translocation of Porites bommies
EricHugo at aol.com
EricHugo at aol.com
Tue Nov 16 13:40:27 EST 1999
In a message dated 11/16/99 10:52:25 AM, delbeek at hawaii.edu writes:
<< Harbour construction, dreging etc might necessitate the need to move large
corals. The same was planned in Hawaii's Kawaihi area of the Big Island
when that harbour was enlarged.
>>
In fact, that is the reason. I hope Kristen will chime in here, but her
co-worker mentioned to me today that funding is likely for a channel to a
harbor area off Magnetic Island that goes through some large Porites bommies
and that the idea to reroute the channel was not taken. If I am not
mistaken, I believe that there was a similar situation in Cozumel where large
chunks of reef were relocated. Was this done by carrying excised chunks
under a barge, if I recall?
Kristen, I sent a list of references to Michelle and they were returned for
some reason. If you read this, I will try again later.
Eric Borneman
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