[Coral-List] Coral-List Pizarro - Questions measuring Acropora

[Kimberly Woody]

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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Kimberly Woody
Marine Biologist

NOAA's National Ocean Service
Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment
Biogeography Team
1305 East West Highway (SSMC4/9268), N-SCI-1
Silver Spring, MD 20910

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> Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 17:22:52 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Valeria Pizarro <valepizarro at yahoo.com>
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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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Kimberly Woody
Marine Biologist

NOAA's National Ocean Service
Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment
Biogeography Team
1305 East West Highway (SSMC4/9268), N-SCI-1
Silver Spring, MD 20910

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