[Coral-List] hot-lining coral trauma
Les Kaufman
lesk at bu.edu
Tue Nov 27 16:41:58 EST 2007
Folks, while it is true that Indo-Pacific poritids respond to a wide
array of traumas with a concentration of flourescent pigment, two
points. (1) what Tommie is talking about may still reflect a
specific disease syndrome, and (2) the flourescent line or dot (often
pink in daylight and orange-pink or orange-red flourescence when
excited by blue light and viewed through yellow filters using Charlie
Mayzel's outfit) is commonly associated with the formation of callous
skeletal tissue; i.e., a lesion repair or growth response to trauma.
Also not sure what the pigments are but suspect they are
pocilloporins. For example, many are familiar with the hot pink zits
that appear on Porites lutea group with parasitic infection.
Les
Les Kaufman
Professor of Biology
Boston University Marine Program
and
Senior PI
Marine Management Area Science
Conservation International
“I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully.”
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Saginaw, Michigan; September 29, 2000
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> Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:09:48 +1000
> From: "Laurie Raymundo" <lraymundo at guam.uog.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Porites Line Disease
> To: "shashank Keshavmurthy" <iamshanky15 at yahoo.com>
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> Hello, Shashank:
> Porites Ulcerative White Spot disease is most certainly not a
> prelude to
> what is being called "Line Disease". There is no pigmentation
> response
> associated with ulcerative white spots; the spots are isolated
> patches of
> bleached polyps which can progress to tissue loss. It is
> infectious and can
> cause significant mortality. What is being referred to as "Line
> Disease" may
> be what we are now calling Pigmentation Response: it is not an
> infectious
> disease, but it seems to be a stress-related response to a number
> of things,
> included activities by boring vermetid snails, macroalgal abrasion,
> silt
> deposition abrasion and possibly certain fish bites. I can't tell
> this
> without pictures, of course, but this name has been used in the
> past to
> describe what we now refer to as PR.
>
> Laurie Raymundo
>
> Dr. Laurie J. Raymundo
> Coral Ecologist
> University of Guam Marine Laboratory
> UOG Station
> Mangilao, Guam 96923
> Tel: (671) 735-2184
> Fax: (671) 734-6767
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "shashank Keshavmurthy" <iamshanky15 at yahoo.com>
> To: "Thomas Goreau" <goreau at bestweb.net>; <coral-
> list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 3:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Porites Line Disease
>
>
>> Dear Tom and the listersIt is true that lost of Porites species is
>> being
>> affected by this line disease. I just came back from the 10th
>> Japanese
>> Coral Reef Society Meeting and there was a presentation on the
>> Porites
>> ulcerative white spot disease, but as I could see, most of the photos
>> showed what Tom mentions Porites Line Disease, with clear white,
>> or Pink
>> or even some blue lines.....
>> It is being seen in Porites cylindrica in Ishigaki Islands,
>> Okinawa. I
>> feel that the mistaken identity of ulcerative white spot disease is
>> nothing but pre-Line disease symptom, which has progressed to the
>> line
>> disease.
>> But definitely there is a presence of the line disease in large
>> number of
>> Porites cylindrica in Okinawa...
>> As I understood from that presentation, histopathological and
>> microbiological work is being carried out, but results are yet to
>> be seen
>> and I do not know when that will be possible.....
>>
>>
>> Regards
>> Shashank
>>
>> "Role of Infinitely Small in Nature is Infinitely Large" - Louis
>> Pasteur
>> ====================================
>> Keshavmurthy Shashank
>> Research Student, Graduate School of Kuroshio Science
>> Laboratory of Environmental Conservation
>> Kochi University, Monobe Campus, B 200
>> Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8502, Japan
>> Mobile: 81 08039253889
>> My WebPage: http://web.mac.com/coralresearch/iWeb/shashank/
>> Welcome.html
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:10:30 +0200
> From: f.horani at ju.edu.jo
> Subject: [Coral-List] Looking for volunteers and students in coral
> eco-physiology in the Gulf of Aqaba-Red Sea
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> Dear coral listers,
> We have two porjects, one is about development of artificial reefs
> and the other is about strategies for mitigating anthropogenic
> streeses on coral reefs of the Gulf of Aqaba. For those two
> projects, I'll be in need to recruit volunteers to help in carrying
> out the experiments and do extensive diving in the field follow the
> in situ experiments as well as monitoring of the artficial reefs.
> The BSc, MSc and PhD holders in the field of marine biology, coral
> ecology and/or physiology are welcomed to join the teams. The
> applicants must be certified divers. We can offer free housing at
> the Marine science station, located immediately at the coral reefs
> in the Gulf of Aqaba. The duration of stay will be from 3 moth and
> up. Joint students are also welcomed at the MSS where a sandwitch
> program is possible. Interested people, please send your CV to my
> e-mail (f.horani at ju.edu.jo).
> all the best
> Fuad A. Al-Horani
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> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 07:05:10 -0500
> From: "Julian Sprung" <julian at tlfusa.com>
> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Porites Line Disease
> To: "Laurie Raymundo" <lraymundo at guam.uog.edu>, "shashank
> Keshavmurthy" <iamshanky15 at yahoo.com>
> Cc: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
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>
> Can someone post a link to some good photos of Porites Ulcerative
> White Spot disease?
>
> I remember photographing colonies of Porites in the Solomon Islands
> with pale whitish spots on them, and after careful examination I
> found that this appearance was caused by small corallophila-like
> snails. I was just wondering how the appearance in this disease
> differs from what I saw.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Julian
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov on behalf of Laurie
> Raymundo
> Sent: Mon 11/26/2007 6:09 PM
> To: shashank Keshavmurthy
> Cc: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Porites Line Disease
>
> Hello, Shashank:
> Porites Ulcerative White Spot disease is most certainly not a
> prelude to
> what is being called "Line Disease". There is no pigmentation
> response
> associated with ulcerative white spots; the spots are isolated
> patches of
> bleached polyps which can progress to tissue loss. It is
> infectious and can
> cause significant mortality. What is being referred to as "Line
> Disease" may
> be what we are now calling Pigmentation Response: it is not an
> infectious
> disease, but it seems to be a stress-related response to a number
> of things,
> included activities by boring vermetid snails, macroalgal abrasion,
> silt
> deposition abrasion and possibly certain fish bites. I can't tell
> this
> without pictures, of course, but this name has been used in the
> past to
> describe what we now refer to as PR.
>
> Laurie Raymundo
>
> Dr. Laurie J. Raymundo
> Coral Ecologist
> University of Guam Marine Laboratory
> UOG Station
> Mangilao, Guam 96923
> Tel: (671) 735-2184
> Fax: (671) 734-6767
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "shashank Keshavmurthy" <iamshanky15 at yahoo.com>
> To: "Thomas Goreau" <goreau at bestweb.net>; <coral-
> list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 3:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Porites Line Disease
>
>
>> Dear Tom and the listersIt is true that lost of Porites species is
>> being
>> affected by this line disease. I just came back from the 10th
>> Japanese
>> Coral Reef Society Meeting and there was a presentation on the
>> Porites
>> ulcerative white spot disease, but as I could see, most of the photos
>> showed what Tom mentions Porites Line Disease, with clear white,
>> or Pink
>> or even some blue lines.....
>> It is being seen in Porites cylindrica in Ishigaki Islands,
>> Okinawa. I
>> feel that the mistaken identity of ulcerative white spot disease is
>> nothing but pre-Line disease symptom, which has progressed to the
>> line
>> disease.
>> But definitely there is a presence of the line disease in large
>> number of
>> Porites cylindrica in Okinawa...
>> As I understood from that presentation, histopathological and
>> microbiological work is being carried out, but results are yet to
>> be seen
>> and I do not know when that will be possible.....
>>
>>
>> Regards
>> Shashank
>>
>> "Role of Infinitely Small in Nature is Infinitely Large" - Louis
>> Pasteur
>> ====================================
>> Keshavmurthy Shashank
>> Research Student, Graduate School of Kuroshio Science
>> Laboratory of Environmental Conservation
>> Kochi University, Monobe Campus, B 200
>> Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8502, Japan
>> Mobile: 81 08039253889
>> My WebPage: http://web.mac.com/coralresearch/iWeb/shashank/
>> Welcome.html
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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