From carola at santamarta.cetcol.net.co Fri Nov 1 05:07:40 1996 From: carola at santamarta.cetcol.net.co (Carola) Date: Fri, 1 Nov 1996 15:07:40 +0500 (GMT) Subject: towards sustainable publishing (fwd) Message-ID: Hi: This message is to alert everybody. There is a virus in the e-book "toward sustainable publishing" so if you get it trow it away!!!!! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: 30 Sep 96 13:57:49 EDT From: martin charter <101336.3560 at compuserve.com> To: BlindCopyReceiver: ; Subject: towards sustainable publishing Towards Sustainable Publishing by Dr Martin Woodhouse ----------------------------------------------------- This report compares the total environmental impact of a book created on a diskette (e-book) for reading from the screen with that of the identical book printed traditionally on paper. The book chosen for comparison is a novel -- "The Harp That Once" -- by Patrick Hall -- which has 220 pages in paper form, and 260 pages when published "Illumination" format on diskette. The report uses Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) to compare the overall impacts of the manufacture, use, and disposal of these two items. It discusses in detail the difficulties, both practical and conceptual, encountered when setting up this calculation. Despite these difficulties, it shows that the conclusion it reaches is a valid one; which is that, for identical books and documents, publishing electronically on diskette has far less environmental impact than doing so on paper. Apart from its immediate application, "Towards Sustainable Publishing" is intended as an introduction to the more general field of assessing comparative environmental impacts, a discipline which is of rapidly growing importance for environmental managers and product designers. For a free copy of the e-book "Towards Sustainable Publishing", please re-email your full postal address. Martin Charter, Director, Eco-Innovations Publishing (an imprint of Epsilon Press Ltd) From mcall at superaje.com Sat Nov 2 08:19:34 1996 From: mcall at superaje.com (Don McAllister) Date: Sat, 02 Nov 1996 08:19:34 -0500 Subject: Reputed virus in sustainable publishing References: <9611020458.AA27873@Alice.Wonderland.Caltech.EDU> <327B4926.407D@superaje.com> Message-ID: <327B4A66.3EA6@superaje.com> > > Hi coral-listers, > I have installed a copy of this diskette on my computer. There has been > no catastrophic failure. My virus checking program (not up to date > admittedly) has not found any viruses when I power up. I did however > develop a general protection fault in the e-mail part of my Internet in > a Box subsequently, but that point problem is not the general symptom I > hear you get from most viruses. > > So I suspect Justin is right. > > don mcallister > > Dustin L. Laurence wrote: > > > > >This message is to alert everybody. > > > > > >There is a virus in the e-book "toward sustainable publishing" so if you > > >get it trow it away!!!!! > > > > No offense to the original sender, but it doesn't help anyone to > > spread these sorts of rumors. *Very* few reported viruses are > > viruses, so on the face of it there isn't much reason to worry. > > > > Second, this report comes with NO indication of what the symptoms > > are, which makes it even more likely to be an (unwitting, I'm sure) > > hoax. People who know what they're about tend to back up their > > statements, hoaxes characteristically come with either no info or > > patently bogus info. > > > > Again, I mean no offense to the original sender, but without better > > info the overwhelming likelihood is that this is yet another of the > > many, many virus hoaxes that propagate around the net like wildfire. > > I hate to see these things get started or propagated without at > > least some credible reasons given. > > > > If anyone is very worried about this and doesn't have any local help, > > I guess I am willing to check at least a couple of disks mailed to > > me to to resolve any doubt, or tell someone else how to do it. I > > don't really have time for it, but better that than have people > > acting on an unverified rumor. > > > > Dustin > > -- > Don E. McAllister /& Canadian Centre for Biodiversity > Ocean Voice International /Canadian Museum of Nature > Box 37026, 3332 McCarthy Rd. /Box 3443, Station D > Ottawa, ON K1V 0W0, Canada /Ottawa, ON K1P 6P4 > URL: http://www.ovi.ca E-mail: mcall at superaje.com > (or: ah194 at freenet.carleton.ca) Tel: (613) 264-8986, Fax: (613) > 264-9204 -- Don E. McAllister /& Canadian Centre for Biodiversity Ocean Voice International /Canadian Museum of Nature Box 37026, 3332 McCarthy Rd. /Box 3443, Station D Ottawa, ON K1V 0W0, Canada /Ottawa, ON K1P 6P4 URL: http://www.ovi.ca E-mail: mcall at superaje.com (or: ah194 at freenet.carleton.ca) Tel: (613) 264-8986, Fax: (613) 264-9204 From CESAL at CEnvSci.Com Mon Nov 4 05:20:41 1996 From: CESAL at CEnvSci.Com (Maria Justine MILICI) Date: Mon, 4 Nov 1996 10:20:41 +0000 Subject: Elusive Map Found!! Message-ID: <199611040211.KAA02031@ces.ces.linuxhk.com> Hi Coral-List, Many people asked me to pass on the information about the elusive map I was looking for if I ever found it (the one detailing the damage to coral reefs around the world), so here goes: 1. There are maps in the back of a report titled: Jameson, S.C., JW McManus and MD Spalding 1995. State of the Reefs:Regional and Global Perspectives. ICRI Executive Secretariat Background Paper, US Department of State, Washington DC 32p I have a hard copy of this now (I picked it up at ICRS in Panama in July) and it says you should contact Stephen Jameson at sjameson at ocean.nos.noaa.gov to get a copy. These maps were produced from REEFBASE. I have tried various ways of ordering this cd over the past couple of weeks but, as yet, have had absolutely no luck at all. I have tried emailing John McManus directly (Reefbase project leader), emailing the reefbase team (Reefbase at cgnet.com) and am now in the process of telephoning ICLARM directly in the Philippines to try to obtain a copy. I suspect this might be the best way to go as they may not be contactable thru their email all the time. Fair enough. 2. I also got some feedback about another map that sounded pretty good. Its a World Resources Institute (1995) map of Marine Protected Areas Threatened by Development and the Coastal Ecosystems Threatened by Development. They do not list coral reefs as such. They are in colour and show different LEVELS of risk. It is part of a document entitled Coastlines at Risk: An index of Potential Development-Related Threats to Coastal Ecosystems (D. Bryant, E. Rodemburg, T. Cox & D. Nielson) 1995. Address is: World Resource Institute 1709 New York Ave. N.W., Washington D.C. 20006 Tel 202-638-6300 I visited their website and tried to order a copy but have had no response. The website is at: igc.apc.org/wri but I haven't been able to get thru to them for a couple of days. thats it...thanks to all the people who helped me with this...i really appreciate it.... maria ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Dr. Maria Milicich Senior Scientist CES (ASIA) LTD Room 1201 Tai Yau Building, 181 Johnston Rd Wanchai fax: 28910305 ph: 28931551 From laurence at alice.wonderland.caltech.edu Fri Nov 1 23:58:24 1996 From: laurence at alice.wonderland.caltech.edu (Dustin L. Laurence) Date: Fri, 1 Nov 96 20:58:24 PST Subject: towards sustainable publishing (fwd) Message-ID: <9611020458.AA27873@Alice.Wonderland.Caltech.EDU> >This message is to alert everybody. > >There is a virus in the e-book "toward sustainable publishing" so if you >get it trow it away!!!!! No offense to the original sender, but it doesn't help anyone to spread these sorts of rumors. *Very* few reported viruses are viruses, so on the face of it there isn't much reason to worry. Second, this report comes with NO indication of what the symptoms are, which makes it even more likely to be an (unwitting, I'm sure) hoax. People who know what they're about tend to back up their statements, hoaxes characteristically come with either no info or patently bogus info. Again, I mean no offense to the original sender, but without better info the overwhelming likelihood is that this is yet another of the many, many virus hoaxes that propagate around the net like wildfire. I hate to see these things get started or propagated without at least some credible reasons given. If anyone is very worried about this and doesn't have any local help, I guess I am willing to check at least a couple of disks mailed to me to to resolve any doubt, or tell someone else how to do it. I don't really have time for it, but better that than have people acting on an unverified rumor. Dustin From reefnet at cerf.net Thu Nov 7 13:24:42 1996 From: reefnet at cerf.net (Wendy Holland) Date: Thu, 7 Nov 1996 10:24:42 -0800 (PST) Subject: http://www.reefnet.org Message-ID: Introducing Reefnet.org Coral Reef Cyberzine Current issue of Reefnet includes: REEF RESEARCH In an interview with Dr. Robert R. Warner, plenary speaker at the 8th International Coral Reef Symposium, Dr. Warner talks about his research in the Caribbean. NGO NEWS Dr. Elliot A. Norse introduces the Marine Conservation Biology Institute and the symposium planned for June 1997. FIELD REPORTS Report on the Bolinao-Anda reef. Smithsonian review of the 8th International Coral Reef Symposium. CONSERVATION STRATEGIES President Fidel Ramos explains his conservation plans for Philippine reefs. ******************************************************************************* Questions or comments should be sent to reefnet at cerfnet.com From spater at cellmate.cb.uga.edu Thu Nov 7 21:17:25 1996 From: spater at cellmate.cb.uga.edu (Shane) Date: Thu, 7 Nov 1996 21:17:25 -0500 (EST) Subject: Underwater research opportunity in Papua New Guinea, 1997 Message-ID: Social behavior of sympatric barracuda species - EARTHWATCH VOLUNTEER field research in papua New Guinea, 1997 First, I apologize for any repetitious cross-postings for those of you who happen to subscribe to the same mailing lists as I. I'd like to put the word out about an upcoming Earthwatch project I will be leading, a program of underwater research to be conducted during June, July, and August of 1997. The setting for this research will be the prolific reefs of Papua New Guinea's Madang Province, which lies smack at the center of marine biodiversity. We will gather data through intensive underwater observation of barracuda behavior, utilizing SCUBA diving and snorkeling, and stay at the Christensen Research Institute, a research center which shares a peninsula and 22 acres of former coconut plantation with Jais Aben Resort. Twenty species of barracuda prowl the world's seas, including species classified as predominantly solitary in nature and those of a typically more gregarious bent, which often form huge schools. We know next to nothing about the behavior, and even the basic biology, of most barracuda species. My previous research has focused upon the great barracuda (*Sphyraena barracuda*), largest and most cosmopolitan of these predators. Next year's study in Madang, which essentially examines and contrasts the social behavior of several barracuda species occurring in the same geographic area (sympatric species), will contribute to an understanding of group formation and persistence in marine predators. Results from this study may have broader application and significance in approaching questions dealing with the evolution of sociality. For further information, please contact EARTHWATCH directly by telephone or through their WWW site (which also includes information on membership, more information about this particular project, and other volunteer opportunities for field research). Earthwatch telephone: (800) 776-0188 Earthwatch website: http://www.earthwatch.org Thanks for your interest. Shane Paterson PhD student, University of Georgia http://cellmate.cb.uga.edu/~spater/earthwatch.html From ecosense at cura.net Thu Nov 7 21:16:39 1996 From: ecosense at cura.net (EcoSense) Date: Thu, 7 Nov 1996 21:16:39 -04:0 Subject: Spawning Curacao - Aruba 1996 Message-ID: <199611080216.VAA08678@tula.cura.net> Dear spawning fans, More spawning data from Curacao and Aruba: New spawning observations from last week: Curacao: Neofibularia nolitangere October 30 & 31; Pseudoceratina crassa? November 7 (see information below) Bonaire: Montastrea annularis November 1 (3 individuals no further details available at this moment) New spawning observations from October: see overview of 1996 data below Species*Date(Month/day)**Time (h)***Location****n***** % (Month/day) Echinodermata Ophioderma rubicundum (male) *09/05**21.20-21.24***1****2 Ophioderma rubicundum (female) *09/05**21.27***1****1 Gorgonia ? *10/02**22.15***1****1 *10/03**22.35***1****1 Gorgonia ventalina? *08/31**21.30-22.15***3****10*****~25% Polychaeta Unidentified species *10/03**21.15***1****>>100 *09/28**19.15-19.45***1****>>100 Scleractinia Eusmilia fastifiata *10/02**22.35***1****1 *10/03**22.25***1****1 *10/04**21.30-22.43***1****4 Montastrea annularis *10/02**21.25-22.08***1****3*****<10% *09/04**21.20-22.20***1****6*****<5% *09/04**22.30-22.45***9****1 *10/02**21.40-22.40***1****11 *10/03**21.00-22.30***1****15 *10/04**22.00-22.30***1****6 - massive *09/04**21.20***1****1*****<5% *10/02**21.35-22.22***1****16*****~20% - columnar *09/04**21.12-22.20***1****2*****<5% Montastrea cavernosa (male) *09/04**21.10-22.12***1****5***** <5% *09/04**21.45-22.05***1****4 *09/05**21.50-22.46***1****2***** <5% *09/28**19.30***1****1 *10/02**21.45-22.00***1****4 Montastrea cavernosa (female) *09/04**21.45-22.05***1****1*****<5% *10/04**22.05***1****1 Spongia Aplisina vulva *03/03**16.00***5****3*****<30% Neofibularia nolitangere (male) *10/30**16.00-17.00***7****>10*****>50% *10/31**16.05-17.35***2****10 *****~50% Neofibularia nolitangere (female) *10/31**16.05-17.35***2****2 Pseudoceratina crassa? *07/21**14.28***6****1 *11/07**16.00-16.20***8****2 female ;5 male Diplastrella sp. ? *07/21**14.00***4****1 -Locations on Curacao (and Aruba) 1=Slangenbaai; 2=CARMABI-Buoy 0; 3=Seaquarium Reef ; 4=Lagun ; 5=Vaersenbaai;6=Porto Mari ; 7= Boca Sami; 8= Westpunt; 9 = Rocky Beach (Aruba) -Full moon dates in 1996:01/05 - 02/04 - 03/05 - 04/03 -05/03 - 06/01- 06/30 - 07/30 - 08/28 - 09/26 - 10/25 - 11/25 - 12/12. -Tidal data is collected by `Curacao Havendienst'; analyzed data for 1996 is not available, for more information on spawning and tidal relationship on Curacao see Van Veghel 1994, Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 109:209-219 -The major part of the data was collected during the 6th Annual Reef Care Coral Spawning Event and by students and colleagues on Curacao. For more information feel free to contact me at the address below! Best regards, Manfred. EcoSense Dr. Manfred L.J. van Veghel PO Box 3187 Curacao, Netherlands Antilles Phone and Fax: +599 9 613196 From carlson at soest.hawaii.edu Sat Nov 9 00:54:51 1996 From: carlson at soest.hawaii.edu (Bruce Carlson) Date: Fri, 8 Nov 1996 19:54:51 -1000 (HST) Subject: coral/bacteria In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Observations re: bacterial infections of captive corals Aquarists around the country who maintain corals in home aquariums have observed a syndrome dubbed Rapid Tissue Necrosis (RTN) where corals rapidly degenerate. Small polyp corals such as Acropora spp. seem to be most susceptible. Usually this begins at the base of the coral as a white area and rapidly spreads over the entire coral within 24 hours or so. The tissue in the white areas peels off or otherwise degenerates, ie, it is not a simple bleaching event. Under the microscope the usual protozoa (cf. Helicostoma sp.) associated with other cases of RTN in large polyp corals (e.g.Euphyllia spp.) are NOT observed. Craig Bingman in New York has tested an antibiotic treatment which worked in his aquarium. I wish to report that we have had similar success. This may be of interest to those studying corals diseases in the field. IN our case, one of our exhibit aquariums was accidentally overdosed with an iodine solution. This (or something else) we surmise stressed the acroporid corals in the exhibit. All of the acroporids in this exhibit were cloned and the parent colonies in separate aquarium systems remained healthy. Acropora microphthalma and A. austera both deteriorated rapidly and were lost. The remaining acroporids were treated when signs of the RTN appeared. These species included A. cytheria, A. grandis, A. palifera, A. gemmifera,and A. sp. Following Bingman's recommendation, these corals were isolated in a 16 liter aquarium and treated with 5mg/liter chloramphenicol. An airstone was added to the tank. After 24 hours the treatment was repeated. Water from the "infected" tank was used to treat the corals rather than "clean" water from our main source. After 48 hours the corals were moved to our outdoor facilities. The RTN had "consumed" up to 50% of some of these colonies before they were treated. The treatment completely halted the progress of the "disease" and all of these corals remain alive. We did not conduct a test for bacteria but the lack of any other visible pathogen and the fact that the progress of the RTN was halted by the use of chloramphenical strongly suggests that bacteria were the primary pathogen. The fact that we used "infected" water in the treatment tank helps us rule out the possiblity that simply transferring the corals to a different tank with different water elliminated the problem. Additionally, Craig Bingman reports that he treated his entire aquarium system with chloramphenicol with the similar results, ie, the RTN disappeared. I am reporting this partly to benefit those who are maintaining corals in either aquariums or laboratory conditions. It may or may not have any applicability to field situations. I am not familiar with the literature on bacterial infections in corals but I assume that this in itself is nothing new. Finally, just a warning to anyone using chloramphenicol -- it is considered very hazardous and should be used with extreme caution. Other antibiotics may be safer and just as effective in treating corals. For those who may be wondering: effluent from our coral systems flows into the sanitary sewer system, not into the ocean. Bruce Carlson Waikiki Aquarium From paulh at metrolink.net Sat Nov 9 16:29:46 1996 From: paulh at metrolink.net (Paul Hutley) Date: Sat, 09 Nov 96 16:29:46 Subject: Plankton Bloom in Caribbean Message-ID: <19961109202542875.AAA238@mlb2037.metrolink.net> Here is a E-Mail notice from my friend John Birk about a plankton bloom in the Caribbean Sea. I think this would be useful to someone. >>I noticed a plankton bloom covering every dive site > >in Antigua starting mon. oct. 28 , it has not yet > >abated as of nov. 6. This is the worst I have seen > >during my 25 years in Antigua. We have checked > >with other dive shops in the Caribbean, and this > >thing stretches at the very least from StVincent to > >StMartin and as wide as Antigua Barbuda, StKitts > >Nevis and to Barbados. > >1...Is this of interest to anyone? > >2...How far does this thing stretch? > >3...Are we seeing something new related to global > > warming. > >4...I would appreciate any info. > > > >John Birk > >Dive Antigua > >c/o Rex Halcyon Cove Resort > >P/O Box 251 Antigua > >West Indies > > > >Tel: 268-462-3483 > >Fax: 268-462-7787 > >email: birkj at candw.ag > > > Please also send any respones to me and John. John's email address is above. Thanks Paul Hutley *** paulh at metrolink.net /// Sysop FarPoint Station 91 BBS 1:374/98.9 /// From kido-ywf at caribsurf.com Sun Nov 10 15:51:06 1996 From: kido-ywf at caribsurf.com (kido) Date: Sun, 10 Nov 1996 16:51:06 -0400 Subject: Greenish water-reply from Grenadines Message-ID: <9611102051.AA10494@col2.caribsurf.com> >To: birkj at candw.ag >From: kido-ywf at caribsurf.com (kido) >Subject: Re:Greenish water-reply from Grenadines > >>To: paulh at metrolink.net (Paul Hutley) >>From: kido-ywf at caribsurf.com (kido) >>Subject: Re:Greenish water-reply from Grenadines >> >>Paul, >>Dr.David Patriquin of Dalhousie sent me your message >>Some info about what we know so far about the 'green water'. >>We will be happy to network with you, exchange data and information on environment etc at any time. >> >>Regards >>Dario Sandrini >> >>Kido Project Bio/Environmental Station >>Sanctuary, Carriacou, (Grenada) >>email kido-ywf at caribsurf.com >>Web page http://members.aol.com/ywf/home/kido.html >> >>>To: patriqui at is.dal.ca (David Patriquin) >> >>>From: kido-ywf at caribsurf.com (kido) >>>Subject: Re:Greenish water-reply from Grenadines >>> >>>Dave, >>>we can confirm the presence of the plankton and weeds in the area of the Grenada Bank. >>>This year unusually for the second time. >>>We are used to this yearly flow of greenish water: the phenomenon here is known to be related to the flooding of the Orinoco river during the rainy season from July: the mass of freshwater collects mud, nutrients and weeds etc from the inundated fields (Llanos) near the river proper and is pushed north past Trinidad to Tobago. In September we get bits and pieces of weeds, wood, and in 1910 an Orinoco crocodile landed in Grenada; in 1928 an exhausted alligator was beached in Windward, Carriacou, Grenadines of Grenada. >>> >>>This year we had the green water twice. Last week fishermen in the South of Grenada reported that it had already cleared, quite possibly currents took the lot up further North than usual, probably undergoing some biological changes. >>>Tanky, the Dive Operator in Carriacou reported of encountering murky, almost black water, mixed with plankton and algae, between 2 and 10 meters thick , like a wall; once past the bottom edge of the liquid wall the sea was perfectly clear again. >>> >>>It would be interesting to photograph/video tape the extent of the flow from our ultralight craft, and keep a detailed record of the changes every year. >>> >>>I am passing on the info to the other parties. >>> >>>Thanks and regards >>>Dario >>> >>> >>> >>> > From David.Booth at uts.edu.au Sun Nov 10 18:54:35 1996 From: David.Booth at uts.edu.au (David Booth) Date: Mon, 11 Nov 96 10:54:35 +1100 Subject: plankton bloom in Caribbean... Message-ID: <9611102354.AA00376@iris.bio.uts.edu.au> Large scale plankton blooms affected the US and British Virgin Islands around this time of year in 1992 that were attributed to the plume of the Orinoco River (yes that far away from Venezuela). The folks at Virgin Islands National Park (St. John, USVI) have more information on this phenomenon. I believe (if my memory is correct) that NOAA had some satalitte images tarcking the extent of the plume during 1992. I'll pass your message on to friends at VINP who will be able to fill you in on details. Gigi Beretta Here is a E-Mail notice from my friend John Birk about a plankton bloom in the Caribbean Sea. I think this would be useful to someone. >>I noticed a plankton bloom covering every dive site > >in Antigua starting mon. oct. 28 , it has not yet > >abated as of nov. 6. This is the worst I have seen > >during my 25 years in Antigua. We have checked > >with other dive shops in the Caribbean, and this > >thing stretches at the very least from StVincent to > >StMartin and as wide as Antigua Barbuda, StKitts > >Nevis and to Barbados. > >1...Is this of interest to anyone? > >2...How far does this thing stretch? > >3...Are we seeing something new related to global > > warming. > >4...I would appreciate any info. > > > >John Birk > >Dive Antigua > >c/o Rex Halcyon Cove Resort > >P/O Box 251 Antigua > >West Indies > > > >Tel: 268-462-3483 > >Fax: 268-462-7787 > >email: birkj at candw.ag > > > Please also send any respones to me and John. John's email address is above. Thanks David J. Booth Dept. of Environmental Biology and Horticulture University of Technology, Sydney Westbourne Street, Gore Hill NSW 2065 AUSTRALIA 'ph 02/9514 4053 Fax: 02/9514 4003 http://www.bio.uts.edu.au/people/dbooth/index.html From carla at dop.uac.pt Mon Nov 11 08:10:25 1996 From: carla at dop.uac.pt (Carla Correia) Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1996 13:10:25 GMT Subject: Ophioblennius research? Message-ID: <199611111310.NAA05464@dop.uac.pt> My name is Carla Correia, and I`m a portuguese Marine Biology student. Currently I am preparing my graduation thesis at the Department of Oceanography and Fisheries of the University of the Azores (Portugal). My area of research has been the Behavioral Ecology of Ophioblennius atlanticus atlanticus, in particular alloparental care. I would like to know if any of you out there have been working (or have worked) in anything similar. Best regards Carla Correia From carib at marine.usf.edu Mon Nov 11 14:16:52 1996 From: carib at marine.usf.edu (Frank Muller-Karger (U. South FLorida / Marine Sci.)) Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1996 14:16:52 -0500 (EST) Subject: plankton bloom in Caribbean... In-Reply-To: <9611102354.AA00376@iris.bio.uts.edu.au> Message-ID: David Booth is correct in stating that the Orinoco River plume reaches far and wide over the eastern Caribbean, especially during September-NOvember every year. We have clear evidence from satellite images from the Coastal Zone Color Scanner (CZCS) for the years 1979-1985 (the device stopped working in June 1986). The NOAA AVHRR is probably not useful to examine the Orinoco plume far off the coast of Venezuela, because it only has red and near-infrared channels. However, the Japanese launched the Ocean Color Temperature Sensor (OCTS) on their ADEOS satellite in August 1996. This device should have caught the phenomenon in the Caribbean. It would definitely be useful to tell whether the blooms described in the messages below are localized (or autochthonous), or whether they are associated with the dispersal of the Orinoco's water. We published the satellite data showing these patterns in several papers, in particular: Muller-Karger, F. E., C. R. McClain, T. R. Fisher, W. E. Esaias, and R. Varela. 1989. Pigment distribution in the Caribbean Sea: Observations from Space. Progress in Oceanography. 23. 23-69. Muller-Karger, F. E., C. R. McClain, and P. L. Richardson. 1988. The dispersal of the Amazon's water. Nature. 333. 56-59. Muller-Karger, F. E., and R. J. Varela. 1988. Variabilidad de la biomasa de fitoplancton en aguas superficiales del Mar Caribe: Una perspectiva desde el espacio con el CZCS. Memoria. Soc. Ciencias Naturales La Salle. Vol XLVIII. Supplement No. 3. 179-201. Muller-Karger, F. E. 1988. Pigment Variability in the Caribbean Sea: A study using the Coastal Zone Color Scanner. PhD. Dissertation. Horn Point Environmental Laboratories. University of Maryland. 218 pp. Muller-Karger, F. E., and R. Varela. 1990. Influjo del Rio Orinoco en el Mar Caribe: observaciones con el CZCS desde el espacio. Memoria. Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales La Salle. Caracas, Venezuela. Tomo IL, numero 131-132; Tomo L, numero 133-134. 361-390. Muller-Karger, F. E. 1993. River discharge variability in the wider Caribbean region including plume dispersal patterns observed with the Coastal Zone Color Scanner (CZCS). In: The Impact of Climate Change on the Wider Caribbean Region. G. Maul (editor). UNEP. Muller-Karger, F. E., and R. Aparicio. 1994. Mesoscale Processes Affecting Phytoplankton Abundance in the Southern Caribbean Sea. Continental Shelf Research. Continental Shelf Research. (14:2/3). 199-221. __________________________________ FMK ________________________________________ Frank Muller-Karger Remote Sensing/Biological Oceanogr. Department of Marine Science University of South Florida Phone: (813) 553-3335 (Off.) 140 7th Ave. South (813) 893-9186 (Lab.) St Petersburg, FL 33701 FAX: (813) 893-9103 << carib at carbon.marine.usf.edu >> _______________________________________________________________________________ On Mon, 11 Nov 1996, David Booth wrote: > Large scale plankton blooms affected the US and British Virgin Islands > around this time of year in 1992 that were attributed to the plume of the > Orinoco River (yes that far away from Venezuela). The folks at Virgin > Islands National Park (St. John, USVI) have more information on this > phenomenon. I believe (if my memory is correct) that NOAA had some > satalitte images tarcking the extent of the plume during 1992. I'll pass > your message on to friends at VINP who will be able to fill you in on details. > > Gigi Beretta > > > Here is a E-Mail notice from my friend John Birk about a plankton bloom in > the Caribbean Sea. I think > this would be useful to someone. > > >>I noticed a plankton bloom covering every dive site > > >in Antigua starting mon. oct. 28 , it has not yet > > >abated as of nov. 6. This is the worst I have seen > > >during my 25 years in Antigua. We have checked > > >with other dive shops in the Caribbean, and this > > >thing stretches at the very least from StVincent to > > >StMartin and as wide as Antigua Barbuda, StKitts > > >Nevis and to Barbados. > > >1...Is this of interest to anyone? > > >2...How far does this thing stretch? > > >3...Are we seeing something new related to global > > > warming. > > >4...I would appreciate any info. > > > > > >John Birk > > >Dive Antigua > > >c/o Rex Halcyon Cove Resort > > >P/O Box 251 Antigua > > >West Indies > > > > > >Tel: 268-462-3483 > > >Fax: 268-462-7787 > > >email: birkj at candw.ag > > > > > > > Please also send any respones to me and John. John's email address is above. > > Thanks > > David J. Booth > Dept. of Environmental Biology and Horticulture > University of Technology, Sydney > Westbourne Street, Gore Hill NSW 2065 > AUSTRALIA > 'ph 02/9514 4053 Fax: 02/9514 4003 > http://www.bio.uts.edu.au/people/dbooth/index.html > > > From J.MCMANUS at cgnet.com Tue Nov 12 14:17:00 1996 From: J.MCMANUS at cgnet.com (John McManus) Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 11:17:00 -0800 (PST) Subject: Reply to: Maria Milicich Message-ID: <3287F055@msm.cgnet.com> TO: Maria Milicich c/o Coral List FROM:Dr John W McManus, ReefBase Project Leader, ICLARM DATE:12 November 1996 Dear Maria, Thank you for your inquiries to ReefBase and to myself. We received all of them and replied to each within one working day, as is our usual policy. Unfortunately, it appears that there is some problem with your receiving email, at least from CGNET, our service. This may also explain your lack of response from WRI, although they use a different service. Fortunately, you included a mailing address. The answer to your inquiries have been mailed, and we have sent you a copy of the ReefBase CD-ROM and User's Guide, even if payment has not been received. Sincerely, Dr John W McManus ReefBase Project Leader Aquatic Environments Program ICLARM, Makati City P.S. For ALL CORAL-LIST READERS - please note that most inquiries regarding ReefBase should be addressed (as were some of Maria's) to : . Responses to email addressed to may be delayed while I am on duty travel. Thank you. From J.MCMANUS at cgnet.com Thu Nov 14 11:35:00 1996 From: J.MCMANUS at cgnet.com (John McManus) Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 08:35:00 -0800 (PST) Subject: No subject Message-ID: <328A700A@msm.cgnet.com> TO All Coral-Listers: ReefBase just put up a new section to its webpage which allows one to search our tables of references (over 6,400) and reef locations (over 6,500). It also displays the reef maps prepared by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre at global, regional and country levels. Ultimately we will put the entire database on the web, but there are still some technical difficulties awaiting the release of new programming tools. In the meantime, we would appreciate helpful suggestions as to how we can improve our web page. You can find the web page at . Please send your suggestions to Sincerely, Dr John W McManus ReefBase Project Leader Aquatic Environments Program International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM) 205 Salcedo Street, Legaspi Village, Makati City, 1229 Metro Manila Philippines Tel.No.: (63-2) 8180466; Fax No.: (63-2) 8163183 Email: From tsocci at usgcrp.gov Thu Nov 14 11:49:52 1996 From: tsocci at usgcrp.gov (Tony Socci) Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 11:49:52 -0500 Subject: Nov. 18th USGCRP Seminar on Sustainable Water Resources and Global Climate Change: With Emphasis on the Western U.S. Message-ID: U.S. Global Change Research Program Second Monday Seminar Series Sustainable Water Resources in the Next Century, With Special Reference to Global Climate Change and the Western U.S. What critical water issues face us as the 21st century approaches? How is the western U.S. particularly affected by projected trends in water availability, water use, and water partitioning? How might projected climate changes affect these trends and the economy in the western U.S.? Are there signs that climate change has already begun to alter water supplies in the West? What can we do to better prepare for the regional impacts of climate change on water resources? Public Invited Monday, November 18, 1996, 3:15-4:45 PM Rayburn House Office Bldg., Room B369, Washington, DC Reception Following INTRODUCTION Dr. Robert Hirsch, Chief Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior, Reston, VA. SPEAKERS Dr. Peter H. Gleick, Co-Founder and President, Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security, Oakland, CA. Dr. W. James Shuttleworth, Department of Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. Overview State of the World's Water and the Implications for the Western U.S. As of 1990 nearly 2 billion people worldwide lacked access to what the UN defines as clean drinking water and adequate sanitation services. The lack of these basic services led to an estimated 250 million cases of water-related disease annually, and between 5 and 10 million deaths, mostly of infants and small children. Yet we are falling behind in our race to provide these services and between 1990 and 2000 an estimated 900 million more people will be born in regions without access to adequate clean water. In addition, agricultural production is constrained by a lack of irrigation water or systems. Unless these problems are addressed, human suffering in the future will worsen. At the same time, nearly half of the world's land area is in an international river basin and most of these basins lack even the most fundamental agreements on equitable water sharing. This greatly increases the risks of conflicts over scarce water. There are also signs that we are falling behind in the race to provide adequate food for the world's growing population. The amount of land per capita that is under irrigation is falling for the first time in this century; this raises serious questions about our ability to provide food for a world of eight or nine or ten billion people, when we cannot reliably do so for a world of about six billion. While the United States is relatively water-rich, the western U.S. is a water-scarce region that is experiencing increasing competition for limited water supplies. Over the next several years, difficult decisions will have to be made about water allocations for agricultural production, urban development, and environmental protection. At the same time, new concerns about global climatic change and the possible consequences for regional water supplies and quality are complicating the challenge of planning and management. While the debate about global climate changes continues, there is a growing consensus that among the most significant impacts will be effects on water resources and water management. To date, however, there has been relatively little recognition of the potential for changes among water agencies and planners. Dr. Peter Gleick will offer an overview of critical global and regional water issues and place them in the context of achieving sustainable water management in the western United States in the next century. Managing a Changing World: A Personal Perspective As a follow-on perspective, Dr. James Shuttleworth will make the case that progress in global change research over the last decade has brought about the realization that at least some aspects of global climate change are likely to be manageable. This suggests that it would be productive and timely to refocus research within the US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) so as to provide an understanding of how to manage sustained development more effectively, recognizing that the world's climate will change. He will argue that the USGCRP is overly focused on predicting long term change in the globally-averaged surface temperature and that this is beyond the time horizon of those managing sustained development for the future. Dr. Shuttleworth will argue, therefore, that greater emphasis should be given to understanding and predicting phenomena such as regional precipitation patterns and characteristics. He will suggest that focusing research on predicting likely changes in precipitation statistics over the next 30 years and on predicting precipitation for the next 18 months would directly align the USGCRP with sustainable development needs. On the basis of these arguments, Dr. Shuttleworth will propose that the USGCRP take the following actions: First, develop predictions of the rate of changes in water resources for the US and the rest of the world. Second, encourage use of a planning period for all US water development projects that recognizes the relative magnitudes of the predicted gradual change in regional precipitation and the predicted short term variability in precipitation. Third, define as a policy goal maintaining the rate of global change such that the human-induced change in precipitation remains small compared to natural variability. Finally, refocus global change research on predicting the variability and change in regional precipitation over the next 30 years. Biographies Dr. Peter H. Gleick is Co-Founder and President of the Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security in Oakland, California. Dr. Gleick was educated at Yale University and the Energy and Resources Group of the University of California, Berkeley. He is a leading expert on global freshwater issues, environmental security problems, and the impacts of climatic change on fresh water resources. His research includes work on the sustainable use of water, water conflicts in the Middle East, water planning in California, the western US, and internationally, and the connections between water, population, and development. He serves on a variety of national and international environmental panels, including the Scientific Advisory Group of the President's Council on Sustainable Development, the Global Environmental Change Committee of the American Geophysical Union, and the Comprehensive Freshwater Assessment of the United Nations. Dr. Gleick received a MacArthur Foundation post-doctoral fellowship in 1986 to study the impacts of the greenhouse effect on water resources, and a MacArthur Foundation Research and Writing Fellowship in 1988 to explore the implications of global environmental changes with respect to water and international security. He currently directs programs at the Pacific Institute looking at the links between global environmental issues and international security and at a wide range of water-resources problems, including the sustainable use of water, basic water requirements for human and environmental use, water quality, and the history and nature of disputes over water in the Middle East and the western U.S. His book, Water in Crisis: A Guide to the World's Fresh Water Resources, was published by Oxford University Press in late 1993. Dr. W. James Shuttleworth is an internationally recognized expert in the theory and modeling of land surface-atmosphere interactions. Over the last decade he has led two major Anglo-Brazilian field experiments in the Amazon basin. As member and then Chair of the IGBP/WCRP Joint Working Group on Land Surface Experiments, he coordinated large-scale, multinational field experiments in France, Spain and the Sahel. His current interests include research into the improved representation of land surface interactions in General Circulation Models and, in particular, on developing methods to assimilate remotely sensed soil moisture into hydrological models and on using remotely sensed data to improve the description of mixed vegetation. He is presently engaged in collaborative research projects with both the National Center for Environmental Prediction and the European Center for Medium-range Weather Forecasting to improve weather and climate prediction and to facilitate the interpretation of predictions in water resource applications. Dr. Shuttleworth obtained his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in physics from the University of Manchester (UK) where, in 1993, he was awarded an honorary doctorate degree in science. He later served as Head of the Hydrological Processes Division at the UK Institute of Hydrology. Since 1993, he has served as Professor of Hydrometeorology at the University of Arizona. He is a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society, the Royal Meteorological Society and the European Geophysical Society. Professor Shuttleworth serves on the National Research Council's (NRC) Committee on Global Change Research and on the NRC's Global Ocean-Atmosphere-Land System Panel. He is active in the International Geosphere Biosphere Program (IGBP) as Focus Chair in their core project 'Biospheric Aspects of the Hydrological Cycle', and in the World Climate Research Program (WCRP) as leader of the research initiative on Coupled Hydrologic-Atmospheric Models within the Global Energy and Water-Cycle Experiment Continental-Scale International Project. The Next Seminar is scheduled for Monday, December 9, 1996 Planned Topic - The Economics of Climate Change Impacts and Mitigation: The Importance of Values and Assumptions For more information please contact: Anthony D. Socci, Ph.D., U.S. Global Change Research Program Office Code YS-1, 300 E St., SW, Washington, DC 20546 Telephone: (202) 358-1532; Fax: (202) 358-4103 E-Mail: TSOCCI at USGCRP.GOV. Additional information on the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) and this Seminar Series is available on the USGCRP Home Page at: http://www.usgcrp.gov. Normally these seminars are held on the second Monday of each month. From ljr5 at cornell.edu Thu Nov 14 17:06:09 1996 From: ljr5 at cornell.edu (Laurie Jeanne Raymundo) Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 17:06:09 -0500 (EST) Subject: coral disease in the Philippines Message-ID: To anybody out there: I am currently transplanting fragments of Porites attenuata (a branching sp.) between two reefs in the central philippines. I seem to have come across a disease in some of my fragments (about 10%) in one site. Symptoms are: initial white bleachy spots, about 4-5mm in diameter, followed (weeks to a month later, but not always) by nodules of about the same size which develop and grow outward from the area of the spots. The fragments then take on a lumpy, misshapen appearance. No mortalities so far. I have also seen the spots on a massive porites. I have no information on this at all and would appreciate any comments/suggested readings/ information that anyone could pass on. thanks Laurie Raymundo From SWells at wwfnet.org Fri Nov 15 08:40:23 1996 From: SWells at wwfnet.org (Susan WELLS) Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 14:40:23 +0100 Subject: IYOR update - November Message-ID: INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE REEF ACTIVITIES COMPLETED OR UNDERWAY - NOVEMBER 1996 The following is a selection of IYOR linked-activities that are underway or being planned worldwide. The October update missed out a number of important ones. Please also note change of e-mail address if you need IYOR information from the Coral Reef Alliance: IYOR1997 at aol.com If your activities are not included, contact one of the organisers (see below). International June 1996: IYOR introduced at the 8th International Coral Reef Symposium in Panama; over 1400 participants, including many of the world's top coral reef scientists, signed the IYOR pledge of support. A press event provided coverage for IYOR in Latin America and the Caribbean. 1996: Several thousand IYOR leaflets are being or have been distributed worldwide, including 2000 at the 8th International Coral Reef Congress, Panama, 8000 through the UK-based Marine Conservation Society's mailing list, 1500 through Coral Cay Conservation's list of past volunteers, 1400 through the Natural History Museum, London, and several hundred through the American Zoo and Aquarium Association and the IUCN Marine and Coastal Programme. 1996: IYOR information packs distributed at World Conservation Congress, Montreal (see below), at through WWF network; plans for broader dissemination being made. 1996: IYOR Web Page established: http://www.coral.org/IYOR/ 1996: Educational poster map on *Coral Reefs and Mangroves of the World'produced by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre, in English and Spanish, and distributed worldwide. Contact: Mark Spalding, WCMC, Fax (44) 1223-277136; e-mail: mark.spalding at wcmc.org.uk October 1996 - IUCN World Conservation Congress, Montreal - IYOR and ICRI evening event held to inform and encourage the involvement of NGOs around the world; press briefing on coral reefs and IYOR. The IUCN Marine and Coastal Programme web site includes ICRI and IYOR information and links which can be contacted either through: * the IUCN Site at http://iucn.org looking for "Marine and Coastal Programme" under "Themes" * the IUCN Marine and Coastal Programme Site directly at http://iucn.org/themes/coast_and_marine.html 1996: ReefBase, a global database on coral reefs, made available on CD-ROM, with a comprehensive manual. Contact: John McManus, ICLARM, fax (63) 2-816-3183; e-mail: J.MCMANUS at CGNET.COM 1996: Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCMRN) launched. Brochure and further information is available from: C.Wilkinson at pearl.aims.gov.au 1997: a series of 52 coral reef story ideas will be syndicated through major international media channels, through a joint initiative of IUCN and the US Dept of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The text for this Media Outreach Proposal can be found at the following URL: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/bulls/52final.html For more information and, if you would like to submit a story idea, please contact: Matt Stout, NOAA, Tel. (202) 482-6090; Fax (202) 482-3154; e-mail: mstout at rdc.noaa.gov or Paul Holthus, IUCN, Tel: (41) 22-9990251; Fax (41) 22-999-0025; e-mail: pfh at hq.iucn.org 1997: Reef Check 97 - a one day, rapid survey of basic coral reef health parameters by non-scientist diver groups at over 100 sites globally. The results will be presented via a live international satellite video link-up. 70 groups have already agreed to participate. Protocols are currently being tested in Hong Kong, the Solomons and other locations. Further details available after 1 December 1996 from: Shaun Wadell, The Hong Kong Marine Conservation Society Mail: PO Box 10165, Central, Hong Kong Fax: (852) 2548-9464 e-mail: HRDUBWD at HKUCC.HKU.HK 1997: Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), an 18 member forum on trade and cooperation, will be holding a technical workshop on the 'upstream' causes of reef destruction in the fisheries sector and potential solutions, at the Eighth APEC Fisheries Working Group meeting (Mazatlan, Mexico) and a four-day workshop on the 'downstream' impacts of reef destructive fishing in Hong Kong (October ). Pacific February 1997: launch of the *1997 Pacific Year of the Coral Reef' (PYOCR), as part of the ICRI Pacific Regional Strategy, in conjunction with IYOR, and with the assistance of the South Pacific Regional Environmental Programme. 17 countries are participating and more are expected to join. The PYOR slogan is *Coral Reefs: Their Health, Our Future* and a competition is being held to design the logo. Further information from Lucille Overhoff or Iosefatu Reti, SPREP, Apia, Western Samoa, Fax 685-20231. E-mail: lucille at pactok.peg.apc.org 1997: The 8th Pacific Science Association's Intercongress in Fiji will feature a report and review of assessment work and surveys carried out in the Pacific under the auspices of IYOR. Contact: Dr Charles Birkeland, UOG Marine Laboratory, Guam. E-mail: birkelan at uog9.uog.edu Australia August 15-30 1996: *Save the Reef' internet art auction, with works of art donated by prominent Australian artists, organised by Sydney University to raise money for the Coral Reef Research Institute, and its research on the Great Barrier Reef. 1997: programmes expected to be developed through the Great Barrier Reef Aquarium and Australian Marine Conservation Society Further information on IYOR activities in Australia from: Will Jones, Coral Reef Research Institute, University of Sydney. Tel: (61) 2 9351 5636; Fax (61) 2 9351 4119; e-mail: esi at bio.syd.edu.au Western Indian Ocean 1997: research and conservation programme to be established through the Coral Reef Conservation Project of the Wildlife Conservation Society, based out of Mombasa, with funding from the Pew Charitable Trust. A workshop to develop the programme will be held in February 1977. Contact: Tim McClanahan, Coral Reef Conservation Project, WCS, Mombasa, Kenya Fax (254) 11 472215. South-east Asia Philippines September 1996: First IYOR Philippines organizational meeting organised by ICLARM; attended by 34 representatives from academia, government, NGOs and the private sector. An interim coordinating council was established, composed of representatives from the Haribon Foundation, NAUI Philippines, UP Marine Science Institute, the Philippine Council for Aquatic and Marine Resources Development (PCMARD), and the Philippine Sports and SCUBA Diving Association. For further information contact: ICLARM, e-mail: ICLARM at CGNET.COM or Dir. Cesario R. Pagdilao, PCMARD, Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines. FAX: 094-536-1582 November 1996: resurvey of reefs previously impacted by sediment at El Nido/Bacuit Bay. Contact: Gregor Hodgson, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Fax: e-mail: rcgregor at usthk.ust.hk Hong Kong October 1996: IYOR to be promoted at First International Marine Conservation Symposium. 1997: Reef Check 97 event being organised For information on activities in Hong Kong, contact: Gregor Hodgson, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Fax: (852) 2358-1582; e-mail: rcgregor at usthk.ust.hk or Shaun Wadell, The Hong Kong Marine Conservation Society Fax: (852) 2548-9464 e-mail: HRDUBWD at HKUCC.HKU.HK Malaysia IYOR Steering Committee has been established, chaired by Department of Fisheries and with NGO participation; WWF Malaysia head a Task Force on Education. Further information from: Lim Li Ching, WWF Malaysia. E-mail: wwfmal at pop.jaring.my Fax: (603) 7035157 USA September 1996: IYOR information distributed at American Zoo and Aquarium Association (AZA) Annual Congress, Waikiki Aquarium, Honolulu, Hawaii, with preview of Coral Reef Photography Exhibition. November 1996: Press Club - *Coral Reef Media Forum' background briefing for science writers and correspondents on major US newspapers, magazines and television stations, sponsored by NOAA and Baltimore Aquarium, and with CORAL, TNC and WWF-US. Further information from National Aquarium in Baltimore. Tel. 410-659-4248; Fax 410-659-4253. December 1996: "Nuestros Arrecifes/Unidos por el Caribe; Our Reefs/Caribbean Connections", the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's bilingual traveling exhibit (see Panama below) is expected to open for three months at the Miami International Airport. 1996: IYOR Educational Resource List prepared by Coral Forest. For information, contact: coral at igc.apc.org or fax 415-398-0385 1996/97: Ongoing activities at National Aquarium, Baltimore. Contact: Chris Andrews, Fax: (410) 576 1080; e-mail: candrews at clark.net 199671997: Center for Ecosystem Survival, San Fransico. *Adopt-a-Reef' programme, started 1995, will be holding fundraising drives at schools, aquariums, zoos etc throughout IYOR. Contact Norman Gershenz: Tel 415-338-3393; e-mail: gershenz at sfsu.edu January-March 1997: IYOR inaugurations in Miami and San Francisco January 1997: IYOR booth/event at DEMA dive show, Orlando, Florida 1997: PBS half hour episode on coral reefs in the series *The Visionaries'; will show work underway in Palau and through CORAL. 1997 IYOR Calendar produced by CORAL (Coral Reef Alliance) 1997: Events organised through public aquariums will include: * Poster contest for children, sponsored by AZA, Waikiki Aquarium and others, * Munson Foundation award to be given for best coral reef conservation displays at public aquaria; * public service announcement, organised through AZA, on coral reefs for kids featuring TV stars *The Kratz Brothers'. * joint program on marine conservation 1997: travelling coral reef photography exhibition will visit zoos and aquariums, organized by CORAL. June 1997: Clean Oceans 97 conference in Hawaii on Oceans Day will focus on reefs in order to promote IYOR, with Bobby Kennedy Jr. as keynote speaker. Further information from: Carl Stepath, Fax (808) 826-7770; e-mail: sos at ALOHA.NET Further information on US activities from Stephen Colwell (address below) Europe United Kingdom 21 September- 17 November 1996: Natural History Museum/Coral Cay Conservation photographic exhibition Coral Reefs, Threats and Conservation, with children's 2-day educational weekend at the museum with presentations, film shows and educational activities 1996: IYOR T-shirt produced by Seven-Tenths dive wear company, with proportion of sales to go to reef conservation projects. 1996-97: Marine Conservation Society is producing a series of leaflets and educational materials specifically for IYOR January 1997: national launch of IYOR at London Zoo, in conjunction with Sea Life Centres, with David Bellamy (British conservationist and TV personality). Simultaneous events at other locations. January 1997: IYOR publicity at *Destinations *97' (the UK's biggest travel show), with David Bellamy, to encourage the travel industry to support IYOR 1997: Coral Reef Award: a special award for a coral reef project in the BP Conservation Programme, run by Royal Geographical Society /Birdlife International/Fauna and Flora International. Information from: Expeditions Officer, Birdlife International, Wellbrook Court, Girton Rd, Cambridge CB3 ONA, UK. Tel. 44-1223-277318; Fax: 44-1223-277200. 1997: the British Society of Underwater Photographers will stage a special competion for a portfolio of six slides devoted to a theme relevant to IYOR and coral reefs. 1997: The BBC will be preparing a programme on coral reefs a part of its forthcoming *Oceans' series 1997: production of reef survey method handbook for volunteer programmes. For further information, contact: Nick Dulvy, University of East Anglia, e-mail: N.DULVY at UEA.AC.UK Further information on UK activities from UK Organising Committee; contact Vanesssa Guest (e-mail: 101341.16 at compuserve.com) and Liz Wood, Marine Conservation Society, Hollybush, Chequers Lane, Eversley, Hook, Hants RG27 ONY. Tel. (44) 1734-734127; Fax: (44) 1734-731832; e-mail: ewood at globalnet.co.uk Germany October 1996: IYOR initiative launched at German Science Foundation (DFG) meeting on *Global and Regional Controls on Biogenic Information', Goettingen and a German IYOR Committee has been formed with the support of the Universities of Stuttgart, Goettingen, Essen, and Erlangen, GEOMAR, and the Senckenberg Museum. Other organisations supporting IYOR include the Zoological Gardens, WITUS (Scientific Diving Group of Univ. Stuttgart), PADI Europe, Baltic Dive Center, and other dive organisations, schools etc. January 1997: launch of IYOR in Germany at the *BOOT' diving exhibition with public lecture by Hans Hass. 1997: reef exhibition, based on work of DFG, at Senckenberg Museum; subsequently to tour other museums and exhibitions halls Spring 1997: courses on reefs at selected high schools in northern Germany; similar activities at other schools in preparation. A German Web page has been set up http://www.uni-stuttgart.de/UNIuser/igps/IYOR Further information on activities in Germany from: Moshira Hassan, GEOMAR Research Center for Marine Geosciences, Kiel Fax: (49) 431-6002941; e-mail: mhassan at geomar.de Reinhold Leinfelder, University of Stuttgart, Fax (49) 711-1211341; tel. (49) 711-1211340; e-mail: reinhold.leinfelder at po.uni-stuttgart.de Felix Gunkel, Univeristy of Gottingen, e-mail: fgunkel at gwdg.de Caribbean and Latin America Bahamas 1996: assessment of the Andros Barrier Reef and re-survey of reefs studied in 1960s at Abaco Island. 1997: One day *Reef Check 97' event, to participate in global event (see above). Contact: Bill Alevizon e-mail:alevizon at IGC.APC.ORG Colombia 1996: IYOR committee being established through INVEMAR and Museo del Mar; plans to produce poster, stickers, colouring book and atlas of reefs of Colombia. Further information from: Juan M. Diaz, INVEMAR, Fax: (57) 54-211377: e-mail: jmdiaz at santamarta.cetcol.net.co Mexico 1996: Plans for IYOR Committee to be established through CINVESTAV Panama June 1996: "Nuestros Arrecifes/Unidos por el Caribe; Our Reefs/Caribbean Connections", the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's bilingual (Spanish/English) traveling exhibit, with its focus on attempts to preserve or restore regional marine ecosystems, opened in Panama City at the 8th International Coral Reef Symposium. August-November 1996: "Caribbean Connections" is relocated to the Centro de Exhibiciones Marinas, Punta Culebra, and is open to the public. April 1997: The "Caribbean Connections" exhibit is expected to initiate its travels throughout Central America and the Caribbean. If you need further information on the events listed above, please contact the organisers directly where details have been provided. Further general information on IYOR is available from: Stephen Colwell, Co-chair, IYOR Public Awareness and Conservation Committee, c/o Coral Reef Alliance (CORAL), 809 Delaware St, Berkeley, CA 94710, USA. Fax 510-528-9317; Tel: 510-528-2492; e-mail: IYOR1997 at aol.com Robert Ginsburg, Chair, IYOR Organising Committee, University of Miami/RSMAS, 4600 Rickenbacker Cswy., Miami, FL 33149, USA. Fax 305-361-4094; Tel. 305-361-4875. E-mail: rginsburg at rsmas.miami.edu Sue Wells, Co-Chair, IYOR Public Awareness and Conservation Committee, WWF-International, Ave du Mont Blanc, 1196 Gland, Switzerland. Fax: (41) 22-364-5829; Tel: (41) 22-364-9545; e-mail: swells at wwfnet.org From greta at hawaii.edu Mon Nov 18 16:09:38 1996 From: greta at hawaii.edu (Greta Smith Aeby) Date: Mon, 18 Nov 1996 11:09:38 -1000 Subject: coral disease in the Philippines In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Laurie, I work on a trematode which encysts in Porites coral and does produce abnormalities within the coral. Do the spots ever turn pink? How big do the nodules eventually become? Is the lumpy appearance due to the coral polyp swelling up? If it is the parasite I work on you can take a pair of forceps and scrape the swollen, infected tissue off and smear it on a microscope slide and you should be able to find a small, distinct 'bubble'. This is the encysted trematode. Let me know if it is. If you are interested I have published some stuff on this system. Greta On Thu, 14 Nov 1996, Laurie Jeanne Raymundo wrote: > To anybody out there: I am currently transplanting fragments of Porites > attenuata (a branching sp.) between two reefs in the central philippines. > I seem to have come across a disease in some of my fragments (about 10%) in > one site. Symptoms are: initial white bleachy spots, about 4-5mm in > diameter, followed (weeks to a month later, but not always) by nodules of > about the same size which develop and grow outward from the area of the > spots. The fragments then take on a lumpy, misshapen appearance. No > mortalities so far. I have also seen the spots on a massive porites. I > have no information on this at all and would appreciate any > comments/suggested readings/ information that anyone could pass on. > > thanks > > Laurie Raymundo > > > From howzit at io.org Mon Nov 18 21:57:55 1996 From: howzit at io.org (Ursula Keuper-Bennett) Date: Mon, 18 Nov 1996 21:57:55 -0500 (EST) Subject: Deadman's Bay, British Virgin Islands Message-ID: <1.5.4.16.19961118230156.0d47bbe0@io.org> Hello, My primary interest is sea turtles. I hang out here because I recognize how important coral reef research is to the animals I care about. I have made it a goal to learn more about the environment in certain parts of the world where green sea turtles are sick. Another new site just came to my attention. The area is called Deadman's Bay, British Virgin Islands. It is described as "a large bay and includes vast areas of sea grass". I have spent most of this evening surfing the Net for the state of the reefs in this particular area. All I got is just the faintest hint there might be some problems environmentally. Any help would be really appreciated. Thanks in advance. ^ Ursula Keuper-Bennett 0 0 Email: howzit at io.org /V^\ I I /^V\ /V Turtle Trax V\ http://www.turtles.org PLEASE SUPPORT Green Turtle Fibropapilloma RESEARCH From rosaer at mar.icmyl.unam.mx Tue Nov 19 08:43:48 1996 From: rosaer at mar.icmyl.unam.mx (Rosa Elisa Rodriguez) Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 07:43:48 -0600 (CST) Subject: Need a video for IYOR educational program (fwd) Message-ID: In the State of Quintana Roo, Mexico several NGO's are organizing an educational program for the International Year of the Reef. We are looking for a video that can help us explain the following subjects: What is a coral reef. What is a coral Why are coral reefs important What human activities are detrimental to coral reefs How can we help to conserve coral reefs Any information will be helpful. Please reply directly to me. Biol. Rosa Rodriguez Ap. Postal 1174 Cancun, Q. Roo, Mexico Tel (987) 102-19 Fax (987) 101-38 e-mail: rosaer at mar.icmyl.unam.mx From POTTS.KENNARD at epamail.epa.gov Tue Nov 19 14:27:54 1996 From: POTTS.KENNARD at epamail.epa.gov (KENNARD POTTS) Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 14:27:54 -0500 Subject: Need a video for IYOR educational program (fwd) -Reply Message-ID: An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: not available Url: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/19961119/38acdef3/attachment.pl From nolan at cyberlearn.com Tue Nov 19 15:32:05 1996 From: nolan at cyberlearn.com (Ron S. Nolan) Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 12:32:05 -0800 (PST) Subject: Coral Reef Education Videos Message-ID: Greetings, Although not a video, we have a CD-ROM called Coral Kingdom which thematically explores the ecology of coral reefs as well as human impacts. This title synthesizes much of my understanding of reefs based upon doctoral studies at Enewetak and later work in Hawaii--before becoming a producer rather than researcher. Coral Kingdom comes with a 180 page teacher guide and is actively used by a very wide range of educators from middle school through college level courses. If you belong to the NABT, the last issue carried a review. You can check it out at. The CyberLearning Collection, http://www.cyberlearn.com Regards nolan Digital Studios/CyberLearning Collection From crompton at hawaii.edu Tue Nov 19 15:52:54 1996 From: crompton at hawaii.edu (W Douglas Crompton) Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 10:52:54 -1000 Subject: Deadman's Bay, British Virgin Islands In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.16.19961118230156.0d47bbe0@io.org> Message-ID: Aloha Ursula, You might try to contact Joe Giocinto at one of his shops. He runs several dive shops in the BVI. The company is called "Dive BVI" ofcourse. He advertises in most diving magazines. He should have a good idea of the reefs condition. He's been diving those waters since the sixties. Say hello for me. Douglas Crompton From trath at btl.net Tue Nov 19 17:12:56 1996 From: trath at btl.net (Tony Rath) Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 16:12:56 -0600 Subject: Need a video for IYOR educational program (fwd) Message-ID: >>In the State of Quintana Roo, Mexico several NGO's are organizing an >>educational program for the International Year of the Reef. We are >>looking for a video that can help us explain the following subjects: >> >> >>What is a coral reef. >>What is a coral >> >>Why are coral reefs important >>What human activities are detrimental to coral reefs >>How can we help to conserve coral reefs >> >>Any information will be helpful. >> >>Please reply directly to me. We have two videos designed for the gradeschool market and one for the high school market. The images all come from the Belize Barrier Reef which is in your neck of the woods. They are available through the Earth Foundation. They can be reached at: EarthFound at aol.com Good Luck and let me know if you have any trouble. I might have a spare copy lying around here to lend you. Tony Rath Creative Director -------------------------------------------------------------- Visit Belize by Naturalight at: http://www.belizenet.com/ for your complete source of information about coral reefs, rainforest, Mayan ruins, ecotourism, weather, weekly newspaper, and so much more. Not just another website... but a work of art. From basil at i-manila.com.ph Wed Nov 20 15:16:09 1996 From: basil at i-manila.com.ph (Basil Reyes) Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 12:16:09 -0800 Subject: Giant Clams Message-ID: <3.0.32.19961120121507.00687b7c@i-manila.com.ph> Hi! I'm Ly-ann and I am doing my masteral thesis on the reproduction of giant clams at the Marine Science Inst. of the University of the Phils. This study is aimed to check on the effects of dissolved inorganic nitrogen and live algae on the reproductive development of giant clams. I would just like to ask for some references that deal with the the use of protein, carbohydrates and lipid concentrations in relation to the stage of gonad development, in particular on bivalves. I used Tetraselmis sp. as the live algal supplement, so, if there are papers around on its nutritional value, I would appreciate a copy. From coral at aoml.noaa.gov Wed Nov 20 10:09:07 1996 From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 10:09:07 -0500 (EST) Subject: IYOR: Guidelines, Handbooks and 'Tools' Message-ID: Sue Wells' extremely informative "Guidelines, Handbooks and 'Tools' for Coral Reef Management", produced in support of the International Year of the Reef, may now be found on the Web at: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/themes/themes.html From coral at aoml.noaa.gov Wed Nov 20 09:32:07 1996 From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 09:32:07 -0500 (EST) Subject: cfp: RECOVERIES '97 Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 18 Nov 1996 09:36:55 +0100 From: Petr Cejchan To: hendee at aoml.noaa.gov Subject: cfp: RECOVERIES '97 Please forward this message to your colleagues or other persons of interest! FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT - CALL FOR PARTICIPATION - CALL FOR PAPERS %%%%%%%%%%%%%% RECOVERIES '97 %%%%%%%%%%%%%% The final meeting of the UNESCO IGCP Project 335 "Biotic Recoveries from Mass Exctinctions" September 12-14, 1997 Prague, Czech Republic _______________________________________ _________ PLEASE, POINT YOUR WWW BROWSER TO: http://www.gli.cas.cz/conf/recovery/recovery.ht m _______________________________________ _________ About the project In the history of the Earth (including the recent), numerous events of ecosystem collapses occurred that were followed by recoveries and origination of new ecosystems. This significant transformation could be realised in numerous ways. The project aims to be a platform for the study of survival and recovery of the biosphere, and restructuring of global environments, following mass extinctions. The project outlines are: (1) to study patterns of extinction/survivorship of organisms during the mass extinction events; (2) to analyse the evolutionary and ecological strategies that allowed clades and communities to survive and initiate subsequent biotic recoveries; (3) to study the structure of the deep-crisis ecosystem; (4) to elucidate the recovery initiation mechanisms; (5) to find the time, space and functional patterns of the recovery; (6) to refine the data and tools for this discipline; (7) to develop general models by means of comparison of individual global crises in Earth's history; (8) to apply these (predictive) models to better understanding the modern environmental and biodiversity crises. This international project is headed by Douglas H. Erwin, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., and Erle G. Kauffman, University of Colorado, Boulder. Over sixty countries are involved in the project. Audience The meeting should bring together palaeobiologists, palaeontologists, biologists, ecologists, systems theorists, and other persons that are interested in the topic. Organisers The conference is held under the auspices of the Geological Institute, Academy of Sciences, and is organised by: Petr Cejchan & Jindrich Hladil Geological Institute, Academy of Sciences Rozvojova 135 CZ 165 02 Praha 6 Lysolaje Czech Republic Venue The conference will be held at the new IKEM Conference Building, Videnska 800, Prague 4, Czech Republic, two bus-stops away from the Metro line C station "Kacerov", ca. 20 minutes off the city centre. Programme September 10 registration of pre- excursionists (afternoon) September 11 pre-session excursion to the Cretaceous of Bohemia; registration (afternoon) September 12 sessions September 13 sessions; banquet in the evening September 14 sessions September 15 -16 post-session excursion to the Palaeozoic of the Barrandian Accommodation (US$ per person & night) To reserve the hotel room, you will be asked to pay for accommodation before July 31, 1997. high-level **** A - single 185 B - double 111 medium *** C - single 70 D - double 50 E - apartment double 57 F - apartment triple 44 cheap ** G - single (in 2x single apartment ) 27 H- double (in 2x double apartment ) 20 I - apartment double 27 Deadlines pre-registration (WWW or printed form) January 31, 1997 abstracts May 31, 1997 following items are valid only when paid before the specified date: early registration and excursions May 31, 1997 late registration and excursions September 12, 1997 hotel reservation & payment July 31, 1997 Payments (US$) early registration (before May 31, 1997) late registration (after May 31, 1997) registration fee 250 300 registration student fee 175 210 pre-session excursion 50 60 post-session excursion 100 120 accompanying persons 150 180 Contacts Please, direct all your correspondence related to the conference to the Conference Manager: Petra Hovorkova, Recoveries '97 Eurocongress Centre Budejovicka 15 CZ 140 00 Praha 4 fax +42-2-61211247 For conference update and details on the programme please consult: http://www.gli.cas.cz/conf/recovery/recovery.ht m e-mail: recovery at gli.cas.cz Equipment The conference hall will be professionally equipped, including: two projection screens two 35 mm slide projectors one overhead projector computer presentation projection (Windows 95 + MS Power Point) video projection (VHS only) microphones. The poster presentation room will be equipped with poster panels and will be available during all the session days. Abstracts Abstracts should be submitted before May 31, 1997, preferably as plain text on a DOS- formatted diskette. The abstract book will be included with the conference materials. Persons interested in obtaining the abstracts in advance can order the DOS-formatted diskette with abstracts for US$ 25 (after July 1, 1997). Contributions The conference will result in a refereed proceedings book (not included with the conference materials). Authors should submit their contributions to the conference proceedings book by September 12, 1997, i.e., by the beginning of the sessions. Authors are asked to provide the text on a DOS-diskette, together with a paper proof. Student support 3% of the conference budget will be used to support a limited number of student participants at lower fee. Students (undergraduate & graduate) must supply a certificate of their student status together with the pre-registration form. Pre-register soon to take the advantage of student support. Banquet is not included in student fee, however, other aspects do not differ from ordinary participants' ones. Pre-registration Please, use the pre-registration form included here, or the electronic pre-registration feature at http://www.gli.cas.cz/conf/recovery/preform.htm to let us know about your interest and your preferences. You will be included with our mailing list. Your pre-registration will help us to estimate the real needs of the conference, as well as keep you informed. Second announcement The responders to the first announcement will obtain the second announcement (registration form, hotel reservation form & call for papers) during February, 1997. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% PRE-REGISTRATION FORM %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Please complete and return to: Petra Hovorkova Recoveries '97 Eurocongress Centre Budejovicka 15 CZ 140 00 Praha 4 fax +42-2-61211247 Forename: Initial(s): Surname: Title: Sex [M/F]: Affiliation: Address[street]: City: Post/Zip code: Country: State/Province: Phone: Fax: E- mail: Please tick: I shall attend possibly probably almost certainly, and I intend to be accompanied by one two three more accompanying persons [x $150] I want to apply for a student fee [$175] and I am enclosing a copy of my student status certificate (required) yes - no I intend to give a lecture yes - no I want to present a poster yes - no I intend to submit an abstract entitled: I intend to join the one-day pre-session field trip [$50] yes - no I intend to join the two-days post-session field trip [$100] yes - no I would like to have dinners at the Conference Restaurant [booking only] yes - no I would like this type of accommodation (see above): A B C D E F G H I Other requirements (please specify): I agree with putting my name onto a publicly accessible electronic list of participants on the Web yes - no Please forward this message to your colleagues or other persons of interest! From hendee at aoml.noaa.gov Thu Nov 21 08:33:02 1996 From: hendee at aoml.noaa.gov (James C. Hendee) Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 08:33:02 -0500 (EST) Subject: fwd: Greenwire 11/18 story on coral reefs (fwd) Message-ID: ------------- Original Text From: Howard S. Marks at LA@NOAA, on 11/19/96 4:48 PM: To: Arthur E. Paterson at IntlAff@NOAA Cc: David S. Jansen at LA@NOAA *23 PHILIPPINES: CORAL REEFS RAVAGED BY IMPOVERISHED FISHERS "Local poverty and local politics" are working together to cause the destruction of coral reefs in the Philippines, as poor fishers are forced to rely on environmentally damaging fishing methods for survival, reports US NEWS & WORLD REPORT. Impoverished fishers in the Philippines often catch fish in coral reef areas by detonating dynamite, spraying cyanide and pounding reefs with rocks and crowbars to scare fish out (GREENWIRE, 10/31/95). The methods are "horrifically effective,"yielding huge amounts of fish, but ruining reefs. Although the Philippine government "long ago" outlawed blast and cyanide fishing, the practices continue because of a lack of enforcement and a fear of retribution from illegal fishers. Also, because of extreme poverty and population pressures, "the choice for many [fishers] each day is not between illegal and legal fishing methods but between eating and going hungry." USAID PROGRAM AIMS TO HELP The US Agency for Int'l Development has begun a $21 million Coastal Resources Management Project to help combat the problem. It aims to put 10, 000 miles of Philippine coastline under sustainable management, and eventually "create a local political coalition with a common interest in preserving the coastal environment and strong enough to defeat those who make money destroying it" (Steven Butler, US NEWS & WORLD REPORT, 11/25 issue). From coral at aoml.noaa.gov Thu Nov 21 08:36:01 1996 From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 08:36:01 -0500 (EST) Subject: Septic Graywater & Reef Health (fwd) Message-ID: Forwarded message: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 08:06:42 +0800 From: DON BAKER To: coral at aoml.noaa.gov Subject: Septic Graywater & Reef Health Dear CoralList Members, With the increase of tourist resort development throughout the tropical world - even though these resorts may stress being "eco-friendly" - there is a problem with a simple fact of human existence near a reef; flushing toilets. Certainly a few people may be acceptable but add a resort with 80 rooms situated on a reef platform without a suitable "graywater" distribution and collection system - and having 80% annual occupancy....... In ref. [Walker and Ormond 1982]; eutrophication because of wastewater affection....can anyone else on this list present their brief comments on this subject? Perhaps give some examples of how a resort has "wasted" a nearby reef with this graywater or outright direct discharge? Any "best fit" systems? Companies that specialize in this type of waste system application? Please EMail me direct rather than on this ListServe as long comments may not be of interest to other members. Many thanks, Don Baker suniwan at po.jaring.my From N.J.Stevenson%burnmoor at newcastle.ac.uk Thu Nov 21 11:12:42 1996 From: N.J.Stevenson%burnmoor at newcastle.ac.uk (Nathalie Stevenson) Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 16:12:42 +0000 Subject: Eritrean Reefs Message-ID: <199611211612.QAA26653@cheviot.ncl.ac.uk> re ERITREAN REEFS Dear Coral list members, I am writing to you all to ask whether anyone has experience of the coral reefs in Eritrea, or in Yemen, or can put me in touch with anyone who has worked on the reefs of the southern Red Sea. Background: Myself and 3 colleagues are planning an expedition to Eritrea in Sept-Oct 1997 to survey the reefs around Massawa. We already have the support of the Ministry of Natural Resources and they are providing 2 collaborators, and also the backing of the staff of the Centre for Tropical Coastal Management, here in Newcastle, who are acting as advisers. There is a Eritrean student here on the MSc course (also from the Ministry Natural Resources), who is helping with background info, contacts and so on. We also have the backing of Chris Hillman from the ODA in Eritrea and some help from staff at the University of Asmara (mainly Dr. Henrich Bruggemann) So you can see we are serious in this endeavour. Only 2 of us have previous overseas coral experience and as the Scientific leader (by dubious virtue of my MSc standing!!), it is my job to sort out methodology and so on. We have been asked to examine the effects of anthropogenic inputs on the corals around Massawa, and to our knowledge, there has been no previous survey work conducted in this area, except for an expedition from Oxford University. The Ministry have not conducted any coral surveys themselves. We will be there for 2 months and have set aside a week of orientation and species familiarisation and a week at the end for the preliminary write up so that only gives us 6 weeks for survey work. The expedition leader Tim Daw went out to Massawa earlier this year and is familiar with the industry etc in the area and it appears that there are no point sources of input (other than one cement factory). Consequently it may be difficult to identify pollution gradients, but we are going to try. Obviously we have nothing to compare against other than other sites further north and south of Massawa, (and this has dubious validity). The Eritreans want us to pass on as much useful information and technology as possible and i had thought that if we could train some of the ministry staff in methodology (they are already trained as novice divers but are lacking in confidence to conduct surveys themselves) then we would be able to set up permanent monitoring sites to provide information that we will not be able to provide in 2 months, and provide information which could be used for REEFBASE. So I was hoping to incorporate some baseline survey work further north and south of Massawa, in addition to our anthropogenic studies, which are likely to be limited to nutrient analysis and sediment analysis, as well as the usual diversity, coral cover, fish counts and diadema counts (or similar). HELP NEEDED: Can anyone advise on identification guides that may be of use which we can go though before departure, so that we can spend more time concentrating on species level identification on arrival. We particularly need information on algal reefs. Has anyone attempted studies into the effects of anthropogenic inputs on algal reefs anywhere? or could anyone suggest simple methods that could be used to investigate effects, preferably methods that can be passed on to the Ministry of Natural Resources and which require minimal equipment or inexpensive equipment. Although we are going in late 1997 we need to identify the main techniques we will employ so that we can then set about obtaining the necessary equipment. For instance, the Ministry only has one (very old) binocular microscope, and so we cannot rely on much from the other end. Any information, advice, contacts etc. gratefully recieved. Regards Nathalie Stevenson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Miss Nathalie Stevenson Centre for Tropical Coastal Management, Dept Marine Sciences and Coastal Management, The Ridley Building, University of Newcastle, NE1 7RU tel: +44 191 222 6659 fax: +44 191 222 7891 email n.j.stevenson at newcastle.ac.uk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From aa608 at freenet.toronto.on.ca Thu Nov 21 15:02:47 1996 From: aa608 at freenet.toronto.on.ca (Amanuel Melles) Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 15:02:47 -0500 (EST) Subject: Eritrean Reefs In-Reply-To: <199611211612.QAA26653@cheviot.ncl.ac.uk> Message-ID: Dear Nathalie, You'll be surprised to learn that I'm an Eritrean marine ecologist (ecology and taxonomy of corals and coral reefs) who has done coral reef research in the past in Massawa. Mehari Gilagaber, the student from the Ministry who's currently in Newcastle was my student. I'll be replying to your mail in detail sometime soon, after I relieve myself of work that has piled up during my absence here. For now, I just want to drop you few lines to inform you that indeed there's info on Massawa reefs which needs to be published (limited part has been published). We might meet in Eritrea in 1997 and perhaps cooperate in joint projects. Bye for now. Amanuel Melles Toronto, Canada From colref at santamarta.cetcol.net.co Thu Nov 21 08:05:44 1996 From: colref at santamarta.cetcol.net.co (Coleccion de referencia - Invemar) Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 18:05:44 +0500 (GMT) Subject: Sea anemones-Colombia-Caribbean In-Reply-To: Message-ID: We are currently involve in sea anemone taxomony and ecology research in the caribbean coast of Colombia. We would like to know whether someone has ever worked with colombian material, whether this material has been deposited in any Natural Museum, and if so how to contact the museum. We are also very much interested in composing a list with the anemona species and their ocurrences in the caribbean and the pacific coast of central and South America.. Thanks for any information. Javier Reyes y Lina M. Barrios INVEMAR. Colombia Suramerica. colref at santamarta.cetcol.net.co From coral at aoml.noaa.gov Fri Nov 22 07:48:05 1996 From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 07:48:05 -0500 (EST) Subject: Executive Director position Message-ID: >From the Ecology List-Server: ================================================== Date: Sat, 16 Nov 1996 23:09:05 -0500 From: "Monroe J. Singer" Subject: POSITION Executive Director Executive Director for the Bahamian Field Station, a not-for-profit educational and research institution on the remote island of San Salvador, Bahamas. PhD in the Natural Sciences, with good communication, mechanical and business skills required. As head administrator, responsibilities include overall organization and management of the Field Station and the physical plant, designing of programs, grantsmanship, coordination of research, planning and management of supply and travel logistics, and overall supervision of the Bahamian staff. Send request for more detailed information by December 15, 1996 to Dr. Donald T. Gerace, 3616 Peace River Dr., Punta Gorda, FL 33983, or e-mail to: peace at flnet.com. From coral at aoml.noaa.gov Fri Nov 22 08:08:55 1996 From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 08:08:55 -0500 (EST) Subject: Greenwire 11/18 story on coral reefs (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 11:50:23 -0500 From: Don McAllister To: "James C. Hendee" Cc: mcall at superaje.com Subject: Re: fwd: Greenwire 11/18 story on coral reefs (fwd) > > *23 PHILIPPINES: CORAL REEFS RAVAGED BY IMPOVERISHED FISHERS > "Local poverty and local politics" are working together to cause the > destruction of coral reefs in the Philippines, as poor fishers are forced > to rely on environmentally damaging fishing methods for survival, reports > US NEWS & WORLD REPORT. > > Impoverished fishers in the Philippines often catch fish in coral > reef areas by detonating dynamite, spraying cyanide and pounding reefs > with rocks and crowbars to scare fish out (GREENWIRE, 10/31/95). The > methods are "horrifically effective,"yielding huge amounts of fish, but ruining reefs. Although the Philippine government "long ago" outlawed blast and cyanide fishing, the practices continue because of a lack of enforcement and a fear of retribution from illegal fishers. Also, because of extreme overty and population pressures, "the choice for many [fishers] each day s not between illegal and legal fishing methods but between eating and going hungry." Ocean Voice International of Ottawa and the Haribon Foundation for Conservation of Natural Resources of Manila has been working since 1989 on community education, training, fisher organizations, etc. on the cyanide collection of marine aquarium fishes and increasing understanding of what it takes to conserve a reef or restore it. An educational manual, SAVE OUR CORAL REEFS, available in English since 1993, has just been published in Tagalog. And we have a video, CORAL DIVERS SAY 'NO' TO CYANIDE, to increase awareness of the problems. The US program will be helpful, especially if it can address the many land-based sources of reef stress - agriculture, deforestation, pollution, etc. You can learn a bit more about our program at our home page: http://www.ovi.ca -- Don E. McAllister /& Canadian Centre for Biodiversity Ocean Voice International /Canadian Museum of Nature Box 37026, 3332 McCarthy Rd. /Box 3443, Station D Ottawa, ON K1V 0W0, Canada /Ottawa, ON K1P 6P4 URL: http://www.ovi.ca E-mail: mcall at superaje.com (or: ah194 at freenet.carleton.ca) Tel: (613) 264-8986, Fax: (613) 264-9204 From coral at aoml.noaa.gov Fri Nov 22 08:12:40 1996 From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 08:12:40 -0500 (EST) Subject: Philippine reefs (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 10:49:38 +0800 From: CEMRINO Subject: Coralist: Philippine reefs Coralist Subscribers, The recent message entitled "PHILIPPINES: CORAL REEFS RAVAGED BY IMPOVERISHED FISHERS" presents a popular, and somewhat oversimplified picture of the problems with Philippine coral reefs. A similar article appeared in the June 3, 1996 Asian edition of TIME, entitled "Reef Killers" (p. 49). They state that "But in the Philippines, which has 33,000 sq km of reef, 90% of the coral is dead or deteriorated,..." The popular decision among environmental groups that it is better to err on the side of spreading alarm, may deter scientists and dive tourists from finding out for themselves the state of the reefs, and thus providing an economic reason for their presevation (tourism). Yes, blast fishing, cyanide use for aquarium fishes, cyanide fishing for the live food fish trade for Taiwan and Hong Kong, and other destructive fishing practices do go on in parts of the Philippines (See the excellent Nature T.V. program, "The Coral Triangle"). John McManus has termed the increasingly desperate fishermen's use of destructive fishing coupled with rapid human population growth as "Malthusian Overfishing"- see his extensive report on Bolinao, where blast fishing continues. At the same time, I work in the middle of the Philippines, in the Province of Negros Oriental, where blast fishing was sucessfully eliminated 20 years ago, there is no cyanide fishing, there are currently about 20 marine preserves including the most successful marine reserve (Apo Island) in the Philippines. Coral cover ranges up to 60% on some reefs, and fish populations are recovering toward high densities and sizes in the preserves. In some areas, huge silt loads from land runoff may be increasing and present the greatest threat to the reefs. An American company logged the ancient forests of the island I am on (Negros), reducing virgin forest from 46% to 6% from 1970 to 1990. Greg Hodgson conviced a logging company on Palawan that the economic losses to fishing and dive tourism from silt runoff far outweighed the profits from cutting an area of timber- he wrote an excellent report. In most aspects of Philippine life there is no enforcement of the generally excellent and extensive set of laws, because taxes are collected only from wage earners- only about 5% of the total taxes due are collected (the wealthy largely escaping, typical of many poor countries), so there is no tax money for enforcement or all of the infrastructure needed for development. The money is here, but it stays in the hands of the wealthy and powerful. There are a wide variety of excellent aid projects here, including the Haribon Foundation working to eliminate cyanide fishing, a wide variety of German aid workers in my area funded by the European Union, Coral Cay Conservation, the Peace Corps, and many others. A strong and traditional Catholic organization here discourages family planning, but President Ramos, who is Protestant, has a family planning program, as does the Province I am in. The average number of children is down to 4 per family- less in urban areas, more to many more among fisherfolk. The race between food supply and human population is a very close race we are perilously close to loosing in the rural areas- the Philippines currently imports rice from Vietnam and India, among others. There was a rice shortage last fall, and many children could not go to school because they didn't have enough to eat. The press blamed "hoarders" and there seems to be no concern among the population that they are close to disaster. The men in rural areas often spend extra earnings on gambling on cockfights or on liquor, the wealthy love to drive new cars costing about US$60,000- as they dodge potholes, diseased dogs, and children in rags. Many common practices here do not speed development, though there are some very hopeful developments. The general impression that all the reefs have been destroyed, though, is not true. On a general level, the U.S. spends much less per capita on foreign development aid than many countries (even though the public thinks it is a large part of the budget, it is not), and frequently ties it to military sales or the purchase of goods for development from US suppliers. The biggest chunk of US aid goes to Israel and Egypt. Removing trade barriers to goods produced in developing countries would provide twice as much support as aid, and it would support usefull work instead of asking for handouts. -personal opinions of Doug Fenner Centre for the Establishment of Marine Reserves in Negros Oriental (CEMRINO) 109 San Jose Extension Dumaguete City 6200 Negros Oriental Philippines Tel: (+6 35) 225 3961 Fax: (+6 35) 225 5563 From coral at aoml.noaa.gov Fri Nov 22 12:14:24 1996 From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 12:14:24 -0500 (EST) Subject: Philippine reefs (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 12:15:06 -0500 From: Don McAllister To: Coral Health and Monitoring Program Cc: mcall at superaje.com Subject: Re: Philippine reefs (fwd) Doug Fenner responded: > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 10:49:38 +0800 > From: CEMRINO > Subject: Coralist: Philippine reefs > > Coralist Subscribers, > The recent message entitled "PHILIPPINES: CORAL REEFS RAVAGED BY > IMPOVERISHED FISHERS" presents a popular, and somewhat oversimplified > picture of the problems with Philippine coral reefs. A similar article > appeared in the June 3, 1996 Asian edition of TIME, entitled "Reef > Killers" (p. 49). They state that "But in the Philippines, which has > 33,000 sq km of reef, 90% of the coral is dead or deteriorated,..." I think Doug has given a more holistic picture of the situation in the Philippines. There is no doubt that coastal fishers contribute to the unhappy condition of the reefs, but for the most part in the struggle to live and through having few other options on so low an income to change. But land-based marine sources of pollution, sedimentation, eutrophication, and pollution from agriculture, deforestation, industries and municipalities are primary and often chronic sources of degradation. Involvement, education and empowerment of citizens, giving them a bigger voice in governance is one approach. Another is education of industries, eco-labelling and giving citizens a choice in the market-place, and providing a more pluralistic society where coops, NGOs, churches and peoples organizations to offer a counterpoise to strictly short-term profit oriented products. But governance by the rich as opposed to democracy is not just a problem in the Philippines. Here in Canada the tobacco industry lobby has just managed to kill legislation that would have provided stronger regulation of marketting tobacco, over the wishes of most citizens - corporatocracy won over democracy. don don Don McAllister, Ocean Voice International From avhorsley at ucdavis.edu Fri Nov 22 19:08:29 1996 From: avhorsley at ucdavis.edu (Anthony Horsley) Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 16:08:29 -0800 Subject: Data Message-ID: <3296407D.33@ucdavis.edu> My name is Anthony Horsley and I am a student at the University of California at Davis. I am preparing a project proposal in one of my enivonmental statistics classes and I was wondering if you could help me find data for my project. I am looking for data that can support the idea that environmental restictions increases biodiversity in coral reef ecosystems. Any relevant data would do. I would greatly appreciate any help! Thank You Sincerely Anthony Horsley From mbs at mangga.usc.edu.ph Sun Nov 24 12:18:23 1996 From: mbs at mangga.usc.edu.ph (Marine Biology Section, USC, Cebu, Philippi) Date: Sun, 24 Nov 1996 17:18:23 +0000 Subject: 16th International Seaweed Symposium Message-ID: Dear All, This might be of interest to the group. Thanks for the space. Jason Young ____sender's name_____ Marine Biology Section University of San Carlos fax (+63-32) 3460351 Cebu City 6000, Philippines email: mbs at mangga.usc.edu.ph ****** When replying, PLEASE INCLUDE ADDRESSEE'S NAME IN SUBJECT HEADER *** thanks. ******** -------------- Enclosure number 1 ---------------- Preliminary Announcement The 16th INTERNATIONAL SEAWEED SYMPOSIUM will be held in Cebu City, Philippines, on April 12 - 17, 1998. The 16th ISS is hosted by the University of the Philippines, University of San Carlos, and the Seaweed Industry Association of the Philippines. Full paper and poster presentations are invited on all aspects of seaweed research and utilization, including, but not limited to: applications, molecular biology, chemical ecology, community ecology, taxonomy, chemistry, physiology, resource management, biogeography, pollution, diseases, microalgae, aquaculture. Those wishing to organize special sessions or topics, please contact immediately the organizers. Cebu is the Philippines' oldest city, and is located in the middle of the archipelago. International direct flights from major cities in the world are served: Tokyo, Kuala Lumpur, Sydney, Singapore, and Hong Kong. There are daily air links with many Philippine cities and several daily flights from Manila (1 hour). Ship travel by overnight ferries or by fast-speed catamarans (2 - 4 hours) to several cities are available. Cebu is a major tourist destination for scuba diving and island travel. A range of accommodations are available. Eucheuma culture farms are within reach by boat in less than a day. The 3rd International Seagrass Biology Workshop will follow right after the 16th ISS, in 19 - 24 April 1998, in Palawan. For further information, please contact: Dr. Gavino Trono, Jr. Marine Science Institute University of the Philippines 1101 Diliman, Q.C., Philippines fax. (+63-2) 921-5967; 922-3958 email: trono at msi.upd.edu.ph From coral at aoml.noaa.gov Mon Nov 25 07:35:04 1996 From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Mon, 25 Nov 1996 07:35:04 -0500 (EST) Subject: IYOR/ICRI Palawan Philippines Resurvey (fwd) Message-ID: Forwarded message. If you wish to respond, please do so to Gregor, or to the list. Thanks... ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 24 Nov 1996 20:30:42 +0800 (HKT) From: gregorh at hk.super.net To: Coral Health and Monitoring Program Subject: IYOR/ICRI Palawan Philippines Resurvey I have just returned from a resurvey of coral reefs in Bacuit Bay, El Nido, Palawan. I originally surveyed these reefs in 1985/86 as summarized in Global Aspects of Coral Reefs (Ginsburg, 1993). Below I give a very brief summary of the qualitative results which are pertinent to the recent posts on Philippine reefs. Bacuit Bay is an official Marine Reserve. The resident human population (22,000) is still relatively low compared to other areas of the Philippines. Following our study of the value of logging versus tourism and fisheries (Hodgson and Dixon, 1989), Palawan banned commercial logging. In addition, the Dept. of Natural Resources has taken a hard line on slash and burn agriculture. Enforcement of both regulations has clearly worked. Logged, and old slash and burn areas have new vegetative cover. The coral reefs previously damaged by sedimentation in 1996 appear to have recovered nicely. To balance this encouraging news, the marketable marine resource populations have been decimated by small-scale artisanal overfishing. Previously common organisms such as Tridacna are now rare, and of small sizes only, while lobster, Trochus, green snails and edible holothurians are gone. Where previously there were large specimens of grouper, sweetlips, parrotfish, bumphead wrasse etc, there are now a small number of small-sized animals -- even at the most remote dive spots. I interviewed a number of new immigrant fishermen from neighboring provinces. They had left their home provinces due to a lack of fish stocks. They were already experiencing serious difficulties catching sufficient fish in Palawan, and were fully expecting the situation to deteriorate quickly. Dynamite fishing occurs (two fishermen were blown up while I was there) but was not yet common. Cyanide fishing was reportedly not common. There are two explanations for the rapid loss of fisheries stocks: 1) Exponential population growth of local residents from 11,600 in 1980 to 22,000 in 1995 creating a large increase in local demand for fish. 2) The establishment of an exporter in the town who can operate due to the availability of ice, and increased wealth of people in Manila who can now afford to pay for fish shipped on ice from the province. 15-20 tonnes/month of iced fish alone, not counting dried. There are a number of NGOs and Government departments working in El Nido, however, they do not appear to be working together. There is no attempt being made to control fishing other than trawling. This strategy needs to be re-examined. Conclusions: This location is relatively isolated -- there is no road access most of the year. Fish stocks were previously plentiful. If a Marine Reserve cannot successfully be managed in El Nido where the human population density is relatively low, what are the chances for success in other places? The excellent condition of the corals themselves shows that controlling land use can successfully prevent damage to marine resources. But the result is, borrowing Bob Ginsburg's analogy, a city under the sea without people. Gregor Hodgson Research Centre HK University of Science and Technology From coral at aoml.noaa.gov Mon Nov 25 07:30:21 1996 From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Mon, 25 Nov 1996 07:30:21 -0500 (EST) Subject: Septic Graywater & Reef Health (fwd) Message-ID: Forwarded message: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 22 Nov 96 18:13:57 UT From: Pascal Collotte To: Coral Health and Monitoring Program Subject: RE: Septic Graywater & Reef Health (fwd) In response to Don Baker's concern about rejects from human activity on a resort close to the reef, I am not a specialist in that area but I can only give you some direction and example of my own experience. In the late 80's (88-89) a floating resort had been anchored on the reef barrier some 70 miles from Townsville, Queensland - Australia. The experiment went well as far as the reef was concerned. It was a commercial failure due to several reasons, amongst which the cost of 2 cyclone damages 2 years on the raw. I believe that the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (Townsville) was monitoring very closely that experiment from the reef environment stand point. I would encourage you to contact them at GBRMPA, PO Box755, Tonwsville - QLD, Australia (I hope the address is still valid). Pascal Collotte pascalpc at msn.com ---------- From: owner-coral-list at reef.aoml.noaa.gov on behalf of Coral Health and Monitoring Program Sent: Thursday, November 21, 1996 5:36 AM To: coral-list at reef.aoml.noaa.gov Subject: Septic Graywater & Reef Health (fwd) Forwarded message: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 08:06:42 +0800 From: DON BAKER To: coral at aoml.noaa.gov Subject: Septic Graywater & Reef Health Dear CoralList Members, With the increase of tourist resort development throughout the tropical world - even though these resorts may stress being "eco-friendly" - there is a problem with a simple fact of human existence near a reef; flushing toilets. Certainly a few people may be acceptable but add a resort with 80 rooms situated on a reef platform without a suitable "graywater" distribution and collection system - and having 80% annual occupancy....... In ref. [Walker and Ormond 1982]; eutrophication because of wastewater affection....can anyone else on this list present their brief comments on this subject? Perhaps give some examples of how a resort has "wasted" a nearby reef with this graywater or outright direct discharge? Any "best fit" systems? Companies that specialize in this type of waste system application? Please EMail me direct rather than on this ListServe as long comments may not be of interest to other members. Many thanks, Don Baker suniwan at po.jaring.my From coral at aoml.noaa.gov Mon Nov 25 08:11:14 1996 From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Mon, 25 Nov 1996 08:11:14 -0500 (EST) Subject: President Clinton's remarks Message-ID: The complete text of U.S. President Bill Clinton's remarks concerning the International Coral Reef Initiative and other topics, delivered on November 22, 1996 at Port Douglas Park, Australia, may be found at the following URL: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/bulls/clinton.html From coral at aoml.noaa.gov Tue Nov 26 09:31:28 1996 From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 09:31:28 -0500 (EST) Subject: Greenwire 11/18 story on coral reefs (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 22:17:21 +0000 From: Marine Biology Section, USC, Cebu, Philippi Subject: Re: fwd: Greenwire 11/18 story on coral reefs (fwd) Last Nov. 22 I saw the mail you forwarded and is as follows; USAID PROGRAM AIMS TO HELP The US Agency for Int'l Development has begun a $21 million Coastal Resources Management Project to help combat the problem. It aims to put 10, 000 miles of Philippine coastline under sustainable management, and eventually "create a local political coalition with a common interest in preserving the coastal environment and strong enough to defeat those who make money destroying it" (Steven Butler, US NEWS & WORLD REPORT, 11/25 issue). .... I live here in Cebu Philippines and although there is this USAID funding worth millons of dollars, I do not see any difference it has created regarding the ecological state of my country. Personally, I think that this would just be a waste of money on the USA part If you want to know more details, just reply Francis Freire Research Assistant ____sender's name_____ Marine Biology Section University of San Carlos fax (+63-32) 3460351 Cebu City 6000, Philippines email: mbs at mangga.usc.edu.ph ****** When replying, PLEASE INCLUDE ADDRESSEE'S NAME IN SUBJECT HEADER *** thanks. ******** From A.M.Moore at biosci.hull.ac.uk Tue Nov 26 13:02:12 1996 From: A.M.Moore at biosci.hull.ac.uk (A.M.Moore) Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 18:02:12 +0000 (GMT) Subject: data request (fwd) Message-ID: I am new to the list, and I would very much appreciate it if anyone can help me. I am looking for satellite images of the Tukanbesi Islands, which are SE of SE Sulawesi, Indonesia. This is to use as input to a GIS system, to work out info for a research project and management plan for the area. The whole project is being run on a very tight budget, and so I cannot afford any expensive sources of material. I am an MSc student in Global Biodiversity, Monitoring and Conservation at Hull University, UK. If you can help, you can contact me direct: Abigail Moore A.M.Moore at biosci.hull.ac.uk From yfadlal at dpc.kfupm.edu.sa Wed Nov 27 03:56:12 1996 From: yfadlal at dpc.kfupm.edu.sa (YUSEF FADLALLAH) Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 11:56:12 +0300 Subject: Coral Bleaching - Saudi Arabia/Gulf Message-ID: <199611270856.LAA59516@dpc107.dpc.kfupm.edu.sa> Extensive geographic and multi-species coral bleaching was observed in the summer and early fall of 1996 in nearshore coral communities along the Saudi Gulf coast. Less extensive bleaching was also observed in the offshore island of Jana, and some offshore coral communities north of Bahrain. Seawater temperatures exceeded 37 degrees C in nearshore habitats, and reached 35 C or higher at offshore locations. A report by Roger Uwate (23 Sep 1996; Coral bleaching in Bahrain, Arabian Gulf) describes similar phenomena. Extreme temperature excursions are normal for summer months in the Gulf (Coles, 1988 Proc. 6th ICRS 3:211-216; Coles and Fadlallah, 1991 Coral Reefs, 9:231-237), but corals appear to succumb when the temperature extremes hold for long periods. In the summer of 1996, nearshore (central coast) seawater temperature held between 33.5 - 37 C for no less than 90 days. I'd like to make contact with Roger Uwate (if he reads this), and anyone in the Gulf who might have documented similar events. I have a second hand anecdotal report of bleaching from the United Arab Emirates, and would like to corroborate that. Any inforamation from Kuwait and Qatar is welcome. Please post only appropriate responses to the list. Otherwise contact me directly. I would be happy to provide additional information on bleaching and mortality rates for various species. Yusef Fadlallah Voice: 966-3-860-3237 Research Institute - KFUPM Fax: 966-3-860-3220 Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia Internet: yfadlal at dpc.kfupm.edu.sa Saudi Arabia From yfadlal at dpc.kfupm.edu.sa Wed Nov 27 04:24:36 1996 From: yfadlal at dpc.kfupm.edu.sa (YUSEF FADLALLAH) Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 12:24:36 +0300 Subject: Black band disease - Acropora / Gulf-Saudi Arabia Message-ID: <199611270924.MAA32365@dpc107.dpc.kfupm.edu.sa> An outbreak of BBD was documented during August-September 1996 in a patch reef (27 39'49"N/49 42'10"E) which is primarily comprised of Acropora clathrata thickets. The outbreak coincided with prolonged exposure to high seawater temperature. Coral motality due to BBD proceeded with the even-paced progress of the bands, from the bases to the tips of branches. Mortalitity that was apparently in direct response to thermal stress was less orderly. Coral tissue sloughed off in a haphazard manner from all areas of a colony. To my knowledge this is the first report of BBD from the Arabian/Persian Gulf, and the only other reported case for Acropora outside the GBR. Yusef Fadlallah Voice: 966-3-860-3237 Research Institute - KFUPM Fax: 966-3-860-3220 Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia Internet: yfadlal at dpc.kfupm.edu.sa From colref at santamarta.cetcol.net.co Wed Nov 27 00:45:51 1996 From: colref at santamarta.cetcol.net.co (Coleccion de referencia - Invemar) Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 10:45:51 +0500 (GMT) Subject: Slides hardware In-Reply-To: Message-ID: I would like to know whether any of you can suggest the proper equipment to get slides from computer images and the other way would to get computer images from slides. Thanks for any information, Gabriel R. Navas S. colref at santamarta.cetcol.net.co From trath at btl.net Wed Nov 27 16:08:21 1996 From: trath at btl.net (Tony Rath) Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 15:08:21 -0600 Subject: Slides hardware In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: >I would like to know whether any of you can suggest the proper equipment >to get slides from computer images and the other way would to get >computer images from slides. > Gabriel, Getting slides from computer images can take a high tech expensive route or a low tech route. I'll tell you the low tech route: Use a 35mm camera to shoot the computer screen. The trick is to make your exposure at least a 15th of a sec or longer so that the picture will not pick up the computer screen in mid draw. If you shoot faster than a 15th, you will get a break in the image. You might also want to shoot with an f-stop of 5.6 or greater so that your image is sharp. Because of the long exposure times, you should have a steady tripod, and if you are on a wood floor, don't let others walk nearby while taking the image, the vibrations will cause the image to be soft. Getting computer images from slides is a bit easier. If you have a flatbed scanner, you have to have a transparency adaptor to scan in the image. You are usually restricted to the lower resolutions this way. there are scanners built specifically for scanning 35mm film which do a good job also. This route will cost you about $2000US. The alternative is to have the images scanned onto a CD-ROM by a company that has a drum scanner and specializes in this service. I'd recommend this route as it is cheap, produces high resolution scans, and the images are very easy to work with. The images are also archived if you take care of the CD. Of course it is problematic if you don't have a CD-ROM reader, but they are quite cheap these days. I can supply you or others on the list with some addresses of photo labs that scan to CD-ROM if you like. Good Luck. Tony Rath Creative Director -------------------------------------------------------------- Visit Belize by Naturalight at: http://www.belizenet.com/ for your complete source of information about coral reefs, rainforest, Mayan ruins, ecotourism, weather, weekly newspaper, and so much more. Not just another website... but a work of art. From oliver.gussmann at stonebow.otago.ac.nz Thu Nov 28 07:11:20 1996 From: oliver.gussmann at stonebow.otago.ac.nz (Oliver Gussmann) Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 12:11:20 +0000 Subject: conferences Message-ID: Where can I find out about 'coral' reef-related conferences and obtain information on registration fees etc. for 1997? 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Thanksgiving, CORALers Message-ID: <1.5.4.16.19961127231531.21b7d80c@io.org> Dear U.S. Coral Researchers, Just want to wish you a happy and safe Thanksgiving tomorrow. Because this is a time for Giving Thanks, I want to thank ALL coral researchers for the dedication you put into studying and monitoring the world's reefs. I have some friends of the reptile persuasion whose well-being depend on clean ocean and healthy reef systems. Fact is, they even sleep among your corals. What you do is very important and I just want to acknowledge that this evening. Also I want to take this time to thank NOAA for providing this excellent forum that facilitates communication among researchers and scientists and also to thank those of you who have helped me (a layperson) with questions I have had this past year. Lastly, I want to thank Jim Hendee for sysop'ing this coral-list and keeping things running smoothly. His efforts are very much appreciated by this turtle person. All the best ^ Ursula Keuper-Bennett 0 0 Email: howzit at io.org /V^\ I I /^V\ /V Turtle Trax V\ http://www.turtles.org PLEASE SUPPORT Green Turtle Fibropapilloma RESEARCH From rosaer at mar.icmyl.unam.mx Thu Nov 28 19:12:25 1996 From: rosaer at mar.icmyl.unam.mx (Rosa Elisa Rodriguez) Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 18:12:25 -0600 (CST) Subject: Coral Reef Educational Videos Message-ID: A few days ago I asked for information about coral reef videos that can be used in an educational program. This is a summary of the information I received: 1) Corals Forever (Corales para Siempre). General video on corals and coral reef and current threats to coral reef ecosystems . (15 min, English and Spanish Versions). PEMEX Video Servicios Profesionales S.A. de C.V. Medellin # 321 Col. Roma, Mexico Tel (5) 564-6869 Fax (5) 574-5685 2) UNESCO Coral Reef Taxonomy. Contact Dr. Troost at UNESCOS Marine Division in Paris. 3) 2 videos, one for gradeshcool market and one for hisghschool. Available through Earth Foundation. EarthFound at aol.com 4) "Their Health, Our Wealth" (24 min) produced by Bob Richmond, University of Guam (didn't give any address). 5) "The Great Barrier Reef" available from: Films for the humanities and Sciences. P.O. Box 2053 Princeton NJ 08543-2053 6) "Fragile Ring of Life" (54 min.) Meyer Odze United States Information Agency Producer Worldnet Television and Film Service Washington DC 20547-0001 En Espan~ol: Ofna. de Informacion Publica de la Embajada de Estados Unidos en Mexico. 7) "Coral Grief". A Canadian Company TV Ontario. Coral Issues in the Caribbean Islands and Belize (English). (No address available). 8) Coral Sea Imagery has a 12 min. video on Indopacific reefs. Information: Steve Gardner Digital Underwater Production & Speciality Marine Publications Science media Consultancy P.O. Box 2186 Townsville 4810 Australia coralsea at ozemail.com.au http://www.ozemail.com.au/~coralsea 9) "Coral Reefs, Rain Forest of the Sea" showed in Discovery Channel. (No data available). 10) International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) Educational Video. (No data available). 11) "Encounter with the Reef" Information with Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. Also There is a CD-Rom named "Coral Kingdom" with a 180 pate teacher guide, from: Digital Studios 209 Santa Clara Ave Aptos CA 95003 and Ocean Voice Internationa has a Coral Reef Educational Manual "Save our Coral Reefs" 126 pp + 100 illustrations. $20.00 plus $5 air mail. Information mcall at superaje.com If someone has any additional information I will appreciate it. Gracias, Biol. Rosa Rodriguez Ap. Postal 1174 77500 Cancun, Q. Roo Mexico Tel (987) 102-19 Fax (987) 101-38 e-mail: rosaer at mar.icmyl.unam.mx From pcis at igc.apc.org Thu Nov 28 10:41:05 1996 From: pcis at igc.apc.org (GreenLife Society) Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 07:41:05 -0800 (PST) Subject: conferences Message-ID: <2.2.16.19961128074042.8fb79d1c@pop.igc.org> Oliver, et al. The International Year of the Reef people seem to have a lot of that information. I would suggest you contact Stephen Colwell at the Coral Reef Alliance: coralreefa at aol.com At 12:11 PM 11/28/96 +0000, Oliver Gussmann wrote: >Where can I find out about 'coral' reef-related conferences and obtain >information on registration fees etc. for 1997? > >Thannks, Oliver > >=9C7 William C. Burns =09 Director, GreenLife Society - North American Chapter=20 700 Cragmont Ave. Berkeley, CA 94708 USA =09 Phone/Fax: (510) 558-0620=09 E-mail: pcis at igc.apc.org =09 WWW site: http://EELINK.umich.edu/greenlife/index.html =09 GLSNA Affiliations: The EarthAction Network The Galapagos Coalition Reseau International d'ONG sur la Desertification (RIOD) Accredited NGO Observer, International Whaling Commission European Social Science Fisheries Network -=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D= -=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D- The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it. -- William James -=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D= -=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D- From rcgregor at usthk.ust.hk Fri Nov 29 02:18:52 1996 From: rcgregor at usthk.ust.hk (Gregor Hodgson) Date: Fri, 29 Nov 1996 15:18:52 +0800 Subject: US$10,000 Grouper Meal Message-ID: <329E8E5C.4025@usthk.ust.hk> Here is a news report that sheds some light on the economics of cyanide and other forms of fishing around coral reefs. **************************************** 28 November, 1996 South China Morning Post - Hong Kong A 230 kg grouper was netted by Indonesian fishermen and has been sold to a Hong Kong restaurant for US$10,256. "But when it arrived at Newton Court Seafood Restaurant, its size created a headache for managers and chefs. Our fish tanks are too small for the fish -- its three metres long, said restaurant manager Kwan Ping-chiu. We have asked an expert to choose an auspicious day for chopping up the grouper. And we'll hold a small ceremony before our chef wields his chopper, said Mr Kwan. The chef said the tail, skin and fins were considered most tasty when stewed with shark fin; the bones would provide a soup base and the flesh could be stir-fried. Within 24 hours of the grouper's arrival yesterday, the restaurant had received more than 20 reservations for the fish feast on Sunday. In April, a rare 250 kg grouper also caught by Indonesian fishermen was bought by a Sai Kung (HK) seafood stall." *********************************************** Comment: Many of us eat lots of fish. But with this kind of money involved -- there is a relatively large incentive to catch every single large fish out there, and this could put a dent in overall stocks. Questions: Who can start an international educational campaign regarding the comparative reproductive advantage of large fish over small? Jim Bohnsack has a nice diagram of this. Can reef scientists band together to suggest that national fisheries agencies restrict catch at the top-end of fish sizes for some species? Please post comments/responses to the coral-list server. Gregor Hodgson, PhD Institute for Environmental Studies, Research Centre Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Clearwater Bay, Kowloon, HONG KONG e-mail: rcgregor at usthk.ust.hk fax: (852) 2358-1582 tel: (852) 2358-8568 From nick at tualang.unimas.my Fri Nov 29 05:05:06 1996 From: nick at tualang.unimas.my (Nicolas James Pilcher) Date: Fri, 29 Nov 1996 18:05:06 +0800 Subject: An expensive meal Message-ID: <199611290928.EAA09715@reef.aoml.noaa.gov> Dear all. In response to Gregor's message, I offer my amateur insights for mastication. No offence is aimed at anybody. Only realism. Yes, you could get an awareness campaign going, but you have to put yourself in the Asian mindframe. Sitting in the UK (or elsewhere for that matter) one doesn't get the reality of the picture, or understand where the need for these fish originates. This is not meant as an insult, please do not take it that way. Just consider though, the following: Note that this does not occur in western countries, only in Asia. Now wonder why. Also wonder why it occurs in Hong Kong, one of the most developed Asian nations. Then think about whether the demand is based on the ability of the everyday consumer, or a select few. The wonder if that select few care. Don't be remotely surprised that most of them know exactly how much more valuable that fish would be to the fish population rather than the human one (many of them descend from generations of fisherman and have only recently made it big financially). Your public awareness campaign may reach the everyday consumer, but these are not the origins of the demand for the big berthas. To target the rich, you have to offer them an alternative that will still allow them to 'save-face' and still act rich. This is Asia. Welcome to a new mindset. The need to entertain guests and provide them with a large live fish is cemented now as an important tradition - modern it may be, but it's there and we have to live with it. These people don't eat this at home. Ever! It is only to show off politely that it is done. These are aspects to consider when tackling this issue. Hope the above will give you a new perspective. Best regards, Nick - an amateur !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nicolas J. Pilcher Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation Universiti Malaysia Sarawak 94300 Kota Samarahan Sarawak, Malaysia Tel ++ 60 82 671 000 Ext. 181 Fax ++ 60 82 671903 E-mail nick at tualang.unimas.my !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! From soakley at tualang.unimas.my Fri Nov 29 05:35:35 1996 From: soakley at tualang.unimas.my (Dr. Steve Oakley) Date: Fri, 29 Nov 1996 18:35:35 +0800 Subject: US$10,000 Grouper Meal Message-ID: <199611291011.FAA09759@reef.aoml.noaa.gov> These large groupers must be the most likely marine fish to actually become endangered. 1 They are rare 2 They have a sex change life history so that small fish cannot reproduce together 3 They have restricted ranges Coral reefs with good food & caves amongst others How frequently do they find a mate? Do they have a spawning ground and associated migration or are they a solitary rare beast with one or 2 per 100km2? Does anyone know? >comparative reproductive advantage of large fish over small? Jim Bohnsack has >a nice diagram of this. Gregor -- email address or reference please Can reef scientists band together to suggest that >national fisheries agencies restrict catch at the top-end of fish sizes for >some species? That's the role of protected areas to allow some to grow to max potential size. unfortunately at a probable natural maximum of 2 per km2. Marine reserves are going to have to be huge to sustain a viable population How do we get this across to fishermen, politicians, the general public? How do we police areas of 100km2? Dr. Steve Oakley, Shell Prof. of environmental Science, Institute of Biodiversity & Environmental Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia soakley at tualang.unimas.my Fax 082 671903 Tel 082 671000 x 254 or 260 From cr10 at york.ac.uk Fri Nov 29 06:46:48 1996 From: cr10 at york.ac.uk (Callum Roberts) Date: Fri, 29 Nov 1996 11:46:48 GMT Subject: US$10,000 Grouper Meal Message-ID: Using Yvonne Sadovy's length fecundity relationship for groupers, taking the length of the beast as accurately measured at 3 metres, and assuming a 1kg fish is 38cm long, the 230kg grouper would have carried the same number of eggs as 523 1kg fishes. Of course, this old fish was probably a male and may have been getting too long in the tooth to chase those younger and smaller than itself...! It is a fair point though that the economics of the large, live food fish fishery are such that reefs will be strip mined of the biggest fish unless the trade is regulated against. Such values make it cost effective to fly or ship in live reef fish from even the remotest regions of the world and the appetite for them is growing. This was a key reason why fish like the Napoleon or humphead wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus), and Bumphead parrotfish (Bolbometopon muricatum) were placed on the IUCN Red List early this year as being vulnerable throughout their (large) ranges. People like Jim Bohnsack have been talking for some time about implementing maximum size limits for take of some reef fishes. There may already be some examples. I would love to see the use of marine reserves, fully protected from fishing, become a commonplace feature of fisheries management globally. Such reserves provide critical refuges for large and long-lived species and may be one of the only effective ways of maintaining populations of them. Throughout large areas of the Caribbean the biggest groupers have either disappeared or become very rare due to overfishing (straightforward artisanal exploitation - no big bucks profits here). We also Red Listed a number of them as vulnerable. Increasingly I can see that the conservation lobby will become much more involved and vocal about fisheries management issues. If we don't act soon, global extinctions may follow the many local extinctions that have already occurred. Best wishes, Callum Roberts Ref: Sadovy, Y. (1996) Reproduction of reef fishery species. Chapter 2 in N.V.C. Polunin and C.M. Roberts (eds), Reef Fisheries, Chapman and Hall, London. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr Callum Roberts Dept of Environmental Economics and Environmental Management University of York York, YO1 5DD UK Tel: +44 (0)1904 434066; Fax: +44 (0)1904 432998; email cr10 at york.ac.uk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From trath at btl.net Thu Nov 28 22:11:16 1996 From: trath at btl.net (Tony Rath) Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 21:11:16 -0600 Subject: Slides hardware In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: >Hi Tony, > >I would be interested in knowing about the type of material one requires to >have slides on CDROMs. I shall appreciate if you can send me any contact >addresses. Thanks. > >Amanuel Melles http://www.kodak.com/digitalImages/piwSites/piwSites.shtml The above Kodak web page allows you to search all Photo CD sites (worldwide) by region and type of service. You can also get all the information you need about CD's at: http://www.kodak.com/daiHome/products/photoCD.shtml Good Luck and let me know if this is what you need. Tony Rath Creative Director -------------------------------------------------------------- Visit Belize by Naturalight at: http://www.belizenet.com/ for your complete source of information about coral reefs, rainforest, Mayan ruins, ecotourism, weather, weekly newspaper, and so much more. Not just another website... but a work of art. From strong at nadn.navy.mil Fri Nov 29 17:38:06 1996 From: strong at nadn.navy.mil (Prof Alan E Strong) Date: Fri, 29 Nov 1996 17:38:06 -0500 (EST) Subject: Happy Thanksgiving, CORALers In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.16.19961127231531.21b7d80c@io.org> Message-ID: Yes!! I second all of Ursula's thanks & praises!! Happy Thanksgiving! AE Strong *****************************************************************************