From eweil at caribe.net Mon May 3 11:04:57 1999 From: eweil at caribe.net (Ernesto Weil) Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 11:04:57 -0400 Subject: Summer course Message-ID: <002201be9576$891532e0$e9d35bd1@default> SUMMER COURSE FUNDACI?N CIENTIFICA LOS ROQUES UNIVERSIDAD DE PUERTO RICO UNIVERSIDAD SIM?N BOLIVAR CORAL REEF BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY DOS MOSQUISES MARINE LABORATORY ARCHIPIELAGO DE LOS ROQUES NATIONAL PARK, VENEZUELA JUNE 23 - JULY 4, 1999. SECOND ANNOUCEMENT The Fundaci?n Cientifica los Roques announces an intensive summer course in coral reef biology and ecology that will be taught at the Dos Mosquises Marine Laboratory. The lab is located on the southwest corner of the Archipielago Los Roques National Park, an atoll-like reef complex 110 km north of the Venezuelan main coast. This reef complex boasts some of the best developed and diverse coral reef, sea-grass beds and mangrove forests in the Caribbean and is far away from continental and major anthropogenic influences. Eco-tourism and a declining fisheries are the major human activities in the area. The course include topics in evolution of reef communities, modularity as an evolutionary successful strategy, biology of major biological groups and their ecological roles in the reef community, current anthropogenic and natural threats and coral biogeography. A special session on sea-grass communities is also included. Field and lab work include taxonomic identifications, reef and sea-grass community characterization and structure, reef zonation, reef health assessment, coral diseases, ecological and monitoring methods, etc. A detailed program is available from Dr. Ernesto Weil. Faculty : Ernesto Weil, Ph.D Sven Zea, Ph.D Associate Professor Associate Professor Department of Marine Sciences Department of Biology U. of Puerto Rico U. Nacional de Colombia-INVEMAR David Bone, Ph.D Associate Professor Department of Biology U. Sim?n Bol?var, Caracas. Cost: The course cost is US $ 900.00 per student. This includes tuition fees, dive activities, room and board, round trip transportation from Caracas to Los Roques and limited insurance. Each participant will be required to sign a release form at arrival. Costs of Visa to enter Venezuela and travel to Caracas is the responsibility of the applicant. How to get there: Many US and other international carriers fly into the Sim?n Bolivar International Airport, 15 km north of Caracas. The Organizers will make all the arrangements for the round trip transportation from Caracas to the field station. If a commercial airline is used, they land in the main island of El Gran Roque, 20 km north-east of the Station. Boat transportation (2 hours) will then be provided from El Gran Roque to the Dos Mosquises Marine Lab. Registration and dead lines: Mail to either of the addresses below : (1) Letter of application stating why you want to take the course and what is your experience in coral reefs research, (2) two letters of recommendation, (3) x-copy of current diving certificate, (4) Curriculum Vitae, (5) list of undergraduate or graduate courses, (6) a deposit of US $ 100.00 (check to Fundacion Cientifica Los Roques). Full payment of course must be done by June 15 th. DEAD LINE : MAY 24. Acceptance will be communicated within 5 days of receiving your application. Remember that there is a limit of 15 students. International students must get a visa to enter Venezuela. This could take some time so plan accordingly. Contact the nearest Venezuelan Consulate or your travel agent. For information and/or sending your application contact: Dr. Ernesto Weil : Dept. of Marine Sciences, U. of Puerto Rico. PO BOX 908, Lajas, PR 00667. 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URL: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/19990503/8ece8ab4/attachment.html From davidsonoh at juno.com Mon May 3 15:00:16 1999 From: davidsonoh at juno.com (Kristine Davidson) Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 09:00:16 -1000 Subject: Hawaii CRI: Request for PreProposals Message-ID: <19990503.090020.-314995.0.davidsonoh@juno.com> The HAWAII CORAL REEF INITIATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM announces a REQUEST FOR PRE-PROPOSALS to monitor and research the following coral reef-related management concerns for FY1999-2000: 1) expanding current monitoring activities 2) assessing the impacts of nearshore fisheries and aquarium fish collection 3) investigating the effects of alien and invasive species A more detailed Request for Pre-Proposals can be obtained from the Social Science Research Institute. Please submit your request either by fax (808/956-2884) or email davidsonplan at hawaii.rr.com. This document includes a program overview, priority descriptions, review process, evaluation criteria, and suggested format. Pre-proposals are due 4:00 p.m. on May 24th, 1999 at the Social Science Research Institute (University of Hawaii/ 2424 Maile Way, #704/ Honolulu, HI 96822). From Walt.Jaap at dep.state.fl.us Mon May 3 12:28:44 1999 From: Walt.Jaap at dep.state.fl.us (Walt Jaap STP) Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 12:28:44 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Low-tech rehabilitation of coral reefs Message-ID: <199905031921.TAA10027@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Low techer et al. I hope that some of you attended the NCRI meeting in Ft. Lauderdale. There were a number of sessions and presentations on coral restoration with methods and monitoring results. If you did not attend, you should check the web site: http://www.nova.edu/ocean/ncri and or e-mail ncri at mako.ocean.nova.edu. From Walt.Jaap at dep.state.fl.us Mon May 3 12:28:44 1999 From: Walt.Jaap at dep.state.fl.us (Walt Jaap STP) Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 12:28:44 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Low-tech rehabilitation of coral reefs Message-ID: <199905031921.TAA10027@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Low techer et al. I hope that some of you attended the NCRI meeting in Ft. Lauderdale. There were a number of sessions and presentations on coral restoration with methods and monitoring results. If you did not attend, you should check the web site: http://www.nova.edu/ocean/ncri and or e-mail ncri at mako.ocean.nova.edu. From serge at carbon.marine.usf.edu Fri May 7 11:05:55 1999 From: serge at carbon.marine.usf.edu (Serge Andrefouet) Date: Fri, 07 May 1999 11:05:55 -0400 Subject: Satellites status Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.19990507110555.0085b5e0@carbon.marine.usf.edu> Dear colleagues, Information on satellites status potentially interesting for coral reef studies: LANDSAT 7 was launched successfully on April 15th 1999. It is still in a test period. More details on http://geo.arc.nasa.gov/sge/landsat/l7status.html IKONOS 1, Space Imaging's high - resolution satellite (1 meter in panchromatic mode and 4 meters in 4-bands multipectral mode) launched a couple days ago died. It never reached orbit. A result of a faulty booster rocket. Serge Andrefouet Department of Marine Science Remote Sensing/ Biological Oceanography University of South Florida 140, 7th Av. South St Petersburg FL 33701 phone: (727) 553-1186 fax: (727) 553-1103 E-mail: serge at carbon.marine.usf.edu From howzit at turtles.org Tue May 4 17:26:56 1999 From: howzit at turtles.org (Ursula Keuper-Bennett) Date: Tue, 04 May 1999 17:26:56 -0400 Subject: News article: Maui diver predits coral spawning Message-ID: <4.1.19990504172411.00aff610@pop.vex.net> Diver predicts coral spawning By RON YOUNGBLOOD Staff Writer KIHEI -- Curiosity mentored by a veteran diver-photographer and sharpened by hundreds of hours leading scuba tours has led to a`remarkable'' discovery about the islands' reef life. For 13 years, Pauline Fiene-Severns carefully noted underwater observations collected while working with biologist/underwater photographer Mike Severns, her husband and founder of a dive company. It all led to being able to predict the dates and times cauliflower coral will spawn. Enjoyable read. ------------------------------------------- ^ Ursula Keuper-Bennett 0 0 Email: howzit at turtles.org /V^\ /^V\ /V Malama na honu V\ http://www.turtles.org / \ Islands French Frigate Shoals Green sea turtles nest there Twenty-fifth Anniversary Silver --Patrick H. (age 12) \ / cinquaine poetry / \ / \ /__| V |__\ Turtle Trax CELEBRATING THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FFS TAGGING PROGRAM From pmuller at seas.marine.usf.edu Fri May 7 11:33:03 1999 From: pmuller at seas.marine.usf.edu (Pam Muller) Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 11:33:03 -0400 (EDT) Subject: "Sea lice" Message-ID: Attention Researchers in the Florida Keys: Those charming little friends lovingly called "sea lice" are thick and pesky in the neuston in Keys waters these days. What exactly are they? I have heard everything from firecoral larvae to small jelly's. Or can several types of tiny cnideria produce the same response in sensitive individuals? To quote an old song: "Gonna need an ocean ----- of calamine lotion" Happy scratching! Pamela Hallock Muller Department of Marine Science University of South Florida 140 Seventh Avenue South St. Petersburg, FL 33701 USA pmuller at marine.usf.edu Phone: 727-553-1567 FAX: 727-553-1189 NOTE NEW AREA CODE!!! "Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought." - Albert Szent-Gyorgyi - From carlson at soest.hawaii.edu Wed May 5 21:00:16 1999 From: carlson at soest.hawaii.edu (Bruce Carlson) Date: Wed, 5 May 1999 15:00:16 -1000 (HST) Subject: Corals on the internet Message-ID: <199905071608.QAA02446@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> The Waikiki Aquarium now has a live camera on our web site focused on three species of living corals: Montipora digitata, Acropora elseyi, and Acropora sp. There is a metric ruler on the left side of the image to allow viewers to measure the daily growth rates of the corals (do they grow faster from dusk to dawn vs. during day light hours etc.). It's about as exciting as watching grass grow, but we feel it has instructional value for students learning about corals. The URL for the Waikiki Aquarium is: http://waquarium.mic.hawaii.edu/ go to the bottom of the screen and click on the "Corals Are Alive!" icon. It should be obvious (but I'll say it anyway) you can only see the image during the daylight hours in Hawaii! Aloha Bruce Carlson From ljr5 at cornell.edu Fri May 7 13:20:12 1999 From: ljr5 at cornell.edu (Laurie Jeanne Raymundo) Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 13:20:12 -0400 Subject: No subject Message-ID: Hi, all: I am searching for information on a disease referred to as Porites Purple Ring Disease, in the Indo-Pacific. I have seen small massive Porites colonies often infected with ovoid lesions (2cm diameter), with dead tissue in the middle of the lesion colonized by algal tufts, and around the perimeter of the lesion is a very distinctive pink-purple ring. So, two questions: does anyone know if this is the trematode infection that Greta Aeby reported in 1992 (Greta: if you're out there, I'd love your email address so we could talk further!) and has anyone heard of any other publications on this? It's not on the McCarty-Peters web page, and hasn't been mentioned much, but those of us in the Indo-Pacific have seen it around (it was also reported from the Vietname area, I believe). I'd like to make sure that the symptoms I'm seeing are the ones others are using to refer to as Porites Purple Ring. Thanks to all who answer! Laurie Raymundo From cnidaria at earthlink.net Fri May 7 18:46:28 1999 From: cnidaria at earthlink.net (James M. Cervino) Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 17:46:28 -0500 Subject: Porites Pink Blotch Disease Message-ID: Regarding the Porites Pink Spot/Ring/Blotch Disease, I have seen this syndrome at many sites in the Pacific....including my study sites in Papua New Guinea. I collected samples and brought them back to my lab on ice. I observed what appears to be a mesh work of hyphae, as well as a high concentration of coral mucus. I have heard that someone has isolated a fungus (European marine biologists)?? I see this particular syndrome closer to the continental slope, and it seems to disappear in the outer reefs (far away from anthropogenic run-off or deforestation). If this pink blotch is isolated and proven to be a confirmed fungus and not a symbiotic consortium of bacteria, would it be easy to link this un-known species to the land as a soil based microbe from soil run-off? James M. Cervino From cindyh at hawaii.edu Fri May 7 19:01:16 1999 From: cindyh at hawaii.edu (Cindy Hunter) Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 13:01:16 -1000 Subject: Purple rings In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear Laurie, >From your description, the lesions you've seen are most likely not caused by the trematode cysts that Greta has worked on--those can be distinguished as involving individual, swollen (and often pink) polyps. Might they be the result of tissue loss from fish bites? I have seen lesions similar to those you decribe (ovoid, dime-to quarter size, with algal filaments or incipient turf) on Porites colonies on many Pacific reefs. Often the edges are pink to violet, a common attribute of stressed (as from the trematode cysts), abraded, or rapidly growing coral tissue. In Hawaii, such bite marks are made by large blennies (Exallias brevis), puffers, and parrotfish. Why the scars are sometimes invaded by cyanobacterial or algal turfs before they heal is an intriguing question, but I haven't noted a correlation with proximity to any known anthropogenic source of stress. That is, these kinds of lesions (and other "diseases" of corals in the Pacific) are as common on remote reefs like Ofu in American Samoa as on reefs near Waikiki. On a related note, I have a suspicion that many coral neoplasms on Pacific Porites stem from fish feeding scars--the process involved there is another intriguing question! I've posted Greta's email address with this message. I'd be happy to continue a correspondence on your thoughts and observations on Porites. Aloha, Cindy Hunter Curator Waikiki Aquarium 2777 Kalakaua Avenue Honolulu, HI 96815 On Fri, 7 May 1999, Laurie Jeanne Raymundo wrote: > Hi, all: > > I am searching for information on a disease referred to as Porites Purple > Ring Disease, in the Indo-Pacific. I have seen small massive Porites > colonies often infected with ovoid lesions (2cm diameter), with dead tissue > in the middle of the lesion colonized by algal tufts, and around the > perimeter of the lesion is a very distinctive pink-purple ring. So, two > questions: does anyone know if this is the trematode infection that Greta > Aeby reported in 1992 (Greta: if you're out there, I'd love your email > address so we could talk further!) and has anyone heard of any other > publications on this? It's not on the McCarty-Peters web page, and hasn't > been mentioned much, but those of us in the Indo-Pacific have seen it > around (it was also reported from the Vietname area, I believe). I'd like > to make sure that the symptoms I'm seeing are the ones others are using to > refer to as Porites Purple Ring. > > Thanks to all who answer! > > Laurie Raymundo > > > From karenne at nus.edu.sg Fri May 7 23:52:16 1999 From: karenne at nus.edu.sg (Karenne Tun) Date: Sat, 8 May 1999 11:52:16 +0800 Subject: coral transplant Message-ID: <4B0D7BF452B9D011899D0020AFFBEE610308393F@exs03.ex.nus.edu.sg> Hi Shafina (and anybody else interested). I'm Karenne Tun from the Tropical Marine Science Institute, National University of Singapore. Regarding the query you had about coral transplant, I thought you'd be interested in the following information. During the Oceanology International 99 conference from 27-29 April in Singapore, there was a paper presented by Dr Thomas Heegar from the University of San Carlos on "Coral Farming as Alternative Livelihood, for Sustainable Natural Resource Management and Coral Reef Rehabilitation". In his presentation, he presented the methods they used to "grow" coral fragments on limestone slabs. It's not really coral transplants per se, but his results were very favourable. Re: coral transplants, I do have some information too. There was an effort to transplant corals in Singapore from a site earmarked for reclamation to another site some years ago. We have written a paper about the transplant. At the moment, there is an FTP site being set up for TMSI, and I can scan the papers and put store them on the FTP site for downloading. But that may not be ready for a while, so if you need the information urgently, send me a private e-mail with your snail mail info. and I'll send a set of relevant papers to you. Happy transplanting. Cheers. Karenne! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>+<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Karenne! Tropical Marine Science Institute 14, Kent Ridge Road Singapore 119223 Tel : 65-774 9882/9656 Fax : 65-774 9654 Pager : 9582 4121 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>+<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< From woodley at uwimona.edu.jm Sat May 8 07:46:00 1999 From: woodley at uwimona.edu.jm (Jeremy Woodley) Date: Sat, 8 May 1999 06:46:00 -0500 (GMT-0500) Subject: Porites Purple-Ring Disease In-Reply-To: Message-ID: The condition you describe sounds, in general appearance, like the Yellow-Band Disease currently evident in Montastraea "annularis" in the Caribbean. There, the yellow band may be due simply to partial bleaching of the sick coral. In the case of PPRD, I wonder if the pink/purple ring is due to the revelation of animal pigments in the bleaching coral, rather than any specific attribute of the disease. In which case, both could result from the same pathogen! Or any of many.. Jeremy Woodley Centre for Marine Sciences, University of the West Indies (Mona), Jamaica From woodley at uwimona.edu.jm Sat May 8 07:46:00 1999 From: woodley at uwimona.edu.jm (Jeremy Woodley) Date: Sat, 8 May 1999 06:46:00 -0500 (GMT-0500) Subject: Porites Purple-Ring Disease In-Reply-To: Message-ID: The condition you describe sounds, in general appearance, like the Yellow-Band Disease currently evident in Montastraea "annularis" in the Caribbean. There, the yellow band may be due simply to partial bleaching of the sick coral. In the case of PPRD, I wonder if the pink/purple ring is due to the revelation of animal pigments in the bleaching coral, rather than any specific attribute of the disease. In which case, both could result from the same pathogen! Or any of many.. Jeremy Woodley Centre for Marine Sciences, University of the West Indies (Mona), Jamaica From woodley at uwimona.edu.jm Sat May 8 07:54:11 1999 From: woodley at uwimona.edu.jm (Jeremy Woodley) Date: Sat, 8 May 1999 06:54:11 -0500 (GMT-0500) Subject: Porites Purple-Ring Disease In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Oops! I had overlooked your "2 cm in diameter": not like YBD at all, which extends over large areas. Sorry: it was too early in the morning.. Jeremy Woodley From lesk at bio.bu.edu Sat May 8 11:12:51 1999 From: lesk at bio.bu.edu (Les Kaufman) Date: Sat, 8 May 1999 11:12:51 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Porites Pink Blotch Disease In-Reply-To: Message-ID: James and others: my experience with Porites compressa, Porites lobata, and Porites evermanni (or so I took it to be) is that at least these species, and probably many other Porites, exhibit a pinkish or purplish discoloration in response to virtually any persistent insult- be they parasites, necrosis near fish bite marks, margins of advance by competing assemblages of endolith/algal turf (unsure who the main culprit is), or even the edges of damselfish gardens. I think it is misleading to refer to this collection of processes as a single disease. Even if there is a disease that produces a distinct, recognizable manifestation of the pink discoloration, neophytes will have a devil of a time distinguishing it from all the other pinkish blotches these corals produce. Pink in at least some Indo-Pacific Porites means "bad hair day." Cindy Hunter, help us! Les Kaufman Boston University Marine Program lesk at bio.bu.edu 617-353-5560 office 617-353-6965 lab 617-353-6340 fax From EricHugo at aol.com Sat May 8 15:57:18 1999 From: EricHugo at aol.com (EricHugo at aol.com) Date: Sat, 8 May 1999 15:57:18 EDT Subject: Porites Pink Blotch Disease Message-ID: <82fde6d0.2465f11e@aol.com> Technically, disease defined is, "Any deviation from or interruption of the normal structure or function of any part, organ, or system (or combination thereof) that is manfiested by a characteristic set of signs and/or symptoms and whose etiology, pathology, and prognosis may be known or unknown." Along the thoughts of Les Kaufman, I would like to add that there seems to frequently be a tendency to use the word "disease" to describe virtually any condition that causes mortality - and also to frequently assume the "disease" or mortality is due to unnamed and undocumented bacterial pathogens. There is a description of Porites tissue turning pink in a stress response/pre-necrotism - Schuhmacher H (1992) Impact of some corallivorous snails on stony corals in the Red Sea. Proc 7th Int Coral Reef Sym 2:840-6. We have also regularly observed highly stressed Acroporid tissue become brownish purple or pinkish brown prior to sloughing in aquaria, fwiw. Eric Borneman In a message dated 5/8/99 9:47:15 AM, lesk at bio.bu.edu writes: << at least these species, and probably many other Porites, exhibit a pinkish or purplish discoloration in response to virtually any persistent insult- be they parasites, necrosis near fish bite marks, margins of advance by competing assemblages of endolith/algal turf (unsure who the main culprit is), or even the edges of damselfish gardens. I think it is misleading to refer to this collection of processes as a single disease. Even if there is a disease that produces a distinct, recognizable manifestation of the pink discoloration, neophytes will have a devil of a time distinguishing it from all the other pinkish blotches these corals produce. Pink in at least some Indo-Pacific Porites means "bad hair day." Cindy Hunter, help us! >> From McCarty_and_Peters at compuserve.com Sat May 8 20:41:28 1999 From: McCarty_and_Peters at compuserve.com (Harry McCarty) Date: Sat, 8 May 1999 20:41:28 -0400 Subject: Thank you Les and Eric! Message-ID: <199905082041_MC2-7505-92C5@compuserve.com> Many thanks to Les and Eric for the injection of realism here. The word "disease" does get thrown around in the coral community somewhat willy-nilly. Given the difficulties that even the professionals have in distinguishing true disease conditions in the wild, we need to be careful with both our terminology and our rush to diagnose long distance. This condition in Porites may indeed turn out to be a new disease, but it will take much more than a spirited exchange on this list server to prove that. We look forward to continued open discussion here on the list, but urge caution and observance of the traditional scientific methods related to diseases, both coral and other. Laurie, we'd like to hear more from you and possibly get both photos and specimens for examination. Until then, we'll file this all in the "That's interesting" file. Harry McCarty The Coral Disease Page http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/mccarty_and_peters/coraldis.htm From cnidaria at earthlink.net Sat May 8 22:41:38 1999 From: cnidaria at earthlink.net (James M. Cervino) Date: Sat, 8 May 1999 21:41:38 -0500 Subject: Porites Pink Blotch Disease Message-ID: Les, Eric: My posting on the coral-list referred to the Porites sp. under stress as a syndrome, not a disease. A syndrome indicates the characterization of a disease. Although this looks like a disease, it has not satisfied Koch's postulates to be called a disease. This also applies to yellow band syndrome of the Caribbean. Although this looks like a disease, for now I will refer to it as a syndrome until proven otherwise. Regarding Porites, what I am describing is an additional organism residing on the coral surface layer NOT a change in host tissue pigmentation. The pink blotches or ovoid bodies (raised above the coral tissue) is sitting on the external surface or within the groves of the lesion which can extend 5 to 7 cm long. These pink blotches that I collected appear to be a meshwork of fungal hyphae. These were easily removed with a syringe or tweezer. In some severe cases these pink blotches appeared (visual level) in extending strands, in addition to a SLIGHT pigmentation change around the rim of the lesion, which is probably a stress response. I have not been able to tell if the pink organism or shall I say blotch is causing the deep depression similar to a ring. Some of these microbes can degrade/dissolve mineral surfaces (metals, rocks, etc.) by several different mechanisms. Microbial induced corrosion or bioerosion has been investigated by Golubic and colleagues (Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. vol 117:137-147 1995) and have clearly shown that fungal hyphae are common in coral skeletons as endoliths, this is a start to help us understand the behavior of micro-flora living within coral tissues as endoliths, however more research is needed as to what is residing on the CSM during normal and stressful conditions. Therefore to clarify my observations; the Porites tissue is not turning pink or exhibiting a pinkish or purplish discoloration, there is an un-known resident within the lesion or on the CSM resembling a fungal hyphae. This syndrome seems to be more abundant on the inner reefs closer to shore compared to the outer reefs. James M. Cervino From cindyh at hawaii.edu Sat May 8 21:42:26 1999 From: cindyh at hawaii.edu (Cindy Hunter) Date: Sat, 8 May 1999 15:42:26 -1000 Subject: Porites Pink Blotch Disease In-Reply-To: Message-ID: I'm here! I just turned email off for a few hours to go out for a snorkle with Bob Steneck and Jen Smith--looking at war zones betweens Hawaiian corals and algae. I am in complete agreement with Les--"pinking" is a general response to stress in Porites tissues. The source of the pigment(s) is an open question. I do know that such tissus exhibit an in vivo spectral absorbance peak at 580 nm--similar to pocilloporin? What's interesting is why some "bad hair days" persist (turfs or blue-greens recruit to lesions and hang in there) while others are fairly benign (coral tissue recovers). It makes me wonder if bacteria or algal components of the endolithic community (remember the discussion of pink skeletal bands that some attributed to Bob Buddemeier's alizarin staining of Pacific corals?) may move in, move up, or become more apparent in some cases as coral tissues succumb. Les, I think you first brought this possibility to my attention--areas of dying coral tissue can often look green, as well as pink. I also strongly agree with Les, Eric, and Esther--"disease" is a word that is just beginning to be understood for corals. Let's talk about it. Cindy On Sat, 8 May 1999, Les Kaufman wrote: > James and others: my experience with Porites compressa, Porites lobata, > and Porites evermanni (or so I took it to be) is that at least these > species, and probably many other Porites, exhibit a pinkish or purplish > discoloration in response to virtually any persistent insult- be they > parasites, necrosis near fish bite marks, margins of advance by competing > assemblages of endolith/algal turf (unsure who the main culprit is), or > even the edges of damselfish gardens. I think it is misleading to refer > to this collection of processes as a single disease. Even if there is a > disease that produces a distinct, recognizable manifestation of the pink > discoloration, neophytes will have a devil of a time distinguishing it > from all the other pinkish blotches these corals produce. Pink in > at least some Indo-Pacific Porites means "bad hair day." Cindy Hunter, > help us! > > Les Kaufman > Boston University Marine Program > lesk at bio.bu.edu > 617-353-5560 office > 617-353-6965 lab > 617-353-6340 fax > > > > From smiller at gate.net Sat May 8 22:04:25 1999 From: smiller at gate.net (Steven Miller) Date: Sat, 08 May 1999 22:04:25 -0400 Subject: ISRS statement on coral diseases References: <199905082041_MC2-7505-92C5@compuserve.com> Message-ID: <3734ED29.2515D5D0@gate.net> For those that missed it the first time around, the International Society for Reef Studies (ISRS) developed a scientific consensus statement on coral diseases. The statement was compiled by an ad hoc group of scientists in ISRS, composed of individuals who are directly or indirectly considering disease as part of their research programs. http://www.uncwil.edu/isrs The disease statement is in the "What's New" section. Steven Miller, Ph.D. (ISRS Recording Secretary) Director National Undersea Research Center University of North Carolina at Wilmington http://www.uncwil.edu/nurc From kvhall at coqui.net Sat May 8 18:11:30 1999 From: kvhall at coqui.net (Kathy V. Hall) Date: Sat, 08 May 1999 22:11:30 +0000 Subject: "Sea lice" Message-ID: <199905082200.WAA28750@piro.coqui.net> Dear Pam and others afflicted by seabather's eruption, Dr. Alina Szmant and other researchers from the Univ. of Miami collaborated in 1992 in the discovery that seabather's eruption, mistakenly thought to be caused by "sea lice," was really caused by the stinging larvae of the thimble jellyfish Linuche unquiculata. The web site http://www.fau.edu/safe/sea-lice.html is an excellent resource on the subject; and includes photos of the organism and patients, and prevention and treatment. A site with additional treatment info. for various bothersome marine critters is http://www.scubadiving.com/training/medicine/booboos.shtml. I was not able to access this safety soap site, but it sounds promising http://safetysoap.com/SeaLice/attentio.htm (if anyone gets in let me know). Kathy Hall Victim in Puerto Rico ---------- > From: Pam Muller > To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov > Subject: "Sea lice" > Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 11:33:03 -0400 (EDT) > >Attention Researchers in the Florida Keys: > >Those charming little friends lovingly called "sea lice" are thick and >pesky in the neuston in Keys waters these days. > >What exactly are they? I have heard everything from firecoral larvae to >small jelly's. Or can several types of tiny cnideria produce the same >response in sensitive individuals? > >To quote an old song: "Gonna need an ocean ----- of calamine lotion" > >Happy scratching! > >Pamela Hallock Muller >Department of Marine Science >University of South Florida >140 Seventh Avenue South >St. Petersburg, FL 33701 USA >pmuller at marine.usf.edu >Phone: 727-553-1567 >FAX: 727-553-1189 NOTE NEW AREA CODE!!! > >"Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what >nobody has thought." - Albert Szent-Gyorgyi - -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/19990508/47ff89b4/attachment.html From cbentis at bu.edu Sun May 9 19:52:40 1999 From: cbentis at bu.edu (Chris Bentis) Date: Sun, 9 May 1999 19:52:40 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Porites Pink Blotch Disease In-Reply-To: Message-ID: I contacted cindy and her sentiments on this issue relfect yours. I use the term "disease" loosely and am not quick to believe that all apparent afflictions that are observed in corals have distinct etiologies. T^he whole "coral disease" group seems to be a mess of unidentifiable observations with a few relatively weel understood phenomena. Anyway, by midweek I would like to have a draft of the paper on cones for the Biological Bulletin Research notes that I would like you to review. Have one now but it needs revision. -Chris On Sat, 8 May 1999, Les Kaufman wrote: > James and others: my experience with Porites compressa, Porites lobata, > and Porites evermanni (or so I took it to be) is that at least these > species, and probably many other Porites, exhibit a pinkish or purplish > discoloration in response to virtually any persistent insult- be they > parasites, necrosis near fish bite marks, margins of advance by competing > assemblages of endolith/algal turf (unsure who the main culprit is), or > even the edges of damselfish gardens. I think it is misleading to refer > to this collection of processes as a single disease. Even if there is a > disease that produces a distinct, recognizable manifestation of the pink > discoloration, neophytes will have a devil of a time distinguishing it > from all the other pinkish blotches these corals produce. Pink in > at least some Indo-Pacific Porites means "bad hair day." 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Signature: _____________________________ Date: ____________________________ Secretariat use only: Registration No: ______________________ Date Received: _______________________ Organizer: Singapore Institute of Biology Co-organizers: National University of Singapore (Department of Biological Siences); Nanyang Technological University (Division of Biology, School of Science); National Parks Board; Simgapore National Academy of Sciences Dr. Beverly Goh Tropical Marine Science Institute (TMSI) National University of Singapore 14 Kent Ridge Road, SINGAPORE 119223 Tel: +65 774 9883 / 9658 / 9652 Fax: +65 774 9654 email: tmsgohb at nus.edu.sg From cindyh at hawaii.edu Sun May 9 23:54:06 1999 From: cindyh at hawaii.edu (Cindy Hunter) Date: Sun, 9 May 1999 17:54:06 -1000 Subject: Porites Pink Blotch Disease In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Cones? On Sun, 9 May 1999, Chris Bentis wrote: > I contacted cindy and her sentiments on this issue relfect yours. I use > the term "disease" loosely and am not quick to believe that all apparent > afflictions that are observed in corals have distinct etiologies. T^he > whole "coral disease" group seems to be a mess of unidentifiable > observations with a few relatively weel understood phenomena. > Anyway, by midweek I would like to have a draft of the paper on cones > for the Biological Bulletin Research notes that > I would like you to review. Have one now but it needs revision. > -Chris > > > On Sat, 8 May 1999, Les Kaufman wrote: > > > James and others: my experience with Porites compressa, Porites lobata, > > and Porites evermanni (or so I took it to be) is that at least these > > species, and probably many other Porites, exhibit a pinkish or purplish > > discoloration in response to virtually any persistent insult- be they > > parasites, necrosis near fish bite marks, margins of advance by competing > > assemblages of endolith/algal turf (unsure who the main culprit is), or > > even the edges of damselfish gardens. I think it is misleading to refer > > to this collection of processes as a single disease. Even if there is a > > disease that produces a distinct, recognizable manifestation of the pink > > discoloration, neophytes will have a devil of a time distinguishing it > > from all the other pinkish blotches these corals produce. Pink in > > at least some Indo-Pacific Porites means "bad hair day." Cindy Hunter, > > help us! > > > > Les Kaufman > > Boston University Marine Program > > lesk at bio.bu.edu > > 617-353-5560 office > > 617-353-6965 lab > > 617-353-6340 fax > > > > > > > > > > From b984138 at sci.u-ryukyu.ac.jp Mon May 10 01:11:55 1999 From: b984138 at sci.u-ryukyu.ac.jp (Robert van Woesik) Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 14:11:55 +0900 Subject: Porites Message-ID: <37366A9B.9A08A530@sci.u-ryukyu.ac.jp> Hi all, the Porites pink debated continued ... my two cents worth. I wrote a short article in MEPS last year (MEPS 164: 213-220, 1998 "Lesion healing on massive Porites spp. corals"), see excerpt below for relevant text. Clearly the pink colorations were not diseases but rather active calcification areas. This then is in argeement with Cindy's and Les's comments. >From the above citation....(page 215) Regeneration commenced with an initial 2-3 mm upward growth of the healing edge followed by lateral encroachment of soft tissue and skeleton toward the lesion's centre within the first month. The healing edge was a conspicuous pink colour in the first month then became pale. Macroalgae (Padina sp.) were common on the lesions in winter (December) - four months after the lesions were inflicted. No macroalgae were present after February 1995. Lesion recovery was not deterred by filamentous or macroalgae. No evidence of grazing was seen on the lesions throughout the study. A pink fleck consistently appeared on the healing edge as it closed. The fleck turned pale one month prior to complete healing. ... Rob van Woesik -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/19990510/0e6e2d4d/attachment.html From cnidaria at earthlink.net Mon May 10 09:01:30 1999 From: cnidaria at earthlink.net (James M. Cervino) Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 08:01:30 -0500 Subject: No subject Message-ID: Dear Robert and others, ROBERT: The healing edge was a conspicuous pink colour in the first month then became pale. JAMES: YES YOU ARE CORRECT, PIGMENTATION CHANGE IS EVIDENT AROUND THE HEALING EDGE, HOWEVER, NOT IN OTHER AREAS ON THAT PARTICULAR CORAL COLONY. THE REASON THIS CAN BE CONFUSING IS THE PIGMENTED PINK RING OR BLOTCH IS SEEN ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE LESION MARKED BY THE DEPRESSED SKELETON. SIMILAR TO THE BEHAVIOR OF YELLOW BAND/BLOTCH IN THE CARIBBEAN, HOWEVER, THE DEPRESSION IS DEEPER WITH REGARD TO THE PORITES SYNDROME. THE PURPLISH BLOTCH ON 2 OF MY PHOTOS LOOKS SIMILAR TO WHAT I HAVE SEEN ON ESTHER PETERS DISEASE HOME PAGE UNDER NEOPLASMS. LOSS OF POLYP STRUCTURE ((original pigment and mucus is not evident in the blotch, suggesting loss of zooxanthelle)). Is this possible?? ROBERT: A pink fleck consistently appeared on the healing edge as it closed. The fleck turned pale one month prior to complete healing. THIS UN-KNOWN OVOID SHAPED RESIDENT WITH STRANDS EXTENDING OUTWARD CAN BE SEE ON THE CORAL SURFACE LAYER WITHOUT LESIONS. MANY HEALTHY CORALS (PROBABLY DURING THE BEGINNING) HAVE THESE PINK OVOID SHAPED BODIES ALL OVER THEM. IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO FOLLOW IT AT THIS STAGE TO SEE IF THIS IS CAUSING THE LESION. THIS UN-KNOWN RESIDENT CAN ALSO BE SEEN IN AND AROUND LESIONS AS WELL. QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED: 1)WHAT IS THE OVOID SHAPED ORGANISM 2) IS IT CAUSING THE LESION 3)ARE FISH OR OTHER MARINE ORGANISMS RESPONSIBLE 4)IS THIS RECOVERY AFTER FISH DAMAGE (the corals we are looking at are not in recovery). Thanks for the discussion, James From ljr5 at cornell.edu Mon May 10 09:53:18 1999 From: ljr5 at cornell.edu (Laurie Jeanne Raymundo) Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 09:53:18 -0400 Subject: Purple rings In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello, all: Although I've responded to many of you personally, I would like to thank everyone collectively for your input. The whole coral disease topic is obviously of great interest to many of us, and I totally agree that we need to proceed cautiously and rigorously, and to err on the side of caution. The feedback I have gotten from Les, Eric, Cindy, and Harry has been very helpful and has actually tweaked my interest in investigating the phenomenon I have seen on our reefs in the Philippines. It would be very interesting to try to determine why some lesions heal and others get colonized by algal tufts, as well as to find out if they actually start out as fish bites, which seems to make sense. Perhaps in the future, I will contact you all again for some more ideas. Meanwhile, I will try to take some good pictures this summer. Thanks, again. Laurie From pmuller at seas.marine.usf.edu Mon May 10 12:22:26 1999 From: pmuller at seas.marine.usf.edu (Pam Muller) Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 12:22:26 -0400 (EDT) Subject: "Sea lice" In-Reply-To: <199905082200.WAA28750@piro.coqui.net> Message-ID: Many thanks to all the respondents re: sea lice, which I learned should be called "seabather's eruption". From the replies I received, I wasn't alone in not knowing exactly who were the culprits. So particular thanks to Alina Szmant and Kathy Hall - Kathy gaves us all the info on websites. Safe diving!! Pam Pamela Hallock Muller Department of Marine Science University of South Florida 140 Seventh Avenue South St. Petersburg, FL 33701 USA pmuller at marine.usf.edu Phone: 727-553-1567 FAX: 727-553-1189 NOTE NEW AREA CODE!!! "Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought." - Albert Szent-Gyorgyi - From reedk001 at hawaii.rr.com Mon May 10 14:49:52 1999 From: reedk001 at hawaii.rr.com (keven reed) Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 08:49:52 -1000 Subject: Daytime spawning by Pocilloporids in Okinawa, Japan Message-ID: <001001be9b15$e3c1cce0$b34d5e18@computer.hawaii.rr.com> To add to Pauline-Fiene Severns observations on the spawning cycles of Pocilloporids at Molokini Crater, Hawai'i: I saw three Pocilloporids (Pocillopora verrucosa?) releasing sperm about 1030-1100 on June 22, 1997 at Chiibishi reef. It was the day after a full moon on 21 June 1997. I was a guest of Prof. Rob van Woesik's class on a boat dive at Chiibishi Reef about 14 km west-northwest of Naha, Okinawa, approx 26 degrees 15 minutes N. Most on the dive did not to get to see these significant events. However, I was paired up with Akiyuki and it was he who astutely spotted the "smoking" scleractinians. We noticed the first colony releasing sperm at 8 meters depth, and later in the dive two more colonies at 6.4 meters depth. Water temperature was 26 C/78 F. Low tide had been at 0736 and high tide was scheduled for 1421. Keven Reed, O.D., FAAO Naval Medical Clinic Pearl Harbor, Hawai'i FAX: (808) 473-1882 email: reedk001 at hawaii.rr.com Home telephone: (808) 677-3044 Work telephone: (808) 473-1880 ext 350 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/19990510/494e9707/attachment.html From delbeek at hawaii.edu Tue May 11 15:15:26 1999 From: delbeek at hawaii.edu (J. Charles Delbeek) Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 09:15:26 -1000 Subject: hi from john in bundy (fwd) Message-ID: >From a friend of mine in Bundaberg, Australia. J. Charles Delbeek M.Sc. Aquarium Biologist Waikiki Aquarium University of Hawaii "The fact that my physiology differs from yours pleases me to no end." Mr. Spock ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 14:52:32 -1000 Subject: hi from john in bundy The coral here is nothing short of fantastic at present. There is no sign of the bleaching and in fact we believe the regeneration is an improvement on what was there before. This is the opinion of several old timers who have been diving these parts for many years. Most amazing is the favia types. Many that I had given up for dead have come back with a vengence, and have such vivid color that it is impossible to believe that a year ago they were a bleached skeleton seemingly void of life. As I said before the Dendro's are also proliferating and have populated areas that they previously were not to be found. This is especially true in areas less than 15' depth. From fautin at kuhub.cc.ukans.edu Wed May 12 08:56:51 1999 From: fautin at kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (DAPHNE G. FAUTIN) Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 07:56:51 -0500 (UTC -05:00) Subject: lost members In-Reply-To: Message-ID: The International Society for Reef Studies has lost some of its members. The following people are current members but the address the ISRS business office has for each is apparently no longer valid -- journals and other mailings have been returned to the business office. I would appreciate these people or anyone who knows their whereabouts to contact me with a valid current address so they can be sent what they have paid for! Onno Diekmann -- last known address in Groningen Ryoumatu Imai -- last known address in Sendai City Morgan Pratchett -- last known address in Townsville Moshira Hassan -- last known address in Kiel Don McAllister -- last known address in Perth Steven Purcell -- last known address in Weetangera Thank you. Daphne G. Fautin Division of Biological Sciences Haworth Hall University of Kansas Lawrence, KS 66045 USA 1-785-864-3062 (telephone) 1-785-864-5321 (fax) NEW VERSION! Catalogue of sea anemones of the world (Actiniaria, Corallimorpharia, and Ptychodactiaria) -- listing 1404 species, the reference in which each was described, a map displaying type locality of each, and existing type specimens of more than 800 of them biocomplexity.nhm.ukans.edu/anemones/images/Version.html From tsocci at usgcrp.gov Wed May 12 12:30:08 1999 From: tsocci at usgcrp.gov (Tony Socci) Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 12:30:08 -0400 Subject: May 17th US Global Change Seminar: "Surface Temperature Changes and Biospheric Responses in the Northern Hemisphere during the Last 1,000 Years" Message-ID: U.S. Global Change Research Program Seminar Series Surface Temperature Changes and Biospheric Responses in the Northern Hemisphere during the Last 1,000 Years What is the record of surface temperature fluctuations in the Northern Hemisphere over the last 1,000 years? How does the observed climate warming of the 20th century compare with this 1,000-year record? What do tree-rings tells us about the climate of the last 1,000 years relative to that of the 20th century? How much of the observed warming in the 20th century can be attributed to natural climate variability? How much of that warming is likely to be attributable to human activities? What has the biospheric response been to these changes, especially in the 20th century? What can be said about the rate of temperature change over the last 100 years or more? Was 1998 the warmest year in the last millennium? To what extent can the observed warming of 1998 be attributable to El Nino? Public Invited Monday, May 17, 1999, 3:15-4:45 PM Dirksen Senate Office Bldg., Room G-11 Washington, DC Reception Following INTRODUCTION: Dr. Joseph Friday, Director, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC SPEAKERS: Dr. Michael E. Mann, Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA Dr. Malcolm K. Hughes, Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ Dr. James Hansen, Head, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY Large-scale Temperatures During the Past One-Thousand Years Overview: Without knowledge of natural climate variability at century and longer timescales, it is difficult to determine the significance of 20th century warming evident in the relatively short instrumental record of global surface temperature. To obtain a longer-term perspective on observed climate variability and change, one must resort to indirect measurements of climate variations derived from natural archives or "proxy" climate indicators such as tree rings, corals, and ice cores, supplemented with the few available long instrumental and historical climate records. Using such proxy data networks, research published in 1998 led to estimates of annual, global surface temperature patterns dating back to AD 1400. Averaging these reconstructions allowed the calculation of estimates of Northern Hemisphere mean temperatures back through AD 1400, as well as estimates of the uncertainties in these estimates. The warmth of the 1990s appeared to be unprecedented in this reconstruction, with three years during this decade (1990, 1995, and 1997) that were likely to be warmer than any other year since AD 1400. Reconstructions further back in time were not then possible with the available data networks. Two significant events have occurred since that research was done that allow those original conclusions to be expanded upon. Based upon careful consideration of the sparse proxy data available for the years AD 1000 - AD 1400, estimates of yearly Northern Hemisphere mean temperatures have been made dating back to AD 1000, albeit with considerably larger uncertainties. Not withstanding these uncertainties, and taking into account the slightly warmer temperature estimates for the early part of the millennium, it would be difficult to argue that the 1990s were as anomalous when viewed in the context of the temperature history of the entire millennium, were it not for the record warmth of 1998. The year 1998 was observed to have been significantly warmer (by about 0.2 degrees C) than any other year in the instrumental record. In the context of the last 1,000 years, one can say with a high degree of confidence that 1998 was warmest year for the Northern Hemisphere. The Millennial Temperature Record: Prior to AD 1400, surface temperature estimates depend upon certain key climate proxy data series, especially those in the higher elevations of the western U.S. which show a marked temperature sensitivity. These data also show non-climatic influences during the 19th and 20th century that may be related to CO2 increases or perhaps other factors. As such, these non-climatic influences must be subject to further research and analysis, before the data can be used in long-term climate reconstruction. Prior to about AD 1000, the sparseness of the available data preclude a meaningful estimate of hemispheric mean temperatures. Based on the millennial hemispheric temperature estimates, conditions during the earlier centuries of the past millennium appear somewhat higher than those of the 15th-19th centuries. However, the data do not support the notion of the existence of a hemisphere-wide "Medieval Warm Period" relative to the late 20th century warming. Rather, the evidence suggests that the warmest decades of the Medieval era were comparable to early and mid 20th century temperatures, but not those of the late 20th century. Some evidence suggests that certain regions (e.g., the North Atlantic and Greenland) may have exhibited somewhat greater warmth, but at the hemispheric scale, the evidence does not support the notion of sustained periods of warmth during the past 1,000 years, comparable to the warmth of the late 20th century. Due to the sparseness of the proxy climate data for the years prior to AD 1400, and the difficulty in resolving temperature variations this far back in time, the uncertainties in hemispheric temperature estimates become considerably larger in the earlier centuries of the past millennium. Even with these expanded uncertainties, however, the 1990s, and 1998 in particular, appear to have exhibited hemispheric warmth that is unprecedented at least over the last 1,000 years. Causal Factors of Temperature Change: In searching for a likely cause or causes that explain variations in the Earth's surface temperature changes over the last six centuries, a suite of plausible, candidate, climate-forcing influences such as changes in the brightness of the Sun, changes in the frequency and magnitude of volcanic eruptions, and human-caused increases in greenhouse gas concentrations, have been evaluated. This analysis suggested that only an increase in the concentration of greenhouse gases could explain the anomalous warmth of the late 20th century. With longer-term, millennial estimates of surface temperature change, other factors may yet prove to play a role. On timescales of tens to hundreds-of-thousands of years, the "astronomical theory" of climate change holds that changes in the geometry of the Earth's orbit relative to the Sun, bring about subtle changes in the distribution of solar radiation at the Earth's surface that may drive slow, but significant, long-term changes in climate. A number of recent climate modeling experiments suggest that such astronomical factors should have led to a slow cooling of the climate since about 6,000 years before present, at a rate of cooling of between 0.01 and 0.04 degrees C/century. Such theoretical considerations are in remarkable agreement with the observed cooling trend (about 0.02 degrees C/century) from AD 1000 through the mid 19th century, as observed in this temperature reconstruction. However, this long-term cooling trend undergoes a dramatic reversal over the course of the 20th century. Thus, the 20th century warming trend appears to be that much more anomalous when viewed in the context of the natural, long-term climate variability of the last millennium, and is therefore again, unlikely to be due to natural factors alone. Tree-Ring Records of Temperature, Precipitation and the Biosphere's Response to Climate Change The measured record from thermometers, rain gauges and barometers, does not provide an adequate sample of the ways in which climate could vary under recent or present conditions, even if there were no human influence on climate. Planning that ignores this will be inadequate, whether its focus is resource use (e.g. energy or water) or mitigating the consequences of natural disturbances such as drought, floods and wildfires. This is because the instrumental record is often too short to represent the different ways climate can behave, and because this record was hardly started by the time human action had made measurable changes in the composition of our atmosphere. One therefore, cannot rely solely on the twentieth century instrumental record to assess the character of climate change. Research using tree rings to derive estimates of climate variability provides many interesting insights. Examples include: * The Northern Hemisphere has very likely been markedly warmer in the late twentieth century than at any time in the preceding 900 years. * Major explosive volcanic eruptions have played a much larger part in affecting climate in earlier centuries than recently - they have been relatively rare this century. * Droughts in the western U.S. have been more frequent, more intense and sometimes much longer at various times in the last two or three thousand years than in the twentieth century. * The time period between years in which El Ni?o/La Ni?a strongly affects conditions in Texas, neighboring states and northern Mexico has varied over recent centuries. Work on using tree rings to detect the biosphere's response to climate variability and climate change is at a much earlier stage than their use as natural climate recorders, but some intriguing fragments of evidence have already emerged. In some regions as widely separated as the southern Rockies in the U.S., and Tasmania, high elevation trees have shown growth spurts in the last two to three decades that are unprecedented in at least the last thousand years. In the case of the southern Rockies, this seems to have been caused by an unusual combination of climatic conditions, rather than by any direct fertilization by increased carbon dioxide concentrations in the air. Trees growing at the highest elevations in the mountains in and around the Great Basin have been growing at an accelerated rate since the middle of the nineteenth century, and the link that did exist between their growth rate and local climate broke down at that time. There is no convincing climatic explanation for this, and alternatives, such as direct carbon dioxide fertilization have been proposed, but none has gained wide acceptance. An integrated program of research combining tree-ring records and vegetation remote sensing is needed to record and better assess the biosphere's response to climate change and variability. Analysis of Surface Temperature Change in the Past Century The NASA/GISS (Goddard Institute for Space Studies) has developed a data set that provides estimates of global surface temperature change for 1880-1998, the period with significant global coverage of instrumental data. Urban influence on the record is substantial in certain locations, but is found to have only a small effect on the global estimates. The record shows global warming this century that is unambiguous and unusual. The five-year mean global temperature has increased about 0.7 degrees C since the late 1800s. The global surface temperature in 1998 was the warmest in the period of instrumental data. The rate of temperature change is higher in the past 25 years than at any previous time in the period of instrumental data. The warmth of 1998 is too large and pervasive to be fully accounted for by the recent El Nino. This analysis suggests that the global temperature may have moved to a higher level, analogous to the significant increase that occurred in the late 1970s. The record of surface temperature change can be compared with satellite measurements of tropospheric temperature for the period since 1979. The satellite record is sometimes interpreted as being contradictory to the surface measurements. The GISS analysis indicates that the differences are actually small and within estimated measurement errors, and that the results are consistent with a long term warming trend at the surface and in the troposphere. This analysis further indicates that there has been a slight cooling in the United States in the past 50 years, particularly in the eastern half of the country. The latter observation raises questions regarding the likelihood of the observed temperature change in the U.S. catching up with the rest of the world, and the observational data on global climate forcings and the ocean necessary to answer the questions. Biographies Dr Michael E. Mann currently holds an adjunct faculty position at the University of Massachusetts, in the Department of Geosciences. In the Fall of 1999, he will become an Assistant Professor at the University of Virginia, in the Department of Environmental Sciences. Dr. Mann's research focuses on the application of statistical techniques to understanding climate variability and climate change from both empirical and climate model-based perspectives. A specific area of current research is paleoclimate data synthesis and statistically based climate pattern reconstruction during past centuries using climate "proxy" data networks. Other areas of active research include model-based simulation of natural climate variability, climate model/data intercomparison, and long-range climate forecasting. Dr. Mann is a Lead Author of the Observed Climate Variability and Change chapter of the IPCC Third Scientific Assessment Report, and a contributor on several other chapters of the report. He is a frequent participant in government agency-sponsored panels and workshops dealing with climate variability and paleoclimate, and is heavily involved with international climate research programs such as PAGES (Past Global Changes) and CLIVAR (Climate Variability and Predictability). Dr. Mann received his undergraduate degrees in physics and applied math from the University of California at Berkeley, an MS degree in physics from Yale University, and a Ph.D. in geology and geophysics from Yale University. Dr. Mann is the author of more than 30 peer-reviewed journal publications or book chapters, and has been the recipient of numerous fellowships and prizes. His work in the area of global climate change has also been widely described in the popular media. Dr. Malcolm K. Hughes is a professor of dendrochronology and director of the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research at the University of Arizona in Tucson. His research interests include natural climate variability on inter-annual to century time scales, and regional to global spatial scales, primarily using tree rings. Dr. Hughes has served as a member of the executive committee of the Institute for the Study of Planet Earth, University of Arizona; the Committee on Geophysical and Environmental Data at the National Research Council; the Biometeorology Committee, American Meteorological Society (AMS); the CLIVAR/PAGES working group; and the U.S. delegation to the World Climate Research Program conference, Geneva, Switzerland. In 1998, Dr. Hughes was selected as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, and in 1999, he was awarded a Bullard Fellowship by Harvard University. He received his B.Sc. degree in botany and zoology in 1965, and his Ph.D. degree in ecology in 1970, from the University of Durham, United Kingdom. Dr. James Hansen heads the NASA Institute for Space Studies in New York City, which is a division of Goddard Space Flight Center's (Greenbelt, MD) Earth Sciences Directorate. He was trained in physics and astronomy in the space science program of Dr. James Van Allen at the University of Iowa. His early research on the properties of clouds of Venus led to their identification as sulfuric acid. Since the late 1970s, he has worked on process studies and computer simulations of the Earth's climate, focusing on understanding the human impact on the global climate. Dr. Hansen has also testified before Congress on the issue of global warming. In 1995, he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences. In 1963, Dr. Hansen received his Bachelor of Arts degree with highest distinction in physics and mathematics from the University of Iowa. He participated in the NASA Graduate Traineeship from 1963-1966, and received a Masters of Science degree in astronomy from the University of Iowa, in 1965. Dr. Hansen was a visiting student at the Institute of Astrophysics, University of Kyoto and the Department of Astronomy, Tokyo University, Japan from 1965-1966. He received his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Iowa in 1967. The Next Seminar is scheduled for Wednesday, June 16, 1999 Tentative Topic: The Status of Coral Reefs: An Update For more information please contact: Anthony D. Socci, Ph.D., U.S. Global Change Research Program Office, 400 Virginia Ave. SW, Suite 750, Washington, DC 20024; Telephone: (202) 314-2235; Fax: (202) 488-8681 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. A complete archive of seminar summaries can also be found at this site. Normally these seminars are held on the second Monday of each month. From corals at caribe.net Wed May 12 16:33:36 1999 From: corals at caribe.net (CORALations) Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 16:33:36 -0400 Subject: Banning Fish Traps Message-ID: <199905130137.VAA24275@mail.caribe.net> This letter is in response to REEFKEEPER Int regarding a petition being circulating to demonstrate support for an equitable phase out of fish traps in the U.S. Caribbean. The Caribbean Fishery Management Council (NOAA) is currently holding regional meetings to discuss. I've decided to post the response to let others know about the petition and to possibly generate some discussion from managers facing similar problems elsewhere in the world. Dear Alexander and Michael, Thank you. We received the information from REEFKEEPER, and will be discussing the petition and resolution with the fishermen on Culebra tomorrow. CORALations agrees trap fishing is unsustainable. Cultural issues aside, another concern in Puerto Rico is that the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources [DNER] and the fishermen are constantly fighting. This is relevant, as you know, in that most of the waters used for trapping around PR are governed by the local DNER. Since founding CORALations in PR in 1995, we have never witnessed any common ground between this agency and the fishermen. The fishermen blame the declining fish populations on the water pollution and the Government blames the declining fish populations on over fishing. This rhetoric goes around and around and the fishermen keep overfishing and the government keeps polluting, or allowing the pollution to continue. It is my opinion, the DNER in Puerto Rico needs to make a public show of respect for the fishermen's concerns about water pollution, if they expect any cooperation on the fish trap ban. Our concern is that this ecosystem will just continue in rapid collapse if there continues to be no constructive dialogue between these groups. 200 million gallons of primary sewage and untreated industrial wastes are discharged into our coastal waters every day. Now the government of Puerto Rico is planning the construction of a new primary sewage discharge plant.(through a loophole in the Clean Water Act.) DNER scientists can't or don't express any concerns about this, possibly for political reasons and/or job security...and this is not right. These smelly plants which have gross (and I mean gross) histories of non-compliance, are placed in poor coastal communities which rely heavily on subsitence fishing in the area of outfall. As educated people the DNER scientists should take the "high road" on this and recognize the need for diplomatic action. My guess is, the petition will end in conflicts, although I hope this is not the case. Successful banning not only means legislation and enforcement, something Puerto Rico's Marine Natural Reserves* still don't benefit from, but it also means fostering compliance on the part of the fishermen. (*Note: in PR law, the designation marine natural reserve is not a MFR or "no take" zone, in many cases it implies absolutely no management plan) So, while we feel this is an important issue to back...and we will support it, we also feel it must be handled diplomatically, and some effort of good faith on the clean water front be acknowledged by DNER in Puerto Rico, in order for it to be successful. Thank you again for forwarding the petition, and as mentioned earlier, we are supporting the resolution and circulating the petition, although will be drafting our own letter which will include some of the above stated concerns to Mr. Jos? Campos. Sincerely, Mary Ann Lucking CORALations Amapola 14, Suite 901 Isla Verde, PR 00979 787-791-7372 corals at caribe.net From jody at es.su.oz.au Thu May 13 09:09:42 1999 From: jody at es.su.oz.au (Jody Webster) Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 23:09:42 +1000 Subject: No subject Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.19990513230942.007f1e90@beryl.es.su.oz.au> Dear List Members, I am looking for the email address of Ted McConnaughey. Thanks in advance for your help. Cheers Jody Webster ----------------------------------------------------- Jody Webster Ph.d Candidate School of Geosciences Division of Geology and Geophysics University of Sydney, N.S.W, 2006 Australia Tel : 61(2) 9351 5192 Fax : 61(2) 9351 0184 Email : jody at es.su.oz.au ------------------------------------------------------ From ZB at wpo.nerc.ac.uk Thu May 13 12:12:23 1999 From: ZB at wpo.nerc.ac.uk (Zoe Billinghurst) Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 17:12:23 +0100 Subject: Proliferation rates of Symbiodinium and C:N or Gln:Glu data Message-ID: I am looking for data (published or not) of recorded proliferation rates or Mitotic index of Symbiodinium sp from different hosts, and/or in culture. Also C:N and gln:glu values for Symbiodinium and related dinoflagellates in symbiosis and free living. Any information or key references which you know of would be most appreciated Thanks in advance Z. Billinghurst Marine Biological Association of the UK The Laboratory Citadel Hill Plymouth PL1 2PB UK From khancock at sas.upenn.edu Thu May 13 14:23:58 1999 From: khancock at sas.upenn.edu (khancock at sas.upenn.edu) Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 14:23:58 -0400 (EDT) Subject: recruitment plates Message-ID: <199905131823.OAA09609@orion.sas.upenn.edu> I am looking for limestone to use as coral recruitment plates. Can anyone suggest an inexpensive source? The planned project is in Panama, so a source in Central America would be great. If not I can ship them. Thank you. Kathy Hancock ********************************************************************* Kathy Hancock Alternate Address: University of Pennsylvania June 1999 - December 2000 Department of Biology 210 Gulf Drive Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Group Waveland, MS 39576 327 Leidy Laboratory Phone & FAX 228-467-7395 Philadelphia, PA 19104-6018 khancock at sas.upenn.edu 215-898-8419 FAX 215-898-8780 khancock at sas.upenn.edu ********************************************************************* From gmoriss at aoml.noaa.gov Thu May 13 15:10:36 1999 From: gmoriss at aoml.noaa.gov (Gina Morisseau-Leroy) Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 15:10:36 -0400 Subject: Pink Porites Thread Message-ID: <009601be9d74$48920990$4f6910ac@pangea.aoml.noaa.gov> Dear Coral-Listers, Recently on the list there was some discussion here on the Coral-List regarding pink blotch/spot/ring disease. Since there was so much discussion we here at CHAMP felt that it might be helpful to make a thread out of it. It is now available at http://www.coral.noaa.gov/themes/blotch-thread.html. There have also been a couple of other new posts to the Coral Themes and Projects page that might be of interest. You can view them at http://www.coral.noaa.gov/themes/themes.html. Salutations. Gina Morisseau-Leroy gmoriss at aoml.noaa.gov Webmaster for OCD and CHAMP NOAA/AOML/OCD From khancock at sas.upenn.edu Thu May 13 15:56:51 1999 From: khancock at sas.upenn.edu (khancock at sas.upenn.edu) Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 15:56:51 -0400 (EDT) Subject: recruitment plates Message-ID: <199905131956.PAA12669@orion.sas.upenn.edu> I apologize for duplicate postings. I am looking for limestone to use as coral recruitment plates. Can anyone suggest an inexpensive source? The planned project is in Panama, so a source in Central America would be great. If not I can ship them. Thank you. Kathy Hancock ********************************************************************* Kathy Hancock Alternate Address: University of Pennsylvania June 1999 - December 2000 Department of Biology 210 Gulf Drive Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Group Waveland, MS 39576 327 Leidy Laboratory Phone & FAX 228-467-7395 Philadelphia, PA 19104-6018 khancock at sas.upenn.edu 215-898-8419 FAX 215-898-8780 khancock at sas.upenn.edu ********************************************************************* From cassian at daffodil.infochan.com Thu May 13 15:43:36 1999 From: cassian at daffodil.infochan.com (Cassian Edwards) Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 15:43:36 -0400 Subject: sediment porosity Message-ID: <3.0.2.32.19990513154336.006930f4@daffodil.infochan.com> Hello all, I need a rough figure for mean grain specific gravity in order to calculate reef sediment porosity. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance, Cassian cassian at infochan.com From alortiz9 at hotmail.com Fri May 14 11:58:38 1999 From: alortiz9 at hotmail.com (antonio ortiz) Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 08:58:38 PDT Subject: tissue I.D. in meandroid coral Message-ID: <199905142322.XAA53968@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Hi! We are looking for information about tissue identification in meandroid coral species.=A0 We would like to know how to identify histological sectio= ns of Diploria sp.=A0 Please send any references directly to : alortiz9 at hotmail.com Thanks Antonio L. Ortiz Department of Marine Science UPR-Mayaguez From dwswanson at hotmail.com Sun May 16 09:12:58 1999 From: dwswanson at hotmail.com (Dione Swanson) Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 09:12:58 EDT Subject: Two position announcements Message-ID: <19990516131259.2795.qmail@hotmail.com> The following are two position announcements for work in the Florida Keys. POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: University of North Carolina, Wilmington, National Undersea Research Center (Key Largo, FL) RESEARCH ASSOCIATE (EPA position) POSITION DESCRIPTION: Assist the Program Manager in all aspects of a coral reef research and monitoring program in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. The primary focus of the program is to document coral reef community composition and condition in marine protected areas of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (specifically the Sanctuary Preservation Areas established in 1997) and adjacent reference sites located from Miami to Key West, and the Dry Tortugas. The project is based out of Key Largo, FL. The position involves extensive fieldwork, data management, and analysis (video, photographic, and statistical). There will be several extended trips of 7 to 10 days and possibly a large field expedition to the Dry Tortugas in addition to the fieldwork in the vicinity of Key Largo. Fieldwork includes SCUBA diving to coral reef sites (in depths of 30 ft, 60ft, and 90 ft.) along the Florida Keys reef tract with goals to accomplish several underwater tasks including rapid assessment of community structure and condition, video, and photography. Requires BS Biological or Marine Science (MS preferred), extensive dive experience, and general knowledge of the local marine flora and fauna-especially related to coral taxonomy. Boat handling experience with vessels to 29 feet is desirable. Familiarity also required with computers and statistics. Experience with image analysis hardware and software is desired, but not required. HIRING RANGE: $28,000 or commensurate with experience. DEADLINE TO APPLY: May 27, 1999. Applicants should send a letter, resume, and three letters of reference to: Dr. Steven L. Miller, University of North Carolina, Wilmington, National Undersea Research Center, 515 Caribbean Drive, Key Largo, FL 33037. For questions or further information please contact Ms. Dione W. Swanson at dwswanson at hotmail.com or (305) 451-0233. *********************************************************** POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: University of North Carolina, Wilmington, National Undersea Research Center (Key Largo, FL) RESEARCH TECHNICIAN (Temporary 4-6 months) POSITION DESCRIPTION: The position is a temporary position (4-6 months, full time, starting late May or early June) to assist with a coral reef research and monitoring program in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. The primary focus of the monitoring study is to document coral community composition and condition in marine protected areas (specifically the Sanctuary Preservation Areas established in 1997) and adjacent reference sites located from south of Miami to Key West, and the Dry Tortugas. The position involves extensive fieldwork in the vicinity of Key Largo, FL, several extended trips throughout the Keys for approximately 7 to 10 days each, and possibly a large field expedition to the Dry Tortugas. Requires knowledge and skills to perform fieldwork involving SCUBA diving to coral reef sites at multiple depths (30 ft, 60ft, and 90 ft.) with goals to accomplish several underwater tasks including rapid assessment of community structure. Also requires a general knowledge of local marine flora and fauna, especially related to coral taxonomy. Underwater video and photography skills are desirable. Prefer BS or BA in Biological or Marine Sciences, familiarity with computers, and small boat (less than 29 feet) handling experience. HIRING RANGE: $1,800 per month or commensurate with Labor Market and/or experience. CLOSING DATE: May 27, 1999. This position is posted on the University of North Carolina, Wilmington?s web site www.uncwil.edu/hr/jobs&app.html. Please contact Dione Swanson at dwswanson at hotmail.com or (305) 451-0233 for further information. Dione W. Swanson Research Associate, NURC/UNCW 515 Caribbean Drive Key Largo, FL 33037 (305) 451-0233 fax (305) 453-9719 _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com From Alan.E.Strong at noaa.gov Mon May 17 14:58:32 1999 From: Alan.E.Strong at noaa.gov (Alan.E.Strong at noaa.gov) Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 14:58:32 -0400 Subject: Coral-list?? Message-ID: <199905171858.OAA10857@orbit34i.nesdis.noaa.gov> Coral Reef Bleaching paper published. AMBIO's March issue ( 28(2), 188-196) featured a paper by: C. Wilkinson, O. Linden, G. Hodgson, H. Cesar, J. Rubens and A. Strong: "Ecological and socio-economic Impacts of 1998 Coral Mortality in the Indian Ocean: an ENSO (El Ni?o/Southern Oscillation) impact and a warning of future change." (A. Strong, NOAA/NESDIS, 301-763-8102 x170). **** <>< ******* <>< ******* <>< ******* <>< ******* <>< ******* <>< ***** 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 relaxnnow at hotmail.com Tue May 18 15:14:20 1999 From: relaxnnow at hotmail.com (Melodye Recker) Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 12:14:20 PDT Subject: Key Largo reef research Message-ID: <19990518191420.63672.qmail@hotmail.com> Coral listers, Several days ago there was a job listing posted (one for full-time - one for several months) working in Key Largo doing research on the reefs. The requirements were BS in Biological Sciences (pref. Marine and pref MS). I have apparently deleted that from my computer. If anyone still has those listings - could you please send them to me? Thank you! Melodye Recker relaxnnow at hotmail.com _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com From calderon at pobox.com Tue May 18 21:35:18 1999 From: calderon at pobox.com (Emiliano N. Calderon) Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 22:35:18 -0300 Subject: Fusion Message-ID: Hi coralisters, I?m interested on the phenomenon of fusion among young polyps of corals escleractinians. Although this phenomenon is very well known to be plenty known and common, bibliography on the subject is very scarce. I would like to receive bibliographical references and opinions on the subject. I?ve been wondering : What relationship do the larvas have so they join during the settle and fuse? Would these larvas be clones of a same colony ? Would the colonies of a same place have great genetic similarity making possible this phenomenon? Which physical and biological factors could influence this phenomenon? I thank for the attention of you all. Emiliano N Caldron Museu Nacional/Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Departamento de Invertebrados Quinta da Boa Vista, Sao Cristovao 20940-040 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil e-mail: calderon at pobox.com fone +55-21-5681314 ramal 226 fax: +55-21-5681314 ramal 213 From d.fenner at aims.gov.au Tue May 18 17:37:26 1999 From: d.fenner at aims.gov.au (Doug Fenner) Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 07:37:26 +1000 Subject: coral spawning Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19990519073726.0076af54@email.aims.gov.au> Coralisters; John Hoover has reported seeing a mass spawning of Pocillopora meandrina at 7:40 AM, May 2, at Palaea Point, Oahu, Hawaii. "Smoke" billowed from colonies for about 15 minutes. The observation time was picked based on Pauline Fiene-Severens' report that they spawn at Molokini 2-3 days after full moon in April at about 7:20 AM. Dave Schrichte saw it about that time of year at Hanauma Bay once, and was with John Hoover on May 2. If you have questions, please contact John directly at hoover at hml.org -Doug Douglas Fenner, Ph.D. Coral Taxonomist Australian Institute of Marine Science PMB No 3 Townsville MC Queensland 4810 Australia phone 07 4753 4241 e-mail: d.fenner at aims.gov.au web: http://www.aims.gov.au From acmaea at together.net Tue May 18 10:07:29 1999 From: acmaea at together.net (Gustav W. Verderber) Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 10:07:29 -0400 Subject: Galapagos and the Florida Keys Message-ID: <004701bea194$a02d2ee0$b5a405d0@GustavW.Verderber> Natural History and Interpretive Photo Workshops The following programs are currently open for enrollment. Workshops and tours are led and organized by a nationally recognized naturalist and nature photographer and are sponsored by non-profit conservation and environmental research organizations. Please consider offering these affordable educational natural history experiences to students, faculty, staff and anyone interested in seeing and learning about the natural wonders of Earth. Workshops are principally field oriented and focus on the natural history, ecology, conservation, ethnobotany, archeology, geology, and culture of the region. Naturalist guides are local experts. Proceeds support conservation and environmental education projects. Interpretive Photo Workshops allow aspiring nature photographers to accompany a professional photographer with credits that include the cover of Natural History to photograph nature in some of the most splendid natural areas on Earth. Participants' photo work is critiqued before and after the workshop and participants continue corresponding with the tour leader to help them apply their photography in interpretive forums such as slide shows, local and regional publications. Undergraduate credits are available through Johnson State College for attending and further study in related areas (environmental science, biology, photography). Detailed itineraries are available at the web site indicated below. The Galapagos Islands Dates: October 4 - 17, 1999 Length: 13 days/14 nights Cost: $2,230.00 per person Host/Workshop Coordinator: Gustav W. Verderber Abstract: The nature of the Galapagos Islands including the famous tortoises and marine iguanas will be our focus. Also on the agenda are frigate birds, blue-footed boobies, penguins, finches, sea lions, giant cacti, and snorkeling over the coral gardens. During the second half of the trip we will visit the Jatun Sacha Field Research Facility at the headwaters of the Amazon River. Guided and solo day and night hikes will take us deep into the Amazon rainforest. The Subtropical Marine Ecology of the Florida Keys Dates: March 5-11, 2000 Length: 6 days/5 nights Cost: $459.00 per person Host/Workshop Coordinator: Gustav W. Verderber in association with the Pigeon Key Foundation Abstract: This natural history workshop will explore the coastal and shallow submarine ecosystems of the Florida Keys. We will be based at the Pigeon Key marine education facility on the tropical paradise of Pigeon Key. Barrier reef, mangrove, and terrestrial communities will be included as well as a snorkel trip to the outer reef. This workshop is an ideal introduction to tropical ecosystems and marine biology. With gratitude and respect, Gustav W. Verderber *************************************************************************** Environmental Interpretation ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Affordable Ecotravel * Nature Photography * Seminars & Workshops * Writing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1999-2000 itineraries include: The Galapagos Islands/The Florida Keys/Gray Whales of Baja For more information, please visit: http://www.together.net/~acmaea or contact me at: Phone: (802) 635-2602 / E-Mail: acmaea at together.net *************************************************************************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/19990518/b803fa92/attachment.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/gif Size: 6008 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/19990518/b803fa92/attachment.gif From frank at alteromonas.zoo.uni-heidelberg.de Wed May 19 03:56:49 1999 From: frank at alteromonas.zoo.uni-heidelberg.de (Uri Frank) Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 09:56:49 +0200 Subject: Fusion In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear Emiliano, Take a look at these few references. This is of course not everything. There is additional evidence in the literature for tissue compatibility among young non clone mate polyps in corals and other cnidarians. The ecological significance of this phenomenon and the fate of the individual genotypes in such chimeras are not yet fully understood. The molecular basis of histocompatibility in cnidarians is completely unknown. Hidaka, M. (1985). Tissue compatibility between colonies and between newly settled larvae of Pocilloopora damicornis. Coral Reefs 4: 111-116 Ilan, M., Loya, Y. (1990). Ontogenetic variation in sponge histocompatibility responses. Biol. Bull. 179: 279-286 Shenk, M.A., Buss, L.W. (1991). Ontogenetic changes in fusibility in the colonial hydroid Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus. J. Exp. Zool. 257: 80-86 Lange, R.G., Dick, M.H., Mueller, W.A. (1992). Specificity and early ontogeny of historecognition in the hydroid Hydractinia. J. Exp. Zool. 262: 307-316 Frank, U., Oren, U., Loya, Y., Rinkevich, B. (1997). Alloimmune maturation in the coral Stylophora pistillata is achieved through three distinctive stages, 4 month post metamorphosis. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B. 264: 99-104 >Hi coralisters, > >I?m interested on the phenomenon of fusion among young polyps of corals >escleractinians. Although this phenomenon is very well known to be plenty >known >and common, bibliography on the subject is very scarce. I would like to >receive >bibliographical references and opinions on the subject. > I?ve been wondering : >What relationship do the larvas have so they join during the settle and fuse? >Would these larvas be clones of a same colony ? >Would the colonies of a same place have great genetic similarity making >possible this phenomenon? >Which physical and biological factors could influence this phenomenon? > > I thank for the attention of you all. > >Emiliano N Caldron >Museu Nacional/Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro >Departamento de Invertebrados >Quinta da Boa Vista, Sao Cristovao >20940-040 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil >e-mail: calderon at pobox.com >fone +55-21-5681314 ramal 226 >fax: +55-21-5681314 ramal 213 ***************************************** Uri Frank Institute of Zoology II University of Heidelberg Im Neuenheimer Feld 230 69120 Heidelberg Germany Phone:+49 6221 545662 Fax:+49 6221 544913 ****************************************** From pikula at aoml.noaa.gov Wed May 19 11:22:29 1999 From: pikula at aoml.noaa.gov (Linda Pikula) Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 11:22:29 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Literature Request Message-ID: Dear Emiliano, Here are a few more references. If you would like the abstracts, I would be pleased to send them to you. Wulff,J.L. (1986) Variation in Clone Structure of Fragmenting Coral Reef Sponges. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 27 (4): 311-330 Jokiel, P.L. Hildemann, W. H., Bigger, C.H. (1982) Frequency of Inter Colony Graft Acceptance or Rejection as a Measure of Population Structure in the Sponge Callyspongia-Diffusa. Marine Biology (Berlin) 71 (2): 135-140 Jokiel, P.L. Bigger, C.H. (1994) Aspects of Histocompatibility and Regeneration in the Solitary Reef Coral Fungia Scutaria. Biological Bulletin (Woods Hole) Vol. 186: 72-80 Chadwick-Furman, N., Rinkevich, B.(1994) A Complex Allorecognition System in Reef-Building Coral: Delayed Responses, Reversals and Nontransitive Hierarchies. Coral Reefs, v.13: 57-63 Hidaka, M. Sunagawa, S, Yurigi, K, Kinzie, R.A. III.(1993) Histocompatibility Between Young Colonies of the Coral Pocillopora Damicornis. Zoological Science (Tokyo) v.10: 85 Hildemann, W. H. et al. (1977) Immunological Specificity and Memory in a Scleractinian Coral. Nature, 270 (5634): 219-223 Linda Pikula email: pikula at aoml.noaa.gov NOAA Miami Regional Library Phone/Fax: 305-361-4429 4301 Rickenbacker Causeway Library Internet Homepage: Miami, Florida 33149 http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/general/lib From dgleason at gsvms2.cc.gasou.edu Thu May 20 17:55:39 1999 From: dgleason at gsvms2.cc.gasou.edu (Danny Gleason) Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 17:55:39 -0400 Subject: Bleaching Already Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19990520175539.008c8990@gsvms2.cc.gasou.edu> Just returned from Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas. Although water temperatures did not appear to be at coral stress levels, we observed substantial bleaching in both fore and back reef areas from depths <1 m to 18 m. We made no excursions below 18 m so cannot confirm whether or not bleaching was occurring below this depth. Species affected include Montastrea franksi, M. faveolata, M. annularis, Diploria labyrinthformis, Colpophyllia natans, Agaricia tenuifolia, and a few Porites astreoides, Millepora complanata, and Favia fragum. There may be others, but these species were most noticable. Most large colonies are bleached on their upper surfaces. The way the corals appear this early in the summer suggest that it could be another rough year. Interestingly, we were in Key Largo, Florida just prior to the Lee Stocking trip and did not notice any bleaching. Any hypotheses about what might be going on? Don't think this is related to "Hot Spots!" Best wishes, ************************************** "Heck, we're invertebrates, my boy! As a whole, we're the movers and shakers on this planet! Spineless superheroes, that's what we are!" Father Worm to his son in "There's a Hair in My Dirt - A Worm Story" by Gary Larson ************************************** Daniel Gleason Department of Biology Georgia Southern University P.O. Box 8042 Statesboro, GA 30460-8042 Phone: 912-681-5957 FAX: 912-681-0845 E-mail: dgleason at gsvms2.cc.gasou.edu http://www.bio.gasou.edu/Bio-home/Gleason/Gleason-home.html ************************************** From oveh at bio.usyd.edu.au Thu May 20 19:27:28 1999 From: oveh at bio.usyd.edu.au (Ove Hoegh-Guldberg) Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 09:27:28 +1000 Subject: Bleaching Already In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19990520175539.008c8990@gsvms2.cc.gasou.edu> Message-ID: <000801bea318$538329c0$d513083d@Fungia.bio.usyd.edu.au> Hi Danny, But have they recovered from last year. We still have soft and hard corals that are still pale in Sydney from 1998. Recovery of symbionts may be very slow where temperature are lowest (ie high latitude locations). What is the temperature right now? Cheers, Ove Ove Hoegh-Guldberg Associate Professor School of Biological Sciences A08, University of Sydney Ph: +61-2-9351-2389 Fx: +61-2-9351-4119 Http: www.reef.edu.au/OHG/ For educational fun: www.reef.edu.au > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov > [mailto:owner-coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov]On Behalf Of Danny Gleason > Sent: Friday, May 21, 1999 7:56 AM > To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov > Subject: Bleaching Already > > > Just returned from Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas. Although water > temperatures did not appear to be at coral stress levels, we observed > substantial bleaching in both fore and back reef areas from depths <1 m to > 18 m. We made no excursions below 18 m so cannot confirm whether or not > bleaching was occurring below this depth. Species affected include > Montastrea franksi, M. faveolata, M. annularis, Diploria labyrinthformis, > Colpophyllia natans, Agaricia tenuifolia, and a few Porites astreoides, > Millepora complanata, and Favia fragum. There may be others, but these > species were most noticable. Most large colonies are bleached on their > upper surfaces. > > The way the corals appear this early in the summer suggest that > it could be > another rough year. Interestingly, we were in Key Largo, Florida just > prior to the Lee Stocking trip and did not notice any bleaching. > > Any hypotheses about what might be going on? Don't think this is related > to "Hot Spots!" > > Best wishes, > ************************************** > "Heck, we're invertebrates, my boy! As a whole, we're > the movers and shakers on this planet! Spineless > superheroes, that's what we are!" > Father Worm to his son in "There's a Hair in My Dirt - > A Worm Story" by Gary Larson > ************************************** > Daniel Gleason > Department of Biology > Georgia Southern University > P.O. Box 8042 > Statesboro, GA 30460-8042 > > Phone: 912-681-5957 > FAX: 912-681-0845 > E-mail: dgleason at gsvms2.cc.gasou.edu > http://www.bio.gasou.edu/Bio-home/Gleason/Gleason-home.html > ************************************** > From gusol423 at student.otago.ac.nz Fri May 21 07:43:41 1999 From: gusol423 at student.otago.ac.nz (Oliver Gussmann) Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 11:43:41 +0000 Subject: Searching for Documents Message-ID: I am looking for the following two conference papers/abstracts proceedings to: 1. Pacific Science InterCongress and 6th Taiwan Coral Reef Society Annual Meeting, 15-19 November 1998, Institute of Zoology, Academia Simica, Taipei, Taiwan. (CORAL REEF SESSION) and 2. International Conference on Scientific Aspects of Coral Assessment, Monitoring and Restoration. Could somebody please kindly refer me to a source where I can obtain them? Thanks, Oliver Oliver A. Gussmann, PhD Student Department of Marine Science University of Otago P.O. Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand fax: + 64-3-479-8336 please note new email! Email: gusol423 at student.otago.ac.nz From howzit at turtles.org Thu May 20 20:55:24 1999 From: howzit at turtles.org (Ursula Keuper-Bennett) Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 20:55:24 -0400 Subject: Sea turtle type to coral types... Message-ID: <4.1.19990520204600.00a1ec70@pop.vex.net> Anyone noticing any algae blooms in their research area this season? I'm especially interested in Cladophora --because of its ability to choke and kill corals after only one bloom. Also while I'm on here, anyone noticing eutrophication in their coastal area (for the northern hemisphere May is plant growing season...) Seaweed piled and rotting on beaches is eutophications's calling card. Thanks for the work you do protecting the habitat of sea turtles! ----------------------------------------------------- ^ Ursula Keuper-Bennett 0 0 mailto: howzit at turtles.org /V^\ /^V\ /V malama na honu V\ http://www.turtles.org / \ "I meant what I said and I said what I meant. An elephant's faithful one hundred percent!" \ / ---Horton the Elephant / \ / \ (Dr. Seuss) /__| V |__\ Turtle Trax CELEBRATING THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FFS TAGGING PROGRAM From eweil at caribe.net Thu May 20 23:40:03 1999 From: eweil at caribe.net (Ernesto Weil) Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 23:40:03 -0400 Subject: Bleachimg??? Message-ID: <3.0.32.19990520234000.00727e54@caribe.net> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 474 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/19990520/973ae3aa/attachment.bin From coral_giac at hotmail.com Fri May 21 02:23:51 1999 From: coral_giac at hotmail.com (Edwin Hernandez-Delgado) Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 23:23:51 PDT Subject: Bleachimg??? Message-ID: <19990521062352.60552.qmail@hotmail.com> Dear listers: This is to inform that there is also some bleaching occurring in the eastern coast of Puerto Rico, including both, pristine and anthropogenically degraded habitats, in depths fluctuating from 1.0 to 15 m. Bleaching reached 77% of the corals at Culebra Island (27 km off eastern P.R. during October, 1998). There are still several non-recovered heads of the Montastrea annularis species complex and several isolated colonies of Diploria labyrinthiformis, Diploria clivosa, Agaricia agaricites, Porites astreoides and P. porites. However, colonies of Siderastrea siderea, which is one of the earliest species which has been affected in our study sites, is already starting to show the early signs of bleaching (pale round spots). There are no water temperature abnormailities. All bleached corals are mostly affected in their upper surfaces (more exposed to sunlight), just like in the 1998 event. Edwin A. Hernandez-Delgado Universidad de Puerto Rico Departamento de Biologia Grupo de Investigacion en Arrecifes de Coral P.O. Box 23360 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00931-3360 Tel. (787) 764-0000, x-4855 Fax (787) 764-2610 e-mail: coral_giac at hotmail.com diploria at coqui.net ****************************************** _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com From Billy.Causey at noaa.gov Fri May 21 09:31:08 1999 From: Billy.Causey at noaa.gov (Billy Causey) Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 09:31:08 -0400 Subject: Bleaching Already References: <3.0.5.32.19990520175539.008c8990@gsvms2.cc.gasou.edu> Message-ID: <3745601A.CE330D00@noaa.gov> Greetings, On Saturday, May 15th, I observed the Palythoa to be very bleached at Key Largo Dry Rocks and Grecian Rocks in the Key Largo portion of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. This has consistently been an early warning sign here in the Keys for bleaching of stony corals to follow. Billy Causey Danny Gleason wrote: > Just returned from Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas. Although water > temperatures did not appear to be at coral stress levels, we observed > substantial bleaching in both fore and back reef areas from depths <1 m to > 18 m. We made no excursions below 18 m so cannot confirm whether or not > bleaching was occurring below this depth. Species affected include > Montastrea franksi, M. faveolata, M. annularis, Diploria labyrinthformis, > Colpophyllia natans, Agaricia tenuifolia, and a few Porites astreoides, > Millepora complanata, and Favia fragum. There may be others, but these > species were most noticable. Most large colonies are bleached on their > upper surfaces. > > The way the corals appear this early in the summer suggest that it could be > another rough year. Interestingly, we were in Key Largo, Florida just > prior to the Lee Stocking trip and did not notice any bleaching. > > Any hypotheses about what might be going on? Don't think this is related > to "Hot Spots!" > > Best wishes, > ************************************** > "Heck, we're invertebrates, my boy! As a whole, we're > the movers and shakers on this planet! Spineless > superheroes, that's what we are!" > Father Worm to his son in "There's a Hair in My Dirt - > A Worm Story" by Gary Larson > ************************************** > Daniel Gleason > Department of Biology > Georgia Southern University > P.O. Box 8042 > Statesboro, GA 30460-8042 > > Phone: 912-681-5957 > FAX: 912-681-0845 > E-mail: dgleason at gsvms2.cc.gasou.edu > http://www.bio.gasou.edu/Bio-home/Gleason/Gleason-home.html > ************************************** -- Billy D. Causey, Superintendent Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary PO Box 500368 Marathon, FL 33050 Phone (305) 743.2437, Fax (305) 743.2357 From pmuller at seas.marine.usf.edu Fri May 21 13:27:04 1999 From: pmuller at seas.marine.usf.edu (Pam Muller) Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 13:27:04 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Bleaching Already In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19990520175539.008c8990@gsvms2.cc.gasou.edu> Message-ID: Our reef-dwelling forams (Amphistegina gibbosa) continue their "90's habit of "bleaching" in the early spring. This year, about 30% of the specimens exhibited some mottling in early May. My casual observation is that our forams seem to parallel Palythoa and, to a lesser extent, Acaricia, with respect to bleaching. On May 4 I noted partly bleached Agaricia at 30 m and some light/purple color in Siderastrea and occassionally some pale Montastrea at 15 m at Conch Reef. Unfortunately, I have no idea if that bleaching was residual from last year. We are also seeing a type of infestation in our forams we haven't noticed before. We haven't ID'ed it yet, but the culprit may be opportunistic cyanobactera. Pamela Hallock Muller Department of Marine Science University of South Florida 140 Seventh Avenue South St. Petersburg, FL 33701 USA pmuller at marine.usf.edu Phone: 727-553-1567 FAX: 727-553-1189 NOTE NEW AREA CODE!!! "Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought." - Albert Szent-Gyorgyi - On Thu, 20 May 1999, Danny Gleason wrote: > Just returned from Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas. Although water > temperatures did not appear to be at coral stress levels, we observed > substantial bleaching in both fore and back reef areas from depths <1 m to > 18 m. We made no excursions below 18 m so cannot confirm whether or not > bleaching was occurring below this depth. Species affected include > Montastrea franksi, M. faveolata, M. annularis, Diploria labyrinthformis, > Colpophyllia natans, Agaricia tenuifolia, and a few Porites astreoides, > Millepora complanata, and Favia fragum. There may be others, but these > species were most noticable. Most large colonies are bleached on their > upper surfaces. > > The way the corals appear this early in the summer suggest that it could be > another rough year. Interestingly, we were in Key Largo, Florida just > prior to the Lee Stocking trip and did not notice any bleaching. > > Any hypotheses about what might be going on? Don't think this is related > to "Hot Spots!" > > Best wishes, > ************************************** > "Heck, we're invertebrates, my boy! As a whole, we're > the movers and shakers on this planet! Spineless > superheroes, that's what we are!" > Father Worm to his son in "There's a Hair in My Dirt - > A Worm Story" by Gary Larson > ************************************** > Daniel Gleason > Department of Biology > Georgia Southern University > P.O. Box 8042 > Statesboro, GA 30460-8042 > > Phone: 912-681-5957 > FAX: 912-681-0845 > E-mail: dgleason at gsvms2.cc.gasou.edu > http://www.bio.gasou.edu/Bio-home/Gleason/Gleason-home.html > ************************************** > From POHLE.DAVID at EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV Fri May 21 17:36:09 1999 From: POHLE.DAVID at EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV (DAVID POHLE) Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 17:36:09 -0400 Subject: Cost of a coral transplant project? Message-ID: An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: not available Url: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/19990521/0550425f/attachment.pl From lesk at bio.bu.edu Fri May 21 22:01:27 1999 From: lesk at bio.bu.edu (Les Kaufman) Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 22:01:27 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Cost of a coral transplant project? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear David, I hate to be a killjoy, and I don't know what kinds of responses you will get from everybody else, but my hunch is that this is not the best approach to the problem. The USVI has a few shallow reefs remaining in moderately decent condition, lots of very degraded reefs, and a great deal of mixed hard bottom with scattered corals, sponges, and other organisms. Betsy Gladfelter could probably direct you to the best available database if you do not already have one. So here's my suggestion. Invest the same funds (or hopefullly more) to institute conservation measures in a high-priority area, rather than in a possibly futile effort at reconstructing a lower-priority reefal assemblage like the one you seem to be describing. Create a marine protected area someplace, or inject funds into R&D on the adaptation of coral reef restoration methods in the USVI someplace that makes sense. Better yet, turn the funds to the reestablishment of the West Indies Marine Laboratory, and direct its mission toward ecological reconstruction of Tague Bay Reef and Buck Island National Monument. Anyway, Caroline Rogers or Betsy Gladfelter or John Ogden are among the folks you want to talk to. As for the problems with this idea (not that SOMETHING wouldn't happen no matter what you did, and perhaps the translocated organisms would even survive), there are many. First off, it would help if you said where this channel is to go. Most of the bottoms of the general sort that you describe in the USVI also have appreciable densities of gorgonians that may not take kindly to transplantation. Second, given the short distance that the corals et al. are to be transported, aren't the channel building activities likely to kill them anyhow? Third, the visible corals and sponges are only a superficial portion of the community. It's a little bit like cutting off all the tops of the tallest trees, and sticking them in the ground someplace else. Again, not that some beneficial effect wouldn't be realized, but it may not be the most beneficial imaginable, and it may not be much of an effect to write home about in the end. So much has been lost in the USVI over the last 25 years, we've watched it go. Funds for coral reef conservation and restoration are so incredibly limited. This may be a chance to focus some resources so as to do the most good in the best place. Les Kaufman Boston University Marine Program lesk at bio.bu.edu 617-353-5560 office 617-353-6965 lab 617-353-6340 fax From zakaid at bezeq.nmt.co.il Sun May 23 01:22:31 1999 From: zakaid at bezeq.nmt.co.il (David Zakai) Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 08:22:31 +0300 Subject: email address of Dr. Message-ID: <37479096.ABA77781@bezeq.nmt.co.il> Dear All, I'm looking for the Email address of the Dr. Eugenie Clark the shark biologist. Any help will highly appreciated. David Zakai -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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(0761) 31643 From humphrey_j at popmail.firn.edu Mon May 24 13:09:38 1999 From: humphrey_j at popmail.firn.edu (Chris Humphrey) Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 13:09:38 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Research Assistant Position in the Florida Keys Message-ID: <199905241712.RAA67024@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Title: Research Assistant Location: Long Key, Florida Salary/Term: 24,000-27,000 ; 12 month Minimum Qualifications: B.S. degree or M.S. degree, 1-2 years experience in field research, computer literate (MS-DOS- WIN 95/98), certified SCUBA diver, experience with data management and environmental monitoring, experience with water quality QA/QC procedures, small boat handling skills, knowledge of electronics. Please apply to: Chris Humphrey Keys Marine Lab P.O. Box 968 Long Key\ Layton, FL. 33001 305-664-9101 Brief description of duties: Incumbent will assist in field and computer work associated with the Florida Institute of Oceanography's SEAKEYS program ( Sustained Ecological Research Related to the Management of the Florida Keys Seascape ). Duties would include maintaining underwater sensors for SEAKEYS, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, and the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory located on the Florida Keys Reef tract and Florida Bay. The incumbent would be responsible for sensor maintenance and QA/QC procedures. Duties would also include truck and boat maintenance. ***** Must apply before June 18, 1999******* From cbentis at bu.edu Mon May 24 16:30:17 1999 From: cbentis at bu.edu (Chris Bentis) Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 16:30:17 -0400 (EDT) Subject: coelenterate sensory systems Message-ID: Is anyone familiar with the anatomy of surficial microstructures on polyp tentacles. I have observed on SEM small (~1 micron) hair-like structures and have seen them referred to, in a book entitled "Microbial Seascapes", as a bacterial lawn. It has been brought to my attention that they curiously resemble cilliated epithelium. If anyone has seen these structures or has anymore information as to their identity, function, etc. I would greatly appreciate it. They were observed by myself on a coral local to Woods Hole, MA Astrangia danae (also the one referred to in Microbial Seascapes"), and one that was collected at Johnston atoll, Acropora cytherea. Thank you. Christopher J. Bentis Boston University Marine Program 5 Cummington St. Boston, MA 02215 From Helen at coral-sea.com.au Tue May 25 03:16:39 1999 From: Helen at coral-sea.com.au (Helen Walker) Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 17:16:39 +1000 Subject: coral reefs identification Message-ID: <199905251047.KAA72529@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Dear Sir We may be able to help in your search for books on the reef! Coral Sea Imagery specialises in the distribution of books on Coral Reef = and Marine Science topics. We have field guides, reference text, coffee = table books, CD-ROMs and much more! =20 Check out our web page at "http://www.coral-sea.com.au/bookshop All prices are listed and postage is charged at cost - you can choose = either airmail or economy airmail for your order. Take a look and if there is anything further I can help you with, if you = need further information on any of the titles please don't hesitate to = contact me. With regards Helen Walker (Distribution Manager) Coral Sea Imagery PO Box 2186 Townsville QLD 4810 Tel: 07 47 211633 Fax: 07 47 211477 Check out our on line catalogue " http://www.coral-sea.com.au/bookshop" -----Original Message----- From: sjujono [SMTP:arsjujono at pbaru.wasantara.net.id] Sent: 24 May, 1999 9:15 PM To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov Subject: coral reefs identifikation Hello caral list i ask about information or catalog concering coral reefs identifikation books of Indonesia. Ireally want to know about the books price, = (including shipping and handling) to my address. INEED THIS BOOKS BECAUSE I`M A MARINE SCIENCE STUDENT AND VERY INTERSTED = IN CORAL REFF REHABILITATION. For your kind attention i'll thankfully to you. GOGOT FEBRYANTO 24. Karya Sari street. tangkerang Riau Indonesia 28282 Telp. (0761) 31643 From mttaber at email.msn.com Tue May 25 08:12:18 1999 From: mttaber at email.msn.com (Mark Taber) Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 13:12:18 +0100 Subject: Julian Sprung - Anemones Message-ID: <000901bea6a7$d563f680$f84a95c1@mtaber> Seeing the email from Julian Sprung (assuming it is THE Julian Sprung) reminded me to ask the following question - In one of Julian Sprung's books, he mentioned that some species of anemone have self propagated by splitting into two. Does anyone know or have any thoughts on what would cause an anemone to do this e.g. stress? Also, does anyone know where I could look for information that refer to anemones spawning. I am particle interested in the Heteractis magnifica species. Thank you for any help. Mark Taber Save A Reef, Build Your Own - http://www.reefsuk.org From osha at pobox.com Tue May 25 14:57:08 1999 From: osha at pobox.com (Osha Gray Davidson) Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 13:57:08 -0500 Subject: Book Message-ID: <4.1.19990525135224.009f95d0@mail> I've received several inquiries from list members asking about the paperback version of "The Enchanted Braid: Coming to Terms with Nature on the Coral Reef." I've asked the publisher (implored! is more like it), but I've been told that there are no plans for a paperback version in the near future. Sorry. Cheers, Osha Osha Gray Davidson 14 S. Governor St. Iowa City, IA 52240 Scholar Affiliate The University of Iowa http://members.home.net/oshad/books.htm From mjcarl at probe.net Tue May 25 16:19:30 1999 From: mjcarl at probe.net (Mitch and Jena Carl) Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 15:19:30 -0500 Subject: Julian Sprung - Anemones Message-ID: <003601bea6eb$e6dcada0$519d9ad0@mitch> >In one of Julian Sprung's books, he mentioned that some species of anemone >have self propagated by splitting into two. Does anyone know or have any >thoughts on what would cause an anemone to do this e.g. stress? for some anemones this is the main form or reproduction. i have had several specimens of entamacea quadricolor in several different system reproduce this way. i have a color variant called the rose anemone that has split over 10 times in the past two years. unfortunately aiptaisia anemones also reproduce by splitting or leaving pieces of their foot behind as they move. >anyone know where I could look for information that refer to anemones >spawning. I am particle interested in the Heteractis magnifica species. i cant remember but i think daphne fautins book has information on this. i think the book is called "clownfish and host anemones" or something like that. mitch From lesk at bio.bu.edu Wed May 26 15:07:34 1999 From: lesk at bio.bu.edu (Les Kaufman) Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 15:07:34 -0400 Subject: message from the dead letters office Message-ID: <199905261905.PAA28321@bio.bu.edu> Guys, a letter I sent last week just went out again, don't know why, sorry and apologies to David Pohle for his being harassed yet again. Les Kaufman Boston University Marine Program Department of Biology Boston University 5 Cummington Street Boston, MA 02215 e-mail: lesk at bio.bu.edu phone: 617-353-5560 fax: 617-353-6340 Ex Africa semper aliquid novi. "There is always something new out of Africa." - Pliny the Elder From cbentis at bu.edu Wed May 26 16:37:23 1999 From: cbentis at bu.edu (Christopher J. Bentis) Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 16:37:23 -0400 Subject: No subject Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19990526163723.007ab490@acs-mail.bu.edu> A message of mine from last week was reposted. Sorry! -Chris ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Christopher J. Bentis 7 MBL St. c/o B.U.M.P.(Boston University Marine Program) Woods Hole, MA 02543 (508)540-3864 "...it's because they're stupid, that's why. That's why everybody does everything!" -Homer J. Simpson ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - From Jim.Hendee at noaa.gov Wed May 26 19:26:20 1999 From: Jim.Hendee at noaa.gov (Jim Hendee) Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 19:26:20 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Problems w/ coral-list Message-ID: Sorry, but there have been some problems with the listserver software and the aging CHAMP workstation. The machine died and I had to re-do some of the setups. Sorry for any inconvenience (such as duplicate postings). I hope it doesn't happen again. Cheers, Jim Hendee coral-list administrator From rohan at flamingobay.com.au Wed May 26 20:55:18 1999 From: rohan at flamingobay.com.au (Rohan) Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 10:55:18 +1000 Subject: Mexican ship grounding - request for info. Message-ID: <003401bea7db$976975a0$0601a8c0@pii-266.reef2me.com.au> G'day all, I am interested in going to the recent shrimp boat grounding site at Yucatan Peninsula, Quintana Roo to assess the damage done to the reef. Can anyone please provide me with more information about the site, particularly GPS coordinates, nearest port of call and the type of reef/dominant species. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Rohan Pratt Flamingo Bay Research -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/19990527/17a261bd/attachment.html From paul at nw.com.au Thu May 27 09:22:01 1999 From: paul at nw.com.au (paul) Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 21:22:01 +0800 Subject: Coral spawn cryopreservation Message-ID: <1.5.4.32.19990527132201.0068b354@nw.com.au> Hi all, I was curious to know whether anyone had attempted to cryogenically freeze then restore coral eggs and sperm. I know eggs & sperm from recently spawned corals have been sucessfully collected and grown out, but if they could be cryopreserved, then they could be stored in bulk and redeposited on the same reef if it was somehow destroyed. Obviously if the cause of any such die off would have to be rectified and I guess this is assuming that algae & borers don't destroy the underlying reef structure prior to any reseeding. Paul Groves Head Aquarist Underwater World - Perth - Australia Founder MASWA - Marine Aquarists Society of WA Email paul at nw.com.au ICQ VIN# 4231441 From guinotte at kgs.ukans.edu Thu May 27 09:20:45 1999 From: guinotte at kgs.ukans.edu (John Guinotte) Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 08:20:45 -0500 Subject: Coral Reef Modeling Message-ID: <374D46AD.774420E8@kgs.ukans.edu> Dear Coral Listers, I have posted the results of my Master's thesis "A Model for Predicting Coral Reef Habitat in the Tropical Western Atlantic and Eastern Pacific" at the following address: http://ghsun1.kgs.ukans.edu:8002/LOhtml/MxHhtml/website.html The MexHab model is a regional-scale extension / improvement of ReefHab, a model developed in 1997 by Dr. Joanie Kleypas of the National Center for Atmospheric Research. Kleypas, J.A. 1997. Modeled estimates of global reef habitat and carbonate production since the last glacial maximum. Paleoceanography 12(4):533-545. MexHab is a raster GIS (ESRI Software) that uses environmental data sets (SST, Salinity, Nutrients [NO3, PO4], Light, and Slope) to identify areas suitable for reef habitat to occur [spatial resolution ~ 2 x 2 min]. The purpose of posting MexHab model results is to generate comments, suggestions, questions, etc., from reef scientists who are interested in this method of predictive reef research. In at least some areas, model prediction of known offshore reefs seems good; I know that coastal (fringing) reefs are overpredicted, and hope to be able to improve future generations of the model by including some terrestrial variables such as geology and runoff. However, I am particularly interested in validating or discrediting the offshore "false positives" (e.g. off the Northeastern coasts of Honduras - Nicaragua and the Yucatan Peninsula). If you can confirm / discount that reefs do / do not occur in these regions (see MAPS), please contact me. Thank You- John -- _____________________________ John Guinotte Kansas Geological Survey University of Kansas 1930 Constant Ave. Lawrence, KS 66047 Voice: (785) 864-3965 ext.431 Fax: (785) 864-5317 Email: guinotte at kgs.ukans.edu _____________________________ From EricHugo at aol.com Thu May 27 11:01:03 1999 From: EricHugo at aol.com (EricHugo at aol.com) Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 11:01:03 EDT Subject: coelenterate sensory systems Message-ID: <1e5bb8dd.247eb82f@aol.com> In a message dated 5/24/99 3:01:36 PM, cbentis at bu.edu writes: << Is anyone familiar with the anatomy of surficial microstructures on polyp tentacles. I have observed on SEM small (~1 micron) hair-like structures and have seen them referred to, in a book entitled "Microbial Seascapes", as a bacterial lawn. It has been brought to my attention that they curiously resemble cilliated epithelium. If anyone has seen these structures or has anymore information as to their identity, function, etc. >> Are you referring to microvilli? References I have suggest that microvilli on coral surfaces are related to the uptake of DOM from sea water and that ciliated epithelium is related to movement of bacterioplankton (and the like) across coral surfaces for ingestion. I can dig up some references for you on this if you haven't already received enough, and off the top of my head, HAF Gohar has some pretty detailed reports on such anatomy in Xeniids in the 1940's Publications of the Marine Research Station at Ghadarqa. Eric Borneman From sjl3 at duke.edu Thu May 27 11:28:48 1999 From: sjl3 at duke.edu (Sean Lyman) Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 11:28:48 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Stegastes partitus fecundity Message-ID: Folks: I wonder if anyone has an estimate of how many times a female bicolor damselfish (Stegastes partitus) will spawn over the course of a season. I know they spawn around the full moon, but I've been unable to find out if it's every month or every other month, etc. Thanks in advance for your help. Cheers, Sean ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Sean J. Lyman Duke University Marine Laboratory sjl3 at duke.edu 135 Duke Marine Lab Road sean.lyman at duke.edu Beaufort, NC 28516 USA Phone: (252) 504-7565 Fax: (252) 504-7648 From pampano at diario1.sureste.com Thu May 27 12:27:38 1999 From: pampano at diario1.sureste.com (pampano) Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 10:27:38 -0600 Subject: Mexican ship grounding - request for info. References: <003401bea7db$976975a0$0601a8c0@pii-266.reef2me.com.au> Message-ID: <00cb01bea85d$efcf07a0$9b3022c8@pampano> The site is located south of cozumel Island in the Mexican Carebean, east off Can Cun city, Quintana Roo state. ----- Original Message ----- From: Rohan To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 1999 6:55 PM Subject: Mexican ship grounding - request for info. G'day all, I am interested in going to the recent shrimp boat grounding site at Yucatan Peninsula, Quintana Roo to assess the damage done to the reef. Can anyone please provide me with more information about the site, particularly GPS coordinates, nearest port of call and the type of reef/dominant species. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Rohan Pratt Flamingo Bay Research -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Lyman Duke University Marine Laboratory sjl3 at duke.edu 135 Duke Marine Lab Road sean.lyman at duke.edu Beaufort, NC 28516 USA Phone: (252) 504-7565 Fax: (252) 504-7648 From pharriso at scu.edu.au Thu May 27 19:06:49 1999 From: pharriso at scu.edu.au (Peter Harrison) Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 09:06:49 +1000 Subject: Coral spawn cryopreservation In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.32.19990527132201.0068b354@nw.com.au> Message-ID: Hi Paul, Gregor Hodgson has done some early work on this - see his hybrid paper 1988 Coral conference in Townsville, cheers Peter>Hi all, > >I was curious to know whether anyone had attempted to cryogenically freeze >then restore coral eggs and sperm. I know eggs & sperm from recently spawned >corals have been sucessfully collected and grown out, but if they could be >cryopreserved, then they could be stored in bulk and redeposited on the same >reef if it was somehow destroyed. Obviously if the cause of any such die off >would have to be rectified and I guess this is assuming that algae & borers >don't destroy the underlying reef structure prior to any reseeding. > >Paul Groves >Head Aquarist >Underwater World - Perth - Australia >Founder MASWA - Marine Aquarists Society of WA >Email paul at nw.com.au >ICQ VIN# 4231441 Dr Peter Harrison Senior Lecturer in Ecology School of Resource Science and Management Southern Cross University PO Box 157 Lismore NSW 2480 Australia Phone: 0266 203774 Fax: 0266 212669 International: 61 266 203774 From d.fenner at aims.gov.au Thu May 27 17:47:47 1999 From: d.fenner at aims.gov.au (Doug Fenner) Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 07:47:47 +1000 Subject: TV show transcript on bleaching Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19990528074747.0076b5d0@email.aims.gov.au> Coralisters: A documentary was recently aired by Australian Broadcasting Corp. on the massive bleaching around the world last year. It was quite impressive, and left the viewer with the feeling that this could be the greatest threat yet to reefs. There is a transcript available on the web at http://abc.net.au/science/coral/ The show deserves airing elsewhere as well. -Doug Douglas Fenner, Ph.D. Coral Taxonomist Australian Institute of Marine Science PMB No 3 Townsville MC Queensland 4810 Australia phone 07 4753 4241 e-mail: d.fenner at aims.gov.au web: http://www.aims.gov.au From c.wilkinson at aims.gov.au Thu May 27 22:50:49 1999 From: c.wilkinson at aims.gov.au (Clive Wilkinson) Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 12:50:49 +1000 Subject: Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 1998 Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19990528125049.00709458@email.aims.gov.au> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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However, I am concerned that certain assumptions of the method (that the size of teh object is small relative to the length of the line) will be violated by the type of cover on rock reefs. One would expect to encounter fairly large patches of monospecific algae for example. Does anyone out there know of any published or established methods for monitoring temperate rock reefs ? Has anyone tried this in California for example ? Regards Bridget Elliott KZN Nature Conservation Service Durban, South Africa -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Julian Sprung From Ben.Haskell at noaa.gov Fri May 28 17:17:55 1999 From: Ben.Haskell at noaa.gov (Ben Haskell) Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 17:17:55 -0400 Subject: Tortugas 2000 Update Message-ID: <374F07FC.5A53FC09@noaa.gov> Dear CMPAN and Coral listers- Tortugas 2000 is a collaborative project to create an ecological reserve (no-take) in the Tortugas region of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. A 25-member working group composed of a broad range of stakeholders and agency representatives was tasked a year ago with coming up with a recommended boundary alternative for NOAA and the State of Florida to consider. Last Saturday, May 22, the Working Group reached consensus on recommending that a 186 square nautical mile area representing a range of very high quality coral reef habitats be set aside for the benefit of the ecosystem and present and future generations. After 7 years of acrimonious debate about the utility of marine reserves in the Florida Keys, one of the most heavily used coral reef ecosystems in the world, this consensus recommendation represents a milestone in Sanctuary management. If you would like more details on this recommendation and the Tortugas 2000 project please visit our website at http://fpac.fsu.edu/tortugas. Thank you, Benjamin D. Haskell Project Manager and Science Coordinator http://www.sanctuaries.nos.noaa.gov -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Browne) Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 12:11:33 -0400 (EDT) Subject: looking for a cyanide video Message-ID: Does anyone know where I can get a copy of an amateur video I once saw of two cyanide fishers tearing apart coral going after a large wrasse with squirt bottles followed by an interview with a fish trader at a live fish holding platform? I believe the video was shot near Ambon. The version I saw was about 10 minutes long and had a few text screens inserted between scenes to explain what was happening. I think it was made around 1996. If anyone knows of this video please contact me at browndr at mcmaster.ca. Thanks for your help, David Browne From i.d.williams at ncl.ac.uk Mon May 31 18:20:43 1999 From: i.d.williams at ncl.ac.uk (Ivor Williams) Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 22:20:43 +0000 Subject: assessing grazing intensity Message-ID: <77273C876AB.AAB47D2@wgs1.btl.net> I would very much appreciate some practical advice on field methods for assessing grazing intensity by herbivorous fishes. I am currently doing field work in Belize looking at fish abundance and benthic communities and would like to assess fish bite rates within 5*5m plots on 12m deep forereef areas. I had planned to approximately follow the AGRA protocol (5 min abservations of 1 sq meter areas), but find either (most of the time) there are no fish grazing during the 5 minute period, or there are about 20 small fish frantically nibbling and it is impossible to keep track. The resulting data set is something like 0, 0, 387, 0, 6, 513... so, not only is there are a large element of guesstimation in the replicates with large numbers of bites, but also the replication necessary to get meaningful data looks horrendous. My feeling now is that I might be better to follow individual fishes for fixed periods and then try to use average grazing rates to convert fish abundance data into grazing intensity, but I would prefer to directly assessing grazing itself.if it is feasible. Thanks for any help you can give Ivor Williams Centre for Tropical Coastal Management Department of Marine Sciences Ridley Building University of Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU Tel: +44 (0)191 222 5868 Fax: +44 (0)191 222 7891 Belize phone 00 501 26 3856