants on 
> coral reefs. Those who have followed his pioneering lead owe him a 
> round of thinks. His continued devotion to reef restoration while 
> working for the NOAA Florida Keys Marine Sanctuary since that early 
> work has been exemplary. Gene"
>
>
> Harold came over to NOAA and the Florida Keys National Marine 
> Sanctuary in 1989 after having worked with Gene Shinn, Barbara Lidz, 
> Bob Halley, Jack Klingner and others at USGS in Miami.  Their loss was 
> our gain ... but they never really lost him, he just didn't move to St 
> Pete.
>
> Harold's accomplishments are huge and many ....and he has devoted 50 
> years to employment in the federal government, with most of those 
> years focused on coral reef research and science.  In recent years 
> Harold has lead the coral reef damage assessment and monitoring team 
> for the FKNMS.  His innovative techniques for reef restoration have 
> been recognized world-wide.
>
> But ....one of Harold's most endearing qualities is his passion and 
> desire to share his knowledge and ideas with others. He understands 
> the need to communicate and educate people about coral reefs and how 
> they "function."  For that, those of us who work with Harold on a 
> daily basis appreciate all of his accomplishments ....and the way he 
> clearly explains complex concepts to all audiences (K-elected 
> officials). 
> Gene mentioned Harold is receiving his Honorary Doctorate for his work 
> on coral banding.  Well.... along that line, we just opened the 
> Florida Keys Eco Discovery Center (interagency visitor center)in Key 
> West, Florida and among the high-tech, interactive displays is a very 
> tall coral plug that Harold completed drilling in 1976 ...thus he 
> calls it the Centennial Coral Core. The coral growth bands along the 
> colony are highlighted with various significant events in human 
> history.  That coral colony began growing in the year 1577 when Sir 
> Francis Drake began his voyage around the world.  Harold's work has 
> helped us unravel complex ideas about the health of corals over the 
> centuries ...but it has also helped us keep a perspective on what it 
> means when we loose these corals forever.  Please never doubt for a 
> moment that Dr. Harold Hudson's contributions to the science, 
> conservation and protection of coral reefs has been enormous ....and 
> for that, those of us who work with Harold daily, feel blessed for it.
>
> Please join me and the rest of the Sanctuary Team is expressing a 
> heartfelt congratulations to Dr. Harold Hudson for receiving this 
> highly deserved recognition and honor.
>
> Sincerely, Billy Causey


From tcamarena at mbrs.org.bz  Fri Feb  9 12:41:49 2007
From: tcamarena at mbrs.org.bz (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Tom=E1s_Camarena?=)
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 11:41:49 -0600
Subject: [Coral-List] Waste from ships
In-Reply-To: <45CB626E.7000305@stlawu.edu>
Message-ID: <200702091738.l19HcpA4002305@orchid.btl.net>

Dear Brad,

Check http://ww.surfrider.org/a-z/cruise.asp

Best
___________________________________________________________
Dr. Tom?s Camarena Luhrs
Especialista en Monitoreo Ambiental / Environmental Monitoring Specialist
Sistema Arrecifal Mesoamericano / Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System
Fisheries Compound, Princess Margaret Drive
P.O. Box 93 
Belize City, Belize, CA
Tel 501 223 3895/4561   Fax 501 223 4513
tcamarena at mbrs.org.bz            www.mbrs.org.bz





From reefball at reefball.com  Fri Feb  9 14:12:59 2007
From: reefball at reefball.com (Todd Barber)
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 14:12:59 -0500
Subject: [Coral-List] Dr. J. Harold Hudson
References: <45CCA540.4080705@noaa.gov>
Message-ID: <010401c74c7e$5039bd20$6401a8c0@reef8c359cb049>

The Reef Ball Foundation sends its highest congratulations to Harold for an 
honor well deserved.

Harold Hudson is our hero and inspiration in working to rehabilitate reefs 
around the world.

Another great accomplishment that many of you might not be aware of Harold's 
was the invention of a method of building
reefs from rocks, sand and cement that we affectionally call "Layer Cakes."

Harold gave our Foundation his blessing to use his design in conjunction 
with our Reef Ball molds to create a reef like shape
and now his invention is being used around the world in projects to create 
marine habitats.

Our Coral Team has also used Harold's pioneering coral planting strategies 
and hydrostatic cementing techniques combined them with coral propagation 
techniques to inspired a whole new scale of coral reef rehabilitation.  His 
pioneering work made possible massive restoration efforts such as
Antigua where over 10,000 coral colonies were planted.

Harold is a true inventor and sharer of ideas to help save our world's 
reefs.  And he is a hero we should all inspire to be like.  We are all in 
his debt.

Thanks,

Todd R. Barber
Chairman, Reef Ball Foundation
3305 Edwards Court,
Greenville, NC 27858
941-720-7549 Cell
252-353-9094 Direct
Skype Toddbarber or Skype In (252) 557-1047, United States (+1)
MSN messenger reefball at hotmail.com
reefball at reefball.com (email address)




From chad at cepemar.com  Fri Feb  9 17:02:17 2007
From: chad at cepemar.com (Chad Grecsek)
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 17:02:17 -0500
Subject: [Coral-List] Marine Protected Areas Online Survey for Marine
	Resource Managers
Message-ID: <!~!UENERkVCMDkAAQACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAAAADX4YzDnIAUOePUAWlDkADcKAAAAQAAAAgMohex6D4UKWgaaXzcBcGAEAAAAA@cepemar.com>

Dear Marine Resource Manager:
 
The Southeast Florida Coral Reef Initiative (SEFCRI), part of the Florida
Department of Environmental Protection?s Coral Reef Conservation Program, is
conducting an online survey targeting input from marine resource managers
about Marine Protected Areas.  If you have been or are currently involved in
the management of marine resources please read the announcement below. 
 
Thank you in advance for your time and assistance
 
Announcement:
 
The Southeast Florida Coral Reef Initiative (SEFCRI) in conjunction with
Florida Atlantic University?s (FAU) Center for Environmental Studies (CES)
is conducting online surveys to evaluate the potential of a marine
management plan for Southeast Florida. Several surveys have been developed
to assess whether a management plan to further protect the coral reef
resources of Southeast Florida should be implemented. Coral reef resources
of the SEFCRI geographic region include those of Martin, Palm Beach,
Broward, and Miami-Dade counties of Florida. 
 
This survey is solely seeking individuals that have been involved in the
development of or are currently managing existing Marine Protected Areas
(MPAs). Questions in this survey were designed to address issues facing the
creation and management of MPAs and focuses on three primary areas: 
 
1.) Identification of factors critical for creating an MPA. 
 
2.) Identification of factors that contribute to a successfully managed MPA 
(both before and after implementation). 
 
3.) Identification of the factors that contribute to an unsuccessfully
managed 
MPA (both before and after implementation). 
 
Please participate in this survey if you have been or are involved in the 
management of marine resources. The information you provide will be 
instrumental in the protection of coral reef resources of Southeast Florida.
This survey
will be available online until February 28, 2007.   
 
To take the survey, please visit: 
 
<http://pollux.ces.fau.edu/survey/mpa_managers.html>
http://pollux.ces.fau.edu/survey/mpa_managers.html 
 
If you have any questions, please contact: 
 
Thank you in advance for your time and valuable input.
 
Dr. Lakhdar Boukerrou 
Center for Environmental Studies 
Florida Atlantic University 
3932 RCA Blvd., Suite 3210 
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33341 
Tel: (561) 799-8573 
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From ongl at hawaii.edu  Fri Feb  9 18:27:09 2007
From: ongl at hawaii.edu (Ling Ong)
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2007 13:27:09 -1000 (HST)
Subject: [Coral-List] removal of organics from carbonate sand for particle
	size analysis
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.58a.0702091318470.29110@uhunix2>

I am looking for a viable method to remove mainly algae from the
sand particles  in parrotfish guts to determine the sand particle sizes
that parrotfish create. I am thinking of either ashing at 450 deg C or
using sodium hypochlorite. Does anyone have any input? I have read that
CaC03 may still vaporize at 450 deg C while sodium chlorite is fairly
stable with CaCO3.

I'm also a little confused as to the times to use, ashing
times have ranged from 5mins to an hour, and for sodium hypochlorite, from
15 mins with boiling to 3 days without boiling. How does one know when
the organics are
really gone and when to stop?

Regards,
Ling Ong
PhD. Student
University of Hawaii, Dept of Zoology,
2538 The Mall, Edmondson Hall,
Honolulu HI 968922
email:ongl at hawaii.edu


From charlesb at hawaii.edu  Sat Feb 10 15:19:23 2007
From: charlesb at hawaii.edu (Charles Birkeland)
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 10:19:23 -1000
Subject: [Coral-List] some assistance to participate in PSC
Message-ID: <f5a1ec0031048.45cd9c2b@hawaii.edu>

This is from the 21st Pacific Science Congress
Secretariat.

We are pleased to announce you that PSC21 
Organizing Committee will provide selected 
young researchers from overseas (aged up to 35 
years old) with some financial support, as 
(a part of) their travel expenses.
For participants from Asia, 100,000 Japanese yen
will be given.  For participants from countries/
areas other than Asia, 200,000 yen will be awarded.
The number of awardees will be decided later.
(Due to our budgetary situations, the number 
will be very limited.)  

For more information, please access our website:
http://www.psc21.net/

We sincerely appreciate your cooperation for
gathering papers for our upcoming congress.

Sincerely yours,

Kaori Kinjo
21st Pacific Science Congress Secretariat 
....................................
21st Pacific Science Congress Secretariat
c/o International Planning Affairs Section
University of the Ryukyus
1 Senbaru, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0213 Japan
Phone 098-895-8032
FAX   098-895-8037
....................................

Biodiversity and Coral Reefs in Asia ? Pacific 

Recently, there have been publications concerned with the effects of biodiversity loss on marine ecosystem services. These articles have focused mainly on the tropical western Atlantic.  The Pacific covers a third of the Earth and provides some different perspectives from the tropical western Atlantic. First, there is a major gradient of decrease in species richness from west to east across the Pacific from SE Asia (more than 500 species of scleractinian corals) to eastern Polynesia (perhaps less than 100 species). Even higher taxa of reef fauna are absent from eastern Polynesian reefs (e.g., 91 species of crinoids are listed from Indonesian reefs, while none of the Class Crinoidea are on reefs of the Society Islands, Marquesas, and Hawaii). Coastal habitats such as mangroves were also naturally absent in the east. Clipperton Island has only eight or nine species of scleractinians, yet the reef ecosystem appears robust and productive. The relative loss of ecosystem function 
and services on substantially less diverse French Polynesian reefs in comparison with more diverse Japanese or Philippine reefs has not yet been demonstrated. This gradient of decrease in species, higher taxa and habitats across the Pacific allows natural experiments on large scales.

This coming June 12-18, the 21st Pacific Science Congress will be held in Okinawa.  ?Biodiversity and Coral Reefs in Asia ? Pacific? is a symposium at this Congress. This letter is an invitation to come and present your data and observations on the implications of patterns of biodiversity on coral reefs across the Pacific.

The second new perspective is that the total lists of species for islands or archipelagos in the Pacific are possibly increasing at a more rapid rate than ever before in the history of the Earth.  For example, as far as I know, there have been no recent extinctions in marine life in the main Hawaiian Islands, but at least 287 species of marine invertebrates have been documented as having been added to the coastal fauna in recent years. Guam has gained at least 85 additional marine species. Of course the rate of addition of introduced species possibly does not allow time for evolutionary accommodation by niche shifts, but does this added species richness increase redundancy and stability to the system? 

MacArthur, Ehrlich and Ehrlich, and numerous others have proposed that systems are more ecologically stable if the species richness or species diversity is greater because with more participating species, the greater the chance that critical ecosystem functions are accommodated. Does this dramatic drop in species diversity imply that reefs are less resilient from west to east? Are the reefs of Okinawa, Palau, and the GBR more resistant to outbreaks of Acanthaster and Drupella than reefs in American Samoa, Tahiti and Hawaii? Do reefs of Okinawa, Palau and the GBR recover more quickly from Acanthaster outbreaks, hurricanes, lava flows than those of Samoa or French Polynesia?  Or, alternatively, is resilience more strongly affected by the environmental circumstances and the presence of certain key species.

Robert Paine, Michael Soule, John Terborgh, and David Bellwood have called attention to the possibility that most critical species are not redundant. Are other Caribbean echinoids redundant with Diadema antillarum? No other parrotfishes do what Bolbometapon does. Is the pattern of urchins filling in and doing the job for herbivorous fishes on the north coast of Jamaica a result of the diversity of urchins and fishes at these sites or a result of ecological effects of particular characteristics of Diadema antillarum and the herbivorous fishes?

If an equilibrium is reached among native and introduced species, will there be a substantially greater number of species in archipelagos, with more homogeneity among archipelagos?  Will the added number of species lead to adjustments in niche dimensions, or will there be competition and local extinctions? Sam Kahng and Rick Grigg have been studying the introduced octocoral Carijoa riisei in Hawaii. It has invaded the deep reefs and has been overgrowing and killing numbers of black corals. But I think Sam Kahng has also found that the Carijoa riisei avoids lighted conditions in which black corals can survive. Perhaps Carijoa and black corals partition a range of conditions that black corals previously had for themselves. Now we have added Carijoa riisei to the species list. Black corals are still here, but I think Sam is finding that they soon may have a more restricted niche space and lower abundance. But the species list may be growing for Hawaii.

A number of small-scale experiments by Tilman and others in the terrestrial realm have shown that more diverse systems can be slightly more efficient at the ecosystem level of function, but there was increased instability at the population level.  However, Don Kinsey, in D.J. Barnes? 1983 book on Perspectives on Coral Reefs, documented the relatively consistent ecosystem level functions of primary production and carbonate turnover in Atlantic and Pacific reefs with studies at widely varying levels of species richness. Ewel and Bigelow and others likewise found in the terrestrial realm that simple agroecosystems and other areas across a range of species richness performed ecosystem processes similarly to neighboring tropical rainforests. Does the decreasing diversity of reef biota from Okinawa towards French Polynesia indicate that nutrient recycling more efficient in Japanese, Indonesian and Philippine waters than in French Polynesia? The diversity of both reef constructors 
and bioeroders also decreases from west to east. Does this suggest that carbonate turnover is different from west to east? Whether coral-reef ecosystem processes are substantially influenced by species richness and redundancy are questions that need to be resolved.

A few possible questions: 

?	Do efficiencies or rates of ecosystem processes such as nutrient recycling, reef accretion, and gross and net productivity decrease along the decreasing gradient of biodiversity from west to east across the Pacific?

?	Are reefs in the western Pacific more resistant and resilient (more rapid recovery) to damage by hurricanes, large-scale bleaching events, lava flows, outbreaks of predators (Acanthaster, Drupella) than are less diverse reefs in the eastern Pacific? 

?	Are reefs in the western Pacific more resistant to invasion of introduced species than are reefs in the eastern Pacific?

?	Relatively few introduced species spread from harbors to outer reefs. Is this because the more diverse outer coral reefs resist invasion, or because the introduced species that spread by initially attaching to ships at anchor more adapted to backwaters of harbors than to outer reefs?

?	Do introduced species cause local extinctions or reduced niches of native species, or is it a first come first serve lottery with just more species in the association?

(This letter is just to provoke you into participating in the symposium. Let?s not burden CoralList with discussion of these topics.)

If interested in participating in the symposium on Biodiversity and Coral Reefs in Asia ? Pacific at the 21st Pacific Science Congress, the scientific program, schedule, registration, hotel accommodations, and necessary information on Abstract submission and the online Abstract Form are available on 

http://www.psc21.net/

The deadline for Abstracts is January 15.

We hope you will participate.

Makoto Tsuchiya   tsuchiya at sci.u-ryukyu.ac.jp

Charles Birkeland   charlesb at hawaii.edu



From tmcclanahan at wcs.org  Sun Feb 11 01:58:24 2007
From: tmcclanahan at wcs.org (Tim McClanahan)
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 09:58:24 +0300
Subject: [Coral-List] Bleaching Index Methods Available
Message-ID: <C1F49940.5DD8%tmcclanahan@wcs.org>

Coral listers

An informal group has formed to study bleaching using standardized methods
that are similar to those originally developed by Gleason and further
modified by myself. This message is to inform you that the methods and
spreadsheets that we use are now publicly available and posted in the
following public folder "BleachDiseaseMonitoring", which is available at
http://idisk.mac.com/trmcclanahan-Public?view=web.

The folder contains a powerpoint presentation and some scientific papers
that describe the method we use. Additionally, two spreadsheets where we
enter the data, one that is used for entering bleaching observations in the
Indian and Pacific Oceans and another used in the Caribbean are included. If
you would like to use these methods and spreadsheets to study bleaching than
you can access these tools above.

In 2005 a group of 12 coral reef scientists studied 71 sites in the western
Indian Ocean to test the effectiveness of the satellite measurements to
predict bleaching and to quantify the intensity of bleaching by sites and
taxa. These studies along with my other studies are now in a database that
contains ~38,000 colony observations from 91 sites and 48 taxa. Scientists
that have contributed towards the database are collaborating on various
coral bleaching studies and there is an interest in increasing the
collaboration to include other studies and other parts of the world.

One can join this group of collaborators by contributing their observations
entered into the above spreadsheets and sending them to me. Otherwise, the
methods and spreadsheets are freely available for your own use.

The first results of this large-scale paper are in the following

McClanahan, T. R., M. Ateweberhan, C. R. Sebastian, N. A. J. Graham, S. K.
Wilson, H. Bruggemann, and M. Guillaume. Published online. Predictability of
coral bleaching from synoptic satellite and in situ temperature
observations. Coral Reefs.  DOI : 10.1007/s00338-006-0193-7.

The following press release will be released shortly

US satellite technology need eyes and thermometers to detect climate change
effects on coral reefs
 
Satellites have revolutionized the way we view the Earth and have produced a
number of scientific but also household applications such as GoogleEarth.
One serious problem with viewing the Earth is that most of it is ocean, and
satellites can generally only view the surface skin of the ocean.
Nonetheless, the signal from this skin has been used to estimate the ocean?s
temperature and presumably to predict what is happening under the water.
This has a number of useful applications, such as finding places with
unusual warm or cold temperatures, measuring changes in the oceans
temperature over time, and the effect of these changes on the ocean?s
species and ecosystems. Unusually warm temperatures in the tropics
frequently cause corals living on reefs to lose their symbiotic algae and
color, or bleach. Coral reef scientists see coral bleaching as a sign of
stress that is increasingly being observed in recent years and considered a
harbinger of a warming planet.
 
The usefulness of satellite technology has resulted in the US National
Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration to create a coral reef watch
program (http://www.coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite) that is being used to
predict and warn scientists, managers of marine ecosystems, and the general
public about these coral bleaching events. The technology has proved useful
in identifying spots with the worst bleaching but, until a recent study
coordinated by the Wildlife Conservation Society?s Tim McClanahan and
colleagues working in the western Indian Ocean, it had not been tested using
a scientific design that considered coral reefs with and without unusual
temperatures and the species of corals that are found in these reefs. A
group of 12 scientists working in 8 countries and across 35o of latitude in
the summer of 2005 reported, in an online release in the journal Coral
Reefs, that satellites were only moderately useful for predicting the
bleaching, and that the predictions were considerably improved if satellite
temperatures included thermometers in the water and even more so by the
types of coral species living in the reefs. Differences among coral species
sensitivity to warm water was almost as important as the persistence of the
warm water and the authors suggest that this is likely to be more common in
the future as corals change to accommodate a warming ocean. Consequently,
although the satellites are useful for identifying general areas where the
bleaching is occurring there is a still a need for observations in the
water.


-----------------------------------
Tim McClanahan, PhD
Senior Conservation Zoologist
Wildlife Conservation Society
Vice President, ISRS

"BleachDiseaseMonitoring"
Download my pdf publications at
http://idisk.mac.com/trmcclanahan-Public?view=web
-----------------------------------




From esther.peters at verizon.net  Sun Feb 11 13:53:10 2007
From: esther.peters at verizon.net (Esther Peters)
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 13:53:10 -0500
Subject: [Coral-List] Mote 2007 Advanced Courses in Tropical Marine Sciences
Message-ID: <45CF6616.2030407@verizon.net>

Mote Marine Laboratory's Tropical Research Laboratory is pleased to
announce the schedule for advanced courses this summer to be held at the
Summerland Key, Florida, facility.

This URL will take you to the home page for all the courses:

http://isurus.mote.org/Keys/adv_courses.phtml

And these URLs link to the individual courses:

http://isurus.mote.org/Keys/slide_workshop.phtml
http://isurus.mote.org/Keys/restoration_workshop.phtml
http://isurus.mote.org/Keys/disease_workshop.phtml
http://isurus.mote.org/Keys/sponge_workshop.phtml

Download application forms from these sites.  Questions about the 
courses should be directed to Dr. Dan Gallagher, Florida Keys Education 
director (dgallagher at mote.org) and about the diving program to Erich 
Bartels, Staff Scientist, Center for Coral Reef Research 
(ebartels at mote.org).




From Samantha.dePutron at bbsr.edu  Mon Feb 12 09:10:51 2007
From: Samantha.dePutron at bbsr.edu (Samantha de Putron)
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 10:10:51 -0400
Subject: [Coral-List] Coral Reef Ecology field course in Bermuda July 2007
Message-ID: <0JDC00EZ5SW1PT60@correo.bbsr.edu>

****The Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences 
(formerly the Bermuda Biological Station for 
Research) is pleased to announce a Coral Reef 
Ecology field course offering in Bermuda in July 2007.

Course dates: 8-28 July 2007
Course instructor: Dr. Samantha de Putron.
Qualifications:  Open to undergraduates and 
graduate students with strong academic 
credentials.  The course is open only to SCUBA divers.
Course fee: $3,850 (tuition, room and board). 
Scholarship and financial aid available.

Additional details and application procedure 
available at:  http://www.bbsr.edu/Education/summercourses/cre/cre.html
For further information please contact: Jo 
Duyzer, Education co-ordinator, at Jo.Duyzer at bbsr.edu

Course summary:
The Coral Reef Ecology course at the Bermuda 
Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS) is comprised 
of lectures, required reading, laboratory 
exercises and field surveys.  The lectures cover 
a broad range of relevant topics in coral reef 
ecology that are supplemented by readings from 
the primary literature with attention given to 
active areas of research. The course is divided 
into 20 lectures (1 to 1.25 hours long), 9 field 
trips (4 hours each), 6 lab sessions (4-5 hours 
each), 6 precepts (1 hour each), 3 or 4 seminars 
by BIOS scientists on current research, a take 
home written exam, and an afternoon of oral 
presentations. An additional 10-15 hours is taken 
to complete the working-group analyses and presentations.

The lab work is focused on training in practical techniques:
? separation of coral tissue from skeleton
? fractionation by centrifugation
? enumeration of zooxanthellae with a haemocytometer
? chlorophyll analysis
? determination of coral surface area
? coral growth determination using a buoyant weighing technique

Various field techniques and subsequent lab 
analyses are used repetitively at different sites 
so that each student has the opportunity to 
become familiar with the following methods:
? video-taping of reef transects to assess community structure
? quantification of reef fish community structure using a visual census method
? quadrat sampling of reef algae, sorting, 
identification and dry weight biomass estimation
? quadrat sampling and measurement of juvenile 
corals to construct size/frequency curves
? quantification of parrotfish and surgeonfish 
feeding rates and social interactions

The laboratory and field work are synthesized as 
final oral presentations that are based on a 
typical format for presenting scientific results 
to an audience and so are designed to provide 
experience in communicating science.


-----------------------------------------------------------
Dr Samantha de Putron
Assistant Research Scientist

Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences
(formerly the Bermuda Biological Station for Research)
Ferry Reach
St Georges
GE 01, Bermuda
Tel: (441) 297 1880 ext 261
Fax: (441) 297 8143
Web: www.bbsr.edu


From popychenkavalam at yahoo.com  Tue Feb 13 00:21:00 2007
From: popychenkavalam at yahoo.com (joseph paul)
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 21:21:00 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Coral-List] Marine Ornamental Fish Hacthery list
Message-ID: <58900.2061.qm@web54208.mail.yahoo.com>

Dr Joseph Paul Kavalam
  Kavalam Puthenpura
  42/2491 Power House Road
  Cochin 682 018, Kerala
  INDIA
   
  
  Ph: 0091-484-2390918, 0091-9446606031
  E-mail: popychenkavalam at yahoo.com
   
  Dear Listers,
   
  I am trying to prepare a list of marine ornamental fish hatcheries in the world. I am sure there are people on the list who know a thing or two about marine ornamental fish hatcheries and also where they are located.
   
  Joseph

 
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From sjhenn at essex.ac.uk  Wed Feb 14 09:38:42 2007
From: sjhenn at essex.ac.uk (Hennige, Sebastian J)
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:38:42 -0000
Subject: [Coral-List] coralportal
Message-ID: <7AC902A40BEDD411A3A800D0B7847B661BFF81D8@sernt14.essex.ac.uk>

Dear Coral-Listers, 

I have been a subscriber to CORAL LIST for some time now and I noticed
repeated questions often asking for the same references.  In light of
this and recent posts regarding such issues, I have set up a website
which I think has the potential to deal with such queries.  The website
hosts a forum split into subject areas (coral-related) where people can
ask for and post references. The idea of the site is to compliment CORAL
LIST by being a resource for 'reference questions'. 

The site is called "coralportal" and its address is simply
www.coralportal.com   

Best regards,
Sebastian Hennige
PhD student
Coral Reef Research Unit
University of Essex
sjhenn at essex.ac.uk



From aj.martignette at comcast.net  Wed Feb 14 08:25:20 2007
From: aj.martignette at comcast.net (aj.martignette at comcast.net)
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 13:25:20 +0000
Subject: [Coral-List] Underwater Drill
Message-ID: <021420071325.26676.45D30DC0000ACE3A0000683422069984990A9B9B0A0209079B9D0E03D2060E@comcast.net>

I have to drill some holes in pilings for large bolts that will be used to mount water quality sensors. I would like to avoid having to drill them with a hand drill. I know that you can use a pneumatic drill hooked up to a scuba tank. I was wondering if anyone had details on a setup they use and any modifications that are needed to the drill.

Thanks 

A.J. Martignette
Research Assistant
Marine Laboratory
Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation 
900A Tarpon Bay Rd. 
Sanibel, Fl 33957

From rbourke at OCEANIT.COM  Wed Feb 14 13:28:42 2007
From: rbourke at OCEANIT.COM (Robert Bourke)
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 08:28:42 -1000
Subject: [Coral-List] Underwater Drill
In-Reply-To: <021420071325.26676.45D30DC0000ACE3A0000683422069984990A9B9B0A0209079B9D0E03D2060E@comcast.net>
Message-ID: <EFA63C3DB5E2884D914F7DC23F7E41ABDE05EF@email-oahu.oceanit.local>

A.J.

Easy.  Don't drill.  To affix a sensor to a piling, make a pre-assembled
mount for the sensor and strap it to the piling with metal cable or
band. That way you can remove the sensor, still leaving the mount in
place. Make sure you let the harbor master know what you are doing, and
place an easily readible contact number on both the sensor and the
mount. The all-brass combination locks work well for security.

If you insist on using a drill, I would recommend using an inexpensive
one from an auto-body shop.  Make sure you match the regulator setting
to the pressure requirement of the gun. When you are done, just toss the
gun away as it will quickly rust and become unreliable / unsafe.

Aloha


Bob Bourke
EnvironmentalScientist
Oceanit
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Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 3:25 AM
To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
Subject: [Coral-List] Underwater Drill

I have to drill some holes in pilings for large bolts that will be used
to mount water quality sensors. I would like to avoid having to drill
them with a hand drill. I know that you can use a pneumatic drill hooked
up to a scuba tank. I was wondering if anyone had details on a setup
they use and any modifications that are needed to the drill.

Thanks 

A.J. Martignette
Research Assistant
Marine Laboratory
Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation 900A Tarpon Bay Rd. 
Sanibel, Fl 33957
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From bluewatervolunteers at yahoo.com  Wed Feb 14 15:32:55 2007
From: bluewatervolunteers at yahoo.com (Blue Water Volunteers)
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:32:55 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Coral-List] Enquiry on Caribbean Cliona
Message-ID: <722569.93581.qm@web30402.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Dear listers, 
   
  I'm studying sponge-coral interactions as part of my Masters thesis at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. I've done a literature and web search for information regarding the reproductive patterns of  Cliona sponges, but have not found much with regards to the Caribbean species, which I'm working on. I'll like to ask if anyone has any observations (anecdotal or otherwise) of the spawning periods of Caribbean Cliona, and whether Cliona spp. tend to be oviparous or viviparous spawners. Any information would be very useful, and much appreciated!
   
  Please direct any responses to my email at tl7275 at uncw.edu. Thank you all very much for your time. 
   
  Best regards, 
  Tse-Lynn Loh
   
  M.S Marine Biology Student
  University of North Carolina Wilmington

 
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From kayanne at eps.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp  Wed Feb 14 18:19:55 2007
From: kayanne at eps.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp (Hajime Kayanne)
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 08:19:55 +0900
Subject: [Coral-List] Underwater Drill
In-Reply-To: <021420071325.26676.45D30DC0000ACE3A0000683422069984990A9B9B0A0209079B9D0E
	03D2060E@comcast.net>
References: <021420071325.26676.45D30DC0000ACE3A0000683422069984990A9B9B0A0209079B9D0E
	03D2060E@comcast.net>
Message-ID: <a06001002c1f9414b903b@eps.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp>

Dear A.J.

If you still want to drill underwater by using a hand-pneumatic drill,
You may refer to:
Adachi and Abe (2003) "Air drill" for submerged massive coral 
drilling. Mar. Tech. Soc. J., 37(2) 31-36.

Best wishes,
Hajime

At 1:25 PM +0000 07.2.14, aj.martignette at comcast.net wrote:
>I have to drill some holes in pilings for large bolts that will be 
>used to mount water quality sensors. I would like to avoid having to 
>drill them with a hand drill. I know that you can use a pneumatic 
>drill hooked up to a scuba tank. I was wondering if anyone had 
>details on a setup they use and any modifications that are needed to 
>the drill.
>
>Thanks
>
>A.J. Martignette
>Research Assistant
>Marine Laboratory
>Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation
>900A Tarpon Bay Rd.
>Sanibel, Fl 33957
>_______________________________________________
>Coral-List mailing list
>Coral-List at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
>http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/mailman/listinfo/coral-list


-- 
Hajime Kayanne
Dept Earth & Planetary Science, Univ Tokyo


From multerg at infoblvd.net  Thu Feb 15 13:20:25 2007
From: multerg at infoblvd.net (Multer)
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 13:20:25 -0500
Subject: [Coral-List] Hooray for Harold Hudson !
Message-ID: <45D4A469.7030106@infoblvd.net>



It was in l959 that I first met Harold Hudson and was very impressed 
with his careful and correct interpretations of banding in corals while 
working under Ginsburg at the Shell Lab in Coral Gables. I have often 
wondered if those constant intoxicating fibreglass fumes that filled the 
lab had anything to do with Hudsons and Shinns ablity to imagine, 
create and successfully conduct early carbonate research in the Florida 
Keys!

Hudsons paper (with Shinn, Halley and Lidz) on Sclerochronology in 
GEOLOGY l976 followed by many others including co-authoring the l978 
SCIENCE paper (with Emiliani, Shinn and George) on oxygen and carbon 
isotopic growth records in corals are examples of recognized classics. 
In addition for decades, as so well described by McManus (2/8/07 Email), 
"his quiet contributions to coral reef science and restoration have had 
a major impact around the world." This includes his well-known 
underwater drill techniques and monitoring probes.

Lesser known talents of Harold include old bottle collecting and 
exceptional treehouse construction skills.

An honorary doctorate for Harold has been long in coming but is very 
well deserved. We look forward to his continued contributions.

Gray





From yogeethkumar at yahoo.com.au  Thu Feb 15 11:54:53 2007
From: yogeethkumar at yahoo.com.au (yogesh kumar)
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 08:54:53 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Coral-List] new photos INDIA
Message-ID: <96730.92274.qm@web62509.mail.re1.yahoo.com>

hi coral list members 
i am from India i have take some coral photos and related seaweeds,and some tube warms but not conform the name. if any beady will be interested give me your contribution for this identification of this marine organism .i am regularly watch this coral list members cheering mails it very nice and it is scientifically cheering unit i am willing to join this team.
thank you 
regard
coral yogesh

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From popychenkavalam at yahoo.com  Fri Feb 16 08:44:13 2007
From: popychenkavalam at yahoo.com (joseph paul)
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 05:44:13 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Coral-List] University of Calabria, ITaly contact required
Message-ID: <154405.74613.qm@web54204.mail.yahoo.com>

Dr Joseph Paul Kavalam
  Kavalam Puthenpura
  42/2491 Power House Road
  Cochin 682 018, Kerala
  INDIA
   
  
  Ph: 0091-484-2390918, 0091-9446606031
  E-mail: popychenkavalam at yahoo.com
   
  16 Feb 2007
   
  Dear Listers,
   
  I am trying to identify anyone from the University of Calabria, Italy on this list.
   
  Dr Joseph Paul

 
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From RHovington at aischool.org  Fri Feb 16 13:57:16 2007
From: RHovington at aischool.org (Hovington, Rachel)
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 13:57:16 -0500
Subject: [Coral-List] Bahamas Research
Message-ID: <F4F6F80D29ABB84B8C580C07C9573714133735@svr-m-mail-1.aischool.org>


I am a teacher supervising a research project of a student who wishes to
compare coral health in reefs around Grand Bahama. He has a research
plan that involves transects and quadrats but I wondered if anyone could
point me in the direction of a good source for information regarding
quantification of reef fish community structure using a visual census
method. 

Rachel Hovington
Atlanta International School
rhovington at aischool.org
404 8413881






From buffonei at imsg.com  Fri Feb 16 14:51:48 2007
From: buffonei at imsg.com (Ida Buffone)
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:51:48 -0800
Subject: [Coral-List] Job Announcemnt - Coral Program Specialist
Message-ID: <C1A752A1-011F-4F41-9423-CE2C5252E3A8@mimectl>


   Greetings:
   I.M.  Systems  Group,  Inc.(IMSG)   currently  has a job opening for a
   Coral Program
   Specialist  to work at the National Marine Fisheries Service office in
   Silver
   Spring, MD.

   A job description is listed below and a copy is also attached for your
   review.
   All interested and qualified candidates should submit their resume per
   the
   instructions listed below to [1]jobs at imsg.com.
   
   ______________________

   Coral Program Specialist

    I.M.  Systems  Group  ([2]www.imsg.com), a contractor to the National
   Oceanic  and Atmospheric Administration in Silver Spring, MD, seeks an
   individual  to serve as a Coral Program Specialist to coordinate coral
   reef  program  activities  for  either the Atlantic or Pacific Region.
   This  individual  will  work with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
   Administration's  (NOAA's)  Coral  Reef  Conservation  Program  (CRCP-
   [3]www.coralreef.noaa.gov/)  in  the  areas  of  program coordination,
   program  development,  strategic  planning,  partnership building, and
   information management.


   NOAA's  Coral  Reef Conservation Program supports effective management
   and sound science to preserve, sustain and restore valuable coral reef
   ecosystems.   This  position  is  with  the  program's National Marine
   Fisheries Service office in Silver Spring, MD.

    

   Core Responsibilities:
     * Manage  regional  coral  reef  efforts.  Facilitate and coordinate
       meetings.   Develop  priorities  and monitor performance.  Provide
       budget  forecasting  and  prepare  funding requests.  (May require
       travel  to  Pacific  and/or  Florida  and  the  Caribbean  regions
       occasionally.)
     * Serve as office contact for the Coral Reef Task Force.
     * Participate  in various Task Force working groups such as with the
       aquaculture and International Year of the Reef working groups.
     * Manage  outreach  and  communication  efforts for shallow and deep
       corals.   Participate  in  the implementation of the Communication
       and Outreach strategic plan.
     * Support    program    strategic    planning    efforts   including
       identification of priorities, development of performance measures,
       and implementation of an external program review process.
     * Review and provide comments on CRCP documents and reports.  Assist
       with editing and formatting of technical reports.
     * Participate in Staff Evaluation and Assessment (SEA) team planning
       meetings, proposal evaluations, and internal team planning.
     * Assist  with  coral  reef  conservation grants, including the NFWF
       coral grants.
     * Assist  in  the compilation and review of NMFS information for the
       State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of the United States report.
     * Assist with the development of a new deep-water coral program.

    Qualifications:

   Required Qualifications: 
     * Master's  degree  (strongly  preferred)  or Bachelor's degree in a
       relevant  discipline  such  as  marine  science,  biology,  marine
       policy, environmental management, or policy.
     * Strong verbal and writing skills.
     * Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
     * Self-motivated energetic strategic thinker.
     * Ability  to  work well individually and cooperatively with a range
       of individuals.
     * Ability  to  work  on several projects simultaneously and to shift
       priorities as needed.
     * Willingness to learn new skills.
     * Technical proficiency with Microsoft Office programs.

       Desired Qualifications: 
     * Two -three years of program or project planning preferred.
     * Familiarity with coral reef conservation and management issues.


   To Apply:

   Qualified  candidates  may  apply by e-mailing a cover letter, resume,
   and  3 references (MS Word format strongly preferred) to the following
   email:  [4]jobs at imsg.com  with  the subject heading:  NOA07008 - Coral
   Program Specialist.


   The  vacancy  announcement  is open until filled.  The salary for this
   position   is   commensurate   with  experience.   IMSG  is  an  Equal
   Opportunity Employer.

References

   1. mailto:jobs at imsg.com
   2. http://www.imsg.com/
   3. http://www.coralreef.noaa.gov/
   4. mailto:jobs at imsg.com

From dmanzello at rsmas.miami.edu  Fri Feb 16 14:56:32 2007
From: dmanzello at rsmas.miami.edu (Derek Manzello)
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 14:56:32 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [Coral-List] Bahamas Research
In-Reply-To: <F4F6F80D29ABB84B8C580C07C9573714133735@svr-m-mail-1.aischool.org>
References: <F4F6F80D29ABB84B8C580C07C9573714133735@svr-m-mail-1.aischool.org>
Message-ID: <33790.192.111.123.247.1171655792.squirrel@webmail.rsmas.miami.edu>

Hi Rachel,

Try the AGRRA (Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment) website:

http://www.agrra.org/

You can download a lot of data they have gathered on reef fish community
structure from reefs in the Bahamas for comparison.  Further, your student
could always use the AGRRA fish survey method to strengthen comparisons.

Hope this helps,
Derek

>
> I am a teacher supervising a research project of a student who wishes to
> compare coral health in reefs around Grand Bahama. He has a research
> plan that involves transects and quadrats but I wondered if anyone could
> point me in the direction of a good source for information regarding
> quantification of reef fish community structure using a visual census
> method.
>
> Rachel Hovington
> Atlanta International School
> rhovington at aischool.org
> 404 8413881
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Coral-List mailing list
> Coral-List at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
> http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/mailman/listinfo/coral-list
>


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From osmarjljr at terra.com.br  Fri Feb 16 21:55:39 2007
From: osmarjljr at terra.com.br (Osmar Luiz Jr)
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 23:55:39 -0300
Subject: [Coral-List] Bahamas Research
References: <F4F6F80D29ABB84B8C580C07C9573714133735@svr-m-mail-1.aischool.org>
Message-ID: <00dd01c7523f$1b97d0e0$a400a8c0@NOTEBOOK>

Dear Rachel,

You are probably going to find interesting the following papers:

Chittaro, 2004. Fish-habitat associations across multiple spatial scales. 
Coral Reefs 23: 235-244

Newman et al., 2006. Structure of Caribbean coral reef communities across a 
large gradient of fish biomass. Ecology Letters 9: 1216-1227.

Jones et al., 2006. Coral declines threatens fish biodiversity in marine 
reserves. PNAS 101(21): 8251-8253.

If you have difficulties to obtain some of then please contact me and I will 
be pleased in send for you.

Regards
Osmar Luiz Jr.
Dept. of Zoology
University of Campinas
Brazil

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To: <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 3:57 PM
Subject: [Coral-List] Bahamas Research


>
> I am a teacher supervising a research project of a student who wishes to
> compare coral health in reefs around Grand Bahama. He has a research
> plan that involves transects and quadrats but I wondered if anyone could
> point me in the direction of a good source for information regarding
> quantification of reef fish community structure using a visual census
> method.
>
> Rachel Hovington
> Atlanta International School
> rhovington at aischool.org
> 404 8413881
>
>
>
>
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From thacker at uab.edu  Fri Feb 16 16:44:26 2007
From: thacker at uab.edu (Robert Thacker)
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 15:44:26 -0600
Subject: [Coral-List] STRI Caribbean Sponge Course
Message-ID: <p06240806c1fbd61e60db@[138.26.97.44]>

The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Bocas Research Station presents

A Short-Course In

TAXONOMY AND ECOLOGY OF CARIBBEAN SPONGES

August 18 - September 1, 2007

Bocas Research Station, Bocas del Toro, Panama

Registration Fee: $600 (includes room and board, STRI registration fee, etc.)

Some fellowships are available.

Instructors:	Dr. Cristina Diaz, Smithsonian Institution
		Dr. Robert W. Thacker, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Over 130 species of marine sponges have been reported in the Bocas 
del Toro region of Panama.  This course will focus on morphological 
taxonomy, enabling field identification of the common Caribbean 
species.  We will also conduct field surveys to provide baseline data 
for conservation at the Bocas Research Station and in the Isla 
Bastimentos marine reserve.  In addition, students will complete 
independent projects aimed at stimulating interest in conducting 
future research at the Bocas Research Station.

Application:  This course is directed towards graduate students and 
advanced Licenciado candidates and will be conducted in English. 
Please e-mail your CV, 1 letter of recommendation, and a 1-2 page 
statement explaining your background and reasons for taking the 
course to Dr. Rachel Collin at: CollinR at naos.si.edu before May 1, 
2007.  Enrollment is limited to 12 students.

For more information see http://striweb.si.edu/taxonomy_training/

Apologies for cross-postings.
-- 
Robert W. Thacker, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Biology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
109 Campbell Hall
1300 University Boulevard
Birmingham, AL 35294-1170
voice: 205-934-4006
fax: 205-975-6097
http://www.uab.edu/uabbio/thacker.htm

From goreau at bestweb.net  Sun Feb 18 12:03:52 2007
From: goreau at bestweb.net (Thomas Goreau)
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2007 12:03:52 -0500
Subject: [Coral-List] Grand Bahama reef assessment
Message-ID: <9A575988-685B-4C4D-85D2-305085EEAE6D@bestweb.net>

Dear Rachel,

I'm just back from looking at coral reef restoration needs in Grand  
Bahama and Abaco. There are only a few small patches of healthy  
corals left on the south side, Most coral has died in recent years  
and are overgrown with algae. Some of my colleagues there have  
recently taken video of the former reefs off the West End of Grand  
Bahama and plan to take more. It is pretty depressing, but the local  
divers know the waters well and can show you both the best, worst,  
and typical sites, all of which need to be included for the results  
to be representative.

My own view is that quadrats are a waste of time because they cover  
too little area, unless you do thousands of them like my father did  
in the 1960s when he pioneered the method. However the best method is  
to do very  long video transects perpendicular to and parallel to the  
major environmental gradients covering as much as possible of the  
entire range, not the short little transects that are currently  
popular but which are statistically inadequate in most cases to  
represent the environment being surveyed, much less recognize change.

I'm forwarding this to a Grand Bahama diver, Gary Simmons, who has  
spent his lifetime in the water there and is shocked at the changes.  
We are very interested in seeing such surveys made in locations that  
will allow us to best inform the Bahamas Government and developers  
about the steps needed to stop sewage pollution of the waters, so I  
urge your student to contact Gary and ensure that his results will be  
in the most useful locations for making policy suggestions to clean  
up the waters and restore the reefs. My Bahamian colleagues will be  
glad to work with you. There are still some small fairly good areas  
in the Abacos that also need to be worked on, and I suggest you  
contact Troy Albury of Guana Divers and Save Guana Cay Reef if there  
is a chance to do some work there. Bruce Purdy is also a gold mine of  
information on long term changes in the Bahamas (I have not yet  
unpacked his card with email, but Gary can get it to you).

Best wishes,
Tom

Thomas J. Goreau, PhD
President
Global Coral Reef Alliance
37 Pleasant Street, Cambridge MA 02139
617-864-4226
goreau at bestweb.net
http://www.globalcoral.org

Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 13:57:16 -0500
From: "Hovington, Rachel" <RHovington at aischool.org>
Subject: [Coral-List] Bahamas Research
To: <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
Message-ID:
	<F4F6F80D29ABB84B8C580C07C9573714133735 at svr-m-mail-1.aischool.org>
Content-Type: text/plain;	charset="us-ascii"


I am a teacher supervising a research project of a student who wishes to
compare coral health in reefs around Grand Bahama. He has a research
plan that involves transects and quadrats but I wondered if anyone could
point me in the direction of a good source for information regarding
quantification of reef fish community structure using a visual census
method.

Rachel Hovington
Atlanta International School
rhovington at aischool.org
404 8413881




From pawlikj at uncw.edu  Sun Feb 18 12:22:13 2007
From: pawlikj at uncw.edu (Pawlik, Joseph)
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2007 12:22:13 -0500
Subject: [Coral-List] Identity of blue octocoral off NC??
Message-ID: <F68B99A3CB5A764EBAB65292104BC70E124C7518@UNCWMAILVS2.dcs.uncw.edu>


Coral-listers,

Can anyone help with identifying this light-blue recumbent octocoral
from the offshore reefs of North Carolina?  The request and photos are
from Marc Neill with the North Carolina Aquarium at Ft. Fisher.  Here
are the photos:

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o93/FishBait_photos/PC272938mod1.jpg

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o93/FishBait_photos/PC272931mod1.jpg

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o93/FishBait_photos/PC272930mod1.jpg


Thanks for the help!

Joe
**************************************************************
Joseph R. Pawlik, Professor 
UNCW Center for Marine Science 
5600 Marvin K Moss Lane 
Wilmington, NC  28409   USA 
pawlikj at uncw.edu; Office:(910)962-2377; Cell:(910)232-3579 
Website: http://people.uncw.edu/pawlikj/index.html 
PDFs: http://people.uncw.edu/pawlikj/pubs2.html 
************************************************************** 


From Paul.Chittaro at noaa.gov  Mon Feb 19 18:06:51 2007
From: Paul.Chittaro at noaa.gov (Paul.Chittaro at noaa.gov)
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 15:06:51 -0800
Subject: [Coral-List] Bahamas Research
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Hello Rachel,

A good starting point would probably be...

Sale, P. F. and W.A. Douglas. Precision and accuracy of visual census technique for fish assemblages on coral patch reefs. 1981; 6, (3/4): 333-339. 

Hope this helps.

Paul Chittaro
NWFSC, Seattle, WA.

  
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>  > I am a teacher supervising a research project of a student who 
> wishes to
>  > compare coral health in reefs around Grand Bahama. He has a research
>  > plan that involves transects and quadrats but I wondered if anyone 
> could
>  > point me in the direction of a good source for information regarding
>  > quantification of reef fish community structure using a visual census
>  > method.
>  >
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From kristenhoss at yahoo.com  Mon Feb 19 18:36:11 2007
From: kristenhoss at yahoo.com (Kristen Hoss)
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 15:36:11 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Coral-List] Underwater Drill
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A.J.
   
  Vone Research has used inexpensive (about $30.00) pneumatic drills from Home Depot attached to the low pressure side of the regulator which was then attached to SCUBA tanks to drill holes in cement underwater.  The tank does not last long; however, we were drilling 1/2 inch holes 6 to 8 inches deep. It took a tank that held 80 cubic feet of air to drill 3 holes of that diameter.  We cut an inflator hose and clamped a quick release valve onto it with a hose clamp and attached that to the drill.
   
  The drill will only work 1 to 2 days, and should be soaked in fresh water after use in salt water.
   
  If you would like further assistance, please feel free to contact us-
   
  Kristen Hoss
  Vone Research
  Pompano Beach, FL
  

Hajime Kayanne <kayanne at eps.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp> wrote:
  Dear A.J.

If you still want to drill underwater by using a hand-pneumatic drill,
You may refer to:
Adachi and Abe (2003) "Air drill" for submerged massive coral 
drilling. Mar. Tech. Soc. J., 37(2) 31-36.

Best wishes,
Hajime

At 1:25 PM +0000 07.2.14, aj.martignette at comcast.net wrote:
>I have to drill some holes in pilings for large bolts that will be 
>used to mount water quality sensors. I would like to avoid having to 
>drill them with a hand drill. I know that you can use a pneumatic 
>drill hooked up to a scuba tank. I was wondering if anyone had 
>details on a setup they use and any modifications that are needed to 
>the drill.
>
>Thanks
>
>A.J. Martignette
>Research Assistant
>Marine Laboratory
>Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation
>900A Tarpon Bay Rd.
>Sanibel, Fl 33957
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From ianlundgren at gmail.com  Mon Feb 19 16:07:19 2007
From: ianlundgren at gmail.com (Ian Lundgren)
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 17:07:19 -0400
Subject: [Coral-List] UNDERWATER HOUSING PT-010
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I have 2 Olympus underwater camera housings, model PT-010 to donate to
qualifying agencies.

A list of cameras that fit this model housing is found here:
http://www.digideep.com/english/underwater/photo/housing/Olympus/PT-010/27/246

Send me an email including who you work for and your mailing info.


From fasano2112 at yahoo.com  Mon Feb 19 18:41:14 2007
From: fasano2112 at yahoo.com (Charles Fasano)
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 15:41:14 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Coral-List] Identity of blue octocoral off NC??
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Joe:
I believe this is Blue Octocoral, Anthelia edmondsoni (Verrill, 1928).
It is endemic to Hawaii but is highly used in the aquarium trade (Blue Xenia?).
Hope this helps in leading Marc in the right direction.

My best to the faculty of my old alumnus!!

Aloha:
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2007 12:03:52 -0500
From: Thomas Goreau 
Subject: [Coral-List] Grand Bahama reef assessment
To: RHovington at aischool.org, coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
Cc: Erik Gauger , Ed Sims
 , jenks Jenkins , Jeffrey
 Houdret , Fred Smith ,
 troy albury , Pat Weatherford
 , Gary Simmons 
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Dear Rachel,

I'm just back from looking at coral reef restoration needs in Grand  
Bahama and Abaco. There are only a few small patches of healthy  
corals left on the south side, Most coral has died in recent years  
and are overgrown with algae. Some of my colleagues there have  
recently taken video of the former reefs off the West End of Grand  
Bahama and plan to take more. It is pretty depressing, but the local  
divers know the waters well and can show you both the best, worst,  
and typical sites, all of which need to be included for the results  
to be representative.

My own view is that quadrats are a waste of time because they cover  
too little area, unless you do thousands of them like my father did  
in the 1960s when he pioneered the method. However the best method is  
to do very  long video transects perpendicular to and parallel to the  
major environmental gradients covering as much as possible of the  
entire range, not the short little transects that are currently  
popular but which are statistically inadequate in most cases to  
represent the environment being surveyed, much less recognize change.

I'm forwarding this to a Grand Bahama diver, Gary Simmons, who has  
spent his lifetime in the water there and is shocked at the changes.  
We are very interested in seeing such surveys made in locations that  
will allow us to best inform the Bahamas Government and developers  
about the steps needed to stop sewage pollution of the waters, so I  
urge your student to contact Gary and ensure that his results will be  
in the most useful locations for making policy suggestions to clean  
up the waters and restore the reefs. My Bahamian colleagues will be  
glad to work with you. There are still some small fairly good areas  
in the Abacos that also need to be worked on, and I suggest you  
contact Troy Albury of Guana Divers and Save Guana Cay Reef if there  
is a chance to do some work there. Bruce Purdy is also a gold mine of  
information on long term changes in the Bahamas (I have not yet  
unpacked his card with email, but Gary can get it to you).

Best wishes,
Tom

Thomas J. Goreau, PhD
President
Global Coral Reef Alliance
37 Pleasant Street, Cambridge MA 02139
617-864-4226
goreau at bestweb.net
http://www.globalcoral.org

Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 13:57:16 -0500
From: "Hovington, Rachel" 
Subject: [Coral-List] Bahamas Research
To: 
Message-ID:
 
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I am a teacher supervising a research project of a student who wishes to
compare coral health in reefs around Grand Bahama. He has a research
plan that involves transects and quadrats but I wondered if anyone could
point me in the direction of a good source for information regarding
quantification of reef fish community structure using a visual census
method.

Rachel Hovington
Atlanta International School
rhovington at aischool.org
404 8413881




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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2007 12:22:13 -0500
From: "Pawlik, Joseph" 

Subject: [Coral-List] Identity of blue octocoral off NC??
To: 
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Coral-listers,

Can anyone help with identifying this light-blue recumbent octocoral
from the offshore reefs of North Carolina?  The request and photos are
from Marc Neill with the North Carolina Aquarium at Ft. Fisher.  Here
are the photos:

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o93/FishBait_photos/PC272938mod1.jpg

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o93/FishBait_photos/PC272931mod1.jpg

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o93/FishBait_photos/PC272930mod1.jpg


Thanks for the help!

Joe
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UNCW Center for Marine Science 
5600 Marvin K Moss Lane 
Wilmington, NC  28409   USA 
pawlikj at uncw.edu; Office:(910)962-2377; Cell:(910)232-3579 
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From georg.heiss at reefcheck.de  Tue Feb 20 10:32:21 2007
From: georg.heiss at reefcheck.de (Georg Heiss)
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 16:32:21 +0100
Subject: [Coral-List] Underwater Drill
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Dear all,

we used hand-held pneumatic drills with great 
success. See below excerpt from a publication of 
1993.
With some care we could use them for years: run 
the drill after use with air to remove salt 
water, soak in fresh water, clean again with air, 
then put oil everywhere inside the drill and run 
it briefly to distribute the oil inside the 
machine.

All material is standard toolshop stuff, except 
the drill barrel, which is also standard, used 
mostly for drilling holes in walls for 
electricity outlets.

For photos, see 
http://home.arcor.de/gheiss/Personal/reefgallery.html 
(lower part of the page). I can also send a photo 
of the drill and drill bit in higher resolution.

Best regards,
Georg



Heiss, G.A., Dullo, W.-Chr. and Reijmer, J.J.G. 
(1993): Short- and long-term growth history of 
massive Porites sp. from Aqaba (Red Sea).- 
Senckenbergiana maritima, 23/4/6: 135-141.

Excerpt:

Materials and Methods

Drilling
Several attempts of underwater coring are 
recorded in the history of coral reef research. 
The dimension of the operations as well as the 
means used vary. 
After the early rude method of blasting reef 
sections, hydraulic submersible drills have 
widely been used with great success (MACINTYRE 
1975; HUDSON ET AL. 1976; HUDSON 1977; DRUFFEL & 
LINICK 1978; HUDSON 1981; MACINTYRE ET AL. 1981; 
DRUFFEL 1982; SCHNEIDER & SMITH 1982; ISDALE 
1984; BARNES & LOUGH 1989; WINTER ET AL. 1991; 
BURKE ET AL. ?).
The first drill for underwater coring driven by 
pressured air is described 1975 at Lizard Island, 
Great Barrier Reef (DAVIES & STEWART 1976) but as 
far as we know, no study on cores obtained with 
this drill has been published. In contrast to 
their drill we didn't use an impact tool and we 
could work independently from a boat. Further 
attempts were made by (STEARN & COLASSIN 1983) 
who gave a description of an underwater pneumatic 
hand drill. (POTTS ET AL. 1985) took short cores 
(10-15 cm long) of Porites with a hole saw welded 
to a 30 cm pipe and mounted in a pneumatic drill. 
At Cura?ao the growth rates of Montastrea 
annularis were recently studied on cores taken by 
a pneumatic drill similar to our equipment 
(BOSSCHER 1992).

The intention was to build a simple, cheap and 
small coring tool, which can be operated by one 
Scuba-diver independent from any supply on the 
sea-surface. We wanted to avoid some 
disadvantages of the already described machines 
for our field work as there are the large size of 
some and therefore the limited mobility and/or 
the need of energy support from a boat. A 
technique for gaining long coral cores with a 
handy instrument has been developed.

Besides sampling of several smaller individual 
colonies over the depth range to 45 m (HEISS in 
prep.) we wanted to get records on growth rate 
and proxy dates over a longer period. Another 
important objective was the possibility of 
comparing with other long-term growth records in 
corals in other localities of the world. In the 
last 20 years several successful attempts of 
large scale coring in living corals have been 
made (MACINTYRE 1975; HUDSON ET AL. 1976; DRUFFEL 
& LINICK 1978; MACINTYRE 1978; HUDSON 1981; 
DRUFFEL 1982; ISDALE 1984).


Field work
Due to the availability of Scuba-tanks and the 
need for easy handling from small boats we chose 
compressed air as the best power source for the 
drill. A commercially available RODCRAFT 
4200-pneumatic drill was selected on the basis of 
its size and technical characteristics. It works 
at a speed of 2000 rpm with an air consumption of 
220 l/min under full power. Although the 
operating pressure is 0.6 MPa (6 bar, 
manufacturer's information), we operated the 
drill at a pressure of 8-9 bar which is the 
pressure supplied by an ordinary first stage 
regulator for Scuba-diving. We used in the first 
year a SCUBAPRO Mark II first stage. We later 
improved the system by using a balanced first 
stage (SCUBAPRO Mark X) in order to have a better 
air supply in water depths greater than 10m. The 
air came from 15 l dive tanks, pressurized to 200 
bar, which provides an air capacity of 3000 l. 
The connection between tank and drill was a 
standard industrial pressure hose of 2 m length. 
The core-cutter is a diamond-tipped steel tube of 
300 mm length and an outside diameter of 41 mm 
(36 mm inside) manufactured by DIA-G 
Diamantwerkzeuge GmbH, Kiel.
With this composition of the instrument we could 
easily obtain cores of 30 cm length from 
different massive growing genera like Platygyra, 
Porites, Hydnophora, Favia and Favites. 
The initial millimeters were drilled by turning 
the core barrel by hand several times on the 
coral surface. No template was necessary for the 
drilling procedure. Drilling of one 30 cm core 
took only a few minutes. Depending on the 
rigidity of the coral we could obtain up to four 
cores out of one 15l-tank.
[?]


At 13:25 Uhr +0000 14.02.2007, aj.martignette at comcast.net wrote:
>I have to drill some holes in pilings for large 
>bolts that will be used to mount water quality 
>sensors. I would like to avoid having to drill 
>them with a hand drill. I know that you can use 
>a pneumatic drill hooked up to a scuba tank. I 
>was wondering if anyone had details on a setup 
>they use and any modifications that are needed 
>to the drill.
>
>Thanks
>
>A.J. Martignette
>Research Assistant
>Marine Laboratory
>Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation
>900A Tarpon Bay Rd.
>Sanibel, Fl 33957

From beth.dieveney at noaa.gov  Tue Feb 20 14:20:42 2007
From: beth.dieveney at noaa.gov (Beth Dieveney)
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 14:20:42 -0500
Subject: [Coral-List] Reminder: Information for the March 2007 U.S. Coral
 Reef Task Force meeting
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Coral Colleagues~

RE:  Information for the March 2007 U.S. Coral Reef Task Force Meeting --

_*Dates:*_ March 1 -2, 2007.  An International Year of the Reef 2008 
Mini-Summit will be held on Wednesday, February 28.  The Business 
Meeting will take place Thursday, March 1 and Friday, March 2.  Agendas 
are available on line at: www.coralreef.gov.

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For more information visit: www.coralreef.gov.

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From delbeek at waquarium.org  Tue Feb 20 16:25:24 2007
From: delbeek at waquarium.org (Charles Delbeek)
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 11:25:24 -1000
Subject: [Coral-List] Identity of blue octocoral off NC??
In-Reply-To: <20070219234115.53012.qmail@web81002.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
References: <mailman.1.1171904403.21510.coral-list@coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
	<20070219234115.53012.qmail@web81002.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <6.2.3.4.2.20070220104014.024287e0@mail.waquarium.org>

It is unlikely that this is Anthelia edmundsoni since that coral is, 
I believe, endemic to Hawaii, and to collect it you would have to 
remove the substratum it is attached to, which would be illegal; BTW 
Alderslade redescribed this as Sansibia in 2000. It does not resemble 
any Sansibia edundsoni that I have in Hawaiian waters. Furthermore, 
that coral is zooxanthellate and this one does not appear to be so.

However, without access to actual specimens and/or their sclerites, a 
positive ID is not possible. Joe, if Marc can provide samples I can 
get it ID'd for him.

Are the polyps fully retractable?

I also believe what is referred to as "blue Xenia" in hobbyist 
circles is in fact Cespitularia, or at least it used to be; could be 
some other critter now has been adorned with said moniker.

Aloha!
J. Charles Delbeek
Waikiki Aquarium



At 01:41 PM 2/19/2007, you wrote:
>Joe:
>I believe this is Blue Octocoral, Anthelia edmondsoni (Verrill, 1928).
>It is endemic to Hawaii but is highly used in the aquarium trade 
>(Blue Xenia?).
>Hope this helps in leading Marc in the right direction.
>
>My best to the faculty of my old alumnus!!
>
>Aloha:
>-Charlie Fasano-
>
>
>Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2007 12:22:13 -0500
>From: "Pawlik, Joseph"
>
>Subject: [Coral-List] Identity of blue octocoral off NC??
>To:
>Message-ID:
>
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
>
>Coral-listers,
>
>Can anyone help with identifying this light-blue recumbent octocoral
>from the offshore reefs of North Carolina?  The request and photos are
>from Marc Neill with the North Carolina Aquarium at Ft. Fisher.  Here
>are the photos:
>
>http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o93/FishBait_photos/PC272938mod1.jpg
>
>http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o93/FishBait_photos/PC272931mod1.jpg
>
>http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o93/FishBait_photos/PC272930mod1.jpg
>
>
>Thanks for the help!
>
>Joe
>**************************************************************
>Joseph R. Pawlik, Professor
>UNCW Center for Marine Science
>5600 Marvin K Moss Lane
>Wilmington, NC  28409   USA
>pawlikj at uncw.edu; Office:(910)962-2377; Cell:(910)232-3579
>Website: http://people.uncw.edu/pawlikj/index.html
>PDFs: http://people.uncw.edu/pawlikj/pubs2.html
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From mpjanes at aquatouch.com  Tue Feb 20 17:07:30 2007
From: mpjanes at aquatouch.com (Michael Janes)
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 15:07:30 -0700
Subject: [Coral-List] Identity of blue octocoral off NC??
References: <F68B99A3CB5A764EBAB65292104BC70E124C7518@UNCWMAILVS2.dcs.uncw.edu>
Message-ID: <001a01c7553b$858955b0$070aa8c0@Laptop2>

Dear Joe,

Charles Fasano mentioned that a very prolific Hawaiian octocoral may be the 
species you have in North Carolina. I would suggest just based on the 
photographs taken by Marc that Sarcothelia edmondsoni (now Sansibia 
edmondsoni (Alderslade, 2000)), and other Sansibia species be ruled out. I 
have not seen the Hawaiian species enter the aquarium trade, it is illegal 
to collect there, and ships very badly. Other Sansibia species are present 
in the aquarium trade but there are a few attributes to this genus that are 
not apparent in the photos you posted. Sansibia is a photosynthetic genus of 
the family Xeniidae. The blue pigment seen in colonies is a result of 
reflected light from the many sclerites in the tentacles and pinnules. Your 
photos suggest an azooxanthellate species with translucent tissue that 
appears to have blue pigment. The specimen in your photos does not seem to 
have much rigidity in the polyps which may be due in part to a lack of 
sclerites, hard to tell from the photographs.

You certainly have an interesting specimen and one that I have not seen from 
the Atlantic. It may still be an introduced species as Charles suggested. To 
help with the taxonomy of this octocoral you may want to fix a sample of the 
tissue and isolate some of the sclerites or skeletal elements. Sclerite 
sample photos can be posted on the Octocoral Resource Network forum at 
www.octocoralresearch.com where many octocoral taxonomist converse.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,
Michael.

Michael P. Janes
President & Senior Aquarist
AquaTouch
12040 North 32nd Street
Phoenix, Arizona 85028
USA

(602) 765-9058 Phone
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From: "Pawlik, Joseph" <pawlikj at uncw.edu>
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Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 10:22 AM
Subject: [Coral-List] Identity of blue octocoral off NC??


>
> Coral-listers,
>
> Can anyone help with identifying this light-blue recumbent octocoral
> from the offshore reefs of North Carolina?  The request and photos are
> from Marc Neill with the North Carolina Aquarium at Ft. Fisher.  Here
> are the photos:
>
> http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o93/FishBait_photos/PC272938mod1.jpg
>
> http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o93/FishBait_photos/PC272931mod1.jpg
>
> http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o93/FishBait_photos/PC272930mod1.jpg
>
>
> Thanks for the help!
>
> Joe
> **************************************************************
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> UNCW Center for Marine Science
> 5600 Marvin K Moss Lane
> Wilmington, NC  28409   USA
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> Website: http://people.uncw.edu/pawlikj/index.html
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From e.dassie at hotmail.fr  Tue Feb 20 13:36:59 2007
From: e.dassie at hotmail.fr (Emilie DASSIE)
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 18:36:59 +0000
Subject: [Coral-List] Research for a PhD program.
Message-ID: <BAY106-F1691B181F06FFC3FD93437F8890@phx.gbl>

Dear coral listers;

My name is Emilie Dassie. I am a French undergraduate student currently 
enrolled in second year of masters ENVOLH (Oceanic Costal and Deep-sea 
Environment) at the University of Bordeaux 1. My scientific interest focuses 
primarily on the study of paleoclimates, and most notably the recent history 
of the El Ni?o Southern Oscillation using geochemical analyses of massive 
scleractinian corals.

I contact you regarding possible opportunities for graduate work in your 
laboratory on coral-based paleoclimate.

During my university training I did several courses with different 
approaches to this subject:

- During my first year of masters I worked under the supervision of Prof. 
Thierry Correge (Bordeaux 1 University) and Dr. Florence Le Cornec at the 
IRD (Institute of Research for Development; Bondy ; France). The subject of 
this study was to calibrate temperature tracers in a coral from Clipperton 
atoll (eastern tropical Pacific) and to determine the variations of ENSO in 
this area. I sampled corals with a mini-drill and made measurements of trace 
elements such as Strontium and Calcium on an Inductively Coupled Plasma - 
Mass Spectrometer (ICP-MS).
- From mid-July to August 2006 (6 weeks) I worked under the supervision of 
Dr. Mary Elliot (Edinburgh University) about the use of d18O as a tracer in 
a Tridacna derasa (giant clam) from New Caledonia. I also investigated the 
ENSO influence on the clam?s growth. During this period I used a micro-drill 
to sample the clam; I made measurement of stable isotopes with a Thermo 
Electron Delta + Advantage (Stable Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer) and a 
Kiel Carbonate Device III (preparation system) and measurement of trace 
elements with an Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry 
(ICP-OES).
- At the present time I am enrolled in a masters 2 research program under 
the supervision of Prof. Thierry Correge, Dr. Florence Le Cornec and Dr. 
Bruno Malaize dealing with the reconstitution of the environmental 
variability induced by ENSO and the movements of the Inter Tropical 
Convergence Zone (ITCZ) at Clipperton atoll during the Little Ice Age. 
During this study, I will conduct trace elements and stable isotopes 
measurements on the coral samples.

    From these various experiences, I gained a knowledge of different 
analytical techniques and learned to work in a research team. This training 
was further enhanced by my participation into a Summer School onboard the 
R.V. Marion Dufresne during the Marco Polo 2 scientific cruise in June/July 
2006.

I really enjoyed all these experiences and I am keen to pursue my training 
into paleoclimatology. The next step for me is to enrol in a PhD program, 
preferably in a foreign country to increase my experience and learn about 
different methods of work, and to improve my English.

I am looking forward to receiving any proposal or indications that could 
help me to find a PhD program related to my research interests. Should you 
need reference letters, you can contact:

Thierry Correge,           t-correge at epoc.u-bordeaux1.fr
Florence Le Cornec       lecornec at bondy.ird.fr
Mary Elliot                    Mary.elliot at ed.ac.uk

Best wishes
Emilie

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From sebastien.sarramegna at aquarium.nc  Tue Feb 20 21:36:01 2007
From: sebastien.sarramegna at aquarium.nc (Sebastien Sarramegna)
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:36:01 +1100
Subject: [Coral-List] light wave lenght for algae and corals
Message-ID: <20070221023613.59F8F179AE@coral.aoml.noaa.gov>

Dear All,

I am working in aquarium and I am wondering if there are information about
the different optimal light wave length for algae and for coral growth? We
are working with natural light and we would try to limit the growth of algae
in the aquarium without compromise the growth of the corals that are
present, applying a filtering layer on the ?windows?.

By advance thank you

Sebastien

 

 
 
 
 
Dr. S?bastien Sarramegna
 
Responsable Scientifique et P?dagogique 
B.P. 8185 Noum?a, 98807 Nouvelle-Cal?donie
Tel : (687) 26 02 81
Fax : (687) 26 17 93
Courriel : sebastien.sarramegna at aquarium.nc





From M.Tupper at CGIAR.ORG  Tue Feb 20 21:23:51 2007
From: M.Tupper at CGIAR.ORG (Tupper, Mark (WorldFish))
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 10:23:51 +0800
Subject: [Coral-List] Underwater Drill
References: <20070219233611.58897.qmail@web53913.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <DF5BEA7FB371DE43871F62A1B56901D702197447@GOBY.WORLDFISH.CGIARAD.ORG>

Dear A.J. and list,

I have used a hand-held drill to mount eye bolts into dead coral heads.
It was a pneumatic drill from NAPA, available from any NAPA auto parts
store for about $100 (I purchased a higher-end drill hoping it would be
a bit more rugged than the cheaper models). My drill lasted 2 years
rather than 2 days. I found that the trick was to NOT soak it in
freshwater after each use. Instead, soak it in diesel (yes, diesel)
overnight, then remove the casing and oil all the internal parts. One
other advantage of a slightly more expensive drill is that it may be
more powerful and efficient. I was drilling 1/2 inch holes 6-8 inches
deep, just as Kristen reports, but I could get about 7 or 8 holes
drilled with one 80 cubic foot tank. I think that once dead coral heads
have been worked over by various boring organisms, they might be easier
to drill than solid concrete. Just make sure you use a good masonry bit
- standard drill bits are meant for wood and won't get the job done.

Cheers,

Mark Tupper
The WorldFish Center
Penang, Malaysia


-----Original Message-----
From: coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
[mailto:coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov] On Behalf Of Kristen
Hoss
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 7:36 AM
To: Hajime Kayanne; aj.martignette at comcast.net;
coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Underwater Drill

A.J.
   
  Vone Research has used inexpensive (about $30.00) pneumatic drills
from Home Depot attached to the low pressure side of the regulator which
was then attached to SCUBA tanks to drill holes in cement underwater.
The tank does not last long; however, we were drilling 1/2 inch holes 6
to 8 inches deep. It took a tank that held 80 cubic feet of air to drill
3 holes of that diameter.  We cut an inflator hose and clamped a quick
release valve onto it with a hose clamp and attached that to the drill.
   
  The drill will only work 1 to 2 days, and should be soaked in fresh
water after use in salt water.
   
  If you would like further assistance, please feel free to contact us-
   
  Kristen Hoss
  Vone Research
  Pompano Beach, FL
  

Hajime Kayanne <kayanne at eps.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp> wrote:
  Dear A.J.

If you still want to drill underwater by using a hand-pneumatic drill,
You may refer to:
Adachi and Abe (2003) "Air drill" for submerged massive coral 
drilling. Mar. Tech. Soc. J., 37(2) 31-36.

Best wishes,
Hajime

At 1:25 PM +0000 07.2.14, aj.martignette at comcast.net wrote:
>I have to drill some holes in pilings for large bolts that will be 
>used to mount water quality sensors. I would like to avoid having to 
>drill them with a hand drill. I know that you can use a pneumatic 
>drill hooked up to a scuba tank. I was wondering if anyone had 
>details on a setup they use and any modifications that are needed to 
>the drill.
>
>Thanks
>
>A.J. Martignette
>Research Assistant
>Marine Laboratory
>Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation
>900A Tarpon Bay Rd.
>Sanibel, Fl 33957
>_______________________________________________
>Coral-List mailing list
>Coral-List at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
>http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/mailman/listinfo/coral-list


-- 
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Dept Earth & Planetary Science, Univ Tokyo
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From michka at fellenius.net  Tue Feb 20 16:39:23 2007
From: michka at fellenius.net (Michele & Karl)
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 08:39:23 +1100
Subject: [Coral-List] Underwater Drill
References: <021420071325.26676.45D30DC0000ACE3A0000683422069984990A9B9B0A0209079B9D0E03D2060E@comcast.net>
Message-ID: <000501c7555d$bb22ad80$e12a50ca@Toshiba>

In case you decide to reconsider the low tech, low cost hand drilling.
Manual drilling in old coral rock becomes relatively easy if one diver
pushes on the drill while the other one turns the handle. Both divers need a
hand hold of sorts in a reef crevice, but that's usually easy to find. We
used to drill 2 cm wide holes 20 cm deep this way. Start with one or two
smaller diameter drill bits if the rock is solid. Normally took us less than
3-5 minutes per hole. I suppose it will depend on how solid your pilings
are.

Karl
--
Reef Solutions Vanuatu

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <aj.martignette at comcast.net>
To: <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 12:25 AM
Subject: [Coral-List] Underwater Drill


>I have to drill some holes in pilings for large bolts that will be used to
>mount water quality sensors. I would like to avoid having to drill them
>with a hand drill. I know that you can use a pneumatic drill hooked up to a
>scuba tank. I was wondering if anyone had details on a setup they use and
>any modifications that are needed to the drill.
>
> Thanks
>
> A.J. Martignette
> Research Assistant
> Marine Laboratory
> Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation
> 900A Tarpon Bay Rd.
> Sanibel, Fl 33957
> _______________________________________________
> Coral-List mailing list
> Coral-List at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
> http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/mailman/listinfo/coral-list
>
>
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From totipark54 at gmail.com  Wed Feb 21 10:17:21 2007
From: totipark54 at gmail.com (maria posse)
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 10:17:21 -0500
Subject: [Coral-List] underwater video - housings
Message-ID: <daea18ea0702210717v608bc3c3u51c5f7bcee8eb5ff@mail.gmail.com>

dear Coral Listers,

I am directing a documentary about the relatonships between the ecosystems
and the people (natives) who inhabit the island of Isla Grande in the
Rosario Corals National Park (Rosario Islands) in Colombia (40 kms. off the
coast of Cartagena).
The documentary is the product of a research project Im directing since 2006
with the Universidad Tecnol?gica de Bol?var and we are astonished of how
lucky we have been: we documented on video the coral spawning of Montrastrea
Annularis and Faveolata on september...we also have started eco-snorkeling
workshops with locals, environmental education...  but we are just starting.


We are producing this doc for a local tv network (TELECARIBE) and the idea
is to educate the audience, THE LOCALS, inform and entertain, while we aware
of the importance of taking care of the corals and the marine an dsubmarine
ecosystems. We are working with very low tech and this is good and bad.
Good, because the costs of production are very low but bad, because we are
short of technology: our underwater housing (Sony for PC - series
camcorders-mini DV) is not working 100%, the controls are damaged). We
cannot afford to rent very sophisticated equipment, nevertheless we are
managing to obtain good results.
Because I lived in the US (1999-2001) and I know that old technology is
sometimes "thrown away", Im wondering if perhaps any of you know of any
HOUSING or underwater equipment you wish to donate to our project, to the
University.

Please contact me for further information about the project and the doc.
This project is ongoing and will be for the next years...

Maria Posse
Universidad Tecnologica de Bolivar
Cartagena de Indias
Colombia (S.A)


From Gregory.Boland at mms.gov  Wed Feb 21 08:43:26 2007
From: Gregory.Boland at mms.gov (Boland, Gregory)
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 07:43:26 -0600
Subject: [Coral-List] Underwater Drill
Message-ID: <82ABF19AC0F67D40A0E2B2F5949BE8E204B6D9B4@IMSNEXPRI02.service.agency.mms.pri>

 To all,

Another good option is to put your drill, bits and tools in a bucket of
antifreeze and just leave everything there between trips.  Helps to run
the drill a little after submerged in the antifreeze.  The ethylene
glycol replaces the seawater.  We had inexpensive drills last for years
during Flower Garden Banks photo station installations.

Greg

-----Original Message-----
From: coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
[mailto:coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov] On Behalf Of Tupper,
Mark (WorldFish)
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 8:24 PM
To: aj.martignette at comcast.net; coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Underwater Drill

Dear A.J. and list,

I have used a hand-held drill to mount eye bolts into dead coral heads.
It was a pneumatic drill from NAPA, available from any NAPA auto parts
store for about $100 (I purchased a higher-end drill hoping it would be
a bit more rugged than the cheaper models). My drill lasted 2 years
rather than 2 days. I found that the trick was to NOT soak it in
freshwater after each use. Instead, soak it in diesel (yes, diesel)
overnight, then remove the casing and oil all the internal parts. One
other advantage of a slightly more expensive drill is that it may be
more powerful and efficient. I was drilling 1/2 inch holes 6-8 inches
deep, just as Kristen reports, but I could get about 7 or 8 holes
drilled with one 80 cubic foot tank. I think that once dead coral heads
have been worked over by various boring organisms, they might be easier
to drill than solid concrete. Just make sure you use a good masonry bit
- standard drill bits are meant for wood and won't get the job done.

Cheers,

Mark Tupper
The WorldFish Center
Penang, Malaysia


-----Original Message-----
From: coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
[mailto:coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov] On Behalf Of Kristen
Hoss
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 7:36 AM
To: Hajime Kayanne; aj.martignette at comcast.net;
coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Underwater Drill

A.J.
   
  Vone Research has used inexpensive (about $30.00) pneumatic drills
from Home Depot attached to the low pressure side of the regulator which
was then attached to SCUBA tanks to drill holes in cement underwater.
The tank does not last long; however, we were drilling 1/2 inch holes 6
to 8 inches deep. It took a tank that held 80 cubic feet of air to drill
3 holes of that diameter.  We cut an inflator hose and clamped a quick
release valve onto it with a hose clamp and attached that to the drill.
   
  The drill will only work 1 to 2 days, and should be soaked in fresh
water after use in salt water.
   
  If you would like further assistance, please feel free to contact us-
   
  Kristen Hoss
  Vone Research
  Pompano Beach, FL
  

Hajime Kayanne <kayanne at eps.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp> wrote:
  Dear A.J.

If you still want to drill underwater by using a hand-pneumatic drill,
You may refer to:
Adachi and Abe (2003) "Air drill" for submerged massive coral drilling.
Mar. Tech. Soc. J., 37(2) 31-36.

Best wishes,
Hajime

At 1:25 PM +0000 07.2.14, aj.martignette at comcast.net wrote:
>I have to drill some holes in pilings for large bolts that will be used

>to mount water quality sensors. I would like to avoid having to drill 
>them with a hand drill. I know that you can use a pneumatic drill 
>hooked up to a scuba tank. I was wondering if anyone had details on a 
>setup they use and any modifications that are needed to the drill.
>
>Thanks
>
>A.J. Martignette
>Research Assistant
>Marine Laboratory
>Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation 900A Tarpon Bay Rd.
>Sanibel, Fl 33957
>_______________________________________________
>Coral-List mailing list
>Coral-List at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
>http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/mailman/listinfo/coral-list


-- 
Hajime Kayanne
Dept Earth & Planetary Science, Univ Tokyo
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http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/mailman/listinfo/coral-list


 
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From boch at lifesci.ucsb.edu  Wed Feb 21 12:49:27 2007
From: boch at lifesci.ucsb.edu (Charles Boch)
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 09:49:27 -0800
Subject: [Coral-List] Underwater Drill
In-Reply-To: <DF5BEA7FB371DE43871F62A1B56901D702197447@GOBY.WORLDFISH.CGIARAD.ORG>
References: <20070219233611.58897.qmail@web53913.mail.yahoo.com>
	<DF5BEA7FB371DE43871F62A1B56901D702197447@GOBY.WORLDFISH.CGIARAD.ORG>
Message-ID: <486837064326b73778fa16fc7086d77e@lifesci.ucsb.edu>

Hi AJ and everyone,

I have used a simple pneumatic drill (about $10) from Harbor Freight 
Tools (www.harborfreight.com) in my field work for coral restoration 
methods.  You have to buy a hose connector but that is cheap as well.  
These drills will last as long as you take them apart (relatively 
simple) and oil them after each use (which you should do with any tools 
like this). My suggestion is to buy two and have one as back up.  
Additional note, as I also recall, the drills go through air like a 
pony bottle so bear it in mind.

Hope this helps,

Charlie

University of California Santa Barbara

On Feb 20, 2007, at 6:23 PM, Tupper, Mark (WorldFish) wrote:

> Dear A.J. and list,
>
> I have used a hand-held drill to mount eye bolts into dead coral heads.
> It was a pneumatic drill from NAPA, available from any NAPA auto parts
> store for about $100 (I purchased a higher-end drill hoping it would be
> a bit more rugged than the cheaper models). My drill lasted 2 years
> rather than 2 days. I found that the trick was to NOT soak it in
> freshwater after each use. Instead, soak it in diesel (yes, diesel)
> overnight, then remove the casing and oil all the internal parts. One
> other advantage of a slightly more expensive drill is that it may be
> more powerful and efficient. I was drilling 1/2 inch holes 6-8 inches
> deep, just as Kristen reports, but I could get about 7 or 8 holes
> drilled with one 80 cubic foot tank. I think that once dead coral heads
> have been worked over by various boring organisms, they might be easier
> to drill than solid concrete. Just make sure you use a good masonry bit
> - standard drill bits are meant for wood and won't get the job done.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Mark Tupper
> The WorldFish Center
> Penang, Malaysia
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
> [mailto:coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov] On Behalf Of Kristen
> Hoss
> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 7:36 AM
> To: Hajime Kayanne; aj.martignette at comcast.net;
> coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Underwater Drill
>
> A.J.
>
>   Vone Research has used inexpensive (about $30.00) pneumatic drills
> from Home Depot attached to the low pressure side of the regulator 
> which
> was then attached to SCUBA tanks to drill holes in cement underwater.
> The tank does not last long; however, we were drilling 1/2 inch holes 6
> to 8 inches deep. It took a tank that held 80 cubic feet of air to 
> drill
> 3 holes of that diameter.  We cut an inflator hose and clamped a quick
> release valve onto it with a hose clamp and attached that to the drill.
>
>   The drill will only work 1 to 2 days, and should be soaked in fresh
> water after use in salt water.
>
>   If you would like further assistance, please feel free to contact us-
>
>   Kristen Hoss
>   Vone Research
>   Pompano Beach, FL
>
>
> Hajime Kayanne <kayanne at eps.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp> wrote:
>   Dear A.J.
>
> If you still want to drill underwater by using a hand-pneumatic drill,
> You may refer to:
> Adachi and Abe (2003) "Air drill" for submerged massive coral
> drilling. Mar. Tech. Soc. J., 37(2) 31-36.
>
> Best wishes,
> Hajime
>
> At 1:25 PM +0000 07.2.14, aj.martignette at comcast.net wrote:
>> I have to drill some holes in pilings for large bolts that will be
>> used to mount water quality sensors. I would like to avoid having to
>> drill them with a hand drill. I know that you can use a pneumatic
>> drill hooked up to a scuba tank. I was wondering if anyone had
>> details on a setup they use and any modifications that are needed to
>> the drill.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> A.J. Martignette
>> Research Assistant
>> Marine Laboratory
>> Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation
>> 900A Tarpon Bay Rd.
>> Sanibel, Fl 33957
>> _______________________________________________
>> Coral-List mailing list
>> Coral-List at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
>> http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/mailman/listinfo/coral-list
>
>
> -- 
> Hajime Kayanne
> Dept Earth & Planetary Science, Univ Tokyo
> _______________________________________________
> Coral-List mailing list
> Coral-List at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
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>
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From southern_caribbean at yahoo.com  Wed Feb 21 15:41:26 2007
From: southern_caribbean at yahoo.com (SouthernCaribbean.Org)
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 12:41:26 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Coral-List] Requirements to participate in Marine Litter Workshop
	in Aruba from 27 February to 1 March 2007
Message-ID: <389802.49895.qm@web61213.mail.yahoo.com>

Can anyone tell us who is attending the Marine Litter Workshop in Aruba (see link
  http://www.cep.unep.org/newsandevents/news/2007/marine-litter-workshop-1).
   
  We have sent the CEP-UNEP office an email requesting participation and registration info but we have met with dead silence from Jamaica.
   
  We are based in Aruba, yet locally NO-ONE can provide us with the requested information.
   
  Who is organizing this work shop and who can participate and register for participation?
   
   


Milton Ponson, President
Rainbow Warriors Core Foundation
(Rainbow Warriors International)
Tel. +297 568 5908
PO Box 1154, Oranjestad 
Aruba, Dutch Caribbean 
Email: southern_caribbean at yahoo.com
Web Sites: http://www.southerncaribbean.org
http://www.rainbowwarriors.net (Global)
http://www.ecoaruba.com (Aruba)

To unite humanity in a global society dedicated to a sustainable way of life


 
---------------------------------
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See all the new 2007 cars at Yahoo! Autos.

From reefball at reefball.com  Wed Feb 21 08:56:45 2007
From: reefball at reefball.com (Todd Barber)
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 08:56:45 -0500
Subject: [Coral-List] light wave lenght for algae and corals
References: <20070221023613.59F8F179AE@coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
Message-ID: <046c01c755c0$1fe8c9e0$6401a8c0@reef8c359cb049>

There are two peaks of phytosynethetic activity starting at 400 nm peaking 
at 450 and droping off after 475  the next range starts at 650 peaks at 675 
and drops off after 700

Coral zooanthellae use both wavelengths but deeper corals favor the 400-475 
range so you might be best to try filtering out 650-700.

That all said, better water quality and the approriate stocking of 
herbavores is the best approach to algae control in aquarium settings.

Thanks,

Todd R. Barber
Chairman, Reef Ball Foundation
3305 Edwards Court,
Greenville, NC 27858
941-720-7549 Cell
252-353-9094 Direct
Skype Toddbarber or Skype In (252) 557-1047, United States (+1)
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sebastien Sarramegna" <sebastien.sarramegna at aquarium.nc>
To: <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 9:36 PM
Subject: [Coral-List] light wave lenght for algae and corals


Dear All,

I am working in aquarium and I am wondering if there are information about
the different optimal light wave length for algae and for coral growth? We
are working with natural light and we would try to limit the growth of algae
in the aquarium without compromise the growth of the corals that are
present, applying a filtering layer on the "windows".

By advance thank you

Sebastien







Dr. S?bastien Sarramegna

Responsable Scientifique et P?dagogique
B.P. 8185 Noum?a, 98807 Nouvelle-Cal?donie
Tel : (687) 26 02 81
Fax : (687) 26 17 93
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From Phil.Alderslade at nt.gov.au  Wed Feb 21 22:51:40 2007
From: Phil.Alderslade at nt.gov.au (Phil Alderslade)
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 13:21:40 +0930
Subject: [Coral-List] Identity of blue octocoral off NC?? AND the true
	identity of Antheila edmondsoni
References: <mailman.1.1171904403.21510.coral-list@coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
	<20070219234115.53012.qmail@web81002.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
	<6.2.3.4.2.20070220104014.024287e0@mail.waquarium.org>
Message-ID: <5379D00A01269444ABDA6BAB748B8AEF68B3AD@EMDCH-E1.prod.main.ntgov>

Charles and other readers,
 
Just to clear up the Anthelia edmondsoni identity.    As quoted, in 2000 I proposed a split in the Anthelia species.   Some were retained in Anthelia and others with a different sclerite form were placed in a new genus Sansibia.  However, I do not believe Anthelia edmondsoni is either an Anthelia or a Sansibia.  It should resort to its original name of Sarcothelia edmondsoni, and the species appears to be endemic to Hawaii.
 
Cheers,
 
Phil Alderslade

________________________________

From: Charles Delbeek [mailto:delbeek at waquarium.org]
Sent: Wed 2/21/2007 6:55 AM
To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
Cc: Aquatic Info
Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Identity of blue octocoral off NC??



It is unlikely that this is Anthelia edmundsoni since that coral is,
I believe, endemic to Hawaii, and to collect it you would have to
remove the substratum it is attached to, which would be illegal; BTW
Alderslade redescribed this as Sansibia in 2000. It does not resemble
any Sansibia edundsoni that I have in Hawaiian waters. Furthermore,
that coral is zooxanthellate and this one does not appear to be so.

However, without access to actual specimens and/or their sclerites, a
positive ID is not possible. Joe, if Marc can provide samples I can
get it ID'd for him.

Are the polyps fully retractable?

I also believe what is referred to as "blue Xenia" in hobbyist
circles is in fact Cespitularia, or at least it used to be; could be
some other critter now has been adorned with said moniker.

Aloha!
J. Charles Delbeek
Waikiki Aquarium



At 01:41 PM 2/19/2007, you wrote:
>Joe:
>I believe this is Blue Octocoral, Anthelia edmondsoni (Verrill, 1928).
>It is endemic to Hawaii but is highly used in the aquarium trade
>(Blue Xenia?).
>Hope this helps in leading Marc in the right direction.
>
>My best to the faculty of my old alumnus!!
>
>Aloha:
>-Charlie Fasano-
>
>
>Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2007 12:22:13 -0500
>From: "Pawlik, Joseph"
>
>Subject: [Coral-List] Identity of blue octocoral off NC??
>To:
>Message-ID:
>
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
>
>Coral-listers,
>
>Can anyone help with identifying this light-blue recumbent octocoral
>from the offshore reefs of North Carolina?  The request and photos are
>from Marc Neill with the North Carolina Aquarium at Ft. Fisher.  Here
>are the photos:
>
>http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o93/FishBait_photos/PC272938mod1.jpg
>
>http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o93/FishBait_photos/PC272931mod1.jpg
>
>http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o93/FishBait_photos/PC272930mod1.jpg
>
>
>Thanks for the help!
>
>Joe
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From barshis at hawaii.edu  Thu Feb 22 15:33:07 2007
From: barshis at hawaii.edu (Daniel J Barshis)
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 10:33:07 -1000
Subject: [Coral-List] Underwater Drill Oil Toxicity
In-Reply-To: <mailman.4207.1172153930.733.coral-list@coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
References: <mailman.4207.1172153930.733.coral-list@coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
Message-ID: <f5637e9a6c96.45dd7163@hawaii.edu>

Dear Listers,
      I have also successfully used an inexpensive pneumatic drill for coring massive corals underwater.  We have used the same drill for three years now, keeping it alive by total submersion in pneumatic tool oil between uses.  After a recent discussion with a colleague from the University of Hong Kong, it was brought to my attention that pneumatic tool oil and many other oil and hydrocarbon lubricants can be quite toxic to the reef environment and that common household vegetable oil works just as efficiently at keeping the drill lubricated with minimal toxicity levels.  I have tried in the past to wash my tools thoroughly before use but it's quite hard to remove all traces of the toxic oil.  Just a suggestion in hopes that we can tailor our methods and practices to reduce our impact on the environment we enjoy working in as much as possible.
Cheers,
dan barshis

Department of Zoology 
University of Hawaii at Manoa
2538 McCarthy Mall, Edmondson 152
Honolulu, HI 96822
www.hawaii.edu/coral
barshis at hawaii.edu


From J.Davidson at gbrmpa.gov.au  Thu Feb 22 17:27:29 2007
From: J.Davidson at gbrmpa.gov.au (Johnston Davidson)
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 08:27:29 +1000
Subject: [Coral-List] Coral bleaching conditions update from the Great
	Barrier Reef
Message-ID: <45DE18D1.9070506@GBRMPA.gov.au>

Current Bleaching Conditions Report from the Great Barrier Reef Marine 
Park Authority

The Climate Change Response Program, an initiative of the Great Barrier 
Reef Marine Park Authority, provides regular reports on bleaching 
conditions on Australia's Great Barrier Reef throughout summer and 
publishes early warnings of increased stress levels or widespread coral 
bleaching. The Current Conditions Report is compiled by the climate 
change team and is available at:

http://www.gbrmpa.gov.au/corp_site/info_services/science/climate_change/current_condition_reports/2007_02_14

Observations of regional sea surface temperatures continue to be below 
long-term averages for this time of year (NOAA 
<http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/PSB/EPS/SST/climohot.html>/, /ReefTemp 
<http://www.cmar.csiro.au/remotesensing/gbrmpa/ReefTemp_application.htm>)/ 
/and, based on climate predictions and current conditions (POAMA 
<http://www.bom.gov.au/bmrc/ocean/JAFOOS/POAMA/exproducts/poama_v10/gbr_rt.htm>), 
the threat of widespread coral bleaching for the Great Barrier Reef 
region continues to be *low*.

-- 
Johnston Davidson
Project Officer
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
2-68 Flinders St
PO Box 1379
Townsville, Qld  4810

Ph:  (07) 4750 0759
Fax: (07) 

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From Etichscuba at aol.com  Thu Feb 22 14:16:44 2007
From: Etichscuba at aol.com (Etichscuba at aol.com)
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 14:16:44 EST
Subject: [Coral-List] Subject: Re:  Underwater Drill
Message-ID: <cad.b0c54f1.330f461c@aol.com>

Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Underwater Drill 
In the US ethylene glycol and petroleum products are classified as  hazardous 
materials and therefore appropriate disposal practices must be adhered  
followed. My concern is how do you cleanup these oil soaked drills before reuse  to 
prevent the introduction of contaminants into the coral reef  ecosystem? 
Ed Tichenor
Palm Beach County Reef Rescue
_www.reef-rescue.org_ (http://www.reef-rescue.org) 


Message: 1
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 07:43:26 -0600
From: "Boland,  Gregory" <Gregory.Boland at mms.gov>
Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Underwater  Drill
To: <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
Message-ID:
<82ABF19AC0F67D40A0E2B2F5949BE8E204B6D9B4 at IMSNEXPRI02.service.agency.mms.pri>

Content-Type: text/plain;    charset="US-ASCII"

To  all,

Another good option is to put your drill, bits and tools in a bucket  of
antifreeze and just leave everything there between trips.  Helps to  run
the drill a little after submerged in the antifreeze.  The  ethylene
glycol replaces the seawater.  We had inexpensive drills last  for years
during Flower Garden Banks photo station  installations.

Greg

-----Original Message-----
From:  coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
[mailto:coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov]  On Behalf Of Tupper,
Mark (WorldFish)
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007  8:24 PM
To: aj.martignette at comcast.net;  coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Underwater  Drill

Dear A.J. and list,

I have used a hand-held drill to mount  eye bolts into dead coral heads.
It was a pneumatic drill from NAPA,  available from any NAPA auto parts
store for about $100 (I purchased a  higher-end drill hoping it would be
a bit more rugged than the cheaper  models). My drill lasted 2 years
rather than 2 days. I found that the trick  was to NOT soak it in
freshwater after each use. Instead, soak it in diesel  (yes, diesel)
overnight, then remove the casing and oil all the internal  parts. One
other advantage of a slightly more expensive drill is that it may  be
more powerful and efficient. I was drilling 1/2 inch holes 6-8  inches
deep, just as Kristen reports, but I could get about 7 or 8  holes
drilled with one 80 cubic foot tank. I think that once dead coral  heads
have been worked over by various boring organisms, they might be  easier
to drill than solid concrete. Just make sure you use a good masonry  bit
- standard drill bits are meant for wood and won't get the job  done.

Cheers,

Mark Tupper
The WorldFish Center
Penang,  Malaysia

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From chumbe at zitec.org  Thu Feb 22 20:28:30 2007
From: chumbe at zitec.org (Conservation)
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 08:28:30 +0700
Subject: [Coral-List] Voluntary work during Ramadhan on Chumbe Island Coral
	Park
Message-ID: <002d01c756e9$ef78ab60$6800a8c0@microsoff9a90c>

Dear all coral list members,

Chumbe Island Coral Park can offer two volunteers to work as Ramadan Rangers for one month starting on September 12'th, 2007. During the holy month of Ramadan our Zanzibari rangers can not swim in the sea during daytime, so we need one or two people to volunteer as snorkel guides. The job involves guiding the guests at the eco lodge while snorkelling inside the marine park, hence many hours in the water every day. A background in marine biology and experience from diving/snorkelling is a requirement for the positions. You must be a strong swimmer. CHICOP will provide basic accommodation (staff room) and simple food with the staff when on the island. We recommend two friends applying as this is a great opportunity to experience the famous Chumbe Island protected reef and to work as a team with our guests (maximum of 14 overnight guests).

For further information please check our website www.chumbeisland.com. You can also read some personal experiences from one of our previous Ramadan Rangers, Johnny Miller, in our newsletter from Jan 2005 (http://www.chumbeisland.com/news/Newsletter0105/newsletter_0105.pdf). 

We look forward to receiving applications including CV's in the near future!

Best wishes / Frida Lanshammar and the Chumbe Ranger Team

............................................................
Ms. Frida Lanshammar
Conservation Coordinator
Chumbe Island Coral Park
PO Box 3203
Zanzibar
Tel:   +255 24 2231040
Mob: +255 752 995899

www.chumbeisland.com
chumbe at zitec.org
............................................................

From lngndvs at gmail.com  Fri Feb 23 09:30:43 2007
From: lngndvs at gmail.com (Alan E. Davis)
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 00:30:43 +1000
Subject: [Coral-List] Underwater Drill Oil Toxicity
In-Reply-To: <f5637e9a6c96.45dd7163@hawaii.edu>
References: <mailman.4207.1172153930.733.coral-list@coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
	<f5637e9a6c96.45dd7163@hawaii.edu>
Message-ID: <7bef1f890702230630k6f445f87m93c5f18d7f91819c@mail.gmail.com>

I ordinarily just lurk on this list.  I hope I am not out of my place
in suggesting to look for "refined vegetable oil."  I have seen
reference somewhere, don't remember where.  I am hoping to use it for
my knife sharpening stones, since vegetable cooking oil seems to go
rancid.  Don't know whether this is relevant.

Alan Davisew

On 2/23/07, Daniel J Barshis <barshis at hawaii.edu> wrote:
> Dear Listers,
>       I have also successfully used an inexpensive pneumatic drill for coring massive corals underwater.  We have used the same drill for three years now, keeping it alive by total submersion in pneumatic tool oil between uses.  After a recent discussion with a colleague from the University of Hong Kong, it was brought to my attention that pneumatic tool oil and many other oil and hydrocarbon lubricants can be quite toxic to the reef environment and that common household vegetable oil works just as efficiently at keeping the drill lubricated with minimal toxicity levels.  I have tried in the past to wash my tools thoroughly before use but it's quite hard to remove all traces of the toxic oil.  Just a suggestion in hopes that we can tailor our methods and practices to reduce our impact on the environment we enjoy working in as much as possible.
> Cheers,
> dan barshis
>
> Department of Zoology
> University of Hawaii at Manoa
> 2538 McCarthy Mall, Edmondson 152
> Honolulu, HI 96822
> www.hawaii.edu/coral
> barshis at hawaii.edu
> _______________________________________________
> Coral-List mailing list
> Coral-List at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
> http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/mailman/listinfo/coral-list
>


-- 
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I consider that the golden rule requires that if I like a program I
must share it with other people who like it.
--------Richard Stallman

Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute
rejection of authority.  ----- Thomas H. Huxley

Arguing with an engineer is like wrestling with a pig in mud. After a
while, you realise the pig is enjoying it.
         -- Jamie Lawrence.


From billy.causey at noaa.gov  Fri Feb 23 13:19:44 2007
From: billy.causey at noaa.gov (Billy Causey)
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 13:19:44 -0500
Subject: [Coral-List] [Fwd: [Fwd: Congratulations...2006 Distinguished
 Career Award Recipients]]
In-Reply-To: <45DF236C.4000502@noaa.gov>
References: <45DF236C.4000502@noaa.gov>
Message-ID: <45DF3040.7070309@noaa.gov>

All,

Please join me in expressing a huge word of CONGRATULATIONS to Dr. 
Harold Hudson for being selected as a recipient of the 2006 
Distinguished Career Award for NOAA/NOS!  This is a very high honor for 
NOAA to bestow on Harold for his life time of achievements on corals and 
coral reefs. I cannot think of a better person to receive this much 
deserved recognition. 

Harold ... congratulations!  We are all very proud of you!  Cheers, Billy

>
>
>
> 	
>
> 	
>
> 	
>
> 	
>
> 	
>
> ------- Original Message --------
> Subject: 	Congratulations...2006 Distinguished Career Award Recipients
> Date: 	Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:39:07 -0500
> From: 	Jack Dunnigan <Jack.Dunnigan at noaa.gov>
> To: 	Harold Hudson <Harold.Hudson at noaa.gov>, Bill Sunda 
> <Bill.Sunda at noaa.gov>
> CC: 	_NOS Program and Staff Office Directors 
> <nos.prgandstaffoffice.directors at noaa.gov>, _NOS Program Office 
> Deputies <nos.program.deputies at noaa.gov>, Sloane Strother 
> <Sloane.Strother at noaa.gov>, Kathy Connors <Kathy.Connors at noaa.gov>
>
>
>
> Good Morning Harold and Bill!
>
> I wanted to send a brief email to congratulate you on your 
> Distinguished Career awards. The fact that you have been nominated and 
> awarded with such an honor is a testament to the hard work and 
> dedicated service that you show on a daily basis to NOAA and our nation.
>
> Your work in coral age dating and career-long leadership in the 
> protection of coral marine resources of the Florida Keys as well as 
> pioneering research in the area of trace metal-biological interactions 
> in the ocean have made a significant difference in the National 
> Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's ability to meet mission 
> critical objectives.  I again offer my most sincere congratulations on 
> your awards.
>
> So, a celebration is in order!  Please mark your calendars for an 
> informal coffee hour with me on April 16, 2007 from 8-9AM.  We'll meet 
> at my office (SSMC 4, 13632) and then decide where you would like to 
> go (Caribou or Starbucks).  See you soon!
>
> Thanx. -j
> -- 


-- 
Billy D. Causey, Ph.D.
Regional Director
Southeast Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Region
National Marine Sanctuary Program
33 East Quay Road
Key West, Florida 33040

305.809.4670 x 234
305.293.5011 fax
305.395.0150 cell

email:  billy.causey at noaa.gov



From fletcher at soest.hawaii.edu  Fri Feb 23 13:57:26 2007
From: fletcher at soest.hawaii.edu (Chip Fletcher)
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 08:57:26 -1000
Subject: [Coral-List] Underwater Drill Oil Toxicity
In-Reply-To: <7bef1f890702230630k6f445f87m93c5f18d7f91819c@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <003a01c7577c$75bd4d10$309fab80@soest.hawaii.edu>

Yep, vegetable oil works. We've been drilling the reefs in Hawaii for a
decade using vegetable oil in lieu of hydraulic fluid...but we do not use it
as a cleaning agent...before we drill we are careful to remove our cleaning
agents with alcohol based baths and wipe downs.

Chip Fletcher

-----Original Message-----
From: coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
[mailto:coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov] On Behalf Of Alan E. Davis
Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 4:31 AM
To: Daniel J Barshis
Cc: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Underwater Drill Oil Toxicity

I ordinarily just lurk on this list.  I hope I am not out of my place
in suggesting to look for "refined vegetable oil."  I have seen
reference somewhere, don't remember where.  I am hoping to use it for
my knife sharpening stones, since vegetable cooking oil seems to go
rancid.  Don't know whether this is relevant.

Alan Davisew

On 2/23/07, Daniel J Barshis <barshis at hawaii.edu> wrote:
> Dear Listers,
>       I have also successfully used an inexpensive pneumatic drill for
coring massive corals underwater.  We have used the same drill for three
years now, keeping it alive by total submersion in pneumatic tool oil
between uses.  After a recent discussion with a colleague from the
University of Hong Kong, it was brought to my attention that pneumatic tool
oil and many other oil and hydrocarbon lubricants can be quite toxic to the
reef environment and that common household vegetable oil works just as
efficiently at keeping the drill lubricated with minimal toxicity levels.  I
have tried in the past to wash my tools thoroughly before use but it's quite
hard to remove all traces of the toxic oil.  Just a suggestion in hopes that
we can tailor our methods and practices to reduce our impact on the
environment we enjoy working in as much as possible.
> Cheers,
> dan barshis
>
> Department of Zoology
> University of Hawaii at Manoa
> 2538 McCarthy Mall, Edmondson 152
> Honolulu, HI 96822
> www.hawaii.edu/coral
> barshis at hawaii.edu
> _______________________________________________
> Coral-List mailing list
> Coral-List at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
> http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/mailman/listinfo/coral-list
>


-- 
Alan Davis, Kagman High School, Saipan  lngndvs at gmail.com     1-670-256-2043

I consider that the golden rule requires that if I like a program I
must share it with other people who like it.
--------Richard Stallman

Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute
rejection of authority.  ----- Thomas H. Huxley

Arguing with an engineer is like wrestling with a pig in mud. After a
while, you realise the pig is enjoying it.
         -- Jamie Lawrence.
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From John.Cubit at noaa.gov  Fri Feb 23 15:55:00 2007
From: John.Cubit at noaa.gov (John Cubit)
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 12:55:00 -0800
Subject: [Coral-List] Underwater Drill
In-Reply-To: <021420071325.26676.45D30DC0000ACE3A0000683422069984990A9B9B0A0209079B9D0E03D2060E@comcast.net>
References: <021420071325.26676.45D30DC0000ACE3A0000683422069984990A9B9B0A0209079B9D0E03D2060E@comcast.net>
Message-ID: <45DF54A4.4050203@noaa.gov>

For drilling holes (not cores) in hard substrata, rotary hammer drills 
are much faster than plain rotary drills. There are pneumatic versions. 
Google for more info.

aj.martignette at comcast.net wrote:
> I have to drill some holes in pilings for large bolts that will be used to mount water quality sensors. I would like to avoid having to drill them with a hand drill. I know that you can use a pneumatic drill hooked up to a scuba tank. I was wondering if anyone had details on a setup they use and any modifications that are needed to the drill.
>
> Thanks 
>
> A.J. Martignette
> Research Assistant
> Marine Laboratory
> Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation 
> 900A Tarpon Bay Rd. 
> Sanibel, Fl 33957
> _______________________________________________
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>   

-- 
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Regional Resource Coordinator, Southwest Region
NOAA Assessment and Restoration Division, Suite 4470  
501 W. Ocean Blvd.  
Long Beach, CA 90802  
 
John.Cubit at noaa.com  
tel 562 980-4081  
fax 562 980-4084  
 
Cell phone (for urgent matters and travel contact) 562 810-4949



From reefball at reefball.com  Fri Feb 23 14:12:32 2007
From: reefball at reefball.com (Todd Barber)
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 14:12:32 -0500
Subject: [Coral-List] Harold Hudson Cayman Island Reef Dedication
References: <45DF236C.4000502@noaa.gov> <45DF3040.7070309@noaa.gov>
Message-ID: <091a01c7577e$91cb63f0$6401a8c0@reef8c359cb049>

The Reef Ball Foundation is conducting a project (starting tommorow) Feb 24-March 3rd in the Cayman Islands 
and will be casting and deploying a Harold Hudson "layer cake" artificial reef module with a specially made 
navy brass plaque bearing the words in raised lettering:

       "The Reef Doctor"
      Harold Hudson, Phd
  The Reef Ball Foundation
            Thanks You

The module will be deployed at approximately 
19?21'52.82"N  81?23'48.99"W

along with 30 additional modules which will be planted
with propagated corals rescued from hurricane damaged stock.
Volunteers from around the world are gathering for the project
including some of Harold's students to plant the corals.

The reef will be added to over time to help rehabilitate nearshore
habitat loss due to Hurricane Ivan.  For more information
feel free to contact me.

The brass plaque was donated by Eternal Reefs and $5,000 of funding for the project 
came from the Harold Hudson Layer Cake Fund of the Reef Ball Foundation.
Additional funding came from the Reef Ball Foundation, Cayman Department of
Enviornment, Marriott Beach Resort Hotel, Red Sail Sports, and the Spurlino Foundation
and others

Congratulations Harold on all your achievements! 


Thanks,

Todd R. Barber
Chairman, Reef Ball Foundation
3305 Edwards Court, 
Greenville, NC 27858
941-720-7549 Cell
252-353-9094 Direct
Skype Toddbarber or Skype In (252) 557-1047, United States (+1)
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Billy Causey" <billy.causey at noaa.gov>
To: "FKNMS" <FLORIDAKEYSSTAFF at NOAA.GOV>; "SAC" <FloridaKeysSAC at noaa.gov>; "Gene Shinn" <eshinn at usgs.gov>; "Barbara Lidz" <blidz at usgs.gov>; "Bill Kruczynski" <kruczynski.bill at epa.gov>; "harold hudson" <harold.hudson at noaa.gov>; "coral list" <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
Cc: "_NOS ONMS ALL Staff" <ONMSAllStaff at noaa.gov>
Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 1:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Coral-List] [Fwd: [Fwd: Congratulations...2006 Distinguished Career Award Recipients]]


> All,
> 
> Please join me in expressing a huge word of CONGRATULATIONS to Dr. 
> Harold Hudson for being selected as a recipient of the 2006 
> Distinguished Career Award for NOAA/NOS!  This is a very high honor for 
> NOAA to bestow on Harold for his life time of achievements on corals and 
> coral reefs. I cannot think of a better person to receive this much 
> deserved recognition. 
> 
> Harold ... congratulations!  We are all very proud of you!  Cheers, Billy
> 
>>
>>
>>
>> 
>>
>> 
>>
>> 
>>
>> 
>>
>> 
>>
>> ------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: Congratulations...2006 Distinguished Career Award Recipients
>> Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:39:07 -0500
>> From: Jack Dunnigan <Jack.Dunnigan at noaa.gov>
>> To: Harold Hudson <Harold.Hudson at noaa.gov>, Bill Sunda 
>> <Bill.Sunda at noaa.gov>
>> CC: _NOS Program and Staff Office Directors 
>> <nos.prgandstaffoffice.directors at noaa.gov>, _NOS Program Office 
>> Deputies <nos.program.deputies at noaa.gov>, Sloane Strother 
>> <Sloane.Strother at noaa.gov>, Kathy Connors <Kathy.Connors at noaa.gov>
>>
>>
>>
>> Good Morning Harold and Bill!
>>
>> I wanted to send a brief email to congratulate you on your 
>> Distinguished Career awards. The fact that you have been nominated and 
>> awarded with such an honor is a testament to the hard work and 
>> dedicated service that you show on a daily basis to NOAA and our nation.
>>
>> Your work in coral age dating and career-long leadership in the 
>> protection of coral marine resources of the Florida Keys as well as 
>> pioneering research in the area of trace metal-biological interactions 
>> in the ocean have made a significant difference in the National 
>> Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's ability to meet mission 
>> critical objectives.  I again offer my most sincere congratulations on 
>> your awards.
>>
>> So, a celebration is in order!  Please mark your calendars for an 
>> informal coffee hour with me on April 16, 2007 from 8-9AM.  We'll meet 
>> at my office (SSMC 4, 13632) and then decide where you would like to 
>> go (Caribou or Starbucks).  See you soon!
>>
>> Thanx. -j
>> -- 
> 
> 
> -- 
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> Regional Director
> Southeast Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Region
> National Marine Sanctuary Program
> 33 East Quay Road
> Key West, Florida 33040
> 
> 305.809.4670 x 234
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From dragonfli at gmail.com  Sun Feb 25 11:13:12 2007
From: dragonfli at gmail.com (Leandra Lockwood)
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 11:13:12 -0500
Subject: [Coral-List] Middle School Student researching Coral Bleaching
Message-ID: <472c53610702250813r5e2314abtc7e98857c6774a1@mail.gmail.com>

I have a 7th grade student researching global climate change and coral
bleaching.  She would like to locate data on sea surface temperature and
coral bleaching events.  Any help finding usable data set would be
appreciated.  Also any ideas on focusing the students' research to a
particular reef would be helpful.  Correspondence can be sent to my email -
dragonfli at gmail.com

Thank you
Leandra Lockwood


From july.guzman at hotmail.com  Sun Feb 25 18:14:58 2007
From: july.guzman at hotmail.com (J G)
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 19:14:58 -0400
Subject: [Coral-List] Searching-Intensive Course-Coral Reef Fish Id
Message-ID: <BAY21-F11E0CE9B479AA306BA4CC3E18C0@phx.gbl>

Good afternoon.

I am a graduate student (Ms) in search of an Intensive Course on Coral Reef 
Fish Identification (Caribbean-desired).

I've seen posts of courses on Sponges, Coral Reef Ecology, Sea Turtles, 
Conservation Genetics, etc.
But can someone inform me if there is any intensive course on fish?

Thanks for your time.

July Guzman

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From F.Brandtner at gbrmpa.gov.au  Mon Feb 26 02:04:49 2007
From: F.Brandtner at gbrmpa.gov.au (Florian Leopold Brandtner)
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 17:04:49 +1000
Subject: [Coral-List] Ultrasound experiment on corals and coralline algae
Message-ID: <45E28691.9060907@GBRMPA.gov.au>

Hi everybody,

I am planning to do a experiment about the effects of ultrasound to 
corals and coralline algae.

If you got any experience with ultrasound, please send me E-mail.

Cheers,

Florian 

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From sdalton at nmsc.edu.au  Mon Feb 26 00:15:09 2007
From: sdalton at nmsc.edu.au (Steve Dalton)
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 16:15:09 +1100
Subject: [Coral-List] In situ or laboratory disease transmission exp
Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.0.20070226161113.01ddbea0@nmsc.edu.au>

I have been looking for any publications that may have completed 
coral disease transmission experiments either in situ or in an 
aquarium setting.  However, I have not been able to find any 
references to this, except for an infection experiment using a vector 
(sussman et al 2003). Does anyone know if such experiments have been 
conducted on scleractinian corals or any other cnidarians?  Your 
assistance is appreciated.

regards
steve

Steven Dalton
PhD student
University of New England
NMSC Postgraduate Representative
National Marine Science Centre
Bay Drive, Charlesworth Bay
(PO Box J321)
Coffs Harbour, NSW Australia 2450
Ph: 6648 3928
Mob: 0432 946 782
sdalton at nmsc.edu.au



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From bobo.xny at msa.hinet.net  Mon Feb 26 09:33:34 2007
From: bobo.xny at msa.hinet.net (=?BIG5?B?p/Wx4aX6?=)
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 22:33:34 +0800
Subject: [Coral-List] Asking for sabbatical fellow or observer research
	opportunity, please.
Message-ID: <64926e73e357bea517c069929b8581b3@msa.hinet.net>

Hello, everybody:

My name is Terrence Lee and I am the registered environmental planner 
of government in Taiwan. Due to the needs of marine resource management 
and coastal protection of my country(especially coral reefs ecosystem), 
government give me a chance to research and study in USA for half a 
year ( from July to December, 2007 ), and get some useful experiences 
of coastal conservation and marine resource management that can be 
applied to my country.

My government will cover my living fee and research expenditure 
including books, paper copy, fieldwork, take courses ( if I have the 
chance to do ) and other related.

I don't know if there is any chance similar to sabbatical fellow or 
observer that can accept me to make research In USA, hope you could 
kindly give me further suggestion that which the organization (school, 
agency...) is adaptable and how to apply.

Thank you very much and best regards

------------------------------------------------------
KEEP WALKING, KEEP SINGING
KEEP LAUGHING, KEEP FIGHTING
------------------------------------------------------
Terrence Lee
Urban and Rural Planning Office
Construction and Planning Agency
Ministry of Interior, R.O.C.
email: x-man at tcd.gov.tw  (O)
        bobo.xny at msa.hinet.net  (H)
        xman328 at yahoo.com.tw  (YIM)
        terencelee3 at netscape.net  (MSN, AOL)
------------------------------------------------------



From j.p.carlin at reading.ac.uk  Mon Feb 26 12:28:40 2007
From: j.p.carlin at reading.ac.uk (John P Carlin)
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 17:28:40 -0000
Subject: [Coral-List] Only two coral reefs in the world that have formed on
	the western side of continents?
In-Reply-To: <mailman.1.1172509203.28175.coral-list@coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
Message-ID: <E1HLjeR-0002yh-00@vimg3.rdg.ac.uk>

Hi,

Just a quick question. I have just read several books which refer to the
Ningaloo reef, Australia as one of the only two coral reefs which have
formed on the western side of a continent. Could anyone tell me which is the
other, as none of the books say which the second is.

Thank you,

John Carlin



From Glauco150 at aol.com  Mon Feb 26 21:41:06 2007
From: Glauco150 at aol.com (Glauco150 at aol.com)
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 21:41:06 EST
Subject: [Coral-List] Searching-Intensive Course-Coral Reef Fish Id (J G)
Message-ID: <c6b.c08b3ac.3314f442@aol.com>

Hi July and all listers,

Visit Peter Sale's Lab webpage www.uwindsor.ca/sale. I took his 2004 field 
course in Belize, "Ecology, Biology, and Behavior of Coral Reef Fishes", attend 
it if possible, you won't regret.  If you are only interested on fish ID then 
buy a good field guide (Humann and DeLoach's Reef Fish 
Identification-Florida/Caribbean/Bahamas-3rd ed., is a good source to start)  and snorkel/SCUBA dive 
as much possible, but do your homework studying the fishes in the book before 
going to the water.

regards,

Glauco A Rivera, M.S.
Glauco A Rivera & Associates
Ph D Candidate
University of Puerto Rico
Marine Sciences Department
voice/fax (787) 830-3410


From joshua at nova.edu  Tue Feb 27 08:07:01 2007
From: joshua at nova.edu (Joshua Feingold)
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 08:07:01 -0500
Subject: [Coral-List] Only two coral reefs in the world that have formed
 on the western side of continents?
In-Reply-To: <E1HLjeR-0002yh-00@vimg3.rdg.ac.uk>
References: <mailman.1.1172509203.28175.coral-list@coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.2.20070227080218.0320f3c8@pop.nova.edu>

Hi John,

In general, the western side of continents (east ocean basins), have poor 
coral development due to eastern boundary currents that pump cool water to 
low latitudes. However, there are numerous poorly developed reefs along the 
western side of Central America in Panama and Costa Rica. Central America 
may not qualify as part of a continent, but there are also reefs on the 
west coast of South America in Ecuador. Peter Glynn has published 
extensively on coral communities and coral reefs in this region.

Cheers,

Joshua Feingold

At 05:28 PM 2/26/2007 +0000, John P Carlin wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Just a quick question. I have just read several books which refer to the
>Ningaloo reef, Australia as one of the only two coral reefs which have
>formed on the western side of a continent. Could anyone tell me which is the
>other, as none of the books say which the second is.
>
>Thank you,
>
>John Carlin
>
>_______________________________________________
>Coral-List mailing list
>Coral-List at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
>http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/mailman/listinfo/coral-list




From seaflower22 at gmail.com  Tue Feb 27 14:57:05 2007
From: seaflower22 at gmail.com (Melanie Gomes)
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 19:57:05 +0000
Subject: [Coral-List] Coral-List Digest, Vol 44,
	Issue 26 WA reefs: John Carlins question
Message-ID: <8793949b0702271157m7d0c8591wd7ad559f74da3991@mail.gmail.com>

In response to the question by John Carlin:
As far as I am aware, in addition to Ningaloo reef, there are the Rowley
shoals (oh would't we all love to go there!), the Abrolhos Islands and the
limestone reefs in the central coast. Maybe someone else could help with any
more reefs here?

Good luck
Regards

Melanie

Melanie Gomes M.Sc. MIBIOL


On 27/02/07, coral-list-request at coral.aoml.noaa.gov <
coral-list-request at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> wrote:
>
> Send Coral-List mailing list submissions to
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>   1. Asking for sabbatical fellow or observer research
>      opportunity, please. (=?BIG5?B?p/Wx4aX6?=)
>   2. Only two coral reefs in the world that have formed on     the
>      western side of continents? (John P Carlin)
>   3. Re: Searching-Intensive Course-Coral Reef Fish Id (J G)
>      (Glauco150 at aol.com)
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: ??? <bobo.xny at msa.hinet.net>
> To: "<coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>" <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
> Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 22:33:34 +0800
> Subject: [Coral-List] Asking for sabbatical fellow or observer research
> opportunity, please.
> Hello, everybody:
>
> My name is Terrence Lee and I am the registered environmental planner
> of government in Taiwan. Due to the needs of marine resource management
> and coastal protection of my country(especially coral reefs ecosystem),
> government give me a chance to research and study in USA for half a
> year ( from July to December, 2007 ), and get some useful experiences
> of coastal conservation and marine resource management that can be
> applied to my country.
>
> My government will cover my living fee and research expenditure
> including books, paper copy, fieldwork, take courses ( if I have the
> chance to do ) and other related.
>
> I don't know if there is any chance similar to sabbatical fellow or
> observer that can accept me to make research In USA, hope you could
> kindly give me further suggestion that which the organization (school,
> agency...) is adaptable and how to apply.
>
> Thank you very much and best regards
>
> ------------------------------------------------------
> KEEP WALKING, KEEP SINGING
> KEEP LAUGHING, KEEP FIGHTING
> ------------------------------------------------------
> Terrence Lee
> Urban and Rural Planning Office
> Construction and Planning Agency
> Ministry of Interior, R.O.C.
> email: x-man at tcd.gov.tw  (O)
>        bobo.xny at msa.hinet.net  (H)
>        xman328 at yahoo.com.tw  (YIM)
>        terencelee3 at netscape.net  (MSN, AOL)
> ------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "John P Carlin" <j.p.carlin at reading.ac.uk>
> To: <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
> Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 17:28:40 -0000
> Subject: [Coral-List] Only two coral reefs in the world that have formed
> on the western side of continents?
> Hi,
>
> Just a quick question. I have just read several books which refer to the
> Ningaloo reef, Australia as one of the only two coral reefs which have
> formed on the western side of a continent. Could anyone tell me which is
> the
> other, as none of the books say which the second is.
>
> Thank you,
>
> John Carlin
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Glauco150 at aol.com
> To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
> Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 21:41:06 EST
> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Searching-Intensive Course-Coral Reef Fish Id (J
> G)
> Hi July and all listers,
>
> Visit Peter Sale's Lab webpage www.uwindsor.ca/sale. I took his 2004 field
> course in Belize, "Ecology, Biology, and Behavior of Coral Reef Fishes",
> attend
> it if possible, you won't regret.  If you are only interested on fish ID
> then
> buy a good field guide (Humann and DeLoach's Reef Fish
> Identification-Florida/Caribbean/Bahamas-3rd ed., is a good source to
> start)  and snorkel/SCUBA dive
> as much possible, but do your homework studying the fishes in the book
> before
> going to the water.
>
> regards,
>
> Glauco A Rivera, M.S.
> Glauco A Rivera & Associates
> Ph D Candidate
> University of Puerto Rico
> Marine Sciences Department
> voice/fax (787) 830-3410
>
>
> --===============2013750629==--
> _______________________________________________
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> http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/mailman/listinfo/coral-list
>
>


From delbeek at waquarium.org  Tue Feb 27 15:01:42 2007
From: delbeek at waquarium.org (Charles Delbeek)
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:01:42 -1000
Subject: [Coral-List] New Marine Algae ID Book
Message-ID: <6.2.3.4.2.20070227100017.023697c8@mail.waquarium.org>

There is a new algae ID book for marine algae and plants in Hawaii, 
but would be of use to anyone working within the tropical Pacific area.

Huisman, J.M., Abbott, I.A. and C.M. Smith. 2007. Hawaiian Reef 
Plants. University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program.

Report No. UNIHI-SEAGRANT-BA-03-02

ISBN 1-929054-04-1

Aloha!


J. Charles Delbeek M.Sc.

Aquarium Biologist III
Waikiki Aquarium,
University of Hawaii
2777 Kalakaua Ave.
Honolulu, HI, USA 96815
www.waquarium.org

808-923-9741 ext. 0 VOICE
808-923-1771 FAX




From dvaughan at mote.org  Tue Feb 27 15:50:17 2007
From: dvaughan at mote.org (David Vaughan)
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 15:50:17 -0500
Subject: [Coral-List] Diseases of Corals and other Courses
Message-ID: <45E49989.1090907@mote.org>

The course "*Diseases of Corals and Other Reef Organisms*" will be 
offered again this summer at Mote Marine Laboratory's Tropical Research 
Laboratory on Summerland Key, Florida.  This 7-day course is for 
professional scientists and graduate students, and will introduce 
participants to the field of pathobiology of marine organisms.   The 
focus of lectures, dives, and laboratory sessions will be on diseases 
affecting hard corals, but diseases of other reef organisms will also be 
discussed.
_Dates_:   August 11-18, 2007

_Instructors_:       Esther C. Peters, Ph.D., Tetra Tech, Inc.

Robert B. Jonas, Ph.D., George Mason University

Thomas R. Cuba, Ph.D., Delta-Seven, Inc. will assist.
_
Course Fee_:  $850.00  includes all costs, including course materials, 
meals, and housing.


For more information about the course and to download an application, go 
to http://www.mote.org/Keys/disease_workshop.phtml .  This course is 
limited to 14 participants.  In addition, two related short courses will 
be held prior to the Coral Disease Workshop.  Each course costs $250.00, 
and each is limited to 6 participants.

Coral Tissue Slide Reading Workshop - presented by Dr. Peters (August 
8-10, 2007)
http://www.mote.org/Keys/slide_workshop.phtml

Coral Restoration Workshop - presented by Dr. Cuba (August 8-10, 2007)
http://www.mote.org/Keys/restoration_workshop.phtml


Course applications are due to Mote Marine Laboratory by *April 13, 
2007*.  For more information, contact Dr. Dan Gallagher 
(dgallagher at mote.org <mailto:dgallagher at mote.org>).



From dvaughan at mote.org  Tue Feb 27 15:57:06 2007
From: dvaughan at mote.org (David Vaughan)
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 15:57:06 -0500
Subject: [Coral-List] Sponge Ecology and Taxonomy Course
Message-ID: <45E49B22.1030404@mote.org>

The course "*Ecology and Taxonomy of Marine Sponges*" will be offered 
again this summer at Mote Marine Laboratory's Tropical Research 
Laboratory on Summerland Key, Florida.  This 7 day course is for 
professional scientists and graduate students, and will introduce 
participants to the general ecology, biology, and taxonomy of tropical 
marine sponges.  The course will mix lectures, labs, and field work to 
provide a foundation for identification and study of reef sponges, and 
taxonomic training will include the characteristics and identification 
of the various sponge orders and common taxa of the Florida Keys.

_Dates_: August 19-26, 2007

_Instructor_:  Shirley Pomponi, PhD. (Harbor Branch Oceanographic 
Institution)

_ Course Fee_:  $850.00 includes all costs, including course materials, 
meals, and housing.


For more information about the course and to download an application, go 
to http://www.mote.org/Keys/sponge_workshop.phtml .  This course is 
limited to 14 participants. 

Course applications are due to Mote Marine Laboratory by April 13, 
2007.  For more information, contact Dr. Dan Gallagher 
(dgallagher at mote.org <mailto:dgallagher at mote.org>).


From riskmj at univmail.cis.mcmaster.ca  Tue Feb 27 16:44:09 2007
From: riskmj at univmail.cis.mcmaster.ca (Michael Risk)
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 16:44:09 -0500
Subject: [Coral-List] Coral-List Digest, Vol 44,
 Issue 26 WA reefs: John Carlins question
In-Reply-To: <8793949b0702271157m7d0c8591wd7ad559f74da3991@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <web-164106516@cgpsrv2.cis.mcmaster.ca>

PS: saying "Abrolhos Islands" doesn't narrow it down much. They are all
over the place.

The Portuguese were master mariners in the days of disovery. "Abrolhos"
is simply a contraction of "Open your eyes!" There must have been many
instances when that was precisely what the Captain yelled at the
lookout just before they struck...along with a string of things one
can't say here.

On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 19:57:05 +0000
 "Melanie Gomes" <seaflower22 at gmail.com> wrote:
> In response to the question by John Carlin:
> As far as I am aware, in addition to Ningaloo reef, there are the
> Rowley
> shoals (oh would't we all love to go there!), the Abrolhos Islands
> and the
> limestone reefs in the central coast. Maybe someone else could help
> with any
> more reefs here?
> 
> Good luck
> Regards
> 
> Melanie
> 
> Melanie Gomes M.Sc. MIBIOL
> 
> 
> On 27/02/07, coral-list-request at coral.aoml.noaa.gov <
> coral-list-request at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> wrote:
> >
> > Send Coral-List mailing list submissions to
> >        coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
> >
> > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
> >        http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/mailman/listinfo/coral-list
> > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
> >        coral-list-request at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
> >
> > You can reach the person managing the list at
> >        coral-list-owner at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
> >
> > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
> > than "Re: Contents of Coral-List digest..."
> >
> > Today's Topics:
> >
> >   1. Asking for sabbatical fellow or observer research
> >      opportunity, please. (=?BIG5?B?p/Wx4aX6?=)
> >   2. Only two coral reefs in the world that have formed on     the
> >      western side of continents? (John P Carlin)
> >   3. Re: Searching-Intensive Course-Coral Reef Fish Id (J G)
> >      (Glauco150 at aol.com)
> >
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: ??? <bobo.xny at msa.hinet.net>
> > To: "<coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>"
> <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
> > Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 22:33:34 +0800
> > Subject: [Coral-List] Asking for sabbatical fellow or observer
> research
> > opportunity, please.
> > Hello, everybody:
> >
> > My name is Terrence Lee and I am the registered environmental
> planner
> > of government in Taiwan. Due to the needs of marine resource
> management
> > and coastal protection of my country(especially coral reefs
> ecosystem),
> > government give me a chance to research and study in USA for half a
> > year ( from July to December, 2007 ), and get some useful
> experiences
> > of coastal conservation and marine resource management that can be
> > applied to my country.
> >
> > My government will cover my living fee and research expenditure
> > including books, paper copy, fieldwork, take courses ( if I have
> the
> > chance to do ) and other related.
> >
> > I don't know if there is any chance similar to sabbatical fellow or
> > observer that can accept me to make research In USA, hope you could
> > kindly give me further suggestion that which the organization
> (school,
> > agency...) is adaptable and how to apply.
> >
> > Thank you very much and best regards
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------
> > KEEP WALKING, KEEP SINGING
> > KEEP LAUGHING, KEEP FIGHTING
> > ------------------------------------------------------
> > Terrence Lee
> > Urban and Rural Planning Office
> > Construction and Planning Agency
> > Ministry of Interior, R.O.C.
> > email: x-man at tcd.gov.tw  (O)
> >        bobo.xny at msa.hinet.net  (H)
> >        xman328 at yahoo.com.tw  (YIM)
> >        terencelee3 at netscape.net  (MSN, AOL)
> > ------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: "John P Carlin" <j.p.carlin at reading.ac.uk>
> > To: <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
> > Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 17:28:40 -0000
> > Subject: [Coral-List] Only two coral reefs in the world that have
> formed
> > on the western side of continents?
> > Hi,
> >
> > Just a quick question. I have just read several books which refer
> to the
> > Ningaloo reef, Australia as one of the only two coral reefs which
> have
> > formed on the western side of a continent. Could anyone tell me
> which is
> > the
> > other, as none of the books say which the second is.
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > John Carlin
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Glauco150 at aol.com
> > To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
> > Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 21:41:06 EST
> > Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Searching-Intensive Course-Coral Reef
> Fish Id (J
> > G)
> > Hi July and all listers,
> >
> > Visit Peter Sale's Lab webpage www.uwindsor.ca/sale. I took his
> 2004 field
> > course in Belize, "Ecology, Biology, and Behavior of Coral Reef
> Fishes",
> > attend
> > it if possible, you won't regret.  If you are only interested on
> fish ID
> > then
> > buy a good field guide (Humann and DeLoach's Reef Fish
> > Identification-Florida/Caribbean/Bahamas-3rd ed., is a good source
> to
> > start)  and snorkel/SCUBA dive
> > as much possible, but do your homework studying the fishes in the
> book
> > before
> > going to the water.
> >
> > regards,
> >
> > Glauco A Rivera, M.S.
> > Glauco A Rivera & Associates
> > Ph D Candidate
> > University of Puerto Rico
> > Marine Sciences Department
> > voice/fax (787) 830-3410
> >
> >
> > --===============2013750629==--
> > _______________________________________________
> > Coral-List mailing list
> > Coral-List at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
> > http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/mailman/listinfo/coral-list
> >
> >
> _______________________________________________
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> http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/mailman/listinfo/coral-list

Mike Risk
Marine Ecologist
PO Box 1195
Durham Ontario
N0G 1R0


From riskmj at univmail.cis.mcmaster.ca  Tue Feb 27 16:39:48 2007
From: riskmj at univmail.cis.mcmaster.ca (Michael Risk)
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 16:39:48 -0500
Subject: [Coral-List] Coral-List Digest, Vol 44,
 Issue 26 WA reefs: John Carlins question
In-Reply-To: <8793949b0702271157m7d0c8591wd7ad559f74da3991@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <web-164105763@cgpsrv2.cis.mcmaster.ca>

As Josh has pointed out, reasons for the restriction involve eastern
boundary currents/cold upwellings. But this is for large continental
masses, ones that in fact have east coasts...in interior (epeiric)
seas, all bets are off. I draw the list's attention to the scores of
gorgeous reefs (those that haven't been bombed out or crapped upon) of
Indonesia-the reefs off the west coast of Sumatra are justifiably
famous, as are those of Borneo and Sulawesi. (Note that there are no
reefs south of Java-because of cold upwelling.)

But my vote for the most spectacular west-coast reefs goes to those
that Bob Stone has described: deep off the Aleutian Islands.

Mike

On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 19:57:05 +0000
 "Melanie Gomes" <seaflower22 at gmail.com> wrote:
> In response to the question by John Carlin:
> As far as I am aware, in addition to Ningaloo reef, there are the
> Rowley
> shoals (oh would't we all love to go there!), the Abrolhos Islands
> and the
> limestone reefs in the central coast. Maybe someone else could help
> with any
> more reefs here?
> 
> Good luck
> Regards
> 
> Melanie
> 
> Melanie Gomes M.Sc. MIBIOL
> 
> 
> On 27/02/07, coral-list-request at coral.aoml.noaa.gov <
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> >   1. Asking for sabbatical fellow or observer research
> >      opportunity, please. (=?BIG5?B?p/Wx4aX6?=)
> >   2. Only two coral reefs in the world that have formed on     the
> >      western side of continents? (John P Carlin)
> >   3. Re: Searching-Intensive Course-Coral Reef Fish Id (J G)
> >      (Glauco150 at aol.com)
> >
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: ??? <bobo.xny at msa.hinet.net>
> > To: "<coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>"
> <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
> > Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 22:33:34 +0800
> > Subject: [Coral-List] Asking for sabbatical fellow or observer
> research
> > opportunity, please.
> > Hello, everybody:
> >
> > My name is Terrence Lee and I am the registered environmental
> planner
> > of government in Taiwan. Due to the needs of marine resource
> management
> > and coastal protection of my country(especially coral reefs
> ecosystem),
> > government give me a chance to research and study in USA for half a
> > year ( from July to December, 2007 ), and get some useful
> experiences
> > of coastal conservation and marine resource management that can be
> > applied to my country.
> >
> > My government will cover my living fee and research expenditure
> > including books, paper copy, fieldwork, take courses ( if I have
> the
> > chance to do ) and other related.
> >
> > I don't know if there is any chance similar to sabbatical fellow or
> > observer that can accept me to make research In USA, hope you could
> > kindly give me further suggestion that which the organization
> (school,
> > agency...) is adaptable and how to apply.
> >
> > Thank you very much and best regards
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------
> > KEEP WALKING, KEEP SINGING
> > KEEP LAUGHING, KEEP FIGHTING
> > ------------------------------------------------------
> > Terrence Lee
> > Urban and Rural Planning Office
> > Construction and Planning Agency
> > Ministry of Interior, R.O.C.
> > email: x-man at tcd.gov.tw  (O)
> >        bobo.xny at msa.hinet.net  (H)
> >        xman328 at yahoo.com.tw  (YIM)
> >        terencelee3 at netscape.net  (MSN, AOL)
> > ------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: "John P Carlin" <j.p.carlin at reading.ac.uk>
> > To: <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
> > Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 17:28:40 -0000
> > Subject: [Coral-List] Only two coral reefs in the world that have
> formed
> > on the western side of continents?
> > Hi,
> >
> > Just a quick question. I have just read several books which refer
> to the
> > Ningaloo reef, Australia as one of the only two coral reefs which
> have
> > formed on the western side of a continent. Could anyone tell me
> which is
> > the
> > other, as none of the books say which the second is.
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > John Carlin
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Glauco150 at aol.com
> > To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
> > Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 21:41:06 EST
> > Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Searching-Intensive Course-Coral Reef
> Fish Id (J
> > G)
> > Hi July and all listers,
> >
> > Visit Peter Sale's Lab webpage www.uwindsor.ca/sale. I took his
> 2004 field
> > course in Belize, "Ecology, Biology, and Behavior of Coral Reef
> Fishes",
> > attend
> > it if possible, you won't regret.  If you are only interested on
> fish ID
> > then
> > buy a good field guide (Humann and DeLoach's Reef Fish
> > Identification-Florida/Caribbean/Bahamas-3rd ed., is a good source
> to
> > start)  and snorkel/SCUBA dive
> > as much possible, but do your homework studying the fishes in the
> book
> > before
> > going to the water.
> >
> > regards,
> >
> > Glauco A Rivera, M.S.
> > Glauco A Rivera & Associates
> > Ph D Candidate
> > University of Puerto Rico
> > Marine Sciences Department
> > voice/fax (787) 830-3410
> >
> >
> > --===============2013750629==--
> > _______________________________________________
> > Coral-List mailing list
> > Coral-List at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
> > http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/mailman/listinfo/coral-list
> >
> >
> _______________________________________________
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Mike Risk
Marine Ecologist
PO Box 1195
Durham Ontario
N0G 1R0


From Andrew.Costen at dec.wa.gov.au  Tue Feb 27 18:15:27 2007
From: Andrew.Costen at dec.wa.gov.au (Costen, Andrew)
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:15:27 +0900
Subject: [Coral-List] Only two coral reefs in the world that have
	formedon the western side of continents?
In-Reply-To: <5.2.1.1.2.20070227080218.0320f3c8@pop.nova.edu>
Message-ID: <DD9B313D79DAE84492ABEC531377770F01E370A9@calm-kens-53.calm.wa.gov.au>


Hi,

There is significant near shore reef development along the west
Australian coast. These fringe the islands of the Kimberly and the
Pilbara and in some places, the coast line. Some are not biogenic,
others are. These near shore reefs tend to be dominated by turbid water
tolerant species but can have good coral cover and diversity. 

There are significant clear water reefs around Barrow Island, the
Montebello Islands, the Abrolhos Islands, Scott Reef, Rowley Shoals and
of course Ningaloo. 

I am working on a number of major develop projects that may impact these
reefs and would be happy to point anyone in the direction of literature
etc.

Regards,


Andrew Costen
Principal Marine Conservation Officer (Assessments) Environmental
Management Branch Department of Environment and Conservation
17 Dick Perry Drive, Kensington, 6152
Ph:089423-2246
Mob 0429882404
Fax (08) 93340140


Andrew Costen
Senior Marine Conservation Officer (Assessments)
Environmental Management Branch
Department of Environment and Conservation 
17 Dick Perry Drive, Kensington, 6152
Ph:089423-2246
Mob 0429882404
Fax (08) 93340140


-----Original Message-----
From: coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
[mailto:coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov] On Behalf Of Joshua
Feingold
Sent: Tuesday, 27 February 2007 10:07 PM
To: John P Carlin; coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Only two coral reefs in the world that have
formedon the western side of continents?

Hi John,

In general, the western side of continents (east ocean basins), have
poor 
coral development due to eastern boundary currents that pump cool water
to 
low latitudes. However, there are numerous poorly developed reefs along
the 
western side of Central America in Panama and Costa Rica. Central
America 
may not qualify as part of a continent, but there are also reefs on the 
west coast of South America in Ecuador. Peter Glynn has published 
extensively on coral communities and coral reefs in this region.

Cheers,

Joshua Feingold

At 05:28 PM 2/26/2007 +0000, John P Carlin wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Just a quick question. I have just read several books which refer to
the
>Ningaloo reef, Australia as one of the only two coral reefs which have
>formed on the western side of a continent. Could anyone tell me which
is the
>other, as none of the books say which the second is.
>
>Thank you,
>
>John Carlin
>
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From jos at reefcheck.org  Wed Feb 28 02:04:26 2007
From: jos at reefcheck.org (Jos Hill)
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 17:04:26 +1000
Subject: [Coral-List] Volunteer Internship Reef Check Australia
Message-ID: <38E13B6D-E04D-4C61-BF08-74465D0006E0@reefcheck.org>



3 Reef Check Australia Volunteer Internship Positions Available

Reef Check Australia is looking for some motivated and independent  
people to assist with the coordination of the 2007 survey season for  
our Great Barrier Reef Project. If you want to gain experience in  
coral reef monitoring and team management this is an outstanding  
opportunity!



Position 1: Project Officer

Position 2: Education Officer

Position 3: Communications, PR & Fundraising Support



Project Officer. June-December 2007 (full time)

The Project Officer position will involve the planning, coordination  
and leadership of Reef Check research teams to survey sites in the  
Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. You will also be responsible  
for data management, analysis and the creation of a scientific  
report. Additional responsibilities subject to interest include  
helping to design a school education program, fundraising event  
coordination and grant writing.


Reef Check Australia has 40 trained volunteers and works with 15 dive  
operators on the Great Barrier Reef Project. Good communication,  
motivation, delegation and social skills are therefore essential.  
Minimum Rescue Diver required, however an insured instructor is  
preferred.



The position is entirely volunteer. However, we can provide  
applicants with some support in applying to other foundations for  
funds to support themselves during their stay in Australia.



Required skills and qualifications:

m     Tertiary qualification in marine biology

m     Rescue diver with a minimum of 50 logged dives

m     Current first aid, CPR and oxygen provider qualifications

m     Proven experience with team leadership and coordination of  
projects

m     Good communication skills, both verbal and written

m     Ability to take initiative and work independently



Desired skills and qualifications:

m     Divemaster or Instructor with full insurance

m     Experience with coral reef monitoring



Why Work for Reef Check Australia?

m     Part of the United Nation?s official International coral reef  
monitoring program

m     Strong scientific reputation

m     Work with likeminded people at the cutting edge of coral reef  
conservation



Benefits to you include the opportunity to:

m     Enhance your research skills

m     Enhance   team management skills

m     Enhance project coordination skills

m     Contribute to Australia?s long-term data set

m     Take part in the most comprehensive Reef Check Training program  
in the world

m     Work with like-minded professionals and volunteers at one of  
the world?s leading centres of tropical marine science

m     Log dives at some of Australia?s most spectacular coral reefs

m     Potential for ongoing opportunities with Reef Check



Applicants should send their resume to Jos Hill at jos at reefcheck.org







Education Officer. May-November 2007 (full time or part time)

The Education Officer position will involve assisting in the  
development of education materials for school groups  (classroom and  
field activities) and tourists (presentation materials for dive  
boats) and in delivery of these materials.

You will also have the opportunity to participate in Reef Check  
survey expeditions.


The position is entirely volunteer. However, we can provide  
applicants with some support in applying to other foundations for  
funds to support themselves during their stay in Australia.



Required skills and qualifications:

m     Experience in developing environmental educational materials or  
an educational degree

m     Good communication skills, both verbal and written

m     Ability to take initiative and work independently

m     Proven experience and credentials for working with children.  
You will require a ?blue card? to work with the youth in Australia.



If you want to participate in Reef Check surveys you will need:

m     Rescue diver with a minimum of 50 logged dives

m     Current first aid, CPR and oxygen provider qualifications



Why Work for Reef Check Australia?

m     Part of the United Nation?s official International coral reef  
monitoring program

m     Strong scientific reputation

m     Work with likeminded people at the cutting edge of coral reef  
conservation



Benefits to you include the opportunity to:

m     Team-work skills

m     Learn coral reef research skills

m     Project management skills

m     Contribute to Australia?s long-term data set

m     Take part in the most comprehensive Reef Check Training program  
in the world

m     Work with like-minded professionals and volunteers at one of  
the world?s leading centres of tropical marine science

m     Log dives at some of Australia?s most spectacular coral reefs

m     Potential for ongoing opportunities with Reef Check



Applicants should send their resume to Jos Hill at jos at reefcheck.org








Communications, PR & Fundraising Support. May-November 2007 (full  
time or part time)

The Communications, PR and Fundraising Support position will involve  
assisting our marketing and communications manager in the development  
and coordination of communication programs as well as helping to  
develop fundraising opportunities and prepare grants. PR and  
communication activities include but are not limited to: community  
service announcements, radio/newspaper/magazine articles, Reef Check  
Australia membership program, community education and awareness- 
raising events and community competitions.

You will also have the opportunity to participate in Reef Check  
survey expeditions.


The position is entirely volunteer. However, we can provide  
applicants with some support in applying to other foundations for  
funds to support themselves during their stay in Australia.



Required skills and qualifications:

m     Experience in developing communications materials or a  
communications degree

m     Proven communication skills, both verbal and written

m     Ability to take initiative and work independently



Desired skills and qualifications:

m     Experience with MX Dreamweaver

m     Experience with fundraising & grant-writing



If you want to participate in Reef Check surveys you will need:

m     Rescue diver with a minimum of 50 logged dives

m     Current first aid, CPR and oxygen provider qualifications



Why Work for Reef Check Australia?

m     Part of the United Nation?s official International coral reef  
monitoring program

m     Strong scientific reputation

m     Work with likeminded people at the cutting edge of coral reef  
conservation



Benefits to you include the opportunity to:

m     Team-work skills

m     Learn coral reef research skills

m     Project management skills

m     Contribute to Australia?s long-term data set

m     Take part in the most comprehensive Reef Check Training program  
in the world

m     Work with like-minded professionals and volunteers at one of  
the world?s leading centres of tropical marine science

m     Log dives at some of Australia?s most spectacular coral reefs

m     Potential for ongoing opportunities with Reef Check



Applicants should send their resume to Jos Hill at jos at reefcheck.org
















Jos Hill
Managing Director
Reef Check Australia
PO Box 404
Townsville
QLD 4810

Email: jos at reefcheck.org
General enquiries: support at reefcheckaustralia.org
Tel: +61 (0)7 4724 3950
Mob: +61 (0) 415 446 646

www.reefcheckaustralia.org
www.reefcheck.org




From bbaldwin at stlawu.edu  Tue Feb 27 18:19:49 2007
From: bbaldwin at stlawu.edu (Brad Baldwin)
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 18:19:49 -0500
Subject: [Coral-List] New Marine Algae ID Book
In-Reply-To: <6.2.3.4.2.20070227100017.023697c8@mail.waquarium.org>
References: <6.2.3.4.2.20070227100017.023697c8@mail.waquarium.org>
Message-ID: <45E4BC95.5090605@stlawu.edu>

Thanks Charles. I hope to get time to dive reefs out your way!

C-listers -- What are the best guides for Caribbean algae?  I like 
Littler et al. but perhaps there are others to consider??
THanks, Brad

Charles Delbeek wrote:

>There is a new algae ID book for marine algae and plants in Hawaii, 
>but would be of use to anyone working within the tropical Pacific area.
>
>Huisman, J.M., Abbott, I.A. and C.M. Smith. 2007. Hawaiian Reef 
>Plants. University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program.
>
>Report No. UNIHI-SEAGRANT-BA-03-02
>
>ISBN 1-929054-04-1
>
>Aloha!
>
>
>J. Charles Delbeek M.Sc.
>
>Aquarium Biologist III
>Waikiki Aquarium,
>University of Hawaii
>2777 Kalakaua Ave.
>Honolulu, HI, USA 96815
>www.waquarium.org
>
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From delbeek at waquarium.org  Tue Feb 27 21:20:30 2007
From: delbeek at waquarium.org (Charles Delbeek)
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 16:20:30 -1000
Subject: [Coral-List] Huisman et al., Hawaiian Marine Algae Book
Message-ID: <6.2.3.4.2.20070227161822.0237e4e0@mail.waquarium.org>

I failed to mention that at present this book has not been officially 
been released but it should be shortly, please check again at your 
favourite online book seller in a week or two, or the Hawaii Sea 
Grant web site. Apologies for any inconvenience the previous post may 
have caused.

Aloha1


J. Charles Delbeek M.Sc.

Aquarium Biologist III
Waikiki Aquarium,
University of Hawaii
2777 Kalakaua Ave.
Honolulu, HI, USA 96815
www.waquarium.org

808-923-9741 ext. 0 VOICE
808-923-1771 FAX




From alessiorovere at hotmail.com  Wed Feb 28 07:01:20 2007
From: alessiorovere at hotmail.com (Alessio Rovere)
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 13:01:20 +0100
Subject: [Coral-List] request of bibliography
Message-ID: <BAY133-F1728904639A9DB1BD00DF4B8810@phx.gbl>


   Good Morning,

   Planning  a  trip  to  Maldives,  I am looking for bibliography on the
   geomorpholgy of coral reefs in the Indopacific area.

   Can anyone help me?

   Thank you, Alessio Rovere

   Alessio Rovere,

   DIPTERIS, University of Genoa

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From Hoeksema at naturalis.nl  Wed Feb 28 11:58:36 2007
From: Hoeksema at naturalis.nl (Hoeksema, B.W.)
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 17:58:36 +0100
Subject: [Coral-List] Evolution of parasitic gastropods and coral hosts
Message-ID: <104E1BC78864DE46B2BF048E06162FECBC7D5F@nnms26.nnm.local>

Dear colleagues,

The PhD-thesis by Adriaan Gittenberger (2006) is available online:
The evolutionary history of parasitic gastropods and their coral hosts in the Indo-Pacific
https://openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/handle/1887/5415

This publication deals mainly with mushroom corals (Scleractinia: Fungiidae), wentletrap snails (Epitoniidae), and endolithic coralliophilids (Leptoconchus spp).

Best regards,

Dr. Bert W. Hoeksema
Head, Department of Zoology / Coordinator Marine Research
National Museum of Natural History Naturalis
Darwinweg 2, 2333 CR  Leiden
P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA  Leiden
The Netherlands
Tel. +31.71.5687631
Fax +31.71.5687666
E-mail: Hoeksema at naturalis.nnm.nl
http://www.naturalis.nl/hoeksema
http://ip30.eti.uva.nl/bis/corals.php



From pnicoll at smhall.org  Wed Feb 28 13:10:33 2007
From: pnicoll at smhall.org (Patti Nicoll)
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 12:10:33 -0600
Subject: [Coral-List] Hoping to increase my knowledge base...
Message-ID: <E83022F11ABC3B4A8E7CFC6CBBE7214402C0B3EA@exch01.smhall.org>

Hello all,

I will be traveling to London, Deal, Holland, Rome, Barcelona, and
possibly Paris area this summer. It is mostly a trip to visit family and
have some fun, but my husband and I are both teachers and we are both
trying to expand our knowledge. I would like to learn more about the
marine ecology of the areas I'm visiting (his interest is in the
classics with a focus on Roman history and culture). I am also
interested in historically significant science sites. My degree is in
biology and I have a great deal of marine biology experience and I am
also scuba certified. If anyone has any recommended areas (universities,
museums, aquariums, places to dive, etc.) that I might be able to visit
during my visit, I would appreciate it. Also if anyone is in need of
some volunteer help for a couple of days, I would be willing to offer it
(it would be during the month of June). I am familiar with most aspects
of marine data collection and have extensive marine mammal experience.
Thanks for your time and any suggestions.

Sincerely,
Patti Nicoll

Saint Mary's Hall 

9401 Starcrest Drive

San Antonio, TX 78217

pnicoll at smhall.org

http://barons.smhall.org/facultyweb/w840/stm10815-01/index.html 



From mheckman at waquarium.org  Wed Feb 28 13:48:47 2007
From: mheckman at waquarium.org (Mark Heckman)
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:48:47 -1000
Subject: [Coral-List] Hawaiian Marine Algae Book - order from Sea Grant
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Aloha, 

An update on the Hawaiian Marine Algae Book: this book is being published by
our local Sea Grant. I called them and they noted that you can now order the
book directly from them, by going to the University of Hawaii SeaGrant home
page http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/seagrant/index.php and following the link
to the Hawaiian Reef Plants
http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/seagrant/communication/HRP/. 

Thanks to Charles for getting this going. 

Mark Heckman
Director of Education
Waikiki Aquarium/ University of Hawaii-Manoa

-----Original Message-----
From: coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
[mailto:coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov] On Behalf Of Charles Delbeek
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 4:21 PM
To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
Subject: [Coral-List] Huisman et al., Hawaiian Marine Algae Book

I failed to mention that at present this book has not been officially been
released but it should be shortly, please check again at your favourite
online book seller in a week or two, or the Hawaii Sea Grant web site.
Apologies for any inconvenience the previous post may have caused.

Aloha1


J. Charles Delbeek M.Sc.

Aquarium Biologist III
Waikiki Aquarium,
University of Hawaii
2777 Kalakaua Ave.
Honolulu, HI, USA 96815
www.waquarium.org

808-923-9741 ext. 0 VOICE
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