From a_winter at RUMAC.UPR.CLU.EDU Tue Apr 1 09:33:06 1997 From: a_winter at RUMAC.UPR.CLU.EDU (Amos Winter) Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 10:33:06 -400 Subject: coral growth and temperature Message-ID: <199704011440.JAA01226@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Dear Colleagues: I am interested in any research which addresses specifically the relationship between coral growth and water temperature. So far my hunt for references on this subject has not been fruitful. Any leads would be greatly appreciated. Amos Winter Department of Marine Sciences University of Puerto Rico PO Box 5000 Mayaguez, PR 00681-5000 Tel: (787) 265-5416; Fax: (787) 265-2195 From bobadams at mhv.net Tue Apr 1 10:12:57 1997 From: bobadams at mhv.net (bob adams) Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 10:12:57 -0500 Subject: coral enhancement Message-ID: <199704011512.KAA03941@mhv.net> Where would I begin to look for what's been done in making discreet, bubble-like environments to help coral over barriers it faces as it grows? Talking more than microbubble analogs; more like complex bubble-like environments to function as predator barriers, timed nutrient sources, etc. I'd appreciate your help. Bob Adams bobadams at mhv.net From coral at aoml.noaa.gov Tue Apr 1 11:36:49 1997 From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 11:36:49 -0500 (EST) Subject: corals & temperature Message-ID: For starters, try these: Atwood,-D.K.; Hendee,-J.C.; Mendez,-A. 1992. An assessment of global warming stress on Caribbean coral reef ecosystems. Bull. Mar. Sci. 51(1): 118-130. Cook,-C.B.; Logan,-A.; Ward,-J.; Luckhurst,-B.; Berg,- C.J.,Jr. Elevated temperatures and bleaching on a high latitude coral reef: The 1988 Bermuda event. CORAL- REEFS. 1990. vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 45-49. Gates,-R.D. Seawater temperature and sublethal coral bleaching in Jamaica. CORAL-REEFS. 1990. vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 193-197. Jokiel,-P.L.; Coles,-S.L. Response of Hawaiian and other Indo-Pacific reef corals to elevated temperature. CORAL-REEFS. 1990. vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 155-162. ...then check their references, etc. There are probably some newer references, too. Cheers, JCH On Tue, 1 Apr 1997, Amos Winter wrote: > Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 10:33:06 -400 > From: Amos Winter > To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov > Subject: coral growth and temperature > > Dear Colleagues: > > I am interested in any research which addresses specifically the > relationship between coral growth and water temperature. So far my > hunt for references on this subject has not been fruitful. Any leads > would be greatly appreciated. > > > Amos Winter > > Department of Marine Sciences > University of Puerto Rico > PO Box 5000 > Mayaguez, PR 00681-5000 > Tel: (787) 265-5416; Fax: (787) 265-2195 > From jogden at seas.marine.usf.edu Tue Apr 1 13:37:24 1997 From: jogden at seas.marine.usf.edu (John Ogden) Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 13:37:24 -0500 (EST) Subject: Coral and t Message-ID: Try Brown, B. 1996. Adv Mar. Biol. "Adaptations of reef corals to physical environmental stress. Cheers. John C. Ogden Director Phone: 813/893-9100 Florida Institute of Oceanography Fax: 813/893-9109 830 First Street South St. Petersburg, Florida 33701 From bt3171 at qmw.ac.uk Wed Apr 2 14:26:35 1997 From: bt3171 at qmw.ac.uk (Cassian Edwards) Date: Wed, 02 Apr 1997 20:26:35 +0100 Subject: Algal Growth Message-ID: <1.5.4.32.19970402192635.006913a8@alpha.qmw.ac.uk> Hello all, As part of my PhD I plan to take regular measurements of algal community biomass occurring on experimental settlement plates in order to obtain a measure of algal growth. However, since there will surely be several colonising species, will the change in mass ultimately reflect community growth? Perhaps mass variation will simply be due to the effects of algal succession during the study period, and thus the change in mass will simply be the sum of individual growth rates arising within the succession. I would be extremely grateful if I could have some feedback on this. Thanks a lot. Cassian Edwards...please reply to c.edwards at qmw.ac.uk ********************************************************** * Cassian Edwards, * * School of Biological Sciences, * * Queen Mary and Westfield College (London University), * * Mile End Road, * * E1 4NS, * * England. * * * * Telephone: +44 171 775 3200 (ext 4121) * * Fax: +44 181 983 0973 * * email: c.edwards at qmw.ac.uk * ********************************************************** From J.MCMANUS at cgnet.com Thu Apr 3 19:36:00 1997 From: J.MCMANUS at cgnet.com (John McManus) Date: Thu, 03 Apr 1997 16:36:00 -0800 (PST) Subject: No subject Message-ID: <334375DF@msm.cgnet.com> Dear Coral-listers: We just finished the first test training for the ReefBase Aquanaut System. The training went well and Master Instructors 1 through 4 were certified to teach divers to gather ecological data on reefs. One immediate problem, however, is that our Nalgene paper becomes soggy after 10 minutes and is then hard to write on with a pencil. Does anyone out there know of any better underwater paper? Sincerely, Dr John McManus ReefBase Project Leader Aquatic Environments Program Email: From blrF94 at hampshire.edu Thu Apr 3 11:39:17 1997 From: blrF94 at hampshire.edu (Ben Richards) Date: Thu, 3 Apr 1997 10:39:17 -0600 Subject: Summer internships Message-ID: To whom it may concern - My name is Ben Richards. I am a Junior at Hampshire College located in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA. I am majoring in Marine Ecology with a focus on Tropical Marine Ecosystems, specifically Coral Reefs and their resident fish populations. As the semester is drawing to a close I am putting out a general bulletin informing all interested parties that I am looking for internship possibilities for the summer of 1997. I have a couple of options/offerings from people in more northern climes but, as my focus is in Tropical ecosystems, I am looking to move a little father south. An ideal program would include both the opportunity to take part in ongoing studies as well as the opportunity to engage in research of my own which will form the backbone of my senior thesis. I look forward to working with others on my thesis and hope to be able to discuss my ideas with those currently engaging in similar research. I have a solid background in both field research methods and course based knowledge. My field research knowledge has been gained through independent research projects including a two month study of physical factors affecting the abundance of the dinoflagellate Pyrodinium bahamense in two Puerto Rican embayments, as well as through previous internships including a three month appointment at the University of Washington Friday Harbor Marine Laboratory where I worked with Dr. Todd Anderson on a study of various factors affecting the recruitment rate of copper rockfish in the Nereocystis beds off the San Juan Islands. As mentioned earlier, my course based knowledge in the marine sciences is also quite strong and is currently being augmented through courses I am taking at the Duke University Marine Lab and at the Bermuda Biological Station for Research. I would be happy to forward both my resume and letters of recommendation to any interested parties. Respectfully yours, =-) Ben Ben Richards c/o Bermuda Biological Station for Research Ferry Reach St. George's GE01 Bermuda brichards at hampshire.edu http://hampshire.edu/~blrF94/ From mpb5 at cornell.edu Thu Apr 3 12:52:21 1997 From: mpb5 at cornell.edu (Michael Black) Date: Thu, 3 Apr 1997 12:52:21 -0500 (EST) Subject: Waterproof Paper Message-ID: <199704031752.MAA21752@postoffice.mail.cornell.edu> I recommend not using paper at all. I've found that there is no such thing as water-proof paper. When we survey reefs, we use PVC plastic slates. If you buy a big thin sheet, cut it yourself, sand the edges, and drill a little hole to tie a string for the pencil or to tie it to your BC. Making slates is fairly cheap, and it works well. You can custom cut them to the size and shape you want, and you can put a permanent template on them with a permanent marker. If the PVC is too shiny to write on, sand down the front and back a little. Denser PVC tends to sink, and lighter PVC floats. You may buy small pieces to test them out in salt water. Or, if you don't want to go through the hassle, you can buy slates from a company. If you want the reef survey on paper and have access to a photocopier, you can photocopy the slates when you get back to dry land or you can do it the old-fashioned way and transfer the data by hand. Hope your project goes well! :) Michael >Dear Coral-listers: > >We just finished the first test training for the ReefBase Aquanaut System. > The training went well and Master Instructors 1 through 4 were certified to >teach divers to gather ecological data on reefs. > >One immediate problem, however, is that our Nalgene paper becomes soggy >after 10 minutes and is then hard to write on with a pencil. > >Does anyone out there know of any better underwater paper? > >Sincerely, > >Dr John McManus >ReefBase Project Leader >Aquatic Environments Program >Email: From tissot at hawaii.edu Thu Apr 3 13:20:50 1997 From: tissot at hawaii.edu (Brian N. Tissot) Date: Thu, 3 Apr 1997 08:20:50 -1000 Subject: Waterproof Paper Message-ID: <2.2.32.19970403182050.0072484c@128.171.3.53> Regarding waterproof paper for underwater data collection: We use Xerox Never-Tear Paper (Reorder # 3R3118). It is very tough and never gets soggy. You can photocopy directly on it or use a laser printer. Two drawbacks are that the ink comes off if repeatedly rubbed by hands or gloves or if the paper is not held down firmly. It is also quite expensive ($0.50 a sheet, less when ordered in larger quantities). However, it works well in Hawai'i under a wide variety of conditions. Aloha -- Brian Tissot ======================================== BRIAN TISSOT Associate Professor of Marine Biology Kalakaua Marine Education Center and Marine Science Department University of Hawaii at Hilo 200 West Kawili Street Hilo, HI 96720-4091 808-974-7630 (office) 808-974-7383 (messages) FAX: 808-974-7693 E-mail: Tissot at Hawaii.edu Web: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~tissot/ ======================================== From alexander.kerr at yale.edu Thu Apr 3 17:17:55 1997 From: alexander.kerr at yale.edu (Alexander M Kerr) Date: Thu, 3 Apr 1997 17:17:55 -0500 (EST) Subject: Waterproof Paper In-Reply-To: <199704031752.MAA21752@postoffice.mail.cornell.edu> Message-ID: We used to use drafting mylar in lieu of waterproof paper. It comes in huge rolls; i dont know how much it costs. I liked it better than slates cuz in remote, xerox-less locations you didnt have to transcribe the data to paper every night. alx Alexander M. Kerr Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Osborn Memorial Laboratories Yale University New Haven CT 06520-8104 Tel:2037727946 Fax:2034323854 alexander.kerr at yale.edu mamulan at minerva.cis.yale.edu From kclark at iu.net Thu Apr 3 18:00:09 1997 From: kclark at iu.net (Kerry Clark) Date: Thu, 3 Apr 1997 18:00:09 -0500 (EST) Subject: Message-ID: John McManus wrote: >Does anyone out there know of any better underwater paper? You might try Tyvek -- the stuff that builders use to wrap homes in -- I save mailer envelopes made of the stuff and split them to get two pages. Great for unfunded research.... - - Kerry Bruce Clark, F.A.A.A.S., Professor of Biological Sciences Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL 32901-6988 Phone 1-407-768-8000 x8195 -- Proud Member of the Impoverished Gentry -- Visit the Cambrian in 3D at "http://users.aol.com/kbclark/cambrian" Metazoa website at "http://users.aol.com/kbclark/metahome" -- "Bytes of Nature" From cochran at cats.ucsc.edu Thu Apr 3 19:26:49 1997 From: cochran at cats.ucsc.edu (Susie Cochran) Date: Thu, 03 Apr 1997 16:26:49 -0800 Subject: Waterproof Paper References: Message-ID: <33444AC8.75B@cats.ucsc.edu> Alexander M Kerr wrote: > > We used to use drafting mylar in lieu of waterproof paper. It comes in > huge rolls; i dont know how much it costs. I liked it better than slates > cuz in remote, xerox-less locations you didnt have to transcribe the data > to paper every night. What do you use to write on the mylar? I've used permanent markers on drafting mylar (topside) myself, but have never seen any that can be written on with pencil. I normally use a large homemade PVC slate underwater and then have to transcribe all my data between dives. This sounds like a great option. -Susie Cochran -- ************************************************************************************** There is, one knows not what sweet mystery about this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath. -Herman Melville *************************************************************************************** From ww_gardiner at ccmail.pnl.gov Thu Apr 3 21:19:48 1997 From: ww_gardiner at ccmail.pnl.gov (William W Gardiner) Date: Thu, 03 Apr 1997 18:19:48 -0800 Subject: Waterproof Paper Message-ID: <0009C28F.@ccmail.pnl.gov> We also use a water proof copier sheet. THIS STUFF IS GREAT!!! We xerox our data form or transect maps onto the paper, take it down, and write away. It doesn't tear, smear, the ink is permanent and it's easy to write on with pencil. Order information: Dura/Copy Waterproof Copier Sheets No. 6511 J.L. Darling Corporation Tacoma, WA 98424-1017 Good Luck Bill Gardiner Battelle Marine Sciences Laboratory 1529 West Sequim Bay Rd. Sequim, WA 98382 ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: Waterproof Paper Author: "Brian N. Tissot" at -SMTPLink Date: 4/3/97 8:20 AM Regarding waterproof paper for underwater data collection: We use Xerox Never-Tear Paper (Reorder # 3R3118). It is very tough and never gets soggy. You can photocopy directly on it or use a laser printer. Two drawbacks are that the ink comes off if repeatedly rubbed by hands or gloves or if the paper is not held down firmly. It is also quite expensive ($0.50 a sheet, less when ordered in larger quantities). However, it works well in Hawai'i under a wide variety of conditions. Aloha -- Brian Tissot ======================================== BRIAN TISSOT Associate Professor of Marine Biology Kalakaua Marine Education Center and Marine Science Department University of Hawaii at Hilo 200 West Kawili Street Hilo, HI 96720-4091 808-974-7630 (office) 808-974-7383 (messages) FAX: 808-974-7693 E-mail: Tissot at Hawaii.edu Web: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~tissot/ ======================================== From cuda at arches.uga.edu Thu Apr 3 23:03:00 1997 From: cuda at arches.uga.edu (Shane Paterson) Date: Thu, 3 Apr 1997 23:03:00 -0500 (EST) Subject: Waterproof Paper In-Reply-To: <199704031752.MAA21752@postoffice.mail.cornell.edu> Message-ID: On Thu, 3 Apr 1997, Michael Black wrote: > I recommend not using paper at all. I've found that there is no such thing > as water-proof paper. When we survey reefs, we use PVC plastic slates. I use that Nalgene waterproof paper but find it too difficult to use with SCUBA (so confine it to snorkeling) and the whole clipboard-paper mess is very frustrating to use in current (sometimes even on a calm day). Also, mysterious black marks tend to appear on a piece of waterproof paper flapping in an underwater breeze and sometimes the pencil marks are almost impossible to read, as a result. There's an "underwater pen" for sale at dive shops now, and they've been marketing something that looks suspiciously like an "Etch-a-Sketch" to divers for some time now, but I don't think I'll be switching from "writing cuffs" any time soon. Writing cuffs, like slates, are decidely low-tech, consisting of a length of PVC tubing (sanded to make the graphite stick) with surgical tubing holding the contraption to one's forearm. It's sort of like a tubular slate, but has the advantage of being more streamlined and accessible, and offering more surface area than most commerically-available slates. When I first started using one (I carried one with me on field trips for two years before really giving it a chance) I hated it, but now I wouldn't be without one on a dive. Shane Paterson cuda at arches.uga.edu From gjgast at nioz.nl Fri Apr 4 05:25:48 1997 From: gjgast at nioz.nl (Gert Jan Gast) Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 12:25:48 +0200 Subject: Biologists in Sudan? Message-ID: Good day to all of you, I am trying to organize a ReefCheck in Sudan this summer. Not looking too good as I just heard the rebels have entered from Erythrea and are heading for Port Sudan...... well it is not August yet. It would help for getting permission by the authorities if I could make this a cooperation thing with scientists in the country. Does anyone know any biologists / coral scientists in Sudan (i.e. Univ. of Karthum) or anywhere else? I'd appriciate names and addresses. Thanks for your help. Cheers, GJ. =============================================== Gert Jan Gast Netherlands Institute for Sea Research Department of Marine Ecology P.O. Box 59, 1790 AB Den Burg, The Netherlands. Phone: 31 (0)222 369573. Fax: 31 (0)222 319674. From gjgast at nioz.nl Fri Apr 4 08:51:10 1997 From: gjgast at nioz.nl (Gert Jan Gast) Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 15:51:10 +0200 Subject: Biologists in Sudan? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: > Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 08:10:58 -0500 (EST) > From: Amanuel Melles > Reply-to: Amanuel Melles > Subject: Re: Biologists in Sudan? > To: Gert Jan Gast > Cc: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov, Mussie Mozes , > Amanuel Melles Hi Amanuel, You just send this message to over 700 people in the world by including the coral-list. I don't think that is necessary. Please watch out which return addresses your E-mail program picks. (Nothing personal, but this kind of thing usually annoys me. We all get enough mails as it is.) > Hi Gert, > > I'm an Eritrean marine ecologist. Please drop me a line in private for > contact names and information about the latest conditions in Sudan. Yes please. > Your concern about security is something you've to consider seriously as > part of your plan. It's April and fighting is heading towards Tokar! Sorry to say, but I must admit that this part of the world started to get my interest only 2 weeks ago. I am not very familiar with the geography. The best I have here in the office is: http://www.columbia.edu/~tm146/pic/map.jpg Can't find Tokar. I guess you mean the front in the south. I heard from our Foreign Ministery this morning that the rebels entered from Eritrea trying to get the east road, close the border. I think that place with Ka...... , close to the border. Question is if they go west towards Karthum or North towards Port Sudan. If they also get the other road..... I am slowly starting to get the feeling that things whole idea may (literally unfortunately for the locals) go up in smoke. But who knows, it isn't august yet. > > BTW, I had spent a resourceful time at NIOZ in 1990 Huh? I came here in September 1990. We're you stil here then and living in the Potvis? Should I remember you? >and now one of my > ex-students is at NIOZ too. May be you can chat over coffee with Mussie. Wonderful! I'll find him! > I've included his email address and cc this message to him too. > > I'm also planning to carry out surveys as part of REEFCHECK this summer in > Eritrea. It is good you write. I just got Heinrich Bruggemans E-mail address in Eritrea. I don't know if you know, but he is setting up a marine biological fieldstation for a university in Eritrea in cooperation with the university in Groningen. I asked him if he knew about ReefCheck and if he wanted to do anything there. I was thinking of it as an alternative to Sudan. Are you aware that Moshira and Gert (Cc's above) are coordinating ReefChecks in the Red Sea? Is anybody planning a ReefCheck in Ethiopia? Cheers, GJ =============================================== Gert Jan Gast Netherlands Institute for Sea Research Department of Marine Ecology P.O. Box 59, 1790 AB Den Burg, The Netherlands. Phone: 31 (0)222 369573. Fax: 31 (0)222 319674. From coral at aoml.noaa.gov Fri Apr 4 09:56:03 1997 From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 09:56:03 -0500 (EST) Subject: Positions available with Coral Cay Conservation (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 03 Apr 97 20:46:44 GMT From: Coral Cay Conservation To: coral at aoml.noaa.gov Subject: Positions available with Coral Cay Conservation Expedition Science Staff Opportunities Coral Cay Conservation (CCC) is seeking volunteer Expedition Science Officers to manage tropical coastal marine survey programmes in Belize, the Philippines and Indonesia. CCC recruits teams of self-financing international volunteers to assist with surveys of tropical marine ecosystems, utilising validated methods designed by CCC for data acquisition, assimilation and synthesis in support of coastal resource management. The primary responsibilities of the Science Officer (SO) are to train CCC Volunteers and local counterparts in marine life identification, survey techniques and other supporting skills, and to coordinate and report upon all field survey programmes. The SO is fully briefed and trained by a more experienced member of staff and has regular contact with CCC's UK-based Science Coordinator. The SO position offers a unique opportunity to gain practical experience teaching plus the organisation and management of varied research projects. The position of SO is a voluntary, non-salaried post and candidates are required to spend a minimum of 3 months working on a CCC expedition. Food, accommodation and basic maintenance costs are covered by CCC but SO's are usually required to cover their own flight* and insurance costs. Minimum qualifications:  Bachelors Degree in marine of biological sciences (preference will be given to candidates with a postgraduate degree in coral reef science). Candidates MUST have proven experience in coral reef research.  PADI Advanced Open Water Diver qualification (or equivalent).  Preference will be given to candidates with: - teaching experience; - certification in power boat operation; - good organisational and liaison skills. Vacancies: Positions are available throughout 1997 and beyond. Applications: Please send a full CV (including the names and addresses of at least two referees) and covering letter to: Alastair Harborne (CCC Science Coordinator) 154 Clapham Park Road, London, SW4 7DE, UK. email: ccc at coralcay.demon.co.uk. Fax: +44-(0)171-498-8447. * CCC Trust Expedition Staff Scholarships The Coral Cay Conservation Trust, a UK-registered charity, offers up to four travel scholarships (to a maximum value of 500 each) annually for candidates who have been accepted to participate as a member of staff on a CCC expedition. Applications from candidates wishing to be considered for a CCC Trust Expedition Staff Scholarship are considered on a case-by-case basis. -- Coral Cay Conservation Ltd. 154 Clapham Park Road, London, SW4 7DE, UK. Tel: +44 (0)171 498 6248 Fax: +44 (0)171 498 8447 / 622 6126 E-Mail: ccc at coralcay.demon.co.uk | "Providing resources for the protection and WWW: http://www.coralcay.org/ | sustainable use of coastal environments." From Deborah_G_DANAHER at umail.umd.edu Fri Apr 4 15:10:00 1997 From: Deborah_G_DANAHER at umail.umd.edu (dd76) Date: Fri, 04 Apr 97 15:10 EST Subject: Waterproof Paper In-Reply-To: <33444AC8.75B@cats.ucsc.edu> Message-ID: <199704042013.PAA30303@umailsrv0.umd.edu> One hint on controlling nalgene paper on a clipboard or pvc sheet is to use some of those plastic holders for cheapo report covers to clip the paper edges to the clipboard. Also, try using as soft a pencil as you can find. There are 100% graphite pencils that work great - break 'em in half and tie to your slate and best of all, they're negatively bouyant and won't float away. The graphite is soft enough that you can sharpen them easily underwater. Yes, slates are easier to write on, but I like being able to archive my original raw data. Now, if there were a xerox machine at the research site so I could copy the slate, I'd be happy. I've just seen too many transcription errors when data goes from a slate to a notebook at the last minute so the slate can be re-used. just my 2 cents, Deborah------------ End Forwarded Message ------------- From cuda at arches.uga.edu Fri Apr 4 13:24:08 1997 From: cuda at arches.uga.edu (Shane Paterson) Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 13:24:08 -0500 (EST) Subject: Waterproof Paper In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Just wanted to mention that, as far as I know, the writing cuff I mentioned in a previous post was originally created by James Porter (University of Georgia). It's definitely worth checking out if you're in the market for a cheap and streamlined alternative to underwater paper or bulky (or too diminutive) slates. Shane Paterson From Roshanr at mail.utexas.edu Fri Apr 4 17:05:05 1997 From: Roshanr at mail.utexas.edu (Roshan Roy) Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 16:05:05 -0600 Subject: Message-ID: <199704042219.RAA09437@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Dear All, You should contact Dr. Randy Runnels at SeaPhD at aol.com, in Florida. He runs a Marine Supply business which has a variety of top of the line equipment and supplies including underwater paper and writing/clip boards. Roshan Roy From sgustaf at uwsuper.campus.mci.net Fri Apr 4 17:33:44 1997 From: sgustaf at uwsuper.campus.mci.net (Steven Gustafson) Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 16:33:44 -0600 Subject: UW paper Message-ID: <199704042249.RAA29664@aus-a.mp.campus.mci.net> Dear Dr. McManus I have used mylar drafting velum with execptional results. It accepts pencil marks very well and can be erased easily. In fact entire sheets can be erased quickly using Soft Scrub and water. The mylar can be resused indefinitely. It is, however, expensive and can be hard to handle underwater. I used an acrylic board with rings on which a stack of mylar was help. the sheets were held in place at the bottom with a rubber band. The sheets were flipped by moving the rubberband to the wrist of the hand holding the board at the bottom, and then flipping the sheet the back of the board and reattaching the rubber band. It took a bit of practice to get quick at it but was easily mastered. steve _____________________________________________________________________ Steven Gustafson 1123 N 18th ST Superior, WI 54880 sgustaf at uwsuper.campus.mci.net (715)394-4459 From kudalaut at manado.wasantara.net.id Sat Apr 5 12:25:30 1997 From: kudalaut at manado.wasantara.net.id (Manado Seagarden diving centre) Date: Sun, 6 Apr 1997 00:25:30 +0700 Subject: Indicator Butterflyfish Message-ID: <6BCDDC121C@manado.wasantara.net.id> Dear everybody, could you tell me if you know some recent paper about the visual census of butterflyfish as indicators of coral reef health? I have many papers about methods, I am mostly interested in recent results. Thank you in advance Massimo Boyer PLEASE, NOTE THE NEW E-MAIL ADDRESS * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Manado Seagarden Diving Centre * * Kuda Laut Project * * P.O. Box 1535 * * Manado 95001 * * North Sulawesi * * Indonesia * * Phone and fax: +62 431 861100 * * E mail: kudalaut at manado.wasantara.net.id * * Internet site: http://www.wp.com/kudalaut * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * From pdh at u.washington.edu Sat Apr 5 16:33:09 1997 From: pdh at u.washington.edu (Preston Hardison) Date: Sat, 5 Apr 1997 13:33:09 -0800 (PST) Subject: Indicator Butterflyfish In-Reply-To: <6BCDDC121C@manado.wasantara.net.id> Message-ID: Crosby, M.P. and Reese, E.S. (1996). A Manual for Monitoring Coral Reefs With Indicator Species: Butterflyfishes as Indicators of Change on Indo-Pacific Reefs. NOAA Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA. --------- Preston Hardison pdh at u.washington.edu From ww_gardiner at ccmail.pnl.gov Sat Apr 5 20:08:34 1997 From: ww_gardiner at ccmail.pnl.gov (William W Gardiner) Date: Sat, 05 Apr 1997 17:08:34 -0800 Subject: Indicator Butterflyfish Message-ID: <0009FB9E.@ccmail.pnl.gov> This document is available on the CHAMP web page if you have a PDF reader. It's in the "related research" section. ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: Re: Indicator Butterflyfish Author: Preston Hardison at -SMTPLink Date: 4/5/97 1:33 PM Crosby, M.P. and Reese, E.S. (1996). A Manual for Monitoring Coral Reefs With Indicator Species: Butterflyfishes as Indicators of Change on Indo-Pacific Reefs. NOAA Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA. --------- Preston Hardison pdh at u.washington.edu From coral at aoml.noaa.gov Mon Apr 7 09:41:49 1997 From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Mon, 7 Apr 1997 09:41:49 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Underwater writing Message-ID: Forwarded message: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 03 Apr 1997 09:33:58 -0500 (EST) From: "Wheaton, Jenni" To: OWNER-CORAL-LIST at aoml.noaa.gov Subject: - no subject (01IH993J9VXU000Y00) - - Reply We use drafting film. It can be purchased from Precision Coatings, 8120 Goldie St., Walled Lake, MI 48390 Fax 800-360-5671/ 800-521-8380. It can be printed on to make standardized data sheets. Wash it off when finished and file original data sheets for future reference. From coral at aoml.noaa.gov Mon Apr 7 10:44:02 1997 From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Mon, 7 Apr 1997 10:44:02 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Waterproof Paper - Reply (fwd) Message-ID: Forwarded message: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 04 Apr 1997 08:34:58 -0500 (EST) From: "Wheaton, Jenni" To: OWNER-CORAL-LIST at aoml.noaa.gov Subject: Re: Waterproof Paper - Reply The mylar we use is "rough" on both sides. Pencil works perfectly well. From eakin at ogp.noaa.gov Mon Apr 7 09:24:46 1997 From: eakin at ogp.noaa.gov (Mark Eakin) Date: 7 Apr 1997 09:24:46 U Subject: UW paper Message-ID: Reply to: RE>>UW paper I agree with the vote for plastic . The product I have used is called "Multi-Media Velum". Of course, it is not velum at all, but is an acetate or mylar sheet that has a suface texture that takes pencil quite well. It is also translucent which is good and bad. I make a template for data collection on an opaque sheet (Plaspyrus, below), and overlay the mylar on which I write. It can be used in a photocopier or laser printer to a VERY limited extent. At most, you can run one sheet and then allow the drum to cool. Otherwise the material warps from the high temperature. The other product is the gridded Plaspyrus paper made by Bel-Art Products. The grids provide for easy setup of template pages by hand. It takes permanent ink and pencil well, but also cannot withstand copier heat well. GOod luck in your search. Mark __________________________________________________________ C. Mark Eakin, Ph.D. NOAA/Global Programs, 1100 Wayne Ave., Suite 1210 Silver Spring, MD USA 20910-5603 Voice: 301-427-2089 ext. 19 Fax: 301-427-2073 Internet: eakin at ogp.noaa.gov From palley at usgcrp.gov Mon Apr 7 16:26:43 1997 From: palley at usgcrp.gov (Paula Alley) Date: Mon, 7 Apr 1997 15:26:43 -0500 Subject: No subject Message-ID: This is just a notice that the U.S. Global Change Research Program Seminar has been changed from Monday April 14, 1997 to Monday April 21, 1997. This months seminar title is "Economic Options and Costs for Mitigating Climate Change: The Role of Energy Technologies and Energy Efficiency". Public Invited Monday, April 21, 1997 3:15-4:45pm Rayburn House Office Bldg., Rm B369 Washington, DC Reception Following If you have any question please call Tony Socci at 202-358-1532 or Paula Alley 202-358-0421. Thank you, Paula Paula Alley, Admin Asstistant Phone number: (202)358-0421 FAX number: (202) 358-4103 Office of the USGCRP, code YS-1, 300 E Street, SW. Washington, DC 20546 e-mail: palley at usgcrp.gov World Wide Wed Address: http://www.usgcrp.gov "Love your children & spouse for who they are, not for who you want them to be" From beemanr at schools.covis.nwu.edu Tue Apr 8 11:42:12 1997 From: beemanr at schools.covis.nwu.edu (Rebeca Beeman) Date: Tue, 8 Apr 1997 09:42:12 -0600 Subject: seeking data on coral degredation Message-ID: Dear Coral-listers, Hi! I am a senior at New Trier High School in Chicago and am doing an Earth Science research project on coral reef degredation. I was told about the coral-list serve by Pamela Hallock-Mueller at the University of South Florida. I'm having some trouble finding data on my topic and was hoping some of you might be able to help me. I have already contacted Billy Causey, Karen Bareford (Flordia Keys National Marine Sanctuary), and am trying to reach Bob Halley. Idealy I would like to find data on specific coral sites and the changes that have occured both in terms of growth and degredation in those locations. I was thinking of some sort of time line (maybe 10 years) showing these things and the possible causes (pollution, bleaching, black-band disease, UV damage,water temp., misuse of coral-fishing,tourism, etc.,). IF you have access to any of this information or know of anyone who might, could you please contact me? Thank You!! Rebeca Beeman e-mail:beemanr at schools.covis.nwu.edu From r.babcock at auckland.ac.nz Tue Apr 8 08:50:38 1997 From: r.babcock at auckland.ac.nz (Russ Babcock) Date: Tue, 8 Apr 1997 08:50:38 GMT+1200 Subject: UW frigging paper Message-ID: <790A6BA1FC0@leighnov1.auckland.ac.nz> Dear coral-listers, >From the number of replies to John McManus' question on UW paper it should be clear to all that just about everybody has worked out how to write underwater - somehow. I wonder how many people have replied directly to John? This would be the correct thing to do. It is not the right thing to do to clutter up people's email with trivia such as we have been seeing. If you disagree with me contact me directly! Russ Russ Babcock Senior Lecturer University of Auckland Leigh Marine Laboratory PO Box 349 Warkworth New Zealand tel. 64 9 4226111 fax. 64 9 4226113 r.babcock at auckland.ac.nz From STENECK at maine.maine.edu Mon Apr 7 17:25:09 1997 From: STENECK at maine.maine.edu (Bob Steneck) Date: Mon, 7 Apr 1997 17:25:09 -0400 Subject: Waterproof Paper Message-ID: Dear Underwater Scribes, I'd like to support Shane Peterson's comments regarding the underwater writing cylinder (also called 'cuff'). It keeps both hands free for holding things, you can tape a template gridded with your data columns on it (clear acetate overhead sheet with clear contact paper over the carbon). Use black electrical tape to secure the template and to affix one or several sheets of mylar drafting paper over it. The cylinder (white PVC 4" dia, 18 CM long) should have three holes near one end through which surgical tubing is strung. this holds it on your wrist. Any pencil works (tether it to the cylinder) but plastic pencils with about 15 pointed nibs work best. You renew your point by plucking the last nib and shoving it to the bottom of the pencil. My teams transcribe data ASAP and since photocopies are impractical in the field. I save all mylar data sheets (have each researcher write their name on each data sheet with date and time) and put it in a folder. Transcription errors have often been caught by referring back to the original mylar. In the no big deal department: I invented the writing cylinder in St. Croix in 1973... or at least I think I did - I never met anyone using them earlier. I brought it to the GBR in 1978. In 1982 Jim Porter and I collaborated on a project at which time that technology was transferred. What matters is that it works well and we need more folks taking data underwater. Good luck one and all, Bob Steneck ======================== Dr. Robert S. Steneck Professor School of Marine Sciences University of Maine Darling Marine Center Walpole, Me 04573 U.S.A. Tele: 207 563- 3146 ext. 233 ====================== From 802912237 at RUMAC.UPR.CLU.EDU Mon Apr 7 18:41:51 1997 From: 802912237 at RUMAC.UPR.CLU.EDU (802912237 at RUMAC.UPR.CLU.EDU) Date: Mon, 7 Apr 1997 18:41:51 -0400 Subject: No subject Message-ID: <970407184151.2cc51@RUMAC.UPR.CLU.EDU> Dear Coral-listers, I am desperately looking for statistical equations and/or methods that can be used for estimating population percentages of reef communities studied using point-intercept transect methods. I would be very gratefulfor any suggestions or related advice on the subject. Sincerely, Carlos Garcia Quijano Student-University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez From blrF94 at hampshire.edu Mon Apr 7 20:28:13 1997 From: blrF94 at hampshire.edu (Ben Richards) Date: Mon, 7 Apr 1997 22:28:13 -0200 Subject: Asking questions on the list Message-ID: Dear listers - I think that email is a wonderful way by which one scientist can communicate questions to many others across the globe. However, one must remember the volume of people with whom one is communicating. The number of responses to the question of Underwater paper is an ideal example. Many of the responses have been quite ingenious and I, not being the original asker of the question have been quite glad to have heard them. However, I think the question has been adequately covered. A number of people have responded with duplicate answers which, while it lends credence to some responses, does not, in the end provide any more information. I propose that it should be the responsibility of one who is asking a question to post a message when they have received a satisfactory number of answers. If someone else wants more information, they are free to ask the question again. Please contact me directly at: brichards at hampshire.edu if you feel the need to respond. Respectfully yours, =-) Ben Richards Ben Richards c/o Bermuda Biological Station for Research Ferry Reach St. George's GE01 Bermuda brichards at hampshire.edu http://hampshire.edu/~blrF94/ From mbs at mangga.usc.edu.ph Tue Apr 8 04:40:30 1997 From: mbs at mangga.usc.edu.ph (Marine Biology Section, USC, Cebu, Philippin) Date: Tue, 8 Apr 1997 16:40:30 +800 Subject: sedimentation and coral stress In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <3307DB7A35@mangga.usc.edu.ph> Hi! We would like to measure the sedimentation rate threshold value for for a certain species of coral. The lab expt. would involve introducing sediments into tanks over a 24h to 48h period. My problem is finding a way of measuring parameters that indicate coral stress. We don't have any sophisticated instruments. We have already thought of measuring respiration rates after incubation. Another is measuring the carbohydrate or protein content of the water to quantify the amount of mucus produced-- assuming that the amount of carbohydrate/protein indicates the amount of mucus, and that the more mucus, the more stressed is the coral. We are in dire need of suggestions. Thank you very much for your kind attention. Have a nice day! Chona ____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 coral at aoml.noaa.gov Tue Apr 8 08:53:31 1997 From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Tue, 8 Apr 1997 08:53:31 -0400 (EDT) Subject: The Great UW-Writing Dialogue Message-ID: Ladies and Gents, I believe the way many newsgroups and listservers handle the question of multiple responses to an interesting question is this: The questioner asks all those who have responses to send those answers directly to him or her. Those who are interested in the answers may write to the original poster of the question and say, in effect, "Let me know what you find out!" If the original questioner gets many of these types of responses (or maybe even if not), he/she will post a summary of all the answers at a later time. That way, the members of the newsgroup or listserver can either read all the answers at one time, or just delete the one message (instead of many of them). An example original message might go something like this: "Our laboratory is interested in buying an inexpensive submersible for the purpose of studying reefs at night. If you have any information, please send a response to my personal email address. If any of you also wish to know of the responses, I will post a follow-up summary at a later time." Everybody then just sends their comments directly to that person. Hope this helps... JCH From tsocci at usgcrp.gov Tue Apr 8 09:51:41 1997 From: tsocci at usgcrp.gov (Tony Socci) Date: Tue, 8 Apr 1997 09:51:41 -0400 Subject: New Date for US Global Change Seminar - April 21 Message-ID: This is just a notice that the U.S. Global Change Research Program Seminar has been changed from Monday April 14, 1997 to Monday April 21, 1997. This months seminar title is "Economic Options and Costs for Mitigating Climate Change: The Role of Energy Technologies and Energy Efficiency". Public Invited Monday, April 21, 1997 3:15-4:45pm Rayburn House Office Bldg., Rm B369 Washington, DC Reception Following If you have any question please call Tony Socci at 202-358-1532 or Paula Alley 202-358-0421. Thank you, Paula Paula Alley, Admin Asstistant Phone number: (202)358-0421 FAX number: (202) 358-4103 Office of the USGCRP, code YS-1, 300 E Street, SW. Washington, DC 20546 e-mail: palley at usgcrp.gov World Wide Wed Address: http://www.usgcrp.gov "Love your children & spouse for who they are, not for who you want them to be" - message sent by infoterra at cedar.univie.ac.at to signoff from the list, send an email to majordomo at cedar.univie.ac.at the message body should read unsubscribe infoterra your at email.address - From cuda at arches.uga.edu Tue Apr 8 14:29:50 1997 From: cuda at arches.uga.edu (Shane Paterson) Date: Tue, 8 Apr 1997 14:29:50 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Waterproof Paper In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On Mon, 7 Apr 1997, Bob Steneck wrote: > I'd like to support Shane Peterson's comments regarding the > underwater writing cylinder (also called 'cuff'). It keeps both hands free > for holding things, you can tape a template gridded with your data columns > on it (clear acetate overhead sheet with clear contact paper over the > carbon). Use black electrical tape to secure the template and to affix one > or several sheets of mylar drafting paper over it. The cylinder (white PVC > 4" dia, 18 CM long) should have three holes near one end through which > surgical tubing is strung. this holds it on your wrist. Any pencil works > (tether it to the cylinder) but plastic pencils with about 15 pointed nibs > work best. You renew your point by plucking the last nib and shoving it to > the bottom of the pencil. On a nother note, does anyone know of a reliable source for these excellent pencils? I have a couple, decorated with Smurfs or some similar icon, but they seem to be hard to come by these days. My wife got me a new one for Christmas, topped with a cute little plastic figure of a bear (she found it for sale at the local library), but I would like to buy a larger quantity of them and not worry about plastic bears being on the loose at my study sites. > In the no big deal department: I invented the writing cylinder in > St. Croix in 1973... or at least I think I did - I never met anyone using > them earlier. I brought it to the GBR in 1978. In 1982 Jim Porter and I > collaborated on a project at which time that technology was transferred. > What matters is that it works well and we need more folks taking data > underwater. Oops...sorry about the misattribution...and thanks for the wonderful technology! So far I've been using my prof's old cuffs but I'm about to bring another 18 cuffs/cylinders into the world for a project I've got coming up, contributing to the quest for world domination of the exclusive underwater scientific writing market by these handy devices. Shane Paterson (Writing Cylinder Evangelist) From penwellr at fiu.edu Tue Apr 8 20:44:49 1997 From: penwellr at fiu.edu (Rebecca Penwell) Date: Tue, 8 Apr 1997 20:44:49 -0400 (EDT) Subject: No subject In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Does anyone know the e-mail address for Callum M. Roberts? I tried to send him e-mail at croberts at uvi.edu which is on one of his papers but it did not work so if anyone has a current e-mail address for him I would appreciate it. Thanks so much! Becky Rebecca A. Penwell Florida International University Miami, FL 33199 From kclark at iu.net Tue Apr 8 19:49:01 1997 From: kclark at iu.net (Kerry Clark) Date: Tue, 8 Apr 1997 19:49:01 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Too many answers? Message-ID: While I concur that topics via lists are sometimes 'over-answered,' I think the protests are a bit like telling someone there are two many species of copepods in the ocean -- "When you've seen a dozen, you've seen them all." Each answer has slightly different nuances, and some of us consider these nuances useful. If you are tired of a topic, your mail-reader software presumably lists the topics, so just delete the topic without reading it if you feel you've read enough. The essence of an e-mail list is the free flow of ideas. I'm also struck by the irony that both complainants have essentially claimed "last word" rights by asking for private responses to public postings. That's a very mild form of censorship, but nevertheless, it is censorship, and though the intent is apparently to limit the number of postings, it seems a bit less than fair. - - Kerry Bruce Clark, F.A.A.A.S., Professor of Biological Sciences Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL 32901-6988 Phone 1-407-768-8000 x8195 -- Proud Member of the Impoverished Gentry -- Visit the Cambrian in 3D at "http://users.aol.com/kbclark/cambrian" Metazoa website at "http://users.aol.com/kbclark/metahome" -- "Bytes of Nature" From adm06 at students.stir.ac.uk Wed Apr 9 02:52:11 1997 From: adm06 at students.stir.ac.uk (Andrew Murray) Date: Wed, 9 Apr 1997 14:52:11 +0800 Subject: coral mining Message-ID: Dear all, I am trying to find reliable statistics for the current levels of coral mining, worldwide if possible. If there are any available sources or useful texts with lots of data, I would greatlly appreciate information about them. Thank you. From eakin at ogp.noaa.gov Wed Apr 9 10:44:32 1997 From: eakin at ogp.noaa.gov (Mark Eakin) Date: 9 Apr 1997 10:44:32 U Subject: Underwater Pencils Message-ID: Reply to: RE>>Underwater Pencils My personal preference is the disposable Bic mechanical pencils. As long as you keep them wet they last months before rusting. They come in a pack of 6-10 pencils for around $1.00. You can reload them with lead. Unlike the multiple nub pencils, these have erasers built in. In the US you can get them at most discount stores, drug stores, etc. I have bought them in other countries as well. Similar are the Paper Mate version, but I find the Paper Mates have too thin a wall and are prone to breaking in gear bags. From JPOZZI at aol.com Thu Apr 10 14:16:24 1997 From: JPOZZI at aol.com (JPOZZI at aol.com) Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 14:16:24 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Global Resource Bank Message-ID: <970410141543_183116030@emout07.mail.aol.com> Dear Shareholders, You are cordially invited to participate in the trial transfer of Global dollars at the Global Resource Bank. Sincerely, John Pozzi Acting GRB Manager From Andrew.Baird at jcu.edu.au Thu Apr 10 19:34:33 1997 From: Andrew.Baird at jcu.edu.au (Andrew Baird) Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 09:34:33 +1000 (EST) Subject: Too many answers? In-Reply-To: <334B5F4C.2070@umich.edu> Message-ID: Andrew Baird Phone: 61 77 81 4801 Dept. Marine Biology Fax: 61 77 25 1570 James Cook University email: andrew.baird at jcu.edu.au Townsville Q 4812 Australia On Wed, 9 Apr 1997, Jack Edelstein wrote: > I agree with Kerry Clark. > > Jack Edelstein > I don't From hwang at baldwinw.edu Thu Apr 10 22:27:15 1997 From: hwang at baldwinw.edu (Richard Wang) Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 22:27:15 -0400 (EDT) Subject: MFR INFO NEEDED In-Reply-To: <199704102239.AAA12987@worldonline.nl> Message-ID: Dear Sir/Mdm: Can you identify the following manufacturers and provide their phon/fax/address? Company Product Description BATI Humidity Transmeter, Model BA/5%RH-D EIRE Electric Regulating Valve, VBG DN40 EIRE Electric Regulating Valve, VBG DN32 JOHNSON Steam Electric Regulating Valve, VB/M130 DN25 The description may not be right. Please advise the contact info. Thanks, Richard Wang info116 at multi-level.com Hotel 50% Discount US$18.00/YEAR Creat Your Web Free at http://www.wwln.com/fido/156821489.html http://www.img-force.com/member/ha865619.html 1,000 2-color business card for $37(incl s/h to USA) POB532, Berea, OH44017 Richard Wang info116 at multi-level.com Hotel 50% Discount US$18.00/YEAR Creat Your Web Free at http://www.wwln.com/fido/156821489.html http://www.img-force.com/member/ha865619.html 1,000 2-color business card for $37(incl s/h to USA) POB532, Berea, OH44017 From tamchaos at cuhk.edu.hk Tue Apr 15 07:18:20 1997 From: tamchaos at cuhk.edu.hk (T.W. Tam, Henry) Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 19:18:20 +0800 Subject: Enquiry on biology of Goniopora / Alveopora Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19970415191820.006869f4@mailserv.cuhk.edu.hk> Dear all coral researchers, I am a M.Phil. student of Bio. Dept., The Chinese of Hong Kong. I am developing a computer model on community structure and population dynamics of a coral community. And I want to know the information on the linear and radial growth rate, reproductive biology of corals with extented polyps (esp. on Goniopora and Alveopora) because I cannot find any references. Can anyone help me? Thank you very much for your help in advance. Meanwhile, my supervisor is Dr. Put O. Ang, Jr. Will anyone want to say "Hello" to him? Yours faithfully, Henry Tam From bt3171 at qmw.ac.uk Tue Apr 15 08:09:21 1997 From: bt3171 at qmw.ac.uk (Cassian Edwards) Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 13:09:21 +0100 Subject: microherbivore grazing rates Message-ID: <1.5.4.32.19970415120921.878c3bb8@alpha.qmw.ac.uk> Hello all, I am having difficulty in finding references pertaining to the grazing rates of coral reef microherbivores such as tanaids, amphipods, and small gastropods. I would be extremely grateful if someone could provide me with some references that maybe of use. Please email me direct ---> c.edwards at qmw.ac.uk Thanks a lot From ozeas at pppg.ufba.br Tue Apr 15 11:59:04 1997 From: ozeas at pppg.ufba.br (Ozeas da Silva Costa Junior) Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 12:59:04 -0300 (GRNLNDST) Subject: Eutrophication and Coral Reefs Message-ID: ******* Sorry for cross-posting ******* Dear List Members. I'm a Oceanographer, actualy a graduate student (MSc Thesis) in the Coastal Studies Laboratory (LEC) on Federal University of Bahia (Brazil). In my thesis I'm studying the percolation of groundwater to the reefs of northern Bahia. This region has a recent urbanization (by tourism) with a poor sewage captation and treated system. The possible contamination of groundwater will toward to the reefs and eutrophication will increase the demise of them. If you have any information, research, coments, references, ... about this subject, please contact myself. Thanks in advance. Greetings from Brazil!! I can be reached at: ******************************************* Coastal Studies Laboratory Institute of Geosciences Federal University of Bahia R. Caetano Moura, 123 - Federacao CEP 40100-010 - Salvador - Bahia Brazil e-mail: ozeas at pppg.ufba.br http://www.pppg.ufba.br/~pgeol/lab-costa ******************************************* From gjgast at nioz.nl Wed Apr 16 03:47:36 1997 From: gjgast at nioz.nl (Gert Jan Gast) Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 09:47:36 +0200 Subject: "Living in a newsgroup" or "UW paper in perspective" Message-ID: Got this one forwarded from another list. Sheds a little "light" on our recent UW paper problem. Read and enjoy or just click the delete button right away. Cheers, GJ. > >> Q: How many internet mail list subscribers does it take >> to change a light bulb? >> >> A: 1,331: >> 1 to change the light bulb and to post to the mail >> list that the light bulb has been changed >> 14 to share similar experiences of changing light >> bulbs and how the light bulb could have been >> changed differently. >> 7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs. >> 27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about >> changing light bulbs. >> 53 to flame the spell checkers >> 156 to write to the list administrator complaining about >> the light bulb discussion and its inappropriateness >> to this mail list. >> 41 to correct spelling in the spelling/grammar flames. >> 109 to post that this list is not about light bulbs and >> to please take this email exchange to alt.lite.bulb >> 203 to demand that cross posting to alt.grammar, >> alt.spelling and alt.punctuation about changing >> light bulbs be stopped. >> 111 to defend the posting to this list saying that we >> are all use light bulbs and therefore the posts >> **are** relevant to this mail list. >> 306 to debate which method of changing light >> bulbs is superior, where to buy the best light bulbs, >> what brand of light bulbs work best for this >> technique, and what brands are faulty. >> 27 to post URLs where one can see examples of >> different light bulbs >> 14 to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly, and >> to post corrected URLs. >> 3 to post about links they found from the URLs that >> are relevant to this list which makes light bulbs >> relevant to this list. >> 33 to concatenate all posts to date, then quote >> them including all headers and footers, and then >> add "Me Too." >> 12 to post to the list that they are unsubscribing >> because they cannot handle the light bulb >> controversey. >> 19 to quote the "Me Too's" to say, "Me Three." >> 4 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ. >> 1 to propose new alt.change.lite.bulb newsgroup. >> 47 to say this is just what alt.physic.cold_fusion >> was meant for, leave it here. >> 143 votes for alt.lite.bulb. >> > =============================================== Gert Jan Gast Netherlands Institute for Sea Research Department of Marine Ecology P.O. Box 59, 1790 AB Den Burg, The Netherlands. Phone: 31 (0)222 369573. Fax: 31 (0)222 319674. From reinhold.leinfelder at geologie.uni-stuttgart.de Wed Apr 16 06:27:43 1997 From: reinhold.leinfelder at geologie.uni-stuttgart.de (Reinhold Leinfelder) Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 12:27:43 +0200 Subject: corals and Cernobyl Message-ID: Dear colleagues, does anybody of you have informations on the expression of the Cernobyl desaster in coral skeletons? Are there elevated Caesium values in the respective annual growth bands? If so, are these records from the Red Sea, the Caribbean or the Pacific? Thanks for your help Reinhold Leinfelder From dbg2 at ukc.ac.uk Wed Apr 16 15:06:54 1997 From: dbg2 at ukc.ac.uk (David Bruce Gunnersen) Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 15:06:54 -0400 (EDT) Subject: research opportunities Message-ID: I am seeking information about Phd programmes for research into coral reef ecology, at English speaking institutions. I am presently completing an MSc degree in Conservation Biology at the Durrell Institute for Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent,CT2 7LZ England, and will bee looking to start a Phd programme from Oct. '97 onwards. I am an experienced SCUBA diver (300 dives) and underwater photographer, havingdived in Belize, Mexico (Cozumel), Jamaica, and the Maldives. My perticular area of interest is formulating a theoretical and working model for assessing the carrying capacity of coral reefs for ecotourism, though I am opento other suggestions for a reasearch subject, ideally of a conservation related nature. Please send me details of research programmes and facilities, and funding requirements as well as any information about likely sources of funding, by post to the above, or e-mail on David Gunnersen From bob_buddemeier at msmail.kgs.ukans.edu Wed Apr 16 10:59:01 1997 From: bob_buddemeier at msmail.kgs.ukans.edu (Bob Buddemeier) Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 08:59:01 -0600 Subject: corals and Cernobyl Message-ID: <199704161358.IAA01286@pangaea.kgs.ukans.edu> Dear Reinhold and coral-listers, Preface 1: Effective almost immediately, my only e-mail address will be -- please check/correct your records. Preface 2: Nervous as I am about broadcast replies, I thought this might have some cultural value, so I risk the wrath of my companions in e-mail overload. If you think this doesn't belong on the list-server, reply privately and I'll publish the vote totals. Response: There was a lot of work done in the 70's on both natural and man-made radionuclide records in coral skeletons. Almost all of the literature on this can be accessed through the bibliographies provided in (1) Buddemeier, R. W. and Kinzie, R. A. III, 1976, Coral Growth, Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Annu. Rev. 14:183-225 and (2) Dodge, R. E. and Vaisnys, J. R. 1980, Skeletal Growth Chronologies of Recent and Fossil Corals, Ch. 14 in Rhoads, D. C. and Lutz, R. A. (Eds) Skeletal Growth of Aquatic Organisms, Plenum Press, NY, pp 493-517. Since that time most of the emphasis has been on natural radionuclides and dating or tracing of oceanic processes; with apologies to those not acknowledged, I'd say that Ellen Druffel's continuing work on C-14 in corals is quite relevant to "fallout detection." However, there has been a big expansion of (stable) trace element studies, the results and methods of which are both very relevant to radionuclide studies -- with similar and even broader apologies to the rest of the world, I'd say start with Glen Shen's publications. Why do I go into this background instead of just answering the question? Because (and Reinhold, I'm sorry if I seem to pick on you in public, but...) it's not a very well-formulated question. The appropriate question is something more like "would it be feasible to detect the Chernobyl event in coral skeletal records, and has anyone tried?" The answer to the first part is either no, or that it would be so laborious and uncertain that it would be hard to see what scientific use it would have, given the large amount of information already available on the Chernobyl fallout plume and on coral uptake of and responses to radioactivity. I suggest that a few hours in the library should convince most people that (a) the Chernobyl plume, although traced around the world several times, dissipated to below detection limits mostly in the higher (non-coral) latitudes, (b) although locally impressive, it represents a trivial excursion once it is mixed into the existing global background inventory of radionuclides, and (c) between problems of chemistry, biology, and air-sea circulation, coral skeletal records do not have the precison or temporal resolution to reliably detect a small, distant, and very transient pulse. If there ever was a hermatypic coral experiment to have been performed, it was probably (I don't remember the exact patterns, so even this suggestion may not be good) in the northern Red Sea or Arabian Gulf within the first few years after the event, and exploiting the characteristic short half-life nuclides for which there is no natural background. If there were an experiment still waiting to be done it would be on Mediterranean ahermatypics (I seem to remember that Italy took a fairly serious fallout hit), collected from regions that are shallow, have relatively slow water exchange times, and were in major fallout areas (which were quite well mapped and modelled). BUT, I would not set foot into the field without doing the basic calculations of deposition, dilution, calcification, decay, and detecton because I strongly suspect that any signal would be operationally buried in the noise. Unavoidable philosophical comment -- the list server is a powerful tool for networking, but there is a trade-off in its use. If I see a query that I think I have something to contribute to that could save the questioner a lot of time and effort without costing too much of mine, I answer (on- or off-line, whichever I guess to be most appropriate). However, about 95% of the "can anybody tell me anything about....." questions get a prompt delete, since I can often tell far more than I have time to communicate and am disinclined to support the research habits of people who don't put in some time and thought of their own on the front end. [The exception to this is people who are clearly in a position where they do not have access to a library, colleagues, or maybe even the WWW -- but even in those cases, some question formulations are more evocative than others.] My advice to students and other gleaners of knowledge is to think 3 times, go to the library twice, and then write once. Again with apologies to Reinhold, who was just innocently doing the sort of thing that everybody else does, this query was an example of one that fell in both my categories -- coral radionuclide studies is a fairly specialized field, with a dispersed and now ageing literature, so it is fair game for appeals to experience. On the other hand, there is quite a lot of readily available mainline literature on both the Chernobyl event and corals as radioactivity samplers, so it wouldn't take much time to focus the questions and interests quite a bit. End of sermon. If I turn out to be wrong, send me the reprint -- it's a slower process now, but I'm still learning things. Bob Buddemeier Dr. Robert W. Buddemeier Kansas Geological Survey University of Kansas 1930 Constant Ave. Lawrence, KS 66047 (913) 864-3965 w (913) 864-5317 fax buddrw at KGS.UKANS.EDU (Internet) _______________________________________________________________________________ To: Coral-List From: Reinhold Leinfelder on 16Apr1997 06:01 Subject: corals and Cernobyl RFC Header:Received: by msmail.kgs.ukans.edu with SMTP;16 Apr 1997 06:01:01 -0600 Received: by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (950413.SGI.8.6.12/930416.SGI) for coral-list-outgoing id KAA16901; Wed, 16 Apr 1997 10:40:14 GMT Received: from geologie.uni-stuttgart.de by coral.aoml.noaa.gov via ESMTP (950413.SGI.8.6.12/930416.SGI) for id GAA16896; Wed, 16 Apr 1997 06:40:03 -0400 Received: frkm [141.58.142.101] by geologie.uni-stuttgart.de (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id MAA21811; Wed, 16 Apr 1997 12:27:43 +0200 Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 12:27:43 +0200 X-Sender: leinfeld at geologie.uni-stuttgart.de (Unverified) Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Coral-List From: Reinhold Leinfelder Subject: corals and Cernobyl Sender: owner-coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov Precedence: bulk Dear colleagues, does anybody of you have informations on the expression of the Cernobyl desaster in coral skeletons? Are there elevated Caesium values in the respective annual growth bands? If so, are these records from the Red Sea, the Caribbean or the Pacific? Thanks for your help Reinhold Leinfelder From palley at usgcrp.gov Wed Apr 16 11:43:33 1997 From: palley at usgcrp.gov (Paula Alley) Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 10:43:33 -0500 Subject: USGCRP Seminar - April 21 Message-ID: U.S. Global Change Research Program Second Monday Seminar Series The Role of Energy Technologies in Determining the Long-Term Costs for Stabilizing the Carbon Dioxide Concentration How does one estimate long-term costs to the global economy of stabilizing greenhouse gas emissions? What are the factors that determine how costly it will be to mitigate emissions over the long-term? What role does the rate of technology development play? Public Invited Monday, April 21, 1997, 3:15-4:45 PM Rayburn House Office Bldg., Room B369, Washington, DC Reception Following INTRODUCTION The Honorable Mark Chupka, Acting Assistant Secretary for the Office of Policy and International Affairs, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC SPEAKERS Dr. James A. Edmonds, Global Environmental Change Program, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Washington, DC Dr. Joseph Romm, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC OVERVIEW The Role of Technology Improvements in Stabilizing the Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Concentration The long-term objective of the Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC) is the "?stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system." This objective is framed in terms of the concentrations of greenhouse gases rather than their emissions. Emissions and concentrations have a complex relationship. Setting a concentration goal has several important implications for global emissions. For carbon dioxide (CO2), the most important greenhouse gas being directly affected by human activities, the implications of stabilization include: 1) The world must ultimately virtually phase out freely vented carbon emissions, regardless of the concentration ceiling. That is, ultimately, net global carbon emissions must approach zero. But, depending on the concentration goal, "ultimately" has a long time scale, perhaps hundreds of years; and 2) For many choices of the concentration goal, near-term global emissions may continue to grow, with dates at which emissions must depart from business-as-usual paths depending on the atmospheric concentration ceiling chosen and the particular pathway. Based on some example cases with particular assumptions, following the emissions path for a 450 ppmv ceiling computed by Wigley, Richels and Edmonds (Nature, 1996), global emissions would need to start departing from business-as-usual by the year 2007, peak at about 2011, and begin their long-term decline thereafter. For a 550 ppmv ceiling, global emissions would need to start to depart from business-as-usual by the year 2013, but global emissions could continue to rise until 2033 before starting to decline over an extended period. The path of global emissions can have important implications for the costs of mitigation (i.e., of changing energy systems) for stabilizing the atmospheric concentration, regardless of the ceiling chosen. [Note that the environmental and socioeconomic benefits (or avoided costs) of climate change are not yet being included in these calculations of the costs of mitigation.] Recent research has shown that there is an order of magnitude difference in mitigation costs between pathways which employ flexibility in "where" and "when" emissions are mitigated and pathways which do not consider such issues. According to these calculations, well-crafted policies including "where" and "when" flexibility could make achieving the goal of the FCCC relatively inexpensive (e.g., less than 1% of present discounted global GDP for some choices of the ceiling and rates of energy technology improvement). However, poorly crafted policies could be both expensive and ineffective. The suite of technologies available for mitigation has a similarly profound effect on the cost of achieving any concentration target. The value of energy technologies can be estimated using economic models. If only 1990 technologies are available, the cost of stabilizing the atmospheric CO2 concentration is estimated to be an order of magnitude greater than if the suite of technologies foreseen in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) scenario IS92a (Leggett et al., 1992) becomes available. Another order of magnitude reduction in cost could be obtained if a suite of advanced energy technologies which, while not currently available, were to become widely available by the year 2020, as described in IPCC (1996b). Thus, the value of an increasing rate of energy technology development and deployment is very high, reaching trillions of dollars, and delaying technology development makes mitigation more costly. The Prospects for Cleaner and More Efficient Energy Technologies The overarching goal of efforts to improve technologies and to mold government policies is to ensure that "total benefits outweigh total costs," to use the phrase from the recent Arrow, Jorgenson, Krugman, Nordhaus, Solow et al. statement. Such a goal is potentially achievable because many technologies provide multiple, so-called "no regrets" benefits, such as increased productivity and a reduction in air pollutants. Significant progress is possible because cleaner and more efficient technologies are underutilized in all sectors of the economy. On the demand side, energy efficiency offers the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at low or no cost in the key sectors of transportation, building, and industry. Similar potential exists on the supply side through the wider use of cleaner fossil fuel technologies, especially those utilizing natural gas. A number of partnerships between the government and private sector are working to remove the barriers to wider use of both supply and demand technologies. Beyond existing technologies, a number of very-low or no-carbon technologies are in the pipeline, including stationary fuel cells, advanced turbines, bioenergy, "clean" diesel engines, and next-generation wind-power. With accelerated R&D and increasing use of these technologies (i.e., their diffusion into the marketplace), these technologies nad advances could have a significant impact in the medium term. In the longer term, a number of technologies hold the promise of reducing climate-mitigation costs, including next-generation fossil energy technologies and a variety of renewable energy technologies, such as photovoltaics and transportation fuel cells. Biographies Dr. James A. Edmonds is a Chief Scientist and the Technical Leader of Economic Programs at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Washington DC office. He has been associated with PNNL since 1986, during which time he has developed and contributed to programs in the area of global change and sustainable development. Dr. Edmonds is best known for his research on the interactions between global climate and human activities. He is the co-developer of the often cited Edmonds-Reilly-Barns model of global energy and economy. Dr. Edmonds has written numerous papers and books on the subject of global change, including Global Energy Assessing the Future, with John Reilly (Oxford University Press). His book, with Don Wuebbles, A Primer on Greenhouse Gases won the scientific book of the year award at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Dr. Edmonds also served as a lead author on five chapters of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Second Assessment Report, including three chapters for Working Group III and two for Working Group II. He also served as a lead author on the IPCC First Assessment Report and the 1992 and 1994 updates. Dr. Edmonds' current research focuses on development of a Global Change Assessment Model (GCAM) system and on related policy research. He heads the development of a Second Generation Model as an international collaboration between PNNL and nine research institutions located around the world, and he has also initiated a program to assess the state of the social sciences with regard to their contribution to knowledge relevant to climate change. Dr. Edmonds' Global Climate Change Group received the Director's Award for Research Excellence at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in 1995. Before joining PNNL, Dr. Edmonds headed the Washington DC office of the Institute for Energy Analysis, Oak Ridge Associated Universities (1978-86). Prior to that, he was an Assistant Professor of Economics and Chairman of the Department of Economics and Business Administration at Centre College of Kentucky (1974-78). He graduated with a M.A. (1972) and Ph.D. (1974) from Duke University. His undergraduate degree is from Kalamazoo College (1969). Dr. Joseph Romm is Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy. In this capacity, Dr. Romm helps the Assistant Secretary, Christine Ervin, manage the eight hundred million dollar portfolio of research, development, and deployment of clean industrial, transportation, building, and utility technologies. Prior to his service at the U.S. Department of Energy, Dr. Romm worked in the field of alternative energies and energy efficiency with Amory Lovins at the Rocky Mountain Institute. Dr. Romm holds a Ph.D. degree in physics from M.I.T. and has written about pollution prevention and manufacturing for Forbes, Technology Review, Foreign Affairs, Industrial Engineering, The New York Times, and USA Today. He is the author of three books, most recently "Lean and Clean Management: How to Increase Profits and Productivity by Reducing Pollution" (Kodansha, 1994), a "how to" book for companies that want to improve their energy and environmental performance. He is also the co-author, with outgong Deputy Secretary of Energy Charles Curtis, of the April 1996 Atlantic Monthly cover story, "Mideast Oil Forever." The Next Seminar is scheduled for Monday, May 12, 1997 Planned Topic: To Be Announced For more information please contact: Anthony D. Socci, Ph.D., U.S. Global Change Research Program Offiice 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. Paula Alley, Admin Asstistant Phone number: (202)358-0421 FAX number: (202) 358-4103 Office of the USGCRP, code YS-1, 300 E Street, SW. Washington, DC 20546 e-mail: palley at usgcrp.gov World Wide Web Address: http://www.usgcrp.gov "Love your children & spouse for who they are, not for who you want them to be" From USII at hotmail.com Wed Apr 16 12:30:00 1997 From: USII at hotmail.com (University Services-International Internships) Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 09:30:00 -0700 Subject: SUMMER-Africa/Brazil> ProjDIRs/Interns ('97 & '98) Message-ID: <1.5.4.16.19970416083232.300ffe08@hotmail.com> FWD'd [PLEASE SHARE/FORWARD] JOB ANNOUNCEMENT : 25 Project Director Positions Crossroads is now winding down recruitment for the Summer 1997 Prog in Africa and Brazil, and is now accepting applications for the Summer 1998 Program. This may be of interest to those with interest in rainforest/ecology issues, international development and humanitarian work. CREDIT Interns/Volntrs usually arrange to receive academic credit - 7 to 15 units. _____________________________________________________________________ C O U N T R I E S: Botswana, The Gambia, Ghana, Eritrea, Ivory Coast Kenya, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe Malawi, Ethiopia, Namibia, Guinea Bissau, and Brazil (in South America) _____________________________________________________________________ S U M M E R J O B A N N O U N C E M E N T A F R I C A & B R A Z I L Position: P r o j e c t D i r e c t o r / G r o u p L e a d e r [Also, accepting Intern/Volntr Applications-college-age & up/all welcome] Director 26 years old & up; with experience or advance studies related Requisites to a Crossroads project or to development issues/concerns Professionals, faculty, staff, students, persons with skills - all interested are encouraged Canadians, Americans, others, WELCOME Location: 18 Countries in Africa, plus Brazil Duration: June 16 - August 12 (tentative dates) Director All travel and living expenses will be covered, Pay: plus you will receive an honorarium/stipend DEADLINE: Recruitment for the Summer 1997 Program is now winding down Applications for Summer 1998 are now being accepted Organization: Operation Crossroads-Africa & Brazil 475 Riverside Dr., Suite 1366 NY, NY 10027 A Non-Profit 501(C)(3) Organization Co-Sponsors: Various UN Programs, NGO's, Ministries [Health, Education, etc.], WHO, Int'l Econ Dev Orgs, Medical Schools, Local Hospitals, Clinics & Grassroots Organizations Contact: International Projects/Overseas Programs Tel: 212-870-2106 E-mail: OnLine Info: E-Mail to & in the Subject Field, type either: 1- "SEND DIRECTOR/LEADER PACKET" [26 yrs & up w/ leadership skills] or 2- "SEND PACKET FOR VOLs/INTERNS" [all welcome; college-age & up] Crossroads helps Volunteers/Interns raise needed funds; Early application is essential Website: http://www.igc.org/oca/ (here, find brochure, application, information, etc., OBTAINABLE ALSO BY E-MAIL-see above) ======================================================================== P R O J E C T D I R E C T O R S / L E A D E R S ======================================================================== If you have experience in a field related to a Crossroads project, and a strong interest in Africa and in team work, pls contact the organization. As a Project Director/Group Leader, you will be in charge of 10 to 14 Volunteers/Interns (who will be professionals, students, researchers, non-students and others, all ages), usually in a rural community or village setting. This is an intense living, learning and work experience. ________________________________________________________________________ Multi-disciplinary Projects Nursing * Medicine * Clinical * Primary Care * Rainforest * Ecology Health * Social Sciences * Nutrition * Education * Econ & Comm Dev Gender Issues * Wildlife * Anthropology * Water & Sanitation * Folklore Agriculture * Dist Lrng * Ethnomusicology * Dance * Computer Literacy Construction of Clinics, Libraries, Homes * Traditional Medicine Human Rights * Land tenure issues * Work camps * Living in villages 200 - 250 Volunteers & 20 - 25 Projects __________________________________________________________________________ BRAZIL: Land Tenure Reform/Settlement Communities/Rainforest-Ecology << B A H I A >> This project with multiple objectives is in the Mata Atlantica (Coastal Forest) area in the Southern Cone of the State of Bahia. This is where local poor communities are struggling to gain access to land via articulated political effort. There are over a dozen officially recognized Land Reform Settlemnts in this region, where former landless peasants are striving to promote efforts to save the remnants of this unique patch of rich, bio-diverse forest, as well as to secure their access to land by changing the parameters of Land Tenure in that area. We have been contacted by leaders of these communities seeking help with the various projects they deem vital. These projects will deal with Reforestation, Human Rights, Youth Development, Education & Training, Primary Care and Health, as well as Ecological issues. _________________________________________________________________________ Crossroads, cited by JF Kennedy as the model used for the Peace Corps Celebrating 40 yrs of service by 10,000 Volunteers A Non-Profit/Private 501(C)(3) Organization - Since 1957 Website: http://www.igc.org/oca/ E-Mail: _____________________ University Services International Internships From tsocci at usgcrp.gov Wed Apr 16 13:08:06 1997 From: tsocci at usgcrp.gov (Tony Socci) Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 13:08:06 -0400 Subject: USGCRP Seminar - April 21 Message-ID: U.S. Global Change Research Program Second Monday Seminar Series The Role of Energy Technologies in Determining the Long-Term Costs for Stabilizing the Carbon Dioxide Concentration How does one estimate long-term costs to the global economy of stabilizing greenhouse gas emissions? What are the factors that determine how costly it will be to mitigate emissions over the long-term? What role does the rate of technology development play? Public Invited Monday, April 21, 1997, 3:15-4:45 PM Rayburn House Office Bldg., Room B369, Washington, DC Reception Following INTRODUCTION The Honorable Mark Chupka, Acting Assistant Secretary for the Office of Policy and International Affairs, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC SPEAKERS Dr. James A. Edmonds, Global Environmental Change Program, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Washington, DC Dr. Joseph Romm, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC OVERVIEW The Role of Technology Improvements in Stabilizing the Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Concentration The long-term objective of the Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC) is the "?stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system." This objective is framed in terms of the concentrations of greenhouse gases rather than their emissions. Emissions and concentrations have a complex relationship. Setting a concentration goal has several important implications for global emissions. For carbon dioxide (CO2), the most important greenhouse gas being directly affected by human activities, the implications of stabilization include: 1) The world must ultimately virtually phase out freely vented carbon emissions, regardless of the concentration ceiling. That is, ultimately, net global carbon emissions must approach zero. But, depending on the concentration goal, "ultimately" has a long time scale, perhaps hundreds of years; and 2) For many choices of the concentration goal, near-term global emissions may continue to grow, with dates at which emissions must depart from business-as-usual paths depending on the atmospheric concentration ceiling chosen and the particular pathway. Based on some example cases with particular assumptions, following the emissions path for a 450 ppmv ceiling computed by Wigley, Richels and Edmonds (Nature, 1996), global emissions would need to start departing from business-as-usual by the year 2007, peak at about 2011, and begin their long-term decline thereafter. For a 550 ppmv ceiling, global emissions would need to start to depart from business-as-usual by the year 2013, but global emissions could continue to rise until 2033 before starting to decline over an extended period. The path of global emissions can have important implications for the costs of mitigation (i.e., of changing energy systems) for stabilizing the atmospheric concentration, regardless of the ceiling chosen. [Note that the environmental and socioeconomic benefits (or avoided costs) of climate change are not yet being included in these calculations of the costs of mitigation.] Recent research has shown that there is an order of magnitude difference in mitigation costs between pathways which employ flexibility in "where" and "when" emissions are mitigated and pathways which do not consider such issues. According to these calculations, well-crafted policies including "where" and "when" flexibility could make achieving the goal of the FCCC relatively inexpensive (e.g., less than 1% of present discounted global GDP for some choices of the ceiling and rates of energy technology improvement). However, poorly crafted policies could be both expensive and ineffective. The suite of technologies available for mitigation has a similarly profound effect on the cost of achieving any concentration target. The value of energy technologies can be estimated using economic models. If only 1990 technologies are available, the cost of stabilizing the atmospheric CO2 concentration is estimated to be an order of magnitude greater than if the suite of technologies foreseen in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) scenario IS92a (Leggett et al., 1992) becomes available. Another order of magnitude reduction in cost could be obtained if a suite of advanced energy technologies which, while not currently available, were to become widely available by the year 2020, as described in IPCC (1996b). Thus, the value of an increasing rate of energy technology development and deployment is very high, reaching trillions of dollars, and delaying technology development makes mitigation more costly. The Prospects for Cleaner and More Efficient Energy Technologies The overarching goal of efforts to improve technologies and to mold government policies is to ensure that "total benefits outweigh total costs," to use the phrase from the recent Arrow, Jorgenson, Krugman, Nordhaus, Solow et al. statement. Such a goal is potentially achievable because many technologies provide multiple, so-called "no regrets" benefits, such as increased productivity and a reduction in air pollutants. Significant progress is possible because cleaner and more efficient technologies are underutilized in all sectors of the economy. On the demand side, energy efficiency offers the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at low or no cost in the key sectors of transportation, building, and industry. Similar potential exists on the supply side through the wider use of cleaner fossil fuel technologies, especially those utilizing natural gas. A number of partnerships between the government and private sector are working to remove the barriers to wider use of both supply and demand technologies. Beyond existing technologies, a number of very-low or no-carbon technologies are in the pipeline, including stationary fuel cells, advanced turbines, bioenergy, "clean" diesel engines, and next-generation wind-power. With accelerated R&D and increasing use of these technologies (i.e., their diffusion into the marketplace), these technologies nad advances could have a significant impact in the medium term. In the longer term, a number of technologies hold the promise of reducing climate-mitigation costs, including next-generation fossil energy technologies and a variety of renewable energy technologies, such as photovoltaics and transportation fuel cells. Biographies Dr. James A. Edmonds is a Chief Scientist and the Technical Leader of Economic Programs at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Washington DC office. He has been associated with PNNL since 1986, during which time he has developed and contributed to programs in the area of global change and sustainable development. Dr. Edmonds is best known for his research on the interactions between global climate and human activities. He is the co-developer of the often cited Edmonds-Reilly-Barns model of global energy and economy. Dr. Edmonds has written numerous papers and books on the subject of global change, including Global Energy Assessing the Future, with John Reilly (Oxford University Press). His book, with Don Wuebbles, A Primer on Greenhouse Gases won the scientific book of the year award at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Dr. Edmonds also served as a lead author on five chapters of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Second Assessment Report, including three chapters for Working Group III and two for Working Group II. He also served as a lead author on the IPCC First Assessment Report and the 1992 and 1994 updates. Dr. Edmonds' current research focuses on development of a Global Change Assessment Model (GCAM) system and on related policy research. He heads the development of a Second Generation Model as an international collaboration between PNNL and nine research institutions located around the world, and he has also initiated a program to assess the state of the social sciences with regard to their contribution to knowledge relevant to climate change. Dr. Edmonds' Global Climate Change Group received the Director's Award for Research Excellence at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in 1995. Before joining PNNL, Dr. Edmonds headed the Washington DC office of the Institute for Energy Analysis, Oak Ridge Associated Universities (1978-86). Prior to that, he was an Assistant Professor of Economics and Chairman of the Department of Economics and Business Administration at Centre College of Kentucky (1974-78). He graduated with a M.A. (1972) and Ph.D. (1974) from Duke University. His undergraduate degree is from Kalamazoo College (1969). Dr. Joseph Romm is Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy. In this capacity, Dr. Romm helps the Assistant Secretary, Christine Ervin, manage the eight hundred million dollar portfolio of research, development, and deployment of clean industrial, transportation, building, and utility technologies. Prior to his service at the U.S. Department of Energy, Dr. Romm worked in the field of alternative energies and energy efficiency with Amory Lovins at the Rocky Mountain Institute. Dr. Romm holds a Ph.D. degree in physics from M.I.T. and has written about pollution prevention and manufacturing for Forbes, Technology Review, Foreign Affairs, Industrial Engineering, The New York Times, and USA Today. He is the author of three books, most recently "Lean and Clean Management: How to Increase Profits and Productivity by Reducing Pollution" (Kodansha, 1994), a "how to" book for companies that want to improve their energy and environmental performance. He is also the co-author, with outgong Deputy Secretary of Energy Charles Curtis, of the April 1996 Atlantic Monthly cover story, "Mideast Oil Forever." The Next Seminar is scheduled for Monday, May 12, 1997 Planned Topic: To Be Announced For more information please contact: Anthony D. Socci, Ph.D., U.S. Global Change Research Program Offiice 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 agonzal at javercol.javeriana.edu.co Wed Apr 16 20:04:33 1997 From: agonzal at javercol.javeriana.edu.co (GONZALEZ GUARIN ANA MARCELA BI) Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 19:04:33 -0500 (BOGOTA) Subject: No subject Message-ID: Hi everyone I am a biology student making my thesis in population biology of zoanthids, I would apreciate any information about this item, specially the effects of fragmentetion and coral growth rates. Thanks in advance. You can reply to me at this adress agonzal at javercol.javeriana.edu.co From reinhold.leinfelder at geologie.uni-stuttgart.de Thu Apr 17 04:40:01 1997 From: reinhold.leinfelder at geologie.uni-stuttgart.de (Reinhold Leinfelder) Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 10:40:01 +0200 Subject: corals and Cernobyl In-Reply-To: <199704161358.IAA01286@pangaea.kgs.ukans.edu> Message-ID: Many thanks to all of you who have answered my question. I do not want to go into big discussion here on the list server, but I feel, a short explanation for why I raised the question is necessary (this is particularly for you, Bob Buddemeier, since you provided me with that public sermon). I wanted to keep my original question as short as possible. This is why I did not add that we are NOT working on this topic (radionuclids in corals). I did NOT intend getting a 'cheap' ressource collection for an eventual own project proposal or anything like that. The reason for the question was: As member of the German IYOR coordination team this question was addressed to me by a TV journalist. Since he is preparing a TV contribution on IYOR I promised looking for some rapid information. (I am working mostly on 150 Mio a old Jurassic reefs, no Cernobyl that time!). Time for intense literature research was not available (and by the way, not many libraries here have the respective literature - we are not really a 'reef country'). And, sorry, I couldn't put the question in another way because the way I put it was exactly what the journalist wanted to know. After asking other colleagues working on this topic (including some working in the Red Sea) I 'dared' (how could I, Bob!) (ab)using the listserver as an emergency helpline, this seemed to have been a mistake, at least in the eyes of Bob.I just thought that answering this question (I only wanted 'yes/no' and 'if yes, where') could be kind of solidarity act towards IYOR and the reefs. My mistake was that I forgot to add the context. I hope that the listserver will remain a tool not only for extensive discussion on special topics but also for rapid contact and rapid help for those who occasionally need to get a rapid answer for a simple but important question. Some of the answers addressed directly to me were very helpful. Others have asked for providing them with informations on the topic. Thanks to Bob's comment, you know now most about the state of the art concerning corals and Cernobyl. However, I do not want to forget the helpful reference provided by Alberto Acosta: Acosta, A., Fowler, S, Teyssie, J.L. and Jaubert, J.: Uptake and release of heavy metals and radionuclides in corals.- 8th Intern. Coral Reef Symp. Panama 1996, Abstracts, p. 2. Again, many thanks Regards Reinhold From tturner at uvi.edu Wed Apr 16 19:16:23 1997 From: tturner at uvi.edu (Teresa Turner) Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 14:16:23 -0900 (PDT) Subject: CLOD info request Message-ID: I would appreciate it if someone would send me any more info on CLOD since the Littler's paper in Science. Thanks. | Dr. Teresa Turner tturner at uvi.edu | | Div. of Science & Math | | University of the Virgin Islands | | St. Thomas, VI 00802 (809) 693-1231 | From sos at aloha.net Wed Apr 16 14:50:04 1997 From: sos at aloha.net (Carl Stepath) Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 08:50:04 -1000 Subject: No subject Message-ID: A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 808 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/19970416/28585aec/attachment.bin From coral at aoml.noaa.gov Mon Apr 21 10:34:17 1997 From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Mon, 21 Apr 1997 10:34:17 -0400 (EDT) Subject: GCRMN Report Message-ID: A recent report by Bernard Salvat, Chairman of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee, Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network, may be viewed at the following URL: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/gcrmn/stac.html The text of this document (about 19 pages) may also be retrieved via anonymous FTP from the CHAMP FTP site at: ftp://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pub/champ/gcrmn The following file names and formats are there: stac.doc MS Word 6.0 stac.p65 Adobe Pagemaker 6.5 stac.pdf Adobe Portable Document Format Following is a summary listing of the document contents. -------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY 1 - Management Group Composition (MG / GCRMN) 2 - Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee composition (STAC / GCRMN) 3 - First year progress report of the IOC-UNEP-IUCN GCRMN 4 - IOC Report to the CPC of ICRI (Coordination and Planning Committee 8-9 April 1997, Canberra - Albert Tolkatchev (4th april 1997) 5 - Summary of progress in GCRMN regions to March 1997 Clive Wilkinson (2 April 1997) 6 - Pilot Monitoring project, Clive Wilkinson (12th February 1997) From coral at aoml.noaa.gov Mon Apr 21 09:30:52 1997 From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Mon, 21 Apr 1997 09:30:52 -0400 (EDT) Subject: CALL FOR PARTICIPATION - CALL FOR PAPERS Message-ID: Forwarded message: ------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 21 Apr 1997 09:23:21 -0400 (EDT) From: Petr Cejchan Subject: interested in history of life ? CALL FOR PARTICIPATION - CALL FOR PAPERS "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.htm _____________________________________________ e-mail: recovery at gli.cas.cz Please forward this message to your colleagues or other persons of interest! From iclarm at caribsurf.com Thu Apr 10 14:38:17 1997 From: iclarm at caribsurf.com (ICLARM Caribbean/E. Pacific Office) Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 14:38:17 -0400 Subject: No subject Message-ID: <9704101838.AA06045@col2.caribsurf.com> REEF ENCOUNTER No. 21 NEWSLETTER OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR REEF STUDIES CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS Dear all, We are currently looking for articles for the next issue of Reef Encounter. We would welcome contributions from a few hundred words to a couple of pages on any aspect of reef studies, including news, comments, short reviews (but not original scientific data) and also illustrations/cartoons. Our deadline is 1st May and text sent by email is strongly prefered. You can also send illustrations (and text if desired) to the address at the end of this message. Please email your articles to one of us at: Maggie Watson, iclarm at caribsurf.com David Obura, dobura at users.africaonline.co.ke Sue Wells Senior Editor, swells at wwfnet.org If you are interested in joining the International Society for Reef Studies and receiving Reef Encounter please contact Callum Roberts, cr10 at york.ac.uk Finally, Sue, David, and I would like to apologise to any members still awaiting Reef Encounter No. 20. If it's not with you yet it is in the post. The delay was due to two job changes amongst the editors who are now rather spread out across the globe. However, we are determined to get No. 21 back on schedule. Please bear with us and keep sending in your articles! Maggie, Sue and David ____________________________________________ ICLARM Caribbean/Eastern Pacific Office, c/o Conservation and Fisheries Department, P.O. Box 3233, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands. Tel.:1-809-494 5681(office hours) or 1-809-499 2199 (mobile - any time) Fax: 1-809-494 2670 e-mail: iclarm at caribsurf.com ============================================ From carib at marine.usf.edu Mon Apr 21 12:29:01 1997 From: carib at marine.usf.edu (Frank Muller-Karger (U. South FLorida / Marine Sci.)) Date: Mon, 21 Apr 1997 12:29:01 -0400 (EDT) Subject: LANDSAT-7 and coral reef coverage Message-ID: ******** PLEASE PASS ON AS NEEDED ************** Dear Colleague: NASA is preparing to launch the LANDSAT-7 satellite in May, 1998, carrying the ETM+ (Enhanced Thematic Mapper plus) instrument. The LANDSAT-7 mission is an integral part of NASA's Earth Observing System, and as such, data will be available at cost of reproduction from the US archives which will be operated by the EROS Data Center. While a price for cost of reproduction has not been defined yet, it is expected that the ETM+ data will be either free of cost or delivered at less than US$500 per scene. Further, please note that ETM+ data will not have copyright restrictions and therefore you will be able to share the data freely. In an effort to assess the requirements for remote sensing of coral reefs, we are soliciting inputs from coral reef researchers as well as resource managers from around the world. In essence, we are seeking your input in order to ensure maximum coverage of key research sites. Please assemble the following information and forward it to my attention (Frank Muller-Karger, carib at carbon.marine.usf.edu). Please use a clear subject title in your mail message, and include: - path/row, lat/lon location of each reef - desired acquisition frequency for the archive -- how many times a year -- which times of year - conditions of acquisition -- gain settings (high or low gain) -- cloudiness level -- solar zenith angle - any requirements for night imagery - short science justification for putting reef data in the archive We will attempt to assemble a list of targets for LANDSAT-7, and your input is important to succeed in scheduling routine coverage of key coral reef regions around the globe. This information will be supplied to the LANDSAT-7 Project Office and Mission Operactions Center. For background information on the mission: The LANDSAT-7 ETM+ will have the same bands as the TM of LANDSATs-4 and 5, and in addition it will have: - a panchromatic band with 15m spatial resolution - on board, full aperture, 5% absolute radiometric calibration - a thermal IR channel with 60m spatial resolution A summary description of the LANDSAT-7 and ETM+ may be found at: http://geo.arc.nasa.gov/sge/landsat/l7.html The recent history and developments of the Landsat-7 mission may be reviewed at: http://atlantis.idinc.com/landsat/ Thank you for your attention, Frank Muller-Karger (LANDSAT Science Team Member) __________________________________ 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 >> _______________________________________________________________________________ From jlichtman at rsmas.miami.edu Mon Apr 21 14:44:06 1997 From: jlichtman at rsmas.miami.edu (Jimmy Lichtman) Date: Mon, 21 Apr 1997 14:44:06 -0400 Subject: netiquette Message-ID: here's a url for some ideas on net etiquette. http://www.primenet.com/~vez/neti.html -jimmy |\ ( ) _____________________________________|_\_________________________ Jimmy Lichtman ----- -_-_ Graduate Student -- - - From cburton at fish.wa.gov.au Thu Apr 24 17:27:27 1997 From: cburton at fish.wa.gov.au (Christopher Burton) Date: Fri, 25 Apr 1997 05:27:27 +0800 Subject: Live fish export industry Message-ID: <97Apr24.163650wst.53768-1@firewall.fish.wa.gov.au> Hi I am currently writing a draft policy document for the Western Australian Department of Fisheries on the development and management of a live-finfish export industry in Western Australia. Has anyone information, experiences, existing or developing policies for management, ideas and otherwise things that I may consider in relation to the live-fish export industry? Thankyou everyone, in anticipation regards Chris From mattia at cbl.cees.edu Thu Apr 24 15:14:26 1997 From: mattia at cbl.cees.edu (Christopher M. Mattia) Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 15:14:26 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Sea Grant Coral Reef Related Publications Listing Message-ID: I have just recently finished a comprehensive listing of all coral reef related publications that have been produced through the National Sea Grant College Program. My listing contains nearly 1,000 references broken down into 9 groups. The list is published on the Web site for my Senior Thesis at St. Mary's College of Maryland. http://www.cbl.cees.edu/~mattia/SMProject The Sea Grant link on the Main page will take you directly to the listing. E-mail me (mattia at cbl.cees.edu) if you would like me to send you complete copy in Microsoft Word 6.x or Word Perfect 6.x and let me know for which platform you use. chris Christopher M. Mattia CBL-CEES-UMD P.O. Box 38 Solomons MD 20688 Phone (410) 326-7345 Fax (410) 326-7419 mattia at cbl.cees.edu http://www.cbl.cees.edu/~mattia/ Non-Destructive Coral Health Monitoring Home Page: http://www.cbl.cees.edu/~mattia/SMProject/ From meese000 at goofy.zdv.uni-mainz.de Fri Apr 25 02:57:58 1997 From: meese000 at goofy.zdv.uni-mainz.de (Erik Meesters) Date: Fri, 25 Apr 1997 08:57:58 +0200 (MET DST) Subject: Tanzanian coral reefs Message-ID: <199704250657.IAA04147@mail.Uni-Mainz.DE> Dear colleagues, Does anyone of you know of publications/(available)gray literature on the composition of the biological communities off the coast of Tanzania. More specifically I'm interested in the area around Tanga. I'm also looking for abiotic data such as yearly variations in currents, temperature etc. Thanks for any suggestions you may have and make sure you don't send them to the whole list. Anyone who is interested in the information, should sent an email to me personally and I'll make sure they get an overview of the collected information. Best wishes to you all! Erik -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Erik Meesters Institute for Physiological Chemistry 2nd Floor Department of Applied Molecular Biology Johannes Gutenberg University Duesbergweg 6, 55099 Mainz Germany Ph. 49-(0)6131-395210 Fax 49-(0)6131-395243 -------------------------------------------------------------------- From coral at aoml.noaa.gov Fri Apr 25 12:14:57 1997 From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Fri, 25 Apr 1997 12:14:57 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Workshop on Destructive Fishing Practices Message-ID: Following is an announcement I am passing along. I do not have any further information. -- JCH ----------------------------------- Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Workshop on the Impacts of Destructive Fishing Practices on the Marine Environment 16-18 December 1997 Hong Kong Themes of the Workshop: 1) Impacts of Destructive Fishing Practices 2) Protection of the Coral Reef Environment 3) Promotion of Environmentally Friendly Fishing Practices 4) Legislation, Enforcement and Management Strategy Deadline for Abstracts: July 15, 1997 ---------------------------------- For further information, contact: The Workshop Secretariat Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Workshop on the Impacts of Destructive Fishing Practices on the Marine Environment c/o Aberdeen Fisheries Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department 100A Shek Pai Wan Road Aberdeen, Hong Kong Tel: (852) 2843 8331 Fax: (852) 2814 0018 (no email address available) From meese000 at goofy.zdv.uni-mainz.de Sat Apr 26 08:45:56 1997 From: meese000 at goofy.zdv.uni-mainz.de (Erik Meesters) Date: Sat, 26 Apr 1997 14:45:56 +0200 (MET DST) Subject: Digital video cameras Message-ID: <199704261245.OAA26987@mail.Uni-Mainz.DE> Dear colleagues, Is there anyone out there in cyberspace that has experience using digital video cameras for wet data collection and subsequent analysis. More specifically I'm interested in your experiences with the Sony DCR-VX1000 (preferably using the Amphibico under-water housing), and the Panasonic 3CCD DV-camcorder (Seapro housing). Please respond to me personally and not to the list. Thanks in advance for your help. Erik -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Erik Meesters Institute for Physiological Chemistry 2nd Floor Department of Applied Molecular Biology Johannes Gutenberg University Duesbergweg 6, 55099 Mainz Germany Ph. 49-(0)6131-395210 Fax 49-(0)6131-395243 -------------------------------------------------------------------- From carlson at soest.hawaii.edu Sat Apr 26 12:55:28 1997 From: carlson at soest.hawaii.edu (Bruce Carlson) Date: Sat, 26 Apr 1997 06:55:28 -1000 (HST) Subject: Digital video cameras In-Reply-To: <199704261245.OAA26987@mail.Uni-Mainz.DE> Message-ID: Erik, The Waikiki Aquarium has a SONY DCR-VX 1000 in an Amphibico housing. We have had excellent results and it produces broadcast quality images. Copies are identical to the original because it's digital. I'll send a longer message with more info to you personally rather than cluttering up everyone's mail-box, however, I am also interested in sharing experiences with others using this camera underwater. I have encountered a few glitches. Bruce Carlson ************************************************** On Sat, 26 Apr 1997, Erik Meesters wrote: > Dear colleagues, > > Is there anyone out there in cyberspace that has experience using digital > video cameras for wet data collection and subsequent analysis. > > More specifically I'm interested in your experiences with > > the Sony DCR-VX1000 (preferably using the Amphibico under-water housing), and > > the Panasonic 3CCD DV-camcorder (Seapro housing). > > Please respond to me personally and not to the list. Thanks in advance for > your help. > > Erik > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Dr. Erik Meesters > Institute for Physiological Chemistry > 2nd Floor Department of Applied Molecular Biology > Johannes Gutenberg University > Duesbergweg 6, 55099 Mainz > Germany > Ph. 49-(0)6131-395210 > Fax 49-(0)6131-395243 > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > From lintel at dhivehinet.net.mv Sun Apr 27 11:30:58 1997 From: lintel at dhivehinet.net.mv (lintel) Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 08:30:58 -0700 Subject: re. reef enhancement Message-ID: <33637132.33AF@netlink.net.mv> Hello. I understand someone has been using electical energy to precipitate calcium carbonate onto wire mesh t enhance reef accretion. Rumours abound here in Maldives, but no hard facts as yet. If you have been doing such work please contact me about it. If anyone has cost-benefit information about this approach, I would be pleased to learn of it also. Thank you and please respond directly and only to me. Sincerely, William R. Allison (Bill) From mbm4 at mail.duke.edu Sun Apr 27 21:13:18 1997 From: mbm4 at mail.duke.edu (Mike Mascia) Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 21:13:18 -0400 (EDT) Subject: info request re:MPA/reef monitoring Message-ID: I am a PhD candidate in environmental policy at Duke University in the United States, focusing my research on the governance of marine protected areas (MPAs) in the Wider Caribbean. My (political science) dissertation research design hinges upon my ability to make a qualitative assessment of the ecological impact of MPA establishment on the 'protected' marine environment at a number of Caribbean MPAs. Unfortunately, I have only been able to identify two or three MPAs that meet this criterion. Does anyone know of any Caribbean MPAs that have been monitored well enough to permit a qualitative assessment of the effect of MPA management (based on change in percent coral cover or other reef indicators) to be made? I would appreciate any help (suggested references, contacts, etc.) that members of the list can provide me. While I would obviously prefer to base my assessments on peer-reviewed research, I am interested in any and all secondary source ecological data that might provide the basis for assessment. Furthermore, temporally sporadic data collection and inconsistent data collection methods are not necessarily a problem for me in my research, as I am interested in comparing these indicator data in a purely qualitative manner. I am also interested in any unpublished monitoring data that might permit an assessment to be made. (Please let me emphasize that my use of ecological monitoring data will simply be as a springboard for my social science analysis, and should not interfere in any way with publication of these ecological data in natural science journals.) Again, any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Mike Mascia PS Please reply directly to me rather than to the entire list. If there is sufficient interest, I will post a summary of all responses to the list. ****************************************************************************** Michael B. Mascia Ph.D. candidate-environmental policy Duke University School of the Environment Marine Laboratory phone: (919) 504-7566 135 Duke Marine Lab Road fax: (919) 504-7648 Beaufort, NC 28516-9721 USA email: mbm4 at mail.duke.edu ****************************************************************************** From meese000 at goofy.zdv.uni-mainz.de Mon Apr 28 02:52:22 1997 From: meese000 at goofy.zdv.uni-mainz.de (Erik Meesters) Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 08:52:22 +0200 (MET DST) Subject: U/W digital (video) cameras Message-ID: <199704280652.IAA10205@mail.Uni-Mainz.DE> Dear List members, Regarding my request for information on experiences with using digital video cameras underwater I've had a reasonable number of responses. There appear to be quite a lot of people interested digital recording. So, in stead of cluttering the list with every single message I receive, I will make an overview of the responses in a couple of days and post it on the list (including a list of contributors). So please, if there are more people that have bad/good experiences, tips, etc about the use of digital cameras (including digital photo cameras) under water, then send an email to me personally (I'm sorry about the horrible address, but you can copy and paste it too). Have a good week, Erik -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Erik Meesters Institute for Physiological Chemistry 2nd Floor Department of Applied Molecular Biology Johannes Gutenberg University Duesbergweg 6, 55099 Mainz Germany Ph. 49-(0)6131-395210 Fax 49-(0)6131-395243 -------------------------------------------------------------------- From jab18 at acpub.duke.edu Tue Apr 29 16:07:04 1997 From: jab18 at acpub.duke.edu (Jennifer Anna Bossung) Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 16:07:04 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Panama lobster Message-ID: Hello all- I have a question regarding two types of lobster found in Caribbean waters (specifically off the coast of Panama). The first is a migratory form, locally known as "pinky," which travels (or used to travel) south from Nicaragua to Panama in large groups. They are supposed to be characteristically pink in color (when alive). The second type is locally called "obia," and has green-tipped appendages. Can anyone tell me what the scientific names of these critters are? Thank you, Jenna Bossung (please reply to jab18 at acpub.duke.edu) From cburton at fish.wa.gov.au Wed Apr 30 11:59:33 1997 From: cburton at fish.wa.gov.au (Christopher Burton) Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 23:59:33 +0800 Subject: CYANIDE FISHING Message-ID: <97Apr30.110750wst.53764-1@firewall.fish.wa.gov.au> Hi everyone Further to my first posting regarding a live-fish industry in WA, I want to know if there are different forms of cyanide used in Asian waters for the capture of live fish ie. Sodium and Potassium cyanide or anything else, and if so, are there any differences between these chemicals and their effects? Thankyou for your help Chris Chris Burton Research Consultant Western Australian Marine Research Laboratories Fisheries Department of Western Australia P.O. Box 20 North Beach, 6020 Western Australia Email: cburton at fish.wa.gov.au Fax: 61 9 447 3062 Phone: 61 9 246 8444 From lintel at dhivehinet.net.mv Tue Apr 29 11:50:16 1997 From: lintel at dhivehinet.net.mv (lintel) Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 08:50:16 -0700 Subject: For those interested in reef enhancement responses Message-ID: <336618B8.E5E@netlink.net.mv> This is a summary of the information obtained in response to my inquiry (original copied at end of message). It is a laundry list, in the order that mail appeared in my directory. I am surprised that the search turned up so little by way of evaluative information and invite further response along these lines. Sincerely, William Allison (Bill) That electrical reef enhancement began with Wolf Hilbertz working in St Croix 20 years ago who later worked at Discovery Bay and then with Tom Goreau in Negril. Apparently, in addition to accretion of CaCO3 on wire mesh, the growth of coral recruits, or individuals attached to the frames, is enhanced by the electric potential. Goreau in the Caribbean, and the French and Germans in the Gulf of Aqaba. The people involved are, I believe Wolf Hilbertz (Germany) and Tom Goreau (Jamaica). The SCORE concept (undefined but I assume this is the technique) was presented on the BOOT exhibition in Duesseldorf as our participation within the activities of the IYOR. The reply was broadcast so I assume the reader has it all). Randy Edwards at Mote Marine Lab in Sarasota, Florida, tried the electrical technique that you mentioned. You can reach him at redwards at mote.org. Paper has very recently been publised in Marine Ecology Progress Series. It's titled: New coral transplantation technology-options for reef rehabilitation by P. van Treek and H. Schumacher. I don't know the exact issue and I don't have meps, so good luck. I think it is Thomas Goreau and associates, but I do not have his address. Be careful: at least 20 years ago when those electrical precipitation experiments were being done in St. Croix, what was initially being precipitated was not just calcium carbonate but rather a mixture of aragonite and brucite (Mg(OH)2) because the pH was being raised locally in the vicinity of the mesh. Original message: Hello. I understand someone has been using electical energy to precipitate calcium carbonate onto wire mesh t enhance reef accretion. Rumours abound here in Maldives, but no hard facts as yet. If you have been doing such work please contact me about it. If anyone has cost-benefit information about this approach, I would be pleased to learn of it also. Thank you and please respond directly and only to me. Sincerely, From van_treeck at uni-essen.de Wed Apr 30 19:24:28 1997 From: van_treeck at uni-essen.de (Peter van Treeck) Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 16:24:28 -0700 Subject: Comment Message-ID: <3367D4AC.22D6@uni-essen.de> Dear coral listers maybe I can help with some of the confusion concerning accretion technology. 1. The accretion technology was invented by Wolf Hilbertz 2. Since a few years also Thomas Goreau is working with it together with Wolf Hilbertz. 3.Our reef ecology group (Helmut Schuhmacher University of Essen) is working with electrochemical accretion since 15 years. During the last 5 years I did research on artificial reefs in the northern Gulf of Aqaba (Red Sea). On the basis of our findings we developed a concept to create artificial underwater parks as substitute habitats for recreational diving and reef restoration. The options of the method is much broader but regarding the impact of diving tourism on coral reefs our SCORE concept focuses on that mainly. Please find attached a scribbeling paper of the SCORE Underwater park (Word 6.0). The presentation of the SCORE concept was the contribution of the reef ecology group of Essen University within the framework of german activities in the IYOR. 4. some publikations (no complete list) meeting the technology including our recent work on transplantation of coral nubbins are: Hilbertz W (1992)Solar generated building material from seawater as a sink for carbon. Ambio 21:126-129 Schuhmacher H, Schillak L(1994) Integrated elektrochemical and biogenic deposition of hard material- a nature like colonization substrate. Bull. Mar Sci 55:672-679 van Treeck P, Schuhmacher H (1997)Initial survival of coral nubbins transplanted by a new coral transplantation technology- options for reef rehabilitation. Mar Ecol Prog Ser (in press) Comments are welcome, Yours Peter -- Peter van Treeck, SUB-marine Institute for Ecology/ Dept. Hydrobiology Phone: 0049 201 183 3112 University of Essen, 45117 Germany fax: 0049 201 183 2529 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: SCORE.DOC Type: application/octet-stream Size: 151040 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/19970430/24aa9c16/attachment.obj From van_treeck at uni-essen.de Wed Apr 30 19:51:19 1997 From: van_treeck at uni-essen.de (Peter van Treeck) Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 16:51:19 -0700 Subject: SCORE concept Message-ID: <3367DAF7.A13@uni-essen.de> Dear all, Please find some more details about our SCORE concept as attachment. SCORE is a concept about an UW park created by electrochemical accretion. Main target is to offer substitute UW attractions for recreational divers to mitigate the pressure on natural coral reefs. Furthermore the accretion technology is suitable to restorate destroyed coral reefs by offering a nature alike substrate (calcium carbonate) and the option to transplant coral nubbins into this substrate while the accretion process is in progress. I worked on that item since 5 years in the northern Gulf of Aqaba (Red Sea). Comment are welcome So long Peter -- Peter van Treeck, SUB-marine Institute for Ecology/ Dept. Hydrobiology Phone: 0049 201 183 3112 University of Essen, 45117 Germany fax: 0049 201 183 2529 -------------- next part -------------- SCORE save coral reefs Artificial reefs as substitute under water attractions - a way to protect natural diving resources Coral reefs, unnoticed and hardly accessible until a few decades ago, are currently subjected to the increasing pressure off mass tourism in form of SCUBA diving. Even a kind intention and sufficient training do not prevent damages done to the reefs in the fragile ?china-shop? of nature. Every diver with a natural sense of responsibility and a certain degree of experience has to agree that the expanding diving tourism has by far exceeded the ecologically bearable capacities at many spots. Although a more sensitive handling of coral reefs as a resource is showing first results (e.g. setting of permanent buoys, integration of ecological aspects in the training of divers), SCUBA diving is still leaving its immense traces of ?overuse? in many reefs. The dilemma of the restricted compatibility of nature conservation and personal and commercial interests (which are comprehensible and justified), is forcing all the parties concerned to undertake unconventional steps. A way out could be the creation of artificial underwater parks. Marine biologists of the University of Essen under the direction of Prof. Dr. Helmut Schuhmacher have developed a concept for the installation of attractive recreation areas, based on long standing experiences with artificial reefs. With the installation of appropriate structures in monotonous and ecologically unobjectable regions (such as sand flats or already heavily destroyed areas), attractive alternatives to genuine coral reefs could be created in many spots, being not only of biological and aesthetic value but also fulfilling demands of SCUBA divers. The interaction of designs particularly adapted to the needs of sport diving and the provision of suitable colonisation surfaces will generate flourishing, self-growing structures which not only meet the various claims of the diver but also become living space for many reef organisms. The benefit of this concept is apparent in all mentioned sectors. Beside the direct profit for nature conservation based on a reduction of the diving activity in genuine reefs, in the course of time, positive effects are expected with regard to the recolonization aspects, the diving training and the goals of environmental education. Well managed underwater parks can promote the idea of ?smooth tourism?. SCORE, the initiative developed in the Department of Hydrobiology of the University of Essen, is currently seeking to establish a community of interests charged with the task of bringing together ecologists, sponsors, representatives of SCUBA diving and civil authorities and to attend a pilot project. People interested in the initiative are requested to get in to contact with Prof. Dr. Helmut Schuhmacher Institute f. Ecology / Dpt. Hydrobiology University of Essen / 45117 Essen or Peter van Treeck Fax 0201 183 2529 E-mail pvt at uni-essen.d Scribbling paper for the use of artificial reefs as alternative - underwater resorts for the activity of SCUBA diving Coral reefs, being unnoticed and hardly accessible until a few decades ago, are, as a result of expanding diving and mass tourism in the respective regions, exposed to an increasing pressure. While in the past the main disturbance used to be a result of general pollution, input of sediments and nutrients from agriculture and sewage influx, today?s diving tourism is becoming a main stress factor at many places, most of them being of outstanding biological interest, and exceeds by far all the others factors touching the effects on the fragile ecosystem. In the last years, concepts against this trend have been elaborated (last not least by diving associations), aiming at the improvement of the diving training as well as a general control of the diving spot. On the one hand , these concepts were appropriate to slow down local damages, on the other , however, they could not stop the "consumption" of genuine reefs. For that reason, the actual situation is calling for new unconventional steps to fight against the damages caused by mass diving tourism. In principle, the maximum demand of reef ecologists and environmentalists to drastically reduce tourism and to except areas which are to be particularly protected from the utilisation as diving resources is justified, in many regions, however not feasible in many developing countries depending on diving tourism as a source of revenue and due to a lack of alternative tourist attractions. A way out of this dilemma could be the creation of artificial resort areas which are planned to be installed at ecologically unobjectible places. With the aid of new technologies very diverse landscapes can be created, meeting demands of divers as well as over all goals such as environmental education and reconstruction concepts. Construction of artificial reef structures by electrolysis Using direct current at appropriately constructed electrodes, mineral compounds of the sea water can be precipitated on the cathode. With this technique structures made out of metal or other conductive materials become coated with carbonate minerals which represent an ideal colonisation substrate for a variety of benthic organisms. Even stony corals can settle on this substratum. Slight metal structures become reinforced by the approximately concrete hard mineral coating. Chicken wire, the preferred material used for the required matrix, has the great advantage of allowing a very flexible design. The power supply can be brought out independent from local nets by using photovoltaic panels. Anodes, wires and temporary fixing elements can be reused after finishing the electrochemical process. Except the wire matrix the building material is genuine material from the ocean itself. Another advantage compared with conventional constructions made of concrete or other long lasting building components our structures can , if necessary, be redissolved by changing the electrical poles. The University of Essen has conducted a series of investigations in the Red Sea and is currently looking for competent partners for the realisation of a large pilot installation. Concept for the realisation of a marine recreation park Such a model is meant for allowing a variety of different applications. The following possibilities present themselves: Recreation areas, training and environmental education; corresponding installation should meet the demands of ecology, security, aesthetics. With this broad background in mind it does not make much sense to develop a universally applicable unit which can fulfil all demands only with several restraints. We suggest a concept divided into modules which can be shaped and combined with each other in accordance with their specific tasks. An installation of this type consists of a more or less flexible number of modules. One can contrive the following modules: Recreation module: spacious structure with the option of exploring it from inside and outside; substantial design with different demands to the coordinate skills of the diver; creation of different habitats for the spontaneous settlement of characteristic organisms in the corresponding area (a middle-sized wreck would be best choice); should also aesthetically speaking represent the main attraction of the whole installation. Training module: the most abstracted of the modules; allows in an ideal way the education and advanced training of SCUBA divers under impeded (difficult) conditions (platform for putting on and taking of air tanks, direction station for orientation diving set in corresponding distances, mobile objects for rescue diving exercises). The training module is the central unit placed next to the buoy for the anchoring of the diving boats (meeting station, ..) and is intended to be the entrance of the whole park. The rehabilitation module is set for a natural integration of artificial elements in the genuine setting of the coral reef. Opportunities for underwater photography and education in marine sciences; attractive design, but, as distinguished from the recreation module, focusing on the importance of the unit to be protected (with restricted access). The Environmental education module could have the form of an underwater trail for pointing out interesting phenomena; makes the diver familiar with the most important faunal and floral elements; could function as a link between the single components of the installation. The single modules are characterised by a graded proximity to the genuine resources. Those units which are faced to a strong pressure are principally developed taking in account sportive features (aspects); with increasing interest to realise plans in environmental education, the utilisation has to be limited. The main objective is to create attractive and functional conditions for the different aspects and needs of diving, concentrated on a small area. The SCUBA diver is asked to adapt his activities to the local (prevailing) conditions and not -as we know from the past- the other way round! Beside the above mentioned advantages, the concept of modules offers the possibility for a stepwise integration of additional elements into the main complex. The capacities required for the installation are relatively small and can be used over a long period of time (reutilisation as far as possible). From sbrooks at waymark.net Wed Apr 30 15:12:59 1997 From: sbrooks at waymark.net (Shawn Brooks) Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 14:12:59 -0500 Subject: Reef Mapping Software Message-ID: <199704301911.OAA06644@ns.waymark.net> I would be interested to know if there is software available that allows the synthesis of photographic reef "maps" from a set of individual photographs or video frames. I also would like to try asses the general interest in such a tool. Any information or comments are appreciated. Shawn