From Felix.Martinez at noaa.gov Fri May 1 10:25:04 2009
From: Felix.Martinez at noaa.gov (Felix Martinez)
Date: Fri, 01 May 2009 10:25:04 -0400
Subject: [Coral-List] [CERF '09 Special Session,
Date and Location] Science Supporting an Ecosystem Approach to
Management: Social-Ecological Linkages (SCI-062)
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Dear Colleagues,
It was pointed to me (and I agree) that many in the coral world may not
be familiar with the CERF meetings. They are typically held in the U.S.
and though they have mainly focus on estuarine research in the past,
they now include the coastal ocean as well. This year's meeting will be
held November 1 - 5 in Portland, Oregon. The organization's website can
be accessed at http://www.erf.org/.
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> This is a reminder that deadline (Friday, May 15th) for abstract
> submission to the 2009 meeting of the Coastal and Estuarine Research
> Federation is fast approaching. Below I have included the original
> advertisement for a special session focused on the integration of
> social and ecological science to support ecosystem approaches to
> management.
>
> -----------------------------
>
> The NOAA Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research (CSCOR) is
> chairing a special session during the 2009 meeting of the Coastal and
> Estuarine Research Federation focused on science that links social and
> biophysical disciplines in order to inform ecosystem approaches to
> management.
>
> *Background*
> Management agencies and organizations in the US and internationally
> are increasingly adopting regional ecosystem approaches to coastal
> management. An ecosystem approach can be defined as management that
> is adaptive, specified geographically, considers multiple stressors,
> strives to balance diverse societal objectives, and takes into account
> ecosystem knowledge and uncertainties. Such an approach requires
> ecosystem-level understanding that integrates information gleaned from
> both biophysical and social science disciplines. Social science
> provides two essential contributions. First, by explaining and
> predicting human causes, consequences, and responses to changes in
> ecosystem services, it broadens scientific understanding of coastal
> ecosystems. Second, insight into human psychology and behavior
> informs coastal decision processes that increasingly aim to combine
> ecosystem understanding with meaningful stakeholder participation in
> establishing management goals, developing measurable indicators, and
> examining tradeoffs of alternative actions.
>
> *Session Description*
> The purpose of this special session (SCI-062) is to provide a forum to
> highlight and explore ecosystem-level research that integrates
> biophysical science, especially predictive tools, with these social
> science contributions to support coastal decision making. We
> encourage presentations that explore theoretical, methodological,
> communication, and other challenges and opportunities associated with
> conducting ecosystem science that links social and ecological
> considerations.
>
> *Abstract Submission*
> Registration and abstract submittal opens 21 February 2009 at noon
> Pacific Time and closes 15 May 2009 at midnight Pacific Time. The
> conference website can be reached here
> (http://www.sgmeet.com/cerf2009/).
> If you would like to submit an abstract to this CSCOR session please
> refer to session number SCI-062.
>
> ** _Please note that this call for abstracts by CSCOR for special
> session (SCI-062) does not constitute an offer of funding. CSCOR will
> not accept solicitations for support to cover travel or any other
> costs associated with attending CERF '09._**
>
> /CSCOR develops and implements extramural ecosystem science research
> programs under NOAA's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science./
>
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Felix A. Martinez, Ph.D.
Program Manager
Regional Ecosystems Research Branch
Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research
National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
N/SCI2, SSMC4 Rm. 8205 ph: 301-713-3338 x153
1305 East-West Hwy. fax: 301-713-4044
Silver Spring, MD 20910 email: felix.martinez at noaa.gov
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From chris.jeffrey at noaa.gov Fri May 1 14:40:56 2009
From: chris.jeffrey at noaa.gov (Chris Jeffrey)
Date: Fri, 01 May 2009 14:40:56 -0400
Subject: [Coral-List] GIS Analyst / Data Manager
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*Deep-Sea Coral GIS Analyst / Data Manager*
Consolidated Safety Services (CSS), Inc. is seeking to hire a GIS
Analyst to work at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA), National Ocean Service's (NOS) Center for Coastal Monitoring and
Assessment-Biogeography Branch (BB) in Silver Spring, MD. The successful
candidate will provide support for data analysis and product development
for the Coral Reef Conservation Program's (CRCP) Deep-Sea Coral Program.
The GIS Analyst will also serve as a liaison among the CRCP, regional
offices and centers, extramural partners, and CRCP sponsored scientists
with regards to data reporting, data archival, and product development.
In addition, the GIS Analyst will be expected to develop geostatistical
tools to analyze spatial data and to develop products that characterize
patterns in the spatial distribution of deep-sea coral and sponge
communities.
*Duties*:
? Develop and apply spatial models and scripts for pattern analysis
? Use outputs from spatial models and pattern analysis to develop maps
and related web-based analytical products to convey patterns of ocean
resources and human uses to diverse audiences.
? Create GIS maps of deep-sea coral and sponge locations for use in the
Report to Congress and to inform NMFS/Fishery Management Councils and
Sanctuaries, or other NOAA regional management units.
? Collaborate with NMFS, Fishery Management Council staff, and other
partners to obtain data and map the spatial patterns of current and
historical fishing intensity based on the use of bottom-tending fishing
gears and reports of bycatch of corals and sponges from fisheries and
other identified data sets.
? Develop spatial analyses and assessment products that integrate
information on the distribution of deep-sea corals and sponges, current
EFH designations, and potential interactions with fisheries.
*
Required Qualifications:*
* */Education:/
? *Bachelors Degree and 3 or more years work experience *in the
one of following disciplines: biological sciences, oceanography,
geography, information technology.
* *
/Skills or expertise:/
? Ability to conduct geospatial characterizations, assessments,
or other GIS-related analyses.
? Broad knowledge of the structure and function of marine
ecosystems and ecological principles.
? Working knowledge and use of GIS principles, technology,
terminology, and methods.
? Working knowledge of Microsoft Access, Excel, ArcGIS, and
Geodatabases.
? Ability to identify, obtain, integrate, and synthesize
geospatial data into appropriate products.
? Ability to develop an organized structure for managing and
archiving geospatial data.
? Ability to work independently and with attention to detail,
while also working collaboratively with a team of diverse experts to
achieve common goals.
? Strong oral and written communication skills.
? Working knowledge of geospatial statistics (i.e. deriving
means and variances of landscape metric; conducting hypothesis testing
through linear regressions and ANOVAs).
? Ability to manage time successfully, given varying competing
demands and short deadlines on multiple projects.
*Preferred Education / Skills:*
? Advanced degree in biological sciences, oceanography,
geography, information technology, or related discipline.
? Experience with the design of geodatabases.
? Experience with coordinating and conducting marine research
and managing multidisciplinary data sets.
? Experience with writing and editing technical and scientific
reports and manuscripts.
*
To Apply:*
Please submit a cover letter, resume, and required salary to
spjobs at consolidatedsafety.com .
*This is not a federal position. * *The successful candidate will work
full-time under a Consolidated Safety Services, Inc. (CSS) contract.
*CSS, Inc.'s benefits for full-time employees includes Medical/Dental
Insurance, Disability and Life Insurance, 401K, and Employee Stock
Ownership Plans (ESOPs).
Chris Jeffrey (CJ)
********************************************************
Christopher F.G. Jeffrey, Ph.D
Marine Ecologist (Biogeogrography Branch)
On-Site Contract Manager (Consolidated Safety Services, Inc.)
Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment
National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
Mailing Address:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Ocean Service
1305 East-West Hwy, SSMC-4, N/SCI-1, #9213
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3281
301.713.3028 x-134 (Tel)
301.713.4384 (Fax)
http://biogeo.nos.noaa.gov/projects/reef_fish/
*******************************************************
http://www.consolidatedsafety.com
From Susan_White at fws.gov Fri May 1 21:12:29 2009
From: Susan_White at fws.gov (Susan_White at fws.gov)
Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 15:12:29 -1000
Subject: [Coral-List] Job Vacancy: Midway Atoll Deputy Refuge Manager
Message-ID:
Papah?naumoku?kea office of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/National
Wildlife Refuge System is pleased to accept applications for the position
of Deputy Refuge Project Leader (GS-12) at the Midway Atoll National
Wildlife Refuge/Papah?naumoku?kea Marine National Monument. The person
in this position will serve as one of the key players in managing the
largest protected area in the United States; will work closely with the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the State of Hawai'i, the
Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and other key partners to develop and
implement numerous programs; and will have the unique opportunity to live
in the middle of one of the most dynamic ecosystems on the planet.
Midway Atoll is 1,000 miles northwest of Honolulu, Hawaii and is widely
known for the battle that changed the course of World War II. Now a
National Wildlife Refuge, and an integral component of the
Papah?naumoku?kea, the refuge consists of a fringing reef with three coral
islands totaling 1,549 acres of fast land and 580,392 acres of coral
reefs, submerged marine habitat and blue water. The Atoll measures
approximately 5 miles in diameter. Midway provides nesting habitat for
over 2.1 million seabirds of 15 species and habitat for a diverse and
abundant assemblage of wildlife and plants including the endangered
Hawaiian monk seal, Laysan duck and short-tailed albatross, threatened
green turtles, spinner dolphins, migratory shorebirds, native plants and
an undetermined number of fish and coral species.
....... a few pictures to entice perspective candidates...
Interested applicants should apply on www.usajobs.gov. Two job postings
are available:
Open to ALL QUALIFIED APPLICANTS (U.S. citizenship required) - (DEU)
http://jobsearch.usajobs.gov/getjob.asp?JobID=80753559&AVSDM=2009%2D05%2D01+00%3A03%3A00&Logo=0&brd=3876&fn=4354&jbf574=IN15&paygrademin=12&paygrademax=13&FedEmp=Y&sort=rv&vw=b&brd=3876&ss=0&FedPub=Y&caller=/advanced_search.asp&SUBMIT1.x=92&SUBMIT1.y=12
Open only to Current Career-Status Federal Employees for Merit Promotion
(MPP)-
http://jobsearch.usajobs.gov/getjob.asp?JobID=80661090&AVSDM=2009%2D05%2D01+00%3A03%3A00&Logo=0&brd=3876&fn=4354&jbf574=IN15&paygrademin=12&paygrademax=13&FedEmp=Y&sort=rv&vw=b&brd=3876&ss=0&FedPub=Y&caller=/advanced_search.asp&SUBMIT1.x=92&SUBMIT1.y=12
I would be more than happy to talk with anyone about the position, or
about the joys and challenges of living on Midway.
Thanks!
-Matt
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Matt D. Brown
Refuge Manager
Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge
Papah?naumoku?kea Marine National Monument
808-954-4818
From matz at mail.utexas.edu Sun May 3 10:56:09 2009
From: matz at mail.utexas.edu (mikhail matz)
Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 09:56:09 -0500
Subject: [Coral-List] Gene Expression Biomarkers workshop, FL Keys
Message-ID: <564C49EB-675B-4F67-B9B8-9562A4A3AF44@mail.utexas.edu>
Hello colleagues,
Here is the last call for applications for the coral gene expression
workshop:
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Development and Application of Gene Expression Biomarkers of Coral
Stress and Disease (July 24-31, 2009)
http://isurus.mote.org/Keys/biomarker_workshop_2009.phtml
This 8-day course is for professional scientists and graduate
students interested in gene expression analysis as a diagnostic tool
for coral research. We will cover the basic principles of
quantitative PCR (qPCR), including assay design and calibration,
sample preparation, data analysis, and troubleshooting; and apply
these to compare physiological states of corals from different
ecological settings. The workshop is sponsored by Clontech, Roche,
Applied Biosystems, and Rainin, who will provide reagents and
equipment (including Roche's Light Cycler 480 qPCR instrument).
Instructor: Mikhail "Misha" Matz, University of Texas at Austin
matz at mail.utexas.edu
http://www.bio.utexas.edu/research/matz_lab
The workshop will take place at Mote Marine Laboratory's Tropical
Research Laboratory, at the Summerland Key, Florida, as part of the
Advanced Courses in Tropical Marine Sciences program: http://
isurus.mote.org/Keys/adv_courses_2009.phtml
Spaces are still available in the Coral Tissue Slide Reading Workshop
and Diseases of Corals and Other Reef Organisms course! Click below:
http://isurus.mote.org/Keys/slide_workshop_2009.phtml
http://isurus.mote.org/Keys/disease_workshop_2009.phtml
Download application forms from the corresponding URL above. The
deadline for all applications is May 25.
If you have questions, contact:
about the biomarker course - Dr. Misha Matz (matz at mail.utexas.edu)
about the slide reading or disease courses - Dr. Esther Peters
(epeters2 at gmu.edu)
about registration - Stillwater Research Group (SRG at delta-seven.com)
about the diving program - Erich Bartels (ebartels at mote.org).
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Mikhail V. Matz
Assistant Professor
University of Texas at Austin
Integrative Biology Section
1 University station C0930
Austin, TX 78712
phone 512-992-8086 cell, 512-475-6424 lab
fax 512-471-3878
web http://www.bio.utexas.edu/research/matz_lab
From Mark.Eakin at noaa.gov Mon May 4 09:25:02 2009
From: Mark.Eakin at noaa.gov (Mark Eakin)
Date: Mon, 04 May 2009 09:25:02 -0400
Subject: [Coral-List] Fwd:
CALL_FOR_PROJECT_PROPOSALS!_/_=A1CONVOCATORIA_PARA_PROPUESTAS_DE PROYECTOS!
/ APPEL A PROPOSITIONS DE PROJET !
References:
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Begin forwarded message:
From: Michael Tran
Date: May 3, 2009 6:20:30 PM EDT
Subject: CALL_FOR_PROJECT_PROPOSALS!_/
_=A1CONVOCATORIA_PARA_PROPUESTAS_DE PROYECTOS! / APPEL A PROPOSITIONS
DE PROJET !
Are you on the Frontlines of Climate Change?
A Forum for Indigenous Peoples, Small Islands and Vulnerable Communities
?Est? en primera l?nea frente al cambio clim?tico??Un Foro para los
pueblos ind?genas, peque?as islas y comunidades vulnerables?[texto
espa?ol abajo]
?tes-vous en premi?re ligne face au changement climatique ??Un forum
pour les peuples autochtones, les petites ?les et les communaut?s
vuln?rables?[texte fran?ais ci-dessous]
CALL FOR PROJECT PROPOSALS!?Can't see this article correctly? Go to: http://www.climatefrontlines.org/en-GB/node/191
With assistance from the Government of Denmark, UNESCO?s Frontlines
Forum is funding local projects on climate change impacts and
adaptation.
What are we funding??Community-level projects focusing on local
experiences with climate change impacts and adaptation. These could
involve field research, interviews with community members, workshops,
photo projects, film projects, etc.
Who are we funding??Proposals can be made by interested groups or
individuals, for example, local and indigenous organisations, research
centres, researchers, graduate students with interdisciplinary
training, community members (youth groups, women, elders) etc.
What topics??Projects could explore any topic relating to climate
change and local communities. For example:
a) Local observations and understandings of climate change impacts
(negative or positive) on communities, livelihoods and/or local
environments;?b) Ways that your community is adapting to or dealing
with climate change;?c) Strategies and practices developed by local
communities to cope with changes in the environment;?d) Local impacts
(positive or negative) of measures to fight climate change. For
example, planting trees to reduce greenhouse gases (through carbon
sequestration); or building hydroelectric dams or avoiding
deforestation (e.g. REDD) to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases.
However, we invite all kinds of proposals related to climate change
and local communities, so do not feel limited by these suggestions.
What output??Your project should result in a detailed account ? either
in the form of a written report, a video or other media production -
in English, Spanish or French. It should contribute to a growing body
of information about community-level concerns, observations and
experiences relating to climate change impacts and adaptation. These
submissions will also contribute to the development of postings and
discussions on the Frontlines of Climate Change Forum.
Where are we funding??We invite proposals from anywhere in the world,
as long as they are for local-scale projects involving peoples and
places vulnerable to climate change.
How much funding are we providing??Between US$3000 and USD$5000 per
project. Further funding may subsequently be provided for projects
with interesting outcomes.
When are we funding??Project grants will be distributed from mid-2009
onwards. Initial results would be expected before October 2010.
What is the deadline for submission??Proposals should reach UNESCO on
or before 15 July 2009..
How do I apply??See detailed information and download a project
proposal form from http://www.climatefrontlines.org/en-GB/node/191
?CONVOCATORIA PARA PROPUESTAS DE PROYECTOS!
?No ve el texto correctamente? Vaya a: http://www.climatefrontlines.org/es/node/192
Con el apoyo del gobierno de Dinamarca, el Foro En Primera L?nea
frente al Cambio Clim?tico est? financiando proyectos locales sobre
cambio clim?tico y adaptaci?n.
?Qu? financiamos??Proyectos a nivel comunitario que tengan como punto
focal las experiencias locales en relaci?n al cambio clim?tico, sus
impactos y adaptaci?n. Estos proyectos pueden incluir trabajos de
investigaci?n en el campo con miembros de las comunidades, talleres
informativos y de debate, proyectos de fotograf?a, proyectos
documentales, etc.
?A qui?nes financiamos? ?Las propuestas pueden ser hechas por grupos o
individuos interesados, por ejemplo, organizaciones locales e
ind?genas, centros de investigaci?n, estudiantes graduados con
experiencia interdisciplinaria, miembros de las comunidades (grupos de
j?venes, mujeres, ancianos) etc.
?Qu? temas??Los proyectos pueden explorar cualquier tema que ponga en
relaci?n al cambio clim?tico con las comunidades locales. Por ejemplo:
a) Observaciones y entendimientos locales sobre el cambio clim?tico y
sus impactos (negativos o positivos) en las comunidades, medios de
vida y/o medio ambientes locales; ?b) Maneras en las que su comunidad
se adapta o hace frente al cambio clim?tico; ?c) Estrategias y
pr?cticas desarrolladas por las comunidades para hacer frente a los
cambios del medio ambiente; ?d) Impactos locales (positivos y
negativos) de las medidas para combatir el cambio clim?tico. Por
ejemplo, plantar ?rboles para reducir los gases de efecto
(secuestraci?n de carbono) o evitar la deforestaci?n (ex. REDD) o
construir plantas hidroel?ctricas para reducir la emisi?n de gases de
efecto invernadero.
Sin embargo, invitamos a todo tipo de proposiciones relacionadas al
cambio clim?tico y comunidades locales, no se sienta limitado por
estas sugerencias.
?Qu? resultados esperamos??El proyecto debe resultar en un informe
detallado ? ya sea bajo la forma de un reporte escrito, un video u
otro tipo de producci?n multimedia, en ingl?s, espa?ol o franc?s. Debe
colaborar al incremento de las informaciones existentes que relacionan
cambio clim?tico y adaptaci?n a nivel comunitario: preocupaciones,
observaciones y experiencias. Las propuestas tambi?n contribuir?n al
desarrollo de art?culos y discusiones en el Foro en Primera L?nea
frente al Cambio Clim?tico.
?D?nde financiamos??Invitamos las propuestas de todas partes del
mundo, siempre y cuando se trate de proyectos a escala local, que
involucren pueblos y regiones vulnerables al cambio clim?tico.
?Cu?nto financiamiento estamos otorgando??Entre 3000 y 5000 d?lares
americanos por proyecto. Un financiamiento adicional puede ser
otorgado posteriormente a los proyectos que muestren resultados
interesantes.
?Cu?ndo estamos financiando??Las subvenciones para los proyectos ser?n
distribuidos a partir de mediados del 2009 en adelante. Los resultados
iniciales son esperados para antes de octubre del 2010.
?Cu?l es el plazo de env?o de las propuestas??Las propuestas deben
llegar a la UNESCO el 15 de julio del 2009 o antes.
?C?mo postular??Para mayor informaci?n y descargar el formulario de
proposici?n de proyectos vaya a la p?gina web http://www.climatefrontlines.org/es/node/192
;
APPEL A PROPOSITIONS DE PROJET !
Si le texte ne s?affiche pas correctement allez ? : http://www.climatefrontlines.org/fr/node/193
Avec le soutien du gouvernement danois, le forum de l'UNESCO "En
premi?re ligne face au changement climatique" subventionne des projets
? ?chelle locale sur les impacts du changement climatique et
l'adaptation.
Que finan?ons-nous??Des projets ? ?chelle communautaire autour de
l?exp?rience locale du changement climatique et de ses impacts. Ceux-
ci peuvent inclure la recherche sur le terrain, des entretiens avec
des membres de la communaut?, des ateliers, des projets
photographiques ou cin?matographiques, etc.
Qui finan?ons-nous ??Les propositions peuvent ?tre soumises par les
groupes ou les individus int?ress?s, ? savoir des organisations
locales et autochtones, des centres de recherche, des chercheurs, des
?tudiants de troisi?me cycle dont la formation est interdisciplinaire,
des membres de la communaut? (des groupes de jeunes, des femmes ou des
anciens).
Quels th?mes ??Les projets peuvent explorer tout th?me relatif au
changement climatique et aux communaut?s locales. Par exemple :
a) les observations locales et leur interpr?tation des impacts du
changement climatique (n?gatifs ou positifs) sur les communaut?s, les
modes de subsistance ou les environnements locaux ;?b) les m?thodes
employ?es par votre communaut? pour s?adapter ou surmonter le
changement climatique ; ?c) les strat?gies et les pratiques
d?velopp?es par les communaut?s locales pour surmonter les changements
dans l?environnement; ?d) les impacts locaux (positifs ou n?gatifs)
des mesures adopt?es pour combattre le changement climatique. Par
exemple, planter des arbres pour r?duire les gaz ? effet de serre
(s?questration du carbone) ou minimiser la d?forestation pour r?duire
les ?missions de gaz ? effet de serre (ex. : REDD) ou bien encore par
le biais de constructions de barrages hydro?lectriques.
Toutefois, nous acceptons toutes sortes de propositions relatives au
changement climatique et aux communaut?s locales. D?s lors, ne vous
sentez pas limit?s par ces suggestions.
Quels r?sultats ??Votre projet doit prendre la forme d?un document
d?taill?, qu?il s?agisse d?un rapport ?crit, d?une vid?o ou tout autre
m?dia, en anglais, espagnol ou fran?ais. Il doit alimenter un corpus
d'informations sur les pr?occupations communautaires, d?observations
et d?exp?riences relatives aux impacts du changement climatique et ?
l?adaptation. Ces propositions contribueront ?galement au
d?veloppement d?articles et de discussions sur le forum "En premi?re
ligne face au changement climatique".
Quelles sont les r?gions concern?es ??Les propositions peuvent
provenir de toutes les r?gions du monde, d?s lors qu?elles concernent
des projets ? ?chelle locale et qu?elles impliquent des peuples et des
lieux vuln?rables au changement climatique.
Quel est le montant de nos subventions ??Entre 3 000 et 5 000 US$ par
projet. Des subventions plus larges peuvent ?tre propos?es au
demeurant pour les projets porteurs de r?sultats int?ressants.
A quel moment finan?ons-nous ??Les fonds des projets seront diss?min?s
d?s mi-2009. Les premiers r?sultats seront attendus avant octobre 2010.
Quelle est l??ch?ance pour la soumission des propositions ??Les
propositions doivent nous parvenir au plus tard le 15 juillet 2009.
Comment puis-je postuler ??Voir les informations d?taill?es et
t?l?chargez le formulaire de proposition de projet sur le site web http://www.climatefrontlines.org/fr/node/193
..
On the Frontlines of Climate Change:?A global forum for indigenous
peoples, small islands and vulnerable communities
A joint undertaking of:?- United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization (UNESCO)?- Secretariat of the Convention on
Biological Diversity (CBD)?- Secretariat of the UN Permanent Forum on
Indigenous Issues (UN-SPFII)?- Office of the High Commissioner for
Human Rights (OHCHR)?- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark?-
brightsolid
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C. Mark Eakin, Ph.D.
Coordinator, NOAA Coral Reef Watch
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Center for Satellite Applications and Research
Satellite Oceanography & Climate Division
e-mail: mark.eakin at noaa.gov
url: coralreefwatch.noaa.gov
E/RA31, SSMC1, Room 5308
1335 East West Hwy
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3226
301-713-2857 x109 Fax: 301-713-3136
"Now is the time to confront [the climate change] challenge once and
for all. Delay is no longer an option.
Denial is no longer an acceptable response. The stakes are too high.
The consequences, too serious."
Barack Obama, Nov. 18 2008
From jogden at marine.usf.edu Mon May 4 10:44:35 2009
From: jogden at marine.usf.edu (John Ogden)
Date: Mon, 04 May 2009 09:44:35 -0500
Subject: [Coral-List] Cayman Islands Lionfish Update
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Thinking back to the Diadema mass mortality of 1983-84 and the
opportunities that were missed because of poor communications across the
region, now would be a very good time to use our superb and ubiquitous
communications to set up a coordinated observation network to see what
is the impact of lionfish on populations of small reef fishes. It
appears that this idea could be trumped by well-meaning but ultimately
futile attempts to remove them. Who doubts that they are here to stay?
It would be best we anticipate the future of Caribbean reefs with
lionfish and try to get some data to help get our minds around this.
Cheers all.
>
> From: Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute Network
> [mailto:GCFINET at LISTSERV.TAMU.EDU] On Behalf Of Dave Anderson
> Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2009 9:24 PM
> To: GCFINET at LISTSERV.TAMU.EDU
> Subject: [GCFINET] Cayman Islands Lionfish Update
>
>
>
> This message was originally submitted by Bradley Johnson
> [mailto:Bradley.Johnson at gov.ky] to GCFINet.
>
> Hi all,
>
>
>
> As of 30th April 2009 we have caught 90 lionfish! This includes the 2 caught
> in Cayman Brac and Little Cayman in 2008 and 3 live specimens. They have
> been caught in water ranging from 3' down to 110', on all sides of the
> islands, and in all habitats.
>
>
>
> By island we have:
>
> Grand Cayman - 44;
>
> Cayman Brac - 8;
>
> Little Cayman - 38.
>
>
>
> Cayman Brac was hit by Hurricane Paloma in November and sustained severe
> damage to the Island, including their dive operations. The sightings have so
> far been primarily from divers, so with practically no diving in the Brac we
> are getting fewer reports of lionfish from there. We assume this will
> increase once the dive operations reopen.
>
>
>
> We have licensed approximately 163 divers to remove lionfish for us having
> 130 in Grand, 3 in the Brac, and 30 in LC. We will increase the number of
> licensed divers in the Brac once they get more dive staff back.
>
>
>
>
>
> Bradley C. Johnson
> Research Officer
> Department of Environment
> Cayman Islands Government
> PO Box 486
> Grand Cayman KY1-1106
> CAYMAN ISLANDS
> 345-949-8469 Office
> 345-244-4168 Direct
> 345-949-4020 Fax
>
> Website www.doe.ky
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>
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From phoetjes at gmail.com Mon May 4 11:21:47 2009
From: phoetjes at gmail.com (Paul Hoetjes)
Date: Mon, 04 May 2009 11:21:47 -0400
Subject: [Coral-List] [campam] Cayman Islands Lionfish Update
In-Reply-To: <49FEFF53.6010302@marine.usf.edu>
References: <002601c9ccbc$e0ad46e0$a207d4a0$@net>
<49FEFF53.6010302@marine.usf.edu>
Message-ID: <49FF080B.5070407@gmail.com>
From blanchons at gmail.com Mon May 4 15:38:37 2009
From: blanchons at gmail.com (Paul Blanchon)
Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 14:38:37 -0500
Subject: [Coral-List] Fossil reefs and sea-level rise during Last
Interglacial
Message-ID:
Dear List,
Please find below the title and abstract of a paper recently published in
the April 16th edition of Nature that may be of interest. The authors would
be pleased to provide reprints for those without access to this journal.
(email: blanchons at gmail.com)
Blanchon P, Eisenhauer A, Fietzke J, Liebetrau V. (2009). Rapid sea-level
rise and reef back-stepping at the close of the last interglacial highstand..
Nature 458, 881-884. doi:10.1038/nature07933
Widespread evidence of a +4?6-m sea-level highstand during the
last interglacial period (Marine Isotope Stage 5e) has led to warnings
that modern ice sheets will deteriorate owing to global warming and
initiate a rise of similar magnitude by AD 2100. The rate of this
projected rise is based on ice-sheet melting simulations and downplays
discoveries of more rapid ice loss. Knowing the rate at which
sea level reached its highstand during the last interglacial period is
fundamental in assessing if such rapid ice-loss processes could lead
to future catastrophic sea-level rise. The best direct record of sea level
during this highstand comes from well-dated fossil reefs in stable
areas. However, this record lacks both reef-crest development up
to the full highstand elevation, as inferred from widespread intertidal
indicators at +6m, and a detailed chronology, owing to the
difficulty of replicating U-series ages on submillennial timescales.
Here we present a complete reef-crest sequence for the last interglacial
highstand and its U-series chronology from the stable northeast
Yucatan peninsula, Mexico. We find that reef development during
the highstand was punctuated by reef-crest demise at +3m and
back-stepping to +6m. The abrupt demise of the lower-reef crest,
but continuous accretion between the lower-lagoonal unit and the
upper-reef crest, allows us to infer that this back-stepping occurred
on an ecological timescale and was triggered by a 2?3-m jump in sea
level. Using strictly reliable 230Th ages of corals from the upper-reef
crest, and improved stratigraphic screening of coral ages from other
stable sites, we constrain this jump to have occurred 121 kyr ago
and conclude that it supports an episode of ice-sheet instability
during the terminal phase of the last interglacial period.
Saludos,
Paul.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dr. Paul Blanchon
Reef Systems Unit (Pto. Morelos)
Inst. de Ciencias del Mar y Limnologia (ICML)
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM)
Ap. Postal 1152, CP 77500 Cancun,
Q. Roo, MEXICO
Tel. +52 (998) 87-10219 ext 126
Fax: +52 (998) 87-10138
E-mail: blanchons at gmail.com
Web: www.icmyl.unam.mx/arrecifes
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
From Simon.Pittman at noaa.gov Mon May 4 16:13:10 2009
From: Simon.Pittman at noaa.gov (Simon.Pittman at noaa.gov)
Date: Mon, 04 May 2009 16:13:10 -0400
Subject: [Coral-List] Seascape ecology session at CERF 09 conference
Message-ID: <90887e4950c94ff1.49ff1416@noaa.gov>
Hi everyone,
If anyone on the list is working on applications of landscape ecology concepts and techniques to coral reef ecosystem, or more generally to nearshore environments, then you may be interested in our special session (see details below) at the Coastal and Estuarine Reserach Federation conference in Portland, Oregon (November 1st to 5th 2009).
NB: Abstract submission deadline is fast approaching and closes on 15th April 09.
http://cerf2009.abstractcentral.com/
SCI-074: Applications of Landscape Ecology to Estuarine and Coastal Environments.
Conveners: Simon Pittman (simon.pittman at noaa.gov), Ron Kneib (rtkneib at uga.edu) and Charles Simenstad (simenstd at u.washington.edu)
Estuarine and coastal marine ecosystems exhibit spatial structure across a range of scales in time and space. Landscape ecology concepts developed from terrestrial systems have recently emerged as theoretical and analytical frameworks equally useful for evaluating the ecological consequences of spatial structure in estuaries and coasts. The benefits to resource management and restoration planning are rapidly becoming apparent. This "Seascape Ecology" session is soliciting oral and poster presentations on landscape ecology applications to diverse nearshore ecosystems around the globe. Examples of using landscape ecology for management are particularly sought. A special issue in a peer-reviewed journal is planned.
Kind regards
Simon Pittman
NOAA Marine Spatial Ecologist & Adjunct Professor at UVI
NOAA CCMA Biogeography Branch
c/o University of the Virgin Islands
Marine Science Center
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
VI 00802
Tel: 340-693-1179
From sfrias_torres at hotmail.com Tue May 5 07:41:03 2009
From: sfrias_torres at hotmail.com (Sarah Frias-Torres)
Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 07:41:03 -0400
Subject: [Coral-List] LIONFISH COORDINATION RE: Cayman Islands Lionfish
Update
In-Reply-To: <49FEFF53.6010302@marine.usf.edu>
References: <002601c9ccbc$e0ad46e0$a207d4a0$@net>
<49FEFF53.6010302@marine.usf.edu>
Message-ID:
John,I think we all agree that we must take advantage of the many ways we can communicate today, so we can work together on the lionfish invasion in the Caribbean. I was not around (at least not yet as a scientist) for the Diadema mass mortality, but coming from a country who is very ineffective at almost everything, I can see how poor communication can ruin the best of intentions.
As for the removal of invasive lionfish, I do disagree with you. We might not get rid of them completely, but major containment/ control by physical removal could be one of the objectives from a coordinated effort.
Coming from the Mediterranean Sea, and based on our most recent invasive experience, the lionfish invasion in the Caribbean still has a silver lining. In the Mediterranean, the invasive tropical algae Caulerpa taxifolia, has taken over most of our seagrass beds of the endemic Posidonia oceanica. Nothing is quite effective removing this pest. Even when you try to remove the caulerpas, if a small fragment of the algae is left in the substrate, it will grow again. When uprooted, propagules will spread away to colonize other parts, or cling to your dive suit, to your hair, or to the hull of your boat, so you become another agent for spreading them. This is the stuff from a Hollywood alien movie!!!
However, the invasive lionfish comes in discrete, single units. Albeit, thousands of them, but still in "ones". So, with adequate coordination, both removal (aiming for contention and control) and study (aiming at how the Caribbean will survive with a controlled lionfish population) of these aliens can be completed. And in the process, we can get some fish sticks!. If we do nothing, I don't think there is much of a future for the Caribbean fauna as we know it.
Sarah Frias-Torres, Ph.D. Marine Conservation Biologist Ocean Research & Conservation Association
1420 Seaway Drive, 2nd Floor
Fort Pierce, Florida 34949 USA
www.teamorca.org
> Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 09:44:35 -0500
> From: jogden at marine.usf.edu
> CC: rjuman at ima.gov.tt; dale.webber at uwimona.edu.jm; jcz at virginia.edu; georgewarner261 at btinternet.com; jdwoodley at yahoo.co.uk; jordan at mar.icmyl.unam.mx; coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov; kjerfve at tamu.edu; milliken at marine.usf.edu; campam at yahoogroups.com; wjwiebe at earthlink.net
> Subject: [Coral-List] Cayman Islands Lionfish Update
>
> Thinking back to the Diadema mass mortality of 1983-84 and the
> opportunities that were missed because of poor communications across the
> region, now would be a very good time to use our superb and ubiquitous
> communications to set up a coordinated observation network to see what
> is the impact of lionfish on populations of small reef fishes. It
> appears that this idea could be trumped by well-meaning but ultimately
> futile attempts to remove them. Who doubts that they are here to stay?
> It would be best we anticipate the future of Caribbean reefs with
> lionfish and try to get some data to help get our minds around this.
>
> Cheers all.
>>
>> From: Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute Network
>> [mailto:GCFINET at LISTSERV.TAMU.EDU] On Behalf Of Dave Anderson
>> Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2009 9:24 PM
>> To: GCFINET at LISTSERV.TAMU.EDU
>> Subject: [GCFINET] Cayman Islands Lionfish Update
>>
>>
>>
>> This message was originally submitted by Bradley Johnson
>> [mailto:Bradley.Johnson at gov.ky] to GCFINet.
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>>
>>
>> As of 30th April 2009 we have caught 90 lionfish! This includes the 2 caught
>> in Cayman Brac and Little Cayman in 2008 and 3 live specimens. They have
>> been caught in water ranging from 3' down to 110', on all sides of the
>> islands, and in all habitats.
>>
>>
>>
>> By island we have:
>>
>> Grand Cayman - 44;
>>
>> Cayman Brac - 8;
>>
>> Little Cayman - 38.
>>
>>
>>
>> Cayman Brac was hit by Hurricane Paloma in November and sustained severe
>> damage to the Island, including their dive operations. The sightings have so
>> far been primarily from divers, so with practically no diving in the Brac we
>> are getting fewer reports of lionfish from there. We assume this will
>> increase once the dive operations reopen.
>>
>>
>>
>> We have licensed approximately 163 divers to remove lionfish for us having
>> 130 in Grand, 3 in the Brac, and 30 in LC. We will increase the number of
>> licensed divers in the Brac once they get more dive staff back.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Bradley C. Johnson
>> Research Officer
>> Department of Environment
>> Cayman Islands Government
>> PO Box 486
>> Grand Cayman KY1-1106
>> CAYMAN ISLANDS
>> 345-949-8469 Office
>> 345-244-4168 Direct
>> 345-949-4020 Fax
>>
>> Website www.doe.ky
>>
>>
>>
>> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>>
>>
>>
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From albert at ecology.su.se Tue May 5 09:24:56 2009
From: albert at ecology.su.se (Albert Norstrom)
Date: Tue, 05 May 2009 15:24:56 +0200
Subject: [Coral-List] Stockholm University and CORDIO: joint project on
coral trait-diversity
Message-ID: <4A003E28.3060907@ecology.su.se>
Hi Coral-List,
We are currently working on a project to i) describe trait diversity and
ii) assess functional redundancy and response diversity in western
Indian Ocean coral reef assemblages. To the best of our knowledge,
empirical assessments of functional diversity on coral assemblages have
been restricted to simple functional group classifications based on
coral morphological traits and over small spatial scales. As a first
step to fill this gap in knowledge we have begun creating a database of
primary data on functional traits for coral species (worldwide).
Hopefully, one outcome of this project is an open-access database that
will result in readily accessible data pertaining to coral traits and a
simple tool that enables the continuous addition of new information by
all users.
We would be extremely grateful to receive your help in gathering data
for the database. This could be data from peer-reviewed papers (which we
have already begun searching), unpublished reports or theses, conference
proceedings and unpublished data. Specifically we need species-specific
information on:
i) growth rates
ii) growth strategies
iii) larval competency periods
iv) recruit survival rates (in-situ and ex-situ)
v) maximum size of adult colonies
vi) tissue thickness
vii) reproductive age
viii) palatability
ix) strength of attachment
x) temperature sensitivity (limits for loss of
zooxanthellae as well as host tissue apoptosis/necrosis)
xi) zooxanthellae clade preference
xii) disease proneness
Any meta-data (such as site and date of data collection, or basic
laboratory conditions) are also welcome. All data incorporated into the
database will be credited appropriately.
Best regards,
Albert Norstr?m^1 , Magnus Nystr?m^1 , Lisen Runsten^1 , David Obura^2
^1 Dept Systems Ecology, Natural Resource Management Group, Stockholm
University
^2 CORDIO East Africa and IUCN working group on Climate Change and Coral
Reefs
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From eshinn at marine.usf.edu Tue May 5 12:14:34 2009
From: eshinn at marine.usf.edu (Eugene Shinn)
Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 12:14:34 -0400
Subject: [Coral-List] Fossil Reefs and Sea Level Rise
Message-ID:
Paul, What you found in Mexico is also true for the Florida Keys and
many other parts of the Caribbean. Sea level rise happened
everywhere at the same time, (stage 5e) regardless which dating
method is used. The unappreciated point is, there were no SUVs or
coal fired power plants during stage 5e roughly 120,000 years ago.
There is little reason to suspect it won't happen again (as it did
throughout the Pleistocene) with or without cap and trade, solar
panels, windmills, ethanol, and Co2 sequestration. I think you will
agree the truth is in the rocks, i.e., the ones that used to be coral
reefs. Gene
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------------------------------------ -----------------------------------
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From jdwoodley at yahoo.co.uk Tue May 5 13:30:57 2009
From: jdwoodley at yahoo.co.uk (Jeremy Woodley)
Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 17:30:57 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: [Coral-List] [campam] Cayman Islands Lionfish Update
Message-ID: <484082.27884.qm@web27904.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
I agree with John that the creature is probably here to stay. However, people who have researched its life-history, natural distribution and ecology could tell us if there is some weak point at which it might be susceptible for control, or could enhance attempts to capture them. But it?s hard to imagine that divers with nets and spears can do the job: not enough divers and too many less accessible reefs.
Jeremy
--- On Tue, 5/5/09, Ernesto Weil wrote:
From: Ernesto Weil
Subject: RE: [campam] Cayman Islands Lionfish Update
To: "'Georgina Bustamante'" , "'Bruce Potter, IRF'" , "'John Ogden'"
Cc: "'Campam'" , "'Coral List'" , "'Jaime Garzon-Ferreira'" , "'Carolina Bastidas'" , "'Rahanna Juman'" , "'Eric Jordan-Dahlgren'" , "'Bjorn Kjerfve'" , "'Dean Milliken'" , "'Bill Wiebe'" , "'Dale Webber'" , "'J.C.. Zieman'" , "'George F. Warner'" , "'Jeremy Woodley'" , "'Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute'" , "'Caribbean Coral Reefs'"
Date: Tuesday, 5 May, 2009, 5:12 PM
Dear Colleagues, instead of developing a protocol to? assess
impact of lionfish on small fish populations,? It seems to me that we should ?invest
some energy ?into ?developing a protocol ?to efficiently eradicate it ASAP, so
we do not have to assess their impact in small fish populations.
?
EW
?
From: Georgina Bustamante
[mailto:gbustamante at bellsouth.net]
Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 11:25 PM
To: 'Bruce Potter, IRF'; 'John Ogden'
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Kjerfve'; 'Dean Milliken'; 'Bill Wiebe'; 'Dale Webber'; 'J.C. Zieman'; 'George
F. Warner'; 'Jeremy Woodley'; 'Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute';
'Caribbean Coral Reefs'
Subject: RE: [campam] Cayman Islands Lionfish Update
?
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campam at yahoogroups.com [mailto:campam at yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Bruce
Potter, IRF
Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 11:02 PM
To: John Ogden
Cc: Campam; Coral List; Jaime Garzon-Ferreira; Carolina Bastidas;
Rahanna Juman; Ernesto Weil; Eric Jordan-Dahlgren; Bjorn Kjerfve; Dean
Milliken; Bill Wiebe; Dale Webber; J.C. Zieman; George F. Warner; Jeremy Woodley;
Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute; Caribbean Coral Reefs
Subject: Re: [campam] Cayman Islands Lionfish Update
?
John -- I agree, and I thought that someone at NOAA or RSMAS
announced some time back that there was an established reporting
network?
bruce potter
At 9:44 AM -0500 5/4/09, John Ogden wrote:
>Thinking back to the Diadema mass mortality of 1983-84 and the
>opportunities that were missed because of poor communications across the
>region, now would be a very good time to use our superb and ubiquitous
>communications to set up a coordinated observation network to see what
>is the impact of lionfish on populations of small reef fishes. It
>appears that this idea could be trumped by well-meaning but ultimately
>futile attempts to remove them. Who doubts that they are here to stay?
>It would be best we anticipate the future of Caribbean reefs with
>lionfish and try to get some data to help get our minds around this.
>
>Cheers all.
>>
>> From: Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute Network
>> [mailto:GCFINET at LISTSERV.TAMU.EDU]
On Behalf Of Dave Anderson
>> Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2009 9:24 PM
>> To: GCFINET at LISTSERV.TAMU.EDU
>> Subject: [GCFINET] Cayman Islands Lionfish Update
>>
>>
>>
>> This message was originally submitted by Bradley Johnson
>> [mailto:Bradley.Johnson at gov.ky]
to GCFINet.
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>>
>>
>> As of 30th April 2009 we have caught 90 lionfish! This includes the 2
caught
>> in Cayman Brac and Little Cayman in 2008 and 3 live specimens. They
have
>> been caught in water ranging from 3' down to 110', on all sides of the
>> islands, and in all habitats.
>>
>>
>>
>> By island we have:
>>
>> Grand Cayman - 44;
>>
>> Cayman Brac - 8;
>>
>> Little Cayman - 38.
>>
>>
>>
>> Cayman Brac was hit by Hurricane Paloma in November and sustained
severe
>> damage to the Island, including their dive operations. The sightings
have so
>> far been primarily from divers, so with practically no diving in the
Brac we
>> are getting fewer reports of lionfish from there. We assume this will
>> increase once the dive operations reopen.
>>
>>
>>
>> We have licensed approximately 163 divers to remove lionfish for us
having
>> 130 in Grand, 3 in the Brac, and 30 in LC. We will increase the number
of
>> licensed divers in the Brac once they get more dive staff back.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Bradley C. Johnson
>> Research Officer
>> Department of Environment
>> Cayman Islands Government
>> PO Box 486
>> Grand Cayman KY1-1106
>> CAYMAN ISLANDS
>> 345-949-8469 Office
>> 345-244-4168 Direct
>> 345-949-4020 Fax
>>
>> Website www.doe.ky
>>
>>
>>
>> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>>
>>
>>
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>Fax 727-553-1109
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From salbaoth at gmail.com Tue May 5 14:03:06 2009
From: salbaoth at gmail.com (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?El_Bad=F3?=)
Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 13:03:06 -0500
Subject: [Coral-List] International Open-Access Journal for Coral Reefs
Message-ID: <1fe56bd70905051103q2ed94bb2jbc7eb18ab51ceb78@mail.gmail.com>
Hello Coral-listers,
I?m a recently graduated student in Biology and I?m planning to publish two
articles describing the physiography and sesil epibenthic community of some
reefs from Yucatan?s Peninsula (Campeche Bank), but I?m not sure which
Journal could be the best to choose considering money, impact and it?s
geographic specialitation. I have considered the Bull Mar Sci but because I
am a supporter of the open-access too, I would like to hear some suggestions
of any international open-access journal for coral reefs that could match
with the subject of my research. Could someone help me please?
Thank you so much.
Salvador Z. P.
--
<>
From brice.semmens at noaa.gov Tue May 5 14:12:57 2009
From: brice.semmens at noaa.gov (Brice Semmens)
Date: Tue, 05 May 2009 11:12:57 -0700
Subject: [Coral-List] Cayman Islands Lionfish Update
In-Reply-To: <49FEFF53.6010302@marine.usf.edu>
References: <002601c9ccbc$e0ad46e0$a207d4a0$@net>
<49FEFF53.6010302@marine.usf.edu>
Message-ID: <4A0081A9.7050107@noaa.gov>
From jogden at marine.usf.edu Tue May 5 15:19:58 2009
From: jogden at marine.usf.edu (John Ogden)
Date: Tue, 05 May 2009 14:19:58 -0500
Subject: [Coral-List] Control of lionfish
In-Reply-To: <4A0081A9.7050107@noaa.gov>
References: <002601c9ccbc$e0ad46e0$a207d4a0$@net>
<49FEFF53.6010302@marine.usf.edu> <4A0081A9.7050107@noaa.gov>
Message-ID: <4A00915E.8090709@marine.usf.edu>
Bruce,
Good first point and more or less what I meant to say. Let's
distinguish control and eradication. Control (living with) lionfish
requires knowledge that could be side-tracked by expensive, extensive,
well-meaning but ultimately futile eradication measures (and there are
many people thinking this way). I suggest that the time is now to use
the event of invasion not just to document but to look at what is
happening on Caribbean reefs as this invader is established. Surely
this will help gather knowledge knowledge useful to control. In my
opinion we will be living with lionfish from here on out.
Cheers.
Brice Semmens wrote:
> John,
>
> No one doubts mosquitoes are here to stay, yet most folk appreciate
> control efforts (particularly in your neck of the woods!) Efforts
> aimed at culling lionfish are principally intended to limit impacts to
> already stressed reef communities. Put another way, the efforts are
> only futile if the goal is erradication. I don't believe anyone
> involved in these (well coordinated) efforts has eradication as a goal
> at this point. It's also worth noting that any rigorous efforts aimed
> at identifying lionfish impacts on a whole-reef scale should probably
> attempt some version of BACI... note the 'control' part of BACI.
>
> So, the big question -- are you suggesting that folks forgo control
> efforts in order to focus exclusively on documenting the undoubtedly
> horrific effects of this invasion? To me that's like studying the
> wiring diagram of a time bomb that's about to go off -- I'd rather
> spend my time figuring out how to avoid as much of the blast as possible.
>
> My two cents.
> Brice Semmens
>
>
>
>
>
> John Ogden wrote:
>> Thinking back to the Diadema mass mortality of 1983-84 and the
>> opportunities that were missed because of poor communications across the
>> region, now would be a very good time to use our superb and ubiquitous
>> communications to set up a coordinated observation network to see what
>> is the impact of lionfish on populations of small reef fishes. It
>> appears that this idea could be trumped by well-meaning but ultimately
>> futile attempts to remove them. Who doubts that they are here to stay?
>> It would be best we anticipate the future of Caribbean reefs with
>> lionfish and try to get some data to help get our minds around this.
>>
>> Cheers all.
>>
>>> From: Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute Network
>>> [mailto:GCFINET at LISTSERV.TAMU.EDU] On Behalf Of Dave Anderson
>>> Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2009 9:24 PM
>>> To: GCFINET at LISTSERV.TAMU.EDU
>>> Subject: [GCFINET] Cayman Islands Lionfish Update
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> This message was originally submitted by Bradley Johnson
>>> [mailto:Bradley.Johnson at gov.ky] to GCFINet.
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> As of 30th April 2009 we have caught 90 lionfish! This includes the 2 caught
>>> in Cayman Brac and Little Cayman in 2008 and 3 live specimens. They have
>>> been caught in water ranging from 3' down to 110', on all sides of the
>>> islands, and in all habitats.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> By island we have:
>>>
>>> Grand Cayman - 44;
>>>
>>> Cayman Brac - 8;
>>>
>>> Little Cayman - 38.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Cayman Brac was hit by Hurricane Paloma in November and sustained severe
>>> damage to the Island, including their dive operations. The sightings have so
>>> far been primarily from divers, so with practically no diving in the Brac we
>>> are getting fewer reports of lionfish from there. We assume this will
>>> increase once the dive operations reopen.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> We have licensed approximately 163 divers to remove lionfish for us having
>>> 130 in Grand, 3 in the Brac, and 30 in LC. We will increase the number of
>>> licensed divers in the Brac once they get more dive staff back.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Bradley C. Johnson
>>> Research Officer
>>> Department of Environment
>>> Cayman Islands Government
>>> PO Box 486
>>> Grand Cayman KY1-1106
>>> CAYMAN ISLANDS
>>> 345-949-8469 Office
>>> 345-244-4168 Direct
>>> 345-949-4020 Fax
>>>
>>> Website www.doe.ky
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
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From rom at vims.edu Tue May 5 16:02:50 2009
From: rom at vims.edu (Rom Lipcius)
Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 16:02:50 -0400
Subject: [Coral-List] deep-water stocks
Message-ID: <98213553-74BC-4C58-B563-40EAED0574BD@vims.edu>
Some colleagues and I are working on a project to estimate abundance
of deep-water stocks of spiny lobster, queen conch, grouper, hamlets
and black coral in the Caribbean and Florida. By deep water I mean
from about 25-50 m water depths. I've come across only a few
publications documenting deep-water stocks of these species, and am
concerned that I'm missing some of the peer-reviewed and grey
literature on this topic. Does anyone have any suggested documents or
publications on this issue? Thanks.
Rom Lipcius
Romuald N. Lipcius
Professor of Marine Science
Virginia Institute of Marine Science, The College of William & Mary
1208 Greate Road, Gloucester Point, VA 23062
804-684-7330 (office), 804-684-7254 (fax), rom at vims.edu
http://www.vims.edu/fish/faculty/lipcius_rn.html
"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In
practice there is." Yogi Berra
From andyroo_of72 at yahoo.com Tue May 5 18:24:51 2009
From: andyroo_of72 at yahoo.com (andrew ross)
Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 15:24:51 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Coral-List] Control of lionfish
In-Reply-To: <4A00915E.8090709@marine.usf.edu>
Message-ID: <532723.13972.qm@web50612.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
Regarding those stressed reefs, do lionfish hunt among the branching coral (staghorn-type) thickets on their native reefs?
Andrew
--- On Wed, 5/6/09, John Ogden wrote:
> From: John Ogden
> Subject: [Coral-List] Control of lionfish
> To: "Brice Semmens"
> Cc: "Coral List"
> Date: Wednesday, May 6, 2009, 12:19 AM
> Bruce,
>
> Good first point and more or less what I meant to say.
> Let's
> distinguish control and eradication. Control (living with)
> lionfish
> requires knowledge that could be side-tracked by expensive,
> extensive,
> well-meaning but ultimately futile eradication measures
> (and there are
> many people thinking this way). I suggest that the time is
> now to use
> the event of invasion not just to document but to look at
> what is
> happening on Caribbean reefs as this invader is
> established. Surely
> this will help gather knowledge knowledge useful to
> control. In my
> opinion we will be living with lionfish from here on out.
>
> Cheers.
>
> Brice Semmens wrote:
> > John,
> >
> > No one doubts mosquitoes are here to stay, yet most
> folk appreciate
> > control efforts (particularly in your neck of the
> woods!) Efforts
> > aimed at culling lionfish are principally intended to
> limit impacts to
> > already stressed reef communities. Put another way,
> the efforts are
> > only futile if the goal is erradication. I don't
> believe anyone
> > involved in these (well coordinated) efforts has
> eradication as a goal
> > at this point. It's also worth noting that any
> rigorous efforts aimed
> > at identifying lionfish impacts on a whole-reef scale
> should probably
> > attempt some version of BACI... note the
> 'control' part of BACI.
> >
> > So, the big question -- are you suggesting that folks
> forgo control
> > efforts in order to focus exclusively on documenting
> the undoubtedly
> > horrific effects of this invasion? To me that's
> like studying the
> > wiring diagram of a time bomb that's about to go
> off -- I'd rather
> > spend my time figuring out how to avoid as much of the
> blast as possible.
> >
> > My two cents.
> > Brice Semmens
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > John Ogden wrote:
> >> Thinking back to the Diadema mass mortality of
> 1983-84 and the
> >> opportunities that were missed because of poor
> communications across the
> >> region, now would be a very good time to use our
> superb and ubiquitous
> >> communications to set up a coordinated observation
> network to see what
> >> is the impact of lionfish on populations of small
> reef fishes. It
> >> appears that this idea could be trumped by
> well-meaning but ultimately
> >> futile attempts to remove them. Who doubts that
> they are here to stay?
> >> It would be best we anticipate the future of
> Caribbean reefs with
> >> lionfish and try to get some data to help get our
> minds around this.
> >>
> >> Cheers all.
> >>
> >>> From: Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute
> Network
> >>> [mailto:GCFINET at LISTSERV.TAMU.EDU] On Behalf
> Of Dave Anderson
> >>> Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2009 9:24 PM
> >>> To: GCFINET at LISTSERV.TAMU.EDU
> >>> Subject: [GCFINET] Cayman Islands Lionfish
> Update
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> This message was originally submitted by
> Bradley Johnson
> >>> [mailto:Bradley.Johnson at gov.ky] to GCFINet.
> >>>
> >>> Hi all,
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> As of 30th April 2009 we have caught 90
> lionfish! This includes the 2 caught
> >>> in Cayman Brac and Little Cayman in 2008 and 3
> live specimens. They have
> >>> been caught in water ranging from 3' down
> to 110', on all sides of the
> >>> islands, and in all habitats.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> By island we have:
> >>>
> >>> Grand Cayman - 44;
> >>>
> >>> Cayman Brac - 8;
> >>>
> >>> Little Cayman - 38.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Cayman Brac was hit by Hurricane Paloma in
> November and sustained severe
> >>> damage to the Island, including their dive
> operations. The sightings have so
> >>> far been primarily from divers, so with
> practically no diving in the Brac we
> >>> are getting fewer reports of lionfish from
> there. We assume this will
> >>> increase once the dive operations reopen.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> We have licensed approximately 163 divers to
> remove lionfish for us having
> >>> 130 in Grand, 3 in the Brac, and 30 in LC. We
> will increase the number of
> >>> licensed divers in the Brac once they get more
> dive staff back.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Bradley C. Johnson
> >>> Research Officer
> >>> Department of Environment
> >>> Cayman Islands Government
> >>> PO Box 486
> >>> Grand Cayman KY1-1106
> >>> CAYMAN ISLANDS
> >>> 345-949-8469 Office
> >>> 345-244-4168 Direct
> >>> 345-949-4020 Fax
> >>>
> >>> Website www.doe.ky
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> [Non-text portions of this message have been
> removed]
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ------------------------------------
> >>>
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> Florida Institute of Oceanography
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> University of South Florida
> 830 First Street South
> St. Petersburg, FL 33701 USA
> Tel. 727-553-1100
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From clive.wilkinson at rrrc.org.au Wed May 6 00:50:45 2009
From: clive.wilkinson at rrrc.org.au (Clive Wilkinson)
Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 14:50:45 +1000
Subject: [Coral-List] Sea Turtle Foundation position Australia
Message-ID:
Sea Turtle Foundation is looking for a Project Manager to be based in
Townsville. Please visit our website:
http://www.seaturtlefoundation.org/news-room/employment/project-manager/
for position description and selection criteria. Closing date is 21 May
2009.
Please reply to the Sea Turtle Foundation not to Clive Wilkinson.
From M.Tupper at CGIAR.ORG Wed May 6 05:06:50 2009
From: M.Tupper at CGIAR.ORG (Tupper, Mark (WorldFish))
Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 17:06:50 +0800
Subject: [Coral-List] Control of lionfish
References: <532723.13972.qm@web50612.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
Message-ID:
Not usually. I mostly see lionfish hunting along overhangs and caves in the forereef or reef wall. They use their pectoral fins in a "herding" technique to trap small fish. I think this works best along wider surfaces than most branching corals would provide.
Mark Tupper
-----Original Message-----
From: coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov on behalf of andrew ross
Sent: Wed 5/6/2009 6:24 AM
To: Coral List
Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Control of lionfish
Regarding those stressed reefs, do lionfish hunt among the branching coral (staghorn-type) thickets on their native reefs?
Andrew
--- On Wed, 5/6/09, John Ogden wrote:
> From: John Ogden
> Subject: [Coral-List] Control of lionfish
> To: "Brice Semmens"
> Cc: "Coral List"
> Date: Wednesday, May 6, 2009, 12:19 AM
> Bruce,
>
> Good first point and more or less what I meant to say.
> Let's
> distinguish control and eradication. Control (living with)
> lionfish
> requires knowledge that could be side-tracked by expensive,
> extensive,
> well-meaning but ultimately futile eradication measures
> (and there are
> many people thinking this way). I suggest that the time is
> now to use
> the event of invasion not just to document but to look at
> what is
> happening on Caribbean reefs as this invader is
> established. Surely
> this will help gather knowledge knowledge useful to
> control. In my
> opinion we will be living with lionfish from here on out.
>
> Cheers.
>
> Brice Semmens wrote:
> > John,
> >
> > No one doubts mosquitoes are here to stay, yet most
> folk appreciate
> > control efforts (particularly in your neck of the
> woods!) Efforts
> > aimed at culling lionfish are principally intended to
> limit impacts to
> > already stressed reef communities. Put another way,
> the efforts are
> > only futile if the goal is erradication. I don't
> believe anyone
> > involved in these (well coordinated) efforts has
> eradication as a goal
> > at this point. It's also worth noting that any
> rigorous efforts aimed
> > at identifying lionfish impacts on a whole-reef scale
> should probably
> > attempt some version of BACI... note the
> 'control' part of BACI.
> >
> > So, the big question -- are you suggesting that folks
> forgo control
> > efforts in order to focus exclusively on documenting
> the undoubtedly
> > horrific effects of this invasion? To me that's
> like studying the
> > wiring diagram of a time bomb that's about to go
> off -- I'd rather
> > spend my time figuring out how to avoid as much of the
> blast as possible.
> >
> > My two cents.
> > Brice Semmens
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > John Ogden wrote:
> >> Thinking back to the Diadema mass mortality of
> 1983-84 and the
> >> opportunities that were missed because of poor
> communications across the
> >> region, now would be a very good time to use our
> superb and ubiquitous
> >> communications to set up a coordinated observation
> network to see what
> >> is the impact of lionfish on populations of small
> reef fishes. It
> >> appears that this idea could be trumped by
> well-meaning but ultimately
> >> futile attempts to remove them. Who doubts that
> they are here to stay?
> >> It would be best we anticipate the future of
> Caribbean reefs with
> >> lionfish and try to get some data to help get our
> minds around this.
> >>
> >> Cheers all.
> >>
> >>> From: Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute
> Network
> >>> [mailto:GCFINET at LISTSERV.TAMU.EDU] On Behalf
> Of Dave Anderson
> >>> Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2009 9:24 PM
> >>> To: GCFINET at LISTSERV.TAMU.EDU
> >>> Subject: [GCFINET] Cayman Islands Lionfish
> Update
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> This message was originally submitted by
> Bradley Johnson
> >>> [mailto:Bradley.Johnson at gov.ky] to GCFINet.
> >>>
> >>> Hi all,
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> As of 30th April 2009 we have caught 90
> lionfish! This includes the 2 caught
> >>> in Cayman Brac and Little Cayman in 2008 and 3
> live specimens. They have
> >>> been caught in water ranging from 3' down
> to 110', on all sides of the
> >>> islands, and in all habitats.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> By island we have:
> >>>
> >>> Grand Cayman - 44;
> >>>
> >>> Cayman Brac - 8;
> >>>
> >>> Little Cayman - 38.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Cayman Brac was hit by Hurricane Paloma in
> November and sustained severe
> >>> damage to the Island, including their dive
> operations. The sightings have so
> >>> far been primarily from divers, so with
> practically no diving in the Brac we
> >>> are getting fewer reports of lionfish from
> there. We assume this will
> >>> increase once the dive operations reopen.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> We have licensed approximately 163 divers to
> remove lionfish for us having
> >>> 130 in Grand, 3 in the Brac, and 30 in LC. We
> will increase the number of
> >>> licensed divers in the Brac once they get more
> dive staff back.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Bradley C. Johnson
> >>> Research Officer
> >>> Department of Environment
> >>> Cayman Islands Government
> >>> PO Box 486
> >>> Grand Cayman KY1-1106
> >>> CAYMAN ISLANDS
> >>> 345-949-8469 Office
> >>> 345-244-4168 Direct
> >>> 345-949-4020 Fax
> >>>
> >>> Website www.doe.ky
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> [Non-text portions of this message have been
> removed]
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ------------------------------------
> >>>
> >>> To Post a message, send it to:
> campam at eGroups.com
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> Florida Institute of Oceanography
> Professor of Integrative Biology
> University of South Florida
> 830 First Street South
> St. Petersburg, FL 33701 USA
> Tel. 727-553-1100
> Fax 727-553-1109
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From M.Tupper at CGIAR.ORG Wed May 6 06:08:06 2009
From: M.Tupper at CGIAR.ORG (Tupper, Mark (WorldFish))
Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 18:08:06 +0800
Subject: [Coral-List] [campam] Cayman Islands Lionfish Update
References: <484082.27884.qm@web27904.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
Message-ID:
Lionfish have been one of the more popular species in marine aquaria for a long time, as well as being exploited for food in a few places, but I've never heard of any noticeable declines in their populations, even where locally harvested for the aquarium trade. I rather doubt that any kind of removal program would have much effect.
As far as I know, their major predators are large groupers and other lionfish. There are definitely fewer large grouper species in the tropical west Atlantic than the Indo-Pacific, and there is the question of whether any predator in the Atlantic would find them palatable. What are the predators of scorpionfish in the Atlantic, if any? They might also be able to prey on lionfish. I suppose one could hope that lionfish numbers in the Caribbean might reach an equilibrium if their cannibalism rate eventually equals their recruitment rate, but who knows what sort of population density would be needed for that to happen...
Mark Tupper
-----Original Message-----
From: coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov on behalf of Jeremy Woodley
Sent: Wed 5/6/2009 1:30 AM
To: 'Georgina Bustamante'; IRF''Bruce Potter; 'John Ogden'; Ernesto Weil
Cc: 'Rahanna Juman'; 'Dale Webber'; 'J.C. Zieman'; 'Eric Jordan-Dahlgren'; 'Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute'; 'Coral List'; 'Bill Wiebe'; 'Bjorn Kjerfve'; 'Dean Milliken'; 'Caribbean Coral Reefs'; 'Campam'; 'George F. Warner'
Subject: Re: [Coral-List] [campam] Cayman Islands Lionfish Update
I agree with John that the creature is probably here to stay. However, people who have researched its life-history, natural distribution and ecology could tell us if there is some weak point at which it might be susceptible for control, or could enhance attempts to capture them. But it's hard to imagine that divers with nets and spears can do the job: not enough divers and too many less accessible reefs.
Jeremy
--- On Tue, 5/5/09, Ernesto Weil wrote:
From: Ernesto Weil
Subject: RE: [campam] Cayman Islands Lionfish Update
To: "'Georgina Bustamante'" , "'Bruce Potter, IRF'" , "'John Ogden'"
Cc: "'Campam'" , "'Coral List'" , "'Jaime Garzon-Ferreira'" , "'Carolina Bastidas'" , "'Rahanna Juman'" , "'Eric Jordan-Dahlgren'" , "'Bjorn Kjerfve'" , "'Dean Milliken'" , "'Bill Wiebe'" , "'Dale Webber'" , "'J.C.. Zieman'" , "'George F. Warner'" , "'Jeremy Woodley'" , "'Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute'" , "'Caribbean Coral Reefs'"
Date: Tuesday, 5 May, 2009, 5:12 PM
Dear Colleagues, instead of developing a protocol to? assess
impact of lionfish on small fish populations,? It seems to me that we should ?invest
some energy ?into ?developing a protocol ?to efficiently eradicate it ASAP, so
we do not have to assess their impact in small fish populations.
?
EW
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Subject: RE: [campam] Cayman Islands Lionfish Update
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Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 11:02 PM
To: John Ogden
Cc: Campam; Coral List; Jaime Garzon-Ferreira; Carolina Bastidas;
Rahanna Juman; Ernesto Weil; Eric Jordan-Dahlgren; Bjorn Kjerfve; Dean
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Subject: Re: [campam] Cayman Islands Lionfish Update
?
John -- I agree, and I thought that someone at NOAA or RSMAS
announced some time back that there was an established reporting
network?
bruce potter
At 9:44 AM -0500 5/4/09, John Ogden wrote:
>Thinking back to the Diadema mass mortality of 1983-84 and the
>opportunities that were missed because of poor communications across the
>region, now would be a very good time to use our superb and ubiquitous
>communications to set up a coordinated observation network to see what
>is the impact of lionfish on populations of small reef fishes. It
>appears that this idea could be trumped by well-meaning but ultimately
>futile attempts to remove them. Who doubts that they are here to stay?
>It would be best we anticipate the future of Caribbean reefs with
>lionfish and try to get some data to help get our minds around this.
>
>Cheers all.
>>
>> From: Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute Network
>> [mailto:GCFINET at LISTSERV.TAMU.EDU]
On Behalf Of Dave Anderson
>> Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2009 9:24 PM
>> To: GCFINET at LISTSERV.TAMU.EDU
>> Subject: [GCFINET] Cayman Islands Lionfish Update
>>
>>
>>
>> This message was originally submitted by Bradley Johnson
>> [mailto:Bradley.Johnson at gov.ky]
to GCFINet.
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>>
>>
>> As of 30th April 2009 we have caught 90 lionfish! This includes the 2
caught
>> in Cayman Brac and Little Cayman in 2008 and 3 live specimens. They
have
>> been caught in water ranging from 3' down to 110', on all sides of the
>> islands, and in all habitats.
>>
>>
>>
>> By island we have:
>>
>> Grand Cayman - 44;
>>
>> Cayman Brac - 8;
>>
>> Little Cayman - 38.
>>
>>
>>
>> Cayman Brac was hit by Hurricane Paloma in November and sustained
severe
>> damage to the Island, including their dive operations. The sightings
have so
>> far been primarily from divers, so with practically no diving in the
Brac we
>> are getting fewer reports of lionfish from there. We assume this will
>> increase once the dive operations reopen.
>>
>>
>>
>> We have licensed approximately 163 divers to remove lionfish for us
having
>> 130 in Grand, 3 in the Brac, and 30 in LC. We will increase the number
of
>> licensed divers in the Brac once they get more dive staff back.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Bradley C. Johnson
>> Research Officer
>> Department of Environment
>> Cayman Islands Government
>> PO Box 486
>> Grand Cayman KY1-1106
>> CAYMAN ISLANDS
>> 345-949-8469 Office
>> 345-244-4168 Direct
>> 345-949-4020 Fax
>>
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From andyroo_of72 at yahoo.com Wed May 6 09:42:47 2009
From: andyroo_of72 at yahoo.com (andrew ross)
Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 06:42:47 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Coral-List] Control of lionfish
In-Reply-To:
Message-ID: <180201.61332.qm@web50610.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
Will and Mark,
My question was a little leading- do you suppose that the lack of this elaborate/extensive refuge habitat may somehow be facilitating the success/spread of this invader and its eventual impact, particularly on artisanal reef-fisheries?
To rephrase Mark's observations- a tractor can't corner rabbits against a cattle fence.
A
--- On Wed, 5/6/09, Tupper, Mark (WorldFish) wrote:
> From: Tupper, Mark (WorldFish)
> Subject: RE: [Coral-List] Control of lionfish
> To: andyroo_of72 at yahoo.com, "Coral List"
> Date: Wednesday, May 6, 2009, 2:06 PM
> Not usually. I mostly see lionfish hunting along overhangs
> and caves in the forereef or reef wall. They use their
> pectoral fins in a "herding" technique to trap
> small fish. I think this works best along wider surfaces
> than most branching corals would provide.
>
> Mark Tupper
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov on behalf of
> andrew ross
> Sent: Wed 5/6/2009 6:24 AM
> To: Coral List
> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Control of lionfish
>
>
> Regarding those stressed reefs, do lionfish hunt among the
> branching coral (staghorn-type) thickets on their native
> reefs?
> Andrew
>
>
From jmarr at perryinstitute.org Wed May 6 10:08:06 2009
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Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 10:08:06 -0400
Subject: [Coral-List] position available
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From tsmith at uvi.edu Wed May 6 14:41:23 2009
From: tsmith at uvi.edu (Tyler Smith)
Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 14:41:23 -0400
Subject: [Coral-List] Two Marine Technician Position Announcements - U.
Virgin Islands
Message-ID: <20989EE6-B90A-4986-B6E2-3996E4861E37@uvi.edu>
Greetings!
The Center for Marine and Environmental Studies at the University of
the Virgin Islands is seeking applicants for two positions at the
level of research specialist. See below for general description.
More details on the positions and the opportunity to submit
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We are looking to fill theses positions in short-order.
- Spatial Analysis and Statistics Specialist: Under the direction of
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and distributing geographic data relative to the marine sciences with
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From dmb98 at cornell.edu Wed May 6 12:21:50 2009
From: dmb98 at cornell.edu (David Baker)
Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 12:21:50 -0400
Subject: [Coral-List] Volume of the Caribbean Sea?
Message-ID: <08FC1C26-667C-47AB-B3D2-3C91313B1148@cornell.edu>
Greetings Listers,
I'm curious if anyone has an estimate of the volume of the Caribbean
Sea? I'm interested in any geographic range (i.e. with or without the
Gulf of Mexico, coastal areas only, etc.), so general responses are
welcomed. Feel free to contact me off-list dmb98 at cornell.edu.
Thanks!
-Dave
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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&Evolutionary Biology
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From lesk at bu.edu Wed May 6 12:31:28 2009
From: lesk at bu.edu (Les Kaufman)
Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 12:31:28 -0400
Subject: [Coral-List] lionfish are here to stay, killing them is not the way?
Message-ID:
Sorry if I missed part of this thread, but everybody does know about
Hixon et al's continuing work on expat lionfish biology?
Les
Les Kaufman
Professor of Biology
Associate Director
Boston University Marine Program
and
Senior PI
Marine Management Area Science
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From justinrg at gmail.com Wed May 6 12:33:11 2009
From: justinrg at gmail.com (Justin R Grubich)
Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 12:33:11 -0400
Subject: [Coral-List] Control of Lionfish
Message-ID: <7c97a3770905060933v7c6dee38lae71ced70d781054@mail.gmail.com>
Colleagues,
To add to Mark's observations of lionfishes in their native ranges, we
recently documented lionfish species diversity and
biogeography during an expedition to the southwest islands of Palau this
past summer. Interestingly, we found very low numbers of lionfishes but high
species richness and abundances of groupers. In addition to healthy
populations of large groupers among these remote reefs, there was also high
densities of medium and small groupers species that are likley keeping them
in check as ecomorphological competitors of lionfishes. If anyone is
interested in more details, the results of this rapid assessment of
lionfishes will be coming out in Coral Reefs soon. For those interested in
the raw data, the specimen and tissue collections are being housed at the
Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago
-Justin Grubich
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> From: "Tupper, Mark (WorldFish)"
> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Control of lionfish
> To: , "Coral List"
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> Not usually. I mostly see lionfish hunting along overhangs and caves in the
> forereef or reef wall. They use their pectoral fins in a "herding" technique
> to trap small fish. I think this works best along wider surfaces than most
> branching corals would provide.
>
> Mark Tupper
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov on behalf of andrew ross
> Sent: Wed 5/6/2009 6:24 AM
> To: Coral List
> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Control of lionfish
>
>
> Regarding those stressed reefs, do lionfish hunt among the branching coral
> (staghorn-type) thickets on their native reefs?
> Andrew
>
>
> --- On Wed, 5/6/09, John Ogden wrote:
>
> > From: John Ogden
> > Subject: [Coral-List] Control of lionfish
> > To: "Brice Semmens"
> > Cc: "Coral List"
> > Date: Wednesday, May 6, 2009, 12:19 AM
> > Bruce,
> >
> > Good first point and more or less what I meant to say.
> > Let's
> > distinguish control and eradication. Control (living with)
> > lionfish
> > requires knowledge that could be side-tracked by expensive,
> > extensive,
> > well-meaning but ultimately futile eradication measures
> > (and there are
> > many people thinking this way). I suggest that the time is
> > now to use
> > the event of invasion not just to document but to look at
> > what is
> > happening on Caribbean reefs as this invader is
> > established. Surely
> > this will help gather knowledge knowledge useful to
> > control. In my
> > opinion we will be living with lionfish from here on out.
> >
> > Cheers.
> >
> > Brice Semmens wrote:
> > > John,
> > >
> > > No one doubts mosquitoes are here to stay, yet most
> > folk appreciate
> > > control efforts (particularly in your neck of the
> > woods!) Efforts
> > > aimed at culling lionfish are principally intended to
> > limit impacts to
> > > already stressed reef communities. Put another way,
> > the efforts are
> > > only futile if the goal is erradication. I don't
> > believe anyone
> > > involved in these (well coordinated) efforts has
> > eradication as a goal
> > > at this point. It's also worth noting that any
> > rigorous efforts aimed
> > > at identifying lionfish impacts on a whole-reef scale
> > should probably
> > > attempt some version of BACI... note the
> > 'control' part of BACI.
> > >
> > > So, the big question -- are you suggesting that folks
> > forgo control
> > > efforts in order to focus exclusively on documenting
> > the undoubtedly
> > > horrific effects of this invasion? To me that's
> > like studying the
> > > wiring diagram of a time bomb that's about to go
> > off -- I'd rather
> > > spend my time figuring out how to avoid as much of the
> > blast as possible.
> > >
> > > My two cents.
> > > Brice Semmens
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > John Ogden wrote:
> > >> Thinking back to the Diadema mass mortality of
> > 1983-84 and the
> > >> opportunities that were missed because of poor
> > communications across the
> > >> region, now would be a very good time to use our
> > superb and ubiquitous
> > >> communications to set up a coordinated observation
> > network to see what
> > >> is the impact of lionfish on populations of small
> > reef fishes. It
> > >> appears that this idea could be trumped by
> > well-meaning but ultimately
> > >> futile attempts to remove them. Who doubts that
> > they are here to stay?
> > >> It would be best we anticipate the future of
> > Caribbean reefs with
> > >> lionfish and try to get some data to help get our
> > minds around this.
> > >>
> > >> Cheers all.
> > >>
> > >>> From: Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute
> > Network
> > >>> [mailto:GCFINET at LISTSERV.TAMU.EDU] On Behalf
> > Of Dave Anderson
> > >>> Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2009 9:24 PM
> > >>> To: GCFINET at LISTSERV.TAMU.EDU
> > >>> Subject: [GCFINET] Cayman Islands Lionfish
> > Update
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> This message was originally submitted by
> > Bradley Johnson
> > >>> [mailto:Bradley.Johnson at gov.ky] to GCFINet.
> > >>>
> > >>> Hi all,
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> As of 30th April 2009 we have caught 90
> > lionfish! This includes the 2 caught
> > >>> in Cayman Brac and Little Cayman in 2008 and 3
> > live specimens. They have
> > >>> been caught in water ranging from 3' down
> > to 110', on all sides of the
> > >>> islands, and in all habitats.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> By island we have:
> > >>>
> > >>> Grand Cayman - 44;
> > >>>
> > >>> Cayman Brac - 8;
> > >>>
> > >>> Little Cayman - 38.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Cayman Brac was hit by Hurricane Paloma in
> > November and sustained severe
> > >>> damage to the Island, including their dive
> > operations. The sightings have so
> > >>> far been primarily from divers, so with
> > practically no diving in the Brac we
> > >>> are getting fewer reports of lionfish from
> > there. We assume this will
> > >>> increase once the dive operations reopen.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> We have licensed approximately 163 divers to
> > remove lionfish for us having
> > >>> 130 in Grand, 3 in the Brac, and 30 in LC. We
> > will increase the number of
> > >>> licensed divers in the Brac once they get more
> > dive staff back.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Bradley C. Johnson
> > >>> Research Officer
> > >>> Department of Environment
> > >>> Cayman Islands Government
> > >>> PO Box 486
> > >>> Grand Cayman KY1-1106
> > >>> CAYMAN ISLANDS
> > >>> 345-949-8469 Office
> > >>> 345-244-4168 Direct
> > >>> 345-949-4020 Fax
> > >>>
> > >>> Website www.doe.ky
> > >>>
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> From: "Tupper, Mark (WorldFish)"
> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] [campam] Cayman Islands Lionfish Update
> To: "Jeremy Woodley" , "Georgina Bustamante"
> , "IRF''Bruce Potter" <
> bpotter at irf.org>,
> "John Ogden" , "Ernesto Weil"
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> Cc: Rahanna Juman , Dale Webber
> , "J.C. Zieman" ,
> Eric
> Jordan-Dahlgren , Gulf and Caribbean
> Fisheries Institute , Coral List
> , Bill Wiebe <
> wjwiebe at earthlink.net>,
> Bjorn Kjerfve , Dean Milliken
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> Lionfish have been one of the more popular species in marine aquaria for a
> long time, as well as being exploited for food in a few places, but I've
> never heard of any noticeable declines in their populations, even where
> locally harvested for the aquarium trade. I rather doubt that any kind of
> removal program would have much effect.
>
> As far as I know, their major predators are large groupers and other
> lionfish. There are definitely fewer large grouper species in the tropical
> west Atlantic than the Indo-Pacific, and there is the question of whether
> any predator in the Atlantic would find them palatable. What are the
> predators of scorpionfish in the Atlantic, if any? They might also be able
> to prey on lionfish. I suppose one could hope that lionfish numbers in the
> Caribbean might reach an equilibrium if their cannibalism rate eventually
> equals their recruitment rate, but who knows what sort of population density
> would be needed for that to happen...
>
> Mark Tupper
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov on behalf of Jeremy Woodley
> Sent: Wed 5/6/2009 1:30 AM
> To: 'Georgina Bustamante'; IRF''Bruce Potter; 'John Ogden'; Ernesto Weil
> Cc: 'Rahanna Juman'; 'Dale Webber'; 'J.C. Zieman'; 'Eric Jordan-Dahlgren';
> 'Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute'; 'Coral List'; 'Bill Wiebe'; 'Bjorn
> Kjerfve'; 'Dean Milliken'; 'Caribbean Coral Reefs'; 'Campam'; 'George F.
> Warner'
> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] [campam] Cayman Islands Lionfish Update
>
> I agree with John that the creature is probably here to stay. However,
> people who have researched its life-history, natural distribution and
> ecology could tell us if there is some weak point at which it might be
> susceptible for control, or could enhance attempts to capture them. But it's
> hard to imagine that divers with nets and spears can do the job: not enough
> divers and too many less accessible reefs.
>
> Jeremy
>
> --- On Tue, 5/5/09, Ernesto Weil wrote:
>
> From: Ernesto Weil
> Subject: RE: [campam] Cayman Islands Lionfish Update
> To: "'Georgina Bustamante'" , "'Bruce Potter,
> IRF'" , "'John Ogden'"
> Cc: "'Campam'" , "'Coral List'" <
> coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>, "'Jaime Garzon-Ferreira'" <
> jgarzon at invemar.org.co>, "'Carolina Bastidas'" ,
> "'Rahanna Juman'" , "'Eric Jordan-Dahlgren'" <
> jordan at mar.icmyl.unam.mx>, "'Bjorn Kjerfve'" , "'Dean
> Milliken'" , "'Bill Wiebe'" <
> wjwiebe at earthlink.net>, "'Dale Webber'" ,
> "'J.C.. Zieman'" , "'George F. Warner'" <
> georgewarner261 at btinternet.com>, "'Jeremy Woodley'" ,
> "'Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute'" ,
> "'Caribbean Coral Reefs'"
> Date: Tuesday, 5 May, 2009, 5:12 PM
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> Dear Colleagues, instead of developing a protocol to? assess
> impact of lionfish on small fish populations,? It seems to me that we
> should ?invest
> some energy ?into ?developing a protocol ?to efficiently eradicate it ASAP,
> so
> we do not have to assess their impact in small fish populations.
>
> ?
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> EW
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> From: Georgina Bustamante
> [mailto:gbustamante at bellsouth.net]
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> Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 11:25 PM
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> To: 'Bruce Potter, IRF'; 'John Ogden'
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> Cc: 'Campam'; 'Coral List'; 'Jaime Garzon-Ferreira'; 'Carolina
> Bastidas'; 'Rahanna Juman'; 'Ernesto Weil'; 'Eric Jordan-Dahlgren'; 'Bjorn
> Kjerfve'; 'Dean Milliken'; 'Bill Wiebe'; 'Dale Webber'; 'J.C. Zieman';
> 'George
> F. Warner'; 'Jeremy Woodley'; 'Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute';
> 'Caribbean Coral Reefs'
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> Subject: RE: [campam] Cayman Islands Lionfish Update
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> campam at yahoogroups.com [mailto:campam at yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Bruce
> Potter, IRF
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> Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 11:02 PM
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> To: John Ogden
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> Cc: Campam; Coral List; Jaime Garzon-Ferreira; Carolina Bastidas;
> Rahanna Juman; Ernesto Weil; Eric Jordan-Dahlgren; Bjorn Kjerfve; Dean
> Milliken; Bill Wiebe; Dale Webber; J.C. Zieman; George F. Warner; Jeremy
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> Subject: Re: [campam] Cayman Islands Lionfish Update
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> John -- I agree, and I thought that someone at NOAA or RSMAS
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> announced some time back that there was an established reporting
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> bruce potter
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> At 9:44 AM -0500 5/4/09, John Ogden wrote:
>
> >Thinking back to the Diadema mass mortality of 1983-84 and the
>
> >opportunities that were missed because of poor communications across the
>
> >region, now would be a very good time to use our superb and ubiquitous
>
> >communications to set up a coordinated observation network to see what
>
> >is the impact of lionfish on populations of small reef fishes. It
>
> >appears that this idea could be trumped by well-meaning but ultimately
>
> >futile attempts to remove them. Who doubts that they are here to stay?
>
> >It would be best we anticipate the future of Caribbean reefs with
>
> >lionfish and try to get some data to help get our minds around this.
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> >
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> >Cheers all.
>
> >>
>
> >> From: Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute Network
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> >> [mailto:GCFINET at LISTSERV.TAMU.EDU]
> On Behalf Of Dave Anderson
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> >> Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2009 9:24 PM
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> >> To: GCFINET at LISTSERV.TAMU.EDU
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> >> Subject: [GCFINET] Cayman Islands Lionfish Update
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> >>
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> >>
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> >>
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> >> This message was originally submitted by Bradley Johnson
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> >> [mailto:Bradley.Johnson at gov.ky]
> to GCFINet.
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> >> Hi all,
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> >>
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> >>
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> >>
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> >> As of 30th April 2009 we have caught 90 lionfish! This includes the 2
> caught
>
> >> in Cayman Brac and Little Cayman in 2008 and 3 live specimens. They
> have
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> >> been caught in water ranging from 3' down to 110', on all sides of the
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> >> islands, and in all habitats.
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> >> Little Cayman - 38.
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> >> Cayman Brac was hit by Hurricane Paloma in November and sustained
> severe
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> >> damage to the Island, including their dive operations. The sightings
> have so
>
> >> far been primarily from divers, so with practically no diving in the
> Brac we
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> >> are getting fewer reports of lionfish from there. We assume this will
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> >> increase once the dive operations reopen.
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> >>
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> >>
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> >>
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> >> We have licensed approximately 163 divers to remove lionfish for us
> having
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> >> 130 in Grand, 3 in the Brac, and 30 in LC. We will increase the number
> of
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> >> licensed divers in the Brac once they get more dive staff back.
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> >> Bradley C. Johnson
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> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 06:42:47 -0700 (PDT)
> From: andrew ross
> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Control of lionfish
> To: Coral List
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> Will and Mark,
> My question was a little leading- do you suppose that the lack of this
> elaborate/extensive refuge habitat may somehow be facilitating the
> success/spread of this invader and its eventual impact, particularly on
> artisanal reef-fisheries?
> To rephrase Mark's observations- a tractor can't corner rabbits against a
> cattle fence.
> A
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> --- On Wed, 5/6/09, Tupper, Mark (WorldFish) wrote:
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> > From: Tupper, Mark (WorldFish)
> > Subject: RE: [Coral-List] Control of lionfish
> > To: andyroo_of72 at yahoo.com, "Coral List" >
> > Date: Wednesday, May 6, 2009, 2:06 PM
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> > Not usually. I mostly see lionfish hunting along overhangs
> > and caves in the forereef or reef wall. They use their
> > pectoral fins in a "herding" technique to trap
> > small fish. I think this works best along wider surfaces
> > than most branching corals would provide.
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> > Mark Tupper
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> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov on behalf of
> > andrew ross
> > Sent: Wed 5/6/2009 6:24 AM
> > To: Coral List
> > Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Control of lionfish
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> > Regarding those stressed reefs, do lionfish hunt among the
> > branching coral (staghorn-type) thickets on their native
> > reefs?
> > Andrew
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From Lad at reef.org Wed May 6 15:05:51 2009
From: Lad at reef.org (Lad Akins)
Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 15:05:51 -0400
Subject: [Coral-List] Control of lionfish
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HI John, Paul, Brice and all.
Glad this issue is catching your eye. It has been on the radar for some
time now and much is being done in both control and documentation of the
impacts relative to this invasion.
It's been a while since we've updated on the coral list, so I maybe this is
a good time to do so.
Relative to documentation of the impacts, James Morris, Paula Whitfield,
Roldan Munoz and others at NOAA's Beaufort lab as well as others working in
the South Atlantic Bight have been taking a lead role in addressing status
and impacts of this invasion along the US east coast. Work on reproduction,
age/growth, predation (on and by lionfish), population dynamics, genetics,
parasitology, and more have been either recently published or are in final
review.
Stephanie Green and Isabelle C?t? at Simon Fraser University, James Morris
at NOAA, Mark Albins and Mark Hixon at Oregon State, Nicola Smith at
University of British Columbia and others have been looking at similar
issues and impacts relative to coral reef systems in the Bahamas and other
invaded areas of the Caribbean.
REEF has been working in close coordination with those along the US Coast
and in the wider Caribbean to facilitate research but also to implement
outreach/awareness, early detection/rapid response and control programs.
Over the last 6 months we have worked with the Bahamas, Turks and Caicos,
Cayman Islands and the Netherlands Antilles to conduct workshops on
outreach/awareness, detection and response, medical issues, collection and
handling techniques and monitoring and assessment protocols. We were able to
train and license over 160 dive professionals in Cayman alone to respond to
sightings and remove fish via early detection/rapid response protocols.
Upcoming projects and workshops are planned for Belize
(http://www.reef.org/programs/exotic/lionfish/trips) , the Florida Keys,
Bahamas and USVI/PR this summer. (visit www.reef.org/lionfish for updates)
The USGS has been the focal point for databasing lionfish sightings and has
dedicated significant resources to hosting the lionfish sightings database
on their NAS website
(http://nas.er.usgs.gov/taxgroup/fish/lionfishdistribution.asp). They have
also developed mapping tools and maintain an early warning system to alert
users (anyone can sign up) of lionfish or other non-native species sightings
in new areas.
The recent GCFI (Guadaloupe), ICAIS (Montreal) and the upcoming Marine
Bioinvasions (Portland) conferences all have lionfish special sessions where
the latest work has been/is being presented. There is a very good summary of
what is currently known about lionfish including discussion on control and
management from the recent GCFI symposium
(http://www.ccfhr.noaa.gov/documents/morrisetal_2009.pdf)
We (NOAA/REEF) now have funding to conduct a series of regional workshops
this summer and fall and many research and control programs are set to start
up early this summer.
I hope this eases some of the concern relative to the control and impacts
issue. If you have any questions or would like more info, feel free to
contacts us. Let's all work together to ensure that research and control
will work hand in hand to come up with successful solutions to this issue.
All the best,
Lad
*********************************************
Lad Akins
Director of Special Projects
Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF)
98300 Overseas Hwy, Key Largo, FL, 33037
(305) 852-0030
(305) 942-7333 cell
Lad at REEF.org
www.REEF.org
-----Original Message-----
From: coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
[mailto:coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov] On Behalf Of John Ogden
Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 3:20 PM
To: Brice Semmens
Cc: Coral List
Subject: [Coral-List] Control of lionfish
Bruce,
Good first point and more or less what I meant to say. Let's
distinguish control and eradication. Control (living with) lionfish
requires knowledge that could be side-tracked by expensive, extensive,
well-meaning but ultimately futile eradication measures (and there are
many people thinking this way). I suggest that the time is now to use
the event of invasion not just to document but to look at what is
happening on Caribbean reefs as this invader is established. Surely
this will help gather knowledge knowledge useful to control. In my
opinion we will be living with lionfish from here on out.
Cheers.
Brice Semmens wrote:
> John,
>
> No one doubts mosquitoes are here to stay, yet most folk appreciate
> control efforts (particularly in your neck of the woods!) Efforts
> aimed at culling lionfish are principally intended to limit impacts to
> already stressed reef communities. Put another way, the efforts are
> only futile if the goal is erradication. I don't believe anyone
> involved in these (well coordinated) efforts has eradication as a goal
> at this point. It's also worth noting that any rigorous efforts aimed
> at identifying lionfish impacts on a whole-reef scale should probably
> attempt some version of BACI... note the 'control' part of BACI.
>
> So, the big question -- are you suggesting that folks forgo control
> efforts in order to focus exclusively on documenting the undoubtedly
> horrific effects of this invasion? To me that's like studying the
> wiring diagram of a time bomb that's about to go off -- I'd rather
> spend my time figuring out how to avoid as much of the blast as possible.
>
> My two cents.
> Brice Semmens
>
>
>
>
>
> John Ogden wrote:
>> Thinking back to the Diadema mass mortality of 1983-84 and the
>> opportunities that were missed because of poor communications across the
>> region, now would be a very good time to use our superb and ubiquitous
>> communications to set up a coordinated observation network to see what
>> is the impact of lionfish on populations of small reef fishes. It
>> appears that this idea could be trumped by well-meaning but ultimately
>> futile attempts to remove them. Who doubts that they are here to stay?
>> It would be best we anticipate the future of Caribbean reefs with
>> lionfish and try to get some data to help get our minds around this.
>>
>> Cheers all.
>>
>>> From: Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute Network
>>> [mailto:GCFINET at LISTSERV.TAMU.EDU] On Behalf Of Dave Anderson
>>> Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2009 9:24 PM
>>> To: GCFINET at LISTSERV.TAMU.EDU
>>> Subject: [GCFINET] Cayman Islands Lionfish Update
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> This message was originally submitted by Bradley Johnson
>>> [mailto:Bradley.Johnson at gov.ky] to GCFINet.
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> As of 30th April 2009 we have caught 90 lionfish! This includes the 2
caught
>>> in Cayman Brac and Little Cayman in 2008 and 3 live specimens. They have
>>> been caught in water ranging from 3' down to 110', on all sides of the
>>> islands, and in all habitats.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> By island we have:
>>>
>>> Grand Cayman - 44;
>>>
>>> Cayman Brac - 8;
>>>
>>> Little Cayman - 38.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Cayman Brac was hit by Hurricane Paloma in November and sustained severe
>>> damage to the Island, including their dive operations. The sightings
have so
>>> far been primarily from divers, so with practically no diving in the
Brac we
>>> are getting fewer reports of lionfish from there. We assume this will
>>> increase once the dive operations reopen.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> We have licensed approximately 163 divers to remove lionfish for us
having
>>> 130 in Grand, 3 in the Brac, and 30 in LC. We will increase the number
of
>>> licensed divers in the Brac once they get more dive staff back.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Bradley C. Johnson
>>> Research Officer
>>> Department of Environment
>>> Cayman Islands Government
>>> PO Box 486
>>> Grand Cayman KY1-1106
>>> CAYMAN ISLANDS
>>> 345-949-8469 Office
>>> 345-244-4168 Direct
>>> 345-949-4020 Fax
>>>
>>> Website www.doe.ky
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
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From alan.e.strong at noaa.gov Wed May 6 17:08:40 2009
From: alan.e.strong at noaa.gov (alan.e.strong at noaa.gov)
Date: Wed, 06 May 2009 17:08:40 -0400
Subject: [Coral-List] Volume of the Caribbean Sea?
In-Reply-To: <08FC1C26-667C-47AB-B3D2-3C91313B1148@cornell.edu>
References: <08FC1C26-667C-47AB-B3D2-3C91313B1148@cornell.edu>
Message-ID: <4A01FC58.7080305@noaa.gov>
Sverdrup et al. [1942] states [page 15] that the Caribbean contains
9.573 million cubic km!
Close enough??
Cheers,
Al
David Baker said the following on 5/6/2009 12:21 PM:
> Greetings Listers,
>
> I'm curious if anyone has an estimate of the volume of the Caribbean
> Sea? I'm interested in any geographic range (i.e. with or without the
> Gulf of Mexico, coastal areas only, etc.), so general responses are
> welcomed. Feel free to contact me off-list dmb98 at cornell.edu.
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Dave
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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> Cornell University
> Department of Ecology
> &Evolutionary Biology
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From Bob.Glazer at MyFWC.com Wed May 6 16:58:56 2009
From: Bob.Glazer at MyFWC.com (Glazer, Bob)
Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 16:58:56 -0400
Subject: [Coral-List] Control of lionfish
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During the recent CaMPAM Training of Trainers course in Tobago, a representative from the Bahamas Department of Fisheries related how a pair of lionfish were observed from an ROV platform at greater than 400' - they are here to stay! Kathleen Sullivan-Seeley and others in the Bahamas developed a very comprehensive plan to deal with them.
Here are the oral and poster abstracts relating to lionfish from the November 2008 GCFI symposium on Invasive Species held in Guadeloupe, FWI:
REEF'S VOLUNTEER PROGRAM FOR EARLY DETECTION AND RAPID RESPONSE OF NON-NATIVE MARINE SPECIES
Lad Akins1 and James Morris2
1REEF P O Box 246 Key Largo, FL 33037 US Lad at reef.org 2NOAANational Centers for Coastal Ocean Science 101 Pivers Island Rd Beaufort NC 28516 USA
ABSTRACT
Lionfish (Pterois miles/volitans) have rapidly become established along the east coast of the U.S., Bermuda, Bahamas, and the north-central Caribbean. A nearly perfect invader, lionfish have spread throughout these regions since 2000 and recent studies have demonstrated significant impacts of lionfish on native reef fish communities. The use of volunteers in early detection and rapid response may provide significant aid in slowing the expansion and controlling populations at key locations of high priority. The Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF), a U.S. based NGO, in partnership with NOAA, the USGS, the National Aquarium in Washington D.C., Simon Fraser University, Oregon State University, local dive operators and volunteers has developed methods and materials for outreach, detection, reporting, and response which can serve as a model for downstream countries preparing for the invasion. Volunteer divers and snorkelers are the eyes and ears of the coral reef environment. REEF provides training for these marine enthusiasts in identification and survey techniques and provides materials for them to report their sightings to a central, publicly accessible database (www.reef.org). These data provide a valuable baseline resource and continually updated monitoring information and may be the first line of defense in early detection efforts. Since January 2007, REEF has conducted 15 week-long lionfish projects in the Bahamas. Over 190 volunteers have participated, helping to gather over 1700 specimens for researchers. The protocols developed during these projects provide an example of how volunteer collection teams can be enabled to minimize impacts of lionfish through regular detection and control activities.
KEYWORDS: volunteers, lionfish, fish surveys, stewardship, non-native species
EFFECTS OF THE INVASIVE INDO-PACIFIC LIONFISH (PTEROIS VOLITANS) ON BAHAMIAN CORAL-REEF FISHES: PREDATION AND COMPETITION
Mark Albins and Mark Hixon
Oregon State University, Department of Zoology 3029 Cordley Hall Corvallis, OR 97331 USA albinsm at science.oregonstate.edu
ABSTRACT
The Indo-Pacific lionfish (Pterois volitans), introduced to Florida waters in the early 1990s, is currently spreading rapidly throughout the Caribbean region. This invasive carnivore may cause both direct and indirect deleterious changes in coral-reef ecosystems via predation on native fishes and invertebrates as well as competition with native predators. We are conducting a series of controlled field experiments on a matrix of small patch reefs in the Bahamas to examine the short-term effects of lionfish on native reef fishes. In 2007, lionfish caused significant reductions in the recruitment of native fishes by an average of 79% over a five-week period. Twenty-three of thirty-eight species recruiting to both lionfish-absent (control) reefs and lionfish-present reefs -- including four of five parrotfishes -- were negatively affected by lionfish. This strong effect on a key life stage of a broad variety of coral-reef fishes suggests that invasive lionfish are already having substantial negative impacts on Atlantic coral reefs. In addition to the demonstrated direct predatory effect of lionfish on small fishes, substantial reductions in this important prey resource may indirectly lead to reduced growth and survival of native piscivores. We are currently conducting experiments investigating potential competitive interactions between lionfish and native serranids, including coney and Nassau grouper. We will also present the results of these ongoing investigations.
KEYWORDS: invasive species, community interactions, piscivory, marine fishes, recruitment
THE OCCURRENCE OF LIONFISH (TELEOSTEI: SCORPAENIDAE: PTEROIS SP.) IN CUBAN MARINE WATERS
Hansel Caballero1, Pedro Pablo Chevalier2, and Olaechea Armando2
1Acuario Nacional Cuba Ave.1ra y 60, Miramar, Playa, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba hanselc at acuarionacional.cu 2Acuario Nacional de Cuba Ave.1ra, esq.60, Miramar, Playa Ciudad de la Habana Cuba
ABSTRACT
The natural distribution of the lionfish Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758) includes the Indian and Pacific oceans in a very extensive area. The finding of this fish in American and Caribbean waters is not new, but was confirmed the occurrence in Cuba since June 2007, when it was observed for first time in the southeast region and in August, more specimens were catch in the central North region, reported by Chevalier et al. (2008). At the moment, U. S. Geological Survey (USGS) has in its data base, around 470 reports (http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/collectioninfo.asp.htm) of the occurrence of the lionfish where includes several reports of the 51 from Cuba until July of the 2008. Our goal is to explain the efforts that the Cuban research institutions are doing, to study biological and ecological aspects of the lionfish in Cuban water. These studies are carried out by the National Aquarium of Cuba (http://www.acuarionacional.cu), with the participation of other institutions dedicated to the marine research with the support of the CHM ("Mechanism of Facilitation for information on biodiversity in Cuba") (www.ecosis.cu/chm/chmcuba.htm), the Project PNUD/GEF (Network of Voluntary Monitoring of Early Alert) (alcolado at ama.cu). Among other aspects, the study includes examine and determine the abundance and distribution of the lionfish in different zones from the Cuban archipelago; to implement a program of environmental education and to develop a data base of sighting of the species in Cuba.
KEYWORDS: Nonindigenous species, Scorpaenidae, Marine introductions, Lionfish, Pterois volitans
THE RED LIONFISH INVASION OF SOUTH CAICOS, TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS
John Claydon, Marta Calosso, and Siri Jacob
The School for Field Studies Center for Marine Resource Studies 1 West Street South Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands jclaydon at fieldstudies.org
ABSTRACT
The first observation of red lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles) in the waters around South Caicos, Turks & Caicos Islands was made in December 2007. From this time until the end of July 2008, lionfish sightings were recorded by staff and students from The School for Field Studies Center for Marine Resource Studies in South Caicos . Twenty-three individuals have been observed. Although effort was made to capture all specimens seen (with 21 individuals captured), sightings represent opportunistic observations made during other activities. All except one were recorded in waters shallower than 2.5m, and specimens have been found in patch reef (n=14), seagrass (n=6), mangrove (n=2), and deep reef (25m; n=1). Although individuals captured ranged in size from 4.1 to 27.7cm TL, all but 2 individuals were <15cm TL. This study documents the invasion of South Caicos by red lionfish, and although the effects of this invasion are unknown, the exponential increase of sightings per month is worrying. Future monitoring will include targeted searches for red lionfish.
KEYWORDS: red lionfish, invasion, Turks & Caicos Islands, ,
PREDICTING THE IMPACT OF INVASIVE LIONFISH (PTEROIS VOLITANS AND P. MILES) ON NATIVE REEF FISH POPULATIONS IN THE CARIBBEAN
Stephanie Green and Isabelle C?t?
Simon Fraser University Department of Biological Sciences 8888 University Drive Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6 Canada stephanie.green at sfu.ca
ABSTRACT
Indo-Pacific lionfish (Pterois volitans and P. miles) have recently invaded and rapidly spread throughout temperate and tropical Western Atlantic habitats. Lionfish use an ambush strategy to consume whole prey fish and have few predators in their introduced range. To understand the impacts of lionfish on native fish communities in the Bahamas and to predict their impacts on the wider Caribbean, the prey and habitat preferences of lionfish on reefs along the southwest coast of New Providence, Bahamas, were studied. Prey-sized fish density, diversity and size distribution, reef complexity and topography, and lionfish density and habitat preference data were collected from 14 sites varying in habitat types, depths and lionfish densities. From January 2007 to July 2008, 500 lionfish (TL = 50 - 424 mm) were collected from these sites. Stomach content analysis revealed that lionfish prey heavily on many species and size classes of native reef fish. Comparisons of diet to prey availability suggest preferential predation on species with behavioural characteristics and morphologies that increase encounter rate and ease of capture. Furthermore, compared to total available biomass, lionfish consume a considerable amount of prey biomass from the reef. Finally, lionfish density was positively correlated with both reef complexity and relief, and prey-sized fish density. Results indicate that lionfish have the ability to significantly impact native reef fish communities. These findings can be used in conjunction with fish community and habitat profiles from elsewhere in the Caribbean to predict the impact of lionfish as they continue to spread throughout the region.
KEYWORDS: invasive species, lionfish, predation, prey selection, habitat selection
BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY OF THE INVASIVE LIONFISH, PTEORIS MILES AND PTEROIS VOLITANS
James Morris
NOAA 101 Pivers Island Rd Beaufort, NC 28516 USA james.morris at noaa.gov
ABSTRACT
The Indo-Pacific lionfishes, Pterois volitans and Pterois miles, are now established along the U.S. south east coast, Bermuda, Bahamas, and are presently becoming established in the Caribbean. While the lionfishes are popular in the aquarium trade, little is known regarding the biology and ecology of these species. Given the rapid establishment of lionfish and the potential impacts lionfish may have on native reef fish communities, we set out to describe lionfish reproductive biology, feeding habits, and venomology using laboratory and field observations. Observations of lionfish reproduction indicate that lionfish are iteroparous, asynchronous, indeterminate batch spawners. Lionfish spawning periodicity measurements indicate that lionfish are spawning monthly, with spawning events occurring during most months of the calendar year throughout their invaded range. Laboratory experiments designed to investigate predation on juvenile lionfish indicate that some native reef fishes avoid lionfish as prey, likely due to their venom defence. Lionfish stomach content analyses reveal that lionfish are preying mostly on crustaceans and small-bodied forage fishes including commercially and recreationally important snapper and grouper. These efforts are providing new insight regarding the integrated biology and ecology of the non-native lionfish and further demonstrate the need for aggressive early detection and rapid response efforts in the marine environment.
KEYWORDS: Pteoris miles, Pterois volitans, lionfish
INDO - PACIFIC LIONFISH INVASION IN BAHAMAS: A CASE STUDY OF RESEARCH, OUTREACH AND MANAGEMENT PLANNING
Kathleen Sullivan Sealey1, Nicola SMITH2, Lakeisha Anderson3, and Deon Stewart 4
1University of Miami Department of Biology P.O. Box 249118 Coral Gables, Fl 33124 USA ksealey at miami.edu 2Department of ZoologyUniversity of British Columbia 3Department of Marine ResourcesNassau, Bahamas 4Bahamas Environment Science and Technology CommissionNassau, Bahamas
ABSTRACT
The invasion of the Indo-Pacific lionfish to Bahamian waters raises considerable concern due to the uncertainty of its ecological impacts and its potential threats to commercial fisheries, tourism and human safety.. Lionfish have been reported throughout the archipelago and are the focus of several research and monitoring initiatives. The Bahamas has a National Invasive Species Strategic Plan, but marine invaders require unique partnerships to gather and collate information, launch educational initiatives, and develop realistic management options. The Government of The Bahamas has limited funds to address major resource management issues; hence, collaboration with non-governmental agencies, and tertiary education institutions is imperative.. The lionfish invasion has created a novel opportunity for the formation of innovative public-private partnerships to address the ecological, social and economic impacts of biological invaders.
KEYWORDS: Lionfish, Invasion, reefs
Robert Glazer
Associate Research Scientist
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
2796 Overseas Hwy., Ste. 119
Marathon, FL 33050
305-289-2330; 305-289-2334 (fax)
bob.glazer at myfwc.com
research.myfwc.com
-----Original Message-----
From: coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov [mailto:coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov] On Behalf Of Lad Akins
Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 3:06 PM
To: 'John Ogden'; 'Brice Semmens'
Cc: 'Coral List'
Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Control of lionfish
HI John, Paul, Brice and all.
Glad this issue is catching your eye. It has been on the radar for some
time now and much is being done in both control and documentation of the
impacts relative to this invasion.
It's been a while since we've updated on the coral list, so I maybe this is
a good time to do so.
Relative to documentation of the impacts, James Morris, Paula Whitfield,
Roldan Munoz and others at NOAA's Beaufort lab as well as others working in
the South Atlantic Bight have been taking a lead role in addressing status
and impacts of this invasion along the US east coast. Work on reproduction,
age/growth, predation (on and by lionfish), population dynamics, genetics,
parasitology, and more have been either recently published or are in final
review.
Stephanie Green and Isabelle C?t? at Simon Fraser University, James Morris
at NOAA, Mark Albins and Mark Hixon at Oregon State, Nicola Smith at
University of British Columbia and others have been looking at similar
issues and impacts relative to coral reef systems in the Bahamas and other
invaded areas of the Caribbean.
REEF has been working in close coordination with those along the US Coast
and in the wider Caribbean to facilitate research but also to implement
outreach/awareness, early detection/rapid response and control programs.
Over the last 6 months we have worked with the Bahamas, Turks and Caicos,
Cayman Islands and the Netherlands Antilles to conduct workshops on
outreach/awareness, detection and response, medical issues, collection and
handling techniques and monitoring and assessment protocols. We were able to
train and license over 160 dive professionals in Cayman alone to respond to
sightings and remove fish via early detection/rapid response protocols.
Upcoming projects and workshops are planned for Belize
(http://www.reef.org/programs/exotic/lionfish/trips) , the Florida Keys,
Bahamas and USVI/PR this summer. (visit www.reef.org/lionfish for updates)
The USGS has been the focal point for databasing lionfish sightings and has
dedicated significant resources to hosting the lionfish sightings database
on their NAS website
(http://nas.er.usgs.gov/taxgroup/fish/lionfishdistribution.asp). They have
also developed mapping tools and maintain an early warning system to alert
users (anyone can sign up) of lionfish or other non-native species sightings
in new areas.
The recent GCFI (Guadaloupe), ICAIS (Montreal) and the upcoming Marine
Bioinvasions (Portland) conferences all have lionfish special sessions where
the latest work has been/is being presented. There is a very good summary of
what is currently known about lionfish including discussion on control and
management from the recent GCFI symposium
(http://www.ccfhr.noaa.gov/documents/morrisetal_2009.pdf)
We (NOAA/REEF) now have funding to conduct a series of regional workshops
this summer and fall and many research and control programs are set to start
up early this summer.
I hope this eases some of the concern relative to the control and impacts
issue. If you have any questions or would like more info, feel free to
contacts us. Let's all work together to ensure that research and control
will work hand in hand to come up with successful solutions to this issue.
All the best,
Lad
*********************************************
Lad Akins
Director of Special Projects
Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF)
98300 Overseas Hwy, Key Largo, FL, 33037
(305) 852-0030
(305) 942-7333 cell
Lad at REEF.org
www.REEF.org
-----Original Message-----
From: coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
[mailto:coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov] On Behalf Of John Ogden
Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 3:20 PM
To: Brice Semmens
Cc: Coral List
Subject: [Coral-List] Control of lionfish
Bruce,
Good first point and more or less what I meant to say. Let's
distinguish control and eradication. Control (living with) lionfish
requires knowledge that could be side-tracked by expensive, extensive,
well-meaning but ultimately futile eradication measures (and there are
many people thinking this way). I suggest that the time is now to use
the event of invasion not just to document but to look at what is
happening on Caribbean reefs as this invader is established. Surely
this will help gather knowledge knowledge useful to control. In my
opinion we will be living with lionfish from here on out.
Cheers.
Brice Semmens wrote:
> John,
>
> No one doubts mosquitoes are here to stay, yet most folk appreciate
> control efforts (particularly in your neck of the woods!) Efforts
> aimed at culling lionfish are principally intended to limit impacts to
> already stressed reef communities. Put another way, the efforts are
> only futile if the goal is erradication. I don't believe anyone
> involved in these (well coordinated) efforts has eradication as a goal
> at this point. It's also worth noting that any rigorous efforts aimed
> at identifying lionfish impacts on a whole-reef scale should probably
> attempt some version of BACI... note the 'control' part of BACI.
>
> So, the big question -- are you suggesting that folks forgo control
> efforts in order to focus exclusively on documenting the undoubtedly
> horrific effects of this invasion? To me that's like studying the
> wiring diagram of a time bomb that's about to go off -- I'd rather
> spend my time figuring out how to avoid as much of the blast as possible.
>
> My two cents.
> Brice Semmens
>
>
>
>
>
> John Ogden wrote:
>> Thinking back to the Diadema mass mortality of 1983-84 and the
>> opportunities that were missed because of poor communications across the
>> region, now would be a very good time to use our superb and ubiquitous
>> communications to set up a coordinated observation network to see what
>> is the impact of lionfish on populations of small reef fishes. It
>> appears that this idea could be trumped by well-meaning but ultimately
>> futile attempts to remove them. Who doubts that they are here to stay?
>> It would be best we anticipate the future of Caribbean reefs with
>> lionfish and try to get some data to help get our minds around this.
>>
>> Cheers all.
>>
>>> From: Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute Network
>>> [mailto:GCFINET at LISTSERV.TAMU.EDU] On Behalf Of Dave Anderson
>>> Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2009 9:24 PM
>>> To: GCFINET at LISTSERV.TAMU.EDU
>>> Subject: [GCFINET] Cayman Islands Lionfish Update
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> This message was originally submitted by Bradley Johnson
>>> [mailto:Bradley.Johnson at gov.ky] to GCFINet.
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> As of 30th April 2009 we have caught 90 lionfish! This includes the 2
caught
>>> in Cayman Brac and Little Cayman in 2008 and 3 live specimens. They have
>>> been caught in water ranging from 3' down to 110', on all sides of the
>>> islands, and in all habitats.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> By island we have:
>>>
>>> Grand Cayman - 44;
>>>
>>> Cayman Brac - 8;
>>>
>>> Little Cayman - 38.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Cayman Brac was hit by Hurricane Paloma in November and sustained severe
>>> damage to the Island, including their dive operations. The sightings
have so
>>> far been primarily from divers, so with practically no diving in the
Brac we
>>> are getting fewer reports of lionfish from there. We assume this will
>>> increase once the dive operations reopen.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> We have licensed approximately 163 divers to remove lionfish for us
having
>>> 130 in Grand, 3 in the Brac, and 30 in LC. We will increase the number
of
>>> licensed divers in the Brac once they get more dive staff back.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Bradley C. Johnson
>>> Research Officer
>>> Department of Environment
>>> Cayman Islands Government
>>> PO Box 486
>>> Grand Cayman KY1-1106
>>> CAYMAN ISLANDS
>>> 345-949-8469 Office
>>> 345-244-4168 Direct
>>> 345-949-4020 Fax
>>>
>>> Website www.doe.ky
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>>>
>>>
>>>
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From chris at oceanswatch.org Wed May 6 15:50:27 2009
From: chris at oceanswatch.org (chris at oceanswatch.org)
Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 05:50:27 +1000
Subject: [Coral-List] Volunteer positions with OceansWatch. Vanuatu,
Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea
Message-ID: <60307A45BF5A4E51BFAA2D33B4B9D829@your0cdc4f5844>
Some last minute changes of plan have created 2 volunteer vacancies with OceansWatch, www.oceanswatch.org suitable for recent Marine Biology, Environmental Science or Oceanography graduates. PADI Divemaster qualifications would be an advantage as would Reef Check training or Pacific Fish and Invert ID experience.
Position 1.
Team Scientist for a trip by yacht to Vanuatu, The Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea. Depart New Zealand late May or join the Yacht in early June in Vanuatu. Depart from Cairns, Australia mid October.
Position 2
Team Scientist (in co-operation with another OceansWatch scientist). This trip is solely in Vanuatu and volunteers will be accommodated on OceansWatch members yachts.
The work will mainly involve basic Reef Check surveying and working with local communities. It could (in PNG) include some humanitarian work. There may be opportunities for volunteers to conduct their own research.
For more information please contact:
Chris Bone, CEO OceansWatch chris at oceanswatch.org
From M.Tupper at CGIAR.ORG Wed May 6 22:19:22 2009
From: M.Tupper at CGIAR.ORG (Tupper, Mark (WorldFish))
Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 10:19:22 +0800
Subject: [Coral-List] Control of lionfish
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The Akins and Morris talk sounds very interesting (as do all these presentations) but I am a bit skeptical of the statement "The protocols developed during these projects provide an example of how volunteer collection teams can be enabled to minimize impacts of lionfish through regular detection and control activities". I doubt that manual removal will achieve anything other than a highly localized effect at a few sites. If the aquarium trade cannot make a dent in lionfish numbers on their native reefs, I'm not sure what volunteer collection teams can do in an area where lionfish seem to have no natural predators or competitors.
Dr. Mark H. Tupper
Scientist - Coral Reefs and Reef Fisheries
The WorldFish Center
From M.Tupper at CGIAR.ORG Wed May 6 22:20:51 2009
From: M.Tupper at CGIAR.ORG (Tupper, Mark (WorldFish))
Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 10:20:51 +0800
Subject: [Coral-List] Control of Lionfish
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Dear Justin and colleagues,
Did your rapid assessment include night-time census? I lived in Palau for nearly 3 years and while I saw lionfish only occasionally during the day (usually in caves or overhangs), I would typically see at least one and often two or three during night dives.
Cheers,
Mark Tupper
-----Original Message-----
From: coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov on behalf of Justin R Grubich
Sent: Thu 5/7/2009 12:33 AM
To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Control of Lionfish
Colleagues,
To add to Mark's observations of lionfishes in their native ranges, we
recently documented lionfish species diversity and
biogeography during an expedition to the southwest islands of Palau this
past summer. Interestingly, we found very low numbers of lionfishes but high
species richness and abundances of groupers. In addition to healthy
populations of large groupers among these remote reefs, there was also high
densities of medium and small groupers species that are likley keeping them
in check as ecomorphological competitors of lionfishes. If anyone is
interested in more details, the results of this rapid assessment of
lionfishes will be coming out in Coral Reefs soon. For those interested in
the raw data, the specimen and tissue collections are being housed at the
Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago
-Justin Grubich
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> Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 17:06:50 +0800
> From: "Tupper, Mark (WorldFish)"
> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Control of lionfish
> To: , "Coral List"
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> Not usually. I mostly see lionfish hunting along overhangs and caves in the
> forereef or reef wall. They use their pectoral fins in a "herding" technique
> to trap small fish. I think this works best along wider surfaces than most
> branching corals would provide.
>
> Mark Tupper
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov on behalf of andrew ross
> Sent: Wed 5/6/2009 6:24 AM
> To: Coral List
> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Control of lionfish
>
>
> Regarding those stressed reefs, do lionfish hunt among the branching coral
> (staghorn-type) thickets on their native reefs?
> Andrew
>
>
> --- On Wed, 5/6/09, John Ogden wrote:
>
> > From: John Ogden
> > Subject: [Coral-List] Control of lionfish
> > To: "Brice Semmens"
> > Cc: "Coral List"
> > Date: Wednesday, May 6, 2009, 12:19 AM
> > Bruce,
> >
> > Good first point and more or less what I meant to say.
> > Let's
> > distinguish control and eradication. Control (living with)
> > lionfish
> > requires knowledge that could be side-tracked by expensive,
> > extensive,
> > well-meaning but ultimately futile eradication measures
> > (and there are
> > many people thinking this way). I suggest that the time is
> > now to use
> > the event of invasion not just to document but to look at
> > what is
> > happening on Caribbean reefs as this invader is
> > established. Surely
> > this will help gather knowledge knowledge useful to
> > control. In my
> > opinion we will be living with lionfish from here on out.
> >
> > Cheers.
> >
> > Brice Semmens wrote:
> > > John,
> > >
> > > No one doubts mosquitoes are here to stay, yet most
> > folk appreciate
> > > control efforts (particularly in your neck of the
> > woods!) Efforts
> > > aimed at culling lionfish are principally intended to
> > limit impacts to
> > > already stressed reef communities. Put another way,
> > the efforts are
> > > only futile if the goal is erradication. I don't
> > believe anyone
> > > involved in these (well coordinated) efforts has
> > eradication as a goal
> > > at this point. It's also worth noting that any
> > rigorous efforts aimed
> > > at identifying lionfish impacts on a whole-reef scale
> > should probably
> > > attempt some version of BACI... note the
> > 'control' part of BACI.
> > >
> > > So, the big question -- are you suggesting that folks
> > forgo control
> > > efforts in order to focus exclusively on documenting
> > the undoubtedly
> > > horrific effects of this invasion? To me that's
> > like studying the
> > > wiring diagram of a time bomb that's about to go
> > off -- I'd rather
> > > spend my time figuring out how to avoid as much of the
> > blast as possible.
> > >
> > > My two cents.
> > > Brice Semmens
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > John Ogden wrote:
> > >> Thinking back to the Diadema mass mortality of
> > 1983-84 and the
> > >> opportunities that were missed because of poor
> > communications across the
> > >> region, now would be a very good time to use our
> > superb and ubiquitous
> > >> communications to set up a coordinated observation
> > network to see what
> > >> is the impact of lionfish on populations of small
> > reef fishes. It
> > >> appears that this idea could be trumped by
> > well-meaning but ultimately
> > >> futile attempts to remove them. Who doubts that
> > they are here to stay?
> > >> It would be best we anticipate the future of
> > Caribbean reefs with
> > >> lionfish and try to get some data to help get our
> > minds around this.
> > >>
> > >> Cheers all.
> > >>
> > >>> From: Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute
> > Network
> > >>> [mailto:GCFINET at LISTSERV.TAMU.EDU] On Behalf
> > Of Dave Anderson
> > >>> Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2009 9:24 PM
> > >>> To: GCFINET at LISTSERV.TAMU.EDU
> > >>> Subject: [GCFINET] Cayman Islands Lionfish
> > Update
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> This message was originally submitted by
> > Bradley Johnson
> > >>> [mailto:Bradley.Johnson at gov.ky] to GCFINet.
> > >>>
> > >>> Hi all,
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> As of 30th April 2009 we have caught 90
> > lionfish! This includes the 2 caught
> > >>> in Cayman Brac and Little Cayman in 2008 and 3
> > live specimens. They have
> > >>> been caught in water ranging from 3' down
> > to 110', on all sides of the
> > >>> islands, and in all habitats.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> By island we have:
> > >>>
> > >>> Grand Cayman - 44;
> > >>>
> > >>> Cayman Brac - 8;
> > >>>
> > >>> Little Cayman - 38.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Cayman Brac was hit by Hurricane Paloma in
> > November and sustained severe
> > >>> damage to the Island, including their dive
> > operations. The sightings have so
> > >>> far been primarily from divers, so with
> > practically no diving in the Brac we
> > >>> are getting fewer reports of lionfish from
> > there. We assume this will
> > >>> increase once the dive operations reopen.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> We have licensed approximately 163 divers to
> > remove lionfish for us having
> > >>> 130 in Grand, 3 in the Brac, and 30 in LC. We
> > will increase the number of
> > >>> licensed divers in the Brac once they get more
> > dive staff back.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Bradley C. Johnson
> > >>> Research Officer
> > >>> Department of Environment
> > >>> Cayman Islands Government
> > >>> PO Box 486
> > >>> Grand Cayman KY1-1106
> > >>> CAYMAN ISLANDS
> > >>> 345-949-8469 Office
> > >>> 345-244-4168 Direct
> > >>> 345-949-4020 Fax
> > >>>
> > >>> Website www.doe.ky
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 18:08:06 +0800
> From: "Tupper, Mark (WorldFish)"
> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] [campam] Cayman Islands Lionfish Update
> To: "Jeremy Woodley" , "Georgina Bustamante"
> , "IRF''Bruce Potter" <
> bpotter at irf.org>,
> "John Ogden" , "Ernesto Weil"
>
> Cc: Rahanna Juman , Dale Webber
> , "J.C. Zieman" ,
> Eric
> Jordan-Dahlgren , Gulf and Caribbean
> Fisheries Institute , Coral List
> , Bill Wiebe <
> wjwiebe at earthlink.net>,
> Bjorn Kjerfve , Dean Milliken
> , Caribbean Coral Reefs
> , Campam <
> campam at yahoogroups.com>,
> "George F. Warner"
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> Lionfish have been one of the more popular species in marine aquaria for a
> long time, as well as being exploited for food in a few places, but I've
> never heard of any noticeable declines in their populations, even where
> locally harvested for the aquarium trade. I rather doubt that any kind of
> removal program would have much effect.
>
> As far as I know, their major predators are large groupers and other
> lionfish. There are definitely fewer large grouper species in the tropical
> west Atlantic than the Indo-Pacific, and there is the question of whether
> any predator in the Atlantic would find them palatable. What are the
> predators of scorpionfish in the Atlantic, if any? They might also be able
> to prey on lionfish. I suppose one could hope that lionfish numbers in the
> Caribbean might reach an equilibrium if their cannibalism rate eventually
> equals their recruitment rate, but who knows what sort of population density
> would be needed for that to happen...
>
> Mark Tupper
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov on behalf of Jeremy Woodley
> Sent: Wed 5/6/2009 1:30 AM
> To: 'Georgina Bustamante'; IRF''Bruce Potter; 'John Ogden'; Ernesto Weil
> Cc: 'Rahanna Juman'; 'Dale Webber'; 'J.C. Zieman'; 'Eric Jordan-Dahlgren';
> 'Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute'; 'Coral List'; 'Bill Wiebe'; 'Bjorn
> Kjerfve'; 'Dean Milliken'; 'Caribbean Coral Reefs'; 'Campam'; 'George F.
> Warner'
> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] [campam] Cayman Islands Lionfish Update
>
> I agree with John that the creature is probably here to stay. However,
> people who have researched its life-history, natural distribution and
> ecology could tell us if there is some weak point at which it might be
> susceptible for control, or could enhance attempts to capture them. But it's
> hard to imagine that divers with nets and spears can do the job: not enough
> divers and too many less accessible reefs.
>
> Jeremy
>
> --- On Tue, 5/5/09, Ernesto Weil wrote:
>
> From: Ernesto Weil
> Subject: RE: [campam] Cayman Islands Lionfish Update
> To: "'Georgina Bustamante'" , "'Bruce Potter,
> IRF'" , "'John Ogden'"
> Cc: "'Campam'" , "'Coral List'" <
> coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>, "'Jaime Garzon-Ferreira'" <
> jgarzon at invemar.org.co>, "'Carolina Bastidas'" ,
> "'Rahanna Juman'" , "'Eric Jordan-Dahlgren'" <
> jordan at mar.icmyl.unam.mx>, "'Bjorn Kjerfve'" , "'Dean
> Milliken'" , "'Bill Wiebe'" <
> wjwiebe at earthlink.net>, "'Dale Webber'" ,
> "'J.C.. Zieman'" , "'George F. Warner'" <
> georgewarner261 at btinternet.com>, "'Jeremy Woodley'" ,
> "'Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute'" ,
> "'Caribbean Coral Reefs'"
> Date: Tuesday, 5 May, 2009, 5:12 PM
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Dear Colleagues, instead of developing a protocol to? assess
> impact of lionfish on small fish populations,? It seems to me that we
> should ?invest
> some energy ?into ?developing a protocol ?to efficiently eradicate it ASAP,
> so
> we do not have to assess their impact in small fish populations.
>
> ?
>
> EW
>
> ?
>
>
>
>
>
> From: Georgina Bustamante
> [mailto:gbustamante at bellsouth.net]
>
> Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 11:25 PM
>
> To: 'Bruce Potter, IRF'; 'John Ogden'
>
> Cc: 'Campam'; 'Coral List'; 'Jaime Garzon-Ferreira'; 'Carolina
> Bastidas'; 'Rahanna Juman'; 'Ernesto Weil'; 'Eric Jordan-Dahlgren'; 'Bjorn
> Kjerfve'; 'Dean Milliken'; 'Bill Wiebe'; 'Dale Webber'; 'J.C. Zieman';
> 'George
> F. Warner'; 'Jeremy Woodley'; 'Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute';
> 'Caribbean Coral Reefs'
>
> Subject: RE: [campam] Cayman Islands Lionfish Update
>
>
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>
>
> ?
>
> Claire Paris
>
> ?
>
> ?
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>
>
> Georgina Bustamante, Ph.D.
>
> Coordinator
>
> Caribbean? Marine Protected Area Managers Network and Forum
>
> ?
>
> "A social
> network for enhancing MPA effectiveness in the
>
> ?Wider Caribbean through communication and capacity building
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>
> ?
>
> Hollywood, Florida
>
> Tel./fax (request) +1 (954) 963-3626
>
> Mobile +1 (305) 297-6995
>
> ?
>
> email: gbustamante at bellsouth.net
>
> skype: yoyibustamante
>
> ?
>
> CaMPAM web sites:
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> From:
> campam at yahoogroups.com [mailto:campam at yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Bruce
> Potter, IRF
>
> Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 11:02 PM
>
> To: John Ogden
>
> Cc: Campam; Coral List; Jaime Garzon-Ferreira; Carolina Bastidas;
> Rahanna Juman; Ernesto Weil; Eric Jordan-Dahlgren; Bjorn Kjerfve; Dean
> Milliken; Bill Wiebe; Dale Webber; J.C. Zieman; George F. Warner; Jeremy
> Woodley;
> Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute; Caribbean Coral Reefs
>
> Subject: Re: [campam] Cayman Islands Lionfish Update
>
>
>
>
>
> ?
>
>
>
>
>
>
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>
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>
> John -- I agree, and I thought that someone at NOAA or RSMAS
>
> announced some time back that there was an established reporting
>
> network?
>
>
>
> bruce potter
>
>
>
> At 9:44 AM -0500 5/4/09, John Ogden wrote:
>
> >Thinking back to the Diadema mass mortality of 1983-84 and the
>
> >opportunities that were missed because of poor communications across the
>
> >region, now would be a very good time to use our superb and ubiquitous
>
> >communications to set up a coordinated observation network to see what
>
> >is the impact of lionfish on populations of small reef fishes. It
>
> >appears that this idea could be trumped by well-meaning but ultimately
>
> >futile attempts to remove them. Who doubts that they are here to stay?
>
> >It would be best we anticipate the future of Caribbean reefs with
>
> >lionfish and try to get some data to help get our minds around this.
>
> >
>
> >Cheers all.
>
> >>
>
> >> From: Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute Network
>
> >> [mailto:GCFINET at LISTSERV.TAMU.EDU]
> On Behalf Of Dave Anderson
>
> >> Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2009 9:24 PM
>
> >> To: GCFINET at LISTSERV.TAMU.EDU
>
> >> Subject: [GCFINET] Cayman Islands Lionfish Update
>
> >>
>
> >>
>
> >>
>
> >> This message was originally submitted by Bradley Johnson
>
> >> [mailto:Bradley.Johnson at gov.ky]
> to GCFINet.
>
> >>
>
> >> Hi all,
>
> >>
>
> >>
>
> >>
>
> >> As of 30th April 2009 we have caught 90 lionfish! This includes the 2
> caught
>
> >> in Cayman Brac and Little Cayman in 2008 and 3 live specimens. They
> have
>
> >> been caught in water ranging from 3' down to 110', on all sides of the
>
> >> islands, and in all habitats.
>
> >>
>
> >>
>
> >>
>
> >> By island we have:
>
> >>
>
> >> Grand Cayman - 44;
>
> >>
>
> >> Cayman Brac - 8;
>
> >>
>
> >> Little Cayman - 38.
>
> >>
>
> >>
>
> >>
>
> >> Cayman Brac was hit by Hurricane Paloma in November and sustained
> severe
>
> >> damage to the Island, including their dive operations. The sightings
> have so
>
> >> far been primarily from divers, so with practically no diving in the
> Brac we
>
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> Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 06:42:47 -0700 (PDT)
> From: andrew ross
> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Control of lionfish
> To: Coral List
> Message-ID: <180201.61332.qm at web50610.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
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> Will and Mark,
> My question was a little leading- do you suppose that the lack of this
> elaborate/extensive refuge habitat may somehow be facilitating the
> success/spread of this invader and its eventual impact, particularly on
> artisanal reef-fisheries?
> To rephrase Mark's observations- a tractor can't corner rabbits against a
> cattle fence.
> A
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> --- On Wed, 5/6/09, Tupper, Mark (WorldFish) wrote:
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> > From: Tupper, Mark (WorldFish)
> > Subject: RE: [Coral-List] Control of lionfish
> > To: andyroo_of72 at yahoo.com, "Coral List" >
> > Date: Wednesday, May 6, 2009, 2:06 PM
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> > Not usually. I mostly see lionfish hunting along overhangs
> > and caves in the forereef or reef wall. They use their
> > pectoral fins in a "herding" technique to trap
> > small fish. I think this works best along wider surfaces
> > than most branching corals would provide.
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> > Mark Tupper
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov on behalf of
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> > Sent: Wed 5/6/2009 6:24 AM
> > To: Coral List
> > Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Control of lionfish
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> > Regarding those stressed reefs, do lionfish hunt among the
> > branching coral (staghorn-type) thickets on their native
> > reefs?
> > Andrew
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> Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 10:08:06 -0400
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From M.Tupper at CGIAR.ORG Wed May 6 22:31:34 2009
From: M.Tupper at CGIAR.ORG (Tupper, Mark (WorldFish))
Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 10:31:34 +0800
Subject: [Coral-List] Control of lionfish
References: <180201.61332.qm@web50610.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
Message-ID:
Andrew,
I think that is quite possibly the case. Lionfish appear to be habitat generalists - they are just as likely to appear around artificial structures (wrecks, piers, rigs, etc.) as on reefs - anything that provides shade and a surface against which to trap their prey.
Mark
-----Original Message-----
From: coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov on behalf of andrew ross
Sent: Wed 5/6/2009 9:42 PM
To: Coral List
Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Control of lionfish
Will and Mark,
My question was a little leading- do you suppose that the lack of this elaborate/extensive refuge habitat may somehow be facilitating the success/spread of this invader and its eventual impact, particularly on artisanal reef-fisheries?
To rephrase Mark's observations- a tractor can't corner rabbits against a cattle fence.
A
--- On Wed, 5/6/09, Tupper, Mark (WorldFish) wrote:
> From: Tupper, Mark (WorldFish)
> Subject: RE: [Coral-List] Control of lionfish
> To: andyroo_of72 at yahoo.com, "Coral List"
> Date: Wednesday, May 6, 2009, 2:06 PM
> Not usually. I mostly see lionfish hunting along overhangs
> and caves in the forereef or reef wall. They use their
> pectoral fins in a "herding" technique to trap
> small fish. I think this works best along wider surfaces
> than most branching corals would provide.
>
> Mark Tupper
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov on behalf of
> andrew ross
> Sent: Wed 5/6/2009 6:24 AM
> To: Coral List
> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Control of lionfish
>
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> Regarding those stressed reefs, do lionfish hunt among the
> branching coral (staghorn-type) thickets on their native
> reefs?
> Andrew
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From Pat.Hutchings at austmus.gov.au Thu May 7 00:45:53 2009
From: Pat.Hutchings at austmus.gov.au (Pat Hutchings)
Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 14:45:53 +1000
Subject: [Coral-List] molluscs workshop
In-Reply-To:
References:
Message-ID:
Australian Museum scientists (Winston Ponder and Don Colgan) in
conjunction with Andy Davis (University of Wollongong) will run one of
the most comprehensive courses about molluscs and their biology you'll
find anywhere.
The twelve day intensive course will be based at the University of
Wollongong, south of Sydney, NSW, Australia from Jan. 11 to 22 2010. It
includes laboratory and field studies as well as lectures and seminars.
For more information please
visit: http://www.uow.edu.au/science/biol/UOW009845.html
This 300 level (8 credit point) course is available to undergraduate
students, but postgraduate (see website) and local and overseas
non-award participants (e.g., amateur naturalists, environmental
managers etc.) are also welcome.
Winston Ponder and Andy Davis
Please reply directly to them and not to me thanks Pat
Dr Pat Hutchings
Senior Principal Research Scientist
Research Branch Marine Invertebrates
Australian Museum
6 College Street Sydney NSW 2010
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pat.hutchings at austmus.gov.au www.australianmuseum.net.au
Just released: The Great Barrier Reef Biology, Environment and
Management edited by Pat Hutchings, Mike Kingsford and Ove
Hoegh-Guldberg. CSIRO Publishing 2008.
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Sent: Wednesday, 6 May 2009 2:51 PM
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Subject: [Coral-List] Sea Turtle Foundation position Australia
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2009.
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From boraluwa at gmail.com Thu May 7 01:31:20 2009
From: boraluwa at gmail.com (Nishan Perera)
Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 05:31:20 +0000
Subject: [Coral-List] Control of Lionfish (Nishan Perera)
Message-ID:
With regard to lionfish ecology, in Sri Lanka they are more common on rocky
reefs rather than coral rich areas. And despite heavy collection for the
aquarium trade they (in particular *P. volitans*) are present in large
numbers so I doubt they can be physically eradicated from the Caribbean.
Juveniles are often found in estuaries so this may have something to do with
their distribution. Overall I see more lionfish here than anywhere else I
have been to in the Indo-Pacific. Sometimes in groups of 5-10 together as
compared to the occasional individuals elsewhere. And their distribution
seems correlated with sediment and freshwater input (just observation and
not based on stats). We see more lionfish on silty rocky reefs than on coral
reefs or offshore reefs with good visibility. Also more lionfish on the west
coast of SL where there are more rivers than on the east coast where there
is less freshwater input.
Cheers,
Nishan
From Sarah.Heberling at noaa.gov Thu May 7 08:57:10 2009
From: Sarah.Heberling at noaa.gov (Sarah Heberling)
Date: Thu, 07 May 2009 08:57:10 -0400
Subject: [Coral-List] NOAA/FishAmerica Partnership Funding Available -
Projects in PR & USVI Eligible to Apply
Message-ID: <4A02DAA6.1020500@noaa.gov>
The NOAA Restoration Center's Community-based Restoration Program, in
partnership with the American Sportfishing Association's FishAmerica
Foundation, has a funding opportunity open now to fund community-based
fisheries habitat restoration projects.
This partnership encourages projects that clearly demonstrate
on-the-ground benefits to marine, estuarine or anadromous fisheries
resources, particularly sportfish, and must involve community
participation through an educational or volunteer component tied to the
restoration activities.
*Proposals must be mailed and _received by_ June 22nd. *
Nationwide there is approximately $735,000 available this year and
awards will range from $5,000 to $50,000. Please note that funding for
indirect costs will not be provided.
Additional details can be found at the NOAA Restoration Center's funding
opportunities web page:
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/restoration/projects_programs/crp/partners/fishamerica.html
From blanchons at gmail.com Thu May 7 11:45:02 2009
From: blanchons at gmail.com (Paul Blanchon)
Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 10:45:02 -0500
Subject: [Coral-List] Fossil Reefs and Sea Level Rise
Message-ID:
Hi Gene,
Your logic escapes me on that one. The question clearly isn?t ?has rapid
climate change occurred in the past?... it obviously has. The question is
?what is causing global warming now? ?. and could it lead to irreversible
consequences if we sit by and do nothing.
Multiple lines of evidence clearly show that present global warming is the
result of burning fossil fuels, and that continuing to pump greenhouse gases
into the atmosphere will raise global temperatures to levels not seen during
even the warmest of past interglacials. That rapid jumps in sea level likely
occurred during these interglacials shows what we might be in for. But the
argument for doing something is based solely on our responsibility to right
what is wrong. We don?t have the right to mess things up for future
generations.
Saludos,
Paul.
From tjmurdoch at gov.bm Thu May 7 12:49:57 2009
From: tjmurdoch at gov.bm (Murdoch, Thad)
Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 13:49:57 -0300
Subject: [Coral-List] lionfish in atlantic
Message-ID:
Please follow the link below for news on how Bermuda is tacking the
invasive lionfish problem locally.
http://www.royalgazette.com/siftology.royalgazette/Article/article.jsp?s
ectionId=60&articleId=7d85e3330030009
Best Regards - Thad
Dr. Thad Murdoch
BREAM: Bermuda Reef Ecosystem Assessment and Mapping Programme
Bermuda Zoological Society. PO Box 145, Flatts, BERMUDA
www.bermudabream.org
www.bamz.org
From mekvinga at yahoo.com Thu May 7 15:23:01 2009
From: mekvinga at yahoo.com (Melissa Keyes)
Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 12:23:01 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Coral-List] The Lionfish Invasion
Message-ID: <917912.56428.qm@web50104.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
Hello, Listers,
?
Is there any theory as to how these fish are spreading?? From what I've gathered, they're first seen as large juveniles or adults.? I've never seen a photo of a tiny one, do they resemble adults soon after being born/hatched?? Are the young much stronger swimmers to go so many miles???To have gone?across the Atlantic to Bermuda is amazing, but to have reached Belize, well, where do the currents go, anyway?
?
I think it's very very strange that Lionfish are just recently being seen in the Florida Keys.? They've made it many hundreds of miles to the east and south of Miami, their origin.
?
Lionfish have recently?arrived in?the Virgin Islands, as adults.
?
We certainly cannot depend on large Groupers to eat many of them.
?
Regards,
?
Melissa E. Keyes
Saint Croix, USVI
From jcervino at whoi.edu Thu May 7 17:45:51 2009
From: jcervino at whoi.edu (James Cervino PhD.)
Date: Thu, 07 May 2009 17:45:51 -0400
Subject: [Coral-List] Fossil Reefs and Sea Level Rise
In-Reply-To:
References:
Message-ID: <1241732751.4a03568f93c80@webmail.whoi.edu>
Dear Paul- You are correct! However, what is being over looked by the deniers is
that the CO2 source strength is increasing and the sink strength is decreasing.
You will never get them to respect the "biological and mechanistic significance
of sink sources" They think the answers are in the rocks, when in-fact that are
associated with the biota "skin" and rocks on the planet. They don't see the
world with vibrant primary producers, as they view the world as a sort of
physical conveyor belt with rocks and an ammonium rich ocean that can operate
just fine without the aerobs role as a significant player in controlling
atmospheric CO2.
Gene is happy living in a planet with Thermopiles!
Cheers-James
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Pace University &
Visiting Scientist
Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst.
Department of Marine Chemistry
Woods Hole MA.
NYC Address: 9-22 119st
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Quoting Paul Blanchon :
* Hi Gene,
* Your logic escapes me on that one. The question clearly isn?t ?has rapid
* climate change occurred in the past?... it obviously has. The question is
* ?what is causing global warming now?
. and could it lead to irreversible
* consequences if we sit by and do nothing.
*
* Multiple lines of evidence clearly show that present global warming is the
* result of burning fossil fuels, and that continuing to pump greenhouse gases
* into the atmosphere will raise global temperatures to levels not seen during
* even the warmest of past interglacials. That rapid jumps in sea level likely
* occurred during these interglacials shows what we might be in for. But the
* argument for doing something is based solely on our responsibility to right
* what is wrong. We don?t have the right to mess things up for future
* generations.
* Saludos,
* Paul.
* _______________________________________________
* Coral-List mailing list
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* http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/mailman/listinfo/coral-list
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From eweil at caribe.net Fri May 8 09:12:52 2009
From: eweil at caribe.net (Ernesto Weil)
Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 09:12:52 -0400
Subject: [Coral-List] scleractinia coral species list - Caribbean
Message-ID: <006f01c9cfde$c33612c0$49a23840$@net>
Apologies for cross-posting, apparently the message I sent yesterday did not
go through.
For a review of the diversity of shallow scleractinian corals of the
Caribbean for the Census of Marine Life (CoML), we are compiling all the
existing information on species presence/absence (zooxanthellated and
non-zooxanthellated) found in shallow waters (0-40 m) in the wider
Caribbean. Even though we have information from many localities already, we
have not been able to find references or official/unofficial lists for the
following localities to complement the information we now have:
Anguilla,
British Virgin Islands,
French Guiana,
B. Guyana,
Haiti,
Saba,
Suriname,
St. Bartholome,
St. Eustatius,
St. Maarten,
St.Vincent,
Grenadines,
Antigua,
Barbuda, M
onserrat,
St. Eustatius,
St. Lucia,
Turks and Caicos.
We would appreciate any help, personal or official lists, references, grey
literature, etc. that can be provided coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
Thanks in advance,
E.Weil and Jorge Cortes
Dr. Ernesto Weil
Department of Marine Sciences
University of Puerto Rico
PO BOX 3208
Lajas PR 00667
Pho: (787) 899-2048 x. 241
Fax: (787) 899-5500 - 2630
From Jim.Hendee at noaa.gov Fri May 8 12:10:13 2009
From: Jim.Hendee at noaa.gov (Jim Hendee)
Date: Fri, 08 May 2009 12:10:13 -0400
Subject: [Coral-List] Fossil Reefs and Sea Level Rise
In-Reply-To: <1241732751.4a03568f93c80@webmail.whoi.edu>
References:
<1241732751.4a03568f93c80@webmail.whoi.edu>
Message-ID: <4A045965.9060309@noaa.gov>
My apologies to Gene and the rest of coral-list for letting this go
through. I admit I didn't read it (one of the rare times when I trusted
such a flame wouldn't happen), so the blame is on me.
Please, folks, if you don't agree with someone, disagree with the
POSITION or the ARGUMENT, without flaming the person! Like, what makes
you so right and someone else so wrong? Only the science will tell, and
then theoretically we're all on the same side!
Sheesh, how irritating...
Jim
James Cervino PhD. wrote:
> Dear Paul- You are correct! However, what is being over looked by the deniers is
> that the CO2 source strength is increasing and the sink strength is decreasing.
> You will never get them to respect the "biological and mechanistic significance
> of sink sources" They think the answers are in the rocks, when in-fact that are
> associated with the biota "skin" and rocks on the planet. They don't see the
> world with vibrant primary producers, as they view the world as a sort of
> physical conveyor belt with rocks and an ammonium rich ocean that can operate
> just fine without the aerobs role as a significant player in controlling
> atmospheric CO2.
>
> Gene is happy living in a planet with Thermopiles!
>
> Cheers-James
>
>
>
> *************************************
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> Pace University &
> Visiting Scientist
> Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst.
> Department of Marine Chemistry
> Woods Hole MA.
> NYC Address: 9-22 119st
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> Cell: 917-620*5287
> ************************************
>
>
> Quoting Paul Blanchon :
>
> * Hi Gene,
> * Your logic escapes me on that one. The question clearly isn't 'has rapid
> * climate change occurred in the past'... it obviously has. The question is
> * 'what is causing global warming now' .... and could it lead to irreversible
> * consequences if we sit by and do nothing.
> *
> * Multiple lines of evidence clearly show that present global warming is the
> * result of burning fossil fuels, and that continuing to pump greenhouse gases
> * into the atmosphere will raise global temperatures to levels not seen during
> * even the warmest of past interglacials. That rapid jumps in sea level likely
> * occurred during these interglacials shows what we might be in for. But the
> * argument for doing something is based solely on our responsibility to right
> * what is wrong. We don't have the right to mess things up for future
> * generations.
> * Saludos,
> * Paul.
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From jaytgutierrez at yahoo.com Fri May 8 22:24:11 2009
From: jaytgutierrez at yahoo.com (Jay Gutierrez)
Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 19:24:11 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Coral-List] Guam Agriulture DAWR positions
Message-ID: <335295.338.qm@web53403.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
The Government of Guam Department of Agriculture?s Division of Aquatic and Wildlife Resources (DAWR) is seeking qualified applicants for the positions of Biologist III (Announcement No: DOA 167-06) (Marine Preserve (MPA) coordinator and a shore-based (inshore) coordinator) and Biologist??IV (Fisheries Supervisor/s) (Announcement No: DOA 168-06) to conduct work related to fisheries and coral reef management on Guam.?
?
For more information?and how to apply, please contact Jay Gutierrez at the Guam Division of Aquatic and Wildlife Resources at (671) 735-3955/56 or e-mail to jaytgutierrez at yahoo.com.? Please include in e-mail subject: DAWR Biologists Positions
?
Jay Gutierrez
Assistant Chief
Department of Agriculture
Division of Aquatic and Wildlife Resources (DAWR)
163 Dairy Road
Mangilao, Guam 96913
Tel. (671) 735-3955/56
Fax. (671) 734-6570
E-mail. jaytgutierrez at yahoo.com
From RPeachey at ciee.org Sun May 10 13:45:14 2009
From: RPeachey at ciee.org (Rita Peachey)
Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 13:45:14 -0400
Subject: [Coral-List] Undergraduate Study Abroad Opportunity in the
Caribbean, Fall 2009
Message-ID:
Dear Coral-listers:
There is one position left for an undergraduate student to study at CIEE Research Station Bonaire this fall. If you know of any undergraduate students that might be interested, please pass this announcement along.
Thanks in advance,
Rita Peachey
Tropical Marine Ecology and Conservation Semester Abroad: Bonaire, Fall 2009
The Tropical Marine Biology and Conservation study abroad program is accepting applications for fall semester. Students register for 17 semester hours: Coral Reef Ecology (4), Marine Ecology Field Research Methods (3), Advanced Scuba (1), Environmental and Cultural History of Bonaire (2), Marine Conservation Biology (3) and Independent Research in Marine Ecology/Biology (4). The program description can be found using the following link:
http://www.cieebonaire.org/courses.html
The Field Methods and Advanced Scuba courses provide dive training that prepares students for AAUS certification at their home universities. Students will receive the following training in the Scientific Diving course: Open Water, Advanced Diver, Rescue Diver, Emergency First Responder, CPR + First Aid, Dan Oxygen Rescue, underwater photography and videography, night diving, and underwater navigation. Students will learn internationally recognized monitoring protocols including REEF and AGRRA.
Independent Research provides students with the opportunity to conduct a research project of their choice in marine science and to publish the results in a student journal, PHYSIS: Journal of Marine Science. A copy of the journal can be downloaded on the following page: http://www.cieebonaire.org/physis.html
Prerequisites: Overall GPA 2.75 or better, 2 semesters of biology, chemistry, geology, ecology or environmental science and a nationally recognized open water SCUBA certification (or a PADI referral - you can do your check out dives in Bonaire). The deadline for application to the fall semester program is 15 May 2009.
Interested students should contact Rita Peachey Director of CIEE Research Station Bonaire at RPeachey at ciee.org or call 1-800-40-STUDY. The study abroad office at your institution will assist you with registration.
From eshinn at marine.usf.edu Mon May 11 09:56:07 2009
From: eshinn at marine.usf.edu (Eugene Shinn)
Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 09:56:07 -0400
Subject: [Coral-List] Fossil Reefs and Sea Level Rise
Message-ID:
Thanks James and Paul, I am often reminded that the lesson of history
appears to be, "we seldom learn from history." Geology is simply
history written in the rocks, and the best part is its unbiased. I
will admit ,however, that the geologists who read the rocks may not
be unbiased. During the Cretaceous (age of the dinosaurs for non
geologists) our planet grew the most extensive reefs that ever
existed. CO2 was around 3,000 ppm (its around 380 ppm now). How could
that happen? Will history not repeat itself as it did many times
during the Pleistocene? (That's the ice ages for non geologists). We
don' really know why ice repeatedly melted and froze and sea level
yo-yoed up and down during the Pleistocene. For all practical
purposes we are still in the Ice Ages. For that reason it seems
logical to expect history to repeat itself again and again. Why
shouldn't it? I wish I knew the answers. Ice core records also
indicate that during the ice ages temperature went up and Co2 rise
followed. That's the opposite of what we all read in the press. I
don't understand why temperature rise preceded CO2 rise but as you
know each summer when sea water temperature rises CO2 also rises.
That's the little annual spikes on the Keeling curve we all know so
well. We notice those spikes because of the way the curve is
presented. If it were drawn to scale we would not see them. Ever try
to draw the Keeling curve to scale? I.e., put one million on the Y
axis and years on the X axis and 380 pm is almost impossible to see.
You can also try it as percentage of atmospheric gasses. Same result!
Paul says multiple lines of evidence show Co2 is causing warming.
As near as I can tell it is only the linear numeric computer models
that predict warming. The physics of CO2 being a greenhouse gas I do
not argue.. It's just that there is so little of it. Note that
temperature has been relatively flat since the world wide El Nino of
1998 and it has been falling during the past two years. Remember Yogi
Bera, "Prediction is really difficult, especially if it is about the
future." I'm still waiting for sunspot cycle 24 to start. Who could
have predicted its late arrival? The last time the sunspots did not
show up was during the Little Ice Age, a little more than a century
ago. 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
Tel 727 553-1158----------------------------------
-----------------------------------
From lkump at psu.edu Mon May 11 13:56:00 2009
From: lkump at psu.edu (Lee Kump)
Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 13:56:00 -0400
Subject: [Coral-List] Fossil Reefs and Sea Level Rise
In-Reply-To:
References:
Message-ID:
Dear Gene,
Let me address the issues you raise and try to explain why they pose no
problem for our understanding of the current and future climate and
its relationship to atmospheric CO2:
1) One shouldn't confuse the atmospheric CO2 level, or even the pH of
the ocean, with its saturation state with respect to calcium carbonate.
As your friend Bob Garrels showed so convincingly decades ago, the
saturation state of the oceans as a whole is controlled by the input of
bicarbonate by rivers and the output of CaCO3. No matter what the
CO2 content of the atmosphere, eventually the riverine input will
provide
the alkalinity necessary to saturate the surface ocean allowing for
CaCO3 deposition. It does take time (many millennia) for the rivers
to accomplish this task after a rapid CO2 addition to the atmosphere,
which is why fossil fuel burning is causing a decrease in calcium
carbonate
saturation state. However, the high CO2 content of the Cretaceous
persisted
for millions of years, plenty of time for the rivers to maintain
saturation states.
2) The Milankovitch cycles and the predisposition for glacial cycles
remain
today in the current interglacial, and will tend to drive the system
toward
glaciation again, but the onset may be delayed by the vestiges of the
anthropogenic carbon dioxide injection.
3) The fluctuations of CO2 during the Pleistocene are internal
redistributions
of carbon between ocean, atmosphere, and biota driven by feedback
processes,
negative and positive. In feedback loops, cause becomes effect and
vice versa:
it becomes meaningless to look for leads and lags. In contrast,
volcanoes and
coal-fired power plants pump CO2 into the system from external
sources, so they
drive the system to new states (and initiate the same feedbacks,
which is why,
for example, the atmospheric CO2 rise hasn't been faster than it has
been).
4) Your scaling arguments are meaningless: try the same argument with
H2S to deny its toxicity! The main gases of the atmosphere are
essentially
climatically inert; it's only the minor components, the greenhouse
gases,
that matter, and they can do quite a bit at the ppm level (33 degrees
of warming
from what Earth would be like without them!).
5) It is precisely the physics of the greenhouse effect, which you
accept, that demonstrate
convincingly that 380 ppm CO2, and the 100 ppm rise since
preindustrial times, that
CAN make the difference that the climate models demonstrate. Of
course, CO2 is not
the whole story, as the IPCC reports have so nicely shown: climate
models only get
the climate history of the last 100 years right when they include
both the natural (solar,
volcanic eruptions) and anthropogenic (aerosols and greenhouse gases)
forcings.
Cheers,
Lee
On May 11, 2009, at 9:56 AM, Eugene Shinn wrote:
> Thanks James and Paul, I am often reminded that the lesson of history
> appears to be, "we seldom learn from history." Geology is simply
> history written in the rocks, and the best part is its unbiased. I
> will admit ,however, that the geologists who read the rocks may not
> be unbiased. During the Cretaceous (age of the dinosaurs for non
> geologists) our planet grew the most extensive reefs that ever
> existed. CO2 was around 3,000 ppm (its around 380 ppm now). How could
> that happen? Will history not repeat itself as it did many times
> during the Pleistocene? (That's the ice ages for non geologists). We
> don' really know why ice repeatedly melted and froze and sea level
> yo-yoed up and down during the Pleistocene. For all practical
> purposes we are still in the Ice Ages. For that reason it seems
> logical to expect history to repeat itself again and again. Why
> shouldn't it? I wish I knew the answers. Ice core records also
> indicate that during the ice ages temperature went up and Co2 rise
> followed. That's the opposite of what we all read in the press. I
> don't understand why temperature rise preceded CO2 rise but as you
> know each summer when sea water temperature rises CO2 also rises.
> That's the little annual spikes on the Keeling curve we all know so
> well. We notice those spikes because of the way the curve is
> presented. If it were drawn to scale we would not see them. Ever try
> to draw the Keeling curve to scale? I.e., put one million on the Y
> axis and years on the X axis and 380 pm is almost impossible to see.
> You can also try it as percentage of atmospheric gasses. Same result!
> Paul says multiple lines of evidence show Co2 is causing warming.
> As near as I can tell it is only the linear numeric computer models
> that predict warming. The physics of CO2 being a greenhouse gas I do
> not argue.. It's just that there is so little of it. Note that
> temperature has been relatively flat since the world wide El Nino of
> 1998 and it has been falling during the past two years. Remember Yogi
> Bera, "Prediction is really difficult, especially if it is about the
> future." I'm still waiting for sunspot cycle 24 to start. Who could
> have predicted its late arrival? The last time the sunspots did not
> show up was during the Little Ice Age, a little more than a century
> ago. 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
>
> Tel 727 553-1158----------------------------------
> -----------------------------------
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> Coral-List at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
> http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/mailman/listinfo/coral-list
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From anthjbell at gmail.com Mon May 11 16:39:06 2009
From: anthjbell at gmail.com (Anthony B)
Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 15:39:06 -0500
Subject: [Coral-List] Seeking a volunteer for work on Heron Island,
Queensland, Australia
Message-ID: <228f889d0905111339l7c9eef5fi9fc199007a9f12@mail.gmail.com>
I am a seeking a volunteer to assist me with research on coral physiology to
be conducted on Heron Island Research Station (Queensland, Australia). The
volunteer should be available from approximately June 10th to August 14th,
2009. The volunteer would have to get to Gladstone (Queensland) by their own
means, but transit via ferry to and from Heron Island would be provided, as
would lodging for the duration of the stay on the island.
The volunteer would help with the monitoring of corals in aquaria, as well
as with laboratory work, helping during DNA/RNA extractions and microscopic
counts.
Anyone interested should contact me at anthjbell at gmail.com. I am happy to
answer any questions you may have about the project and work to be done on
the island.
Thank-you,
Anthony Bellantuono
--
Anthony BellantuonoPhD Student
IMaGeS - Integrative Marine Genomics and Symbiosis
http://www.ucs.louisiana.edu/~mxr0777/index.htm
Department of Biology
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Lafayette, LA 70504
anthjbell at gmail.com
From thomaskr at uni-bremen.de Mon May 11 20:05:28 2009
From: thomaskr at uni-bremen.de (Thomas Krueger)
Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 14:05:28 -1000
Subject: [Coral-List] Symbiodinium C clade cultures
Message-ID: <24289001693D4FFFBAC9F44D8AC76266@Home>
Dear Coral-listers,
I was wondering if somebody can help me regarding some information on Symbiodinium C clade. In addition to the following isolates I found in culture collections, do you know of any other institutions or private collections that maintain C clade in culture? Thanks for sharing you knowledge ;-)!!
CSIRO Collection of Living Microalgae Hobart; Tasmania; Australia (CSIRO)
-->isolate CS-156
Provasoli-Guillard National Center for Culture of Marine Phytoplankton; West Boothbay Harbor; Maine; USA (CCMP)
--> isolate CCMP2466
BURR Cultures; Buffalo, New York, USA
--> following isolates designated as C clade (based on 18S rDNA)
Pd 44b, Mf 8.3Tc.4, Mf 6.1T, Pd 45a, Mf 8.3Tb, Mf 8.5Tb.2, Sin, Mv, Mp, PtBr
Kind regards,
Thomas
From whit.anderson at noaa.gov Tue May 12 15:31:58 2009
From: whit.anderson at noaa.gov (Whit Anderson)
Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 15:31:58 -0400
Subject: [Coral-List] Fossil Reefs and Sea Level Rise
In-Reply-To:
References:
Message-ID: <4A09CEAE.3060908@noaa.gov>
Eugene Shinn wrote:
> As near as I can tell it is only the linear numeric computer models
> that predict warming.
What are these "linear numeric computer models" you speak of?
Cheers,
Whit
--
Whit Anderson, Oceanographer
NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
300 Forrestal Road
Princeton, New Jersey 08544
Phone: (609) 452-5308
http://www.gfdl.noaa.gov/whit-anderson-homepage
From matz at mail.utexas.edu Tue May 12 16:10:59 2009
From: matz at mail.utexas.edu (mikhail matz)
Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 15:10:59 -0500
Subject: [Coral-List] Acropora millepora larval transcriptome
Message-ID:
Hello colleagues,
Our paper describing the sequencing and annotation of the larval
transcriptome of Acropora millepora just came out in BMC Genomics:
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/10/219
Please check out the press release:
http://www.utexas.edu/news/2009/05/12/genetic_reef_coral/
Sequence data with annotations:
http://www.bio.utexas.edu/research/matz_lab/matzlab/454.html
Protocols for preparation of cDNA, and bioinformatics (scripts and
detailed user guide):
http://www.bio.utexas.edu/research/matz_lab/matzlab/Methods.html
cheers
Misha
Mikhail V. Matz
University of Texas at Austin
Integrative Biology Section
1 University station C0930
Austin, TX 78712
phone 512-992-8086 cell, 512-475-6424 lab
fax 512-471-3878
web http://www.bio.utexas.edu/research/matz_lab
From lew.gramer at noaa.gov Tue May 12 16:21:00 2009
From: lew.gramer at noaa.gov (Lew Gramer)
Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 16:21:00 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Coral-List] Test message - please ignore
Message-ID: <20090512202100.4AE2128800C@coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
Please disregard this test message!
Lew Gramer
NOAA AOML Miami
From imcote at sfu.ca Wed May 13 05:00:00 2009
From: imcote at sfu.ca (Isabelle Cote (via Lew Gramer))
Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 05:00:00 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Coral-List] Venue for the 12th International Coral Reef Symposium
Message-ID: <20090513090001.07EA4282EA@coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
Dear Member of the Coral Reef Science Community,
I am pleased to announce that the International Society for Reef Studies has selected a venue for the 12th International Coral Reef Symposium. 12ICRS will be convened in Australia in June or July of 2012. Terry Hughes, Director of the Australian Research Council's Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, will chair the organizing committee. ISRS will co-sponsor the symposium, as it does for all the International Coral Reef Symposia.
The bidding process was conducted by an ISRS committee, which was chaired by Robert Richmond and composed of an international cross-section of the Society.s membership. After considering a variety of options the committee recommended Australia to the ISRS Council, and the Council voted unanimously in favor. We thank Bob and the other committee members for all their hard work.
More details will follow on the 12ICRS webpage, http://www.coralcoe.org.au/events/12icrsintro.html which will be up shortly.
Cordially,
Rich Aronson
ISRS President
From C.T.Perry at mmu.ac.uk Wed May 13 06:27:46 2009
From: C.T.Perry at mmu.ac.uk (CHRIS PERRY)
Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 11:27:46 +0100
Subject: [Coral-List] Research Assistant Post - Tropical carbonate
sediment production
Message-ID: <4A0AAEB1.8B86.0071.0@iris.jde.aca.mmu.ac.uk>
Research Assistant- Tropical Carbonate Sediment Production (POST OPEN TO ALL, BUT SUBJECT TO WORK PERMIT IF NON EU CITIZEN)
Department of Environmental and Geographical Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
Fixed Term Contract - 10 months full-time from Date of Appointment (ideally 1st November 2009)
Salary: Fixed Point - ?20,226 pro rata (Point 17, Grade 5)
Applications are invited for a Research Assistant to work on a NERC funded project which will examine the production of
carbonates by tropical marine fish species and assess the potential contributions made by this novel source of marine carbonate to
shallow water tropical carbonate sedimentary environments. Specifically, the successful applicant will assist with the collection
and subsequent analysis of carbonate sediment samples collected from environments around Eleuthera Island in the Bahamas. The
project is jointly co-ordinated by researchers from Manchester Metropolitan University and the University of Exeter, although the
post holder will be based at MMU.
You will be expected to contribute to, and assist with, both field and lab-based sampling of carbonate sediments. This will
include a period of approximately 3 weeks overseas on fieldwork.
You should have a minimum of a good BSc (Hons) degree (or equivalent) in a relevant field of Earth Science, Physical Geography,
Environmental Science or Marine Ecology, and a good knowledge of marine and coastal sedimentology and/or tropical marine ecology.
For an informal discussion about the post please contract
Prof Chris Perry by e-mail c.t.perry at mmu.ac.uk
or
Dr Rod Wilson by e-mail R.W.wilson at exeter.ac.uk
Application details are available at: https://www.jobs.mmu.ac.uk/mmujobsite/VacancyDetail.aspx?VacancyUID=000000005760
Further details about the project are available at: http://www.egs.mmu.ac.uk/users/cperry/Tropicalcoastal/tcmr-home.html
Closing date: Friday 3rd July 2009
Cheers
Chris
Professor Chris Perry
Chair in Tropical Coastal Geosciences
Dept. of Environmental & Geographical Sciences
Manchester Metropolitan University,
John Dalton Building,
Chester Street,
Manchester,
M1 5GD
Tel: +44 (0)161 247 6210
Fax: +44 (0)161 247 6318
Skype: chris.perry67
Tropical Coastal and Marine Research page: http://www.egs.mmu.ac.uk/users/cperry/Tropicalcoastal/tcmr-home.html
Earth System Science Research Group: http://www.egs.mmu.ac.uk/users/ess/index.htm
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From valepizarro at yahoo.com Thu May 14 17:22:22 2009
From: valepizarro at yahoo.com (Valeria Pizarro)
Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 14:22:22 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Coral-List] first report of a lion fish in continental Colombia -
Granate
Message-ID: <636530.89102.qm@web45109.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>
Dear coral listers,
Yesterday (May 13th) the first lion fish was spotted in the continental reefs of Colombia in the bay of Granate (near Santa Marta city). The observation was made by the marine biologist Juliana Gonzalez and the instructor Santiago Estrada.
Don't know if the discussion on how to deal with this invasion problem resulted in any specific actions but we have to start doing something if we don't want to see our reefs more deteriorated.
Kind regards,
Valeria Pizarro
Valeria Pizarro, PhDDocente TitularPrograma Biolog?a MarinaUniversidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano,?Sede Santa MartaCra. 2 No. 11-68, Edificio Mundo MarinoRodadero, Santa Marta, MagdalenaPBX: + 57 5 4229334valeria.pizarro at utadeo.edu.co
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From sealab at earthlink.net Thu May 14 16:16:10 2009
From: sealab at earthlink.net (Steve Mussman)
Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 16:16:10 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Coral-List] Global Warming Debate
Message-ID: <20103506.1242332170392.JavaMail.root@mswamui-chipeau.atl.sa.earthlink.net>
Here is another example of the efforts
being put forth by the well organized
and financed AGW skeptics.This op-ed piece
appeared today in the Atlanta Journal.
http://www.ajc.com/print/content/printedition/2009/05/14/portered0514.html
I believe that it asserts as fact many misconceptions.
Unless those of you in the scientific community
are willing to counter attack, these views will
prevail in the court of public opinion.
Regards,
Steve Mussman
Sea Lab Diving
From katherine.cure at gmail.com Fri May 15 00:03:01 2009
From: katherine.cure at gmail.com (Katherine Cure)
Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 22:03:01 -0600
Subject: [Coral-List] first report of a lion fish in continental
Colombia - Granate
In-Reply-To: <636530.89102.qm@web45109.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>
References: <636530.89102.qm@web45109.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <28e7be5b0905142103j6b17ea59lc84003aef91e00d8@mail.gmail.com>
Dear Valeria,
Reports in San Andres from December last year had the southernmost
distribution
on the map in the Caribbean. Check out my last article in El Heraldo, local
newspaper
in Barranquilla, Colombia
(http://www.elheraldo.com.co/ELHERALDO/BancoConocimiento/M/mediopedra/mediopedra.asp).
Sad to hear they are also in the beautiful Granate, so mainland Colombia
now.
I believe the increase in awareness is helping out to deal with the
situation in the best
way possible.
You should report the sighting to the USGS (
http://nas.er.usgs.gov/taxgroup/fish/lionfishdistribution.asp) and check
out REEF's programs (http://www.reef.org/lionfish).
Kathy
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 3:22 PM, Valeria Pizarro wrote:
> Dear coral listers,
> Yesterday (May 13th) the first lion fish was spotted in the continental
> reefs of Colombia in the bay of Granate (near Santa Marta city). The
> observation was made by the marine biologist Juliana Gonzalez and the
> instructor Santiago Estrada.
> Don't know if the discussion on how to deal with this invasion problem
> resulted in any specific actions but we have to start doing something if we
> don't want to see our reefs more deteriorated.
> Kind regards,
> Valeria Pizarro
> Valeria Pizarro, PhDDocente TitularPrograma Biolog?a MarinaUniversidad
> Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Sede Santa MartaCra. 2 No. 11-68, Edificio Mundo
> MarinoRodadero, Santa Marta, MagdalenaPBX: + 57 5
> 4229334valeria.pizarro at utadeo.edu.co
>
>
>
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Oceanic Society
Blackbird Caye, Belize
T: (501) 220-4256
From mrowlan1 at gmail.com Fri May 15 01:35:39 2009
From: mrowlan1 at gmail.com (Myfanwy Rowlands)
Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 22:35:39 -0700
Subject: [Coral-List] Laboratory/Field Assistant Available
Message-ID: <618835360905142235s5ab1b6d2n3eb3d79618fcdbd@mail.gmail.com>
Dear All,
My name is Myfanwy Rowlands, and I am a new member on Coral-list. I
would like to make contact with any graduate students, researchers or
other members on the list serve who are in need of a field or
laboratory research assistant. I am the newest recipient of a
year-long scholarship that helps me participate in a variety of marine
conservation, education, and scuba diving projects.
I will be graduating from UC Berkeley at the end of this month with a
BA in Conservation and Resource Studies and a BS in Marine Science. I
have substantial lab and field research experience through UC
Berkeley, The Gump Research Station in Moorea, French Polynesia, and
WCS's marine program in New Ireland, Papua New Guinea (CV available
upon request).
I have been a NAUI Divemaster since 2005, and I will be an
AAUS-certified Scientific Diver by June 1st. My interests are broad
and I'm hoping to gain a range of experience, but my future studies
will center around marine conservation.
My scholarship provides funds for travel in and outside the USA, but
accommodation and other expenses would have to be discussed. I will
be available for travel starting in mid-July, and my schedule is
fairly flexible until April of next year when my scholarship ends!
Please feel free to contact me at any time at mrowlan1 at gmail.com
if you think
I may be an asset to your work! I would also be happy to tell you
more about my experience and interests.
I look forward to hearing from the list,
Myfanwy Rowlands
2009 North American Rolex Scholar
Our World-Underwater Scholarship Society
+1.530.205.5243
http://www.owuscholarship.org/
From slegore at mindspring.com Fri May 15 04:15:00 2009
From: slegore at mindspring.com (Steve LeGore)
Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 04:15:00 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Coral-List] Global Warming Debate
Message-ID: <1505848.1242375300296.JavaMail.root@elwamui-ovcar.atl.sa.earthlink.net>
Isn't it amazing what we can do and say using statistics meant to clarify our world? If we add another test to his list of four . . . let's see . . . Maybe "God is dead." Then the probability of all five statements being true becomes only 17%. Let's think up another one . . . hmmmmmm . . . "Global climate change is affecting the polar regions more than equatorial." Then the probability that all are right becomes only 12%. Another? "Coastal areas will be more affected by sea level rise than will mountain ranges." That reduces the probability of all being right to 8%. What a tool! My eyes are opened!
-----Original Message-----
>From: Steve Mussman
>Sent: May 14, 2009 4:16 PM
>To: "coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov"
>Subject: [Coral-List] Global Warming Debate
>
>Here is another example of the efforts
>being put forth by the well organized
>and financed AGW skeptics.This op-ed piece
>appeared today in the Atlanta Journal.
>
>http://www.ajc.com/print/content/printedition/2009/05/14/portered0514.html
>
>I believe that it asserts as fact many misconceptions.
>
>Unless those of you in the scientific community
>are willing to counter attack, these views will
>prevail in the court of public opinion.
>
>Regards,
>Steve Mussman
>Sea Lab Diving
>_______________________________________________
>Coral-List mailing list
>Coral-List at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
>http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/mailman/listinfo/coral-list
Steve LeGore, Ph.D.
LeGore Environmental Associates, Inc.
2804 Gulf Drive N.
Holmes Beach, Florida 34217 USA
Executive Director,
Association of Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean
Tel: 941/778-4650
Fax: 941/778-4761
Cell: 941/447-8010
GMT + 4 hrs
http://www.devex.com/SteveLeGore
From desrosiers.cat at gmail.com Fri May 15 10:54:52 2009
From: desrosiers.cat at gmail.com (Desrosiers Catherine)
Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 10:54:52 -0400
Subject: [Coral-List] Marine diatoms and water quality
Message-ID:
Dear coral-listers,
I am looking for publications on marine diatoms used as indicators of water
quality in tropical environments or any publication treating of marine
tropical diatoms physico-chemicals requirements.
Thanks for your help,
Catherine DESROSIERS
Project Ingineer
D7 Asconit Tropical & International
ASCONIT CONSULTANTS
Martinique
Tel/Fax: +33 (0)5 96 63 55 78
Cell: +33 (0)6 96 89 99 02
catherine.desrosiers at asconit.com
desrosiers.cat at gmail.com
From Jcraft at coastalplanning.net Fri May 15 10:48:48 2009
From: Jcraft at coastalplanning.net (Jessica Craft)
Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 10:48:48 -0400
Subject: [Coral-List] New overgrowing tunicate?
In-Reply-To: <4A0D7D08.3020405@noaa.gov>
References: <4A0D7D08.3020405@noaa.gov>
Message-ID:
We have noticed, over the past 1 to 1 ? years that there has been an explosion of tunicate growth on the west-central coast of Florida off the Tampa area. Although present on the natural hardbottom, it has taken over most nearshore artificial reefs, overgrowing algae, stony and octocorals. A recent survey off Longboat Key revealed percent covers as high as 60-70% in some quadrats. The culprit appears to be a species of Eudistoma, although positive identification has not been made (we collected samples, if anyone is interested). Although that species is not new, I have never seen it in the mass quantities recently observed. Has anyone noticed this trend anywhere else? I haven?t seen Tridemnum solidum in the Gulf of Mexico, at least not along the Florida coast. Could it be that this observed species is the gulf equivalent? Please let me know if you would like to see photos.
Thanks.
Jessica A. Craft
Senior Environmental Scientist I
Coastal Planning & Engineering
Marine Science & Biological Research Department
2481 NW Boca Raton Blvd.
Boca Raton, FL 33431
ph. 561-391-8102
cell. 561-859-9974
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From salas.e at gmail.com Fri May 15 12:43:01 2009
From: salas.e at gmail.com (Eva Salas)
Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 10:43:01 -0600
Subject: [Coral-List] Lionfish in Costa Rica
Message-ID: <3066dbb80905150943k29dab0dekf94434685253e251@mail.gmail.com>
Lionfish has been spotted in Costa Rica, Cahuita and off Punta Uva, by
marine biologists Ulises Arrieta and Carlos Jim?nez, between april and may
2009. We are investigating how many sightings by fishermen and divers have
been done and where, so we can estimate an approximate arrival time. Helena
Molina and Carlos are coordinating with the government to start management
actions.
Eva Salas
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> Granate (Katherine Cure)
> 4. Laboratory/Field Assistant Available (Myfanwy Rowlands)
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> 6. Marine diatoms and water quality (Desrosiers Catherine)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 14:22:22 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Valeria Pizarro
> Subject: [Coral-List] first report of a lion fish in continental
> Colombia - Granate
> To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
> Message-ID: <636530.89102.qm at web45109.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>
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> Dear coral listers,
> Yesterday (May 13th) the first lion fish was spotted in the continental
> reefs of Colombia in the bay of Granate (near Santa Marta city). The
> observation was made by the marine biologist Juliana Gonzalez and the
> instructor Santiago Estrada.
> Don't know if the discussion on how to deal with this invasion problem
> resulted in any specific actions but we have to start doing something if we
> don't want to see our reefs more deteriorated.
> Kind regards,
> Valeria Pizarro
> Valeria Pizarro, PhDDocente TitularPrograma Biolog?a MarinaUniversidad
> Jorge Tadeo Lozano,?Sede Santa MartaCra. 2 No. 11-68, Edificio Mundo
> MarinoRodadero, Santa Marta, MagdalenaPBX: + 57 5
> 4229334valeria.pizarro at utadeo.edu.co
>
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 16:16:10 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Steve Mussman
> Subject: [Coral-List] Global Warming Debate
> To: "coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov"
> Message-ID:
> <
> 20103506.1242332170392.JavaMail.root at mswamui-chipeau.atl.sa.earthlink.net>
>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
>
> Here is another example of the efforts
> being put forth by the well organized
> and financed AGW skeptics.This op-ed piece
> appeared today in the Atlanta Journal.
>
> http://www.ajc.com/print/content/printedition/2009/05/14/portered0514.html
>
> I believe that it asserts as fact many misconceptions.
>
> Unless those of you in the scientific community
> are willing to counter attack, these views will
> prevail in the court of public opinion.
>
> Regards,
> Steve Mussman
> Sea Lab Diving
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 22:03:01 -0600
> From: Katherine Cure
> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] first report of a lion fish in continental
> Colombia - Granate
> To: Valeria Pizarro
> Cc: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
> Message-ID:
> <28e7be5b0905142103j6b17ea59lc84003aef91e00d8 at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>
> Dear Valeria,
>
> Reports in San Andres from December last year had the southernmost
> distribution
> on the map in the Caribbean. Check out my last article in El Heraldo, local
> newspaper
> in Barranquilla, Colombia
> (
> http://www.elheraldo.com.co/ELHERALDO/BancoConocimiento/M/mediopedra/mediopedra.asp
> <
> http://www.elheraldo.com.co/ELHERALDO/BancoConocimiento/M/mediopedra/mediopedra.asp
> >).
>
> Sad to hear they are also in the beautiful Granate, so mainland Colombia
> now.
> I believe the increase in awareness is helping out to deal with the
> situation in the best
> way possible.
> You should report the sighting to the USGS (
> http://nas.er.usgs.gov/taxgroup/fish/lionfishdistribution.asp) and check
> out REEF's programs (http://www.reef.org/lionfish).
>
> Kathy
>
>
>
> On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 3:22 PM, Valeria Pizarro >wrote:
>
> > Dear coral listers,
> > Yesterday (May 13th) the first lion fish was spotted in the continental
> > reefs of Colombia in the bay of Granate (near Santa Marta city). The
> > observation was made by the marine biologist Juliana Gonzalez and the
> > instructor Santiago Estrada.
> > Don't know if the discussion on how to deal with this invasion problem
> > resulted in any specific actions but we have to start doing something if
> we
> > don't want to see our reefs more deteriorated.
> > Kind regards,
> > Valeria Pizarro
> > Valeria Pizarro, PhDDocente TitularPrograma Biolog?a MarinaUniversidad
> > Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Sede Santa MartaCra. 2 No. 11-68, Edificio Mundo
> > MarinoRodadero, Santa Marta, MagdalenaPBX: + 57 5
> > 4229334valeria.pizarro at utadeo.edu.co
> >
> >
> >
> >
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>
> --
> Katherine Cure
> Field Coordinator/Coral Reef Researcher
> Oceanic Society
> Blackbird Caye, Belize
> T: (501) 220-4256
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 22:35:39 -0700
> From: Myfanwy Rowlands
> Subject: [Coral-List] Laboratory/Field Assistant Available
> To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
> Cc: Robin Parish , Brenna Mahoney
> , Allan Haley ,
> Roberta
> Rowlands , Kiki Jenkins
> Message-ID:
> <618835360905142235s5ab1b6d2n3eb3d79618fcdbd at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>
> Dear All,
>
> My name is Myfanwy Rowlands, and I am a new member on Coral-list. I
> would like to make contact with any graduate students, researchers or
> other members on the list serve who are in need of a field or
> laboratory research assistant. I am the newest recipient of a
> year-long scholarship that helps me participate in a variety of marine
> conservation, education, and scuba diving projects.
>
> I will be graduating from UC Berkeley at the end of this month with a
> BA in Conservation and Resource Studies and a BS in Marine Science. I
> have substantial lab and field research experience through UC
> Berkeley, The Gump Research Station in Moorea, French Polynesia, and
> WCS's marine program in New Ireland, Papua New Guinea (CV available
> upon request).
>
> I have been a NAUI Divemaster since 2005, and I will be an
> AAUS-certified Scientific Diver by June 1st. My interests are broad
> and I'm hoping to gain a range of experience, but my future studies
> will center around marine conservation.
>
> My scholarship provides funds for travel in and outside the USA, but
> accommodation and other expenses would have to be discussed. I will
> be available for travel starting in mid-July, and my schedule is
> fairly flexible until April of next year when my scholarship ends!
>
> Please feel free to contact me at any time at mrowlan1 at gmail.com
> if you think
> I may be an asset to your work! I would also be happy to tell you
> more about my experience and interests.
>
> I look forward to hearing from the list,
>
> Myfanwy Rowlands
> 2009 North American Rolex Scholar
> Our World-Underwater Scholarship Society
> +1.530.205.5243
> http://www.owuscholarship.org/
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 04:15:00 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Steve LeGore
> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Global Warming Debate
> To: Steve Mussman ,
> "coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov"
> Message-ID:
> <
> 1505848.1242375300296.JavaMail.root at elwamui-ovcar.atl.sa.earthlink.net>
>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
>
> Isn't it amazing what we can do and say using statistics meant to clarify
> our world? If we add another test to his list of four . . . let's see . .. .
> Maybe "God is dead." Then the probability of all five statements being true
> becomes only 17%. Let's think up another one . . . hmmmmmm . . . "Global
> climate change is affecting the polar regions more than equatorial." Then
> the probability that all are right becomes only 12%. Another? "Coastal
> areas will be more affected by sea level rise than will mountain ranges."
> That reduces the probability of all being right to 8%. What a tool! My
> eyes are opened!
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Steve Mussman
> >Sent: May 14, 2009 4:16 PM
> >To: "coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov"
> >Subject: [Coral-List] Global Warming Debate
> >
> >Here is another example of the efforts
> >being put forth by the well organized
> >and financed AGW skeptics.This op-ed piece
> >appeared today in the Atlanta Journal.
> >
> >
> http://www.ajc.com/print/content/printedition/2009/05/14/portered0514.html
> >
> >I believe that it asserts as fact many misconceptions.
> >
> >Unless those of you in the scientific community
> >are willing to counter attack, these views will
> >prevail in the court of public opinion.
> >
> >Regards,
> >Steve Mussman
> >Sea Lab Diving
> >_______________________________________________
> >Coral-List mailing list
> >Coral-List at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
> >http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/mailman/listinfo/coral-list
>
>
> Steve LeGore, Ph.D.
> LeGore Environmental Associates, Inc.
> 2804 Gulf Drive N.
> Holmes Beach, Florida 34217 USA
> Executive Director,
> Association of Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean
> Tel: 941/778-4650
> Fax: 941/778-4761
> Cell: 941/447-8010
> GMT + 4 hrs
> http://www.devex.com/SteveLeGore
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 10:54:52 -0400
> From: Desrosiers Catherine
> Subject: [Coral-List] Marine diatoms and water quality
> To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
> Message-ID:
>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>
> Dear coral-listers,
>
> I am looking for publications on marine diatoms used as indicators of water
> quality in tropical environments or any publication treating of marine
> tropical diatoms physico-chemicals requirements.
>
> Thanks for your help,
>
>
>
> Catherine DESROSIERS
>
> Project Ingineer
>
> D7 Asconit Tropical & International
>
> ASCONIT CONSULTANTS
> Martinique
>
>
> Tel/Fax: +33 (0)5 96 63 55 78
>
> Cell: +33 (0)6 96 89 99 02
>
> catherine.desrosiers at asconit.com
>
> desrosiers.cat at gmail.com
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 7
> Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 10:48:48 -0400
> From: "Jessica Craft"
> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] New overgrowing tunicate?
> To:
> Cc:
> Message-ID:
>
> >
>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>
> We have noticed, over the past 1 to 1 ? years that there has been an
> explosion of tunicate growth on the west-central coast of Florida off the
> Tampa area. Although present on the natural hardbottom, it has taken over
> most nearshore artificial reefs, overgrowing algae, stony and octocorals. A
> recent survey off Longboat Key revealed percent covers as high as 60-70% in
> some quadrats. The culprit appears to be a species of Eudistoma, although
> positive identification has not been made (we collected samples, if anyone
> is interested). Although that species is not new, I have never seen it in
> the mass quantities recently observed. Has anyone noticed this trend
> anywhere else? I haven?t seen Tridemnum solidum in the Gulf of Mexico, at
> least not along the Florida coast. Could it be that this observed species is
> the gulf equivalent? Please let me know if you would like to see photos.
>
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Jessica A. Craft
>
> Senior Environmental Scientist I
>
> Coastal Planning & Engineering
>
> Marine Science & Biological Research Department
>
> 2481 NW Boca Raton Blvd.
>
> Boca Raton, FL 33431
>
> ph. 561-391-8102
>
> cell. 561-859-9974
>
>
>
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From roatanmarinepark at yahoo.com Fri May 15 15:03:33 2009
From: roatanmarinepark at yahoo.com (West End Sandy Bay Marine Park)
Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 12:03:33 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Coral-List] Posting regarding DEET being detrimental to corals
Message-ID: <653712.5459.qm@web110703.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
The Roatan Marine Park has always informed its visitors? that they should not wear DEET and then enter?the sea?as it proves to be toxic and damaging for the reef and its inhabitants.
We are now being questioned and would like to provide people with scientific evidence to back our claims. Please provide us with links high lighting the detrimental effects that DEET had on corals, fish, crustaceans etc
Thank you
?
Roatan Marine Park
?
Promoting Research, Conservation and Education on Roatan
From jcarilli at ucsd.edu Fri May 15 16:30:01 2009
From: jcarilli at ucsd.edu (Jessica Carilli)
Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 13:30:01 -0700
Subject: [Coral-List] Posting regarding DEET being detrimental to corals
In-Reply-To: <653712.5459.qm@web110703.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
References: <653712.5459.qm@web110703.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
Message-ID:
Surely if you dump DEET into a tank with a coral in it, bad things will
happen, but I wonder, in the grand scheme of impacts on the reef,
whether DEET washing off divers is actually a big impact?
After contracting dengue fever in Utila, Honduras, I've taken to
wearing concentrated DEET (and long sleeved clothes) in tropical
locations where dengue is epidemic. In this situation, I feel like the
relative dangers of NOT wearing DEET to human health may outweigh the
impact on the reef, which I am assuming is relatively minor. I might
well be wrong though, and will be interested to see other responses to
this post.
One idea would be to encourage DEET use on land but to suggest people
wash just before suiting up to get in the water. However, if the
wastewater is not treated it would eventually just be flushed out to
the reef anyways...
Jessica Carilli
On May 15, 2009, at 12:03 PM, West End Sandy Bay Marine Park wrote:
> The Roatan Marine Park has always informed its visitors? that they
> should not wear DEET and then enter?the sea?as it proves to be toxic
> and damaging for the reef and its inhabitants.
> We are now being questioned and would like to provide people with
> scientific evidence to back our claims. Please provide us with links
> high lighting the detrimental effects that DEET had on corals, fish,
> crustaceans etc
> Thank you
> ?
> Roatan Marine Park
> ?
> Promoting Research, Conservation and Education on Roatan
>
>
>
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From crsreeraj at gmail.com Fri May 15 23:20:46 2009
From: crsreeraj at gmail.com (sreeraj cr)
Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 08:50:46 +0530
Subject: [Coral-List] Blennids and Gobiids work
Message-ID:
I am researcher from Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India.
at present i am concentrating more on the taxonomy and ecology of
blennies and gobies. Can anyone help me by providing information on
the following topics
1) the collection techniques and preservation of of blennies and gobies.
2) identification keys for the blenniidae and gobiidae.
3) ecological notes on them
if any one have literature or notes regarding the same please may mail
to me at crsreeraj at gmail.com, or place the information in coral list
with regards
Sreeraj C R
Research Scholar
Zoological Survey of India
Port Blair
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
India
mail id: crsreeraj at gmail.com
crsreeraj at yahoo.in
crsreeraj at rediffmail.com
From BOOTH at easternct.edu Sat May 16 00:47:10 2009
From: BOOTH at easternct.edu (Booth, Charles E. (Biology))
Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 00:47:10 -0400
Subject: [Coral-List] AJC Opinion Piece by Dr. J. Winston Porter
Message-ID:
From charms at fit.edu Mon May 18 19:19:38 2009
From: charms at fit.edu (Chelsea Anne Harms)
Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 19:19:38 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Coral-List] Mandarin Fish submission
Message-ID: <62259.97.104.52.149.1242688778.squirrel@webaccess.fit.edu>
Hello,
I am conducting research on Synchiropus splendidus (mandarin fish). They
are an Indo-Pacific reef fish that possibly contains a toxin in their skin
coating. I need to gather some information regarding their aquaria habits..
Please answer the following questions if you have mandarin fish in your
aquarium and they are alive/died.
1. What size tank do you have your mandarins in?
2. What other fish are coexisting with your mandarins?
3. If your mandarins died, do you know exactly why? (i.e.- saw it eaten by
another fish..)
4. What species is your mandarin - spotted or green?
5. What do you feed your mandarins? (I.e. - copepods, myassis shrimp..)
6. How long have you had your mandarins (if still alive)?
7. What type of habitat do your mandarins occupy? (i.e. - live rock, fake
rock, corals..)
Thank you and please reply with your answers to charms at fit.edu and not
through this listing server. Also fill free to forward this questionaire
onto friends with mandarins if it doesn't apply to you directly.
Thanks for your help with my research!
Chelsea Harms
Undergraduate, Marine Biology
Florida Institute of Technology
Melbourne, FL 32901
903.780.8968
From arthur at sopac.org Mon May 18 19:37:23 2009
From: arthur at sopac.org (Arthur Webb)
Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 11:37:23 +1200 (FJT)
Subject: [Coral-List] Vacancy - Pacific Islands,
Global Oceans Observing Systems Coordinator based in Fiji (SOPAC)
Message-ID: <228EC27BF7964A06AB9DF7274DE4895F@Arthurxpnb>
VACANCY
Pacific Islands GOOS Coordinator
Applications are invited for the position of Pacific Islands GOOS
(PI-GOOS) Coordinator in the Secretariat of the Pacific Islands Applied
Geoscience Commission (SOPAC), located in Suva, Fiji Islands.
http://www.sopac.org/tiki-view_articles.php?topic=2
http://www.pi-goos.org/
The Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) was initiated by the
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) in 1991 in recognition of
the need for accurate marine observations for a range of issues such as
climate forecasting, oceans and coastal management, and hazard warnings.
GOOS has an open ocean and a coastal component, where delivery of the
latter is principally through GOOS Regional Alliances (GRAs). There are
currently 12 GRAs of which PI-GOOS is one of the most established.
Pacific Island communities have strong connections with their coastal
waters, the goods and services they provide. Many of the region's
oceanographic and biological processes cross expanses of water within the
region forming ecological connections between different countries. Proper
stewardship of coastal resources and environments across the region is
therefore critical to sustain and improve livelihoods, particularly
against a backdrop of climate change and associated impacts, and
increasing population growth. Managing resource use and human developments
to ensure healthy, clean, and productive oceanic and coastal waters
requires the provision of sound scientific advice based on accurate and
objective marine data, observations and associated products such as
predictive models. In cooperation with the host institution SOPAC, the
sponsors of PIGOOS (IOC-UNESCO Perth Regional Programme Office, NOAA and
Australian Bureau of Meteorology), and with assistance by an advisory
committee of regional stakeholders, the PI-GOOS Coordinator will lead,
manage, and coordinate the development and implementation of programmes of
work designed to improve the capacities of SOPAC Member Countries to
manage their coastal waters in a sustainable manner through better access
and use of reliable and objective marine data, observations and associated
products. This will be achieved via an active portfolio of work including
outreach, communications, support to observing programmes, training,
education, and data management and access. Targeted activities under these
headings will be designed to facilitate the establishment and
implementation of coastal and ocean observing programmes, and also help to
improve uptake and use of the data, information and products being
generated by existing coastal and open ocean programmes.
This is an exciting opportunity for an upcoming or established marine
science professional to provide leadership to the development and ongoing
implementation of a programme of work designed to address some important
challenges for Pacific island communities. The position is for 3 years
initially, and an attractive salary and benefit package will be offered,
commensurate with terms and conditions agreed to by the governing bodies
of the Council of Regional Organisations of the Pacific.
Applications should comprise of a detailed CV and cover letter addressing
the job specifications, a copy of which can be obtained from the
Administration Officer (recruitment at sopac.org).
Should you wish to discuss the post prior to submitting your application,
please contact Dr Arthur Webb of SOPAC arthur at sopac.org, or Dr Nick
D'Adamo of the UNESCO IOC Perth Regional Programme Office
nick.d'adamo at bom.gov.au.
Applications close Friday 12th June 2009 and should preferably be
submitted by email to the Administration Officer. If you are unable to
send your application by email, please fax it to + 679 3370040 or
alternatively post to: SOPAC Secretariat, Private Mail Bag, Suva, Fiji.
All applicants should note that only those for whom there is further
interest would be contacted.
From jeber at TNC.ORG Mon May 18 20:57:34 2009
From: jeber at TNC.ORG (Jan Eber)
Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 20:57:34 -0400
Subject: [Coral-List] Career Opportunity with The Nature Conservancy
Message-ID: <5A60499F51461D41823BF146CCB331426984A2@mail04.TNC.ORG>
The Nature Conservancy is a leading conservation organization working
globally to protect ecologically important lands and waters for people
and nature. Located 1,000 miles south of Hawai'i and an untold distance
from civilization, Palmyra Atoll is one of the most spectacular marine
wilderness areas on Earth. Palmyra is a 680-acre atoll with 480,000
acres of lagoons, coral reefs, and submerged lands. Palmyra is a US
Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Refuge out to 12 miles and a Marine
National Monument out to 50 miles.. The Nature Conservancy owns Cooper
Island, and manages the atoll in partnership with the USFWS and the
Palmyra Atoll Research Consortium (PARC).
Palmyra's research station supports scientific research by world
renowned research institutions (see www.palmyra-research.org). Staff
are hired on a rotational basis for approximately 4 months at a time to
run the research station and camp facilities. Board and lodging are
provided while on-island. Career Opportunities are available for Field
Station Manager, Chief of Marine Operations, Galley/Housekeeping
Manager, Maintenance Technician, Mechanic/Boat Captain and Assistant
Cook.
The Field Station Manager (FSM) is responsible for the overall
management, supervision, and safety of Palmyra Atoll operations and
staff. The FSM is responsible for overseeing the maintenance of the
field station facilities and equipment including generators, boats, and
aircraft runway, and the oversight of galley and housekeeping services.
The FSM must lead and manage staff, and act as the primary liaison with
visiting researchers, guests, and visiting vessels' crew and passengers.
The Chief of Marine Operations is responsible for all marine operations
at Palmyra Atoll. Primary responsibilities include: safe navigation and
operation of a 25' Dive Boat and a 24' rescue boat; coordination and
oversight of marine activity for and with science and donor population,
including but not limited to offshore and lagoon boating, SCUBA diving
and fishing trips; continuous monitoring, upkeep and improvement of
Marine Department safety programs and equipment; management and
supervision of other Marine Department staff; oversight of and direct
participation in maintenance and upkeep programs for all Marine
Department equipment and facilities.
The Galley/Housekeeping Manager is responsible for the management and
daily operation of the Palmyra Atoll research station galley and
housekeeping departments. Accountable for developing and implementing a
plan that ensures: the timely preparation and delivery of high quality
meals to a variety of audiences; the on-going maintenance and
cleanliness of station accommodations and all facilities; the
maintenance and cost effective control of food, beverage and other
operational supply inventories and other duties as assigned by the Field
Station Manager and Palmyra Program Deputy Director. Overall
responsibility of the department includes: food & beverage, housekeeping
and non-technical maintenance, departmental accounting and budgeting,
administration, supervision, and safety. Must also support and engage
in community chores and activities and strive to build and maintain a
positive community environment.
The Maintenance Technician is responsible for field station maintenance
and supports field station operations. This full-time position is
responsible for upkeep and repairs of all field station facilities
including buildings, roads, and runway; maintenance of water, waste,
plumbing and electrical systems; assists with vehicle maintenance
including boats, trucks, & tractors; trouble-shooting including rust
abatement and painting; assists with maintenance and repairs for diesel,
gasoline and outboard engines, as well as all motorized and
non-motorized equipment. Responsible for tracking and maintaining
inventory of necessary parts and materials for maintenance operations.
Responsible for daily cleaning and maintenance of selected field station
facilities.
The Mechanic/Boat Captain is responsible for the maintenance of a 25'
Dive Boat and skiffs with outboard motors. This position will lead on
the routine maintenance of all marine equipment (boats, outboards, scuba
compressor and gear), and will assist with other gasoline and diesel
powered equipment and vehicles at the field station. This includes
diesel generators, tractors, and a variety of heavy equipment. This
position spends no more than 50% time acting as boat captain, which
includes the safe navigation and operation of a 25' Dive Boat, while
deploying and retrieving divers. The Mechanic/Boat Captain also
operates skiffs with 15 hp outboard motors, and trains and observes
station users for independent operation of skiffs. This position spends
50 - 75% time on maintenance/mechinal duties.
The Assistant Cook/Housekeeper is responsible for meal planning and
preparation of breakfast, lunch and dinner for field station guests,
staff, volunteers and visiting vessels. Responsible for stocking and
rotation of all kitchen inventory, as well as general galley and kitchen
clean-up including dishes, floors, storage areas, refrigerators and
freezers. Responsible for assisting with set-up and cleaning of all
field station cabins, associated living areas, and recreation areas.
Responsible for laundry service.
TO APPLY: Please complete an online application at
www.nature.org/careers and upload a resume and cover letter. Cover
letter must outline how you meet the basic qualifications listed.
Review of applications will be on-going as rotations are year round.
From phoetjes at gmail.com Tue May 19 11:34:46 2009
From: phoetjes at gmail.com (Paul Hoetjes)
Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 11:34:46 -0400
Subject: [Coral-List] Seeking Marine Park Manager for Saba
Message-ID: <4A12D196.1030507@gmail.com>
Great job opportunity on the small but beautiful island of Saba, in the
northeastern Caribbean.
Please contact Saba Conservation Foundation directly via address
provided below.
Apologies for cross posting.
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*NATIONAL PARKS MANAGER*
The Saba Conservation Foundation (SCF), a nonprofit nature management
organization based in Saba, Netherlands Antilles is seeking a National
Parks Manager to manage the Saba National Marine Park plus a land park.
The SCF has five full time staff to support field, operational and
administrative aspects of the organization. The incumbent will be
responsible for the overall management of the organization, staff and
its functions.
*DESCRIPTION*
*Organization Management*
- Institutional Development: Responsible for overall integrity of the
organization: Preparation of budgets, action plans, and work programs;
manages and supervises staff and volunteers, financial management and
reporting, compliance and development of SCF Manual Procedures,
Implementation of Strategic Planning, compliance and development of
nature legislation and national park management plans.
- Fundraising, Grant writing, Income Generation: Responsible for all
fundraising and grant writing from established sources, manage donor
relations, strengthen income generating capacity to collect user fees,
promote souvenir sales and develop new income generating g opportunities.
*Supervision and Compliance*
- Operational management: Oversees all aspects of pa ark operational
activities including maintenance of SCF assets (boat, truck, moorings,
machine, compressors, scuba gear, decompression chamber etc) staff and
budgetary m management.
- Legislation: Monitoring, Compliance and Inputting Responsible to
ensure compliance with h existing nature legislation reports on
violations and proposes new rules/legislation.
- Marketing and Public Relations: Responsible for managing stakeholder
relations (especially island government and local NGOs) promoting the
organization and its objectives, maintaining website and all public
information, providing and developing, user Information for national parks.
- Education and Awareness: Supervises education and awareness program to
stimulate public awareness and education campaigns on major
environmental issues, in particular issues related to protected areas
and species.
- Project Design a and Execution: Supervises the design and execution of
all projects in accordance with Project Management procedures. Reports
to the Board on project progress.
- Hyperbaric Chamber: Serves as technical and safety director of the
Saba Hyperbaric Facility (SHF) and is responsible for compliance with
DAN safety standards, supervision of facility maintenance and staff/
volunteer training. Training provided.
*Technical Management*
- Monitoring, Data Collection and Analysis (quality control): Oversees
monitoring programs in accordance with monitoring procedures and
protocols, supervises collection of relevant data on status and use of
indicated habitats within Park boundaries. Interprets data to support
proposals for policy interventions or amendments, increase public
awareness, use in public reports, etc.
- Database: Maintains a database for Parks management on key indicators.
- Research: Responsible for prioritizing research needs In accordance
with partners, arrange resourcing for research, determine relevance of
research requests for organization, assess logistical requirements,
prepare research frameworks (MoU or TOR) and inform all stakeholders,
supervision of researchers/ consultants, ensure all regulations are
compiled with and permission granted by authorities as relevant.
*Reporting*
- Reports to the Board on all issues pertaining to SCF management and
stakeholder relations. Responsible for all reporting obligations to
donors and stakeholders.
- Represents the SCF on the Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance Board (DCNA)
and at regional conferences, meetings and forums.
*QUALIFICATIONS*
- Seven + years of organizational management experience preferably with
nature management, national park or related organization.
- Masters degree in marine biology, coastal management, natural sciences
or related environmental sciences.
- Advanced diving experience. Some commercial diving experience an
advantage.
- Technical skills in boat handling, navigation and marine protocols.
- Strong understanding of project management methodologies, tools and
best practices.
- Strong Communication skills (written and oral), fluency In English.
Dutch an advantage.
- Advanced knowledge of management, organization or operational procedures
- Experience with use of decompression chamber an advantage Training
provided.
- Experience working in small island states also an advantage.
Please send resume and cover letter to:
Johanna van?t Hof (Chairperson),
Saba Conservation Foundation,
PO Box 18, The Bottom, Saba,
Netherlands Antilles.
Or e-mail to johanna at julianas-hotel.com .
Closing date: June 30th 2009.
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
Please review website www.sabapark.org. See also www.dcnanature.org
--
Paul C. Hoetjes
Senior Policy Advisor
Department of Environment & Nature (MINA)
Ministry of Public Health & Social Development (VSO)
Schouwburgweg 26 (APNA building)
Cura?ao
Netherlands Antilles
tel. +(599-9)466-9307; fax: +(599-9)461-0254
e-mail: paul at mina.vomil.an
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From jware at erols.com Tue May 19 11:26:42 2009
From: jware at erols.com (John Ware)
Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 11:26:42 -0400
Subject: [Coral-List] Posting regarding DEET being detrimental to corals
References: <653712.5459.qm@web110703.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <4A12CFB2.80304@erols.com>
Dear List,
Am I the only one who finds it curious that a Marine Park imposed a ban
on something without having a basis for that ban?? Is this DEET issue
anything like the lead weight issue? (You may recall that, about a year
or 2 ago at least one marine park was considering a ban on uncoated lead
weights because of fear of lead dissolving in the ocean.)
I fear that marine park rules with little or no scientific basis will
possibly lead to a public perception that all rules are frivolous.
John Ware
West End Sandy Bay Marine Park wrote:
>The Roatan Marine Park has always informed its visitors that they should not wear DEET and then enter the sea as it proves to be toxic and damaging for the reef and its inhabitants.
>We are now being questioned and would like to provide people with scientific evidence to back our claims. Please provide us with links high lighting the detrimental effects that DEET had on corals, fish, crustaceans etc
>Thank you
>
>Roatan Marine Park
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From vermeij at hawaii.edu Wed May 20 09:13:30 2009
From: vermeij at hawaii.edu (Mark J A Vermeij)
Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 07:13:30 -0600
Subject: [Coral-List] Posting regarding DEET being detrimental to corals
Message-ID:
Dear John et al.
Though I rather refrain from comments in issues like these, I feel that this case is illustrative of a bigger picture and hence worth commenting upon, i.e. it clearly shows the huge gap between coral reef scientists and the group of people that are "in the trenches" trying to protect the same systems that scientists study. While cooperation between the groups does exist (generally in the more well-off locations), many 2nd/3rd world locations simply have to figure out by themselves how to protect a reef facing heavy opposition from fishermen, developers, unsocial tourists, unwilling politicians etc.
While it would be nice to have scientific evidence for every management rule imposed, the overall variability among systems, sites, countries and regions, each with their own unique set of "problems", simply precludes this option. What now? A common sense approach (often with the added benefit that it is easier to convey to non-scientists) might be the next best thing. In this case, one could reason that DEET kills insects and as far as I know invertebrates are much more sensitive to poison than insects, so yes, probably not a good idea to throw the stuff on a reef. Does DEET reach corals etc in concentrations strong enough to kill them? Nobody knows, but the first line of reasoning is sufficient to apply the precautionary principle in this matter. Voila, done for now. While this DEET-case is just an example, the overall problem is obvious: Should one wait for scientific evidence that does not exist (yet) before implementing a rule that makes sense?
Park managers that undertake action without scientific support therefore simply do the best they can and, as suggested, certainly don't jeopardize the reasoning behind other management actions (i.e. MPA, fishing regulations etc). An observation that typified the informal discussions during the last ICRS might be illustrative as well. In that big hall, one might remember little groups of people sitting together at a table, looking not all that happy. Further investigations revealed that these tables were generally manned by marine park managers from places of which none of us had heard of before. They came to the meeting to absorb information that could back up, improve or design management strategies for their respective parks, but felt they were fishing in an empty pond. Hence the sad faces. When they reach out, few people answer, if they ask for help, we question the basis for their actions. Try to keep motivated that way....
The divide between science and management has supposedly been an issue during ICRS meetings in the past, but it shows that both parties can to some degree be blamed for the lack of a strong interaction between the fields that study and protect/ manage reefs. This is simply what it is at the moment, but that realization warns against premature unproductive discussions whereby one group questions the rationale behind certain actions of the other. This dynamic is even further confounded by a certain scale-problem. Managers often require detailed information on some local stressor and such local, applied, small scale issues often don't appeal to scientists. In other words, the fields do not overlap as much as some people seem to think which further increases the likelihood for misunderstanding, miscommunication and slow progress if it comes to reef protection.
At the same time, 80% of the information that is required to back-up effective reef protection does already exist and it is this bulk of information that should be focused on, i.e. the big picture with big problems such as nutrification, near shore development, overfishing, increased sedimentation, chemical pollution etc as the main drivers of coral reef decline that can be countered by local management actions. It is true that action in these matters is extremely complicated and one faces enormous opposition from parties that are normally not too conducive to science-based logic, polite discussions and rational reasoning (e.g. developers, politicians). Often for good reason, as other problems prevail and these problems are generally naively disregarded by most scientists. This makes for an interesting, but unproductive dynamic during which reefs simply rot away even further.
On the management side, one should also focus on the aforementioned big picture as this is the area where true progress can be made. It is easier to prevent people from putting on sun screen before they hop in the water than it is to come up with a locally acceptable solution to say overfishing. Nevertheless the benefits of the latter outweigh those of the former in an astronomic way. Cleaning up cigarette buds on a beach, getting old car tires of a reef, cutting the plastic circles that hold beer cans together, waving a sign next to a busy road, not using DEET before you jump between the fish....it all helps, but such actions alone won't save reefs (and I am sure all managers agree with this). It would be nice if the MP managers could gear up for the real battles that come with coral reef protection. Focus on the big issues and know that they are backed up by scientists that study these reefs. To achieve such productivity, I feel it would be highly unproductive if the science/management group started discussions amongst each on whether common-sense management actions can be scientifically supported yes or no. This luxury simply does not exist anymore. While we look at each other, others will keep doing "their thing" (probably get a good laugh out of the unproductive dynamic observed in the science/management group) and again reef decline simply progresses.
The coral-list seems a useful platform to bridge the gap between science and management. People dealing with reef management often have unreliable internet access, let alone access to scientific studies or informative websites. It would be annoying to see that one of few options for productive collaboration turns into a battleground for... yeah, for what I wonder???
Best regards from Curacao
Mark
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Science Director
Carmabi Foundation
Piscaderabaai z/n
Cura?ao, Netherlands Antilles
Phone: +5999-5103067 (NEW NUMBER)
Email: m.vermeij at carmabi.org
Skype: markvermeij
Web: www.carmabi.org
From Jennifer.Schull at noaa.gov Wed May 20 15:19:41 2009
From: Jennifer.Schull at noaa.gov (Jennifer Schull)
Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 15:19:41 -0400
Subject: [Coral-List] Reef and Fishery Assessment of Navassa Island
Message-ID: <4A1457CD.2060701@noaa.gov>
The fourth CRCP-funded reef and fishery assessment cruise to Navassa
Island National Wildlife Refuge occurred 24 Apr ? 7 May 2009 aboard the
NOAA Ship /Nancy Foster/. Completed reef assessment objectives included
reeffish visual census at 69 stratified random sites with photo-quadrats
at 36 of these sites to characterize benthic cover. Among these random
sites, only 7 were observed to host ESA-listed staghorn coral (small,
isolated colonies) while invasive Pacific lionfish were observed at
three. Of the almost 29000 individual fish recorded in visual censuses,
only 15 individuals were of large grouper species. Tagged ESA-listed
elkhorn coral colonies were re-surveyed and all colonies along the
southwest coast were mapped. This population remains in excellent
condition. For the first time, the project was able to obtain pilot
catch data (two boat-days worth were identified and measured) from the
Haitian fishers who frequent Navassa waters. Lastly, real-time
documentation of the cruise was provided by a web log
(noaanavassa09.blogspot.com) which garnered over 700 unique visitors
over the course of the cruise. POC: margaret.w.miller at noaa.gov
From Mark.Eakin at noaa.gov Thu May 21 09:32:01 2009
From: Mark.Eakin at noaa.gov (Mark Eakin)
Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 09:32:01 -0400
Subject: [Coral-List] New Paper on Responding to Bleaching
Message-ID:
Now available from Environmental Management's Online First:
A Strategic Framework for Responding to Coral Bleaching Events in a
Changing Climate
J. A. Maynard, J. E. Johnson, P. A. Marshall, C. M. Eakin, G. Goby,
H. Schuttenberg and C. M. Spillman
Environmental Management, DOI 10.1007/s00267-009-9295-7.
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C. Mark Eakin, Ph.D.
Coordinator, NOAA Coral Reef Watch
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Center for Satellite Applications and Research
Satellite Oceanography & Climate Division
e-mail: mark.eakin at noaa.gov
url: coralreefwatch.noaa.gov
E/RA31, SSMC1, Room 5308
1335 East West Hwy
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3226
301-713-2857 x109 Fax: 301-713-3136
"Now is the time to confront [the climate change] challenge once and
for all. Delay is no longer an option.
Denial is no longer an acceptable response. The stakes are too high.
The consequences, too serious."
-- Barack Obama, Nov. 18 2008
From akbrady at ucalgary.ca Wed May 20 15:16:16 2009
From: akbrady at ucalgary.ca (Aisling Brady)
Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 13:16:16 -0600
Subject: [Coral-List] Underwater PAR or Light data for Orpheus
Message-ID:
Hi there,
I was wondering if anyone knows where/if I can find underwater PAR or
light levels on reefs at or nearby Orpheus? Are there any monitoring
stations/data loggers other than the AIMS weather station? Their
aboveground PAR meter apparently has not been collecting data for the
last several months.
Thanks very much for your help!
Aisling Brady (akbrady at ucalgary.ca)
From Jim.Hendee at noaa.gov Thu May 21 14:37:46 2009
From: Jim.Hendee at noaa.gov (Jim Hendee)
Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 14:37:46 -0400
Subject: [Coral-List] Paper on SST anomalies in Florida Keys
Message-ID: <4A159F7A.1050807@noaa.gov>
From Jim.Hendee at noaa.gov Thu May 21 14:50:46 2009
From: Jim.Hendee at noaa.gov (Jim Hendee)
Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 14:50:46 -0400
Subject: [Coral-List] Paper on SST anomalies in Florida Keys
In-Reply-To: <4A159F7A.1050807@noaa.gov>
References: <4A159F7A.1050807@noaa.gov>
Message-ID: <4A15A286.5080602@noaa.gov>
Hmm, let's try that again...
Greetings,
FYI, the following has just been published:
Hu, C., F. Muller-Karger, B. Murch, D. Myhre, J. Taylor, R. Luerssen, C.
Moses, C. Zhang, L. Gramer, and J. Hendee. Building an automated
integrated observing system to detect sea surface temperature anomaly
events in the Florida Keys. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote
Sensing, 47(6):1607-1620 (2009).
Cheers,
Jim
From Mark.Eakin at noaa.gov Fri May 22 18:25:52 2009
From: Mark.Eakin at noaa.gov (Mark Eakin)
Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 18:25:52 -0400
Subject: [Coral-List] NOAA Northern Hemisphere Hurricane-Season Predictions
Out
Message-ID:
This year's first seasonal hurricane outlooks are out. NOAA is
predicting this northern hemisphere hurricane season to be near-
normal in the Atlantic, normal or below-normal in the eastern
Pacific, below-normal in the central Pacific.
For the story on the Atlantic season, see http://
www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2009/20090521_atlantichurricane.html
For the story on the eastern Pacific season, see http://
www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2009/20090521_easternhurricane.html
For the story on the central Pacific season, see http://
www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2009/20090521_centralpacifichurricane.html
Cheers,
Mark
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------------------------
C. Mark Eakin, Ph.D.
Coordinator, NOAA Coral Reef Watch
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Center for Satellite Applications and Research
Satellite Oceanography & Climate Division
e-mail: mark.eakin at noaa.gov
url: coralreefwatch.noaa.gov
E/RA31, SSMC1, Room 5308
1335 East West Hwy
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3226
301-713-2857 x109 Fax: 301-713-3136
"Now is the time to confront [the climate change] challenge once and
for all. Delay is no longer an option.
Denial is no longer an acceptable response. The stakes are too high.
The consequences, too serious."
-- Barack Obama, Nov. 18 2008
From charlesb at hawaii.edu Mon May 25 11:38:04 2009
From: charlesb at hawaii.edu (Charles Birkeland)
Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 05:38:04 -1000
Subject: [Coral-List] Faust, Medea, coral reefs
Message-ID:
- - - Humanity is to the biosphere as COTS is occasionally to Indo-Pacific coral reefs.? In both cases, the deterioration of the system occurs when the developing population is endowed with an extraordinary richness of resources with which it expands out of control, and the lack of control stems from natural selection acting on the individual genotype and not on the community or ecosystem. Now the eminent paleontologist Peter Ward has just published a book on his Medea hypothesis in which he presents geologic evidence that some of the mass extinctions in Earth?s history have been caused in the same way, by episodes of prokaryotic life becoming system-destructive when they are too successful (the Siberian Traps, the Deccan Traps and the KT asteroid notwithstanding).
This allegory of Faust has been on the conscience of thinkers for centuries. It has been told in philosophy (Goethe), plays (Marlowe), operas ( Gounod, Boito), with other major musical works (Berlioz, Schumann, Mahler, Liszt), painting (Rembrandt), poetry and novels.? Faust was a person for whom the devil agreed to provide knowledge and success, but when Faust reached the zenith of human happiness, the devil collected on his soul. Faust was happy with the deal because he was confident the moment of payback would never come. Knowledge has given humanity technology and global economics, and with this we (north continental mainland societies) have been able to develop a lavish existence by use in a couple centuries of the stores of petroleum that it has taken organisms hundreds of millions of years to accrue. ?Our byproducts are changing the climate as have, according to Ward?s Medea hypothesis, the byproducts of very successful prokaryotes leading to mass extinctions in the past. Technology and global economics has allowed us to overharvest the presumed infinite stocks of fish in the ocean and to reduce the slowly accrued arable topsoils to an unprecedented extent.?
Humans are not the only eukaryote with Faustian traits. The crown-of-thorns seastar has the gifts of a morphology with large food-intake to biomass ratio as a juvenile that provides for rapid growth to maturity and an elastic disk-like structure in early reproductive years that allows for a broad range of available prey (1989 American Scientist 77: 154-163). Furthermore, the extraordinary fecundity of COTS provides it with the capacity to capitalize rapidly when the larvae are lucky and provided with a dense larval food supply (?Faust? is derived from Latin ?lucky? or ?auspicious?).? When the COTS rises to prominence by overexploitation? of? its resource, the productive times are followed by a payback of precipitous population decline.? Furthermore, the morphology for juveniles becomes a liability when the adult grows to over 50 cm in diameter. Natural selection is not able to modify these traits because the (proximally) very successful? COTS reproduce before the payback, in the same way natural selection has not helped humans with Alzheimer?s or Parkinson?s diseases.? In addition, phytoplankton blooms associated with spawning are too irregular to allow consistent natural selection.
On the global scale, Peter Ward made a compelling case that we should be wary of the popular Gaia hypothesis that life regulates the environment in a way that tends to keep an environment favorable to life. ?Gaia? is the ?good mother? and the classical Greek culture referred to her as the benevolent Mother Earth. Medea was the unhappy wife of Jason that killed their children out of revenge.? Medea may be an appropriate image for the effects of the Siberian Traps (at the Permian-Triassic change) and the effects of the Deccan Traps (Cretaceous-Cenozoic boundary), but for Ward?s depiction of most of the mass extinctions I would think of Mother Earth as not vengeful, but rather an overly generous mother that sometimes spoiled her children and provided no discipline. Perhaps ?there was an old lady that lived in a shoe. She had so many children, she didn?t know what to do.? ?Faust is the complementary allegory that when a being is given extraordinary success, natural selection works on the traits of the individual genotype and does not operate on the future impacts on systems.
(James Lovelock, the original author of the Gaia hypothesis (British), has just published a new book on ?The Vanishing Face of Gaia? in which he says ?We all need modern Churchills to lead us from the clinging, flabby, consensual thinking of the late twentieth century and to bind our nations with a single-minded effort?? to correct for the fact that we are pushing the system too far. ?His referral to Churchill was in a comparison with Churchill?s guiding the British away from the common belief in the 1930s that if we were just complacently peaceful, that the threat of World War II would go away. We should not complacently rely on Mother Earth.)
As with the gift of morphology of COTS, humanity has been endowed with technology that has enabled us to overharvest the seemingly infinite oceans. With scuba and nightlights, we have the capacity to rapidly deplete islands of the populations of vulnerable large coral-reef fishes such as the Bolbometopon muricatum and Cheilinus undulatus. The ?Freedom to Fish Act? keeps being proposed in Hawaii and on the mainland US, but in French Polynesia, Palau, Fiji, American Samoa, and Queensland, there are laws against the use of scuba while spearfishing. ?It seems that the possibilities for a separation of spearfishing and scuba in the US mainland and Hawaii are almost nil, although I believe an NGO is planning to approach the matter in Hawaii. ?It is my understanding that Australia has also explicitly included the Precautionary Principle in some governmental decisions.? Why do Australians and some Pacific islanders behave more responsibly? When one thinks of the rich soils of Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, and elsewhere in the Midwest, and the oilfields of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and the coalfields of the Appalachians, etc, vis-?-vis the central expanses of Australia, and the total resources of the individual tropical Pacific islands, one cannot help but wonder if Australia and Pacific islands keep within the system like COTS in oligotrophic waters, while the US in the last 2 centuries has been given an endowment like Faust and expanded out of control like COTS spawning in ?a phytoplankton bloom.
Decades ago, Bob Johannes said that the fisheries and other extractive-resource endeavors from coral reefs should be managed at the village or watershed level. The role of the national government should be to provide protection of the villages against intrusion by foreign or large-scale corporations, but to otherwise let the management decisions be made at the village level. ?Bob Johannes? wise admonition may apply to global economics as well. Township savings and loan institutions have usually been sustainable because of careful? assessments of reliability and abilities of the clients to pay their mortgages.? Large-scale banks often have been Faustian and have rapidly grown out of control by building on foundations? of mortgages that cannot be repaid, and with chain-mail economics (e.g., Ponzi-schemes), rather than the responsible policies of local savings and loans. The escape of CEOs by golden parachutes illustrates that altruism is not in our genes when in large groups. Steve Jameson (2008 Marine Pollution Bulletin 56: 1513-1514) points out that when operating as very large bodies such as corporations and nations, we do not have the genetic capacity to make rational decisions for stewardship.
Rebuilding community-based management may lead to more responsible behavior by individuals (Reef Encounter 34: 34-35), but while behavior of individuals may be rational, large groups are Faustian.? According to NGO websites, more than 770 companies hired an estimated 2,340 lobbyists to derail federal policy on climate change in the past year, with more than four climate lobbyist for every member of the US Congress, with estimated expenditures on lobbying against climate change topping $90 million last year.? In his new book supporting his Medea hypothesis, Peter Ward is concerned that on a global scale, humanity is behaving like prokaryotes did when leading up to some previous mass extinctions. Although other species like COTS and locusts and Caulerpa taxifolia can be Faustian on a local scale, humanity is the only eukaryote that seems to have the potential of matching the effects of prokaryotes at times in the geologic past. However, as with the use of scuba with spearfishing, the US was outstanding in not signing the Kyoto Convention. Most other nations were more responsible.? Perhaps as we use up our resources, we can assume a less profligate lifestyle and develop more responsible behavior as a nation. Can this happen before we push the system beyond the tipping point?
From thomas.moore.is at gmail.com Sun May 24 22:28:13 2009
From: thomas.moore.is at gmail.com (Thomas Moore)
Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 12:28:13 +1000
Subject: [Coral-List] Corals upgrade algae to 'beat the heat'
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i've just read the following article in the New Scientist magazine,
about how corals can 'upgrade their symbiotic algae so that they can
survive the bleaching that occurs in waters warming under climate
change'
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17182-corals-upgrade-algae-to-beat-the-heat.html
do you agree that this means that the corals are 'able to adapt to
their local conditions', as well as adapt to projected climate change?
looks like professor ove hoegh-guldberg doesn't agree:
http://www.climateshifts.org/?p=1705
'To somehow imply that coral reefs are not facing problems from
climate change because Oliver and Palumbi found a few tough coral
genotypes in a rock pool, verges on the incredible.'
I already posted this to ove hoegh-guldberg's site, but: how is
'swapped out' defined? i thought that 'exogenous acquisition' of
entirely 'new' symbionts was still to be proven? if so, this means
that the corals that don't contain 'heat sensitive' algae are
selectively weeded out under warming seas? what proportion of corals
contain 'heat sensitive' algae?
Sant?,
Thomas
><((((?> ----- ><((((?> ------ ><((((?> ------ ><((((?>
Thomas Moore
thomasmooreis at gmail.com
From t.wijgerde at coralscience.org Tue May 26 12:52:19 2009
From: t.wijgerde at coralscience.org (Tim Wijgerde)
Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 18:52:19 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: [Coral-List] Corals upgrade algae to 'beat the heat'
Message-ID: <20737.62.131.174.154.1243356739.squirrel@webmail.coralscience.org>
Dear Thomas,
thanks for the posting. Although my experiences as
a biologist are still limited, I have read most of the climate/coral reef
papers published during the last couple of years. I must agree with Prof.
Hoegh-Guldberg that symbiont shuffling only is a 'nugget of hope', as Dr.
Madeleine van Oppen already defined it in one of her recent papers on the
subject.
I guess there are two possibilities:
1.
The coral bleaches, and takes up zooxanthellae de novo (new zoox
from the water column, expelled by other corals through mucus for
example). These new ones may be clade D, and bestow higher thermal
tolerance to their new host corals.
2. There is simply a shift
in dominant algae type. If this one is true, that would be less
optimistic. It would simply mean that tough corals already have thermally
tolerant algae inside of them, however these are somewhat 'dormant', and
are outcompeted by a different clade. After bleaching, some of the algae
may still be retained in the coral tissue. This may allow the previously
dormant clade D population to become the dominant algae type. It implies
that tough corals already require tough clade D algae.
?It
would be favourable if other corals not hosting clade D at all would be
able to shift symbiont clade, as described in option no. 1.
I
may be missing other possibilities here, so correct me if my statements so
far are incomplete.
I guess it would be very interesting to
bleach corals in experimental setups, and inoculate them with different
clades, including clade D. You would of course have to prove that no zoox
are retained after the induced bleaching. Proper controls could also show
that without inoculation after bleaching, no recovery is seen (or no
recovery with the clade of interest) .
Best,
Tim
Wijgerde
Wageningen University
www.coralscience.org
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> - - - Humanity is to the biosphere as COTS is
> occasionally to Indo-Pacific coral reefs.? In both cases, the
> deterioration of the system occurs when the developing population
is
> endowed with an extraordinary richness of resources with
which it expands
> out of control, and the lack of control stems
from natural selection
> acting on the individual genotype and not
on the community or ecosystem.
> Now the eminent paleontologist
Peter Ward has just published a book on
> his Medea hypothesis in
which he presents geologic evidence that some of
> the mass
extinctions in Earth?s history have been caused in the same way,
>
by episodes of prokaryotic life becoming system-destructive when they
are
> too successful (the Siberian Traps, the
>
>
Deccan Traps and the KT asteroid notwithstanding).
> This
allegory of Faust has been on the conscience of thinkers for
>
centuries. It has been told in philosophy (Goethe), plays (Marlowe),
> operas ( Gounod, Boito), with other major musical works
(Berlioz,
> Schumann, Mahler, Liszt), painting (Rembrandt), poetry
and novels.?
> Faust was a person for whom the devil agreed to
provide knowledge and
> success, but when Faust reached the zenith
of human happiness, the devil
> collected on his soul. Faust was
happy with the deal because he was
> confident the moment of
payback would never come. Knowledge has given
> humanity
technology and global economics, and with this we (north
>
continental mainland societies) have been able to develop a lavish
> existence by use in a couple centuries of the stores of petroleum
that
> it has taken organisms hundreds of millions of years to
accrue. ?Our
> byproducts are changing the climate as have,
according to Ward?s Medea
> hypothesis, the byproducts of very
successful prokaryotes leading to
> mass extinctions in the p
>
> ast. Technology and global economics has allowed us to
overharvest the
> presumed infinite stocks of fish in the ocean
and to reduce the slowly
> accrued arable topsoils to an
unprecedented extent.?
> Humans are not the only eukaryote with
Faustian traits. The
> crown-of-thorns seastar has the gifts of a
morphology with large
> food-intake to biomass ratio as a juvenile
that provides for rapid
> growth to maturity and an elastic
disk-like structure in early
> reproductive years that allows for
a broad range of available prey (1989
> American Scientist 77:
154-163). Furthermore, the extraordinary
> fecundity of COTS
provides it with the capacity to capitalize rapidly
> when the
larvae are lucky and provided with a dense larval food supply
>
(?Faust? is derived from Latin ?lucky? or ?auspicious?).? When the COTS
> rises to prominence by overexploitation? of? its resource, the
> productive times are followed by a payback of precipitous
population
> decline.? Furthermore, the morphology for juveniles
becomes a liability
> when the adult grows to over 50 cm in
diameter. Natural selection is not
> able to modify these traits
because the (proximally) very successful?
> COTS reproduce before
the payback, i
>
> n the same way natural selection has
not helped humans with Alzheimer?s
> or Parkinson?s diseases.? In
addition, phytoplankton blooms associated
> with spawning are too
irregular to allow consistent natural selection.
> On the global
scale, Peter Ward made a compelling case that we should be
> wary
of the popular Gaia hypothesis that life regulates the environment
> in a way that tends to keep an environment favorable to life.
?Gaia? is
> the ?good mother? and the classical Greek culture
referred to her as the
> benevolent Mother Earth. Medea was the
unhappy wife of Jason that killed
> their children out of
revenge.? Medea may be an appropriate image for
> the effects of
the Siberian Traps (at the Permian-Triassic change) and
> the
effects of the Deccan Traps (Cretaceous-Cenozoic boundary), but for
> Ward?s depiction of most of the mass extinctions I would think of
Mother
> Earth as not vengeful, but rather an overly generous
mother that
> sometimes spoiled her children and provided no
discipline. Perhaps
> ?there was an old lady that lived in a shoe.
She had so many children,
> she didn?t know what to do.? ?Faust is
the complementary allegory that
> when a being is given
extraordinary success, natural selection wo
>
> rks on
the traits of the individual genotype and does not operate on the
> future impacts on systems.
> (James Lovelock, the
original author of the Gaia hypothesis (British),
> has just
published a new book on ?The
Vanishing Face of Gaia? in which
> he says ?We all need modern Churchills to lead us from the
clinging,
> flabby, consensual thinking of the late twentieth
century and to bind
> our nations with a single-minded effort?? to
correct for the fact that
> we are pushing the system too far.
?His referral to Churchill was in a
> comparison with Churchill?s
guiding the British away from the common
> belief in the 1930s
that if we were just complacently peaceful, that the
> threat of
World War II would go away. We should not complacently rely on
>
Mother Earth.)
> As with the gift of morphology of COTS,
humanity has been endowed with
> technology that has enabled us to
overharvest the seemingly infinite
> oceans. With scuba and
nightlights, we have the capacity to rapidly
> deplete islands of
the populations of vulnerable large coral-reef fishes
> such as
the Bolbometopon muricatum and Cheilinus undulatus. The ?Freedom
>
to Fish Act? keeps being proposed in Hawaii and on the mainland US, but
> in French Polynesia, Palau, Fiji, American Samoa, and Queensland,
there
> are laws against the use of scuba while spearfishing. ?It
seems that the
> possibilities for a separation of spearfishing
and scuba in the US
> mainland and Hawaii are almost nil, although
I believe an NGO is
> planning to approach the matter in Hawaii.
?It is my understanding that
> Australia has also explicitly
included the Precautionary Principle in
> some governmental
decisions.? Why do Australians and some Pacific
> islanders behave
more responsibly? When one thinks of the rich soils of
> Illin
>
> ois, Iowa, Indiana, and elsewhere in the Midwest, and
the oilfields of
> Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and the coalfields of
the Appalachians, etc,
> vis-?-vis the central expanses of
Australia, and the total resources of
> the individual tropical
Pacific islands, one cannot help but wonder if
> Australia and
Pacific islands keep within the system like COTS in
> oligotrophic
waters, while the US in the last 2 centuries has been given
> an
endowment like Faust and expanded out of control like COTS spawning in
> ?a phytoplankton bloom.
> Decades ago, Bob Johannes said
that the fisheries and other
> extractive-resource endeavors from
coral reefs should be managed at the
> village or watershed level.
The role of the national government should
> be to provide
protection of the villages against intrusion by foreign or
>
large-scale corporations, but to otherwise let the management decisions
> be made at the village level. ?Bob Johannes? wise admonition may
apply
> to global economics as well. Township savings and loan
institutions have
> usually been sustainable because of careful?
assessments of reliability
> and abilities of the clients to pay
their mortgages.? Large-scale banks
> often have been Faustian and
have rapidly grown out of control by
> building on foundations? of
mortgages that cannot be repaid, and with
> chain-mail economics
(e.g., Ponzi-schemes), rather than the responsible
> policies of
local savings and loans. The escape of CEOs by golden
> parachutes
illustrates that altruism is not in our genes when in large
>
groups.
>
> Steve Jameson (2008 Marine Pollution
Bulletin 56: 1513-1514) points out
> that when operating as very
large bodies such as corporations and
> nations, we do not have
the genetic capacity to make rational decisions
> for
stewardship.
> Rebuilding community-based management may lead to
more responsible
> behavior by individuals (Reef Encounter 34:
34-35), but while behavior
> of individuals may be rational, large
groups are Faustian.? According to
> NGO websites, more than 770
companies hired an estimated 2,340 lobbyists
> to derail federal
policy on climate change in the past year, with more
> than four
climate lobbyist for every member of the US Congress, with
>
estimated expenditures on lobbying against climate change topping $90
> million last year.? In his new book supporting his Medea
hypothesis,
> Peter Ward is concerned that on a global scale,
humanity is behaving
> like prokaryotes did when leading up to
some previous mass extinctions.
> Although other species like COTS
and locusts and Caulerpa taxifolia can
> be Faustian on a local
scale, humanity is the only eukaryote that seems
> to have the
potential of matching the effects of prokaryotes at times in
> the
geologic past. However, as with the use of scuba with spearfish
>
> ing, the US was outstanding in not signing the Kyoto
Convention. Most
> other nations were more responsible.? Perhaps
as we use up our resources,
> we can assume a less profligate
lifestyle and develop more responsible
> behavior as a nation. Can
this happen before we push the system beyond
> the tipping
point?
>
>
>
>
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>
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>
Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 12:28:13 +1000
> From: Thomas Moore
> Subject: [Coral-List] Corals
upgrade algae to 'beat the heat'
> To:
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> Message-ID:
>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>
>
i've just read the following article in the New Scientist magazine,
> about how corals can 'upgrade their symbiotic algae so that they
can
> survive the bleaching that occurs in waters warming under
climate
> change'
>
>
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17182-corals-upgrade-algae-to-beat-the-heat.html
>
> do you agree that this means that the corals are 'able
to adapt to
> their local conditions', as well as adapt to
projected climate change?
> looks like professor ove
hoegh-guldberg doesn't agree:
>
>
http://www.climateshifts.org/?p=1705
>
> 'To somehow
imply that coral reefs are not facing problems from
> climate
change because Oliver and Palumbi found a few tough coral
>
genotypes in a rock pool, verges on the incredible.'
>
>
> I already posted this to ove hoegh-guldberg's site, but: how
is
> 'swapped out' defined? i thought that 'exogenous acquisition'
of
> entirely 'new' symbionts was still to be proven? if so, this
means
> that the corals that don't contain 'heat sensitive' algae
are
> selectively weeded out under warming seas? what proportion
of corals
> contain 'heat sensitive' algae?
>
>
>
> Sant?,
>
>
> Thomas
>
>
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>
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> thomasmooreis at gmail.com
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From abaker at rsmas.miami.edu Tue May 26 14:21:41 2009
From: abaker at rsmas.miami.edu (Andrew Baker)
Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 14:21:41 -0400
Subject: [Coral-List] Corals upgrade algae to 'beat the heat': how
'adaptation' is an ally, not an enemy, of effective policy action
In-Reply-To:
References:
Message-ID: <022F3177E5A44C609E98BFCB7CB39369@E6400>
Dear Tom
"Swapping out" tends to imply "exogenous acquisition" (or "switching", see
Baker 2003). Although this has been shown fairly conclusively in gorgonians
(Lewis and Coffroth 2004), this has not yet been demonstrated in
scleractinians. Of course, this does not mean that it does not occur.
However, in reality, the distinction between "switching" and "shuffling" is
not so straightforward: many corals seem to host a variety of symbionts in
the background (as an increasing number of qPCR studies are starting to
show), and it is my view that this phenomenon is very common (Baker and
Romanski 2007). Many of these symbionts are just "passing through", and
their functional importance to the system (if any) is not clear, even though
they may remain present in the community for some time. We don?t, for
example, know what their role might be in maintaining coral health under
unusual circumstances (see below), or in perhaps interacting with other
microbial components of the coral holobiont.
I think it's probably quite likely that most (if not all) symbiont community
responses to bleaching are dominated by symbiont "shuffling" mechanisms
(i.e. shifts in existing symbionts), see Jones et al. (2008). However,
because ongoing "switching" is going on in the background prior to a
bleaching event, ascribing importance to either "switching" or "shuffling"
misses the point that it?s a mixture of both, acting on different
timescales, that really explains what is going on.
We need more studies of bleaching using high resolution techniques (qPCR) to
tease all this out. This will also help us understand "specificity", which
is not an all-or-nothing phenomenon, but rather a gradient, in which
different coral species show different degrees of selectivity. It is my
contention that some coral colonies of very "specific" coral species can
still have unusual symbionts in the background, but the low density of these
symbionts makes it very difficult for these symbionts ever to make it to
dominance, except under very unusual conditions.
Of course, it just so happens that we are entering a period of very unusual
conditions, so that makes it all the more interesting. There will of course
be tradeoffs (Little et al. 2004), but that doesn?t mean to say that we
should dismiss these phenomena as unlikely to be important to coral reef
futures. We simply don?t know.
And of course, don?t forget the importance of the coral host in all this, as
the recent review by Baird et al. (2008) emphasizes.
What's important is that the variety of responses that coral-algal symbioses
exhibit under warmer and more acidic conditions all contribute to a more
informed understanding of reef response to climate change.
This suite of responses is important. The continued adage that "reefs can't
adapt" quickly enough to climate stressors suggests that committed warming
(the warming we can expect from fossil fuels we have already burnt) will
result in widespread coral demise, whether we get emissions under control in
the future or not.
Even fairly dramatic reductions in emissions may still result in the
widespread disappearance of reefs, if you assume reefs have absolutely no
effective way of responding (Simon Donner gave a very effective presentation
on this at 11ICRS). This severely limits policy makers' enthusiasm for the
kinds of actions we would like to see happen.
I believe we should welcome the findings of Oliver and Palumbi as valuable
ingredients in a scientific argument for effective emissions reduction.
Whether you believe their press release stretches things too far, or not,
the important thing is that these kinds of findings show that we may still
have time to act. By embracing these findings as part of our arsenal of
arguments for action, we not only increase the probability of real action
being taken, but also provide a more unified scientific front on the most
important issue: that climate change is an extreme threat, that dramatic
losses have already occurred, and that we need to do something quickly if we
hope to stem or reverse these declines.
On these points we all agree, and that's what really counts.
Andrew Baker
Baird AH, Bhagooli R, Ralph PJ, Takahashi S (2008) TREE 24: 16-20
Baker AC (2003) Annu Rev Ecol Evol Syst (2003) 34:661?89
Baker AC, Romanski AM (2007) MEPS 335: 237?242
Donner S (2008) 11th Int Coral Reef Symp Abstracts: 228
Jones AM, Berkelmans R, van Oppen MJH, Mieog JC, Sinclair W (2008) Proc R
Soc B 275: 1359?1365
Lewis CL, Coffroth MA (2004) Nature 304: 1490-1492
Little AF, van Oppen MJH, Willis BL (2004) Nature 304: 1492-1494
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Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 10:28 PM
To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
Subject: [Coral-List] Corals upgrade algae to 'beat the heat'
i've just read the following article in the New Scientist magazine,
about how corals can 'upgrade their symbiotic algae so that they can
survive the bleaching that occurs in waters warming under climate
change'
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17182-corals-upgrade-algae-to-beat-the
-heat.html
do you agree that this means that the corals are 'able to adapt to
their local conditions', as well as adapt to projected climate change?
looks like professor ove hoegh-guldberg doesn't agree:
http://www.climateshifts.org/?p=1705
'To somehow imply that coral reefs are not facing problems from
climate change because Oliver and Palumbi found a few tough coral
genotypes in a rock pool, verges on the incredible.'
I already posted this to ove hoegh-guldberg's site, but: how is
'swapped out' defined? i thought that 'exogenous acquisition' of
entirely 'new' symbionts was still to be proven? if so, this means
that the corals that don't contain 'heat sensitive' algae are
selectively weeded out under warming seas? what proportion of corals
contain 'heat sensitive' algae?
Sant?,
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From lvagabond at freesurf.fr Wed May 27 16:29:02 2009
From: lvagabond at freesurf.fr (Dive GIS 2009)
Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 22:29:02 +0200
Subject: [Coral-List] Scholarships Dive GIS 2009
Message-ID: <00b701c9df09$c5eaaa00$0402a8c0@acer13db0a52d9>
Dear all,
Scholarships worth 800 euro each are made available by the Marine Protected Area of Capo Rizzuto to participants wishing to attend the Dive GIS summer course 2009 edition. Participants that intend to take this opportunity are invited to complete enrolment by the deadline, 10th of June 2009.
Please be aware that the scholarship doesn't cover the full cost of the course and the travel expenses.
Details and online application at:
http://www.mappamondogis.it/divegis.htm
Regards
Mappamondo GIS
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Course Overview:
When: July 26- August 4, 2009
Where: Marine Protected Area of Capo Rizzuto - Crotone, Italy
The course organized by Mappamondo GIS in collaboration with the Capo Rizzuto Marine Protected Area, represents a unique training initiative that offers the chance to learn Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing methodologies while becoming a certified SCUBA diver in the context of marine environment management and science.
Participants are introduced to the underwater world through PADI Open Water Diver and specialty courses, and to GIS through leading ESRI authorized classes. The skills gained are put into practice on a real case study concerning marine habitat mapping from remotely sensed images and finding associations among biotic and abiotic components using GIS.
Marine fauna and flora, habitat and GIS data are collected in the field while SCUBA diving or snorkeling.
The course is at its 4th edition. It will be held from the 26th of July to the 4th of August in the Capo Rizzuto Marine Protected Area, Crotone - Italy.
More information, previous editions photos and reviews and online registration at:
URL: www.mappamondogis.it/divegis.htm
Email: info at mappamondogis.com
From valepizarro at yahoo.com Wed May 27 20:22:52 2009
From: valepizarro at yahoo.com (Valeria Pizarro)
Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 17:22:52 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Coral-List] Questions - Measuring Acropora
Message-ID: <367850.49028.qm@web45115.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>
Dear coral-listers,My?colleagues?and I are starting a project on Acropora palmata and A. cervicornis in the Caribbean coast of Colombia. We are sampling the area of the Tayrona National Marine Park. We are mapping the location of the Acropora spp patches, measuring these areas and finding the abundance within each area. With the latest we had had problems because it has been hard to tell apart one colony from another, especially when the colonies are big or patches dense. The other problem is to set the transects without damaging any of the colonies.I anyone can help us with an easy method to measure Acroporids abundance we will be more than grateful.The good news are that apparently at least for this area we are sampling Acropora palmata seems to be recovering. One can see juvenile colonies growing over dead Acropora colonies.thanks,Valeria
________________________________________Valeria PizarroAssociate LecturerMarine Biology ProgramUniversidad Jorge Tadeo LozanoSanta Marta, Colombia
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From a.rogers07 at imperial.ac.uk Thu May 28 05:08:25 2009
From: a.rogers07 at imperial.ac.uk (Rogers, Alice)
Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 10:08:25 +0100
Subject: [Coral-List] D.antillarum grey literature
Message-ID:
Dear coral list,
Maybe some of you will rememeber me, I contacted the list some months back concerning fish population data in the Caribbean.
I'm a student from Imperial College London working towards my PhD studying the recovery dynamics of Diadema antillarum across the Caribbean. I'm currently carrying out a meta-analysis to assess the environmental factors that affect recovery rates at different locations. My dataset is fairly healthy, covering most countries in the region with information from many sources including AGGRA, Caricomp, Reefcheck and the published literature. However, I'm sure there must be large amounts of D. antillarum data out there that remains unpublished and un-used. It would be really great to make use of any such data and I'm really looking to the coral-list for knowledge of any datasets for any locations in the Caribbean be it through routine surveys or student projects etc... In particular I'm short on data from the intial years following the mass mortality event. As I'm sure many of you will appreciate, much of this data will be recordings of no urchins and as such may not be very interesting to work with but to me, on the scale of the analsyes I'm carryiong out, this absence data is invaluable.
Pleas get in contact if you feel yoyu might have any data that might be of use, or if you know of grey literature that I may have missed in my searches. I think that the more data we can put into this analysis the more useful it will be and I really look forward to sharing my findings with the list.
Many thanks for your time
Alice
Alice Rogers
PhD student
Division of Biology
Imperial College London
Silwood Park Campus
Ascot, Berkshire SL5 7PY UK
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From katherine.cure at gmail.com Wed May 27 20:55:57 2009
From: katherine.cure at gmail.com (Katherine Cure)
Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 18:55:57 -0600
Subject: [Coral-List] REPLY FOR Jose in Colombia, LIONFISH info.
Message-ID: <28e7be5b0905271755x4a6027d6nb82f4fd9dc8fff42@mail.gmail.com>
Dear Jose,
I misplaced your email to write back directly, so I am doing it via
the list.
Yes, lionfish are certainly moving quickly and they are here to stay.
Many initiatives are being undertaken, not precisely to remove them
completely,
but rather to control their population numbers, mainly through
education of the population
on how to capture and consume them. I haven't really tried them
myself, but apparently they
are very yummy!
It is very sad to know they are in Santa Marta, where my first diving
as young girl
happened. Perhaps you can come up with some strategies yourself and
help change the popular
saying, "del mar el mero y de la tierra el carnero" for something like
"prueba la carne del leon que te da fuerza como el tiburon".
If you can send me your email I can attach some information on capture and
cooking for you. You
should also read my
article in El Heraldo, the local newspaper in Barranquilla.
http://www.elheraldo.com.co/ELHERALDO/BancoConocimiento/M/mediopedra/mediopedra.asp
,
Let me know if you need anything else,
Kathy
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From sebastian.striewski at rub.de Thu May 28 12:26:39 2009
From: sebastian.striewski at rub.de (Sebastian Striewski)
Date: 28 May 2009 18:26:39 +0200
Subject: [Coral-List] Questions - Measuring Acropora
In-Reply-To: <367850.49028.qm@web45115.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>
References: <367850.49028.qm@web45115.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <4A1EBB3F.6010009@rub.de>
Dear V. Pizarro,
an easy way to calculate a planar area might be done with a modified
point intersept transect taking pictures and analysing them using the
software CPCe from Kohler et al 2006,
http://www.nova.edu/ocean/cpce/ using thefunction "planar area analysis".
This very helpfull software allows to calibrate images taken during a
transect and analysing areas computer based.
We used this method in the Red Sea just recently. A simple plastic 1m2
frame was positioned along a linetransect every 5meter and detailed
pictures taken from the area underlying the frame. Back in the
laboratory those pictures were than easily analysed with the mentioned
software and data exported towards Excel from Windows.
Besides very good to hear from recovering Acropora palmata!
Greetings, Striewski
Valeria Pizarro schrieb:
> Dear coral-listers,My colleagues and I are starting a project on Acropora palmata and A. cervicornis in the Caribbean coast of Colombia. We are sampling the area of the Tayrona National Marine Park. We are mapping the location of the Acropora spp patches, measuring these areas and finding the abundance within each area. With the latest we had had problems because it has been hard to tell apart one colony from another, especially when the colonies are big or patches dense. The other problem is to set the transects without damaging any of the colonies.I anyone can help us with an easy method to measure Acroporids abundance we will be more than grateful.The good news are that apparently at least for this area we are sampling Acropora palmata seems to be recovering. One can see juvenile colonies growing over dead Acropora colonies.thanks,Valeria
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From Kimberly.Woody at noaa.gov Thu May 28 12:40:37 2009
From: Kimberly.Woody at noaa.gov (Kimberly Woody)
Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 12:40:37 -0400
Subject: [Coral-List] Coral-List Pizarro - Questions measuring Acropora
In-Reply-To:
References:
Message-ID: <4A1EBE85.1050901@noaa.gov>
Valeria,
The following publication may be helpful in your Acropora study:
Mayor PA; Rogers CS; Hillis-Starr ZM (2006) Distribution and abundance
of elkhorn coral, Acropora palmata and prevalance of white-band disease
at Buck Island Reef National Monument, St. Croix, US Virgin Islands.
Coral Reefs 25: 239-242.
If you cannot find it, I have a pdf copy and will be happy to send it to
you.
Cheers,
Kim
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> Dear coral-listers,My?colleagues?and I are starting a project on Acropora palmata and A. cervicornis in the Caribbean coast of Colombia. We are sampling the area of the Tayrona National Marine Park. We are mapping the location of the Acropora spp patches, measuring these areas and finding the abundance within each area. With the latest we had had problems because it has been hard to tell apart one colony from another, especially when the colonies are big or patches dense. The other problem is to set the transects without damaging any of the colonies.I anyone can help us with an easy method to measure Acroporids abundance we will be more than grateful.The good news are that apparently at least for this area we are sampling Acropora palmata seems to be recovering. One can see juvenile colonies growing over dead Acropora colonies.thanks,Valeria
> ________________________________________Valeria PizarroAssociate LecturerMarine Biology ProgramUniversidad Jorge Tadeo LozanoSanta Marta, Colombia
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From andyroo_of72 at yahoo.com Fri May 29 09:50:32 2009
From: andyroo_of72 at yahoo.com (andrew ross)
Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 06:50:32 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Coral-List] Questions - Measuring Acropora
Message-ID: <209783.40680.qm@web50604.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
Valeria,As Sebastian has suggested, CPCe is a nice way to start.Version 3.6 has an "accumulated lengths" feature. It's very good (and quicker/easier) for branching thickets, though it won't give you % cover. A hollow PVC graduated scale-pole should be light enough to not break branches, but will be a headache in rough weather.?If you can stay very still in taking pictures, wait for a bright, clear day and have at least 7-Megapixels in your camera, you should be able to take >1.5mx1m photos (over the scale-pole) and see branches and some detail of?disease, predation?etc...?Figuring out the genets might be more difficult, but different genets will often look a little different, particularly if side-by-side for comparison. That can at least be a start.
A
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Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Questions - Measuring Acropora
To: "Valeria Pizarro" , "coral list"