[Coral-List] References for rubble traps in the Caribbean (Zachary Whitener)
Henri Vallès
hevals at gmail.com
Wed Nov 2 08:36:37 EDT 2011
Hi Zach,
I found this method (see reference below) very useful to sample
recently settled invertebrates (particularly crustaceans) and several
reef fishes that exhibit affinity to rubble during settlement. I have
only published the fish component but most of what you would be
catching using it would in fact be crustaceans.
Valles, H., D.L. Kramer and W. Hunte. 2006. A standard unit for
monitoring recruitment of fishes to coral reef rubble. Journal of
Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 336:171-183.
I hope this helps
Henri Vallès
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> From: Douglas Fenner <douglasfenner at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] non artificial reef structures
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> I seem to remember that dragon flies are predators that eat mosquitoes.? They are also insects, so the insecticides surely kill them as well.? I wonder if in a test location away from people if the insecticide were stopped and large numbers of dragon flies were released, if the mosquitoes couldn't be controlled that way?? I have no idea whether mass dragonfly culture has been worked out.? Or maybe there is some other way.? Just removing standing fresh water where they can breed should help. ?? ? Cheers,? Doug
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> Your right Gene, helicopters flying over the place spraying, small trucks with sprayers in the beds are spraying small streets, and even people are getting sprayed down here during fantasy fest, not with malathion though, naked people getting sprayed with body paint, some of them should keep their clothes on believe me, and the funny thing is?Im still get bitten by mosquitoes daily when I walk my dogs,? maybe the buggers have developed an immunity, what is sad though when it rains, and you know what its like down here when it rains heavily, all that malathion and everything else gets washed right into the ocean via storm drains where it eventually reaches the reef tract,?? are we as?humans losing our minds or what?? When you?here talk all the time about my grandkids not being able to see a living coral reef, something is wrong with that picture, when are we going to learn, when we finally destroy it all????
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> Subject: [Coral-List] Request to post the following job opportunity:
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> On behalf of WWF- Madagascar/Western Indian Ocean Programme Office and Smart Fishing Initiative could you please post the following job opportunity in case it is of interest to any of your subscribers?
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> Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:47:05 -0700 (PDT)
> From: RainbowWarriorsInternational <southern_caribbean at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Termination of the National Biological
> Information Infrastructure program
> To: "David M. Lawrence" <dave at fuzzo.com>,
> "coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov" <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
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> I just learned last week from a NY state based university librarian that some 200 projects like NBII are all going to get axed in the USA.
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> Can anyone provide more information about this wide-scale elimination of scientific datasets and databases?
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> ?
> Milton Ponson, President
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> Tel. +297 568 5908
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> To unite humanity in a global society dedicated to a sustainable way of life
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> From: David M. Lawrence <dave at fuzzo.com>
> To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
> Sent: Saturday, October 8, 2011 8:01 PM
> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Termination of the National Biological Information Infrastructure program
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> The program cost a whopping $7 million -- obviously a budget buster.?
> Allegedly all the data are available elsewhere, but I doubt the data
> will be as easy to find scattered around the Netiverse.? I will be
> filing FOIAs next week to see if I can get an accurate accounting of
> that.? Frankly, I'm skeptical of OMB's claim.
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> Dave
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> On 10/7/2011 5:44 PM, RainbowWarriorsInternational wrote:
>> This is indeed very bad news. How do we compensate for this loss?
>> Milton Ponson, President
>> Rainbow Warriors Core Foundation
>> (Rainbow Warriors International)
>> Tel. +297 568 5908
>> PO Box 1154, Oranjestad
>> Aruba, Dutch Caribbean
>> Email: southern_caribbean at yahoo.com <mailto:southern_caribbean at yahoo.com>
>> http://www.rainbowwarriors.net <http://www.rainbowwarriors.net/>
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>> *To unite humanity in a global society dedicated to a sustainable way
>> of life*
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>> *From:* David M. Lawrence <dave at fuzzo.com>
>> *To:* coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
>> *Sent:* Thursday, October 6, 2011 11:53 PM
>> *Subject:* [Coral-List] Termination of the National Biological
>> Information Infrastructure program
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>> Dear all:
>>
>> I just heard of this from David Inouye, moderator of the ECOLOG-L list.
>> According to the NBII Web site (http://www.nbii.gov):
>>
>> "In the 2012 President's Budget Request, the National Biological
>> Information Infrastructure (NBII) is terminated. As a result, all
>> resources, databases, tools, and applications within this web site will
>> be removed on January 15, 2012. For more information, please refer to
>> the NBII Program Termination page."
>>
>> The termination page is at http://1.usa.gov/ok8BgX
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>> I doubt the programmatic savings is worth the loss of access to the
>> information contained.? More important, how will the closure of this
>> program affect the coral research and conservation communities?
>>
>> Later,
>>
>> Dave
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>> "All drains lead to the ocean."? -- Gill, Finding Nemo
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> Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:49:12 -1000
> From: Susan_White at fws.gov
> Subject: [Coral-List] Highest Financial Penalty for Illegal Coral
> Trade
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> Congratulations to all who made case this a success! Our law enforcement
> and legal teams are a vital part of any successful reef conservation, for
> without prosecution there would not likely be effective deterrence.
>
> Three cheers!! hip, hip, hip - hooray!
>
> "The aggregate financial penalty of $4.47 million makes this the largest
> for the illegal trade in coral, the largest non-seafood wildlife
> trafficking financial penalty and the fourth largest for any U.S. case
> involving the illegal trade of wildlife."
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>
> Department of Justice
> Office of Public Affairs
>
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
> Wednesday, October 26, 2011
> U.S. Virgin Islands Company Sentenced for Illegal Trade of Protected Coral
> Gem Manufacturing Sentenced to Highest Financial Penalty for Illegal Coral
> Trade
>
> WASHINGTON ? A U.S. Virgin Islands company was sentenced Wednesday in
> federal court in St. Thomas, U.S.V.I., for knowingly trading in
> falsely-labeled, protected black coral that was shipped into the United
> States in violation of the Endangered Species Act and the Lacey Act, the
> Department of Justice announced.
>
> On July 15, 2011, GEM Manufacturing LLC, headquartered in St. Thomas,
> pleaded guilty to seven counts of v iolations of both the Endangered
> Species Act and the Lacey Act. The Lacey Act makes it a felony to
> falsely label wildlife that is intended for international commerce. The
> Endangered Species Act is the U.S. domestic law that implements the
> Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and
> Flora (CITES). Each of the species of black coral is listed in Appendix
> II of CITES and is subject to strict trade regulations.
>
> GEM was sentenced to pay a criminal fine of $1.8 million. The criminal
> fine will be apportioned between the Lacey Act Reward Fund and the
> National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Asset Forfeiture
> Fund, accounts established by Congress to assist U.S. Fish and Wildlife
> Service (FWS) and NOAA in the enforcement of federal conservation laws.
> GEM was sentenced to pay an additional $500,000 in community service
> payments for projects to study and protect black coral.
>
> GEM was also ordered to forfeit dozens of jewelry items, ten artistic
> sculptures and over 13,655 pounds of raw black coral, the total value of
> which, at current prices, exceeds $2.17 million. The aggregate financial
> penalty of $4.47 million makes this the largest for the illegal trade in
> coral, the largest non-seafood wildlife trafficking financial penalty and
> the fourth largest for any U.S. case involving the illegal trade of
> wildlife.
>
> ?We face a growing challenge to preserve the world?s coral, which serves
> as essential habitat for marine biodiversity,? said Ignacia S. Moreno,
> Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources
> Division at the Department of Justice. ?We will continue to work with our
> federal partners to aggressively investigate and prosecute those who
> violate U.S. law by illegally trading in protected species.?
>
> ?I have stated before and reiterate that the U.S. Attorney's Office will
> vigorously protect the environment,? said U.S. Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe
> for the District of the U.S. Virgin Islands. ?It is critical that we do
> everything we can to prevent the decline and depletion of coral and other
> protected flora and fauna so that the environment, in this case the marine
> environment, may be preserved for our enjoyment and that of future
> generations.?
>
> ?Illegal trade further threatens already fragile coral reef ecosystems.
> The penalties here should make it clear that the United States will not
> tolerate trafficking in these protected resources,? said William C. Woody,
> Chief, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Office of Law Enforcement.
>
> ?Black corals are valuable resources that serve as habitat for a myriad of
> species in the deep sea,? said Eric Schwaab, assistant NOAA administrator
> for NOAA's Fisheries Service. ?They are slow-growing, and some species can
> live for hundreds to thousands of years. Effective enforcement and
> regulation of their trade in support of CITES are among our most important
> tools in ensuring that collection of these species is sustainable and that
> their survival in the wild is assured.?
>
> ?CBP Officers and Agriculture Specialists in the Caribbean work hand in
> hand with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to detect and intercept
> falsely labeled and concealed wildlife from illegally entering into U.S.
> commerce,? said Marcelino Borges, U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP)
> Director of Field Operations for the Caribbean. ?Cooperation and
> collaboration between U.S. Customs & Border Protection and U.S. Fish &
> Wildlife Service were critical in the success of this investigation.?
>
> ?This sentence sends a clear message to black coral traffickers that we
> and our federal law enforcement partners are in the business of preventing
> illegal wildlife trade,? said Roberto Escobar Vargas, special agent in
> charge of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement?s Homeland Security
> Investigations (ICE-HSI) in Puerto Rico. ?We will continue to identify and
> apprehend those who exploit protected species for commercial gain.?
>
> GEM was sentenced to three and a half years of probation and a 10-point
> compliance plan that includes an auditing, tracking and inventory control
> program. GEM was also banned from doing business with its former coral
> supplier, Peng Chia Enterprise Co. Ltd. and its management team of Ivan
> and Gloria Chu. GEM was the entity known as ?Company X? in the related
> case of U.S. v. Gloria and Ivan Chu, Case No. 2010-003 (D. Virgin
> Islands). In January 2010, federal agents arrested the Chus as part of
> a sting operation in Las Vegas. The Chus were subsequently indicted in
> 2010 for illegally providing black coral to GEM. On June 23, 2010, Ivan
> Chu was sentenced to serve 30 months in prison and pay a $12,500 fine.
> Gloria Chu was sentenced to serve 20 months in prison and pay a $12,500
> fine.
>
> Black coral is a precious coral that can be polished to a high sheen,
> worked into artistic sculptures, and used in inlaid jewelry. Black coral
> is typically found in deep waters, and many species have long life spans
> and are slow-growing. Using deep sea submersibles, scientists have
> observed that fish and invertebrates tend to accumulate around the black
> coral colonies. Thus, black coral communities serve important habitat
> functions in the mesophotic and deepwater zones. In the last few
> decades, pressures from overharvesting, due in part to the wider
> availability of scuba gear, and the introduction of invasive species have
> threatened this group of coral. Recent seizures of illegal black coral
> around the world have led many to believe that black coral poaching is on
> the rise.
>
> GEM is a manufacturer of high-end jewelry, art, and sculpture items that
> contain black coral. The vast majority of GEM?s sales are through retail
> stores called ?galleries.? In order to facilitate its operations, GEM
> Manufacturing LLC operated through several subsidiaries that did business
> in Florida, Nevada, California, Hawaii, U.S. Virgin Islands, Alaska and
> the Cayman Islands.
>
> Prior to 2010, GEM?s primary supplier of black coral was a Taiwanese
> company, Peng Chia Enterprise Co., Ltd., located in Taipei, Taiwan. Peng
> Chia was, at times, able to obtain CITES export permits from the Taiwanese
> government, but by 2007, the Taiwanese government had increased scrutiny
> of the trade and insisted on a proper certificate of origin. Because
> much of the black coral was of, at best, undeterminable, if not legally
> questionable origin, it was basically impossible to arrange for a
> legitimate certificate of origin to be issued.
>
> According to the plea documents, in order to be able to continue to supply
> GEM with raw black coral, Peng Chia sought other black coral sources in
> mainland China, routing them through Hong Kong on their way to GEM
> facilities. None of the shipments from Hong Kong had the required CITES
> certificates. Instead of being labeled ?wildlife,? each shipment was
> labeled ?plastic of craft work? or something similarly deficient. The
> scheme had been running for at least two years by the time the year 2009
> black coral shipments were sent to St. Thomas. The 2009 shipments form
> the basis of the charges contained in the bill of information.
>
> A GEM company officer (terminated in early 2010) procured black coral from
> Peng Chia knowing that there were no CITES certificates. Under the
> supervision of this company officer, other GEM personnel confirmed that it
> was part of their jobs to receive and sort through incoming boxes of black
> coral and that none of those boxes arriving from Hong Kong contained CITES
> certificates. During the period 2007-2009, those same individuals
> reported seeing boxes containing black coral that were externally labeled
> as ?plastic of craft work.? GEM never ordered plastic and does not use
> plastic in any of its manufacturing.
>
> In January 2009, GEM agreed to pay Peng Chia $38,965.00 for an order of
> black coral. After the funds were received in February 2009, Peng Chia
> used its Chinese supplier and Chinese intermediary to send six separate
> shipments of black coral to GEM in St. Thomas. Through a then company
> officer, GEM knew about the false labeling and lack of CITES certificates
> through emails with Peng Chia. On Aug. 19, 2009, Peng Chia sent a
> shipment comprised of 10 boxes of black coral that were labeled ?plastic
> of craft work? to GEM. A CBP Contraband Enforcement Team flagged the
> shipment as suspicious and contacted FWS based in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
> As part of "Operation Black Gold," boxes from all six of the 2009
> shipments were seized as evidence during a search of GEM?s St. Thomas
> facility in September 2009. None of these six shipments was accompanied
> by CITES certificates. Boxes from the Aug. 19, 2009, May 10, 2009, and
> other shipments were falsely labeled as ?plastic of craft work.?
>
> The case was investigated by agents of the FWS and NOAA with support from
> ICE-HSI and CBP. Analysis of coral samples by the FWS?s National
> Forensics Laboratory in Ashland, Ore., was critical to the investigation.
> The case is being prosecuted by Christopher Hale of the Justice
> Department?s Environmental Crimes Section, Environment and Natural
> Resources Division, and Nelson Jones of the U.S. Attorney?s Office in St.
> Thomas.
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:51:19 -0500
> From: Carly Kenkel <carly.kenkel at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Coral-List] heat-light stress gene expression in Porites
> spp.
> To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
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> Dear colleagues,
>
> PLoS ONE has just published our paper on the development of qPCR-based
> assays to detects stress in Porites corals. There are some lab-based
> experiments as well as analysis of wild-collected samples from different
> thermal regimes. We found that the genes most indicative of ongoing
> heat-light stress in P.astreoides (as well as P.lobata) are the small heat
> shock protein hsp16, undergoing rapid up-regulation by several hundred (!)
> fold under stress, and actin, which becomes down-regulated by about 4-fold.
> We introduce a self-normalizing qPCR assay based on just these two genes,
> which, by combining their anti-correlated responses, attains a dynamic
> range of over 1000-fold.
>
> This paper is the first one in the series describing the results of our
> "QPCR for coral biologists" workshop (
> http://www.bio.utexas.edu/research/matz_lab/matzlab/QPCR.html ), which we
> have taught for the past three years in the Florida Keys.
>
> Here is the link to the paper:
> http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0026914
>
> cheers
>
> Carly Kenkel
> Mikhail Matz
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> Message: 6
> Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:01:26 -0400
> From: Zachary Whitener <zachary.whitener at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Coral-List] References for rubble traps in the Caribbean
> To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
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> Good evening,
>
> I am a masters student at the University of the Virgin Islands and will be
> conducting my thesis research on the relative abundances of cryptic
> invertebrates on Montastraea reefs near St Thomas, USVI. I am currently
> designing my experiment and intend to use rubble traps deployed for a few
> months to acquire invertebrates. I am trying to figure out the number of
> replicates I need at each site and would like to do a power analysis with
> previously published variances of reef invertebrates that I am likely to
> encounter with this sort of sampling. I have been having trouble finding
> rubble trap literature from the Caribbean and invertebrate census data thus
> am sending this email--do you have good references for me to help design my
> study? Thank you very much for your help.
>
> Zach Whitener
>
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> Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 08:38:43 -0400
> From: "Pawlik, Joseph" <pawlikj at uncw.edu>
> Subject: [Coral-List] New MS/PhD student wanted: Coral Reef Ecology
> To: "Pawlik, Joseph" <pawlikj at uncw.edu>,
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> Colleagues,
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> Please pass on this information to your best and brightest senior Undergraduate students:
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> The Pawlik lab will be recruiting one new MS/PhD student for Fall 2012 to study the ecology of Caribbean coral reefs. Our research program, funded by NSF and NOAA, includes research components in the Bahamas, southern Caribbean, and the Florida Keys, and has included missions in NOAA's Aquarius habitat. More information about our research is at this website: http://people.uncw.edu/pawlikj/index.html
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> Applicants (at the BS level ONLY) should be highly motivated and independent, with an excellent academic record, references, and past field research experiences using SCUBA. More information about the UNCW graduate program and about expectations of graduate students in the Pawlik lab can be found at this website: http://people.uncw.edu/pawlikj/prosStudent.html
> Completed applications to the UNCW graduate school should be received by late Feb 2012.
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> Thanks for your help,
>
> Joe
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> Joseph R. Pawlik, Professor
> Dept. of Biology and Marine Biology
> UNCW Center for Marine Science
> 5600 Marvin Moss Ln
> Wilmington, NC 28409 USA
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