From furman at mail.biu.ac.il Sun Jul 2 08:47:54 2000 From: furman at mail.biu.ac.il (Nanette Chadwick Furman) Date: Sun, 02 Jul 2000 14:47:54 +0200 Subject: ICCB References: <3.0.1.32.20000625130835.0071537c@post.tau.ac.il> Message-ID: <395F39FA.32A230CE@mail.biu.ac.il> > Dear Colleague, > > On behalf of the organizing and Scientific Committees of the joint meeting > of the 7th International Conference on Coelenterate Biology and the annual > European Meeting of the Coral Reef Society, to be held during 21-25 October > 2001, in Eilat (Israel), we invite you to visit our Web site & call for > papers. > > http://www.congress.co.il/iccb-isrs > > The program of the joint meeting, and details regarding registration, > accommodation and pre/post congress tours will be updated on the Web Site > of the congress. Early registration is recommended. > > For further information or assistance please contact the Congress > Secretariat (Miri Dory): Team4 at congress.co.il or Fax: +972-3-6133341. > > We look forward to welcoming you at the congress. > > Professor Yehuda Benayahu > Dept. of Zoology > Tel Aviv University > Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv > 69978 Israel > > Phone (office): 972-3-6409090 > Fax: 972-3-6409403 > E-mail: denlit at ccsg.tau.ac.il > Visit the web site of the 7th International Conference on Coelenterate > Biology (ICCB): > http://www.congress.co.il/iccb-isrs/ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: furman.vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 263 bytes Desc: Card for Nanette Chadwick Furman Url : http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/20000702/2dba51c0/attachment.vcf From billy.causey at noaa.gov Sat Jul 1 16:30:32 2000 From: billy.causey at noaa.gov (Billy Causey) Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2000 16:30:32 -0400 Subject: Sick Sea Fans Message-ID: <200007021643.QAA19235@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Ken, Sender: owner-coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Billy Causey Thank you very much for this report. On Thursday, June 29, 2000, I was diving Molasses Reef and Pickles Reef participating in the Great American Fish Count. After having read your report I was watching for disease problems on the sea fans and spotted only a few infected colonies at Molasses. However, I could not believe what I was observing at Pickles Reef. Well over 80% of the sea fans in the vicinity of the southern mooring buoy were infected with what appeared to be a cynobacterium or fine algae. In most instances the colonies were completely consumed by the infestation. Thank you again for the heads-up and the notice! I saw Steven Miller later in the day on Thursday and told him about your report and my observations and he said, coincidentally an expert on octocoral diseases will be in the Keys next week. Ken, I am broadcasting your observations very broadly to see if others have observed this problem. Thanks again and you have my most sincere thanks for keeping an eye out for these problems. You are indeed a leader amongst the marinelife collectors as are those you cc'ed on this list. Happy 4th of July to you! Cheers, Billy Ken Nedimyer wrote: > Billy,I've been seeing some serious disease problems with sea fans > along the reef line south west of Alligator reef. On Thursday I was > diving in about 35-40' of water a couple miles southwest of Alligator > and I noticed that about half of the sea fans either had dead spots on > them or were completely dead. There wasn't and visible diseased > tissue but it was defiantly recently dead and in the process of > dying. I was diving in the 1/2 mile east of there today (Saturday) > and noticed the same thing going on and today I shot a dozen or more > pictures of it. When I get the slides developed I'll either send them > to you of take them in to John Halas here in Key Largo. The inshore > sea fans off Key Largo look good and the inshore sea fans off Lower > Matecumbe look good, so far I've just noticed the diseased fans along > the reef line off Lower Matecumbe. GPS #s are 24.49.744, > 80.38.768. Ken Nedimyer -- Billy D. Causey, Superintendent Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary PO Box 500368 Marathon, FL 33050 Phone (305) 743.2437, Fax (305) 743.2357 http://www.fknms.nos.noaa.gov/ --------------BFC168EC5BF0C49C3BBB6F1A Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Ken,

Thank you very much for this report.  On Thursday, June 29, 2000, I was diving Molasses Reef and Pickles Reef participating in the Great American Fish Count.  After having read your report I was watching for disease problems on the sea fans and spotted only a few infected colonies at Molasses.  However, I could not believe what I was observing at Pickles Reef.  Well over 80% of the sea fans in the vicinity of the southern mooring buoy were infected with what appeared to be a cynobacterium or fine algae.  In most instances the colonies were completely consumed by the infestation.

Thank you again for the heads-up and the notice!  I saw Steven Miller later in the day on Thursday and told him about your report and my observations and he said, coincidentally an expert on octocoral diseases will be in the Keys next week.

Ken, I am broadcasting your observations very broadly to see if others have observed this problem.

Thanks again and you have my most sincere thanks for keeping an eye out for these problems.  You are indeed a leader amongst the marinelife collectors as are those you cc'ed on this list.  Happy 4th of July to you!  Cheers, Billy

Ken Nedimyer wrote:

Billy,I've been seeing some serious disease problems with sea fans along the reef line south west of Alligator reef.  On Thursday I was diving in about 35-40' of water a couple miles southwest of Alligator and I noticed that about half of the sea fans either had dead spots on them or were completely dead.  There wasn't and visible diseased tissue but it was defiantly recently dead and in the process of dying.  I was diving in the 1/2 mile east of there today (Saturday) and noticed the same thing going on and today I shot a dozen or more pictures of it.  When I get the slides developed I'll either send them to you of take them in to John Halas here in Key Largo. The inshore sea fans off Key Largo look good and the inshore sea fans off Lower Matecumbe look good, so far I've just noticed the diseased fans along the reef line off Lower Matecumbe.  GPS #s are 24.49.744,  80.38.768.  Ken Nedimyer

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  --------------BFC168EC5BF0C49C3BBB6F1A-- From liling_koh at hotmail.com Mon Jul 3 11:01:08 2000 From: liling_koh at hotmail.com (Koh Li Ling) Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 11:01:08 SGT Subject: Sick Sea Fans Message-ID: <20000703030108.29826.qmail@hotmail.com> Dear Billy and Ken, I was following your emails and got really interested about the diseased seafans. I am a MSc student in Singapore working on diseased seafans. I noticed the same phenomenon on the gorgonians here as well. Some seafans have tissues that look dead, some are colonized by molluscs, algae, anemones etc and some simply have the coenenchyme stripped of the colony leaving only the axis.I am looking into the possibilty that fungi may be the causative agents, however I still did not find any significant trends to prove that. The cause of this may range anything from bad water to bacteria. I was just wondering if any of you know of the causes behind these sick sea fans. Is it also possible to contact the octocorals disease expert who is visiting the Keys? I'm looking forward to your reply. Thank you!!! regards, Li Ling >From: Billy Causey >To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov, Ken Nedimyer >Subject: Re: Sick Sea Fans >Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2000 16:30:32 -0400 > >Ken, >Sender: owner-coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov >Precedence: bulk >Reply-To: Billy Causey > >Thank you very much for this report. On Thursday, June 29, 2000, I was >diving Molasses Reef and Pickles Reef participating in the Great >American Fish Count. After having read your report I was watching for >disease problems on the sea fans and spotted only a few infected >colonies at Molasses. However, I could not believe what I was observing >at Pickles Reef. Well over 80% of the sea fans in the vicinity of the >southern mooring buoy were infected with what appeared to be a >cynobacterium or fine algae. In most instances the colonies were >completely consumed by the infestation. > >Thank you again for the heads-up and the notice! I saw Steven Miller >later in the day on Thursday and told him about your report and my >observations and he said, coincidentally an expert on octocoral diseases >will be in the Keys next week. > >Ken, I am broadcasting your observations very broadly to see if others >have observed this problem. > >Thanks again and you have my most sincere thanks for keeping an eye out >for these problems. You are indeed a leader amongst the marinelife >collectors as are those you cc'ed on this list. Happy 4th of July to >you! Cheers, Billy > >Ken Nedimyer wrote: > > > Billy,I've been seeing some serious disease problems with sea fans > > along the reef line south west of Alligator reef. On Thursday I was > > diving in about 35-40' of water a couple miles southwest of Alligator > > and I noticed that about half of the sea fans either had dead spots on > > them or were completely dead. There wasn't and visible diseased > > tissue but it was defiantly recently dead and in the process of > > dying. I was diving in the 1/2 mile east of there today (Saturday) > > and noticed the same thing going on and today I shot a dozen or more > > pictures of it. When I get the slides developed I'll either send them > > to you of take them in to John Halas here in Key Largo. The inshore > > sea fans off Key Largo look good and the inshore sea fans off Lower > > Matecumbe look good, so far I've just noticed the diseased fans along > > the reef line off Lower Matecumbe. GPS #s are 24.49.744, > > 80.38.768. Ken Nedimyer > >-- >Billy D. Causey, Superintendent >Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary >PO Box 500368 >Marathon, FL 33050 >Phone (305) 743.2437, Fax (305) 743.2357 >http://www.fknms.nos.noaa.gov/ > > >--------------BFC168EC5BF0C49C3BBB6F1A >Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > > >Ken, >

Thank you very much for this report.  On Thursday, June 29, 2000, >I was diving Molasses Reef and Pickles Reef participating in the Great >American Fish Count.  After having read your report I was watching >for disease problems on the sea fans and spotted only a few infected >colonies >at Molasses.  However, I could not believe what I was observing at >Pickles Reef.  Well over 80% of the sea fans in the vicinity of the >southern mooring buoy were infected with what appeared to be a >cynobacterium >or fine algae.  In most instances the colonies were completely >consumed >by the infestation. >

Thank you again for the heads-up and the notice!  I saw Steven >Miller later in the day on Thursday and told him about your report and >my observations and he said, coincidentally an expert on octocoral diseases >will be in the Keys next week. >

Ken, I am broadcasting your observations very broadly to see if others >have observed this problem. >

Thanks again and you have my most sincere thanks for keeping an eye >out for these problems.  You are indeed a leader amongst the >marinelife >collectors as are those you cc'ed on this list.  Happy 4th of July >to you!  Cheers, Billy >

Ken Nedimyer wrote: >

>Billy,face="Arial">I've >been seeing some serious disease problems with sea fans along the reef >line south west of Alligator reef.  On Thursday I was diving in about >35-40' of water a couple miles southwest of Alligator and I noticed that >about half of the sea fans either had dead spots on them or were completely >dead.  There wasn't and visible diseased tissue but it was defiantly >recently dead and in the process of dying.  I was diving in the 1/2 >mile east of there today (Saturday) and noticed the same thing going on >and today I shot a dozen or more pictures of it.  When I get the >slides >developed I'll either send them to you of take them in to John Halas here >in Key Largo. The inshore sea fans off Key Largo look good and the inshore >sea fans off Lower Matecumbe look good, so far I've just noticed the >diseased >fans along the reef line off Lower Matecumbe.  GPS #s are >24.49.744,  >80.38.768.  Ken >Nedimyer
> >

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  > > > >--------------BFC168EC5BF0C49C3BBB6F1A-- > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com From k.fabricius at aims.gov.au Mon Jul 3 00:31:17 2000 From: k.fabricius at aims.gov.au (Katharina Fabricius) Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 14:31:17 +1000 Subject: sick sea fans Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20000703143117.008dba70@email.aims.gov.au> Dear Listers, this is getting interesting: I surveyed the octocorals of the reefs in Hong Kong waters in November last year, together with Denise McCorry, Yehuda Benayahu, and Brian Morton. In some areas, disease and mortality of sea fans were as high as ~80%, in the "best" areas it was around ~20%. A large proportion of colonies suffered partial mortality (live tissue occurred on a proportion of branch segments, while the remaining branch segments were dead or overgrown with algae). The area is very turbid and highly polluted (eg, see the extensive literature on the state of the reefs of Hong Kong by Brian Morton). All 13 genera recorded of gorgonians were azooxanthellate taxa, hardly any zooxanthellate soft corals and no zooxanthellate sea fans occured throughout the 42 sites surveyed . In contrast, I have also surveyed > 1300 sites on the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) for octocoral community composition & taxonomic inventories, and diseased sea fans are exceptionally rare throughout the GBR. Furthermore, I have surveyed the octocorals on > 160 sites on the Florida Keys in 1991 together with Ken Sebens, and we did not notice unusual levels of diseased gorgonians then. I suspected for a long time that many sea fans are pretty sensitive critters, and thanks to this CHAMP list it now appears to become more evident that the health of sea fans may be some sort of indicator for deteriorating water quality. It helps is that the central axis of many gorgonian taxa doesn't decompose for several months after death. I would be keen to hear records from more parts of the world to see where it happens and where not. I will certainly keep a closer look-out for diseased gorgonians in future when visiting areas of the GBR which are exposed to agricultural run-off. Katharina Fabricius <+><\\//><+><+><\\//><+><+><\\//> Dr. Katharina Fabricius Research Scientist Australian Institute of Marine Science PMB 3, Townsville Qld 4810, Australia Fax +61 - 7 - 4772 5852 Phone +61 - 7 - 4753 4412 or 4758 1979 email k.fabricius at email.aims.gov.au http://www.aims.gov.au http://www.reef.crc.org.au From cdh5 at cornell.edu Mon Jul 3 09:59:47 2000 From: cdh5 at cornell.edu (Drew Harvell) Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2000 09:59:47 -0400 Subject: Sea fan Fungal Disease Message-ID: Dear Colleagues: >We have been working on the sea fan epizootic in the Florida Keys, >Bahamas and Yucatan, MX for three years now. The disease is caused by >the fungus Aspergillus sydowii (at least in the Caribbean) which is >thought to be terrestrial. Although our analysis is ongoing, in the >Florida Keys we have >detected correlation between various water quality parameters and disease >severity at some sites and times. Our monitoring program, supported by >NSF and NOAA/NURC now encompasses nine sites spanning the Keys and >consists of 3 transects per site; we are hoping to increase coverage among >sites. For each fan on the transect we >record its size, disease state and estimate the severity of disease >-- this protocol is giving us good epidemiologically structured >monitoring data. To confirm the causative agent as A. sydowii, the >infected area has to be plated out to isolate the putative pathogen, >and then identified using sequence data. We have been able to carry >out subsequent inoculation experiments to show that the isolated >fungus is indeed the pathogen (i.e., fulfilled Koch's Postulates). >Information about the epizootic and recent papers we have published >are provided on our websites: > >http://www.es.cornell.edu/harvell/harvell.html >http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/kk60/ > We will be working later this week in the FLorida Keys, and will check the sites mentioned by Billy Causey and Ken Nedimeyer and appreciate the information. We will be housed at the NOAA-NURC/UNCW base in Key Largo. Please contact us by email if you have questions or notice new episodes of seafan mortality. New episodes can be identified as recently killed coral coenenchyme, exposing the gorgonin axis and before fouling algae can colonize. Below we have listed some references we hope will be useful about this and previous seafan epizootics. Sincerely, Drew Harvell (CDH5 at Cornell.edu) and Kiho Kim (KK60 at Cornell.edu) > > >Garz?n-Ferreira, J. & Zea, S. A mass mortality of Gorgonia ventalina >(Cnidaria: Gorgonidae) in the Santa Marta area, Caribbean coast of >Colombia. Bull Mar Sci 50, 522-526 (1992). > >Geiser, D., Taylor, J., Ritchie, K. & Smith, G. Cause of sea fan >death in the West Indies. Nature 394, 137-138 (1998). > >Harvell, C., et al. Emerging marine diseases-climate links and >anthropogenic factors. Science 285, 1505-1510 (1999). > >Kim, K., Harvell, C., Kim, P., Smith, G. & Merkel, S. Role of >secondary chemistry in fungal disease resistance of sea fans >(Gorgonia spp.). Mar Biol 136, 259-267 (2000). > >Nagelkerken, I., et al. Widespread disease in Caribbean sea fans: I. >Spreading and general characteristics. International Coral Reef Symp >1, 679-682 (1996). > >Nagelkerken, I., et al. Widespread disease in Caribbean sea fans: II. >Patterns of infection and tissue loss. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 160, 255-263 >(1997). > >Slattery, M. Fungal pathogenesis of the sea fan Gorgonia ventalina: >direct and indirect consequences. Chemoecology 9, 97-104 (1999). > >Smith, G., Ives, L., Nagelkerken, I. & Ritchie, K. Caribbean sea-fan >mortalities. Nature 383, 487 (1996). > >Guzm?n, H. & Cort?z, J. Mortand de Gorgonia flabellum Linnaeus >(Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) en la Costa Cribe de Costa Rica. Rev Biol >Trop 32, 305-308 (1984). ************************************************ ************************************************ Drew Harvell Professor Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 VOICE: 607-254-4274 FAX: 607-255-8088 email:cdh5 at cornell.edu http://www.es.cornell.edu/harvell/harvell.html ************************************************ ************************************************ From carib at carbon.marine.usf.edu Tue Jul 4 15:00:02 2000 From: carib at carbon.marine.usf.edu (Frank Muller-Karger) Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2000 12:00:02 -0700 Subject: Job available/USF: Coral reef remote sensing Message-ID: <39623432.B66064F1@carbon.marine.usf.edu> Coral Reef Remote Sensing and Satellite Oceanography Research Associate at the University of South Florida The College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, seeks a Research Associate to work on an ambitious remote sensing program targeting coral reef environments. The successful candidate will lead a team and will be responsible for collecting, processing, analyzing, and synthesizing results of field data and large volumes of digital image data collected over coral reef environments. Preferred qualifications are a Ph.D. in oceanography or a similar science area. The candidate should be experienced in the collection, analysis and presentation of extensive field experimental and digital image data. Familiarity with time series, classification schemes, and current shallow-water aquatic algorithms for VIS optical image data (bio-optical/bathymetry, etc.) is desired. The position requires a high degree of inventive and independent thinking as well as leadership skills. Essential qualifications include demonstrated scientific programming experience in FORTRAN, C, and preferably IDL (or MATLAB), experience with UNIX/Linux, and excellent communication and organizational skills. This includes writing for peer-reviewed journals and grantsmanship. Salary is competitive and will depend on experience and qualifications. This is a full time position contingent upon continued external funding. Availability is immediate. Send a resume, a brief cover letter outlining data analysis experience and the names/addresses/phone numbers of three references to: Frank Muller-Karger Remote Sensing/Biological Oceanogr. College of Marine Science University of South Florida Phone: (727) 553-3335 140 7th Ave. South (727) 553-1186 (Lab.) St Petersburg, FL 33701 FAX: (727) 553-1103 << carib at carbon.marine.usf.edu << http://paria.marine.usf.edu>> The University of South Florida is an EO/AA employer. -- ______________ FMK ______________ Frank Muller-Karger Remote Sensing/Biological Oceanography College of Marine Science University of South Florida 140 7th Ave. South St Petersburg, FL 33701 Phones: (727) 553-3335 Office (727) 553-1186 Lab. (727) 553-1103 FAX e-mail/www: << carib at carbon.marine.usf.edu >> << http://paria.marine.usf.edu>> _________________________________ From mpoulicek at ulg.ac.be Wed Jul 5 09:12:54 2000 From: mpoulicek at ulg.ac.be (Mathieu POULICEK) Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 15:12:54 +0200 Subject: Gorgon necroses Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.20000705151254.007b8930@pop3.mailbc.ulg.ac.be> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 1700 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/20000705/1be6a335/attachment.bin From Mark.Spalding at unep-wcmc.org Wed Jul 5 12:18:32 2000 From: Mark.Spalding at unep-wcmc.org (Mark Spalding) Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 17:18:32 +0100 Subject: Diseases Message-ID: <200007051706.RAA27456@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> For those of you who may have missed the earlier announcements, WCMC has = recently launched an interactive map with records of coral diseases = world-wide. This was a collaborative project with NOAA - National Marine = Fisheries Service. You can access this information and map at: http://www.unep-wcmc.org/marine/coraldis/index.htm Of more specific relevance to the recent messages regarding gorgonians we = have quite a lot of records of Aspergillosis in gorgonians, while a number = of the "disease unspecified" records also relate to gorgonians (all are = referenced to source). These at least provide some "background reading". = Clearly these new reports are of particular interest and will be in need = of serious investigation. Ed Green is leading this work, which is ongoing. He is on leave this week, = but may well want to follow up with more specific details about the = current reports soon. With best wishes Lucy Conway (lucy.conway at unep-wcmc.org.uk) and Mark Spalding __________________________________________ Mark Spalding, PhD Senior Marine Ecologist =20 UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre www.unep-wcmc.org 219 Huntingdon Road Tel: +44 (0)1223 = 277314 Cambridge, CB3 0DL Fax: +44 (0)1223 = 277136 UK e-mail:mark.spalding at unep-wcmc.= org or Research Associate Cambridge Coastal Research Unit Department of Geography Downing St Cambridge UK=20 From Brian.Julius at noaa.gov Wed Jul 5 13:42:48 2000 From: Brian.Julius at noaa.gov (Brian Julius) Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 13:42:48 -0400 Subject: Seagrass/Coral Field Scientist Positions in Marathon, FL Message-ID: <200007051856.SAA27974@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> NOAA's Damage Assessment Center is currently seeking applicants for two field scientist positions in Marathon, FL. The primary role of these positions will be to assess the nature, extent and severity of natural resource injuries to seagrass and coral reef habitats caused by human impacts, such as vessel groundings, within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. These data will be used by DAC and the Marine Sanctuaries Division to recover damages from the responsible parties in order to perform natural resource restoration to compensate the public for these injuries. Additional duties may include participation in the implementation and/or monitoring of the restoration projects undertaken. Copies of the vacancy announcements for both the field scientist and assistant field scientist positions can be found in the "Newsflash" section of the Damage Assessment and Restoration Program homepage (www.darp.noaa.gov) or in the "Jobs" section of the Estuarine Research Federation homepage (www.erf.org). Applications are due by August 1, 2000. Please contact Brian Julius at the phone number or email below for additional information. _______________________________ Brian Julius Acting Chief, Gulf Coast Branch NOAA Damage Assessment Center N/ORR33, SSMC4, Rm. 10218 1305 East-West Highway Silver Spring, MD 20910 Ph: (301) 713-3038 x199 Fax: (301) 713-4387 Email: brian.julius at noaa.gov www.darp.noaa.gov From Mark.Spalding at unep-wcmc.org Thu Jul 6 05:34:38 2000 From: Mark.Spalding at unep-wcmc.org (Mark Spalding) Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 10:34:38 +0100 Subject: Diseases - alternative web address Message-ID: <200007061146.LAA29622@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Sorry to write again. If any of you could not access the web address which = I sent out yesterday (2 people have contacted me) you will be able to get = exactly the same site at: http://www.wcmc.org.uk/marine/coraldis/index.htm The reason for the difference is that, from Monday 3 July, WCMC became a = part of UNEP. Our web-address has changed to reflect this, however this = new address may not be fully replicated on all domain name servers and so = your system may take a few days or a week before it will recognise the new = address and let you in. We will eventually close down the old site, so the = one to bookmark is still: http://www.unep-wcmc.org/marine/coraldis/index.htm Thanks=20 Mark __________________________________________ Mark Spalding, PhD Senior Marine Ecologist =20 UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre www.unep-wcmc.org 219 Huntingdon Road Tel: +44 (0)1223 = 277314 Cambridge, CB3 0DL Fax: +44 (0)1223 = 277136 UK e-mail:mark.spalding at unep-wcmc.= org or Research Associate Cambridge Coastal Research Unit Department of Geography Downing St Cambridge UK=20 From reefkeeper at earthlink.net Thu Jul 6 08:44:42 2000 From: reefkeeper at earthlink.net (Alexander Stone) Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 13:44:42 +0100 Subject: Tortugas Reserve Endorsing Groups -- Attention! Message-ID: <39647F5A.65D5@earthlink.net> Dear All: If you signed on your group to the Tortugas Reserve Endorsement Letter copied below, but your group name does not appear in the following list, please RESUBMIT your endorsement request now to reefkeeper at earthlink.net. We apologize that a glitch in our ISP server caused responses to not be received if they were sent to other email addresses posted on our original endorsement request emails. Thanks so much, Alexander Stone ReefKeeper International ******** PLEASE ENDORSE THE LETTER BELOW******** ORGANIZATIONS IN SUPPORT OF A DRY TORTUGAS ECOLOGICAL RESERVE American Littoral Society**American Oceans Campaign**Biodiversity Legal Foundation**Boston University Marine Program**Broward County Sea Turtle Conservation Project**Center for Marine Conservation**Diving Locker Divers**EcoFlorida Magazine**Environmental Defense**Fathom 5 Marine and Coastal Research**Fish Forever**Fish Unlimited**Florida Institute of Oceanography**Friends of Virgin Islands National Park**Gulf Restoration Network**Hawaii Audubon Society**Living Oceans Society**National Audubon Society**Natural Resources Defense Council**Ocean Research & Education Foundation**Ocean Watch**Paradise Island Divers**ReefKeeper International**Reefology Society**Sierra Club Florida Chapter**Southpoint Divers**Texas Marine Education Association**Tri-County PET LLC**University of Miami Marine Program**Western Pacific Fisheries Coalition**World Wildlife Fund To: Billy Causey Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary PO Box 500368 Marathon, Florida 33050 Jeffery Scott National Park Service Everglades National Park 4001 State Road 9336 Homestead, FL 33034 Dr. Robert Shipp, Chair Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council 3018 U.S. Highway 301 North, Suite 1000 Tampa, Florida 33619-2266 Commissioner Julie Morris, Chair Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission 620 S. Meridian St. Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1600 Dear Agency Decision Makers: We, the undersigned (number) groups representing (number) members, respectfully request that the above referenced regulatory agencies approve the establishment of the Dry Tortugas Ecological Reserve as proposed by the Tortugas 2000 Working Group and unanimously endorsed by the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council. We request that your agencies approve your respective preferred boundary alternatives to create a Dry Tortugas Ecological Reserve that includes a 125-square-mile-plus Tortugas North reserve and a 60-square-mile Tortugas South reserve, with the taking of any marine organisms prohibited in both areas. WHY ARE THE TORTUGAS IMPORTANT AND WHAT THREATENS ITS MARINE LIFE? Located 70 miles west of Key West and over 140 miles from the mainland, the coral reefs in the Tortugas are isolated from land runoff, resulting in the cleanest, clearest waters in the Florida Keys. The marine resources of the Tortugas are the crown jewel of the Sanctuary, with the highest coral coverage and the healthiest coral in the region, high biodiversity, high productivity and important spawning sites. The Tortugas support a thriving seabird population, including the only roosting population of magnificent frigate birds in North America. Of great significance, the Tortugas are located at a crossroads of major ocean currents, which carry larvae of fish, lobster and other creatures downstream to replenish populations in the Florida Keys and beyond. While the Tortugas are in relatively good condition, threats are on the increase. Fishing pressure has increased dramatically. Over 100 commercial fishing vessels and many recreational fishers work the ocean environment outside of the Dry Tortugas National Park. Divers converge on the area to view its breathtaking coral reefs. Visitor use at the Dry Tortugas National Park has doubled in the last three years, increasing to 60,000 visitors per year. The Sanctuary has prohibited anchoring by freighters on the lush reefs of Tortugas Bank, but this practice still threatens other parts of the region. All of these factors have resulted in threats of depleted fish populations and habitat damage. THE PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE In an initiative called Tortugas 2000, a 25-member working group representing commercial fishing, recreational angling, diving, conservation, science, citizens-at-large, and government agencies used the best available scientific and socioeconomic information to develop a boundary and regulatory proposal for the Ecological Reserve. The proposed Tortugas Ecological Reserve is a product of consensus by twenty-five diverse representatives of every constituency concerned with the reserve. The Tortugas 2000 Working Group unanimously recommended reserve boundaries that would: ? protect biodiversity; ? protect a diversity of critical habitats; ? protect ecological structure, function, and integrity; ? capture a suite of habitats critical to productivity; ? have influence beyond its boundaries; ? be able to function to replenish marine populations; ? be relatively unimpacted; ? have simplified boundaries for users and enforcement; ? maximize socioeconomic benefits; ? be no take; ? and allow non-consumptive use. In June 1999, the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council, also composed of members representing users of the Sanctuary resources such as fishers, divers, scientists, and tourism officials, reviewed the recommendation of the Working Group. The Sanctuary Advisory Council unanimously endorsed the proposal. The proposed Dry Tortugas Ecological Reserve would consist of 2 sections, Tortugas North and Tortugas South, totaling 185 square miles. Tortugas North is a 125-square-mile area west of the Dry Tortugas that lies primarily within the Sanctuary, with some portions falling under State of Florida control. Tortugas North would include the lush and pristine coral reefs of Sherwood Forest, and the extremely productive northern half of Tortugas Bank. In addition, Tortugas North would include 30 square miles of important mangrove, seagrass and shallow coral reefs inside Dry Tortugas National Park. Tortugas South is a 60-square-mile area south of the Dry Tortugas that is managed by the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council. Tortugas South would give year-round protection to Riley's Hump, an important spawning site for snapper and grouper species. Tortugas South would also reach south to include valuable deepwater habitats for golden crab, tilefish and snowy grouper. The Working Group recommended that both sections be completely "no-take", with all fishing and collecting prohibited. Other regulations, such as restrictions on anchoring, would mirror those established for the existing Western Sambos Ecological Reserve. Only by truly preserving the flora and fauna in this area will the ecosystem be able to thrive for generations to come. We look forward to your support for our request that your agencies approve the preferred alternative to create a Dry Tortugas Ecological Reserve, to include a 125-square-mile Tortugas North reserve and a 60-square-mile Tortugas South reserve, with the taking of any marine organisms prohibited in both areas. Respectfully submitted, (endorsing organizations will be listed alphabetically) From pdustan at zeus.cofc.edu Fri Jul 7 14:34:54 2000 From: pdustan at zeus.cofc.edu (Phillip Dustan) Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 14:34:54 -0400 Subject: PointCount'99 Software Message-ID: <3.0.32.20000707143453.01561534@zeus.cofc.edu> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 1819 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/20000707/17b30b79/attachment.bin From reef at bellsouth.net Sat Jul 8 19:50:36 2000 From: reef at bellsouth.net (WebMaster) Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2000 19:50:36 -0400 Subject: GRASS ROOTS VICTORY!!! Key Largo AWT vote passed. Message-ID: <3967BE4B.2579984C@bellsouth.net> This milestone vote for Advanced Wastewater Treatment (AWT) in Key Largo was passed by the Monroe County Commission on June 28, 2000. Thank you all so much for your letter writing and emails. We could not have done this without you, our grassroots supporters! Now, we need to get this funded. So, if you haven?t already, Voice your Support NOW for Clean Water for Florida Keys Coral Reefs! Help us push this bill through U.S. Senate: Florida Keys Water Quality Improvement Act of 2000. HERE?S HOW: Nearly two years ago U.S. Representative Peter Deutsch introduced the Florida Keys Water Quality Improvement Act, as the 106th Congress began. This $213 million Keys' water quality bill was recently approved in the House of Representatives by an overwhelming 411-to-7 vote! However, before this funding of Keys-wide waste water and stormwater collection and treatment becomes reality, the bill must pass the Senate. In November, voters will elect the 107th Congress. The new congress will not be obligated to act on this and the entire funding-approval process would have to begin again. It is with the intention of protecting the biologically diverse marine ecosystem of the Florida Keys that we once again urge Senators Connie Mack and Bob Graham to take all steps necessary to seek funding for wastewater improvements throughout the Florida Keys. ================================================================ Let's get this funded before the end of the 106th Congress. ============================================================ ACTION NEEDED NOW! 1. Write a letter of support to the Florida Senators. Tell them you support their efforts to improve water quality and urge them to take all steps necessary to seek funding for wastewater improvements throughout the Florida Keys. Ask them to vote to pass the Florida Keys Water Quality Improvement Act of 2000. Please Contact: * Senator Bob Graham, 524 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., 20510 phone:(202) 224-3041 email: bob_graham at graham.senate.gov * Senator Connie Mack, 517 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., 20510 phone:(202) 224-5274 email: connie at mack.senate.gov ============================================================ 2. Please help build support for the Senate passage of the Florida Keys Water Quality Improvement Act of 2000 by writing a letter to the editor of these local newspapers: * Florida Keys Keynoter, PO Box 500158, Marathon, Fl. 33050-0158 fax: (305) 743-6397 email: keynoter at keynoter.com * Free Press, P.O. Box 469, Islamorada, Fl. 33036 fax: (305) 664-8411 email: freepress at floridakeys.com * The Independent, PO Box 1080, Key Largo, Fl. 33037 fax: (305) 451-2180 email: keysindependent at aol.com * The Reporter, PO Box 1197, Tavernier. Fl. 33070 fax: (305) 852-8249 email: jharder at keysreporter.com Thanks for all you do to help us improve our water quality, and keep our coral reefs healthy! Steven Lecklitner WebMaster - Reef Relief reef at bellsouth.net http://www.reefrelief.org From reef at bellsouth.net Sat Jul 8 19:54:32 2000 From: reef at bellsouth.net (WebMaster) Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2000 19:54:32 -0400 Subject: Reef Awareness Week Schedule now Online! Message-ID: <3967BF37.CBD4FE90@bellsouth.net> Greetings, coral-listers! To view the Reef Awareness Week Schedule online, goto: http://www.reefrelief.org/RAW/schedule.html Reef Relief is proud to announce that Reef Awareness Week is set for July 23 through July 29 this year with their annual theme ? we all live downstream . . .? This annual event is designed to enhance appreciation and support for coral reefs. Reef Relief, the non-profit conservation organization dedicated to protecting the coral reefs, is organizing a full week of activities in the Florida Keys as well as having additional on-line features at: http://www.reefrelief.org/RAW/index.html, so that everyone can take this time to enjoy the beauty and diversity of coral reefs. Kicking off Reef Awareness Week this year will be ?Tea for The Sea,? a fundraising disco dance held at Atlantic Shores Resort on Sunday, July 23. Monday, July 24 will be the ?Reef Mooring Buoy Splicing Party,? on the docks of Historic Key West Seaport, at the foot of William Street. This event will Be sponsored by the Schooner Wharf Bar and the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Tuesday is a book signing by Ric O?Barry, who won a 1991 United Nations Environmental Achievement Award for his accomplishments in dolphin re-adaptation to the wild. He will be celebrating the re-release of the ground-breaking book, ?Behind the Dolphin Smile.? Other events scheduled for this year?s activities include a Reef snorkel for the Key West Boys and Girls Club aboard the ?Stars and Stripes? Catamaran, a reef snorkel with Reef Relief Board members and staff, also on the ?Stars and Stripes,? and an Art Camp for Kids Reef Awareness Slide Show at East Martello Museum. Dr. James Cervino will speak on ?Links Between Coral Diseases and Coral Bleaching,? and Craig Quirolo Will deliver his ?Annual State of the Reef? at the Annual Reef Relief Membership Meeting at the Pier House Caribbean Spa at 6 p.m. Thursday. Friday is Reef Awareness Day at Key West Camp in coordination with Lutheran Outdoor Ministries of Florida and a luncheon at the Cheeca Lodge featuring Dr. Bill Alevizon who will Speak on ?Key Largo Coral Reefs: Then & Now. 1970 ? 2000? with the results of his video survey, sponsored by OMI and Upper Keys Citizens Association. Throughout the week the AT&T Reef Awareness Film Fest will be broadcast on local television Channel 5 at 8 p.m. every night. There will also be Reef Awareness tips and daily schedules on Keys Radio stations U.S. ONE Radio 104.1 FM, 98.7 Conch FM Radio, and Clear Channel Broadcasting, and PIKN. For more information, a complete schedule or to become a volunteer or sponsor please contact Reef Relief at (305) 294-3100 or email us at: reef at bellsouth.net. From gauri.khanna at wwfus.org Wed Jul 12 12:54:40 2000 From: gauri.khanna at wwfus.org (Khanna, Gauri) Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 16:54:40 GMT Subject: coral valuation Message-ID: <200007121654.QAA17921@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> [forwarded to coral-list] Dear Sir/Madam, I work in the Conservation Economics Unit at the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), an international environmental NGO. I am based in Washington DC. I was given your reference by David Hulse, regional representative of our WWF office in Fiji. One of my colleagues in our Philippines office is looking for information on coral valuation. Recently there was a minor accident in the Tubbataha reef area in Sulu Sulawesi Sea in the Philippines, where a tour boat ran into a coral reef haven. The local WWF office is attempting to assess the economic losses from this accident, and has asked for some references to case studies where valuation of coral reefs has been done. They would like to use this information to levy a penalty on the boat operators. Although this a specific case where damage has occurred, nevertheless, insights into the methodologies applied would be useful. If you are able to cite a website from which documents can be downloaded, that would be very welcome. Otherwise, please do indicate where one can get such references. I appreciate your help. If you have any questions please do feel free to contact me or Manuel Mejia, WWF-Palawan in Philippines at the following e-mail mmejia at mozcom.com Regards, Ms. Gauri Khanna Coordinator, Conservation Economics Unit WWF-MPO Washington DC 20037 Ph: (202) 778 9698 Fax: (202) 293 9211 www.geocities.com/wwfsen From hendee at aoml.noaa.gov Wed Jul 12 13:20:54 2000 From: hendee at aoml.noaa.gov (Jim Hendee) Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 13:20:54 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Trouble in River City Message-ID: Dear Coral-Listers, I'm very sorry for the problems I've been having with getting coral-list running again. In some cases you may see double postings--that is probably because I've been trying to get the main coral-list working, as well as the digests. It turns out that the various permutations involved with, a) new operating sytsems, b) new version of sendmail, c) new version of majordomo, and, d) goofs on my part, have resulted in these problems. I apologize for any inconvenience. Hopefully, all will be well again soon. Cheers, Jim From owner-coral-list at aoml.noaa.gov Wed Jul 12 16:43:07 2000 From: owner-coral-list at aoml.noaa.gov (owner-coral-list at aoml.noaa.gov) Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 20:43:07 GMT Subject: No subject Message-ID: <200007122043.UAA18733@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> From=20terangi at cbn.net.id Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 16:50:03 +0700 From: Yayasan Terumbu Karang Indonesia To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov Subject: database for coral reef educational media=20 Sender: owner-coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Yayasan Terumbu Karang Indonesia Dear Colleagues, =A0 The Indonesian Coral Reef Foundation (TERANGI) has recently been commissioned by Johns Hopkins University - Center for Communication Programs to develop a database for coral reef educational media within the frame of the Indonesian COREMAP– Coral Reef Rehabilitation and Management Project. In order to develop an extensive and up to date database of educational booklets, teacher manuals, audiovisual training aids, etc., we would like to ask for your support. We aim to include the efforts and products of as many institutions and individuals as possible in this database, hoping that this approach will benefit international stakeholders in coral reef management and education projects as well as Indonesian efforts to increase awareness and to build capacity for coral reef management and conservation. We plan to facilitate=A0 communication among institutions and projects by providing contact addresses of authors and distributors together with information on the content, intended target groups, specific use categories,=A0 appropriate age groups, etc. . The database will be made available to all interested stakeholders on CD-ROM and on the Internet,=A0 in time for this years 9th International Coral Reef Symposium in Bali if possible.=A0 We hope that a joint display can be organized, in which a large number of the included media can be explored by interested symposium participants. =A0 BACKGROUND OF THE PROJECT One main goal of both COREMAP and TERANGI programs is to increase public awareness regarding management and wise use of coral reef resources through education and training.=A0 TERANGI began more than a year ago to search for appropriate books, publications, training manuals and audiovisual material in order to carry out education and public awareness activities focusing on general reef ecology, the values and threats of coral reefs, and community based CR management. With=A0 agreement from the authors, some of the materials, including two videos, a book, a monitoring manual, and an educational flipchart are currently being translated or adapted for use in Indonesia. During this process it became apparent, that in line with the“ ICRI (International Coral Reef Initiative) -=A0 CALL TO ACTION” in Dumaguete in the Philippines in 1995, the“ Year of the Reef” in 1997, and the“ ICRI Reaffirmation of the Call to Action and Framework for Action” on the“ ITMEMS” (International Tropical Marine Ecosystems Management Symposium) in Townsville, Australia, in 1998, many new and creative materials have been developed to communicate coral reef related issues to a wider public in general and to specific target groups in schools, Universities, and Government Institutions in particular. Nevertheless, when asked by TERANGI for references of publications by other institutions, many national and international NGOs and donor agencies stated, that they found it difficult to keep track with new releases. Many were surprised to find out that there were several new and valuable materials available. In order to support and strengthen the national and international mechanisms for gathering and sharing educational information and expertise on the sustainable management of coral reefs and related ecosystems, The Johns Hopkins University - Center for Communication Programs commissioned TERANGI to develop an educational coral reef media database within the framework of the JHU-CCP Coral Reef Public Awareness Component of COREMAP. =A0 THE DATABASE Information will be collected in as many forms as possible, including books and educational booklets, training manuals, school project documentation, posters, games, audiovisual material, educational slide collections, interactive CD-ROMs, and websites. These will be categorized by subject, target group, etc., and entered into a clearing house database, which will be made available to interested stakeholders on CD-ROM and on the Internet, similar to other Johns Hopkins projects, such as the Zambia Health Communication Database (see http://www.jhuccp.org/mmc). =A0 OUR REQUEST FOR SUPPORT We like to invite you to be represented in this database. Please make copies of the attached form, and fill out one form for each item you or your institution has produced and/or would like to see included in the database. You can fax the form to=A0 +62-21-717 933 72, send it by mail, or enter information directly in the attached document and send it to our e-mail address: terangi at cbn.net.id If you would like to have your material placed on display at the Bali conference beginning on October 8, 2000, please send a sample of your product/s to the following address Yayasan TERANGI PO Box 4346 JKTM 12700 Jakarta Indonesia If you or your institution will be present at the Bali conference, please consider to bring or ship copies of your product, to enable interested participants to purchase them easily. If you send a sample of your materials, please note whether you would like us to return it to you after the conference or whether the sample(s) can be added to a clearing house library as a future information source for students, local NGOs, government officials, and other stakeholders. We hope to be able to update the database at regular intervals, so please inform us in the future if you would like other products to be added. We hope that our joint effort will benefit the growing community of institutions and individuals caring for the conservation and the sustainable use of coral reefs. Thank you very much for your consideration and support, Yours sincerely Marlina Purwadi Program Officer for Marine Science and Education TERANGI– The Indonesian Coral Reef Foundation Dr. Douglas Storey Teamleader COREMAP Public Awareness JHUCCP– Johns Hopkins University / Center for Communication Programs From jshevel at galilcol.ac.il Mon Jul 17 04:01:31 2000 From: jshevel at galilcol.ac.il (Dr. Joseph Shevel) Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 10:01:31 +0200 Subject: A scholarship for an Indonesian in Israel Message-ID: <00ce01bfefc5$4cde5c20$dd30003e@galilcol.ac.il> Dear Friends, I am glad to inform you that we will be able to grant a full tuition scholarship to a qualified candidate from Indonesia to our upcoming intensive course on the subject of Environmental Management. Once the candidate is admitted, given that he or she are citizens of Indonesia, are fluent in English and hold a senior position in the field of environmental preservation, he or she will be granted the scholarship. This scholarship will cover the tuition and thus, only the airfare to and from Israel and the living expenses while the participant is in Israel are to be covered by the participant's employer or a donor organization. The course will be held on Sept. 6 - 25, 2000. We would appreciate if you visit our web site where the detailed studycourse as well as the application form are presented. Should you wish to recommend an Indonesian candidate or candidates please ask them to fax our International Department the complete form as well as their short c.v. If you need any additional information, please do not hesitate to email or fax our International Department or directly to me, Sincerely Yours, Dr. Joseph Shevel President cc: Ms. Yael Strausz, Director International Department From hendee at aoml.noaa.gov Mon Jul 17 17:20:33 2000 From: hendee at aoml.noaa.gov (Jim Hendee) Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 17:20:33 -0400 (EDT) Subject: coral-list working, sort of Message-ID: Greetings, Coral-list should be working okay now for posting of messages, however the digests *still* are not working. Therefore, please DO NOT try to subscribe to either coral-list-digest or coral-list-daily. I'm continuing to work with one of the major authors of majordomo to solve this problem. Thanks for your patience. Cheers, Jim Hendee coral-list administrator From bkeller at tnc.org Mon Jul 17 10:10:12 2000 From: bkeller at tnc.org (Brian Keller) Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 10:10:12 -0400 Subject: Status of Diadema antillarum Message-ID: <003c01bfeff8$cc966740$e53533a4@fwc.state.fl.us> I am interested in the current status of Diadema populations around the Caribbean. It is my impression that densities generally are still quite low, with the exception of some localized aggregations, e.g., as reported in northern Jamaica. The 1983 die-off was not as severe in Barbados as most other areas; are densities in Barbados still relatively high? A second outbreak of disease occurred in the Florida Keys in 1991; have there been any other observations of recurrence of the disease? Please send me your observations and I will post a summary. +++++++++++++++++++ Brian D. Keller, Marine Ecologist The Nature Conservancy Marathon, FL bkeller at tnc.org 305-289-2330 305-289-2334 fax -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/20000717/9d9d7a28/attachment.html From vvizcaino at hotmail.com Tue Jul 18 19:18:52 2000 From: vvizcaino at hotmail.com (Veronica Vizcaino) Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 23:18:52 GMT Subject: about masteries... Message-ID: Hi. I?m Biologist of the University of Guadalajara in Mexico, I?m working with coral recruitment in the coast of the mexican Pacific. I?m interested to study a master degree related with this theme. Any information of masteries is welcome!!! Thanks for your cooperation. Veronica Vizcaino. ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com From flotsam at attcanada.ca Wed Jul 19 02:02:58 2000 From: flotsam at attcanada.ca (Arnaz and Mark Erdmann) Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 23:02:58 -0700 Subject: 9ICRS scientific fieldtrip reminder Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.20000718230258.006a2cf0@inbox.attcanada.ca> Colleagues, A brief reminder that the scientific field trip schedule for the 9ICRS in Bali is rapidly filling and those that are considering joining one of these trips but have not yet registered are encouraged to do so before the 30 July deadline for 9ICRS early registration. As mentioned in several previous announcements, this scientific field trip schedule consists of 10 different liveaboard dive vessel excursions to four diverse regions of Indonesia: Komodo, North Sulawesi, Wakatobi (SE Sulawesi) and Bali. Each trip will be led by a reef scientist with at least three years' experience working on Indonesian reefs, and should offer an unparalleled opportunity for 9ICRS participants to explore some of the most diverse but understudied reef systems in the world while benefitting from the insights of local and expatriate reef scientists. All four destinations will feature diving within Indonesia's Marine Protected Areas system (including Komodo National Park, Bunaken National Marine Park, Wakatobi National Marine Park, and Bali Barat National Park). Further information on the field trips and registration forms can be found at the 9ICRS website: or by contacting Pat O'Connell (pat at southeastasia.com) at Asia Transpacific Journeys. Best wishes, Mark V. Erdmann, PhD Marine Protected Areas Advisor Natural Resources Management Project, North Sulawesi Office Jl. Santo Joseph No. 39, Manado, Sulawesi 95010 Indonesia Email: flotsam at manado.wasantara.net.id Phone: (62) 811-433857 From jmcmanus at rsmas.miami.edu Tue Jul 18 19:05:57 2000 From: jmcmanus at rsmas.miami.edu (John W. McManus) Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 19:05:57 -0400 Subject: Status of Diadema antillarum Message-ID: <200007191202.MAA38586@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Hi ya'll, Has the cause of the Diadema die-offs been pinned down? I would be interested in knowing if anyone has isolated a causative organism. John McManus Director, NCORE RSMAS, U. Miami From tdone at aims.gov.au Wed Jul 19 23:00:18 2000 From: tdone at aims.gov.au (Terry Done) Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 13:00:18 +1000 Subject: 9ICRS: Use of Credit Card to Register Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20000720130018.00817380@email.aims.gov.au> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 1631 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/20000720/34256b69/attachment.bin From reefkeeper at earthlink.net Thu Jul 20 06:04:14 2000 From: reefkeeper at earthlink.net (Alexander Stone) Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 11:04:14 +0100 Subject: FRI 7/21 DC HEARING ON NW HAWAII MPAs! Message-ID: <3976CE9F.390@earthlink.net> *************************************** DC GROUPS PLEASE ATTEND!!! FRI 7/21 DC HEARING ON NW HAWAII MPAs! *************************************** A DC public hearing on the management of coral reefs in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands will be held ON FRIDAY, JULY 21st in Washington DC. If you are in DC, we urge your group to attend and ask that at least half of the coral reef ecosystem be designated as no-take marine reserves. Feel free to use the talking points given below. If you cannot attend, please try to submit written comments by August 2, 2000. WHAT: Public Comment on the Protection of Coral Reef Ecosystems of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands WHEN: Friday, July 21, 2000, from 1-4 pm WHERE: Department of Commerce Auditorium, 14th and Constitution NW, Washington DC Additional information, including how to send written comments, is available at http://www.ecr.gov/nwhi. Thank you for your help in protecting the coral reefs of Hawaii. Alexander Stone ReefKeeper International phone: (305) 358-4600 e-mail: reefkeeper at earthlink.net ****************** TALKING POINTS ON THE PROTECTION OF CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEMS IN THE NORTHWESTERN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS 1. At least 50% of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) coral reef ecosystem should be designated as "no-take", with the removal of any marine organisms by commercial or recreational interests prohibited. 2. The NWHI coral reef ecosystems present qualities as a unique large scale coral reef ecosystem still relatively undisturbed and intact when compared to reefs closer to population centers, and contain some species found nowhere else in the Hawaiian Islands. 3. The NWHI coral reef ecosystems function as a refuge for the endangered Hawaiian Monk Seal, threatened species of turtles and birds, and the large population of birds that nest and forage there. 4. The current lack of regulations prohibiting extraction of coral reef resources from the NWHI threatens the ecosystem. Protection presently occurs only within the boundaries of National Wildlife Refuges and for certain fish species covered by Fishery Management Plans under the Magnuson Stevens Act. Other threats to the NWHI coral reef ecosystems include: Vessel groundings: physical, chemical, and biological damage Damage by active fishing gear: traps, nets, lines Damage by derelict fishing gear and other marine debris Ghost fishing by lost traps and other gear Overfishing, especially lobster, which may be affecting food supply of monk seal pups and lobster recruitment in the main Hawaiian islands Seabird, turtle, and shark bycatch 5. Appropriateness of use of the NWHI coral reef ecosystems must be related to the type of use proposed, the proposed location of the use, and the scale of the use. All uses and activities should be subject to permit requirements and monitoring. Non-extractive cultural, educational, recreational, and scientific activities in appropriate locations and at levels consistent with the protection of endangered and threatened species and the coral reef ecosystem are appropriate. Commercial and recreational fishing and other activities are appropriate only in zoned areas designated as non-sensitive by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the State of Hawaii, and the National Marine Fisheries Service. 6. Any activity or use that would individually or cumulatively degrade coral reef resources would be inappropriate and disallowed under Executive Order 13089 for the Protection of Coral Reefs. 7. The entire NWHI chain should be managed as an integral unit, including Midway and Kure atolls. Management should be done in collaboration and cooperation by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Agency, National Marine Fisheries Service, and the State of Hawaii under a management regime which includes an advisory body consisting of individuals representing commercial fishing, recreational fishing, educational, scientific, conservation, and native Hawaiian interests, and including the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council in an advisory capacity. 8. The NWHI coral reef ecosystem should be managed at a food-chain-level, rather than a species-level, using zoned marine protected areas, including no-take areas, and with adequately sized buffer zones surrounding the no-take areas. 9. Ongoing integrated coral reef ecosystem monitoring and assessment should be conducted, including: Reef fish distribution, assessment and nursery habitat Monk seal and green sea turtle movement, foraging and habitat use Seabird monitoring, including interactions with fishing vessels and gear 10. Assessments of impacts of fishing and fishing gear, marine debris, vessel groundings, oil and chemical spills should be conducted. From salbert at cetiis.fr Fri Jul 21 11:36:20 2000 From: salbert at cetiis.fr (vsalbert) Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 16:36:20 +0100 Subject: Rapid Appraisal techniques Message-ID: <39786DF4.E09159A4@cetiis.fr> Dear coral listers, Michael Pido and Chua Thia-Eng have developed a technique for rapidly analysing the environmental and socioeconomic conditions of particular coastal area. This tecnique has for name RACE (Rapid Appraisal of Coastal Environments). I'm looking for any information of this tecnique. Thank's to help me. Cheers, Vincent Salbert -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: salbert.vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 326 bytes Desc: Carte pour vsalbert Url : http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/20000721/b97dffc2/attachment.vcf From c.wilkinson at aims.gov.au Sun Jul 23 19:22:11 2000 From: c.wilkinson at aims.gov.au (Clive Wilkinson) Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 09:22:11 +1000 Subject: GCRMN Message-ID: <200007240100.BAA51524@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> ************************* Coral.List subscribers Please provide brief summaries of any information you have on coral reef status after the 1997-98 mass coral bleaching that impacted in the Indian Ocean, Southeast and East Asia, parts of the far west and far east Pacific and areas of the Caribbean. Reports of no impacts are welcome. The Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network is writing the Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 2000 report - a revision of the 1998 report. In the 1998 report, there was a summary of the bleaching soon after the event when the full consequences were not known. Some commentators gave very pessimistic reports about large areas of reefs that were dead and unlikely to recover in the short-term. Recent results have confirmed some of these sad assessments and reported greater coral reef losses, whereas other reports are of coral recovery, many juveniles surviving, and significant new coral recruitment in some areas. Thus a revision will probably show that the story is complex; a mix of severe damage alongside encouraging recovery. The target audience for the 2000 Status report is the senior decision maker, donor agencies and the media: the text will be similar to the 1998 report (available as Chapter 1 in http://www.aims.gov.au/scr1998 or if you cannot download this, I will send the chapter). This will NOT be a scientific paper, just a brief summary of the many papers that have been or will be reported (many in Bali in October). The GCRMN aims to release the full report in Bali and have copies free available for all participants. Please send brief summaries to: c.wilkinson at aims.gov.au (not to the coral.list). Thank you, Clive Wilkinson Coordinator Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network c/o Australian Institute of Marine Science Tel: +61 7 4772 4314; Fax: +61 7 4772 2808 From duncanvaughan at yahoo.co.uk Mon Jul 24 04:39:45 2000 From: duncanvaughan at yahoo.co.uk (=?iso-8859-1?q?Duncan=20Vaughan?=) Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 09:39:45 +0100 (BST) Subject: Coral growth rates Message-ID: <20000724083945.14987.qmail@web3903.mail.yahoo.com> Dear coral listers, I am after information (published or unpublished)regarding growth rates with regard to: Favities abdita Pociliopora verucosa and a Sinularia sp. call "yellow leather" by the aquarium industry. Many thanks in advance Regards Duncan Vaughan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Centre for Tropical Coastal Management Department of Marine Science and Coastal Management University of Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 7RU United Kingdom http://www.ncl.ac.uk/tcmweb/ctcms/ FAX:+44 191 2227891 ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie From ccorbett at swfrpc.org Mon Jul 24 10:40:05 2000 From: ccorbett at swfrpc.org (Catherine Corbett) Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 10:40:05 -0400 Subject: FW: EPA Public Meetings on Ocean Protection Message-ID: FYI TO: Catherine Corbett Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program 9,1-941-656-7724 Dear Stakeholder The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is inviting all interested persons to participate in a public meeting on proposed revisions to EPA's Ocean Discharge Criteria regulations. These regulations implement Section 403 of the Clean Water Act. This regulation revision will help EPA to address the new Executive Order signed by the President on May 26, 2000, on Marine Protected Areas. Executive Order 13158 includes initiatives which will help protect areas of the ocean that are "environmentally sensitive, ecologically important, economically valuable, or historically significant" The Order identifies a specific role for the EPA: To better protect beaches, coasts, and the marine environment from pollution, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), relying upon existing Clean Water Act authorities, shall expeditiously propose new science-based regulations, as necessary, to ensure appropriate levels of protection for the marine environment. Such regulations may include the identification of areas that warrant additional pollution protections and the enhancement of marine water quality standards. The EPA shall consult with the Federal agencies identified in subsection 4(a) of this order, States, territories, tribes, and the public in the development of such new regulations. In the issuance of the Executive Order, President Clinton highlighted the tremendous role oceans play in our daily lives and the pressures they face from pollution and resource utilization. Ocean and coastal waters are a resource of tremendous importance both in environmental and economic terms. Ocean and coastal waters provide some of the most diverse and biologically productive habitat in the world. Our marine habitats range in diversity from the temperate waters of the northeast and Pacific northwest with their fisheries, to the tropical coral reefs of Hawaii and the Florida Keys. Such habitats are critical to a wide variety of marine life -- from floating single-celled plants, seagrasses, corals and shellfish, to a multitude of fishes, aquatic birds and marine mammals. Nearshore waters alone provide essential habitat during critical portions of the life cycles of roughly two-thirds of the fish and shellfish caught commercially in the U.S. In order to carry out the mandate in the Executive Order, EPA, working closely with States and other interested Stakeholders, plans to strengthen existing policies and regulations that have been implemented under the Clean Water Act. EPA will propose revisions to the Ocean Discharge Criteria regulations (40 CFR 125.120 - 124) in December 2000 that will (1) expand the designation of sensitive ocean and coastal areas requiring greater protection (called Special Aquatic Sites) and restrict or prohibit certain discharges to them, and (2) strengthen standards for discharges into all ocean waters. Revising these regulations could potentially impact holders of NPDES permits that discharge into ocean waters and anyone who might apply for such a permit in the future. Specifically, the Agency may consider revising the existing scientific standards for protecting coastal and ocean waters, strengthening the existing regulations regarding permits to discharge into ocean waters and proposing a list of Special Aquatic Sites (SAS?s) under Section 403 of the Clean Water Act. For more information, see our website at Error! Bookmark not defined. EPA is holding five meetings in the following cities: Tuesday, July 25, in Washington Thursday, July 27, in Boston, MA Tuesday, August 1, in Portland, OR Thursday, August 3, in Los Angeles, CA Wednesday, August 9, in Tampa, FL Specific information regarding locations, dates and times is contained in Attachment 1. The meetings will provide the opportunity to introduce and explain to the interested public EPA's proposed approach to meeting the requirements of the Executive Order. The meetings will also provide a vehicle through which stakeholders may provide individualized input on the approach, the perceived need to improve the regulation given the goals of the Executive Order, and any applicable (available) information regarding potential impacts of discharges to the marine environment. The revised regulations will serve to strengthen existing criteria for any point source discharge into territorial seas, the contiguous zone, and the ocean. The revisions are an integral part of EPA's effort to protect our ocean and coastal resources from the stresses of land-based, nearshore and offshore activities that discharge into these waters. In order to ensure a robust regulatory process, EPA encourages public participation in the rulemaking effort and we hope you will be able to join us in one of the public meetings. We look forward to your participation. Sincerely, /s/ Robert H. Wayland III Director Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds PUBLIC MEETING INFORMATION: * The public meetings will be held on the following dates, times and locations: 1. Tuesday, July 25, 2000, in Washington, DC Holiday Inn - National Airport 2650 Jefferson Davis Highway Arlington, VA 22202 Session I 9 a.m. to12:00 noon and Session II 1 to 4:30 p.m. 2. Thursday, July 27, 2000, in Boston, MA Wyndham Boston Hotel 89 Broad Street Boston, MA 02110 Session I 1 to 4:30 p.m. and Session II 7 to 9 p.m. 3. Tuesday, August 1, 2000, in Portland, OR Portland Conference Center, Morrison Room 300 NE Multnomah Street Portland, OR 97232 Session I 1 to 4:30 p.m. and Session II 7 to 9 p.m. 4. Thursday, August 3, 2000, in Los Angles, CA. Los Angeles Convention Center 201 S. Figueroa St. Los Angeles, CA 90015 Session I 1 to 4:30 p.m. and Session II 7 to 9 p.m. 5. Wednesday, August 9, 2000, in Tampa, FL Holiday Inn Express - Airport\Stadium, Room Lakeside #4 4732 N. Dale Mabry Highway Tampa, FL 33614 Session I 1 to 4:30 p.m. and Session II 7 to 9 p.m. *Each meeting is designed to provide introductory remarks from an EPA a representative in each session.. Stakeholders may choose the session that best fits their schedule. RSVP: Members of the public who plan to attend any of these meetings should write, call, email or fax to the address listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section below. Include your name, affiliation, address and phone number, and whether you wish to make a statement. The Agency will use the information to arrange enough time on the agenda for public comment. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information on the meetings, write Marine Pollution Control Branch, ATTN: Ocean Discharge Criteria, US Environmental Protection Agency, MC 4504F, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC, 20460, or to email address: Ocean.Discharges at epa.gov, or fax at 202/260-9920. You may also call Macara Lousberg, at telephone 202/260-9109. EPA's Role Under Executive Order 13158: MARINE PROTECTED AREAS Value of oceans: Environmental & Economic Ocean and coastal waters are more than a place for recreation. They provide food, transportation, minerals, medicine, and vital ingredients for everyday products from ice cream to toothpaste. The oceans provide habitat for 80 percent of all life-forms found on earth, and contain some of the most biologically diverse communities on earth. Oceans also have significant effects on our climate and weather, for instance, rain that falls on crops in the midwest originates from water that had evaporated from the oceans. Our oceans also help to mitigate the effects of greenhouse gases by absorbing large amounts of carbon dioxide. Each year, the oceans generate billions of dollars for the U.S. economy. Did you know that more than 180 million people visit US coasts every year, generating over $595 billion in revenue? Or that the US extracts $38 billion dollars in food products from our ocean waters every year, and that life-saving medicines have been developed from ocean resources? What is happening to our oceans? Unfortunately, as important as they are, the oceans are being threatened by pollution, and the competition for ocean resources continues to increase. Coastal populations are rapidly increasing, generating more pollution and increasing demands on space and resources. Offshore activities such as ships transporting goods, oil and gas drilling, aquaculture, and harvesting organisms for biotechnology are expanding into new areas. These uses of the ocean often compete with recreational interests such as swimming, boating, and fishing. While these activities are not the only ones with impacts to ocean resources, the environmental effects of these actions must be addressed. The oceans are the largest water bodies on earth, but they cannot withstand unabated pollution loads. President Clinton's Charge The US government is responsible for nearly 2.5 million square miles of ocean waters, and the management of their resources. On May 26, 2000, President Clinton highlighted the tremendous role oceans play in our daily lives and the pressures they face from pollution and resource exploitation. To address these issues, the President issued Executive Order 13158 on Marine Protected Areas. The new Executive Order contains initiatives which will help protect areas of the ocean that are environmentally sensitive, ecologically important, economically valuable, or historically significant. What will EPA do? The new Executive Order identifies a specific role for EPA: To better protect beaches, coasts, and the marine environment from pollution, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), relying upon existing Clean Water Act authorities, shall expeditiously propose new science-based regulations, as necessary, to ensure appropriate levels of protection for the marine environment. Such regulations may include the identification of areas that warrant additional pollution protections and the enhancement of marine water quality standards. The EPA shall consult with the Federal agencies identified in subsection 4(a) of this order, States, territories, tribes, and the public in the development of such new regulations. In order to carry out this mandate, EPA, working closely with the States, plans to strengthen existing policies and regulations that have been implemented under the Clean Water Act. Specifically, these plans include: + issuing a policy that strengthens the application of water quality criteria in permits for discharges to ocean waters. + publishing guidance for States and EPA Regions to develop nutrient criteria and biological criteria for estuaries and coastal waters by the end of 2000. + proposing a regulation that revises EPA's ocean discharge criteria under Clean Water Act section 403 by the end of 2000, and publishing the final regulation in 2002. This will include proposals to establish special ocean protection areas. + participating in an interagency effort to help identify a system of Marine Protected Areas that are ecologically valuable, environmentally sensitive, or historically significant. In developing the regulation, particularly with respect to special ocean protection areas, EPA will be seeking input from States, scientists, and the public. A series of public meetings will be held from mid-July to mid-August. In addition, suggestions and data are welcome at any time, and should be sent by e-mail to ocean.discharges at epa.gov or call 202-260-1952. How will EPA?s actions help the oceans? + These actions will strengthen existing Clean Water Act programs, improve the standards for protecting marine water quality, and define specific marine areas that warrant special protection from sources of pollution. This will ensure the continued vitality of our marine and coastal waters. + Fish and shellfish contamination may decrease, making fish consumption advisories less common and opening more shellfish beds to harvesting. + Under proposals to establish special ocean protection areas, unique habitats such as coral reefs, coastal wetlands, sea grass beds, and deep sea vent communities can be better protected from pollution. + These actions would build upon EPA's work under the Vice President's Ocean Report Task Force, and the President's Clean Water Action Plan. Together, these activities can protect our ocean and coastal resources for generations to come. From Roger.B.Griffis at hdq.noaa.gov Mon Jul 24 11:16:50 2000 From: Roger.B.Griffis at hdq.noaa.gov (Roger B Griffis) Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 11:16:50 -0400 Subject: Status of NOAA Coral Funding for next year Message-ID: <397C5DE1.8349C019@hdq.noaa.gov> Re: Status of funding for coral reefs in NOAA's FY 2001 budget Coral-List: I have received numerous requests to post information on the status of NOAA's FY 2001 funding for coral reef activities. Here is a brief status report. This is provided for informational purposes only and should not be taken in any way as any sort of request. Thank you. Status report: The Congress has not completed their appropriation process concerning NOAA's budget for next year (FY 2001). The House passed their proposed budget for NOAA (Department of Commerce) several weeks ago. The Senate Commerce, Justice, State (CJS) appropriations committee is currently finalizing their decisions on NOAA's FY 2001 budget. The Senate is expected to move the CJS appropriation quickly to full Senate consideration. I do not know the schedule for House-Senate conference meetings on appropriations. >From the current information, it appears that NOAA's coral reef funding next year may be completely eliminated. The President's FY 2001 budget request to the Congress included a total of $16 million for NOAA for priority coral reef actitivies. This request was $10 million above the FY 2000 NOAA coral reef funding level of $6 million. FY 2000 was the first year NOAA received any funding specifically requested for coral reef activities. The FY2001 NOAA coral reef request of $16 million was specifically designed to implement priority actions of the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force National Action Plan for Coral Reef Conservation. The House FY2001 budget zeroed out all of NOAA's coral funding. This included elimination of the $6 million provided to NOAA's National Ocean Service this year (FY 2000) which allowed NOAA and the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force to begin ambitious efforts to (1) map all U.S. coral reefs, (2) build a comprehensive coral reef monitoring program, (3) provide funding to states and territories to help them implement their coral reef management plans, and (4) support education and outreach efforts regarding sustainable use of coral reefs. In addition, the House provided zero funding for the requests in the President's budget for new NOAA funding for coral reefs.. The President's FY2001 NOAA budget requested an increase of $10 million for new activities to protect and sustainably manage valuable coral reef habitats. $5 million of this new funding would provide the National Marine Fisheries Service with the first ever funding specifically to address fisheries impacts on coral reefs, and help support Fishery Management Council conservation and management actions for these important habitats that support so many commercial and recreational fisheries. $5 million would support needed research, restoration, and monitoring activities, and possibly increase support to states and territories with coral reef management responsibilities. We do not yet have the final report from the Senate appropriations committee. Initial information suggests that the Senate committee's FY2001 NOAA coral reef budget may be similar to the House mark for coral reef funding. This is a very troubling situation. The House funding levels (zero) will eliminate NOAA's activities to implement the U.S. National Action Plan including NOAA's ability to support state and territorial efforts to protect and sustainably manage coral reefs. For further information on NOAA's coral reef activities, please contact me at P: 202-482-5034 or email roger.b.griffis at noaa.gov. For information on the U.S. Coral Reef TAsk Force please see their web site at http://coralreef.gov/. For information on the President's FY 2001 Budget Request for Coral Reefs (both Department of Commerce and the Department of the Interior) please see http://coralreef.gov/coral00budsum.pdf For general information on NOAA please see NOAA's web site at http://www.noaa.gov/ Thank you. Roger Griffis P: 202-482-5034 F: 202-501-3024 email: roger.b.griffis at noaa.gov -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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In particular, we are in need of NTSC format film footage from the Red Sea, Pacific and Indian Oceans (for the Caribbean we have sufficient footage, thank you) with segments that may show a range of conditions such as healthy reefs, bleaching, mortality, destructive fishing practices, and possibly coastal images of local people who depend upon coral reefs for their livelihoods. Many folks may use digital video these days, and that might also be helpful if it is good quality footage. Unfortunately, I cannot pay fees for use of the film, but would credit (in large font) any footage chosen for the piece and pay for shipping, insurance, duplication and handling of the material. I would be most appreciative of any direction or contact information anyone could provide. 2. There remain large numbers of publications still available for free from the World Bank. In particular, the four volume set, "A Global Representative System of Marine Protected Areas" produced by IUCN, The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and the World Bank is available, and "Africa: A Framework for Intergrated Coastal Zone Management" is also available in large number. If you are interested in receiving a copy (or copies) of any of these publications, please send an email request addressed to Kristine Schwebach (KSchwebach at worldbank.org) with your mailing address included. Thank you, Andy Hooten AJH, Environmental Services 4005 Glenridge Street Kensington, Maryland USA 20895-3708 1-301-942-8839 (voice/fax) 1-301-257-5739 (mobile) Environmental_Services at ibm.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/20000724/1add0070/attachment.html From reef at bellsouth.net Tue Jul 25 02:34:29 2000 From: reef at bellsouth.net (WebMaster) Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 02:34:29 -0400 Subject: Special Report on Cuban Coral Reefs Message-ID: <397D34F4.57536D5F@bellsouth.net> ============================================================ Reef Awareness Week Now In Progress! Today's Feature: Special Report on Cuban Coral Reefs July 25, 2000 http://www.reefrelief.org ============================================================ Items: 1) Reef Awareness Week, NOW in Progress. Today: Cuban Reefs. 2) Lobster Mini Season to begin in Florida Keys. July 26-27 3) CyberDiver.com Shark Feeding Survey - Latest Update. 4) Join our grassroots efforts to save the coral reefs. ============================================================ 1) Reef Awareness Week now in Progress. Today's Feature: Cuban Reefs. To view the Reef Awareness Week Schedule online, goto: http://www.reefrelief.org/RAW/index.html Today, we will feature rare slides from Arrecifes Colorados, North Coast of Cuba, along with a special report on Cuba. This document is the online version of Reef Relief's Report on the 1998 Expedition to Cuba. To view the slideshow, goto: http://www.reefrelief.org/RAW/index.html The complete multimedia report also includes seven cd-roms of hi-resolution images, and five video tapes with indexed time counts. This comprehensive package may be purchased from Reef Relief via our online environmental store at the following URL: http://www.reefrelief.org/webgizmo/i0000134.html This is the first survey of these coral reefs in the past eight years, according to scientists from the Cuban Institute of Oceanography. It is now available to coral reef researchers around the world. If you are in the Keys be sure to come by our the Reef Relief Environmental Center, located at the Historic Seaport, at the foot of William Street, Key West. Today, we will sponsor a Book Signing from 4 p.m. - 7 p.m. "Behind the Dolphin Smile" by Ric O'Barry. ============================================================ 2) Lobster Mini Season to begin in Florida Keys. July 26-27 Reef Relief reminds you to follow Lobster Sport Day rules: (Mini season this year is July 26-27) * Six lobsters per person per day or 24 per boat, whichever is greater. * No night diving in the Florida Keys. * Tails can only be separated on land. * The lobster carapace must be at least three inches long. * No egg-bearing females may be harvested. * Florida Saltwater Fishing License with a current crawfish stamp is required. * No spears, hooks or wires can be used. For more Information please call 1-(800)-Dial-FMP ============================================================ 3) CyberDiver.com Shark Feeding Survey - Latest Update! Thank you so much for the response! The Reef Relief online activists (1500 strong) really get the job done! Last count: To Ban Fish Feeding: 432 To Allow Feeding: 63 This represents a 7:1 ratio favoring the ban! The following quote is from the Cyber Diver Editor, just days after we let you know what YOU could do to STOP the feeding of Marine Wildlife in All Florida Waters: "Although normally we upload results once every day, due to the extremely high volume of votes that are now being submitted to Cyber Diver, we are trying to upload results on an hourly or semi-hourly basis." If you still haven't added your voice to the survey, the following link will direct you to the Cyber Diver Survey. There is a small text box at near the top of the page. Just follow the simple instructions. To VOTE, goto: http://www.cyberdiver.net/page-one/page-one.html ============================================================= ============================================================= 4) Join our grassroots efforts to save the coral reefs! REEF RELIEF is a non-profit membership organization dedicated to Preserve and Protect Living Coral Reef Ecosystems through local, regional, and global efforts. Reef Relief relies on memberships, contributions, and volunteer efforts. Join our grassroots efforts to save the reef! All contributions are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law. The basic membership contribution of $30.00 entitles you to a one year membership, the quarterly newsletter REEF LINE by mail, a window decal, bumper sticker, invitations to special events, and all membership privileges. You may find out more and/or join online at: http://www.reefrelief.org/membership.html You may Contact and/or Visit us at: Reef Relief 201 William Street P.O. Box 430 Key West, Florida, 33041 Phone: (305) 294-3100 Fax: (305) 293-9515 email: reef at bellsouth.net web: http://www.reefrelief.org ============================================================ ============================================================ Here's an exciting new way to help Reef Relief at no cost to you or to us. Become a member of iGive.com by going to this URL on your internet browser: http://www.igive.com/html/ssi.cfm?cid=10108 Shop for everyday items from leading online merchants in the Mall at iGive.com and up to 15% of each purchase comes to us! From tdone at aims.gov.au Tue Jul 25 02:33:50 2000 From: tdone at aims.gov.au (Terry Done) Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 16:33:50 +1000 Subject: 11 August rego deadline for 9ICRS presentations Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20000725163350.007f5620@email.aims.gov.au> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 3122 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/20000725/d71dd013/attachment.bin From hendee at aoml.noaa.gov Tue Jul 25 08:06:42 2000 From: hendee at aoml.noaa.gov (Jim Hendee) Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 08:06:42 -0400 (EDT) Subject: digest situation Message-ID: Dear coral-listers, I'm afraid I have been away on travel and have not been able to attend to solving the coral-list-digest problem. Also, I'm about to be away on other travel again and will not be able to attend to the problem until probably mid-August. I'm very sorry for any inconvenience. Cheers, Jim Hendee coral-list administrator From I.Macdonald at mmu.ac.uk Tue Jul 25 10:10:00 2000 From: I.Macdonald at mmu.ac.uk (Iain Macdonald) Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 14:10:00 GMT Subject: Orange Montastrea cavernosa recruits? Message-ID: <6430DD22ED@enterprise.mmu.ac.uk> During a recent field trip i noted the following along my transects. M. cavernosa recruits (i use the plural as this was seen three different times), of only one polyp was noted at approx. 15-20m depth to appear to the unaided eye as fluorescent orange. Close by (ie 10cm away) 5 polyps were the typical olive green colour with this "day glow" orange colour around its edges. Again a few cms away larger colonies 20-25 polyps were only olive green. Is this typical for recruits (i think not) or maybe as a result of some stress (sediment) stimulus? I was startled to see such colour from this type of coral and would like to konw of any other observations. Cheers Iain Macd. Room E402 John Dalton Extension Building, Department of Environmental and Geographical Science, Manchester Metropolitian University, Chester Street, Manchester, M1 5GD Tel: 0161 247 6234 Fax: 0161 247 6318 From matz at ibch.ibch.ru Tue Jul 25 12:33:45 2000 From: matz at ibch.ibch.ru (Mikhail Matz) Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 20:33:45 +0400 Subject: Orange Montastrea cavernosa recruits? References: <6430DD22ED@enterprise.mmu.ac.uk> Message-ID: <397DC169.274DEF0F@ibch.siobc.ras.ru> Hi Iain, we know a little bit what is the substance causing the fluorescence in corals, and observations, measurements and photos were made about this (see http://www.nightsea.com/references.htm for the list of related papers and websites) Moreover, in particular M.cavernosa fluorescence was measured (in situ) by Charles Mazel and is studied by me (in vitro) right now. However, so far we have absolutely no clue as to the function of this fluorescence in nature (if we forget for a moment about older hypotheses all of which seem wrong by now), and the subject is my primary interest. Your observation is, as far as I know, the first information which might help to link fluorescence to some aspect of coral ecology. I would be extremely grateful if you could provide some more details on your observations. ? I would like to ask all coral listers as well - perhaps you saw something like Iain? Anything which could give a hint about the function of fluorescence? Or perhaps I simply missed something in literature? ??? best wishes, Mike Matz ? Iain Macdonald wrote: > During a recent field trip i noted the following along my transects. > > M. cavernosa recruits (i use the plural as this was seen three > different times), of only one polyp was noted at approx. 15-20m depth > to appear to the unaided eye as fluorescent orange. Close by (ie > 10cm away) 5 polyps were the typical olive green colour with this > "day glow" orange colour around its edges. Again a few cms away > larger colonies 20-25 polyps were only olive green. Is this typical > for recruits (i think not) or maybe as a result of some stress > (sediment) stimulus? I was startled to see such colour from this type > of coral and would like to konw of any other observations. > > Cheers > > Iain Macd. > > Room E402 John Dalton Extension Building, > Department of Environmental and Geographical Science, > Manchester Metropolitian University, > Chester Street, > Manchester, > M1 5GD > Tel: 0161 247 6234 > Fax: 0161 247 6318 From warrior at bu.edu Tue Jul 25 13:41:40 2000 From: warrior at bu.edu (Jamie D. Bechtel) Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 13:41:40 Subject: Orange Montastrea cavernosa recruits? In-Reply-To: <6430DD22ED@enterprise.mmu.ac.uk> Message-ID: <3.0.1.16.20000725134140.224f9088@acs-mail.bu.edu> Iain, i have done research on this phenomenon with regards to adult colonies and planulae. fluoresence in planulae, recruits and colonies is relatively common but often unobserved because we don't spend much time underwater with fluroescent lights. preliminary results indicate that the fluorescence is caused by intact, secondary photosynthetic pigments (phycoerythrin, phycocyanin) which is counter-intuitive given that zooxanthellae do not posses these pigments. the fluorescence is highly visible in some species. something that i have not been able to figure out is that often times- planulae fluoresce a different color than the adult colony (pers. ob, discovery bay, species: agaricia a.). although specific patterns of fluorescence are still undefined, the phenomena does not appear to be stress related, although stress may enhance or diminsh the quality and type of observable flurescence. i hope this is helpful. let me know if you would like more specific information. cheers, jamie ____________________________________________________________________ Jamie D. Bechtel Boston University Boston College Department of Biology Law School 5 Cummington Street 881 Centre Street Boston, MA 02115 Newton, MA 02467 (617)353-6969 From mazel at psicorp.com Tue Jul 25 13:49:27 2000 From: mazel at psicorp.com (Charles Mazel) Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 13:49:27 -0400 Subject: Orange Montastrea cavernosa recruits? Message-ID: Mikhail, Iain and others, Mikhail Matz has kindly pointed to the list of references on the NightSea web stite that I maintain as an adjunct to my research in coral fluorescence (NightSea supplies equipment for observing and photographing fluorescence in situ). A while back I created a framework for on-line discussion of all aspects of underwater fluorescence - biology, ecology, photography, etc. - but have so far not announced its existence. I would like to offer that now as a place where people interested in the topic can share infoirmation. The discussion board is at http://www.nightsea.com/discussion/ . It is admittedly crude, and suggestions for topics/format are quite welcome. The orange fluorescence in Montastraea cavernosa is not at all uncommon, and is often brighter around the edges, as noted by Iain Macdonald. In some cases an entire colony is orange, while in still others I have seen orange isolated at just a few polyps in an otherwise green colony. The same orange fluorescence can be found in a number of other species, although it is usually not as striking as it appears in M cavernosa. An exception to that is Scolymia sp., which can also occur in intensely orange varieties. In the cases of both M cavernosa and Scolymia it is common to find orange specimens in close proximity to non-orange specimens, with no obvious difference in the environmental conditions the colonies experience. Regards, Charles Mazel ---------------------------------------------- Charles Mazel Principal Research Scientist Physical Sciences Inc. 20 New England Business Center Andover, MA 01810 (978) 689-0003 (978) 689-3232 (fax) >>> Mikhail Matz 07/25/00 12:33PM >>> Hi Iain, we know a little bit what is the substance causing the fluorescence in corals, and observations, measurements and photos were made about this (see http://www.nightsea.com/references.htm for the list of related papers and websites) Moreover, in particular M.cavernosa fluorescence was measured (in situ) by Charles Mazel and is studied by me (in vitro) right now. However, so far we have absolutely no clue as to the function of this fluorescence in nature (if we forget for a moment about older hypotheses all of which seem wrong by now), and the subject is my primary interest. Your observation is, as far as I know, the first information which might help to link fluorescence to some aspect of coral ecology. I would be extremely grateful if you could provide some more details on your observations. * I would like to ask all coral listers as well - perhaps you saw something like Iain? Anything which could give a hint about the function of fluorescence? Or perhaps I simply missed something in literature? *** best wishes, Mike Matz * Iain Macdonald wrote: > During a recent field trip i noted the following along my transects. > > M. cavernosa recruits (i use the plural as this was seen three > different times), of only one polyp was noted at approx. 15-20m depth > to appear to the unaided eye as fluorescent orange. Close by (ie > 10cm away) 5 polyps were the typical olive green colour with this > "day glow" orange colour around its edges. Again a few cms away > larger colonies 20-25 polyps were only olive green. Is this typical > for recruits (i think not) or maybe as a result of some stress > (sediment) stimulus? I was startled to see such colour from this type > of coral and would like to konw of any other observations. > > Cheers > > Iain Macd. > > Room E402 John Dalton Extension Building, > Department of Environmental and Geographical Science, > Manchester Metropolitian University, > Chester Street, > Manchester, > M1 5GD > Tel: 0161 247 6234 > Fax: 0161 247 6318 From Nancy.Diersing at noaa.gov Tue Jul 25 14:27:31 2000 From: Nancy.Diersing at noaa.gov (Nancy Diersing) Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 14:27:31 -0400 Subject: Lobster rules for two day sport Message-ID: <397DDC01.1CBE93A9@noaa.gov> Greetings everyone: Please note that there was mistake in the rules posted by Reef Relief regarding the two day sport (mini) season in Monroe County. The bag limit is 6 per person per day . The limit of "6 per person or 24 per boat, whichever is greater" does NOT apply until the regular lobster season begins on August 6. Lobster rules and regs brochures are available at dive shops, bait & tackle, county tax and marine patrol offices, and by calling Nancy Diersing, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary office (305) 852-7717 ext. 26. Thanks for passing the word along. Nancy -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/20000725/6f1e427f/attachment.html From lesk at bio.bu.edu Tue Jul 25 16:03:21 2000 From: lesk at bio.bu.edu (Les Kaufman) Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 13:03:21 -0700 Subject: Orange Montastrea cavernosa recruits? In-Reply-To: <6430DD22ED@enterprise.mmu.ac.uk> Message-ID: <4.2.2.20000725130118.00b64590@bio.bu.edu> A number of us have been looking at this orange flourescence for a while now, but have not seen this particular example. The flourescent pigments are in the polyp; they are sometimes revealed when corals are bleached. A very similar phenomenon can, for example, sometimes be seen in Agaricia near silt chutes on shelf edge drop-offs. It is especially startling when the corals are flourescing bright orange in deep water. From EricHugo at aol.com Tue Jul 25 21:57:42 2000 From: EricHugo at aol.com (EricHugo at aol.com) Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 21:57:42 EDT Subject: Orange Montastrea cavernosa recruits? Message-ID: <34.86ab49f.26af9f96@aol.com> Just a quick offer to those interested parties. Aquarists use actinic bulbs on reef aquaria, and a large portion of these bulbs spectra is in the near-UV spectrum, and thus fluorescence is very obvious in many hundreds of species. Orange is a fairly common fluorescent color in Faviids, in general, and also fairly common in Zoanthus sociatus. I am sure other aquarists on this list could offer the same, but I'd be happy to relate on the fluorescence of any of hundreds of scleractinians, octocorals, corallimorpharians, zoantharians, actinarians. It is very limiting to seek out fluorescence underwater, but a quick trip to a coral facility or any well stocked aquarium at "simulated dusk and dawn" will quickly reveal the patterns, colors, and variations of these pigments in a slew of taxa. No, it does not appear to stress related at all, at least in captive species. For at least GFP, and seemingly for other colors, increasing irradiance will cause its production in almost all cases, and increase the fluorescence of those which already have it - even in corals one might not expect to see fluoresce at all, such as Sarcophyton spp. Eric Borneman From rmurray at infochan.com Wed Jul 26 10:19:22 2000 From: rmurray at infochan.com (Robert Murray) Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 09:19:22 -0500 Subject: Orange Montastrea cavernosa recruits? Message-ID: <003001bff70c$891e5d40$204834d0@infochan.com> Hi Iain et al, Coral photobiology is not my area of study, although I did examine the topic some years ago. I believe it is fairly common for many corals to exhibit brightly coloured fluorescence pigments (especially those in shallowest water conditions where light intensity is greatest). >From some of the literature I have read I seem to remember a plausible case for these pigments operating as some sort of protection against the destructive energy of short (UV) wavelengths, by liberating some of this energy as harmless (less energetic) visible fluorescence. Perhaps this is one of the discredited theories now. If so, I would be interested to hear the evidence against it. Regards to all Robert Murray. (What's up Iain?) ======================= ROBERT MURRAY BSc, FGA, Discovery Bay Marine Laboratory, Discovery Bay, Jamaica, W.I. Tel. (876) 973 2946 Fax. (876) 973 3091 rmurray at infochan.com WWW.DBML.ORG ======================= ----- Original Message ----- From: Mikhail Matz To: Iain Macdonald ; coral list Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2000 11:33 Subject: Re: Orange Montastrea cavernosa recruits? Hi Iain, we know a little bit what is the substance causing the fluorescence in corals, and observations, measurements and photos were made about this (see http://www.nightsea.com/references.htm for the list of related papers and websites) Moreover, in particular M.cavernosa fluorescence was measured (in situ) by Charles Mazel and is studied by me (in vitro) right now. However, so far we have absolutely no clue as to the function of this fluorescence in nature (if we forget for a moment about older hypotheses all of which seem wrong by now), and the subject is my primary interest. Your observation is, as far as I know, the first information which might help to link fluorescence to some aspect of coral ecology. I would be extremely grateful if you could provide some more details on your observations. I would like to ask all coral listers as well - perhaps you saw something like Iain? Anything which could give a hint about the function of fluorescence? Or perhaps I simply missed something in literature? best wishes, Mike Matz Iain Macdonald wrote: > During a recent field trip i noted the following along my transects. > > M. cavernosa recruits (i use the plural as this was seen three > different times), of only one polyp was noted at approx. 15-20m depth > to appear to the unaided eye as fluorescent orange. Close by (ie > 10cm away) 5 polyps were the typical olive green colour with this > "day glow" orange colour around its edges. Again a few cms away > larger colonies 20-25 polyps were only olive green. Is this typical > for recruits (i think not) or maybe as a result of some stress > (sediment) stimulus? I was startled to see such colour from this type > of coral and would like to konw of any other observations. > > Cheers > > Iain Macd. > > Room E402 John Dalton Extension Building, > Department of Environmental and Geographical Science, > Manchester Metropolitian University, > Chester Street, > Manchester, > M1 5GD > Tel: 0161 247 6234 > Fax: 0161 247 6318 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/20000726/cf09084b/attachment.html From kenyon_b_mobley at gasou.edu Wed Jul 26 10:18:47 2000 From: kenyon_b_mobley at gasou.edu (kenyon mobley) Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 10:18:47 -0400 Subject: Orange Montastrea cavernosa recruits? In-Reply-To: <34.86ab49f.26af9f96@aol.com> Message-ID: <4.3.1.0.20000726100946.00b3b8c0@gsaix2.cc.gasou.edu> Have you ever witnessed fluorescence in non-symbiotic corals and anemones such as Tubastrea? I'm interested to know if this is a symbiont-related phenomena. At 09:57 PM 7/25/00 -0400, you wrote: >Just a quick offer to those interested parties. > >Aquarists use actinic bulbs on reef aquaria, and a large portion of these >bulbs spectra is in the near-UV spectrum, and thus fluorescence is very >obvious in many hundreds of species. > >Orange is a fairly common fluorescent color in Faviids, in general, and also >fairly common in Zoanthus sociatus. I am sure other aquarists on this list >could offer the same, but I'd be happy to relate on the fluorescence of any >of hundreds of scleractinians, octocorals, corallimorpharians, zoantharians, >actinarians. It is very limiting to seek out fluorescence underwater, but a >quick trip to a coral facility or any well stocked aquarium at "simulated >dusk and dawn" will quickly reveal the patterns, colors, and variations of >these pigments in a slew of taxa. No, it does not appear to stress related >at all, at least in captive species. For at least GFP, and seemingly for >other colors, increasing irradiance will cause its production in almost all >cases, and increase the fluorescence of those which already have it - even in >corals one might not expect to see fluoresce at all, such as Sarcophyton spp. > > >Eric Borneman Kenyon B. Mobley Georgia Southern University Department of Biology Statesboro, GA 30460-8042 http://www.bio.gasou.edu/bio-home/GRADS/kenyonwebpage/kmhome.html Office (912) 681-5963 Fax: (912) 681-0845 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/20000726/bf61891a/attachment.html From EricHugo at aol.com Wed Jul 26 10:52:07 2000 From: EricHugo at aol.com (EricHugo at aol.com) Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 10:52:07 EDT Subject: Orange Montastrea cavernosa recruits? Message-ID: <6f.83327d3.26b05517@aol.com> <> No. It seems only to occur in zooxanthellate cnidarians. I would have thought that if any azooxanthellate coral would fluoresce, it would be a Dendronepthya sp. or Scleronepthya sp., but they do not. Tubastraea spp. are not fluorescent, either, that I recall - is T. micrantha? I seem to recall it may have been. Nor are hydrocorals Distichopora sp. or Stylaster sp. for hydrocorals. Come to think of it, I have not seen it in Millepora spp. The azooxanthellate corals do not typically fare well in aquaria, but I have kept (or attempted to keep) various azooxanthellate gorgonians, Chironephthya, and the aforementioned genera and none of these has displayed fluorescence. Yet, other symbiotic Nephtheids do. Interersting sidebar is that I don't see fluorescence in zooxanthellate gorgonians, except in Erythropodium sp.. Maybe Mike Kirda, Julian Sprung, Charles Delbeek, or Paul Auger could make some additions here if they have noticed otherwise. In addition to Paul's comments, I would add that other Mussidae like Cynarina and Scolymia display red and orange fluroescence, as does Echinophyllia (and blue!) and Mycedium. Eric Borneman From d-fladermaus at usa.net Wed Jul 26 12:07:49 2000 From: d-fladermaus at usa.net (Paul Auger Jr) Date: 26 Jul 00 12:07:49 EDT Subject: [Re: Orange Montastrea cavernosa recruits?] Message-ID: <20000726160749.16600.qmail@nwcst281.netaddress.usa.net> > Have you ever witnessed fluorescence in non-symbiotic corals and anemones > such as Tubastrea? I'm interested to know if this is a symbiont-related > phenomena. I have not seen any azooxanthellae corals fluoresce under uv or near uv light. That lighting only tends to highlight their already dominant bright coloration but does not cause fluorescence. Paul ____________________________________________________________________ Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1 From delbeek at hawaii.edu Wed Jul 26 12:32:36 2000 From: delbeek at hawaii.edu (J. Charles Delbeek) Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 06:32:36 -1000 Subject: Orange Montastrea cavernosa recruits? In-Reply-To: <4.3.1.0.20000726100946.00b3b8c0@gsaix2.cc.gasou.edu> Message-ID: On Wed, 26 Jul 2000, kenyon mobley wrote: > Have you ever witnessed fluorescence in non-symbiotic corals and anemones > such as Tubastrea? I'm interested to know if this is a symbiont-related > phenomena. I have seen it in Tubastraea micranthum, it fluoresces green. Also in deepwater solitary corals from Japan and also from Monterey Bay canyon. J. Charles Delbeek Aquarium Biologist Waikiki Aquarium From tsocci at usgcrp.gov Wed Jul 26 14:21:29 2000 From: tsocci at usgcrp.gov (Tony Socci) Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 14:21:29 -0400 Subject: July 31st US Global Change Seminar: "What's Happening To Stratospheric Ozone Over The Arctic, And Why?" Message-ID: U.S. Global Change Research Program Seminar Series What's Happening To Stratospheric Ozone Over The Arctic, And Why? Is Arctic stratospheric ozone presently undergoing depletion? Is this an unusual, unique or unanticipated phenomenon? Are the underlying causes of this phenomenon the same as those that are responsible for the Antarctic ozone hole? If not, how are they different? Does climate change (i.e., global warming) play a role? Do these factors alter the projected timing of recovery of the stratospheric ozone layer to 1979 levels? If so, what is the new projection for recovery of the stratospheric ozone layer in the Arctic region? 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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 under the link: "Second Monday Seminars." From mkirda at dsl.telocity.com Wed Jul 26 20:03:15 2000 From: mkirda at dsl.telocity.com (Mike and Marelet Kirda) Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 19:03:15 -0500 Subject: Orange Montastrea cavernosa recruits? In-Reply-To: References: <4.3.1.0.20000726100946.00b3b8c0@gsaix2.cc.gasou.edu> Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20000726190315.009c1e80@mail.dsl.telocity.com> At 06:32 AM 7/26/2000 -1000, J. Charles Delbeek wrote: >On Wed, 26 Jul 2000, kenyon mobley wrote: > >I have seen it in Tubastraea micranthum, it fluoresces green. Also in >deepwater solitary corals from Japan and also from Monterey Bay canyon. > So far, I have seen it only in zooxanthellate corals. I believe I have seen some in anemones from the pacific NW region of the US and Canada. This is not a whole animal sort of fluoresence that you see in zooxanthellate corals though. It seems limited to certain areas. Sorry I can't be more specific- I have not regularly observed these animals at Shedd Aquarium for a couple of years... Regards. Mike Kirda From mcall at superaje.com Thu Jul 27 07:57:38 2000 From: mcall at superaje.com (Don McAllister) Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 07:57:38 -0400 Subject: Orange Montastrea cavernosa recruits? References: <4.3.1.0.20000726100946.00b3b8c0@gsaix2.cc.gasou.edu> <3.0.6.32.20000726190315.009c1e80@mail.dsl.telocity.com> Message-ID: <398023B2.DD16680A@superaje.com> Some sea anemones in thePacific Northwest and British Columbia have symbiotic algae, so perhaps those species might fluoresce. The aggregating anemone Anthopleura elegantissima has zooxanthellae and zoochlorellae and the giant green anemone, A. xanthogrammica, also has these two symbionts according to Rita and Charles O'Clair in Southeast Alaska's Rocy Shores - Animals. don Don McAllister Ocean Voice International Mike and Marelet Kirda wrote: > At 06:32 AM 7/26/2000 -1000, J. Charles Delbeek wrote: > >On Wed, 26 Jul 2000, kenyon mobley wrote: > > > >I have seen it in Tubastraea micranthum, it fluoresces green. Also in > >deepwater solitary corals from Japan and also from Monterey Bay canyon. > > > > So far, I have seen it only in zooxanthellate corals. I believe I have > seen some in anemones from the pacific NW region of the US and Canada. > This is not a whole animal sort of fluoresence that you see in > zooxanthellate corals though. It seems limited to certain areas. > Sorry I can't be more specific- I have not regularly observed these > animals at Shedd Aquarium for a couple of years... > Regards. > Mike Kirda From mazel at psicorp.com Thu Jul 27 09:26:26 2000 From: mazel at psicorp.com (Charles Mazel) Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 09:26:26 -0400 Subject: Orange Montastrea cavernosa recruits? Message-ID: There is a 1968 PhD dissertation (Stanford University) by Vicki Mabel Buchsbaum titled 'Behavioral and Physiological Responses to Light by the Sea Anemone Anthopleura elegantissima as Related to its Algal Symbionts'. A significant portion of this thesis is addressed at the green fluorescence in this anemone, including experimental manipulations, and a brief discussion of fluorescence in other West Coast anemones. Buchsbaum made the observation that the fluorescence only seemed to be associated with zooxanthellate specimens. Charlie Mazel ---------------------------------------------- Charles Mazel Principal Research Scientist Physical Sciences Inc. 20 New England Business Center Andover, MA 01810 (978) 689-0003 (978) 689-3232 (fax) >>> Don McAllister 07/27/00 07:57AM >>> Some sea anemones in thePacific Northwest and British Columbia have symbiotic algae, so perhaps those species might fluoresce. The aggregating anemone Anthopleura elegantissima has zooxanthellae and zoochlorellae and the giant green anemone, A. xanthogrammica, also has these two symbionts according to Rita and Charles O'Clair in Southeast Alaska's Rocy Shores - Animals. don Don McAllister Ocean Voice International Mike and Marelet Kirda wrote: > At 06:32 AM 7/26/2000 -1000, J. Charles Delbeek wrote: > >On Wed, 26 Jul 2000, kenyon mobley wrote: > > > >I have seen it in Tubastraea micranthum, it fluoresces green. Also in > >deepwater solitary corals from Japan and also from Monterey Bay canyon. > > > > So far, I have seen it only in zooxanthellate corals. I believe I have > seen some in anemones from the pacific NW region of the US and Canada. > This is not a whole animal sort of fluoresence that you see in > zooxanthellate corals though. It seems limited to certain areas. > Sorry I can't be more specific- I have not regularly observed these > animals at Shedd Aquarium for a couple of years... > Regards. > Mike Kirda From fautin at eagle.cc.ukans.edu Thu Jul 27 10:00:29 2000 From: fautin at eagle.cc.ukans.edu (FAUTIN DAPHNE G) Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 09:00:29 -0500 (CDT) Subject: Orange Montastrea cavernosa recruits? In-Reply-To: <398023B2.DD16680A@superaje.com> Message-ID: On the subject of the two symbionts, I commend to anyone interested in the phenomenon the paper of Secord and Augustine, "Biogeography and microhabitat variation in temperate algal-invertebrate symbioses: zooxanthellae and zoochlorellae in two Pacific intertidal sea anemones, *Anthopleura elegantissima* and *A. xanthogrammica*: Invertebrate Biology 119(2):139-146 (published 11 May 2000), and the references cited therein. On Thu, 27 Jul 2000, Don McAllister wrote: > Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 07:57:38 -0400 > From: Don McAllister > To: Mike and Marelet Kirda > Cc: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov > Subject: Re: Orange Montastrea cavernosa recruits? > > Some sea anemones in thePacific Northwest and British Columbia have > symbiotic algae, so perhaps those species might fluoresce. > > The aggregating anemone Anthopleura elegantissima has zooxanthellae and > zoochlorellae and the giant green anemone, A. xanthogrammica, also has these > two symbionts according to Rita and Charles O'Clair in Southeast Alaska's > Rocy Shores - Animals. > > don > Don McAllister > Ocean Voice International > > Mike and Marelet Kirda wrote: > > > At 06:32 AM 7/26/2000 -1000, J. Charles Delbeek wrote: > > >On Wed, 26 Jul 2000, kenyon mobley wrote: > > > > > >I have seen it in Tubastraea micranthum, it fluoresces green. Also in > > >deepwater solitary corals from Japan and also from Monterey Bay canyon. > > > > > > > So far, I have seen it only in zooxanthellate corals. I believe I have > > seen some in anemones from the pacific NW region of the US and Canada. > > This is not a whole animal sort of fluoresence that you see in > > zooxanthellate corals though. It seems limited to certain areas. > > Sorry I can't be more specific- I have not regularly observed these > > animals at Shedd Aquarium for a couple of years... > > Regards. > > Mike Kirda > Daphne G. Fautin Professor, Biological Sciences Curator, Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center Haworth Hall University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas 66045 USA telephone 1-785-864-3062 fax 1-785-864-5321 for e-mail, please use fautin at ukans.edu lab web page: www.nhm.ukans.edu/~inverts direct to sea anemone database version 2.1: biocomplexity.nhm.ukans.edu/ anemones/images/Version.html From fretwelc at ocean.nova.edu Thu Jul 27 15:07:49 2000 From: fretwelc at ocean.nova.edu (Carol Fretwell) Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 15:07:49 -0400 Subject: Postdoc Position Message-ID: <002201bff7fd$f4fef780$9d103489@ribbontail.ocean.nova.edu> POSTDOCTORAL OPENING FOR CORAL REEF ECOLOGIST The National Coral Reef Institute (NCRI) NCRI at Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center (NSUOC) in Dania, FL seeks a postdoctoral researcher with experience and expertise in the area of coral reef population dynamics. The position is for one year, renewable contingent on funding, and will focus on larval recruitment and population dynamics of acroporid corals of Southeast Florida. The successful applicant will establish a basic research program to investigate the recruitment, propagation, and growth of corals on offshore reefs of Ft. Lauderdale. Additional research venues may be available in other Florida/Caribbean localities. Qualifying factors: Must have knowledge and skills in coral reef recruitment dynamics as evidenced by publications, past, or present research projects; experimental design and implementation in reef environments; experience in, or capabilities with information and advances in larval morphogens and chemical inducers. SCUBA certification and documented dive experience in reef settings required. History of prior research activity in coral recruitment dynamics desirable. The successful candidate must be proficient in written and oral English and is expected to establish a research program that will encompass the August-September 2001 coral spawning in the western Caribbean. Ranking factors: Prior publication and research record in the field of coral reef population dynamics; knowledge and prior experience involving larval morphogens and use of chemical inducers in reefs recruitment studies; experience in additional aspects of acroporid ecology, systematics, and life history; history of successful project planning and implementation in a field setting using vessels and small boats. Salary: $30,000. Applicants should submit resume, statement of research interests & capabilities, transcripts, and names, addresses, telephone numbers, and email addresses of 3 references to Dr. James D. Thomas, Research Director, National Coral Reef Institute, Chairman of the Search Committee, 8000 N. Ocean Drive, Dania Beach, FL 33004. Electronic applications may be emailed to: NCRIpostdoc at mako.ocean.nova.edu (Position subject to administrative approval.) Review of applicants will be begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. The successful candidate should plan to initiate a research program no later than April 2001. Applicants who are able to begin sooner will be favorably considered. From hendee at aoml.noaa.gov Fri Jul 28 12:41:29 2000 From: hendee at aoml.noaa.gov (Jim Hendee) Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 12:41:29 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Bleaching watch in the Keys? Message-ID: Greetings, Dr. Alan Strong and I have been keeping our eyes on indices designed to monitor and/or predict coral bleaching in the Florida Keys (and elsewhere). If any of you in the Florida Keys see any signs of coral bleaching in the Florida Keys at this time, we'd very much appreciate hearing of it. You may also be interested in filling out the NESDIS coral bleaching online report form at, http://psbsgi1.nesdis.noaa.gov:8080/PSB/EPS/icg/newform.html Many thanks! Cheers, Jim Hendee ---------------------------------------------------- James C. Hendee, Ph.D. Coral Health and Monitoring Program Ocean Chemistry Division Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration U.S. Department of Commerce 4301 Rickenbacker Causeway Miami, FL 33149-1026 Voice: (305) 361-4396 Fax: (305) 361-4392 Email: jim.hendee at noaa.gov Web: http://www.coral.noaa.gov From ralphb40 at hotmail.com Fri Jul 28 18:45:50 2000 From: ralphb40 at hotmail.com (ralph butcher) Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 22:45:50 GMT Subject: Strings of pearls Caribbean Message-ID: Dear Readers I am presently working in the Caribbean (Roatan, Honduras). Often when we go on night dives we switch our torches off for a time. After our eyes have adjusted we are able to see many lines of phosphorescing dots of light moving from the top to the bottom of the water column. Only four dots are lit at any one time, the "oldest" dot at the top fading just as a new one appears at the bottom. I have caught some of theses critters and found them (looking through a dissection microscope) to be a small shrimp encased in a clear shell which hinges at the top and allows them to swim. They also have a small phosphores producing organ under their rostrum. Size of organism is a full stop. Has anyone else seen these and know their Scientific name, their life cycles and are they present over the reef all the time. We see them best a good week after a full moon (dark). Any info would be appreciated. Regards Ralph Butcher ralphb40 at hotmail.com ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com From matz at ibch.ibch.ru Sat Jul 29 08:41:54 2000 From: matz at ibch.ibch.ru (Mikhail Matz) Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 16:41:54 +0400 Subject: Strings of pearls Caribbean References: Message-ID: <3982D112.6F538AB6@ibch.siobc.ras.ru> ?Hello Ralph, ?your description is fascinating! ?my guess is ostracode crustacean Vargula or its relative. Since I'm a molecular biologist, not zoologist, I can say only that their luciferase (the enzyme which produces light) is known, it is cloned, sequenced and already applied to some biotechology tasks as a detection tool. The low-molecular substrate for the enzyme (luciferine) is also characterized. To me, it's a closed file. Mike Matz ? ralph butcher wrote: > Dear Readers > > I am presently working in the Caribbean (Roatan, Honduras). > Often when we go on night dives we switch our torches off for a time. After > our eyes have adjusted we are able to see many lines of phosphorescing dots > of light moving from the top to the bottom of the water column. Only four > dots are lit at any one time, the "oldest" dot at the top fading just as a > new one appears at the bottom. > > I have caught some of theses critters and found them (looking through a > dissection microscope) to be a small shrimp encased in a clear shell which > hinges at the top and allows them to swim. They also have a small phosphores > producing organ under their rostrum. Size of organism is a full stop. > > Has anyone else seen these and know their Scientific name, their life cycles > and are they present over the reef all the time. We see them best a good > week after a full moon (dark). > > Any info would be appreciated. > > Regards > > Ralph Butcher > ralphb40 at hotmail.com > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com From pdustan at zeus.cofc.edu Sat Jul 29 13:26:58 2000 From: pdustan at zeus.cofc.edu (Phillip Dustan) Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 13:26:58 -0400 Subject: The Cousteau Society comments to U.S. Coral Reef Task Force in American Samoa Message-ID: <3.0.32.20000729132658.010ed638@zeus.cofc.edu> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 6890 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/20000729/2a509ea1/attachment.bin From brumba at amnh.org Sat Jul 29 15:23:44 2000 From: brumba at amnh.org (Daniel Brumbaugh) Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 15:23:44 -0400 Subject: Strings of pearls Caribbean In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear Ralph and others, These animals are probably cypridinid ostracodes that emit bioluminescent puffs as they swim, in species-specific mating patterns. They are resident in reef areas throughout the Caribbean, and light displays are inhibited near the full moon. A number of scientists work on the systematists and behavior of the group, including Jim Morin (Cornell University), Anne Cohen (Bodega Bay, Calif.), and Elizabeth Torres (Cal. State Univ. Los Angeles). A review exists: J. G. Morin and A. C. Cohen. 1991. Bioluminescent displays, courtship, and reproduction in ostracodes. In: R.T. Bauer and J.W. Martin (eds.), Crustacean Sexual Biology, Columbia University Press, NY. Cheers, Dan Brumbaugh >Dear Readers > >I am presently working in the Caribbean (Roatan, Honduras). >Often when we go on night dives we switch our torches off for a >time. After our eyes have adjusted we are able to see many lines of >phosphorescing dots of light moving from the top to the bottom of >the water column. Only four dots are lit at any one time, the >"oldest" dot at the top fading just as a new one appears at the >bottom. > >I have caught some of theses critters and found them (looking >through a dissection microscope) to be a small shrimp encased in a >clear shell which hinges at the top and allows them to swim. They >also have a small phosphores producing organ under their rostrum. >Size of organism is a full stop. > >Has anyone else seen these and know their Scientific name, their >life cycles and are they present over the reef all the time. We see >them best a good week after a full moon (dark). > >Any info would be appreciated. > >Regards > >Ralph Butcher >ralphb40 at hotmail.com >________________________________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com -- Dan Brumbaugh, Ph.D. American Museum of Natural History / Biodiversity Central Park West at 79th Street New York, NY 10024-5192 off: (212) 496-3494 fax: (212) 769-5277 brumba at amnh.org From postmaster at dns.flour-mills.com.kw Sat Jul 29 16:01:51 2000 From: postmaster at dns.flour-mills.com.kw (Flour Mills of Kuwait) Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 08:01:51 +1200 Subject: fw:fw Message-ID: <00ce01bff99f$9b0e86c0$0f783eca@flourmills.com.kw> Greetings For your info. The Australian democracy movement now have a web site of their own - see http://www.fijidemocracy.asn.au/ It looks very good but it is still under construction. Check it out when you have time. 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Thanks to our WebMaster, Monika Gurnee, the Coral Health and Monitoring Program (CHAMP) Web Page has a new layout, and some new informational links, including especially links to NOAA coral-related sites. We would very much like to hear any feedback you might care to offer concerning design, functionality, additional features, etc. http://www.coral.noaa.gov Thank you so much for your thoughts and support. Cheers, Jim Hendee CHAMP Administrator NOAA/OAR/AOML ~~~~~~~~~~~~ "NOAA's mission is to conserve resources and to describe, monitor, and predict changes in the Earth's environment in order to ensure and enhance sustainable economic opportunities. NOAA's goal is to become the premier and authoritative voice in the promotion of global environmental stewardship." D. James Baker Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Administrator of NOAA