From coral at aoml.noaa.gov Tue Aug 4 06:51:47 1998 From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral Health and Monitoring Program) Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 06:51:47 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Online Directory of Researchers Message-ID: <199808041055.KAA07040@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Greetings, We are currently updating our Online Directory of Coral Reef Researchers (see http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/lists/directory.html) to a more appealing format. If you wish to be listed, but have not yet registered, or if you wish to make corrections, please send the following information to lagoon at coral.aoml.noaa.gov: Name: Title: Institution: Address Line 1: Address Line 2: Address Line 3: City: State or Province: Country: Business Phone: Business Fax: E-mail: Other info: (Add up to, say, 20 lines, if you'd like.) Your name will be added soon. Many thanks! From astrong at nesdis.noaa.gov Tue Aug 4 08:58:35 1998 From: astrong at nesdis.noaa.gov (astrong at nesdis.noaa.gov) Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 08:58:35 -0400 Subject: Bleaching - GofMex & Keys? Message-ID: <199808041258.IAA07125@orbit34i.nesdis.noaa.gov> High SSTs appear to be starting their southward trek [1990/95?]. Potentially high SSTs and associated bleaching conditions have recently been in the vicinity of the Flower Gardens and are now [8/4] again back in the waters of the northern Bahamas and Florida Keys. SSTs have been high enough to have caused some bleaching around Bermuda... http://psbsgi1.nesdis.noaa.gov:8080/PSB/EPS/SST/data/hotspotw.8.4.1998.gif Anyone with verification [positive/negative]?? Cheers, Al Strong **** <>< ******* <>< ******* <>< ******* <>< ******* <>< ******* <>< ***** Alan E. Strong Phys Scientist/Oceanographer Adj Assoc Res Professor NOAA/NESDIS/ORA/ORAD -- E/RA3 US Naval Academy NOAA Science Center -- RM 711W Oceanography Department 5200 Auth Road Annapolis, MD 21402 Camp Springs, MD 20746 410-293-6550 Alan.E.Strong at noaa.gov 301-763-8102 x170 FAX: 301-763-8108 http://manati.wwb.noaa.gov/orad From JAAP_W at epic7.dep.state.fl.us Tue Aug 4 10:26:44 1998 From: JAAP_W at epic7.dep.state.fl.us (Walt Jaap STP) Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1998 10:26:44 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Bleaching - GofMex & Keys? Message-ID: <199808041514.PAA08447@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Thanks. It is rather interesting that we started off very hot in June and we thought that we would see an early bleaching episode in the keys. To date, the bleaching has been minor. What is happening is perhaps an accommodation. Time will tell. Walt From aszmant at rsmas.miami.edu Tue Aug 4 21:08:17 1998 From: aszmant at rsmas.miami.edu (Alina Szmant) Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 21:08:17 -0400 Subject: Bleaching - GofMex & Keys? Message-ID: <199808050108.VAA10783@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Water temperatures inshore in the upper Florida Keys have been over 32 oC while on the offshore reefs they've been ca. 30.5 oC. There is severe bleaching (white as a sheet) on the inshore patch reefs (The Rocks ca. 90 % bleached except for Siderastrea, Hens and Chickens ca. 50 %), while the offshore reefs have very little or no bleaching. Bleaching of the inshore corals began in mid-June and I expect some of these to die. ********************************************** Dr. Alina M. Szmant Coral Reef Research Group RSMAS-MBF University of Miami 4600 Rickenbacker Cswy. Miami FL 33149 TEL: (305)361-4609 FAX: (305)361-4600 or 361-4005 E-mail: ASZMANT at RSMAS.MIAMI.EDU ********************************************** From crmpriau at pbaru.wasantara.net.id Tue Aug 4 03:13:54 1998 From: crmpriau at pbaru.wasantara.net.id (Coremap BAPPEDA Tk.I Riau) Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 14:13:54 +0700 Subject: Stomatopod Literature Message-ID: <01bdbf77$704315a0$0100007f@localhost> Dear All, I am looking for books or literatures about Stomatopod, expeciallly on Family Gonodactylidae and Genus Gonodactylaceus. I have been preparating some research on Stomatopod Living in Paparan Sunda ( West Indonesia ). And I need some contact address for : R.B Manning ( who had been conducting research about Stomatpod ). Thank you very much for your information. WIJAYANTO COREMAP-BAPPEDA TK.I RIAU crmpriau at pbaru.wasantara.net.id From chale at sargasso.bbsr.edu Wed Aug 5 16:30:15 1998 From: chale at sargasso.bbsr.edu (Christopher Hale) Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 17:30:15 -0300 (ADT) Subject: Coral Reef Protection Legislation Graduate Project Message-ID: Dear Sir or Madam: I am current enrolled in a joint Juris Doctor/Master of Environmental Management degree program at Duke Univeristy. For my Masters Project, I am consulting with the Bermudian government and the Bermuda Biological Station for Research in the hopes of putting together a comprehensive coral reef protection legislative package. Currently, it is legal to anchor on coral reefs in Bermuda. A general prohibition on reef anchoring will be proposed as well as a system of moorings. Additionally, there exists no provision in Bermudian law to allow for the public recovery of damage to coral reefs resulting from ship groundings. I know that you have had extensive experience with coral reefs. I hope that you may be able answer the following questions or at least put me in contact with individuals who could do so. 1. Does your jurisdiction have a system of moorings for divers? How is it codified? How much does it cost to operate? Please outline some of the technology used. 2. In your opinion how much is a square meter of coral reef worth? 3. Can restoration work? What are the various technological methods? How much do they cost? Which work best? worst? 4. Does your jurisdiction have a system for the recovery of damage to reefs. Can you think of any other persons/resources that would be helpful in determining the value of a coral reef for a government natural damage resource recovery purposes? 5. Can you cite any references that deal with both primary and/or secondary damage to coral reefs that stem from anchor damage or ship groundings? Forgive my ignorance if I have left out any obvious, yet important questions. I will only be here in Bermuda for one more week. Your timely response to any or all of the questions is greatly appreciated. I can be reached by phone at 441-297-1880 ext.625, by fax 441-297-8143, and by electronic mail <> or <>. Thank you for your help. Please feel free to forward this message to any potentially interested party. Yours truly, Christopher Hale From uksda at kupang.wasantara.net.id Wed Aug 5 18:42:09 1998 From: uksda at kupang.wasantara.net.id (uksda at kupang.wasantara.net.id) Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 05:42:09 +0700 (JAVT) Subject: Journal Message-ID: <5F172FF1631@kupang.wasantara.net.id> Please share us the e-mail address of the editor via this mailing list. Thank you =================================== To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov From: "James M. Cervino" Sender: owner-coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov Dear Listers, I am trying to obtain the e-mail of the editor of the Journal of Marine Pollution, can any one help? ========================= From KELLER_B at epic7.dep.state.fl.us Wed Aug 5 10:18:32 1998 From: KELLER_B at epic7.dep.state.fl.us (Brian Keller MARA 305/289-2330) Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 10:18:32 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Marine Pollution Bulleting Message-ID: <199808061439.OAA09287@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> If you mean Marine Pollution Bulletin, the editor is Charles Sheppard, University of Warwick: sh at dna.bio.warwick.ac.uk Brian D. Keller The Nature Conservancy of the Florida Keys keller_b at epic7.dep.state.fl.us =================================== To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov From: "James M. Cervino" Sender: owner-coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov Dear Listers, I am trying to obtain the e-mail of the editor of the Journal of Marine Pollution, can any one help? ========================= From aszmant at rsmas.miami.edu Thu Aug 6 15:26:11 1998 From: aszmant at rsmas.miami.edu (Alina Szmant) Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 15:26:11 -0400 Subject: Coral spawning in Florida Keys Message-ID: <199808061926.PAA10699@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Since I've had a flurry of inquiries these past 2 weeks, thought I'd post this best guess for coral spawning in Florida for this year: Acropora palmata: Aug 9 (low probability), 10 & 11 (last 2 high probabilities), beginning ca. 10 pm to ca. 11 pm Montastraea annularis morpho group: Aug 13 (low prob.), 14 and 15 (highest prob.) from ca 9:30-11 pm (M. franksi) and from 10:30 pm to midnight (M. faveolata and annularis). They could wait for the Sept cycle or we may have a split spawn this year, but based on the last 5 years, this is my best guess. ********************************************** Dr. Alina M. Szmant Coral Reef Research Group RSMAS-MBF University of Miami 4600 Rickenbacker Cswy. Miami FL 33149 TEL: (305)361-4609 FAX: (305)361-4600 or 361-4005 E-mail: ASZMANT at RSMAS.MIAMI.EDU ********************************************** From cac at sinica.edu.tw Sat Aug 8 05:13:44 1998 From: cac at sinica.edu.tw (Allen C. Chen) Date: Sat, 8 Aug 1998 17:13:44 +0800 Subject: Update of PSA-Intercongress: ecology and conservation of coral reef in the Pacific Message-ID: Dear Coral-listers, For those who are still interested in participating the PSA-Intercongress, Ecology and conservation of coral reef in the Pacific", 15-22 November, 1998 in the Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, I would like to announce the update information: (1) Deadline of submitting abstract and registration have been postponed to 15 August. Due to limit space of conference rooms in the insititue of Zoology, Academia Sinica, oral presentations of invited speakers (overseas + local) have already filled in the time schedule of the 3-day conference. Therefore all of other participants will be encouraged to present in the format of poster. The size of poster is: 90 cm (high) X 120 (width). (2) The topics of invited speakers are listed as follow: Overseas speakers: Jeremy Jackson(Center for Tropical Paleoecology and Archeology, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute) ---------to be announced J.E.N. Veron (Australian Institute of Marine Science, Australia) ---------Reticulate evolution: the alternative paradigm Nancy Knowlton (Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, U.S.A) ---------to be announced Charles Birkeland (Marine Lab., Univ. of Guam, U.S.A.) ---------Why some reefs recover and others do not? Terrence Hughes ( James Cook University, Australia) ----------Large-scale processes on coral reefs Terry Done (Australian Institute of Marine Science, Australia) ---------Performance indices for management of coral reef ecosystems Richard Grigg ( Univ. of Hawaii, U.S.A.) ---------Holocene coral reef accretion in Hawaii: a function of wave exposure and sea level history Robert Rowan (Marine Laboratory, University of Guam U.S.A.) ----------How do coral-algal symbioses cope with environmental challenges? Angela Douglas (Univ. of York, U.K.) -------- Zooxanthellae in corals: does molecular diversity matter? Howard Choat ( James Cook University, Australia) ---------Herbivory by fishes on coral reefs: does it occur, and is important if it doesn't? Eddy Gomez (Marine Science Institute, University of the Philippines, Philippines) ---------to be announced Dr. Bette Willis (James Cook University, Australia) ---------to be announced Prof. Yehuda Benayahu (Tel Aviv University, Israel) ---------to be announced Fu-Shiang Chia (Uni. Alberta, Canada) --------Coral reef conservation: from interlectural discoveries to population movement Local speakers: Chang-Fang Dai (National Taiwan University) --------Reproductive isolation and genetic variation of a scleractinian coral, Mycedium elephantotous Keryea Soong (National Sun Yat-sen University) --------Spatial patterns of coral recruitment at Nanwan Bay, Southern Taiwan Chaolun Allen Chen (Institute of Zoology, Academia Sinica) --------Genetic diversity of symbiotic dinoflagellates in cnidarians from southern Taiwan More topics of local invited speakers will be announced laterly. Cheers, Allen Allen C. Chen, PhD Assistant Research Fellow Institute of Zoology Academia Sinica Taipei, Taiwan Ph: 886-2-2789-9549 Fax: 886-2-2785-8059 E-mail: cac at gate.sinica.edu.tw From crmpriau at pbaru.wasantara.net.id Mon Aug 10 06:47:30 1998 From: crmpriau at pbaru.wasantara.net.id (Coremap BAPPEDA Tk.I Riau) Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 17:47:30 +0700 Subject: bleached photo at zero degree for you Message-ID: <199808101131.LAA16045@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> [coral-list moderator's note: attached figure must be retrieved from sender directly, as attached figures are too large for processing through coral-list] Dear Coral-listers When I was helping Michael Risk team (McMaster University..... haze impact....) to take sampled porites lobata in Senayang-Lingga Island, I had take a picture of bleaching event there. I didn't observed a temperatur of water surface, just taked a picture. I hope Oceanography LIPI- Indonesia will reporting the scientific measurement . I know its importent for all us hwo care about global bleaching. in Fisheries & Marine Science of Riau University (where I have been studing) the graduete student need some information about this phenomenon. a lot of us not yet using E-mail and Internet. So they push me to publish the coral-lister debating/notice/experience of bleaching event. so, with coral lister pleasure, I will compose the debating/notice/experience of bleaching event and to translating in Indonesian speach. I will publish this book at mid september 1998. If you taked a picture when you abserved the bleaching, I offer to barter with mine. I will compose your picture into the my book so if you don't mind that your photo to complete my writen, I hope you fill this form (for a titlle of figure photo): genus :... photographer :... coordinate :.... temperature/turbidity :.... date/time : .... nearest Island :... short discription of your experience/observered :... notice : I will compose not for scientific book or observasion report. But with this book I will motivating an environmentalists/NGOs/students to using internet/ E-mail for alternative information management. both of this photo I taked in Kentar Island, Kepulauan Riau district, Riau Province- Indonesia. (approximatly: 00degree 01minute North//104degree 45 minute East) (((((contact me if you will using this photo))))) Thanks, coral rehabilitation and information management Team sgn Fadil Nandila crmpriau at pbaru.wasantara.net.id add/office: COREMAP-BAPPEDA TK I RIAU Jalan. Cut Nyak Dhien, Pekanbaru Riau - Indonesia. From zdenka.vapenik at zos.unibe.ch Mon Aug 10 07:32:57 1998 From: zdenka.vapenik at zos.unibe.ch (Zdenk Vapenik) Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 13:32:57 +0200 Subject: coral bleaching on Maldives Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19980810133257.007a5950@ubecx01.unibe.ch> Dear coral-listers >From 26. June to 11. July 1998 I made part of a scientist team collecting data on Maldivian reefs in the South Male Atoll. We observed severe coral bleaching all over the area (their occured bleaching on the reef tops but also on the slopes of the outside reefs). Other groups of our team reported the same from other islands in the Ari- and Male-Atolls. We have been told by local diving guides that high temperatures (over 30?C up to 30m depth) were observed from April to June 1998. Here the most importent observations we made during our field work: - Sinularia sp. was 100% bleached (with black stripes) (closely related Sarcophyton sp was not bleached) - Acroporidae, Fungidae, Platygyra sp. were 60-80% bleached - bleaching of Porites less than 60% - giant clam (Tridacna sp.) were often partially bleached and very slow in closing motion when disturbed - many anemones (Heteractis) were bleached - many of the bleached corals were already overgrown with filamentous algae! Who made similar observations in other parts of the Maldives and who can send us recent temperature data from this area? Comments and questions about our work are welcome Cheers Reto Wyss, Zdenka Vapenik, email: vapenik at zos.unibe.ch MARINE BIOLOGICAL ORGANIZATION, Switzerland From t.flueck at nzz.ch Mon Aug 10 12:29:11 1998 From: t.flueck at nzz.ch (Flueck Thomas) Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 18:29:11 +0200 Subject: Searching for two publications Message-ID: <01BDC48C.C66DEBC0@p013rol0.nzz.ch> Dear coral-listers I'm looking for the following two publications: 1. Wood E. 1988. Geological, geotechnical, and ecological studies of selected atolls of the Republic of the Maldives. Rept. Gov. Maldives from Engineering Geology Ltd. and Tropical Coastal Management Consultants Ltd., UK. 2. Hollings E. F. (chairman). 1988. Bleaching of coral reefs in the Caribbean. Oral and written testimony to the Commerce, Justice, State, Judiciary and related agencies, Appropriations Subcommittee, USA Senate, 10. Nov. 1987, 142 pp. Do you know, where I can get copies of these two papers? Thank you for your answer. Sincerely Thomas Flueck Dipl. phil. II Editor NZZ Online (http://www.nzz.ch) Neue Zuercher Zeitung POB 8021 Zurich Switzerland Phone: ++41 1 258 1284 Fax: ++41 1 258 1324 E-Mail: t.flueck at nzz.ch From cac at sinica.edu.tw Mon Aug 10 22:49:34 1998 From: cac at sinica.edu.tw (Allen C. Chen) Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 10:49:34 +0800 Subject: 2nd Update of PSA-Intercongress talk topics: ecology and conservation of coral reef in the Pacific Message-ID: Dear Coral-listers, For those who are still interested in participating the PSA-Intercongress, Ecology and conservation of coral reef in the Pacific", 15-22 November, 1998 in the Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, I would like to update the talks of invited speakers: The topics of invited speakers are listed as follow: Overseas speakers: Jeremy Jackson(Center for Tropical Paleoecology and Archeology, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute) ---------to be announced J.E.N. Veron (Australian Institute of Marine Science, Australia) ---------Reticulate evolution: the alternative paradigm Nancy Knowlton (Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, U.S.A) ---------to be announced Charles Birkeland (Marine Lab., Univ. of Guam, U.S.A.) ---------Why some reefs recover and others do not? Terrence Hughes ( James Cook University, Australia) ----------Large-scale processes on coral reefs Terry Done (Australian Institute of Marine Science, Australia) ---------Performance indices for management of coral reef ecosystems Richard Grigg ( Univ. of Hawaii, U.S.A.) ---------Holocene coral reef accretion in Hawaii: a function of wave exposure and sea level history Robert Rowan (Marine Laboratory, University of Guam U.S.A.) ----------How do coral-algal symbioses cope with environmental challenges? Angela Douglas (Univ. of York, U.K.) -------- Zooxanthellae in corals: does molecular diversity matter? Howard Choat ( James Cook University, Australia) ---------Herbivory by fishes on coral reefs: does it occur, and is important if it doesn't? Eddy Gomez (Marine Science Institute, University of the Philippines, Philippines) ---------to be announced Dr. Bette Willis (James Cook University, Australia) ---------Ecological perspectives on species borders in hybridising corals. Prof. Yehuda Benayahu (Tel Aviv University, Israel) ---------Soft corals (Octocorallia) from Taiwan Fu-Shiang Chia (Uni. Alberta, Canada) --------Coral reef conservation: from interlectural discoveries to population movement Local speakers: Chang-Fang Dai (National Taiwan University) --------Reproductive isolation and genetic variation of a scleractinian coral, Mycedium elephantotous Keryea Soong (National Sun Yat-sen University) --------Spatial patterns of coral recruitment at Nanwan Bay, Southern Taiwan Rong-Quen Jang (Institute of Zoology, Academia Sinica) --------Interoceanic comparisons o nest size of the damselfish, Abudefduf 'saxatilis complex' Tin-Yam Chan (Institute of Marine Biology, National Taiwan Ocean University Chaolun Allen Chen (Institute of Zoology, Academia Sinica) --------Genetic diversity of symbiotic dinoflagellates in cnidarians from southern Taiwan More topics of local invited speakers will be announced laterly. Cheers, Allen Allen C. Chen, PhD Assistant Research Fellow Institute of Zoology Academia Sinica Taipei, Taiwan Ph: 886-2-2789-9549 Fax: 886-2-2785-8059 E-mail: cac at gate.sinica.edu.tw From astrong at nesdis.noaa.gov Wed Aug 12 10:48:54 1998 From: astrong at nesdis.noaa.gov (astrong at nesdis.noaa.gov) Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 10:48:54 -0400 Subject: No subject Message-ID: <199808121448.KAA25824@orbit34i.nesdis.noaa.gov> HotSpot Notes -- August 12, 1998 NOAA satellite data show "HotSpots" and related coral reef bleaching appears to be expanding and beginning to move southward throughout the northern and northeastern Caribbean: Keys Bahamas Grand Cayman Virgin Islands Lesser Antilles Jamaica The high SSTs have even gone up slightly around Bermuda increasing the likelihood of bleaching. Over the Eastern Hemisphere the regions seeing potential increased bleaching activity are: Philippines [mostly eastern areas] Red Sea [north & central] Arabian/Persian Gulf Taiwan Okinawa area Verifications appreciated... AES **** <>< ******* <>< ******* <>< ******* <>< ******* <>< ******* <>< ***** Alan E. Strong Phys Scientist/Oceanographer Adj Assoc Res Professor NOAA/NESDIS/ORA/ORAD -- E/RA3 US Naval Academy NOAA Science Center -- RM 711W Oceanography Department 5200 Auth Road Annapolis, MD 21402 Camp Springs, MD 20746 410-293-6550 Alan.E.Strong at noaa.gov 301-763-8102 x170 FAX: 301-763-8108 http://manati.wwb.noaa.gov/orad From marylouisew at email.msn.com Thu Aug 13 19:45:48 1998 From: marylouisew at email.msn.com (Mary Louise Whitlow) Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 16:45:48 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Petition Message-ID: X?cacel petition As you might have heard X'cacel, a critical sea turtle nesting beach, in Quintana Roo, Mexico, has recently been sold for a tourist development. X'cacel's importance has been well documented by scientists. Biologists say X'cacel, a strip of land 1.25 miles long in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, is the most important sea turtle nesting grounds in Mexico and the Caribbean for the green and loggerheads. For years eco-tourism activities, viewing the nesting turtles, lectures, etc., were carried out at X'cacel. To be added to the petition below just send a message to marylouisew at msn.com with "OK X?cacel" in the subject line and your name, city, state in the text. Please post and/or forward as appropriate. Sincerely, Mary Louise Whitlow This petition will be sent to the governor of Quintana Roo, the President of Mexico, the secretary of tourism and the heads of SEMARNAP (Mexico's EPA) and the National Institute of Ecology. We, the undersigned, request that the Mexican government stop the planned development of X'cacel, Quintana Roo, Mexico; that all 311 hectares are set aside as a permanent reserve without any construction allowed. If not we will seriously consider spending our next vacation some place that protects endangered species. Please incorporate X?cacel into the National System of Protected Areas (SINAP) and preserve it as a permanent preserve! Mary Louise Whitlow marylouisew at msn.com From dm16 at york.ac.uk Fri Aug 14 15:06:10 1998 From: dm16 at york.ac.uk (Fiona Gell) Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 12:06:10 PDT Subject: Bleaching in the Philippines Message-ID: Att Coral List, during a brief visit to reefs in Northern Palawan (Philippines) I observed extensive bleaching at numerous sites at El Nido (Bacuit Bay) and Coron Island. Bleaching affected a wide range of coral genera and in some cases whole colonies of Acropora and Porites measuring in excess of 4 m2. In conversations with local dive shop guides, it would appear that bleaching is now present at most if not all dive sites in the area around El Nido and Coron Island. In addition both dive guides and fishermen have remarked that sea temperatures have been higher than usual (as measured by their diving consoles). From caricomp at invemar.org.co Fri Aug 14 11:14:08 1998 From: caricomp at invemar.org.co (caricomp at invemar.org.co) Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 15:14:08 GMT Subject: SIMAC monitoring program Message-ID: <199808141515.LAA29275@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: not available Url: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/19980814/070f6783/attachment.pl From jware at erols.com Fri Aug 14 13:26:47 1998 From: jware at erols.com (John Ware) Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 13:26:47 -0400 Subject: Coral reef definition Message-ID: <35D47357.5C288F26@erols.com> Dear Listers, First, thanks to the many who have sent what they believe is a useful definition of a 'coral reef'. A few definitions are still coming in, but quite slowly. I have not given up on this project (which a few believe to be an empty exercise.) Now that the furor over 'reefs at risk' has died out and my new job is settling in, I am requesting those who did not submit previously (or would like to change their minds), to write to me and tell me what they think is a definition of the term 'coral reef' or 'tropical coral reef'. Perhaps this is just a semantic game, but some games may have useful results. I believe the definition game is such a game. For example, if you think that defining 'coral reef' is too easy, try defining something else first, like 'pencil', 'automobile', or 'rug'. I don't want to here about those, but I would like to what a workable definition of a 'coral reef' is. By workable, I mean something that could be put in a law and used to define reef areas for preservation. Please respond directly to me. Thanks, John -- *********************************************************** * * * John R. Ware, PhD * * President * * SeaServices, Inc. * * 19572 Club House Road * * Gaithersburg, MD, 20886, USA * * 301 987-8507 * * jware at erols.com * * * * _ * * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * * _|__ * * | _ | * * _______________________| |______ * * |\/__ Sea Services, Inc. \ * * |/\__________________________________/ * *********************************************************** From garettg at mail.state.fl.us Fri Aug 14 13:36:28 1998 From: garettg at mail.state.fl.us (George S. Garrett) Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 13:36:28 -0400 Subject: Coral Bleaching at Coffin's Patch Light - Florida Keys Message-ID: <01BDC788.979DE8F0@GMD0004> Dear Listers: I have been diving consistently for the past month approximately every other day at Coffins Patch Light in the Florida Keys. This is a hard bottom area with very limited hard coral cover and considerable soft coral and sea fan growth. Between July 26 and 8/11/98 I saw no noticeable bleaching of hard corals. On 8/12/98 I saw minimal, but noticeable bleaching of Millepora colonies. The reef is 6-7 meters deep and typical SSTs have been 87-89 degrees F. During the same period I made a dive or two on the adjacent Coffins Patch Special Protected Area (SPA) and have seen no bleaching per se there, but haven't been there for a week of ten days. The SPA is shallower with higher relief and has a greater assemblage of hard corals. George Garrett Director of Marine Resources Monroe County, Florida Keys From LAURETTA at wri.org Fri Aug 14 18:02:18 1998 From: LAURETTA at wri.org (Lauretta Burke) Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 18:02:18 -0400 Subject: Reefs at Risk Data available on Web Message-ID: The Reefs at Risk Indicator of estimated threat to the world*s coral reefs is now available as a geographically- referenced data set which can be downloaded from the World Resources Institute*s web site (http://www.wri.org/indictrs/reefrisk.htm). Reefs At Risk is a first-of-its-kind, standardized, global assessment of anthropogenic threats to coral reefs. The data set contains over 55,000 locations representing coral reefs, classified by degree of threat from human activities. The map-based analysis produced an indicator of potential threats to coral reefs from four broad categories: 1) Coastal Development 2) Marine-based Pollution 3) Overexploitation of Marine Resources 4) Inland Pollution and Erosion The Reefs at Risk Indicator was developed at The World Resources Institute (WRI), in collaboration with The International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM), and The World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC). The geographic data are available in two formats - a) as point data in ArcView Shapefile or b) as raster data in an ArcInfo GRID format. ArcView Shapefiles are compatible with the ArcView software developed by the Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI). ArcInfo GRID data can be used with ESRI*s ArcInfo software, or with the *Spatial Analyst* extension of the ArcView software. The data are in zipped (compressed) format. User*s will need decompression software such as PKUNZIP or WinZip in order to use these data. ======================================================= Data Download Options: A) To obtain the Reefs at Risk Indicator as Point data in ArcView Shapefile format, you should download REEF_PTS.ZIP. This file is 650k compressed, and will require 5.5 megabytes of disk space. (These data are in Geographic Projection.) The zip file includes four files - a file of data documentation called DATA_DOC.TXT, and three files which together comprise the ArcView Shapefile called REEF_PTS. These three files have .DBF, .SHP, and .SHX extensions. These data will unzip into a directory called REEF_WRI\DATA_GEO. B) To obtain the Reefs at Risk Indicator as a raster (GRID) format, you should download REEFDATA.ZIP. This file is 2.3 megabytes compressed, and will require 10.5 megabytes of disk space. (The GRID data are in Mercator projection, at 4 kilometer resolution). This zip file includes: - coral reefs classified by threat from human activity in ArcInfo GRID format; - four data sets in GRID format which represent estimated threats from Coastal Development, Marine-based Pollution, Overexploitation of Marine Resources, and Pollution and Sediment from Inland Activities, respectively; - one data set in GRID format which summarizes our estimate of threat from the four categories of human activities; - one ArcView Shapefile data set reflecting coral reefs classified by threat from human activity in point format for comparison (same data as in REEF_PTS.ZIP); and - one ArcView project file to make the mapping of these many datasets easier. - a file of data documentation called DATA_DOC.TXT. Notes on UnZipping For the GRID data to work, it is important that the data retain the directory (path) structure that they were saved with. This happens automatically with the WinZip Software. If using PKUNZIP, it is important to use the *-d* option of the command. These data should unzip into a directory called REEF_WRI\DATA_MER. For the ArcView project to correctly reference the data locations, it is best to unzip these data onto the C:\ drive. ========================================================= For further information on Reefs At Risk, visit WRI*s web site (www.wri.org) or e-mail Lauretta Burke lauretta at wri.org From hendee at aoml.noaa.gov Sat Aug 15 13:55:10 1998 From: hendee at aoml.noaa.gov (Jim Hendee) Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 13:55:10 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Reefs of Navassa Message-ID: Has anybody heard of any recent monitoring efforts on the reefs off Navassa Island near Haiti? Many thanks! Cheers, Jim Hendee From sgittings at ocean.nos.noaa.gov Mon Aug 17 11:34:24 1998 From: sgittings at ocean.nos.noaa.gov (Gittings, S.) Date: 17 Aug 1998 11:34:24 -0400 Subject: FW: Position Open: Flower Gardens Manager Message-ID: The vacancy announcement for Manager of NOAA's Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary is open until Sept. 11. It is open to both Federal and non-Federal employees. The information is available on the web at www.usajobs.opm.gov. Click on Current Job Openings; on next screen, click on Alphabetical Job Search; then choose Yes or No under Federal Employee; select the S category and scroll down to Sanctuary Manager in Bryan, TX. Or, you may contact Lisa Love at 301-713-0506 ext 194. From kanlutmb at indosat.net.id Tue Aug 18 02:22:18 1998 From: kanlutmb at indosat.net.id (Balai Penelitian Perikanan Laut) Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 13:22:18 +0700 Subject: No subject Message-ID: <199808181226.MAA10965@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Dear Colleagues, We would like to inform all of you that Research Institute for Marine Fisheries (RIMF) has changed its e-mail address to: kanlutmb at indosat.net.id We are always looking forward for e-mail from you all. Thank you for your attention All best wishes ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yth., Kolega Balitkanlut. Kami informasikan bahwa alamat e-mail Balai Penelitian Perikanan Laut (Balitkanlut) telah berubah menjadi : kanlutmb at indosat.net.id Kita akan selalu berhubungan melalui alamat tersebut. Terima kasih atas perhatiannya. From astrong at nesdis.noaa.gov Tue Aug 18 11:05:26 1998 From: astrong at nesdis.noaa.gov (astrong at nesdis.noaa.gov) Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 11:05:26 -0400 Subject: Bleaching HotSpot -- UPDATE Message-ID: <199808181505.LAA06637@orbit34i.nesdis.noaa.gov> HotSpot Notes -- August 18, 1998 NOAA satellite data show "HotSpots" and related coral reef bleaching continues expanding in its migration southward into the Caribbean: Bermuda Bahamas Grand Cayman Virgin Islands Lesser Antilles Puerto Rico Dutch Antilles Over the Eastern Hemisphere the regions seeing potential increased bleaching activity from last week are: Red Sea [central & south] Philippines Okinawa area & S. Japan Verifications appreciated... AES **** <>< ******* <>< ******* <>< ******* <>< ******* <>< ******* <>< ***** Alan E. Strong Phys Scientist/Oceanographer Adj Assoc Res Professor NOAA/NESDIS/ORA/ORAD -- E/RA3 US Naval Academy NOAA Science Center -- RM 711W Oceanography Department 5200 Auth Road Annapolis, MD 21402 Camp Springs, MD 20746-4304 410-293-6550 Alan.E.Strong at noaa.gov 301-763-8102 x170 FAX: 301-763-8108 http://manati.wwb.noaa.gov/orad From aszmant at rsmas.miami.edu Wed Aug 19 14:25:42 1998 From: aszmant at rsmas.miami.edu (Alina Szmant) Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 14:25:42 -0400 Subject: coral spawning in Florida Message-ID: <199808191825.OAA24971@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> A. palmata spawned on Horseshoe Reef of the Florida Keys, at ca. 10:18 to 10:45 pm local time. It was a good spawn with ca. 50 % of the colonies spawning. No spawning was observed during the previous two nights at this site. Montastraea annularis & faveolata spawned the nights of Aug. 13-15 from ca. 11 pm on (heavier after 11:30 pm), and a few M. franksi were observed to spawn from 9:30-10:30 pm. A female M. cavernosa released eggs at 9:20 pm on 8/13/98. Other observations of coral spawning will be appreciated. Alina Szmant RSMAS, Univ of Miami ********************************************** Dr. Alina M. Szmant Coral Reef Research Group RSMAS-MBF University of Miami 4600 Rickenbacker Cswy. Miami FL 33149 TEL: (305)361-4609 FAX: (305)361-4600 or 361-4005 E-mail: ASZMANT at RSMAS.MIAMI.EDU ********************************************** From barracud at jcce.org.cu Thu Aug 20 15:51:42 1998 From: barracud at jcce.org.cu (C.N.A.S. Barracuda) Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 14:51:42 -0500 (EDT) Subject: INF. Message-ID: A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text Size: 4942 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/19980820/c6e5147a/attachment.pl From Gregory.Boland at mms.gov Fri Aug 21 11:51:52 1998 From: Gregory.Boland at mms.gov (Gregory Boland) Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 11:51:52 -0400 Subject: Flower Garden Banks spawning Message-ID: <199808211924.TAA16879@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> New Information from field observations at Flower Garden Banks, Gulf= = of Mexico: Research cruise on M/V Fling: 8/14-8/18, 1998, sponsored = by = NOAA, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary and Oceanographi= c = Expeditions. = (These reports are compiled from observations of a number of people)= = Coral Spawning: = Night of August 15, 7th night after the Aug. 7 full moon (all times = as = CDT): = 20:50: First observations of sparse egg bundles at surface, probabl= y = Diploria strigosa. = 21:05-22:45 Very substantial spawning slick on surface (rough = estimate 10,000-15,000 egg bundles/sq m). = 21:21: First confirmed observations of D. strigosa spawning on = bottom. = 21:37-21:48 Extensive spawn by D. strigosa. = 21:37-22:10 Extensive spawn by Montastrea franksi. = 22:00 One male M. cavernosa. = 22:10-22:45 Diminishing releases by M. franksi, nothing seen after = 22:45. = 23:45-00:05 Extensive releases by M. faveolata and male and = female Stephanocoenia michilini ( males first then adjacent female = response). = Night of August 16, 8th night after: = 20:24 First observations of sparse egg bundles at surface, probabl= y = Diploria strigosa. = 21:05-23:00 Substantial spawning slick on surface (rough estimate = 6,000 egg bundles/sq m) = 21:40-22:15 Numerous D. strigosa spawning throughout period. = 22:15-21:48 Extensive spawn by D. strigosa. = 22:15-22:30 Limited M. franksi spawn. = 23:10-23:54 S. michilini, male and female. = 23:45 Single head of M. faveolata release. = Night of August 17, 9th night after: = 20:55-21:15 Several heads of Colpophylia natans releasing. = 21:03 One head of male M. cavernosa releasing. = Night of August 18, 10th night after: = 20:55-21:15 Numerous heads of Colpophylia natans releasing (more th= an = previous night). = Bleaching: = Contrary to recent predictions concerning the Flower Gardens, there = was very little evidence of bleaching at the East or West Flower = Garden Banks as late as August 18. Water temperature was nearly = uniform at 86=B0 F throughout the water column to a depth of 30 m. = In contrast, the firecoral (Millepora alcicornis) at Stetson bank, n= ow = part of the FGBNMS, was heavily bleached; nearly total bleaching of = at = least 75% of existing cover which comprises about 20% of the total = substrate. (In the past, esssentially 100% of this bleaching = recovers) = New Species Record at Flower Garden Banks: = A new taxa was encountered at the East Flower Garden Bank during a = night dive by Greg and Gloria Boland. At a depth of 65 ft we observ= ed = what appeared to be an antipatharian coral, never previously reporte= d = to my knowledge. In fact, there have never been any soft corals or = antipatharians of any kind documented on the coral reef (wire corals= , = Cirrhipathes, are common at depths below 200 ft) . The colony was a= = cluster of stiff branches originating from a stalk attached to the = underside of a coral head out of sight. The color was an orange- re= d = or rusty brown. The morphology very closely resembles Antipathes = gracilis. Photographs were taken and will be used to confirm = identification. A sample was not obtained at the time due to the a = lack of a collection permit. = = Report by: = Greg Boland Biological Oceanographer Minerals Management Service = From rlindo at kfupm.edu.sa Sun Aug 23 06:10:33 1998 From: rlindo at kfupm.edu.sa (Rey Lindo) Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1998 13:10:33 +0300 Subject: coral bleaching Message-ID: <35DFEA98.53089D0C@kfupm.edu.sa> This is to report coral bleaching in the Saudi Arabian reefs at the Arabian Gulf. Five coral reefs were visited from August 16 to 20, 1998. There is widespread bleaching of corals in four patch reefs (seawater temperature 35.2-35.9?C). Very high mortality (about 95%) in Acropora was observed. Thin layer of brown filamentous algae already covers Porites, Acropora and Platygyra. Coral bleaching is minimal at the offshore island reef (seawater temperature 33.7?C). Bleached corals are Pocillopora, Acropora, Porites and Platygyra. REYNALDO LINDO Center for Environment and Water Research Institute King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals Dhahran, Saudi Arabia Email: rlindo at kfupm.edu.sa -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/19980823/9360e180/attachment.html From arfmontebon at msi01.cs.upd.edu.ph Mon Aug 24 10:10:49 1998 From: arfmontebon at msi01.cs.upd.edu.ph (A. Rex F. Montebon) Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 14:10:49 +0000 Subject: coral bleaching Message-ID: <199808240631.OAA08697@msi01.cs.upd.edu.ph> Bleaching report from the Philippines. Massive bleaching started mid-July and still ongoing. Affected parts are mostly the western regions from Bolinao (northwest) to Puerto Galera (central Phils) and the Palawan area. No reports came in from the eastern sector yet where it is expected from the hotspot data. Temperatures of 33-34 degrees Celsius are common and lasted for weeks. Bleaching goes as deep as 15 meters and primarily affected fragile forms of corals (plating, branching and foliose) although massive Faviids also suffered bleaching. Massive Porites spp. appear to be resistant. Black band disease has been observed on a few bleached colonies. Bleaching mortalities appear to be common among Acroporids while other genera appear to be alright despite the loss of zoox. Percentage bleaching depends on community structure -- more than 75% bleaching when dominated by fragile forms. Overall, mortality appears to be low. (Field observations from Bolinao reefs. Survey data still being processed). A. Rex F. Montebon Marine Science Institute University of the Philippines 1101 Diliman, Quezon City Philippines email: arfmontebon at msi01.cs.upd.edu.ph From mlsucrm at mozcom.com Mon Aug 24 21:16:37 1998 From: mlsucrm at mozcom.com (SU Marine Lab, COE-CRM Project) Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 09:16:37 +0800 (HKT) Subject: No subject Message-ID: <1.5.4.16.19981125093527.1ac7e5a2@mozcom.com> To everyone out there interested in keeping track of bleaching: Bleaching is also going on in the Central Philippines. Off the beach at Silliman Marine lab, we have extensive bleaching of large Porites lobata/australiensis colonies, most of which are at least 2m in diameter. Bleaching is mostly across the top; the sides of the colonies are still healthy. On Apo Is., large colonies of Galaxea fasicularlis are also showing patches on the sides. --Laurie Raymundo Silliman University Marine Lab From rcgregor at ust.hk Tue Aug 25 02:05:11 1998 From: rcgregor at ust.hk (Gregor Hodgson) Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 14:05:11 +0800 Subject: ICM Training Short-Course Wanted for Chinese Group Message-ID: <35E25417.62F237B7@ust.hk> I am looking for a 3-week Integrated Coastal Management Training course, preferably in the US, Australia or Europe, to be provided for a group of 8 Chinese ICM practitioners as part of a UNDP project in Southern China. The group would include an interpreter. They would cover all their travel and expenses and could pay a training fee of about US$5000. Ideally, the training would be very hands-on, including lots of field visits and would be completed before the end of 1998. Please contact me if you would like to provide such a course or have suggestions. Thank you. -- Gregor Hodgson, PhD Institute for Environment and Sustainable Development Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Clearwater Bay, Hong Kong Tel: (852) 2358-8568 Fax (852) 2358-1582 Email: Reef Check: http://www.ust.hk/~webrc/ReefCheck/reef.html From jch at aoml.noaa.gov Tue Aug 25 07:31:49 1998 From: jch at aoml.noaa.gov (Coral-List Administrator) Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 07:31:49 -0400 (EDT) Subject: No subject Message-ID: Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 12:52:39 -0400 From: Gregory.Boland at mms.gov (Gregory Boland) Subject: Correction to dates in last spawning report To: coral-list Correction to my spawning report posted on Friday, August 21 (sorry for the messy format, don't know how that happened): All dates listed are ahead one day (also on my travel voucher). August 15 should read August 14, August 16 shold be August 15 etc: Also the times for the substantial spawning slick observed on the surface on August 14 should read 22:05 - 22:45 and not 21:05 - 22:45 From colref at invemar.org.co Tue Aug 25 18:39:39 1998 From: colref at invemar.org.co (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Colecci=F3n_de_Referencia?=) Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 17:39:39 -0500 Subject: Identification Keys Message-ID: <01bdd079$3e657a60$970d19c8@Macro3.invemar.org.co> Hello Listers I?m looking for any identification Keys for caribbean scleratian corals. Anybody can help me?. I gratefull any information. Best Regards Patricia Lattig Proyecto Macro-fauna INVEMAR Cerro de Punta Bet?n, Santa Marta, Colombia. AA 1016 macro at invemar.org.co -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/19980825/60c84366/attachment.html From sjameson at coralseas.com Wed Aug 26 09:58:31 1998 From: sjameson at coralseas.com (Stephen C Jameson) Date: Wed, 26 Aug 98 09:58:31 -0400 Subject: Identification Keys Message-ID: <199808261354.JAA14881@radagast.wizard.net> Dear Patricia, On 8/25/98 you wrote: >I?m looking for any identification Keys for caribbean scleratian corals. >Anybody can help me?. >I gratefull any information. > >Best Regards > >Patricia Lattig >Proyecto Macro-fauna >INVEMAR >Cerro de Punta Bet?n, Santa Marta, Colombia. >AA 1016 >macro at invemar.org.co For Caribbean Porites see: Jameson SC (1997) Morphometric analysis of the Poritidae (Anthozoa: Scleractinia) off Belize. Proc 8th International Coral Reef Symposium, Panama This paper also lists other more general keys in the reference section. Best regards, Dr. Stephen C. Jameson, President Coral Seas Inc. - Integrated Coastal Zone Management 4254 Hungry Run Road, The Plains, VA 20198-1715 USA Office: 703-754-8690, Fax: 703-754-9139 Email: sjameson at coralseas.com Web Site: www.coralseas.com From p.j.mumby at sheffield.ac.uk Tue Aug 25 16:15:16 1998 From: p.j.mumby at sheffield.ac.uk (Peter J Mumby) Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 15:15:16 -0500 Subject: Frigid corals of Belize.... Message-ID: <33657EB122E@ashopton.shef.ac.uk> Dear coral-listers In response to the regional reports of coral spawning from the Western Atlantic, I would like to add that corals of Glovers Atoll (Belize) seem to be waiting until later in the year and may exhibit unusual spawning activity. A team from the University College of Belize and the Wildlife Conservation Society observed patch reef and forereef sites at Glovers Atoll on the evenings of 13th - 16th of August inclusive. We failed to observe any spawning activity between the hours of 18:00 and 00:30 on the patch reefs and nets set above the corals collected no eggs during any period (assuming that the nets didn't interfere with spawning behaviour - which remains to be proved). Curiously, fishermen report witnessing massive spawning events in October and November as well as the expected months of August and September. Further, several anecdotal reports suggest that spawning takes place in early morning (ca 05:00 - 07:00) rather than late at night. Unfortunately, we don't have precise dates to comment on the lunar periodicity of these "morning spawns". One exception may be a recent report from staff of Programme for Belize working near the main barrier reef. They reported finding many eggs on a patch reef during a morning dive on the 14th of August. Although the reef is dominated by acroporids, it isn't clear which coral was spawning or the precise timing of the event. However, the date does correspond to the expected lunar pattern of 7 days after full moon. We would be interested in other reports of (i) late spawning events (i.e. October - November) and, (ii) early morning spawns. Best wishes, Peter Dr Peter J. Mumby Research Fellow Department of Geography University of Sheffield Winter Street Sheffield S10 2TN E-mail: p.j.mumby at sheffield.ac.uk Tel: + 44 (0)114 222 7970 Fax: + 44 (0)114 279 7912 From l823836 at goliath.CNNET.CLU.EDU Wed Aug 26 14:51:09 1998 From: l823836 at goliath.CNNET.CLU.EDU (Hernandez Edwin A) Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 14:51:09 -0400 (AST) Subject: Lack of scleractinian mass spawning in Puerto Rico. Message-ID: Dear coral listers: Our research group was diving at Carlos Rosario Beach, Culebra Island (27 km off northeastern Puerto Rico), on the evening of August 16, 1998 (8th. evening after August full moon). We made observations from 20:00 to 23:30 hrs. No mass spawning was observed in Scleractinians. We only observed 5 colonies of the columnar morphotype of Montastrea annularis expelling sperms (cream colored) from 21:00 to 21:45 hrs. In all cases, it occurred in several pulses every 2 to 10 minutes, and only in a few polyps (less than 5% of the total polyps/colony). Only 1 25-cm diameter colony was observed spawning eggs (pink-orange colored) at 21:15. In addition, a few eggs bundles were dispersed and carried away by the current between 20:47 and approximately 22:00 hrs. These observations were made during calm weather and slack high tide. Nothing else was observed during our dive. Some members of our research group were also diving at the eastern tip of Flamenco Beach, Culebra Island, during the evening of August 15, 1998, between 21:00 and 23:00. No spawning was observed. In addition, according to Beatriz Martinez (Instituto de Oceanologia de Cuba, personal communication), no spawning was observed in Cuba on August 15. Our observations suggest that it might be highly possible that we will have an split spawning event this year, with most probable dates for mass spawning during September 10-15, 1998 (4th. to 9th. evenings after full moon). Cheers, Edwin A. Hernandez-Delgado University of Puerto Rico Department of Biology Coral Reefs Research Group P.O. Box 23360 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00931-3360 Tel (787) 764-0000, x-4855 Fax (787) 764-2610 From jason_see at hotmail.com Wed Aug 26 22:22:21 1998 From: jason_see at hotmail.com (Jason See) Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 19:22:21 PDT Subject: Nitrogen Uptake Message-ID: <19980827022222.4088.qmail@hotmail.com> I am currently looking for recent publications concerning the uptake of inorganic nitrogen (ammonium, nitrate, and nitrite) by corals. If anyone knows of any such publication (preferably published in the 1990's), please e-mail me with the bibliographical data. Thanks for all your help. Jason See University of Georgia School of Marine Programs Athens, Ga 30602 ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com From cnidaria at earthlink.net Thu Aug 27 02:12:35 1998 From: cnidaria at earthlink.net (James M. Cervino) Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 01:12:35 -0500 Subject: No subject Message-ID: Dear Coral Listers: Coral Bleaching was evident on reefs off the island of New Britain (PNG). These reefs are within the Bismarck Sea. Reports from Madang were similar. I collected data from this site 8 months after the 95 hot spot data read similar temps that induced coral bleaching, 8 months after the event corals were in FULL recovery. 2 differences:sponge disease & high presence of CLOD & CLD. Corals from this region have always recovered following bleaching events, if the temps return to the normal range we should see the same recovery rate. (Note: minimal anthropogenic stresses) Leaving Kimbe Bay area we headed in a North East direction sea water temps. below 10 meters were 31-31.5 ?C. These temps were consistent with surface temps above 10 meters as high as 32-33 ?C. High mortality rates of corals from Bleaching in this temp range. Bleaching affected 75% of Acropora sp. Porites, and Platygyra sp. Other bleached corals were; Porites, Montipora sp (plate like morph along deep walls) ., Sinularia sp., Echinopora pacificus, Montastrea valencienesi, Fungia fungites, Fungia, concinna, Podabacia crustacea, Alveopora spongiosa, Gonopora lobata, and Heteractis magnifica are in early to middle stages of bleaching. In most cases expulsion is evident. Bleaching as far down as 165 feet. Diseases and Syndromes in the NE direction: Black Band Disease: 5 isolated cases (middle to late stage of infection). White Band Disease: Sporadic; less than 10% (middle to late stages of infection). CLOD Coraline lethal orange disease: in the NE direction to the father's outer reefs (2 days out on boat) 90% affected from this epizootic, can be seen with the CLD Coraline lethal disease on the same encrusting substrate. (samples collected). When I say 90% I mean anywhere there is encrusting pink calcareous rock, there is CLOD & CLD. Sponge Disease: 90% of all Xestospongia testudinaria, and in some cases Jaspis sp. the same disease is seen. Photos of the disease were taken along with samples. Disease starts, most of the time, from the base up. At times the sponge will appear healthy but the bottom is decayed and streams of mucus is seen in the infected area. There is a drastic difference between this and fish bites. Fish bites: the holes or bite marks on the sponge are on the sides and tops, bites are never seen at the base. Texture of sponge in the bite lesion is intact, and sturdy, no signs of rotted tissue or mucus. Some sponges are at least 4ft. tall. Anthella (seafan shape) sponge, are mottled with dark spots, similar (in appearance) to the DSDisease affecting Siderastrea siderea in the Caribbean. Rotted tissue and large holes surrounded with brown mucus. Photos and samples were taken. This was only seen close to the coast, not out at the far away reefs and atolls. Locals asked about the sponges, they confirm this to be current. Porites Syndrome: (samples were collected) the inner reefs closer to the coast had the depressed lesions along with streaming mucus and pink filimentous blotches shown. Can this be a parasitic flatworm? (Peer communication Tegan Churcher, Moorea field station). Parrotfish white spot biting (PWSB) was seen affecting 80% of the Porites sp. (boulder type). Locals claim the PWSB has increased in the past few years. Acanthaster (crown of thorns): isolated (very few) cases. Cyanobacteria (reds and bluegreens): quickly colonized on all exposed substrates. Quite evident after the CLOD leaves the exposed limestone. Thin layer of bluegreen, brown and red filamentous algae already covers 1/2 dead or fully dead Porites, Acropora and Platygyra and all other affected corals. Pavona was seen smothering miles of Acroporids on a few reef sites. Cool water up-welling was said to trigger this outbreak of Pavona, as the temps are now warming the Pavonas are dying, however, still smothering high % of the corals at these sites. Recolonization from the tips down can be seen in some cases. WBD is seen at these sites. RETURN to Kimbe Bay South West Direction: Water temps ranged between 85 -86 F (29.5- 30?C). Drastic difference: 10% Bleaching of Acroporid sp. (early stages) is evident, Just 1 to 2 degrees C, difference , and the corals seemed healthy. One or two isolated cases of early bleaching is seen on other species of corals. Diseases: BBD was seen close to shore, 4 cases on Acroporid sp. WBD: was also seen at the far away reefs and atolls, however one or two isolated cases were only seen. Sponge disease: consistent with the other sites where temps were warm. CLOD & CLD: rarely seen PWSB: Father's out reefs the biting slows down, any suggestions? A detailed report for the GCRA Web Site will be available: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~goreau ******************************* James M. Cervino Marine Biologist Global Coral Reef Alliance 124-19 9th ave. College Point New York, NY 11356 Phone/Fax (718) 539-8155 ******************************** From rcgregor at ust.hk Sat Aug 29 03:45:04 1998 From: rcgregor at ust.hk (Gregor Hodgson) Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 15:45:04 +0800 Subject: http://www.underwater-gps.com/ References: Message-ID: <35E7B180.D43D434B@ust.hk> One French solution to the recent request for underwater GPS on this list. An interesting set of products. I thank Mark Tepper of Patric Trading HK for alerting me to this site. Anyone looking for odd bits of marine survey and monitoring equipment can contact Mark at: mark.tepper at ptc.com.hk -- Gregor Hodgson, PhD Institute for Environment and Sustainable Development Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Clearwater Bay, Hong Kong Tel: (852) 2358-8568 Fax (852) 2358-1582 Email: Reef Check: http://www.ust.hk/~webrc/ReefCheck/reef.html From rcgregor at ust.hk Sat Aug 29 03:45:04 1998 From: rcgregor at ust.hk (Gregor Hodgson) Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 15:45:04 +0800 Subject: http://www.underwater-gps.com/ References: Message-ID: <35E7B180.D43D434B@ust.hk> One French solution to the recent request for underwater GPS on this list. An interesting set of products. I thank Mark Tepper of Patric Trading HK for alerting me to this site. Anyone looking for odd bits of marine survey and monitoring equipment can contact Mark at: mark.tepper at ptc.com.hk -- Gregor Hodgson, PhD Institute for Environment and Sustainable Development Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Clearwater Bay, Hong Kong Tel: (852) 2358-8568 Fax (852) 2358-1582 Email: Reef Check: http://www.ust.hk/~webrc/ReefCheck/reef.html From eamatson at uog9.uog.edu Sun Aug 30 02:49:02 1998 From: eamatson at uog9.uog.edu (Ernie Matson) Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 16:49:02 +1000 (GMT+1000) Subject: Nitrogen Uptake Message-ID: <199808311441.OAA25172@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Sure Jason, I'll stop what I'm now doing and do your library research for you. By the way, would like the data interpreted for you also? in SI units or what? May I help write your thesis proposal for you, or has someone else volunterred for that? Get lost. Strong Letter to follow. Ernie Matson On Wed, 26 Aug 1998, Jason See wrote: > I am currently looking for recent publications concerning the uptake of > inorganic nitrogen (ammonium, nitrate, and nitrite) by corals. If > anyone knows of any such publication (preferably published in the > 1990's), please e-mail me with the bibliographical data. Thanks for all > your help. > > Jason See > University of Georgia > School of Marine Programs > Athens, Ga 30602 > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > From CoralReefA at aol.com Mon Aug 31 13:05:12 1998 From: CoralReefA at aol.com (CoralReefA at aol.com) Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 13:05:12 EDT Subject: Need UW Survey Equipment in St. Kitts Message-ID: Dear Sir, Madam, The French Mission here in St Kitts is tryin to set up a marine park in collaboration with the local authorities. As part of this project, we will also set up a reef monitoring system. For this reason, we have choosen the transect method but we need to know where to get the equipment needed (Secchi Disk, refractometer for salinity tests, thermometer (pressure and water resistant), tablets for underwaternotes.....and every other equipment needed. If you had any information or idea about the way we would be able to get this equipment (and the price also) (addresses, names and phone numbers of companies ...in the Caribbean if possible, otherwise in the USA), I would be very pleased if you could let it us know. We look forward to hearing from you soon and we thank you in advance. Best Regards B. ROUHAN From ewann at mcbi.org Mon Aug 31 13:51:43 1998 From: ewann at mcbi.org (Ewann A. Berntson) Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 10:51:43 -0700 Subject: please... Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.19980831105143.006b8014@pop.nwlink.com> Hello all, I think this would be an excellent time to remind those subscribed to this list about the 'no-flame' policy we try to uphold. If you have a personal problem with a particular message, please respond only to the author. There are many of us out here who would rather not be involved. Thanks, Ewann Ewann A. Berntson Marine Conservation Biology Institute 15806 NE 47th Court Redmond, WA 98052-5208 phone: (425) 883-8914 FAX: (425) 883-3017 ewann at mcbi.org