[Coral-List] Coral-List Digest, Vol 51, Issue 9--- WHALE SHARK

Jacob Levenson Jacob.Levenson at noaa.gov
Tue Sep 11 10:02:55 EDT 2007


I'm sure the folks at Ecoocean would be interested in your photos.  
Check out their site at http://www.whaleshark.org

Good luck,
Jake


tin tin wrote:
> Hi  ?ngel Fari?a!
>
> About whale sharks, if you have photos of the whale sharks on it's left and right side, just right after the gills, it will be good for the identification of the shark. Also, some skin markings, cuts on the dorsal and anal fin would also be a good identification guide for identifying individual whale shark. Have been involved with whale shark research here in the Philippines and might be able to help you out.
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> Cheers,
> Christine
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>    1. Whale shark (?ngel Rafael Fari?a Pestano)
>    2. Re: Flower Garden Banks NMS mass coral spawning report,
>       September 2007 (Emma.Hickerson at noaa.gov)
>    3. Bleaching Prediction (Etichscuba at aol.com)
>    4. Severe Bleaching in Persian Gulf (kaveh samimi)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 15:07:04 -0500 (CDT)
> From: ?ngel Rafael Fari?a Pestano     <afarina46 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [Coral-List] Whale shark
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> Dear friends.
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>   The last month we was diving in the Gulf of Paria, to the east of Venezuela. We observed a big whale shark over a stone reef. this is the second third time that I had seen it. If any of you know some people interesting in the information, please tell me. We have a video and pictures. 
>   Thanks and best whishes
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>   ?ngel Fari?a
>   Departamento de Biolog?a
>   Universidad de Oriente
>   Venezuela
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2007 20:21:46 -0400
> From: Emma.Hickerson at noaa.gov
> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Flower Garden Banks NMS mass coral spawning
>     report, September 2007
> To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
> Cc: emma.hickerson at noaa.gov
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> A research cruise sponsored by the Flower Garden Banks National Marine 
> Sanctuary was conducted to document the predicted mass spawning event 
> on the coral caps at the East and West Flower Garden Banks, September 
> 3-7, 2007.  These coral reefs are located 100 miles directly south of 
> the Texas/Louisiana border in the Gulf of Mexico.  The mass coral 
> spawning event occurred as predicted for the most part, although not 
> as heavy a spawn as seen in previous years, and some species 
> observation were a little off typical predictions, e.g. Colpophyllia 
> natans spawned on both the 9th night after the full moon, as well as 
> on the predicted 10th night after the full moon.  Other spawning 
> predictions for brittle stars, christmas tree worms and sponges were 
> not observed in numbers as expected.   The predictions were made based 
> on a full moon on August 28, 2007 at 1035 GMT.
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> The following observations were made:
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> Water temperature at observation depth :  86F
> Salinity at observation depth:  35.5PPT
> Depth of observations:  approximately 75' to 80'
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> September 3, 2007
> 7th night after the full moon
> 2115 Montastraea faveolata 1 colony
> 2120 to 2135 Diploria strigosa 2 colonies
> 2120 to 2130 Montastraea cavernosa male 2 colonies
> 2135 Montastraea cavernosa female 1 colony
> 2115 to 2135 Montastraea franksi 13 colonies
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> September 4, 2007
> 8th night after the full moon
> 2000 gametes on surface
> 2115 to 2210 Montastraea franksi 73 colonies
> 2118 to 2128 Montastraea cavernosa male 2 colonies
> 2115 to 2220 Diploria strigosa 58 colonies
> 2210 to 2045 Stephanocoenia intersepta male 12 colonies
> 2210 to 2045 Stephanocoenia intersepta female 3 colonies
> 2252 to 2310 Montastraea faveolata 7 colonies
> 2333 Montastraea annularis 1 colony
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> Other species 
> 2209 Spirobranchus giganticus christmas tree worms male 4 individuals
> 2209 Spirobranchus giganticus christmas tree worms female 1 individual
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> September 5, 2007
> 9th night after the full moon
> 2020 to 2130 Montastraea cavernosa male 23 colonies
> 2045 to 2132 Montastraea cavernosa female 9 colonies
> 2020 to 2200 Diploria strigosa 57 colonies
> 2120 to 2200 Montastraea franksi 16 colonies
> 2020 to 2115 Colpophyllia natans 7 colonies
> 2201 to 2240 Stephanocoenia intersepta male 19 colonies
> 2215 to 2240 Stephanocoenia intersepta female 16 colonies
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> Other species:
> 2020 to 2100 Ophioderma squamosissimum female 2 brittlestars
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> September 6, 2007
> 10th night after the full moon 
> 2026 to 2105 Colpophylla natans 23 colonies
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> Other species:
> 2015 to 2105 Ophioderma squamosissimum male 6 brittlestars
> 2020 to 2100 Ophioderma squamosissimum female 6 brittlestars
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> Observations by:
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> Emma Hickerson 
> Flower Garden Banks NMS
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> Dr. Peter Vize
> Dan Hilton
> Sarah Davies
> University of Calgary
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> Dr. Craig Burnside
> Bainbridge College
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> Dr. Misha Matz
> University of Texas
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> Martha Robbart
> PBS&J
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> Kelly Drinnen
> FGBNMS
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> Emma Hickerson
> Research Coordinator
> Flower Garden Banks NMS
> 4700 Ave. U, Bldg. 216
> Galveston, TX 77551
> 409-621-5151 ext. 111
> URL:  flowergarden.noaa.gov
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> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 07:20:34 EDT
> From: Etichscuba at aol.com
> Subject: [Coral-List] Bleaching Prediction
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> Bleaching  Prediction 
> Meandrina meandrites will begin  bleaching on Boynton Beach,  FL reefs the 
> last week of  September. The annual onset of bleaching begins within days 
> following the  autumnal equinox. Bleached colonies will recovery by  December. 
> A summary of seven years of  bleaching observations can be viewed online at: 
> http://www.reef-rescue.org/research/MazeOnset.pdf 
> Anyone interested in collecting  pre-bleaching baseline data should make 
> arrangements to do so now. Feel free to  email me for assistance. 
> Ed Tichenor 
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> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 03:08:12 -0700 (PDT)
> From: kaveh samimi <kaveh_s_n at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [Coral-List] Severe Bleaching in Persian Gulf
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> Just to thank Alan, Oli and Michel for information.
> I tried to figure out that what's happend to other Iranian islands but still have no information.
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> Kaveh Samimi
> Department of Marine Biology
> Khoramshahr University of Marine Science and Technology
> P.o.box: 669
> Khoramshahr, Khuzestan Province
> Iran,64199-43157
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