Eutrophication
Coral Health and Monitoring Program
coral at aoml.noaa.gov
Mon Apr 15 10:16:08 EDT 1996
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Date: Sun, 14 Apr 1996 12:58:40 -0400
From: Ursula Keuper-Bennett <howzit at io.org>
To: owner-coral-list at reef.aoml.erl.gov
Hi there,
I have just completed a Web search engine sweep on the word
"eutrophication" and found the following place names.
Jakarta Bay, Indonesia Saquarema, Brazil
Cancun, Mexico Barclay's Park, Barbados
Moreton Bay, Australia Peel-Harvey, Australia
In addition, I hit on these areas from Florida:
Hillsborough Bay (an "impacted subdivision of Tampa Bay)
Palm Beach and Broward counties "widespread" algae blooms
Florida Bay concerns re. blooms and or eutrophication
Sarasota Bay "
Florida Keys "
Indian River "
When reading these Web coastal information/reports one thing stands out
-- that human population has increased greatly along the world's coastal
areas since the late 60's. Following right along (I quickly discovered)
were more and more scientific papers and references to such things as
run off, sewage, eutrophication, algae blooms, sea grass dieoffs etc.
[By the way, I am not suggesting here that increased human population
along coastal areas causes/generates scientific papers but I *did* find
the link an amusing and true one.]
What I found significant are the numerous reports by researchers
expressing concern over the increased nutrient loading along coasts and
related eutrophication/environmental degradation over the last two
decades.
Below are regions with environmental/eutrophication concerns but I can't
find any detailed environmental information on them. My main interest is
the prevalence of a marine turtle disease called fibropapillomas in these
areas. But I would also like to know about the conditions underwater in
these areas. See, I figured coral people when studying corals might notice
lumpy turtles in the same way that when I study lumpy turtles I notice dead
corals.
So. What follows are areas I need information on. I would like to know the
prevalence of fibropapillomas in these areas AND any details of known
environmental insults to the ocean near these places.
Jakarta Bay, Indonesia Saquarema, Brazil
Cancun, Mexico Peel-Harvey, Australia
and in Florida,
Hillsborough Bay (an "impacted subdivision of Tampa Bay)
Palm Beach and Broward counties "widespread" algae blooms
Sarasota Bay "
My success asking other divers has been minimal. I attribute this to
the fact that most recreational divers won't dive in the kind of water I
need reports on. I am hoping someone in this list could help.
I am particulary interested in any info on the four non-US sites.
If you have any information, please don't hesitate to send it this way,
no matter how unimportant you might think it is.
While I am on here, two other things:
I have been told that the south and west coasts of Barbados have experienced
considerable coral kills and seaweed blight. I would be interested in the
place name of the worst area. Then my task will be to find the prevalence
of GTFP there.... unless, of course, I hit paydirt and someone can provide
me with both pieces to the puzzle... :-)
Finally, and still related, if anyone is aware of coral kills resulting from
Cladophora blooms, I would be interested in that too.
Thanks for your time and regards
^ Ursula Keuper-Bennett
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