[Coral-List] Strange algae reported by divers (Juergen Herler)

Sat Mar 2 02:32:36 EST 2013

Hi Bastiaan!

Are you sure that this is an algae? I know a coral-overgrowing sponge
named Terpios sp. from the Maldives. Looks exactly like what you have on
your photo. Very aggressive and seems to go over live coral (Porites but
maybe others also) without problems.

Cheers
Juergen

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>    1. Strange algae reported by divers (Bastiaan Vermonden)
>    2. coral chromosomes (Dr Mero Donia)
>    3. Re: News on Corallidae precious coral fishery	management
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>    4. Postdoc: Brest LabexMer. Evolution of habitat and	adaptations
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> Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:57:44 +0100
> From: Bastiaan Vermonden <bastiaan.vermonden at gmail.com>
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> Dear Coral-listers
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> I just came across this question in a linkedin discussion group and
> thought
> I could pose the question here:
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>  "
> *Need help identifying this strange black algae looking species growing on
> corals in the Philippines. *
>
> This picture was sent to myself as the regional Coordinator of Green fins.
> We often get our members sending in strange e-mails but this one has
> really
> got us stuck. It is very fast growing and resembles a smothering blanket
> that is covering coral reefs in the Philippines. It is starting to concern
> many divers who are seeing more and more of it specifically in the
> Moalboal
> region of Cebu.
> http://greenfins.net/Content/Uploads/Unknown%20black%20species.jpg?goback=%2Egmr_49850%2Egde_49850_member_218294623
> "
> Maybe someone from the coral list is familiar with this phenomena?
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> Regards,
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> Bastiaan Vermonden
> http://diveselector.com
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> Subject: [Coral-List] coral chromosomes
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> Hello all listers;
> iam working on coral reefs and i want to get chromosomes from adult corals
> but unfortunately i?couldn't get it by the same technique of ?larvae??so i
> hope that i get any help from you?
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> Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2013 11:34:28 +0100
> From: Georgios Tsounis <georgios.tsounis at zmt-bremen.de>
> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] News on Corallidae precious coral fishery
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> Oops, reference number 4) should have been:
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> Nguyen Trong Luan, M. Azizur Rahman, Teruya Maki, Nozumu Iwasaki, Hiroshi
> Hasegawa, Growth characteristics and growth rate estimation of Japanese
> precious corals, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology,
> Volume 441, March 2013, Pages 117-125
> http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022098113000166
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> On Feb 28, 2013, at 14:08 , Georgios Tsounis wrote:
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>> Dear all,
>>
>> you might remember some discussion on this list in February 2010
>> regarding the question whether Corallidae harvested for use in jewelry
>> should be protected through CITES or through local management.
>>
>> In the end, the US & EU proposal did not reach absolute majority during
>> CITES CoP 15, in large part based on the hope that local management
>> would be a better alternative. In general, these are data poor species
>> found in a variety of habitats, hence the complexities and
>> contradicitions in management.
>>
>> So for those interested in how this topic is evolving, I thought I might
>> post some references of recent papers. The first is by our esteemed
>> colleagues in Japan and presents an interesting case of a well
>> functioning coral fishery management system, while in the second paper
>> we show that illegal harvest is hindering efficient Mediterranean coral
>> fishery management. For some background info to precious coral fishery
>> management, there are the pioneering papers of Richard Grigg on the
>> Hawaiian black coral fishery (3). And (4) there are some more data
>> available on growth rates on Pacific Corallidae that will help
>> management:
>>
>> 1) Chang, S.K., Yang, Y.C. and Iwasaki, N., 2013
>> Whether to employ trade controls or fisheries management to conserve
>> precious corals (Coralliidae) in the Northern Pacific Ocean
>> Marine Policy 39, 144-153
>> http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308597X12001960
>>
>> 2) Georgios Tsounis, Sergio Rossi, Lorenzo Bramanti, Giovanni Santangelo
>> Management hurdles for sustainable harvesting of Corallium rubrum,
>> Marine Policy, Volume 39, May 2013, Pages 361-364
>> (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308597X12002515)
>>
>> 3) Richard Grigg. 2010. The Precious Corals. Fishery Management Plan of
>> the Western Pacific Regional. Fishery Management Council. No. 1, January
>> http://www.wpcouncil.org/library/docs/precious_corals_monograph.pdf
>>
>> 4) Shui-Kai Chang, Ya-Ching Yang, Nozomu Iwasaki, Whether to employ
>> trade controls or fisheries management to conserve precious corals
>> (Coralliidae) in the Northern Pacific Ocean, Marine Policy, Volume 39,
>> May 2013, Pages 144-153
>> http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308597X12001960
>>
>> I hope you will find these interesting, especially in light of very
>> recent discussions on coral conservation? If you have any questions,
>> shoot away!
>>
>> All the best,
>> Georgios
>>
>>
>> Dr. Georgios Tsounis
>> Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology (ZMT) GmbH
>> Fahrenheitstrasse 6
>> D - 28359 Bremen
>> Germany
>>
>> Tel : +49-421-23800-67
>> Fax : +49-421-23800-30
>> Email: georgios.tsounis at zmt-bremen.de
>> web : www.zmt-bremen.de
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> Subject: [Coral-List] Postdoc: Brest LabexMer. Evolution of habitat
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