[Coral-List] new book with lots of photos showing what the Caribbean was like

Wed May 10 04:07:15 UTC 2023

Hi Esther,

Thanks for the very kind reply.  The pictures are from 1986 and 1987. I am
convinced that the best way to use these pictures would be in a project
which you, as the recognized specialist in the area, will lead.  This way
the data of early surveys on Caribbean coral diseases will meet
contemporary coral knowledge. I would try my best to be useful, however, my
YOB and the project on the volume *Coral Reefs of Cuba* for the Springer
Series *Coral Reefs of the World *(with more than a hundred coauthors)
limit my efficiency.

Cheers,

Vassil

On Tue, May 9, 2023 at 12:37 PM Esther Peters via Coral-List <
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>  Hi Vassil,
> Thank you for thinking of donating the pictures from the coral disease
> survey that we did in 1987 (I think). Both Harry McCarty and I grant
> permission for the pictures to be shared with all interested parties. We
> support these efforts to help educate the public about the changes that
> have occurred on Florida Keys, as well as tropical Western Atlantic, coral
> reefs during this time. When I started studying coral diseases, I certainly
> did not think that this would become the story of my life. I am happy to
> know that others have joined in these studies and we have learned much. But
> the challenge of changing human behavior to protect the earth's valuable
> living resources continues.
>
> Esther
>
> Esther C. Peters, Ph.D.Department of Environmental Science & PolicyGeorge
> Mason University
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vassil Zlatarski via Coral-List <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
> To: Coral-List Subscribers <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>; Pawlik,
> Joseph <pawlikj at uncw.edu>
> Sent: Mon, May 8, 2023 12:37 am
> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] new book with lots of photos showing what the
> Caribbean was like
>
> Dear colleagues,
>
> Dr. Joseph Pawlik kindly noted: "The Florida Keys videos are particularly
> interesting because the narration mentions that coral diseases have been
> seen and questions what the future may hold for the vibrant reefs recorded
> in the footage". Such preoccupation made well back in the 1980s has a
> simple explanation. Both videos were a byproduct of 1980s Key Largo
> National Marine Sanctuary coral disease survey.  It was started by Dr.
> Ester Peters and John Halas and I was lucky to join them. I treasure three
> binders with more than a thousand underwater pictures, taken by Esther,
> John and H. McCarty. Each picture brings information about taxon name,
> location, conditions and the date it was taken.  There were diagnosed 14
> diseases and growth abnormalities.  The observations on coral hyperplasms
> in *Acropora palmata* appealed for actuopaleontological studies by
> application of the principle of uniformitarianism. "Have you looked for
> tumors among your fossil material" is the title of a poster (Zlatarski, V.
> & E. Peters, 1986) presented in 1986 at the time of the Forth North
> American Paleontological Convention in Boulder, Colorado and in 2007 during
> the X International Congress on Fossil Cnidaria and Porifera, St.
> Petersburg, Russia. In the past, I tried without success to provoke
> curiosity in the 1980s survey. In the existing now interest I am looking
> for contact with Dr. Peters in order to realize usage of the valuable
> information and photo documentation.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Vassil
>
> Vassil Zlatarski
> D.Sc. (Biology), Ph.D. (Geology)
>
> On Fri, May 5, 2023 at 1:40 PM Pawlik, Joseph via Coral-List <
> coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> wrote:
>
> > As part of this thread -
> >
> > A reminder that there are YouTube videos of the reefs in the Florida Keys
> > at Grecian Rocks and Dry Rocks from 1987 and from Cuba in the 1970s
> > archived below, thanks to Dr. Vassil Zlatarski.
> >
> > https://youtu.be/LIbmsHmuxWk
> > https://youtu.be/QV-XJZdPbk0
> > https://youtu.be/DMa-82-bIwU
> >
> > The Florida Keys videos are particularly interesting because the
> narration
> > mentions that coral diseases have been seen and questions what the future
> > may hold for the vibrant reefs recorded in the footage.
> >
> > I would encourage anyone who posts coral reef video to internet sites to
> > include as much information on location and time of recording as possible
> > as these posts may become valuable data for future research.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Joe
> >
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> > Subject: Re: [Coral-List] new book with lots of photos showing what the
> > Caribbean was like
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> > [This email originated from outside of UNCW]
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> > Like many on this list, I dove the Keys from 1972- 1977, and did one dive
> > in 1992 off of Islamorada, big difference even then by 1992. I dove
> Bonaire
> > in 1976 and Curacao in 2013 for the first time. I am sure there have been
> > changes between the two since then. Back in 1976 they said that the reefs
> > and viz on the north part of Bonaire were not as pristine due the
> > construction of an oil refinery in that area a few years prior to that,
> and
> > the dredging to build a new pier in Kralendijk impacted some of the down
> > current reefs in the south. The windward reefs were still pristine but I
> am
> > sure to anyone who dove there in the early 60s it would look impacted ...
> > shifting baselines as work even back then.
> >
> > Best regards,
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> > *J. Charles Delbeek, M.Sc.*
> > Curator of Aquarium Projects, Steinhart Aquarium
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> is
> > > extremely important for us to know what reefs were like before they
> > > degraded, so we know what we have lost.  It is way too easy to have
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