From mcrosby at coasts.nos.noaa.gov Mon Oct 2 11:12:06 1995 From: mcrosby at coasts.nos.noaa.gov (Michael Crosby) Date: Mon, 2 Oct 95 11:12:06 EDT Subject: coral bleaching Message-ID: Does anyone out there have a complete list of the sites that have been reporting recent bleaching events on this list server? If so would you please send the list to me? I may have an opportunity to do a little remote sensing experiment and I am looking for a site of opportunity (preferably within the U.S., but not a must). Thanks, Michael --------------------------------------------------- Dr. Michael P. Crosby National Research Coordinator Ocean and Coastal Resource Management NOAA, SSMC-4, Rm 11437 1305 East West Highway Silver Spring, MD 20910 phone: 301-713-3155, ext. 114 fax: 301-713-4012 Internet: mcrosby at coasts.nos.noaa.gov From jogden at seas.marine.usf.edu Wed Oct 4 15:50:14 1995 From: jogden at seas.marine.usf.edu (John Ogden) Date: Wed, 4 Oct 1995 15:50:14 -0400 (EDT) Subject: coral bleaching In-Reply-To: Message-ID: The CARICOMP Steering Committee will be meeting in St. Petersburg Friday and Saturday. We will review reports from the 25 laboratories, parks, and reserves in the network and assess the reports of bleaching. The network would also be glad to work with you and NOAA on remote sensing. You will recall that we have written several proposals on this topic. Cheers. John C. Ogden Director Phone: 813/893-9100 Florida Institute of Oceanography Fax: 813/893-9109 830 First Street South St. Petersburg, Florida 33701 On Mon, 2 Oct 1995, Michael Crosby wrote: > Does anyone out there have a complete list of the sites that have been > reporting recent bleaching events on this list server? If so would you > please send the list to me? I may have an opportunity to do a little > remote sensing experiment and I am looking for a site of opportunity > (preferably within the U.S., but not a must). > Thanks, > Michael > > --------------------------------------------------- > Dr. Michael P. Crosby > National Research Coordinator > Ocean and Coastal Resource Management > NOAA, SSMC-4, Rm 11437 > 1305 East West Highway > Silver Spring, MD 20910 > phone: 301-713-3155, ext. 114 > fax: 301-713-4012 > Internet: mcrosby at coasts.nos.noaa.gov > From cr10 at mailer.york.ac.uk Fri Oct 6 16:05:41 1995 From: cr10 at mailer.york.ac.uk (Callum Roberts) Date: Fri, 6 Oct 1995 16:05:41 BST Subject: Change of address Message-ID: Dear Fellow Reef Lovers and would-be members of the International Society for Reef Studies (or even would-be contributors to Reef Encounter; surely they must exist!), I have just moved from the University of the Virgin Islands to Britain (two weeks too late to avoid the ravages of Hurricane Marilyn!!). My new address and contacts here are as follows: Dept. of Environmental Economics and Environmental Management, University of York, York, YO1 5DD, UK. email: cr10 at york.ac.uk Telephone: +44 1904 434066 Fax: +44 1904 432998 If you have a desire to bring fascinating reef-related information to others through the traditional medium of dead trees rather than the high tech glitz of coral-list, then don't hesitate to get in touch with me or Sue Wells. Best wishes, Callum Roberts Corresponding Secretary of ISRS Co-editor of Reef Encounter From rarnold at teleport.com Sun Oct 8 01:00:19 1995 From: rarnold at teleport.com (Ralph D. Arnold) Date: Sat, 7 Oct 95 21:00:19 PST Subject: Palythoa toxica? Message-ID: <85508.rarnold@teleport.com> I am seeking sources/suppliers of coral Palythoa toxica. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! Ralph (rarnold at teleport.com) From CDONNE01 at servms.fiu.edu Tue Oct 10 09:36:48 1995 From: CDONNE01 at servms.fiu.edu (CLAIR DONNELLY) Date: Tue, 10 Oct 1995 9:36:48 -0400 (EDT) Subject: tetracycline Message-ID: <951010093648.2040bcad@servms.fiu.edu> Does anybody have any information on the use of tetracycline (not radiolabelled) as a stain to monitor calcification? I was hoping to examine uptake using fluorescence microscopy although some of the literature seems to imply that it has already been tried without success. Many thanks, Clair Donnelly. From gregorh at hk.super.net Sun Oct 15 10:52:14 1995 From: gregorh at hk.super.net (gregorh at hk.super.net) Date: Sun, 15 Oct 1995 22:52:14 +0800 (HKT) Subject: EIA and Reefs Workshop 8th ICRS Message-ID: <199510151452.WAA12164@is1.hk.super.net> WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS INVOLVING CORAL REEFS 8th International Coral Reef Symposium, Panama City, Panama 24-29 June 1996 If you are an environmental consultant, environmental scientist or engineer, natural resource manager, or other professional with an interest in EIAs involving coral reefs, we invite you to join us for a special one-day workshop to be held at the 8th Intl. Coral Reef Symposium. The objective of the workshop will be to review the current "state-of-the-art" and to develop a set of guidelines for carrying out practical, cost-effective EIAs which provide the information necessary for managers to make decisions regarding development projects that could affect coral reefs. The EIA process is now a standard practice throughout the world. Coastal and marine developments in the tropics such as beach resorts, factories, piers, oil rigs, airports, reclamation and dredging are often planned in areas adjacent to coral reefs. What special considerations are needed when planning an EIA involving coral reefs? The EIA Workshop will focus on the following questions: What type of baseline monitoring is required on coral reefs and how much is sufficient? Are there good indicator species for pollution, sedimentation, or thermal impacts? What precautions can be taken to lower the risk of damage if the planned development proceeds? If damage occurs, what is the likelihood of natural recovery? Is rehabilitation a realistic possibility? How do you get engineers to listen to scientists and vice versa? The Workshop Organisers Gregor Hodgson, Environmental Sciences Manager of Binnie Consultants Ltd., Hong Kong and James Maragos, Research Associate at the East West Center, have carried out EIAs involving coral reefs throughout the world. There will be no formal presentations at the workshop, however, a goal of the Workshop will be to publish the resulting Guidelines. For further information on registration for the Symposium and Coral Reef EIA Workshop, please contact: Gregor Hodgson, Binnie Consultants Ltd., 11/F New Town Tower, Pak Hok Ting Street, Shatin, Hong Kong FAX: 852-2601-3331 e-mail: GREGORH at HK.SUPER.NET From sgittings at ocean.nos.noaa.gov Thu Oct 12 16:31:09 1995 From: sgittings at ocean.nos.noaa.gov (Gittings, S.) Date: 12 Oct 1995 15:31:09 -0500 Subject: October coral spawning Message-ID: This is a notice to alert all scuba divers to be on the look-out for possible coral spawning on the eighth night after the full moon of October (Oct 15th or 16th). Although the majority of all coral spawning has proably already occured in the Gulf and northern caribbean in August and September, there appears to be a trend of delayed spawning the further south the coral reefs are located. As an example, Roatan had no coral spawning activity during August but did in September. Also, Bonaire, off the coast of South America has previously reported some spawning after the October full moon. Again, watch for coral spawning, especially on reefs located in the southern Caribbean on the nights of October 15 and 16 between 2 and 3 hours after sunset. From priess at com.univ-mrs.fr Tue Oct 17 11:13:37 1995 From: priess at com.univ-mrs.fr (Kathrin PRIESS) Date: Tue, 17 Oct 1995 18:13:37 +0300 Subject: coral-spawning in Mayotte Message-ID: Just for information to people interested in coral spawning elsewhere than in the Caribbean. I have heard from B. Thomassin of the Centre d'Oceanologie de Marseille, France that a massive coral spawning was observed in the lagoon of Mayotte Island (Comoro Archipelago, Mozambique Channel) during the nigth from 16 to 17 October. This observation was made by Jean-Michel Maggiorani, chief of the fishery service of Mayotte (Service des Peches de Mayotte), and Bernard Gerard. The wind of 10 knots came from N/NW . Seasurface temperature(0-3m) was of 28 C . The moon was in the last quarter. It rose at 1 a.m. and set at 12:13 a.m. No other details. Kathrin Priess Kathrin Priess Centre d'Oc?anologie de Marseille Station Marine d'Endoume Traverse de la Batterie-des-Lions F-13007 Marseille tel. (33) 91 04 16 00 fax (33) 91 04 16 35 From wellington at uh.edu Thu Oct 19 10:17:38 1995 From: wellington at uh.edu (Jerry Wellington) Date: Thu, 19 Oct 1995 09:17:38 -0500 (CDT) Subject: Coral bleaching in Belize Message-ID: <01HWMB1A9I3O00004L@Post-Office.UH.EDU> Extensive coral bleaching was observed at Southwater Key and Glover's Reef (Long Key - outer reef and lagoon) on Oct. 15-17. Transect surveys revealed that 60% to 90% of the Montastraea colonies were partially of entirely bleached. Bleaching was more severe in shallow water (> 10 m), particularly on the forereef at Southwater Key. At depth, colonies of Agaricia lamarcki were extensively bleached. Also, Agaricia agaricites, A. tenuifolia, Madracis spp. and Porites porites revealed extensive bleaching on patch reefs in the lagoon. Corals with limited or no observed bleaching included Millepora spp., Porites astreoides, Montastraea cavernosa, Dendrogyra cylindrus, Acropora palmata, A. cervicornis, Diploria spp., and Dichocoenia stokesii. This appears to be the first time that coral bleaching has occurred in Belize. ***************************** * Jerry Wellington Department of Biology University of Houston Houston, TX 77204-5513 Voice: (713) 743-2649 FAX: (713) 743-2636 e-mail: wellington at uh.edu ****************************** From birkelan at uog9.uog.edu Fri Oct 20 01:03:48 1995 From: birkelan at uog9.uog.edu (Charles Evans Birkeland) Date: Fri, 20 Oct 1995 05:03:48 +0000 (WET) Subject: Coral bleaching in Belize In-Reply-To: <01HWMB1A9I3O00004L@Post-Office.UH.EDU> Message-ID: Dear Jerry: You mentioned that the coral bleaching you observed was the first seen or first reported from Belize. On the other side of the world, Bob Richmond and I were surveying corals at 19 sites in Palau. We found some bleaching at nearly all 19 sites. A large number of species were involved. The percentage was not great, nothing to get alarmed about, perhaps on the order of 5%. Nevertheless, I have been going to Palau since 1976 and I never saw such frequent or ubiquitous bleaching. The low percent of the coral bleaching in Palau is not exciting, and bleaching has probaby always been happening, but it is curious that Belize and Palau are on opposite sides of the world and both seem to be showing more than usual. Sincerely, Chuck From renteria at mar.icmyl.unam.mx Thu Oct 19 21:08:39 1995 From: renteria at mar.icmyl.unam.mx (Ruiz renteria Fco. Gerardo) Date: Thu, 19 Oct 1995 19:08:39 -0600 (CST) Subject: coral bleaching (fwd) Message-ID: This message was sent to the CARICOMP data management center just before ROXANE paid us a visit. It is now being forwarded to coral-list since it is of regional interest. The estimations we talk about are really rough estimates. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 9 Oct 1995 13:46:33 -0600 (CST) From: Ruiz renteria Fco. Gerardo To: Linton Dulcie Subject: coral bleaching Observations of coral bleaching were made last october 6th on Puerto Morelos, Mexico Reef. Semiquantitative Estimations of damaged species and percentage number of colonies affecte are as follows: percentage Species no. colonies 1 to 20 Diploria strigosa, Porites astreoides, Acropora palmata, Acropora cervicornis 41 to 60 Porites porites, Isophyllastrea rigida, Isophyllia sinuosa, Millepora alcicornis 61 to 80 Palythoa (zoanthid) 81 to 100 Montastrea annularis, Millepora complanata Other less abundant species, within this range were: Meandrina meandrites, Acropora prolifera some species of gorgonians showed signs of bleaching. Obsevations were made by Rosa Rodriguez and Francisco Ruiz. We will put this announcemente on the reef list and other communication media since it is of general importance for the region From cindyh at hawaii.edu Thu Oct 19 20:48:06 1995 From: cindyh at hawaii.edu (Cindy Hunter) Date: Thu, 19 Oct 1995 14:48:06 -1000 Subject: Coral bleaching In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear Jerry, Chuck, et al.: I have been monitoring a small coral community [maybe 3000 sq m; <3m depth] off Kailua, Oahu more or less weekly for the past four years. I have begun to be able to predict that SOME colonies of Porites evermanni [deeply pigmented massive colonies] and encrusting Montipora patula and M. verrucosa will bleach in patches EVERY April/May and September/October. Patches vary in size from a few sq cm to half a sq m; some are quite pale while others are just mottled. Very few colonies [and only Montipora] are entirely bleached. Patches last for 2-3 weeks before recovering to full pigmentation. A couple of things strike me about these patterns, as well as the ones that you've reported from Belize and Palau. First, late spring and early fall are probably NOT times of the year, either now or historically, when field work is maximal for most of us. Whether too early or too late for our field seasons, or precluded by finals, new semesters, whatever--it might be interesting to gather a consensus of WHEN we're are actually out there LOOKING. Have you or anyone else been in Belize or Palau in October previously, with an eye out for bleaching? Second, is it possible that we're getting ever more "tuned in" to bleaching, and therefore are increasingly better able to observe even subtle or low level events? I'd be very interested in your views-- Aloha, Cindy From CBAggie at aol.com Fri Oct 20 09:42:20 1995 From: CBAggie at aol.com (CBAggie at aol.com) Date: Fri, 20 Oct 1995 09:42:20 -0400 Subject: Past Bleaching Message-ID: <951020094219_128568982@emout06.mail.aol.com> Cindy et al.; I"d like to response to your comment about bleaching observations during October. During the month of October 1992 I watched a bleaching event occur on the reefs off the Mexican Yucatan at Placer just north of Belize. These reefs were observed to be free from bleaching during May and June of that same year. Locals suggested the event may have started in late August in the region. My field notes indicate that Montastrea annularis and Siderastrea sp. were the most often bleached species with the Siderastrea sp. commonly displaying a blotchy patterns. I have a rather extensive collection of photographs of the area and plan to review them to identify other species that were bleaching at that time. Carl Beaver Center for Coastal Studies Texas A&M University College Station Texas CBaggie at aol.com From coral at coral.AOML.ERL.GOV Sat Oct 7 22:34:40 1995 From: coral at coral.AOML.ERL.GOV (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Fri, 20 Oct 1995 14:34:40 +30000 Subject: Florida Keys reef destruction. Message-ID: John Ogden of the Florida Institute of Oceanography has asked that we forward this to the coral-list. ============================= FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 17, 1995 SCIENTISTS DISCOVER DAMAGE ON DEEP CORAL REEFS OF THE FLORIDA KEYS A team of U.S. and Australian scientists have discovered extensive sediment damage on the deep coral reefs off Long Key in the middle Florida Keys. The Keyswide Coral Reef Expeditionary Team discovered large brain and star corals at depths below 50 feet that had been growing luxuriantly in the area of Tennessee Reef for at least 100 years. Many of these corals were partially or completely dead, recently smothered by fine sediments falling on the reef from the shallows. While the source of the sediments has not been identified, it is suspected that the large plumes of cloudy water from Florida Bay have increased sediment loads to lethal levels. By contrast, the deep reefs of Alligator Reef, just a few miles to the north and more isolated from Florida Bay water, still had spectacular coral growth. Local residents and scientists have long known that Florida Bay waters move to the southeast through the major passes between the Keys and over the reefs of the middle Keys. Yet large corals have obviously thrived there in times past. What recent changes in Florida Bay are now killing our reefs? Beginning in 1987, when large areas of seagrass died in Florida Bay, scientists suspected that decades of water management changed conditions in the Bay. Those changes have accelerated, and today water inimical to coral growth regularly washes over offshore areas of the Middle Keys. As part of the regional plan to restore the Everglades, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is planning a major effort to improve the quantity and quality of water delivery to the ecosystems of the Everglades and in Florida Bay. Documenting recent changes along the Florida Reef Tract and developing management priorities are major goals of the Management Plan of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. The Plan is currently under public review. The Keyswide Coral Reef Expedition, which is part of the ecological assessment program, is supported by the Sanctuary, the Munson Foundation, the NOAA National Undersea Research Program at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, and the Florida Institute of Oceanography. Dr. Richard Aronson, of Alabama's Dauphin Island Sea Lab is Chief Scientist of the Expeditionary Team. "Data from the Expedition will provide the first ecological picture of the entire Reef Tract, from Fowey Rocks in the north to the Dry Tortugas in the southwest. Our studies will allow us to identify the conditions that foster healthy reefs and the influences that degrade and destroy reefs," Aronson said. Other participants include scientists from institutions in Florida, North Carolina and Alabama, as well as the Reef Survey Team from the Australian Institute of Marine Science. Dr. Terry Done Australian team leader said that the Expedition "provides a unique opportunity to understand the striking parallels between the Great Barrier Reef and the Florida Reef Tract." A key issue for both countries is understanding the impact of sewage and land use practices on the long-term health of coral reefs. The participating scientists anticipate major international cooperative efforts to share data and information in order to solve these problems. From orion at speedy.coacade.uv.mx Fri Oct 20 15:16:10 1995 From: orion at speedy.coacade.uv.mx (orion at speedy.coacade.uv.mx) Date: Sat, 21 Oct 1995 01:16:10 +0600 Subject: e-mails Message-ID: <9510210716.AA03050@speedy.coacade.uv.mx > Dear list member. If you know the e-mail of John Tunnell of Center for Coastal Studies Texas A&M University, and people working with coral reproduction, please send me. Juan M.Vargas Hern?ndez Director del Museo de Zoolog?a Facultad de Biolog?a Universidad Veracruzana A.P. 755. C.P. 91000 Phone home: 10-25-97 Xalapa, Veracruz. Mexico. e-mail: orion at speedy.coacade.uv.mx From Sehested at dk-online.dk Sat Oct 21 09:24:21 1995 From: Sehested at dk-online.dk (Sehested at dk-online.dk) Date: Sat, 21 Oct 1995 14:24:21 +0100 Subject: request: coral research information Message-ID: <199510211322.JAA11728@reef.aoml.erl.gov> Dear "coral-list at reef.aoml.erl.gov" subscriber We have noticed that you are working with coral reefs and related aspects. Allow us to introduce ourselves: We are a newly established working group within the Acropora - Danish Society for the Conservation of Coral Reefs. We are very interested in aquiring information about what kind of coral reef research a) you b) your institution are currently involved in. The information will be used in a database, intended to serve Scandinavian scientists (non-profit) who wish to establish contacts with people working within the same fields of interest. Thank you Acropora - Danish Society for the Conservation of Coral Reefs c/o Zoological Museum att: Database Universitetsparken 15 DK-2100 Copenhagen Denmark ____________________________________________________________________________= __ Michael Sehested : Sehested at dk-online.dk Saxogade 109 3.mf DK-1662 K=F8benhavn V Danmark tlf: (+45) 31 23 24 41 From eweil at rsmas.miami.edu Mon Oct 23 14:53:32 1995 From: eweil at rsmas.miami.edu (Ernesto Weil) Date: Mon, 23 Oct 1995 14:53:32 -0400 Subject: Spanish translations abstracts VIII ICRS Message-ID: <199510231853.OAA17322@umigw.miami.edu> We are offering translation (English-Spanish-English) services for the abstracts of the VIII Coral Reef Symposium in Panama. Fee is $25.00 per abstract. For information make contact through e-mail (eweil at rsmas.miami.edu), phone (305) 361-4642, or FAX (305) 3614600. EW. From marshall at marinelab.sarasota.fl.us Mon Oct 23 21:57:55 1995 From: marshall at marinelab.sarasota.fl.us (Mike Marshall) Date: Mon, 23 Oct 1995 16:57:55 -0900 (PDT) Subject: Marine Biology List-New Message-ID: I am pleased to announce the establishment of MARBIO a global e-mail discussion list on all aspects of marine biology. This notice will be cross-posted to several other lists so please excuse the overlap. If anyone wishes to send this notice to other lists or to friends please feel free. For any list related or administrative issues please contact me: marshall at marinelab.sarasota.fl.us. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ To subscribe to the list please send a message to: majordomo at marinelab.sarasota.fl.us with the line: subscribe marbio +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Additional instructions will be sent automatically upon receipt of your subscription. Please keep them as a reference for future use. My regards, Mike Marshall (list owner) marshall at marinelab.sarasota.fl.us """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Michael J. Marshall, Ph.D. Mote Marine Laboratory Tropical Marine Ecology Program 1600 Thompson Parkway Sarasota, Florida 34236 USA """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" 941-388-4441/941-388-4312(fax) ___________________________________________________________ See the MML web page at http://www.marinelab.sarasota.fl.us ___________________________________________________________ From STENECK at maine.maine.edu Mon Oct 23 18:06:06 1995 From: STENECK at maine.maine.edu (Bob Steneck) Date: Mon, 23 Oct 1995 17:06:06 -0500 Subject: Spanish Translations for ICRS meeting in Panama Message-ID: <199510232104.RAA14749@reef.aoml.erl.gov> Not to engage in a bidding war, but as some of you know, we are offering Spanish translations for the reef meetings for $20/abstract. Money is entirely for deserving and hungry graduate students. If you are interested please contact me via email at STENECK at MAINE.MAINE.EDU. Cheers, Bob Steneck From J.MCMANUS at cgnet.com Tue Oct 24 14:35:00 1995 From: J.MCMANUS at cgnet.com (John McManus) Date: Tue, 24 Oct 1995 11:35:00 -0700 (PDT) Subject: No subject Message-ID: <308C856E@msm.cgnet.com> TO : Coral-list FROM : John W. McManus/ReefBase Project Leader DATE : October 24, 1995 Just a reminder that ReefBase needs photographs of coral reefs. We need aerials, underwater scenics and pictures depicting reef uses and stresses (before and after shots are especially helpful). We can also use color-coded satellite images. Duplicates of reasonable quality will be adequate, so it is not necessary to submit originals. Slides or prints are acceptable. Please describe the date and location of each photo as completely as possible, including coordinates if available and approximate depth for underwater photos. Photographers will be clearly acknowledged for all photos selected for inclusion into ReefBase. SPECIAL OFFER: If we use 20 or more of your photos in ReefBase, you will receive a free copy of the ReefBase Version 1.0 CD-ROM when it is released in June, 1996 (limit of one per photographer). We begin beta-testing in January 1996, so please do not delay. Help us make ReefBase into a powerful tool for coral reef management. Send us copies of your best and most useful photographs. John W. McManus ReefBase Project Leader Coastal and Coral Reef Resource Systems Program International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM) 205 Salcedo Street, Legaspi Village, Makati City, Metro Manila 1229 Philippines Tel. No. (63-2) 8180466 Fax No. (63-2) 8163183 E-Mail: J.McManus at cgnet.com From coral at coral.AOML.ERL.GOV Wed Oct 11 18:36:11 1995 From: coral at coral.AOML.ERL.GOV (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Tue, 24 Oct 1995 10:36:11 +30000 Subject: marbio: Dismantling Sand Key Message-ID: This message from Dr. John Ogden is herewith forwarded to the Coral Health and Monitoring list-server, as well as the Marine Biology list-server. Please accept my apologies for any duplicates postings. Jim Hendee ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | | | Coral Health and Monitoring Program | | Ocean Chemistry Division | | Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorlogical Laboratories | | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | | Miami, Florida | | USA | | | | Email: coral at coral.aoml.noaa.gov | | World-Wide Web: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov | | | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 24 Oct 1995 09:48:16 -0400 (EDT) From: John Ogden To: James Hendee Subject: Dismantling Sand Key From: John C. 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herewith forwarded to the Coral Health and Monitoring list-server, as well as the Marine Biology list-server. Please accept my apologies for any duplicates postings. Jim Hendee ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | | | Coral Health and Monitoring Program | | Ocean Chemistry Division | | Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorlogical Laboratories | | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | | Miami, Florida | | USA | | | | Email: coral at coral.aoml.noaa.gov | | World-Wide Web: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov | | | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 24 Oct 1995 09:48:16 -0400 (EDT) From: John Ogden To: James Hendee Subject: Dismantling Sand Key From: John C. 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result of its ongoing reef mapping work, which, as you may know, is linked to the ReefBase database, the World Conservation Monitoring Centre has the most comprehensive global digital reef map in the world and one thing we're very keen to do is re-calculate the total area of coral reefs in the world. Work is currently underway preparing preliminary figures which should be published in a paper on marine biodiversity to be given at the 2nd Conference of the Parties for the Convention on Biological Diversity. It is hoped to provide better figures for the Coral Reef Symposium in Panama. Interestingly it looks as though the figures being generated may be considerably smaller than those given by Smith (1978, total global area - 600,000 sq km). If this is indeed the case, it is not entirely surprising given the nature of the maps - Smith and others have tended to focus on areas of reefal shelf, whereas the source maps used at WCMC are largely based on reefs visible from the surface. I would be very interested to know your comments on this, and also to track down any national or even sub-national projects which have accurately calculated reef areas. Part of this problem is the old one of "what is a coral reef?" and the definition may have to vary depending on whether you are interested in reefs for fisheries, tourism, productivity, biodiversity conservation or calculation of carbon budgets. Yours Mark D. Spalding E-mail: mark.spalding at wcmc.org.uk World Conservation Monitoring Centre 219 Huntingdon Rd Cambridge, CB3 0DL Fax: +44 1223 277136 United Kingdom Tel: +44 1223 277314 From svargo at seas.marine.usf.edu Wed Oct 25 09:47:38 1995 From: svargo at seas.marine.usf.edu (Sandy Vargo) Date: Wed, 25 Oct 1995 09:47:38 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Resending press release sent by J. Ogden 10/24/95 Message-ID: Due to the usual e-mail glitches some of you were unable to read the press release concerning the dismantling of the Sand Key station sent by J. Ogden yesterday. I am resending it is what I hope is a more readable format. Please let me know if you still get a garbled message. FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY University of South Florida St. Petersburg FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 25, 1995 SEAKEYS TO LOSE WEATHER AND OCEANOGRAPHIC MONITORING STATION AT KEY WEST The NOAA National Data Buoy Center (NDBC), a branch of the National Weather Service, will dismantle the weather and oceanographic monitoring station at Sand Key south of Key West before the end of November. This action is the first in a series of cost-cutting measures that will compromise the capabilities of the remaining 5 similar stations purchased by the Florida Institute of Oceanography (FIO) and installed under a cooperative agreement with NDBC to monitor Florida's reefs. The other stations are located at Fowey Rocks, Molasses Reef, Sombrero Reef, the Dry Tortugas and Florida Bay. The stations cost approximately $85,000 each for installation and are maintained and operated by two technicians located at the Keys Marine Laboratory in Long Key and the NDBC. The total annual budget for maintenance of both the oceanographic and meteorological portions of the stations is $300,000. The FIO, a consortium of the State University System, installed the stations as part of its Macarthur Foundation-funded SEAKEYS monitoring program in 1989. The SEAKEYS Program scientists at cooperating universities documented the decline of Keys coral reefs, the impact of sewage on nearshore waters, and the connection between Florida Bay and the coral reef tract. In addition to supporting this effort, the stations provide useful information on weather and ocean conditions to the general public, Sanctuary personnel, the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), the Marine Patrol, dive operators, fishing guides, and federal and state agencies. The solar-powered and satellite-linked stations provided a unique regional profile of Hurricane Andrew in 1992 and the Great Winter Storm of 1993 and documented annual winter cold fronts and summer calms leading to high water temperatures which are implicated in coral bleaching. They also recorded dramatically lowered salinity in the Keys from the 1993 summer floods along the Mississippi River. Recognizing the need for the information, the National Weather Service has funded the continuation of the meteorological component of the stations at Fowey, Molasses, Sombrero and the Dry Tortugas. NOAA through the Sanctuary and the DEP have provided interim funding until March 1996 for the oceanographic sensors at these same stations. However, there are no further funds available for Sand Key and the fate of the remaining Florida Bay station will be decided in the coming months. FIO PRESS RELEASE PAGE 2/2 The loss of the Sand Key station will compromise the Keys-wide oceanographic observations coordinated by the FIO and will damage the development of oceanographic observational capabilities basic to adaptive management. Should permanent funding not become available for maintenance of both the meteorological and oceanographic portions of the remaining stations, the investment of well over $1 million will be lost at the very time when the data are most needed for the complex monitoring, management, and research plans now being implemented in Florida Bay and in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John C. Ogden, Director or Dr. Sandra Vargo, Assistant Director Florida Institute of Oceanography 830 First Street South St. Petersburg Florida 33701 813-893-9109 813-893-9109 (fax) From coral at coral.AOML.ERL.GOV Fri Oct 13 18:12:49 1995 From: coral at coral.AOML.ERL.GOV (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Thu, 26 Oct 1995 10:12:49 +30000 Subject: ICRI Chronolog Message-ID: A chronolog of important events surrounding the International Coral Reef Initiative is now available at our Home Page at: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov under the link at "The Interational Coral Reef Initiative." We expect this section to updated regularly. Please note the new address of the Home Page. The old address will still work for some time to come. Take care... Jim Hendee ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | | | Coral Health and Monitoring Program | | Ocean Chemistry Division | | Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorlogical Laboratories | | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | | Miami, Florida | | USA | | | | Email: coral at coral.aoml.noaa.gov | | World-Wide Web: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov | | | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From coral at coral.AOML.ERL.GOV Fri Oct 13 18:02:55 1995 From: coral at coral.AOML.ERL.GOV (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Thu, 26 Oct 1995 10:02:55 +30000 Subject: Director Position, CDRS Message-ID: POSITION AVAILABLE: Director, Charles Darwin Research Station (CDRS), Galapagos Islands, Ecuador The Charles Darwin Foundation for the Galapagos Islands (CDF) is seeking a Director for its international research, conservation and education center, the CDRS. Duties: management and administration of CDRS, including 45 scientific and support staff; organization/supervision of annual process of planning, execution and evaluation of Station's programs; provide effective technical advice and cooperation to many Ecuadorian counterpart agencies, especially Galapagos National Park Service (GNPS), both for management of the national park (97% of the Galapagos' 8,000 km2 land area) and the new 70,000 km2 Marine Resources Reserve; supervise extensive training and educational programs for university students, the general public, and park guides; obtain a substantial proportion of the Station's annual budget via preparation of proposals and reports and participation in CDF's fund-raising campaigns in Europe, North America and Ecuador. Qualifications: Ph.D. or equivalent in a field of natural sciences, natural resources management or similar; minimum 4 year's practical experience in one's field, preferably in Latin America; bilingual English/Spanish; 25-55 years and in good physical condition; demonstrated strong interpersonal skills, team building and leadership with persons of wide variety of educational and cultural backgrounds; enjoy living and working in isolated conditions in a different cultural setting; preference given to candidates with experience in administration of similar institutions or programs, applied conservation research and/or training and educational program design and practice. Benefits: basic salary of US$ 30,000 per year with possible increment depending upon experience; candidates from European Union countries with direct relationship with a well-recognized university, research center or similar institution would be eligible for substantial additional increment if selected (due to a special European Union grant); free high-quality housing and health insurance; international transport of director, family and personal belongings; annual paid home leave of one month and international transport for same for director and family, after first two years of service; contract initially for two years, renewable. Deadline for applications: December 15, 1995 (EMail, telephone or fax if you are near or past the deadline yet still are considering applying). Desire to fill position between February 1 and June 1, 1996. Application Procedures: Send letter of application detailing qualifications and interest, curriculum vitae and three letters of reference to Dr. Craig MacFarland, President CDF, 836 Mabelle, Moscow, Idaho 83843, USA ***APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED BY EMAIL*** For a complete position description, or, if you have questions, write, EMail, telephone or fax one of the following people: Dr. Craig MacFarland President Charles Darwin Foundation 836 Mabelle Moscow, ID 83843, USA EMail: cmacfarl at uidaho.edu Tel:(208)-883-4876 Fax:208-883-0653 Dr. Ole Hamann Vice President Charles Darwin Foundation Botanical Garden Unversity of Copenhagen Oster Farimagsgade 2B DK-1353 Copenhagen K Denmark Email: oleh at bot.ku.dk Tel:(45)-35-322222 Fax:(45)-35-322221 or Dr. Howard Snell Vice President for North America EMail: snell at alcor.unm.edu Tel: (505)-277-3524 or CDF, Inc. 100 N. Washington Street, Suite 311 Falls Church, VA 22046, USA EMail: nzpcdf01 at sivm.si.edu Tel: 703-538-6833; Fax: 703-538-683 From bmolnia at gccmail.cr.usgs.gov Thu Oct 26 17:27:11 1995 From: bmolnia at gccmail.cr.usgs.gov (bmolnia at gccmail.cr.usgs.gov) Date: Thu, 26 Oct 95 14:27:11 MST Subject: Information about CORALMAP Message-ID: <9509268147.AA814746310@GCCMAIL.CR.USGS.GOV> Dear Coral Reef Community, I am contacting you in a attempt to get information about two topics and to describe a project that might be of interest to the coral reef community. The two topics that I need information about are: first, an international program called CORALMAP; and second, about ongoing reef studies in Indonesia. I would appreciate any information that you can provide on these topics. My email address is: bmolnia at usgs.gov My phone number is (703) 648-4120 and my fax number is (703) 648-4227. The project that I would like your feedback on is the development of a coral reef educational CD-ROM. The CD would be aimed at the general public and public policy makers, rather than the scientific community. Ideally, it could be used for primary and secondary education. Please let me know what you think about the idea and what materials that you have that you think might be suitable for such a disk. Thank you; Bruce F. Molnia US Geolgoical Survey 917 National Center Reston, VA 22092 bmolnia at usgs.gov From orion at speedy.coacade.uv.mx Fri Oct 27 16:50:38 1995 From: orion at speedy.coacade.uv.mx (orion at speedy.coacade.uv.mx) Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 02:50:38 +0600 Subject: Coral Reef CD-ROM Message-ID: <9510280850.AA03190@speedy.coacade.uv.mx > Dear Bruce F. Molnia US Geological Survey 917 National Center Reston, VA 22092 bmolnia at usgs.gov Su propuesta sobre elaborar un CD-ROm [D [D me parece muy interesante. En este sentido recientemente desarrolle un programa de computadora sobre los arrecifes coralinos del mundo en un sentido amplio, tratando sus principales caracteristicas. El programa hace enfasis en los arrecifes mexicanos pero particularmente hace referencia al sistema arrecifal de Veracruz. Este programa trata de abarcar los principales problemas que han impactado a los arrecifes y esta dirigido a estudiantes de los niveles secundaria y preparatoria de la educacion en Mexico. El programa aun no ha sido aplicado y en mucho todavia hay que mejorarlo. Esta dise?ado para Windows 3.1 y requiere una resolucion de 800x600x256. Contiene alrededor de 70 imagenes fotograficas, 4 animaciones sencillas sobre crecimiento arrecifal y origen de los atolones, y 42 temas desglosados. Sus grandes temas son: 1. ?Que son los arrecifes de Coral? 2. Arrecifes Mexicanos. 3. El Sistema Arrecifal Veracruzano 4. Problematica del Sistema Arrecifal Veracruzano. Si usted desea en cuanto pueda le hare llegar una copia del programa. Consta de 5 disketes de 3.5 pulgadas y requiere aproximadamente de 10 megabites del disco duro. Me interesa mucho su propuesta sobre elaborar algo mucho mas elaborado como un CD y por supuesto estoy en la mejor disposicion de colaborar en lo que sea posible. ................................................................ Juan M. Vargas director del Museo de Zoologia Facultad de Biologia Universidad Veracruzana A.P. 755 C.P. 91000 Tel (28) 17-92-02 mismo Fax Tel casa (28) 10-25-97 Xalapa, Veracruz. Mexico. .................................................................... From brian.long at qld.ml.csiro.au Sat Oct 28 19:15:08 1995 From: brian.long at qld.ml.csiro.au (Brian Long) Date: Sun, 29 Oct 1995 09:15:08 +1000 Subject: Reef survey techniques Message-ID: <199510282317.AA14132@ten30.qld.ml.csiro.au> Hi, I am a research scientist for CSIRO fisheries, Australia and am involved in a project to do a reef resource inventory of the reefs of Torres Strait, northern Australia. I would like to contact others that are doing this kind of work. We have Landsat TM satellite imagery of the reefs, ArcInfo GIS and Image (image processing software). The objects of the project are to map the reef habitats and to get information on the distribution and abundance of the conspicuous megabenthos. The output of the project will be stored in a GIS of the marine resources of Torres Strait. It will serve as a base map for future monitoring and for designing cost-effective sampling programs to estimate the abundance of selected species. We have already done one field trip in February 1995 and go up again in November 1995. Part of our project is to develop rapid field assessment techniques for quantifying reef cover and the abundance of the conspicuous megabenthos. Last Feb. we sampled over 700 sites on 26 reefs in eastern Torres Strait. The correlation we got between satellite imagery pixel values (red, green and blue) and percentage cover (sand, live coral, algal pavement and rubble) was quite low (approx. 25% variation explained). Depth was better (66%). If anyone is doing similar work I would love to hear how you are going. The maps we are creating from the field work and satellite imagery is to serve as habitat base maps for Torres Strait Reefs. We start a project in 1996 to estimate the standing stock of Beche-de-mer in Torres Strait. The habitat maps and data we are collecting from the current project will be used as pilot data to design a stratified cost-effective sampling program to estimate Beche-de-mer standing stock. If anyone else is doing this kind of work I'd also love to hear about it. Brian Long ======================================================================= Brian Long, Marine Ecologist E-mail: Brian.Long at qld.ml.csiro.au CSIRO, Division of Fisheries Phone : +61 7 3286 8288 PO Box 120, Cleveland, Q 4163 Fax : +61 7 3286 2582 Australia ======================================================================= From coral at coral.AOML.ERL.GOV Tue Oct 17 20:42:14 1995 From: coral at coral.AOML.ERL.GOV (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Mon, 30 Oct 1995 12:42:14 +30000 Subject: Bleaching Update: Belize Message-ID: This message from Melanie McField herewith forwarded to the Coral List: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 27 Oct 95 12:48 CST From: Melanie McField To: Coral Health and Monitoring Program Subject: Bleaching Update: Belize Coral Bleaching in Belize: Second Update As a follow up to the initial report on September 28, the Coastal Zone Management Unit of the Fisheries Department has been gathering information on the bleaching situation in Belize. Anyone who has plans to collect, or has collected, data from Belize is requested toforward such data to one of the following addresses: 1. Melanie McField, Coastal Zone Management Project, fax: 501-2-35738 E-mail: Earth.Works at ucb.edu.bz 2. Earl Young, CZMU, Fisheries Department, fax: 501-2-32983 To date, bleaching has been recorded on reefs off North Ambergris Caye (Bacalar Chico, Basil Jones Cut, Mexico Rocks), Hol Chan Marine Reserve, Caye Caulker, Sergeant's Caye, Goff's Caye, Southwater Caye, Carrie Bow Caye, Turneffe Atoll, Lighthouse Reef, Glovers Reef, reefs off Hopkins and Placencia, Snake Cayes, and Sapodilla Cayes. An aerial survey was carried out over the area between Goff's Caye, Gallows Point and the northern part of Turneffe Atoll, with some bleaching observed on most of the reefs. However, although it is widespread, bleaching is nevertheless patchy, with some areas escaping and others being badly affected. In these badly affected areas bleaching can be recorded in aerial photographs. Underwater surveys, using point intercepts, random points, video transects have been carried out. At three locations individual corals have been tagged and photographed to monitor recovery. . The CZMU has developed a number of simple methods that can be used by volunteers to help collect data on this event, in hopes of expanding the range of field data collection. We want to estimate the percent of corals that are bleached, the species involved, and the depths at which bleaching occurs, as well as the rate of recovery or amount of coral death. We hope to be able to incorporate some of the CARICOMP recommendations forwarded by Jeremy Woodley. In most places, the worst bleaching is at shallow depths (1-2 metres) behind the reef crest, with preliminary data indicating approximately 50% total coral colonies affected by some level of bleaching. The species apparently most affected is Montastrea annularis - all morphs, although the smooth (sensu stricto) appears to be the most affected. The maximum depth of surveys thus far have only been down to 20 meters, at which depth bleaching has been observed, primarily in Agaricia spp.( in deep waters). The CZMU is also gathering data on sea water temperature, with the assistance of the Meterology Office and others. We do not yet have recent satelite sea surface temperatures and would appreciate this data ( or instructions on how to locate the data on the internet, if available). Hopefully, one beneficial effect of Hurricane Roxanne will have been that it cooled down the waters and may have stopped any further bleaching. An updated species list follows: Acropora cervicornis Agaricia: agaricites, humilis, tenufolia, grahamae, lamarcki, Colpophyllia natans Diploria labyrinthiformis, D strigosa Dichocoenia stokesii Eusimilia fastigiata Favia fragum Madracis spp (from Wellington) Meandrina meandrites Montastrea annularus ( all formas), M. cavernosa Millepora alcicornis, M. complanata Mycetophyllia aliciae, M danaana Porites astreoides, P. porites f. porites, divaricata, furcata, Siderastrea siderea, S radians Stephanocoenia michilini Palythoa caribaeourm Erythropodium caribaeorum Briareum asbestinum Eunicea spp. From fautin at kuhub.cc.ukans.edu Mon Oct 30 15:49:05 1995 From: fautin at kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (DAPHNE G. FAUTIN) Date: Mon, 30 Oct 1995 14:49:05 -0600 (CST) Subject: Fellowship available Message-ID: I am offering a Fellowship under the US National Science Foundation Partnership to Enhance Expertise in Taxonomy (PEET) to support an enthusiastic, bright student interested in earning the Ph.D. degree in modern systematics at the University of Kansas. KU is internationally known for its Natural History Museum and associated graduate program in systematics and evolutionary studies. The project: Taxonomic revision and phylogeny of the north-temperate sea anemones of the genus *Urticina* (=*Tealia*) using a combination of conventional and modern techniques, including field and laboratory studies. Timing: To begin preferably by 1 June 1996; financial support will continue for as much as 4.5 years, pending satisfactory progress and continued funding from NSF. Financial: Following PEET guidelines, the graduate student will be supported through Research, Curatorial, and Teaching Assistantships; tuition costs will be covered by the grant. Qualifications: Must have a strong interest in systematics and a willingness to learn about sea anemones. Must be admitted to the graduate program of the Department of Systematics and Ecology, University of Kansas. There are no citizenship requirements; non-Americans are encouraged to apply. Inquiries: I will respond to specific queries made by e-mail, fax, post, or telephone. For information on KU (the department or graduate school), please communicate in writing. A person interested in applying for the Fellowship should send me a letter of interest, a curriculum vitae, a transcript (unofficial is OK), and names and contact information for at least three references. The application deadline for summer term is in February or March; I shall begin considering candidates in January. Dr. Daphne G. Fautin Professor, Systematics & Ecology; Professor, Entomology Curator, KU Natural History Museum Division of Biological Sciences University of Kansas Lawrence, KS 66045 phone 913-864-3062 fax 913-864-5321 e-mail fautin at kuhub.cc.ukans.edu From strong at nadn.navy.mil Mon Oct 30 17:28:26 1995 From: strong at nadn.navy.mil (Prof Alan E Strong) Date: Mon, 30 Oct 1995 17:28:26 -0500 (EST) Subject: Bleaching Update: Belize In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Melanie McField - Some satellite SST data on the Web that might be helpful for your bleaching obs.: NOAA has up-to-date SSTs here: psbsgi1.nesdis.noaa.gov:8080/psb/eps/sst/sst_anal_fields.html check out the "new" North American 14km fields that reaches south to Honduras U of Miami - RSMAS: www.rsmas.miami.edu/images.html There is probably one from Navoceano in Stennis....do not know their URL. Hope this helps....we are working on new Tropical fields and anomalies to accompany them [Paper to be presented at upcoming CR Meeting in Panama]. Cheers, Al Strong ***************************************************************************** Alan E. Strong Adj. Asst. Professor Project Manager - CPORS Oceanography Department NOAA/USNA Cooperative Project United States Naval Academy in Oceanic Remote Sensing Annapolis, MD 21402-5026 al at topgun.nadn.navy.mil strong at nadn.navy.mil Lab: Rickover Hall Rm-1 PH: 410-293-6566 410-293-5468 FAX: 410-293-2137 NOAA/NESDIS/ORA: 301-763-8102 ***************************************************************************** From coral at coral.AOML.ERL.GOV Wed Oct 18 21:29:05 1995 From: coral at coral.AOML.ERL.GOV (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 13:29:05 +30000 Subject: CYANIDE FISHING IN ASIAN CORAL REEFS Message-ID: This message is forwarded from the marine biology list. It has relevance to our study of coral health. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 11:43:01 -0500 From: DAVE SALMAN To: marbio at marinelab.sarasota.fl.us Subject: marbio: CYANIDE FISHING IN ASIAN CORAL REEFS SEE ATTACHED ITEM FROM 10/31 GREENWIRE ------------------- GW1031 follows -------------------- *1 FISHERIES: CYANIDE FISHING DEVASTATES ASIAN CORAL REEFS "In an ecological disaster that has gone largely unnoticed outside of the region, Asian fishing companies are using tons of sodium cyanide to fish the coral reefs of Southeast Asia, turning the world's richest marine environments into aquatic graveyards," reports Alex Barnum in the S.F. CHRONICLE. With restaurant-goers in Hong Kong and China demanding large, exotic live reef fish, cyanide fishing is booming. In the practice, divers squirt cyanide into coral reefs, temporarily stunning the fish (10/28), which are then shipped to market and sold at prices up to $40 a pound. While the cyanide "is not toxic to people in the dose used for fishing," it is "more than enough" (William Stevens, N.Y. TIMES, 10/31) to destroy reef ecosystems. "Within weeks, the reef's riot of colorful marine life becomes an empty, gray wasteland" (Barnum, S.F, CHRONICLE). AN "ENVIRONMENTAL MURDER" Cyanide fishing began in the 1980s, but it has become so widespread -- extending from the Maldives to the Solomon Islands and Australia -- that it is "wiping out broad expanses of what ecologists say is the global epicenter of biological diversity." Marine ecologist Robert Johannes, who recently completed a study on cyanide fishing funded by the Nature Conservancy and the South Pacific Forum Fisheries Agency: "We've got a big environmental murder going on" (Stevens, N.Y. TIMES). The practice has destroyed most of the coral reefs in Indonesia and the Philippines, and is likely to spread next to Papua New Guinea and other South Pacific Islands, according to Johannes (Barnum, S.F. CHRONICLE). The need to meet increasing demand as coral reef fisheries decline has prompted cyanide fishers to take more drastic action, sometimes dumping entire 55- gallon drums of cyanide into shallow reef communities. GROWING MARKET, GROWING STRAINS "No slowing in the geographic expansion of the fishery nor of consumer demand is in sight," the report says. Other nations, including China, Taiwan, Singapore and Japan, are increasingly involved in both cyanide fishing and the consumption of large reef fish. Reefs are also under pressure from "a warming climate, pollution, overfishing and physical destruction." THE ENFORCEMENT ANGLE Most nations have banned the use of poison for fishing, but governments have been unable to enforce the laws. The report points to bribery as a possible cause of poor enforcement and suggests involving villagers in the management of coral reefs. In a statement, the Hong Kong Agriculture and Fisheries Dept. said evidence of widespread reef destruction "is anecdotal and without verification through survey." While the agency called the reports of reef destruction "regrettable," it said the capture of reef fish "is a legitimate exploitation of a marine resource" (Stevens, N.Y. TIMES). From coral at coral.AOML.ERL.GOV Thu Oct 19 14:16:14 1995 From: coral at coral.AOML.ERL.GOV (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Wed, 1 Nov 1995 06:16:14 +30000 Subject: Correction Message-ID: Professor Alan Strong has forwarded a correction to his previous post of Web locations for SST images: > > Some satellite SST data on the Web that might be helpful for your bleaching > > obs.: > > > > NOAA has up-to-date SSTs here: Sorry....case sensitive...not CAPs: psbsgi1.nesdis.noaa.gov:8080/PSB/EPS/SST/sst_anal_fields.html You may wish to broadcast this correction?? Cheers, Al Strong From coral at coral.AOML.ERL.GOV Thu Oct 19 22:02:37 1995 From: coral at coral.AOML.ERL.GOV (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Wed, 1 Nov 1995 14:02:37 +30000 Subject: Ocean Voice International, Ottawa Message-ID: A forwarded message from Don McAllister: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 1 Nov 1995 07:49:43 -0500 From: Don McAllister To: coral at coral Cc: bd268 at freenet, bo093 at freenet, stefano at epaus.island.net, ah201 at freenet, Haribon at phil.gn.apc.org Subject: Re: CYANIDE FISHING IN ASIAN CORAL REEFS Ocean Voice International, Ottawa. has been working since 1989 with the Haribon Foundation for Conservation of Natural Resources, Manila, on helping aquarium fishers and others convert from use of cyanide to nets. With a modest budget in the Philippines we now have 800 of the 2500 cyanide users trained and 500 of the 800 have formed a national aquarium fish gatherers association to export cyanide-free net-caught fish. We are seeking donations, memberships and grants to help provide a holding and export building and human resource development. We have also heard from reliable sources about the extensive use of cyanide for collection of live food fishes in Indonesia and the Philippines, so we give credence to Johannes's report. The high mortality of fishes exposed to cyanide makes it a non- sustainable practice, though easy to use, since it is hard to ajust the dose to merely stun the fishes, and many fishes die on the reef and on route to their destination. Worse is that repeated exposure to cyanide causes coral to bleach and die. The time for the coral habitat to replace itself is longer than the regeneration time for the fishes, assuming that that the use of cyanide is eliminated or reduced. For more information on Ocean Voice see our home page: http://www.conveyor.com/oceanvoice.html Where can interested parties get a copy of Johannes report? Don McAllister -- Don E. McAllister, Canadian ## & Ocean Voice International, Box 37026 Museum of Nature, P.O.B. 3443 ## 3332 McCarthy Road, Ottawa, ON K1V 0W0 Stn D,Ottawa,ON K1P 6P4 Tel. (613)264-8986, Fax: (613)264-9204 E-mail addresses: ah194 at freenet.carleton.ca / mcall at jester.com From coral at coral.AOML.ERL.GOV Thu Oct 19 22:07:35 1995 From: coral at coral.AOML.ERL.GOV (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Wed, 1 Nov 1995 14:07:35 +30000 Subject: Marine Sanctuary Regulations Message-ID: Proposed and adopted regulations for the following marine sanctuaries or reserves are now available at our Web site (http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov): The Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands From coral at coral.AOML.ERL.GOV Fri Oct 20 22:05:41 1995 From: coral at coral.AOML.ERL.GOV (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Thu, 2 Nov 1995 14:05:41 +30000 Subject: FROM ITES News on OIL FIRE (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 2 Nov 95 15:22:55 +0000 From: support at lanka.gn.apc.org To: coral at coral Subject: FROM ITES News on OIL FIRE Oil installation fires at Colombo, Sri Lanka -------------------------------------------- Terrorists attacked the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation refinery and oil storage installations in Colombo in the early hours of October 20th causing several deaths and massive fires in the storage areas. Fires of this magnitude had not taken place in Sri Lanka previously and the assistance of fire-fighters with experience in fighting oil fires had to be obtained from India. The fires were accompanied by the deposition of oil which was reported by the media to have formed layers around 0.5 metres thick in some places. Some of the oil passed by way of canals and a major river to the sea. Other immediately visible impacts included those on market gardens in nearby areas. The Ceylon Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research (CISIR) has issued a preliminary report on some aspects of the incident which may be of environmental significance. Based on information supplied by the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) the crude and refined products presumed destroyed in a two day period were 39,000 tonnes of crude oil, 35,000 tonnes of diesel and 5000 tonnes of kerosene. Taking into account the sulphur contents of the oil products destroyed it was estimated that the oxides of sulphur produced during the fires could have been around 1690 tonnes (when calculated as sulphur dioxide). As regards oxides of nitrogen (calculated as nitrogen dioxide) the total produced could have been around 780 tonnes (including that resulting from the reaction of gaseous nitrogen with oxygen at high temperatures). A significant proportion of these acidic oxides is expected to have been returned to earth in the rain which accompanied the conflagration. This experience in Sri Lanka was followed by reports in the media a few days later of an oil fire in Indonesia due to a refinery being struck by lightning. These two incidents have caused further unease among environmentalists in Sri Lanka regarding a proposal to locate a giant refinery cum power plant near Hambantota on the south coast of Sri Lanka. The project is proposed to be located not too far from extremely wildlife-rich areas including feeding grounds of flamingos and other waterfowl and beaches frequented by marine turtles for egg laying. The Yala wildlife sanctuary is also located on the south coast while some of the coral reefs of Sri Lanka may be eventually impacted by oil. An Environmental Impact Assesment for the proposed project is being prepared by the developers, Regional Cooperative Petroleum Refinery Co Inc., and will be opened for public comment in due course. Contributor: Rohan H. Wickramasinghe, November 01, 1995 Institute for Tropical Environmental Studies, 41 Flower Road, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka From coral at coral.AOML.ERL.GOV Tue Oct 24 21:30:24 1995 From: coral at coral.AOML.ERL.GOV (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Mon, 6 Nov 1995 13:30:24 +30000 Subject: Archived C-MAN data from the Florida Keys Message-ID: Greetings Colleagues, I am very happy to announce that basic NDBC C-MAN (Coastal-Marine Automated Network) data, as well as Florida Institute of Oceanography enhanced C-MAN data, for the Florida Keys (years 1991-1995) are now available at our Web site: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov (more specifically: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/cman/cman_menu.html) "Basic" C-MAN data includes meteorological data and sea temperature. FIO "enhanced" C-MAN data include sea temperatures at additional depths, salinity and photosynthetically active radiation at one or two depths. We all know that it is difficult to get long-term data sets upon which to make environmental decisions regarding coral health. Funding for the maintenance of the oceanographic instrumentation of these FIO enhanced stations is in jeopardy, so if you find these data of use, it would be extremely helpful to make your voices heard. For more information on making your voices heard, see "Bulletins" off our Home Page. Many thanks... Sincerely yours, Jim Hendee ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | | | Coral Health and Monitoring Program | | Ocean Chemistry Division | | Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorlogical Laboratories | | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | | Miami, Florida | | USA | | | | Email: coral at coral.aoml.noaa.gov | | World-Wide Web: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov | | | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From coral at coral.AOML.ERL.GOV Wed Oct 25 16:19:31 1995 From: coral at coral.AOML.ERL.GOV (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Tue, 7 Nov 1995 08:19:31 +30000 Subject: ICRI Progress Reports Message-ID: The first three Progress Reports of the International Coral Reef Initiative are now available at URL: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/icri/icri.html From coral at coral.AOML.ERL.GOV Wed Oct 25 16:57:14 1995 From: coral at coral.AOML.ERL.GOV (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Tue, 7 Nov 1995 08:57:14 +30000 Subject: lost souls? Message-ID: The following e-mail addresses of coral-list subscribers have been bouncing and are apparently inoperative. If you see a colleague's address or name you recognize, and you think they'd still like to receive the list information, please either forward this message to their NEW address, or drop me a line as to their new address. Many thanks, Jim Hendee ==================== ccc at coralcay.demon.co.uk ccook at hboi.edu tja2 at vax.york.ac.uk wpeterso at shark.ssp.nmfs.gov#011#william_peterson at ssp.nmfs.gov Simon.Jennings at newcastle.ac.uk carviskboreri at icarus.state.gov mcole at noaa.gov sdrake at state.gov jjones at state.gov 73261.2212 at CompuServe.com 76260.2413 at CompuServe.com jutro.p at epamail.epa.gov mmoore at violet.berkeley.edu email.jcu.edu.au at jcu.edu.au Madeline.G at eworld.com rachelle_ninio at ccmail.gbrmpa.gov.au sjameson at ocean.nos.noaa.gov From coral at coral.AOML.ERL.GOV Tue Oct 31 14:27:58 1995 From: coral at coral.AOML.ERL.GOV (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Mon, 13 Nov 1995 07:27:58 +30000 Subject: crown-of-thorns (fwd) Message-ID: Forwarded message from Aaron Trager Gach: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 11 Nov 1995 16:49:42 -0800 (PST) From: Aaron Trager Gach To: coral at coral Subject: crown-of-thorns I am hoping that somebody on your end of things might be able to help me with a little research project. I am investigating human-induced causes for the crown-of-thorns starfish outbreaks on the Great Barrier Reef. I am particularly interested in predator removal, clear-cut logging/ terrestrial runoff, blasting/dredging, and/or overfishing. I'd appreciate any info or any leads you might have. Thanks - Aaron Gach