[Coral-List] Caribbean Acropora Spawn

[Szmant, Alina]

Hi Jennifer:

A post I made Tuesday early am seems to have disappeared in Cyberspace so here it is again.  

Monday night we had a moderate spawn at the Tres Palmas reserve with ca. 25 % of the A palmata spawning in our area.  We collected spawn from ca. 8 large colonies plus some plankton tows.  Are larvae are now in the early gastrula stage and we have approximately 250K of them in culture.  They are being used in experiments on effects of CO2 enrichment (Pedro Medinas-Rosas), settlement cues including neuropeptides (Dr. Patrick Erwin), settlement behavior and swimming orientation (Katie Flynn) and misc developmental work (Szmant).  Since we filled our cofers with all we needed we did not go back out Tuesday.  

As I stood on the beach explaining to a local lady [who appended herself to our group when she asked what we were doing there; her first night snorkel and spawning event] what we were doing and how we got to our current level of knowledge about the reproductive biology of Caribbean corals, I realized that it was 25 years ago that I started trying to figure out the timing of spawning for the local species.  In July 1984 I was working in la Parguera with whomever would volunteer to help me (mostly Linda Riggs and Roy Armstrong).  It's taken awhile to get where we are now but it is gratifying that something I started so long ago is now finally paying off big time!

Regards,

Alina Szmant

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Dr. Alina M. Szmant
Professor of Marine Biology
Coral Reef Research Program, Center for Marine Science
University of North Carolina Wilmington
5600 Marvin K. Moss Lane
Wilmington NC 28409
Tel:  (910)962-2362; fax: (910)962-2410;  cell:  (910)200-3913
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From: Jennifer.Moore [Jennifer.Moore at noaa.gov]
Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 8:20 AM
To: Szmant, Alina
Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Caribbean Acropora Spawn

Thanks Alina!  You should receive an emai lfrom Blogger inviting you to
join the blog as an author.  Good luck in PR!

Szmant, Alina wrote:
> Hi Jennifer:
>
> My group is working in La Parguera PR and we are conducting experiments on ocean acidification effects on A palmata development and early calcification, and on the settlement biology.  We'll be glad to shre our observations as always.
>
> Best and thanks,
>
> Alina
>
> **********************************************
> Dr. Alina M. Szmant
> Professor of Marine Biology
> Coral Reef Research Program, Center for Marine Science
> University of North Carolina Wilmington
> 5600 Marvin K. Moss Lane
> Wilmington NC 28409
> Tel:  (910)962-2362; fax: (910)962-2410;  cell:  (910)200-3913
> http://people.uncw.edu/szmanta
> **********************************************
> ________________________________________
> From: coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov [coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov] On Behalf Of Jennifer.Moore [Jennifer.Moore at noaa.gov]
> Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 8:06 AM
> To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
> Subject: [Coral-List] Caribbean Acropora Spawn
>
> All,
> For two years we've had a blog to track the Caribbean Acropora Spawning
> event - http://acroporaspawn.blogspot.com.  Please consider posting your
> observations from this years event.  If you posted last year, you should
> be able to post again this year.  If you would like to be added to the
> blog, so that you can post, please email me at jennifer.moore at noaa.gov.
> You can post by email or mobile phone if you set it up in advance here:
> http://draft.blogger.com/blog-options-email.g?blogID=8665528881479697885.
> I hope we have a successful spawn this year and  look forward to your
> observations.
> Cheers,
> Jennifer
>
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Jennifer Ann Moore
Acropora Coordinator
Natural Resource Specialist
NOAA Fisheries Service
Protected Resources Division
263 13th Ave. S.
St. Petersburg, FL  33701
(727)824-5312 phone
(727)824-5309 fax
jennifer.moore at noaa.gov
http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/esa/acropora.htm

To those who sacrificed careers of adventure in the wide-open spaces to wrestle for conservation in the policy arena.