From billy.causey at noaa.gov Thu Jun 1 00:30:14 2000 From: billy.causey at noaa.gov (Billy Causey) Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2000 00:30:14 -0400 Subject: problems in Cuban coral reef References: <200005301803.SAA56616@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Message-ID: <3935E6D4.AACE0D1@noaa.gov> Dear Elena, During the massive 1987 coral bleaching in the Florida Keys (which was also reported in other parts of the Caribbean and the Pacific), I documented large mats of purplish colored "algae" covering the sand bottom. At the time I thought it was a "blue-green" algae, but noticed at the time it looked very similar to the cyanobacterium (black band) that was abundant on the coral heads. I have video of the mats which were very extensive and completely covered the sand bottom. There were also mats on the reef itself. Feel free to contact me directly if you want more information. Cheers, Billy Elena wrote: > "During a recent visit to the Canarreos reefs in the Punta Frances = > region of southern Cuba we were disturbed to find that many of the = > corals of these formerly-pristine reefs were badly damaged by what = > appears to be a cyanophyte infection. Some dead colonies were covered by = > algae, some showed signs of recent mortality and others are dying now. = > It is our impression that the layer of cyanophytes covers the bottom, = > the algae, the corals and the sponges. The cyanophyte is red, like the = > color of dark red wine. The only activities in the area are fishing = > (which is illegal) and sport diving". > > We would like to know if a similar phenomenon has been observed = > elsewhere in the Caribbean, either now or in the past. > > Elena de la Guardia Llanso > Centro de Investigaciones Marinas,=20 > Universidad de la Habana -- 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/ From pmuller at seas.marine.usf.edu Thu Jun 1 10:28:56 2000 From: pmuller at seas.marine.usf.edu (Pam Muller) Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2000 10:28:56 -0400 Subject: deepwater coral "reefs"? References: <3.0.1.32.20000531170326.0075e834@pop.uncwil.edu> Message-ID: <39367328.248AEE27@seas.marine.usf.edu> I concur wholeheartedly with Alina and would add a couple of small details. A coral is either zooxanthellate or azooxanthellate in most cases (one can find exceptions to any "rule"). However, a coral is not inherently "hermatypic" or "ahermatypic". Rather, whether coral can accrete limestone faster than it is eroded away or buried by a variety of processes is a function of the environment, in addition to the organism's accretion potential. For example, Montastrea spp. are hermatypic in the Caribbean, but not on the West Florida Shelf. There are also many local environments in the Caribbean where Montastrea can live but not construct bioherms. This distinction is critical to conservation efforts, because a management decision to maintain environmental conditions that can support survival of Montastrea, for example, could be quite different than a management decision to maintain environmental conditions that can support reef (meaning "bioherm") development. Pamela Hallock Muller, Professor Department of Marine Science University of South Florida "Alina M. Szmant" wrote: > Eric: > > The definition of a bioherm is a herm (mound) made by living organisms. It can be located in shallow, deep, or intermediate depths. Again, a "reef" is "a chain of rocks or ridge of sand at or near the surface of water" or "a hazardous obstruction" (Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary). Neither has anything to do with corals or zooxanthellae specifically. > > Coral reefs are bioherms or reefs made by corals and associated organisms. For the most part, hermatypic corals have zooxanthellae, but many zooxanthellate corals either do not live on or form reefs, or live on reefs but are not really a major contributor to reef formation (e.g. Favia fragum...). > > The confusion in terminology is due (1) to the misconception that hermatypic means zooxanthellae-containing, and (2) that everyplace there is coral there is a coral reef. Corals can have high cover on a volcanic substrate but that doesn't make it a coral reef in my opinion unless there has been carbonate accretion over the volcanic substrate. Further, in places like Florida, there is some coral cover over exposed Pleistocene reef substrate, which locally are considered coral reefs (as opposed to a coral community growing over a fossil reef). Everyone wants to have a coral reef in their back yard and many systems that are not true "coral reefs" are being called by that name. > > With regard to "deepwater" coral reefs, the only ones that would fit a strict definition would be ones that were drowned (e.g. Conrad Neumann's give-up reefs). Catch-up reefs would also fit since they are usually grow into shallow water. As ships get bigger and have deeper hulls, I guess the "dangerous obstruction" part of the reef definition would include deeper water coral reefs that big ships could run into. If we include submarines, then all depths are fair game.... > > Anyway, that is how I analyze the terminology based on first principles and dictionaries. > > Alina Szmant > > 53 AM 05/27/2000 -0400, EricHugo at aol.com wrote: > >Hi Alina and coral-list: > > > >Is there a point when a correct usage of "bioherm" over "reef" for such > >structures became semantically favored? I ask because I find the following > >perhaps relevant: > > > >Coates, Anthony G. and Jeremy B.C. Jackson. 1987. Clonal growth, algal > >symbiosis, and reef formation by corals. Paleobiology 13(4) 363-378. > > > >(I will not quote directly to avoid copyright concerns, although I also hope > >that the authors will point out if my translation is incorrect or improper, > >although I maintain the textual use of the word "reef" and "bioherm" ). > > > >"Rugosan corals that formed reefs likely lacked zooxanthellae because of > >morphological evidence. Most zooxanthellate corals today and in the fossil > >record contribute to reef formation, but many others are ahermatypic. Recent > >reef formation has little to do with being zooxanthellate but depends on > >environmental factors. Using morphology to indicate the presence of > >zooxanthellae, there exist recent deepwater analogues to the shallow water > >azooxanthellate Devonian Edgecliff Bioherm. " > > > >Here we have a concatination of terms, distribution, history, and ecology > >that makes this thread all the more intriguing. > > > >Thanks for the clarification > > > >Eric Borneman > > > > > ******************************************************************* > NOTE NEW ADDRESS: > > Dr. Alina M. Szmant > Coral Reef Research Group > Professor of Biology > Center for Marine Science > University of North Carolina at Wilmington > 1 Marvin K. Moss Lane > Wilmington NC 28409 > tel: (910)962-2362 fax: (910)962-2410 > email: szmanta at uncwil.edu > http://www.uncwil.edu/people/szmanta/ > ****************************************************************** From s96007966 at student.usp.ac.fj Thu Jun 1 23:55:38 2000 From: s96007966 at student.usp.ac.fj (Ron Devine Vave) Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2000 15:55:38 +1200 Subject: Corals species from Hyperspectral data? Message-ID: Bula (Hello) everyone! I just would like to pop several questions here, and that is: Has anyone ever done any work on the identification of coral species from hyperspectral data? Could you please provide me with information on such project(s) and books, or web links! Thanks in advance. Ron Vave Postgraduate student Marine Studies Program University of the South Pacific Suva, Fiji Islands From tlsnell at buffalo.edu Fri Jun 2 08:22:08 2000 From: tlsnell at buffalo.edu (Tonya) Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 12:22:08 GMT Subject: Montastraea cavernosa gametes Message-ID: <200006021222.MAA81365@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Dear coral list, I am in search of frozen Montastraea cavernosa gametes (preferably sperm) to use for the development of some molecular techniques. Currently I am using adult tissue for the development of the technique but am running into problems with mucous and zooxanthellae. If you have M. cavernosa gametes and are willing to share, please contact me at tlsnell at buffalo.edu. Your assistance is greatly, greatly appreciated!! Thank you for your time. Tonya Snell Department of Biological Sciences State University of New York at Buffalo Buffalo NY 14260 Phone: 716-645-2718 Fax: 716-645-2975 Email: tlsnell at buffalo.edu From wbernard at 3DILLC.COM Fri Jun 2 08:25:29 2000 From: wbernard at 3DILLC.COM (Bill Bernard) Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 08:25:29 -0400 Subject: Corals species from Hyperspectral data? Message-ID: <8F799E5D5577D3119CEE00902789AFB6B2F453@HQ> Ron, We have been collecting hyperspectral data in support of reef mapping for the past 3 years with NOAA, the Park Service and the Navy. We are using the AISA airborne hyperspectral instrument that includes a satellite DGPS navigation system which simplifies the geolocation of the reefs. We are not directly involved in the ground truthing of the images, but have assisted the NOAA group in the analysis of the images. If you want to contact me directly I can provide more information and samples of our most recent data collections. There are some examples of last year's work located on our web page. Bill William L. Bernard, MBA Director of Business Development Remote Sensing 3Di, LLC 28969 Information Lane Easton, MD 21601 410 770 6001 410 820 5613 (F) WBernard at 3DiLLc.com www.3DiLLC.com -----Original Message----- From: Ron Devine Vave [mailto:s96007966 at student.usp.ac.fj] Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2000 11:56 PM To: coral-list Subject: Corals species from Hyperspectral data? Bula (Hello) everyone! I just would like to pop several questions here, and that is: Has anyone ever done any work on the identification of coral species from hyperspectral data? Could you please provide me with information on such project(s) and books, or web links! Thanks in advance. Ron Vave Postgraduate student Marine Studies Program University of the South Pacific Suva, Fiji Islands From flotsam at manado.wasantara.net.id Fri Jun 2 11:41:38 2000 From: flotsam at manado.wasantara.net.id (Mark and Arnaz Erdmann) Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2000 23:41:38 +0800 Subject: Reefs and Bioherms In-Reply-To: <200006020400.EAA79326@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Message-ID: <990807413F@manado.wasantara.net.id> Dear Colleagues, I refer to the recent thread regarding definitions of reefs and bioherms, and in particular whether azooxanthellate deep water corals form "reefs" or "banks" or "groves". As a PhD candidate in modern coral reef ecology, my dissertation committee mandated that I read J.A. Fagerstrom's excellent 1987 book "The evolution of reef communities" (John Wiley and Sons) in order to gain a geological perspective on reefs. I believe that text to be highly relevant to this discussion. In Fagerstrom's glossary, the definition for reef reads "countless authors, almost exclusively geologists, have defined organic reefs; these definitions are so inconsistent, contradictory and inconclusive that it would be pointless and futile to include them here". Rather, Fagerstrom donates an entire chapter to the subject "What is a reef?", including a discussion of "what is NOT a reef". A brief passage from that chapter is perhaps instructive to the coral list discussion: "A typical marine organic reef is the product of a vigorous biological response to a relatively restricted set of interdependent environmental factors. During its growth, a reef progressively alters its environment...The chief manifestations of this biological response are the relatively dense packing and rapid growth rates of predominantly sessile, colonial, and highly gregarious organisms. Typically these organisms secrete calcareous (siliceous in a few taxa) skeletons, which, by virtue of their large size, dense packing, and in situ interlocking growth, form a rigid structure having a ridge or moundlike shape and positive topographic relief with respect to the unconsolidated, usually carbonate, sediments of the adjacent seafloor..." Throughout the book, the recurrent themes for reefs include: -rigid framework -dense packing of sessile (often colonial), gregarious organisms whose skeletons are intergrown in living position -positive topographic relief Fagerstrom (p 63-64) considers the Atlantic deep water coral "aggregations" to be aphotic zone reefs, in that they are often large, rigid structures formed from skeletons of gregarious organisms intergrown in living position with significant topographic relief. Regarding the term "bioherm", Fagerstrom traces this term to the geologists Cumings and Shrock (1928) as a "dome-, moundlike or otherwise circumscribed mass built by sedentary organisms and enclosed in normal rocks of different lithology". Seemingly implicit in this definition is that the mound is usually covered in lime mud. He also refers to a related paper that may be of interest to this discussion: Cumings, ER. 1932. Reefs or Bioherms? Geol. Soc. Am. Bull. 43: 331-352 Perhaps this information sheds some additional light on this debate. While the Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary definitions of reef quoted by Alina Szmant ("a chain of rocks or ridge of sand at or near the surface of water" or "a hazardous obstruction") are appealing in their simplicity, I believe it is quite an injustice to ignore the significant body of scientific work (admittedly mostly geological) that has been devoted to the question of "what is a reef?" Best, Mark From flotsam at manado.wasantara.net.id Fri Jun 2 11:41:38 2000 From: flotsam at manado.wasantara.net.id (Mark and Arnaz Erdmann) Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2000 23:41:38 +0800 Subject: Reefs and Bioherms In-Reply-To: <200006020400.EAA79326@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Message-ID: <990807413F@manado.wasantara.net.id> Dear Colleagues, I refer to the recent thread regarding definitions of reefs and bioherms, and in particular whether azooxanthellate deep water corals form "reefs" or "banks" or "groves". As a PhD candidate in modern coral reef ecology, my dissertation committee mandated that I read J.A. Fagerstrom's excellent 1987 book "The evolution of reef communities" (John Wiley and Sons) in order to gain a geological perspective on reefs. I believe that text to be highly relevant to this discussion. In Fagerstrom's glossary, the definition for reef reads "countless authors, almost exclusively geologists, have defined organic reefs; these definitions are so inconsistent, contradictory and inconclusive that it would be pointless and futile to include them here". Rather, Fagerstrom donates an entire chapter to the subject "What is a reef?", including a discussion of "what is NOT a reef". A brief passage from that chapter is perhaps instructive to the coral list discussion: "A typical marine organic reef is the product of a vigorous biological response to a relatively restricted set of interdependent environmental factors. During its growth, a reef progressively alters its environment...The chief manifestations of this biological response are the relatively dense packing and rapid growth rates of predominantly sessile, colonial, and highly gregarious organisms. Typically these organisms secrete calcareous (siliceous in a few taxa) skeletons, which, by virtue of their large size, dense packing, and in situ interlocking growth, form a rigid structure having a ridge or moundlike shape and positive topographic relief with respect to the unconsolidated, usually carbonate, sediments of the adjacent seafloor..." Throughout the book, the recurrent themes for reefs include: -rigid framework -dense packing of sessile (often colonial), gregarious organisms whose skeletons are intergrown in living position -positive topographic relief Fagerstrom (p 63-64) considers the Atlantic deep water coral "aggregations" to be aphotic zone reefs, in that they are often large, rigid structures formed from skeletons of gregarious organisms intergrown in living position with significant topographic relief. Regarding the term "bioherm", Fagerstrom traces this term to the geologists Cumings and Shrock (1928) as a "dome-, moundlike or otherwise circumscribed mass built by sedentary organisms and enclosed in normal rocks of different lithology". Seemingly implicit in this definition is that the mound is usually covered in lime mud. He also refers to a related paper that may be of interest to this discussion: Cumings, ER. 1932. Reefs or Bioherms? Geol. Soc. Am. Bull. 43: 331-352 Perhaps this information sheds some additional light on this debate. While the Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary definitions of reef quoted by Alina Szmant ("a chain of rocks or ridge of sand at or near the surface of water" or "a hazardous obstruction") are appealing in their simplicity, I believe it is quite an injustice to ignore the significant body of scientific work (admittedly mostly geological) that has been devoted to the question of "what is a reef?" Best, Mark From jware at erols.com Fri Jun 2 14:08:57 2000 From: jware at erols.com (John Ware) Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2000 14:08:57 -0400 Subject: Rain forests in the sea?? Message-ID: <3937F839.CF7CA37D@erols.com> Dear List, Well, I wasn't sure the topic was controversial but it obviously is and it has even stirred up the old question: "what is a reef?". Since I started this, maybe I should add a couple of comments. As the analogy is commonly used, the term 'coral reefs' clearly is meant to apply to tropical reefs built primarily by zooxanthellate corals. Not meaning to degrade or deny the importance of deep water corals and reefs, just trying to focus the discussion. - It appears that the comparison between reefs (tropical coral reefs) and rain forests traces back to the paper by Joe Connell in Science (1978: 199:1302-1310) 'Diversity in tropical rain forests and coral reefs'. The two ecosystems were brought into the same paper because of (1) their high diversity and (2) by the mechanism that Connell proposed to explain the high diversity. Connell's Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis (IDH) became an immediate hit. (But see Mackey and Currie 2000; Oikos (88):483-493.) Connell was careful to limit his comparisons to corals and trees and commented that whether his arguments "might apply to mobile species, ... remains to be seen". Even limiting the comparisons to coral and trees may be misleading. Trees by the common definition are large, woody plants and so are separated from other plant types (bushes, etc.). However, Connell (and others) did not distinguish between big corals and little corals. (Out of curiousity, I would be very interested to know who or what group was the first to expand Connell's comparison and state "coral reefs are the rain forests of the sea".) - It would appear that most coral reef workers feel that claiming that coral reefs and rain forests are highly similar is a misleading analogy. However, others may feel that the analogy is justified on the basis of high diversity arguments alone, even though the diversity is due to very different taxa. - There were some respondents who felt that the comparison was valid on less than technical grounds: They are both threatened ecosystems; Linking the two will raise public awareness of reefs; Both have high potential for ecotourism; etc. - Thus far it appears that no one on the coral list that has responded has sufficient knowledge of rain forests to make a really valid comparison. For example, probably all the people on the coral list could make a reasonable guess as to the the number of reef building coral species (or at least how many zooxanthellate scleractinia there are). How many of us know how many species of trees there are in rain forests world wide within an order of magnitude? What would really be useful is for someone knowledgeable about coral reefs to get together with someone knowledgeable about rain forests and start a list similarities and differences. This could most easily be done by someone in an academic environment. As an interesting piece of trivia, the record for the highest number of tree species on a single hectare is 487. What is the record for reef building coral diversity at a similar scale? (Keeping in mind that some corals are more analogous to bushes or something like that than to trees.) Dive safe, John -- ************************************************************* * * * John R. Ware, PhD * * President * * SeaServices, Inc. * * 19572 Club House Road * * Montgomery Village, MD, 20886 * * 301 987-8507 * * jware at erols.com * * fax: 301 987-8531 * * _ * * | * * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * * _|_ * * | _ | * * _______________________________| |________ * * |\/__ Undersea Technology for the 21st Century \ * * |/\____________________________________________/ * ************************************************************** From hendee at aoml.noaa.gov Fri Jun 2 07:01:49 2000 From: hendee at aoml.noaa.gov (Jim Hendee) Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 07:01:49 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Reefs vs. Forests thread Message-ID: Our WebMaster, Monika Gurnee (gurnee at aoml.noaa.gov), has kindly posted the two recent threads, "Reefs vs. Forests" and "Deepwater Coral 'Reefs'" on the CHAMP Page (Bulletins) at http://www.coral.noaa.gov/bulls/bulls.html The threads will be updated as necessary. Cheers, Jim Hendee From joanne.delaney at noaa.gov Fri Jun 2 16:40:28 2000 From: joanne.delaney at noaa.gov (Joanne Delaney) Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2000 16:40:28 -0400 Subject: FKNMS 1999 ZPR available on web Message-ID: <39381BB3.3A56F6B7@noaa.gov> The Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary's 1999 Zone Performance Review report, which reviews monitoring results from the Sanctuary's 23 no-take zones, is now available on our website. It may be accessed at http://www.fknms.nos.noaa.gov/research_monitoring/zpr99.html. It may also be downloaded from the website as a PDF file. -- Joanne M. Delaney Research Interpreter Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (305) 743-2437 x32 joanne.delaney at noaa.gov http://www.fknms.nos.noaa.gov From jch at aoml.noaa.gov Sat Jun 3 11:32:24 2000 From: jch at aoml.noaa.gov (coral-list admin) Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2000 15:32:24 GMT Subject: duplicates, msg #2 Message-ID: <200006031532.PAA08538@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> It appears that the problem with duplicate messages being posted to coral-list is somewhere within NOAA, possibly with machine hazmat.noaa.gov. I'm still working on it, sorry about the inconvenience... Jim From reef at bellsouth.net Sun Jun 4 14:01:47 2000 From: reef at bellsouth.net (WebMaster) Date: Sun, 04 Jun 2000 14:01:47 -0400 Subject: [Fwd: ACTION ALERT: Florida Keys Water Quality Act of 2000] Message-ID: <393A998A.4EAF6D66@bellsouth.net> -------------- next part -------------- An embedded message was scrubbed... From: "Reef Relief" Subject: ACTION ALERT: Florida Keys Water Quality Act of 2000 Date: 3 Jun 2000 22:40:53 -0000 Size: 8352 Url: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/20000604/640c953a/attachment.mht From edg at wcmc.org.uk Mon Jun 5 04:40:05 2000 From: edg at wcmc.org.uk (Ed Green) Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2000 09:40:05 +0100 Subject: corals and rainforest tree species Message-ID: Dear All, A titbit of information in response to John Ware's last posting: according to our 'forest people' there are approx. 30,000 spp. of rain forest trees. The number of tree spp. per hectare ranges between 56-92 in Africa, 108-240 in SE Asia and 56-285 in the Americas. Does anyone on this list know of regional figures for the number of species of coral/unit area for reefs? Cheers, Ed Dr. Edmund Green Head, Marine and Coastal Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre 219 Huntingdon Road Cambridge CB3 0DL United Kingdom Tel: (44) 1223 277314 Fax: (44) 1223 277136 E mail: ed.green at wcmc.org.uk http://www.wcmc.org.uk/marine From L.McCook at aims.gov.au Mon Jun 5 00:13:48 2000 From: L.McCook at aims.gov.au (Laurence McCook) Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2000 14:13:48 +1000 Subject: Bali 9th Int. Coral Reef Symposium: Proposed Session on Algal-Coral Dynamics, Phase Shifts etc Message-ID: <200006051347.NAA06620@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Proposed Session at Bali 9th Int. Coral Reef Symposium: "Algal dynamics, coral-algal interactions and phase shifts on coral reefs." OR "Dynamics, roles and interactions of benthic algae on healthy and degraded coral reefs." Dear Colleagues, We think that it would be good to arrange a session of talks at the Bali Int.Coral Reef Symp. with a theme of benthic algal ecology on coral reefs, their dynamics, roles, and interactions with corals, especially during so-called "phase shifts" and reef degradation. With the agreement of the Program organiser (Dr David Hopley), we propose to organise a session by combining suitable abstracts a post-hoc mini-symposium under a title such as those above. Although it is too late to organise a proper mini-symposium, I have offered to convene the session, along with Drs Margaret Miller (NMFS/SEFC, Florida, USA) and Dr Alina Szmant (Univ. Nth Carolina at Wilmington, USA). If you have submitted an abstract for a talk you think would be suitable, and would like to participate in such a session, please reply to Laurence McCook at the contacts below (pref. by email). If possible, please fwd me a copy of your abstract, as well. I will notify Dr Hopley of the participants. Please note that as the submission of abstracts was due by April 30th, the abstract of talks should already have been submitted to Dr Hopley. ______________________________________________________________________ Laurence McCook Margaret Miller Alina Szmant Laurence McCook (Ph.D.) Research Scientist, Coral Reef Ecology, Australian Institute of Marine Science & The CRC: Reef Research, PMB 3 Townsville MC, Qld, 4810, Australia. Ph. 07 4753-4362 Fax 07 4772-5852 [in Australia] Ph. +61 7 4753-4362 Fax +61 7 4772-5852 [International] Email: L.McCook at AIMS.Gov.Au Research description at: http://www.reef.crc.org.au/4news/Exploring/feat17.html#1 From Bprecht at pbsj.com Mon Jun 5 13:17:39 2000 From: Bprecht at pbsj.com (Precht, Bill) Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 12:17:39 -0500 Subject: President Clinton's Address Message-ID: <53BEAAB43520D4119CAE00902785C38A08B745@MIAMIMBX> Coral-Listers: Check this out this hot-link for the transcript of the address on May 26th by President Clinton on "Protecting the Oceans". http://www.pub.whitehouse.gov/uri-res/I2R?urn:pdi://oma.eop.gov.us/2000/5/26 /25.text.1 Cheers, Bill William F. Precht Ecological Sciences Program Manager PBS&J Miami From jware at erols.com Mon Jun 5 13:14:40 2000 From: jware at erols.com (John Ware) Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2000 13:14:40 -0400 Subject: Travel information. 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URL: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/20000605/4807df62/attachment.html From laacosta55 at hotmail.com Mon Jun 5 12:41:58 2000 From: laacosta55 at hotmail.com (alberto alcosta) Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2000 12:41:58 COT Subject: Literature request for Palythoa/scleractinian interaction Message-ID: <20000605174159.95439.qmail@hotmail.com> Dear Cheryl I have follow Palythoa caribaeorum closely during more than 4 years in Sao Paulo coast, Brazil and also in Colombian Caribbean coast. I agree with Dr. Burnett that corals die for many reasons (euthophication etc..) and later the free space is colonize by Zoanthids. After colonization Zoanthids can keep the space for many years or decades, it can be done throughout several mechanisms of asexual reproduction and active competition. Some of the mechanisms of asexual strategies I have documented in my Ph.D. thesis that you can find at Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium library (LUMCON). I have seen few times Palythoa/scleractinian interactions in the field, but frequently Palythoa - Zoanthus interactions, or sponge or ascidea - Palythoa interactions. In my experience, species that arrive close to zoanthids remain in stand-off for months or years, of coarse who wins it will depends of many factors but usually this process its takes time. Palythoa caribaeorum is now the dominant specie in shallow areas in Santa Marta, Colombian Caribbean coast were 20 years ago was occupied by hard corals. This place in my point of view was affected hardly by eutrophication and sedimentation process. In Sao paulo coast, Rio de Janeiro and Recife Brazil I have found extensively areas dominated by Palythoa caribaeorum. I can say that this is one of the key benthic species in these systems. I have measured colonies as big as 32m2. I think that zoanthids will cover more and more space in the next future and probably they will receive more attention by coral scientist. Further reference Undergraduate thesis in Palythoa caribaeorum. Marcela Gonzalez. 1999. Colony size vs. fission. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Biologia, Bogota, Colombia. (Spanish). ------------- Alberto Acosta Asociate Professor Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Bogota, Colombia ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com From howzit at turtles.org Wed Jun 7 07:12:00 2000 From: howzit at turtles.org (Ursula Keuper-Bennett) Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2000 07:12:00 -0400 Subject: Wanted/Needed --The Right Stuff Message-ID: <4.2.2.20000607064316.01757dc0@pop.vex.net> Greetings, USA JOBS has announced an opening for a special job --that of Program Analyst for the National Marine Fisheries Service Southwest Region, Honolulu, Hawaii. Because I dive with sea turtles (I've known the same individual animals since 1989-90) I have enormous interest in finding the right person for this position. There are over 6 billion people on this planet and I'm trying to find the right one! I have a request --and some comments. I'm hoping the members of this list will read all of this and then, if you know of someone who would be REALLY GOOD in this Program Analyst job, I'd be appreciative if you forwarded my message to that person. This is a job that will clearly affect sea turtles --and sea turtles need and DESERVE The Right Stuff! (Frankly in Hawaii they're USED to it!) The ad says that the job is: "Full-time Permanent" That means someone full time and permanent will be hired to "facilitate the development and implementation of NMFS fisheries conservation and management policies and programs in the central and western Pacific Ocean". "central and western Pacific Ocean" is a BIG area. Leatherbacks ply their way there. Honu call it home. J's Yamilet, (and Adelita before her) use that corridor getting to Japan. Sea turtles LIVE there. This job is very important to sea turtles during a critical TIME for sea turtles in the Pacific. There's zero doubt that whoever the successful applicant is, he/she will play a crucial role in the future of sea turtle conservation in the central and western Pacific. Call me selfish but we want someone knowledgeable and sympathetic towards sea turtles doing the development and implementation. I really believe we need a sea turtle champion here. I'm hoping this message reaches him/her/you. I keep reading the major duties --especially those that directly affect sea turtles. Perhaps you or someone you know is perfect for this assignment. 1. Facilitate the development and implementation of NMFS fisheries conservation and management policies and programs in the central and western Pacific Ocean by reviewing proposed projects and fishery management. 2. plans and develops recommendations to minimize adverse impacts to protected resources 3. coordinates and oversees the recovery team activities and develops and implements recovery actions 4. coordinates with the observer program relating to protective species interactions (Hah! Considering NMFS laid off 12 of the 14 inspectors in Hawaii this shouldn't take TOO much coordination. This is probably the easiest part of the job!) 5. (And this is a big one in how it can affect sea turtles) participates in inter-agency groups and facilitates cooperation to provide for the conservation and recovery of protected species and their habitats. Sounds like right out of Mission Impossible! I scanned for the word "turtle" in the ad and it only came up once --in this sentence. A. Selective Placement Factor: In addition to the above requirements, consideration will only be given to applicants with experience developing and implementing participation plans under Section 4 of the Endangered Species Act and related laws for the conservation and recovery of sea turtles. "and related laws for the conservation and recovery of sea turtles." That means the implementation of the Recovery Plans for the US Pacific. And that includes leatherbacks, greens, hawksbills, olives and even loggerheads. It's obvious what's needed here. A VISIONARY WITH STRONG HEAD AND HEART. Someone special with solid biological knowledge and training in sea turtles would be PERFECT for this job! The ad posts requirements but it's written in GovSpeak. So I'll provide the necessary translation. As you read this, please see if you --or someone you respect a great deal-- has these qualifications. "Qualifications Required: Quality Ranking Factors: (*=Critical): 1) *Knowledge of the Marine Sanctuaries Act, Marine Mammal Protection Act, Endangered Species Act, Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species Treaty, and other natural resource statues and related regulations, programs, and practices;" TRANSLATION: This is the Number One most important thing we need. We need someone with a strong working knowledge of a whole pile of regulations, statues, programs etc etc dealing with anything aquatic. We're looking for an EXPERT. (2) *Ability to interpret, analyze, and apply pertinent laws and regulations to develop recommendations on fisheries management, protected species, and habitat conservation strategies; TRANSLATION: We're looking for someone REALLY SPECIAL (or with the potential and desire to be) who can take his/her working knowledge of the "regs" and apply them effectively to real life situations. You'll be calling the shots in this part of the Pacific regarding fisheries, protected species and their habitats. While NMFS won't tell you this, you'll be playing God because your decisions and actions will be far-reaching right through this millennium. (3) * Ability to assimilate information from many sources and use the information to identify potential issues, prepare reports, analyze and evaluate current programs, recommend policy changes, etc; TRANSLATION: This ain't a 9 to 5 job. (4) * Skill in interacting with Pacific Island cultures and with other governments, national/state/local offices, the scientific community, and other organizations such as public interest groups and the media. TRANSLATION: It would be great if you're already comfortable with the locals and culture in Hawaii and maybe even did a stint around some other Pacific islands. But if you haven't and you quality in every other way all we're really looking for is the right MINDSET. We need you to MATTER! We need you to keep an open mind, genuinely respect other people's views, be prepared to do more listening than talking --and to genuinely like working with people. As much as you might care about sea turtles, monk seals, whales, and fishes you have to appreciate humans first. Yours will be a delicate dance. Last a reminder: Closing Date: 06/12/2000 Salary: $39178 per year - $61040 per year Duty Location: 1 vacancy at HONOLULU, HI The rest is at: Ursula Keuper-Bennett ---------------------------------------------------- ^ Ursula Keuper-Bennett 0 0 mailto: howzit at turtles.org /V^\ /^V\ /V Turtle Trax V\ http://www.turtles.org / \ "You don't move around among a different species for most of your life without learning to read a lot of their body language, especially since it's in such large print." \ / --Terry Pratchett / \ / \ (Lords and Ladies) /__| V |__\ malama na honu From Roger.B.Griffis at hdq.noaa.gov Tue Jun 6 19:52:51 2000 From: Roger.B.Griffis at hdq.noaa.gov (Roger B Griffis) Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2000 19:52:51 -0400 Subject: Announcement: 5th U.S. Coral Task Force Meeting Message-ID: <393D8ED2.CE6595F1@hdq.noaa.gov> U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Department of Commerce Washington, D.C. 20240 Washington, D.C. 20230 May 30, 2000 Dear Colleague: On behalf of the Co-Chairs of the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force, Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt and Under Secretary of Commerce D. James Baker, we announce that the fifth meeting of the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force will be held on Saturday, August 5 through Monday, August 7, 2000 in Pago Pago, American Samoa. A number of important issues will be addressed at this meeting. The primary purpose of this meeting will be to review and discuss efforts to implement the National Action Plan to Conserve Coral Reefs adopted by the Task Force at its March meeting in Washington, D.C. Additional information on the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force is available on the Task Force web site http://coralreef.gov/. A summary of action items from the March meeting, a complete agenda for the August meeting, and specific logistical information pertaining to the August meeting will be posted on the web site shortly. Please note that flights and accommodations may be limited at this location. If you plan to attend the fifth meeting of the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force, please fill out the enclosed registration form and fax it to Matt Stout (301-713-0404) by June 30. Mr. Stout can also help you with questions about logistic matters (301-713-3145, ext-173 or matthew.stout at noaa.gov). There will be limited space available for exhibits or displays (please contact Nancy Daschbach, 684-633-7354 or nancy.daschbach at noaa.gov). If you have questions about other aspects of the meeting please contact Dr. Michael Crosby (202-791-1750; mcrosby at usaid.gov). Sincerely, /signed/ Steven Saunders /signed/ Sally Yozell Steven Saunders Sally J. Yozell Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fish Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oceans And Wildlife and Parks and Atmosphere Department of the Interior Department of Commerce ____________________________ REGISTRATION FORM Fifth meeting of the US Coral Reef Task Force August 5-7, 2000 Pago Pago, American Samoa Name: Title: Name to appear on name tag: FedEx Mailing Address: Phone: Fax: E-mail: Date of arrival in Pago Pago: Date of departure from Pago Pago: Fax completed registration form to Mr. Matt Stout (301-713-0404) by June 30, 2000 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Roger.B.Griffis.vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 424 bytes Desc: Card for Roger B Griffis Url : http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/20000606/e2c1df3d/attachment.vcf From eshinn at usgs.gov Fri Jun 9 14:20:03 2000 From: eshinn at usgs.gov (Gene Shinn) Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 14:20:03 -0400 Subject: coral reef definition Message-ID: As a geologist, I can attest that the argument over what is and what is not a reef is as old as the hills. Alina Szamant's definition is short and about as good as any. Remember the Exxon Valdize struck Bligh "Reef" even though we know it was just a mountain top. Using the Fagerstrom definition, and many others, about 99.9 percent of the so-called reefs in the Florida Keys fail the test. Hundreds of kilimeters of high resolution seismic profiles and numerous core holes have shown that what is generally called the outer reef is just Pleistocene limestone ridge with a thin coating of corals sponges and gorgonians. The major reefs like Molasses, Elbow, etc. and some inner patches like Grecian and Key Largo Dry Rocks are indeed domal structures built up to sealevl by corals and would be considered coral reefs by Fagerstrom. However, these "named" reefs cover less less than 1 percent of the Florida reef tract. For example, a 29-m-deep core drilled in 14 m of water adjacent to the Aquarius Underwater habitat encountered about 10 to 12 cm of "coral" accumulation. The rest was Pleistocene limestone. There are scattered 1 m high coral heads at least 100 years old in this area but between them there has been essentially no reef accumulation over the past 6,000 years of submergence. Without drilling who would have guessed that what looks like a typical coral reef is just a thin coating over preexisting topography? I still like to call it a reef however, and I think most of us will continue to do so. For a detailed set of maps of the area off Key Largo that show, sediment and reef thickness, underlying bedrock topography and benthic/sediment habitats contact, blidz at usgs.gov. and ask for Open-File Map 1-2505. Gene "When you are on the wrong train, every stop is the wrong stop" Dennis Hubbard. ------------------------------------ ----------------------------------- | For a different track go to http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/african_dust/ E. A. Shinn email eshinn at usgs.gov USGS Center for Coastal Geology | 600 4th St. South | voice (727) 803-8747 x3030 St.Petersburg, FL 33701 | fax (727) 803-2032 ------------------------------------ ----------------------------------- From seecatz at yahoo.com Mon Jun 12 09:35:25 2000 From: seecatz at yahoo.com (Amanda Bourque) Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 06:35:25 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Haiti reefs Message-ID: <20000612133525.9930.qmail@web1303.mail.yahoo.com> Hello: Can anyone refer me to past or present reef researchers who have worked in Haiti? Please respond to me directly. Thank you. --Amanda Bourque ===== ***************************** Amanda Bourque/Ussel Campbell 11659 Griffing Blvd., Apt. 4 Biscayne Park, FL 33161 305-893-0602 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos -- now, 100 FREE prints! http://photos.yahoo.com From connell at lifesci.ucsb.edu Fri Jun 9 15:48:58 2000 From: connell at lifesci.ucsb.edu (Joe Connell) Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 11:48:58 -0800 Subject: Postdoctoral position in Ecology Message-ID: <200006101311.NAA58826@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> 9 June 2000 Dear Colleague, I have a position for a Postdoc to continue a research project that I have been doing in Queensland, Australia, studying the community ecology of corals and algae. Funding through the National Science Foundation is available for up to 5 years. I hope to fill it by October 2000. The person will be based at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Most of the work will be data analyses with perhaps some modelling, though some field work at my site at Heron Island, Queensland, is a possibility. I hope you will bring this opening to the attention of your students and colleagues. Thanks, Joe Connell POSTDOCTORAL POSITION IN ECOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position in Population/Community Ecology. The position is available from July 1, 2000, for a period of up to 5 years. The main job will be analyses of a long-term data set on corals and algae. The main criteria are: a knowledge of standard statistics for ecology, familiarity with elementary programming and modelling, research experience in some type of ecological field work, and imagination, curiosity, and a knack for working independently. In addition, some knowledge of spatial statistics, and a familiarity with the C programming language are desirable, though not essential. A PhD in some aspect of ecology is required, not necessarily in coral or algal ecology. The person will be based at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Candidates should email or fax a letter describing their research interests and experience, and a CV, with names, telephone no., fax no., mailing address, and email address of 3 references, to: J. H. Connell, Dept. Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106. Email: connell at lifesci.ucsb.edu. Fax: 805-893-3777. .A description of work in this long-term project can be found at: http://lifesci.ucsb.edu/EEMB/faculty/connell/connell.html This university is an EEO/AA Employer From mrshok at hotmail.com Mon Jun 12 13:31:20 2000 From: mrshok at hotmail.com (Mohammad Reza Shokri) Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 13:31:20 IRST Subject: HSPs in corals of the Persian Gulf Message-ID: <20000612090121.98328.qmail@hotmail.com> Dear Coral-listers Thank you all who replied to our request on HSPs in corals of the Persian Gulf. I am really grateful if anybody answer my new questions (no: 3 and 4): I am going to measure the Heat Shock Proteins (HSPs) in the tissue of hard coral's of the Persian Gulf. I would appreciate anyone to introduce any paper in this regard and direct me in the following aspects: 1. What is the easiest way to remove the tissue from coral skeleton? 2. Which type of hard coral is the most suitable for this purpose? 3. What is the best protocol for assay of HSPs in corals? 4. Do corals make any adaptations to chronic environmental stressors according to their HSP content? Yours Peyman ______________________________ Peyman Eghtesadi (Ph.D. candidate) Iranian National Center for Oceanography #51, Bozorgmehr Ave., Tehran, 14168, Iran Tel: +98-21-6419891 Fax: +98-21-6419978 Email: peyman at ibb.ut.ac.ir ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com From martinpecheux at minitel.net Mon Jun 12 12:05:45 2000 From: martinpecheux at minitel.net (MARTIN PECHEUX) Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 18:05:45 +0200 (MET DST) Subject: Opinion Poll on Bleaching Message-ID: <20000612160545.542D65737A@smtp2-out.minitel.net> Dear all, This is an opinion poll among reef researchers on our "best guess" of the future impact of bleaching, before Samoa and Bali congresses. Just REply> by your choice number (commentaries not excluded). Would you say that Coral Reef Mass Bleaching will be : 0/ a benefit to coral reefs 1/ of no overall effects, or balanced negative and positive influences 2/ worrysome 3/ seriously damaging 4/ catastrophic 5/ almost or total disappearance of reefs Thanks, Martin Pecheux, Nice University From ltpv at online.marine.su Tue Jun 13 19:47:04 2000 From: ltpv at online.marine.su (Latypov) Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 09:47:04 +1000 Subject: ?bioherm Message-ID: <000401bfd592$420923e0$0f02000a@ltpv.online.marine.su> Dear coral-listers, I watch with the large interest discussion concerning the terms reefs and bioherms . The statements the Alina Szmant and Mark Erdmann are especially close to me. I am the geologist and sea biologist. I studied long time of Rugosa and paleozoic sea communities (Ph.D. dissertation, geology). I study modern reefs and their benthic communities since 1976. I investigated many reefs from Australia up to Africa (Dr.Sc. dissertation, biology) I would like to add to this discussion the supervision and my point of view on this problem. I observed many times in paleozoic depositions moundlike structures from increasing against each other Tabulates, Stromatoporates, Rugosas, Brachiopods, Bryozoas, Crinoideas and so on. It is the present bioherms by Cumings. I saw the same structures on reefs of the Timor Sea, Vietnam, Seychelles Islands, Island Sokotra and other reefs. They were formed on large massive colonies Porites or on organogenous blocks. These structures are very similar to mineral bioherms and answer by definition the term a bioherms , except for that condition, that they are made in environmental breed. However on reefs of Sokotra I saw such bioherms half cover by modern reefogenous depositions from rests of foraminifers and calcareous seaweed Halimeda. I consider what the term bioherms (by Cumings, ER. 1932. Reefs or Bioherms? Geol. Soc. Am. Bull. 43: 331-352) can be applied to modern moundlike structures generated from corals and sessile macrobenthos, accompanying them. The word a reef leaves by the roots to Dutch Rif and German Ripple , that designated an edge or cross obstacle. We are interested not with the sea term and biological organic reef. I agree completely with the Mark that the recurrent themes for reefs include: -rigid framework -dense packing of sessile (often colonial), gregarious organisms whose skeletons are intergrown in living position -positive topographic relief However as correctly wrote Alina Everyone wants to have a coral reef in their back yard and many systems that are not true " coral reefs " are being called by that name . Corals can have high cover on a volcanic and rocky substrate, but it will be the coral settlements. The coral reef is an ecosystem which has except for the set forth above characteristics distinct bionomic zonality that indicates the presence of two portions: an inner heterotrophic and outer autotrophic one. Best regards, Yuri Latypov Chief Laboratory of Benthos Ecology Institute of Marine Biology Vladivostok, 69041 Russia From flinnc at hotmail.com Tue Jun 13 22:12:55 2000 From: flinnc at hotmail.com (Flinn Curren) Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 19:12:55 PDT Subject: Tagging corals Message-ID: <20000614021255.99181.qmail@hotmail.com> Dear List, We would like to tag individual corals and be able to revisit them annually. Does anyone have a suitable technique for coral tagging? Please respond directly to me at flinnc at hotmail.com Thanks. ---- Flinn Curren phone: (684) 633-4456 Department of Marine & Wildlife Resources fax: (684) 633-5944 American Samoan Government P.O. Box 3730 Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799 USA e-mail: flinnc at hotmail.com ---- ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com From tracy.gill at noaa.gov Wed Jun 14 07:51:50 2000 From: tracy.gill at noaa.gov (Gill_Tracy) Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 07:51:50 -0400 Subject: NOAA project: Benthic habitat mapping & assoc. reef fish utilization Message-ID: <394771D2.1E5569BC@noaa.gov> NOAA Coral Reef Initiative: Mapping Reef Fish Utilization of Benthic Habitats off Southwest Puerto Rico and St John, USVI Mark Monaco, Matt Kendall and John Christensen of the NOAA/CCMA Biogeography Team and John Burke, Craig Bonn and Mark Fonseca of NOAA/CMER just completed a two-week survey of fish habitat utilization off southwest Puerto Rico. Visual census counts by divers and netting were used to define patterns in fish habitat utilization, and underwater video and GPS were used to document areas of habitat. The survey work complements the development of CCMA's benthic habitat maps via expert interpretation of aerial photographs. This work is part of a larger study that began in 1999 and includes developing regional benthic habitat classification guides, maps of benthic habitat and species distributions, and determining the strength of spatial correlation between species and habitat types. This work will be used to determine if there is significant essential fish habitat (EFH) as defined by the Caribbean Fishery Management Council to consider these areas for designation as Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). Similar work will be conducted by Biogeography Program staff off St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands during the June 17-July 1 time period. For more information contact Dr. Mark Monaco (301-713-3028, ext. 160 or Mark.Monaco at noaa.gov). -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/20000614/f8a37dc6/attachment.html From Timothy_Swain at excite.com Wed Jun 14 13:18:32 2000 From: Timothy_Swain at excite.com (Timothy Swain) Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 10:18:32 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Tagging corals Message-ID: <18179208.961003112427.JavaMail.imail@wiser.excite.com> We regularly tag gorgonian colonies by pounding masonary nails into the (dead) reef substrate and attach pre-numbered aluminium tags with two cable ties. One sinched tightly around the nail the other through a hole in the Al tag. Works well. _______________________________________________________ Get 100% FREE Internet Access powered by Excite Visit http://freelane.excite.com/freeisp From morelock at coqui.net Thu Jun 15 13:31:37 2000 From: morelock at coqui.net (jack morelock) Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 10:31:37 -0700 Subject: No subject Message-ID: I have posted a bibliography of about 3750 coral and carbonate references at http://cima.uprm.edu/~morelock/creferen.htm I ame in the process of adding abstracts to all of the references that I have the paper or meeting reference. 15 jul complete to F. I am also adding a figure from each reference where it is useful. these are only through B's. I have told NOAA that they are welcome to add a link to this in the literature section - you can reach the link directly. during the summer, I will be adding abstracts and figures, so if the references are useful to you check back. The choice of references are primarily geological, but many biological aspect papers are included. do not expect to find anything on fish, invertebrates that do not impact the reefs or other purely biological topics. if you have a reference, abstract or figure that you think should be added, please post information to me at morelock at coqui.net From jch at aoml.noaa.gov Thu Jun 15 15:06:28 2000 From: jch at aoml.noaa.gov (coral workstation) Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 19:06:28 GMT Subject: coral shutdown Message-ID: <200006151906.TAA96003@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Greetings, This message is to advise you that the coral workstation, which operates several listservers and the CHAMP Home Page, will be shut down for routine maintenance some time within the next couple of days. Therefore, if you have any messages you wish posted, now is the time to do it. Cheers, Jim Hendee coral-list admin From martinpecheux at minitel.net Sat Jun 17 16:22:50 2000 From: martinpecheux at minitel.net (MARTIN PECHEUX) Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 22:22:50 +0200 (MET DST) Subject: RESULTS OF POLL OPINION ON BLEACHING Message-ID: <20000617202250.394CD48E55@smtp3-out.minitel.net> Dear all, Here are the results of the Opinion Poll on Coral Bleaching asked last week. There was 68 responses now. It is somewhat disapointing given the number of people connect to the CoralList (but the WHO command to majordomo is now secret ! what is this fucking shit, Hendee ?). On the other side I guess that only advertized people answered. Whatsoever it's a very representative opinion which emerge. First, many had difficulty to answer ("between 3 and 5", 2 plus, etc..) and there was 5 RE without a number ! Hard to predict ! (In the below results I split intermediare up and below by half). ANSWERS : Would you say that Coral Reef Mass Bleaching will be : 0# 0/ a benefit to coral reefs 3# 1/ of no overall effects, or balanced negative and positive influences 13# 2/ worrysome 24# 3/ seriously damaging 15# 4/ catastrophic an half# 5/ almost or total disappearance of reefs 5# no opinion given Commentaries : There was zero rank zero (benefit) Its clear that the main opinion converge on 3, seriously damaging, with an ? peu pr?s. Nobody choose 5, almost or total disappearance of reefs, but ME, the 69 answer. Guess I bet you all with my 120 000 fluorescence data. Its a great sadness. In the Perpignan meeting, seeing bleaching photos, I made a joke : "in 20 years there will be no more reef biologists, only geologists". This joke came me back twice ! Terry, you are in 2, a little outside ! Cheers, Martin P?cheux, Nice University Below is some extracts of the commentaries : who knows whether humans as a whole... Nature never makes mistakes. category worrisome I predict this middle "an hypothetical question" PS WHAT THAT ? Ca c'est mon avis. I cant help but think despite the rather vague poll, confounding, local anthropogenic stressors Although I am not a researcher in corals It is certainly already worrysome....globally. Depending on your favorite reef area.. I doubt... will be eliminated probably a blip in the life history of a reef planet El Nino's between 3 (seriously damaging) and 5 (almost or total dissaparance of reefs). Discovery Channel interested by results I therefor do not think that bleaching will be the end of coral reefs. will become catastrophic I would say it will be catastrophic. I would say a two. good luck! On the other hand, coral reefs have not been completely wiped out in the next decade or two I would answer # My HOPE ... at least stabilization IF we were able to cut back on CO2 Cheers, I really don't think (that we have the temporal resolution to really know ) From hendee at aoml.noaa.gov Sun Jun 18 12:51:39 2000 From: hendee at aoml.noaa.gov (Jim Hendee) Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 12:51:39 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Martin Pecheux shoots himself in the foot In-Reply-To: <20000617202250.394CD48E55@smtp3-out.minitel.net> Message-ID: Now here is a perfect example of why I don't let people get a list of who is on coral-list: so rude knuckleheads like Martin Pecheux don't harass us with his unsolicited, idiotic rude behavior (but also so you won't be harassed by solicitors). Needless to say, I can not find it within myself to allow this fellow, who has enjoyed (note past tense) the benefit of me allowing him to distribute his software and previous work via my CHAMP Page for years, to remain a coral-list subscriber. Instead of asking why I don't allow people to gain access to the names-list, this individual shoots himself in the foot and commits professional suicide. If you find his behavior offensive, I enjoin you to let him know, because he won't be receiving this message via coral-list, that is certain. Cheers, Jim On Sat, 17 Jun 2000, MARTIN PECHEUX wrote: > Dear all, > > Here are the results of the Opinion > Poll on Coral Bleaching asked last > week. There was 68 responses now. > It is somewhat disapointing given > the number of people connect to the > CoralList (but the WHO command to > majordomo is now secret ! what is > this fucking shit, Hendee ?). On > the other side I guess that only > advertized people answered. > Whatsoever it's a very > representative opinion which > emerge. > First, many had difficulty to > answer ("between 3 and 5", 2 plus, > etc..) and there was 5 RE without a > number ! Hard to predict ! (In the > below results I split intermediare > up and below by half). > > ANSWERS : > Would you say that Coral Reef Mass > Bleaching will be : > 0# 0/ a benefit to coral reefs > 3# 1/ of no overall effects, or > balanced negative and positive > influences > 13# 2/ worrysome > 24# 3/ seriously damaging > 15# 4/ catastrophic > an half# 5/ almost or total > disappearance of reefs > 5# no opinion given > > Commentaries : > There was zero rank zero (benefit) > Its clear that the main opinion > converge on 3, seriously damaging, > with an ? peu pr?s. > Nobody choose 5, almost or total > disappearance of reefs, but ME, the > 69 answer. Guess I bet you all with > my 120 000 fluorescence data. Its a > great sadness. In the Perpignan > meeting, seeing bleaching photos, I > made a joke : "in 20 years there > will be no more reef biologists, > only geologists". This joke came me > back twice ! > Terry, you are in 2, a little > outside ! > Cheers, > > Martin P?cheux, Nice University > > Below is some extracts of the > commentaries : > who knows whether humans as a > whole... > Nature never makes mistakes. > category worrisome I predict this > middle > "an hypothetical question" PS WHAT > THAT ? > Ca c'est mon avis. > I cant help but think > despite the rather vague poll, > confounding, > local anthropogenic stressors > Although I am not a researcher in > corals > It is certainly already > worrysome....globally. > Depending on your favorite reef > area.. > I doubt... will be eliminated > probably a blip in the life history > of a reef > planet El Nino's > between 3 (seriously damaging) and > 5 (almost or total dissaparance of > reefs). > Discovery Channel interested by > results > I therefor do not think that > bleaching will be the end of coral > reefs. > will become catastrophic > I would say > it will be catastrophic. > I would say a two. good luck! > On the other hand, coral reefs > have not been completely wiped out > in the next decade or two I would > answer # > My HOPE ... at least stabilization > IF we were able to cut back on CO2 > Cheers, > I really don't think (that we have > the temporal resolution to really > know ) > From Bprecht at pbsj.com Mon Jun 26 14:55:00 2000 From: Bprecht at pbsj.com (Precht, Bill) Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 13:55:00 -0500 Subject: General call for papers. Message-ID: <200006280955.JAA05415@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Dear Coral Reefers: The geological journal "Carbonates and Evaporites" published by the Northeastern Science Foundation, is soliciting geologically based coral reef manuscripts for inclusion in upcoming issues. A separate "reef section" will be a regular feature of the journal - this is based on the tremendous success of last year's special volume (v13,# 1, 1998) dedicated to the "Geological Side of the International Year of the Reef". Anyone interested in submitting a manuscript should contact Reef Editor - William F. Precht at the address listed below. William F. Precht, P.G. Ecological Sciences Program Manager PBS&J 2001 NW 107th Avenue Miami, Florida 33172 USA phone: (305) 592-7275 x.488 fax: (305) 594-9574 email: Bprecht at pbsj.com For other inquires about "Carbonates and Evaporites" or the Northeastern Science Foundation please contact - Dr. Gerald Friedman, Editor Northeastern Science Foundation Inc., affliated with Brooklyn College, Rensselaer Center of Applied Geology P.O. Box 746, 15 Third Street Troy, New York 12181-0746 email: gmfriedman at juno.com From akivab at earthlink.net Fri Jun 23 11:53:39 2000 From: akivab at earthlink.net (akiva boker) Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 11:53:39 -0400 Subject: Artificial coral reefs Message-ID: <200006280953.JAA07933@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Dear NOAA officials, I have just got back from a fascinating trip to the Red Sea a mixture between art and science. The purpose of the trip was to see and evaluate what has been done in the area of artificial coral reefs means - underwater structures for the purpose of establishing new settlements of corals and eventually creating a habitat for fishes and invertebrates . My partner Dr Nadav Shashar from The Inter University Institute of Eilat and I met with government officials, business people and other scientists to start the conversation regarding "The Peace Reef" - creating an artificial coral reef in the northern part of the Gulf of Aqaba/Eilat, along the northern beach and extending to the Jordanian/Israeli border. This project sets out to build, for the first time ever, a new biological ecosystem. We dove in to two sites were artificial structures have been introduced to develop a base for coral settlement. The first site was of a battle ship which was sunk for the purpose for attracting divers - the 2nd site was a structure of a pyramid which was introduced for research purposes. These dives gave us a batter picture of how to conduct the construction of "The Peace Reef" as a structure which combines art science. The reef will be constructed out of especially designed modules which will provide highly complex surfaces for coral reef development. Addition to the modules the reef's structure may be augmented with some armored military weapons donated by the previously opponent countries, and with specially made sculptures (an underwater sculpture garden). These will provide focal points along the reef. The sculpture garden will be an ongoing attraction - "fed" by an annually competition. At the moment the Red Sea Conservation Alliance is in search for funding. I am very excited to be involve with this project to know more about artificial reef projects arround the world - can you refer me to 2-3 case studies were artitficial reef "garden"/system have been created successfuly? Yours Truly Akiva Boker Akiva Boker Environmentalist The Red Sea Conservation Alliance 151 W 74 St # 5D New, NY, 10023 PH 212 875 8822 FX 212 875 1954 e mail: akivab at earthlink.net From b984138 at sci.u-ryukyu.ac.jp Wed Jun 28 05:57:50 2000 From: b984138 at sci.u-ryukyu.ac.jp (Robert van Woesik) Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:57:50 GMT Subject: websites Message-ID: <200006280957.JAA05440@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> For the educators out there among us, next semester (in fact every semester) I will update my website lecture notes on coral reef ecology. It is far from complete but it is a start. The lecture notes are aimed mainly at undergraduate university students. To save my students from excessive personal dogma it would be nice to have a reference list of other websites that contain lecture notes on coral reef ecology. I have attempted to make some links but I only come across new and relevant websites haphazardly. So here is my website address http://www.cc.u-ryukyu.ac.jp/~b984138/ in the hope of generating such a reference list. Best regards Rob van Woesik ******************************************* Dr. Robert van Woesik Associate Professor Department of Marine Sciences University of the Ryukyus Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0123 JAPAN E-mail: b98413 at sci.u-ryukyu.ac.jp Website: http://www.cc.u-ryukyu.ac.jp/~b984138/ Ph: (81) 098 895 8564 Fax: (81) 098 895 8552 From JandL at rivnet.net Wed Jun 21 21:13:02 2000 From: JandL at rivnet.net (Judith Lang & Lynton Land) Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 21:13:02 -0400 Subject: US Coral-listers: the House Coral Bill needs your help Message-ID: <200006280952.JAA07919@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Dear US Coral-listers, The good news: Congress is attempting to pass legislation to ensure a future for the interagency US Coral Reef Task Force that resulted from President Clinton's Executive Order two years ago! The bad news: Section 4(c) of House bill (H.R.3919) would grant exclusive authority in the Federal Government to the Secretary of Commerce for managing coral reef ecosystems in the US Exclusive Economic Zone! This would remove the lead management role of the Department of the Interior from some of the US's National Parks, National Wildlife Refuges, and some other marine areas under their management! It is also in contradiction to the spirit of the Executive Order, which was intended to maximize interagency efforts to conserve coral reefs! Please help restore the original intent of the Executive Order, and the stated intent of the legislation, by dashing off a letter to YOUR congressperson, explaining your concerns with Section 4(c). To help you with the composition of your letter, below is a copy of letter that was sent to the House Resource Committee by the Marine Conservation Biology Institute, Oceanwatch, the Sierra Club, the Center for Marine Conservation and the American Oceans Campaign on June 19th. Time is off the essence: it's my understanding that this bill was passed by the committee, but the issue is coming up again when H.R. 3919 is considered on the House floor, PROBABLY WITHIN A WEEK OR TWO! Many thanks, Judy Lang ------------- > >June 19, 2000 > > >Honorable Don Young, Chairman >House Resources Committee >U.S. House of Representatives >Washington, DC 20515 > >Honorable George Miller, Ranking Member >House Resources Committee >U.S. House of Representatives >Washington, DC 20515 > >RE: H.R. 3919, the Coral Reef Conservation and Restoration Partnership >Act of 2000 >POSITION: Strike Section 4 (c) > >Dear Chairman Young, Ranking Member Miller, and members of the Committee: > >We strongly urge the committee to strike Section 4 (c) of H.R.3919 which >restricts the Secretary of the Interior's authority to manage and conserve >coral reef ecosystems in the existing National Parks, future National >Wildlife Refuges, and other Interior holdings. > >This legislation, designed to maximize interagency efforts to conserve coral >reefs, should not undermine the existing authorities of any agency. >Unfortunately, Section 4 (c) would do just that. Under the pending Committee >Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute, Section 4(c) would grant exclusive >authority in the federal government to the Secretary of Commerce for managing >coral reef ecosystems in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). This is a >substantive change in federal policy that if passed, would transfer authority >to the Secretary of Commerce from the Department of Interior for managing >coral reef resources in certain areas within existing National Parks, future >National Wildlife Refuges and other Interior holdings. > >Although we support other provisions of H.R.3919, we oppose this language >because it runs counter to the stated purpose of the legislation, which is to >support the efforts of the interagency Coral Reef Task Force in protecting >coral reefs. The National Wildlife Refuge and National Park systems are >critical to the legislation and Executive Order 13089's stated goal to >"protect, restore and sustainably use" coral reefs. That goal should not be >undermined by changing or diminishing the authorities of the Department of >Interior for coral reef management in its Refuges and Parks. > >Under Federal law, both the Commerce and Interior Departments have authority >to manage coral reef ecosystems under various authorities. By granting >exclusive authority to the Commerce Department, Section 4 (c) is in conflict >with the Department of Interior's current regulations in at least one >National Park, the Key Biscayne National Park, and preempts the Department of >the Interior from playing a lead management role in future National Wildlife >Refuges and other DoI holdings that overlap with the EEZ. > >In practice, the Departments of Interior and Commerce are making great >strides regarding cooperative management of coral reef ecosystems. Such >leadership and cooperation seem to be moving strong protection for the Dry >Tortugas region of the Florida Keys and the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. >When 60% of the world's coral reefs are threatened with destruction in the >next 50 years, we should not diminish the ability of any agency to protect >these fragile areas. > >We strongly urge the Committee to strike Section 4(c) from the bill as >introduced and the pending Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute. > >Sincerely, > > > >Amy Mathews-Amos >Marine Conservation Biology Institute > >Cliff McCreedy >Oceanwatch > >Dave Raney >Sierra Club > >Jack Sobel >Center for Marine Conservation > >Ted Morton >American Oceans Campaign > > From reefkeeper at earthlink.net Mon Jun 26 08:21:13 2000 From: reefkeeper at earthlink.net (Alexander Stone) Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 13:21:13 +0100 Subject: Tortugas Reserve Sign-On Alert! Message-ID: <200006280956.JAA05395@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> ********************************** Sign Your Organization On=20 to Show Support for a Dry Tortugas Ecological Reserve! PLEASE REPLY BY JUNE 29TH ********************************** Dear Friend of Coral Reefs and Reef Fish: A fabulous opportunity is now open to protect Florida's best but most threatened coral reefs. Final public comment is being accepted to establish an ecological reserve to protect the fragile marine environment in the Dry Tortugas. Your group's endorsement NOW of the letter below will make a difference in safeguarding this region. Please add your group to the other organizations asking for the establishment of a two-part Tortugas Ecological Reserve. An unprecedented Working Group of commercial fishers, recreational anglers, divers, conservationists, and resource managers spent over a year negotiating a recommendation for the reserve that protects biodiversity while at the same time minimizing socioeconomic impacts. The Working Group's recommendation, which was adopted by unanimous consensus, must now be adopted by 4 different regulatory agencies. We need you to sign your group onto the enclosed endorsement letter BY JUNE 29TH to take advantage of this opportunity to ensure that the Tortugas Ecological Reserve is created with restrictions on the "taking" of any marine life and on anchoring. Read on to review the endorsement letter, and to see and join the list =2E.. or scroll down to the next *****starred**** section to study the letter's background rationale. Thanking you in advance, Alexander Stone Director ReefKeeper International 2809 Bird Ave., PMB 162 Miami, FL 33133 phone: (305) 358-4600 fax: (305) 358-3030 e-mail: a_stone at reefkeeper.org ******** PLEASE ENDORSE THE LETTER BELOW******** ORGANIZATIONS IN SUPPORT OF A DRY TORTUGAS ECOLOGICAL RESERVE Billy Causey Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary PO Box 500368 Marathon, Florida 33050 Jeffery Scott=20 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=20 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. =20 We 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. 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. =20 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.=20 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:=20 =95 protect biodiversity;=20 =95 protect a diversity of critical habitats;=20 =95 protect ecological structure, function, and integrity;=20 =95 capture a suite of habitats critical to productivity;=20 =95 have influence beyond its boundaries;=20 =95 be able to function to replenish marine populations;=20 =95 be relatively unimpacted;=20 =95 have simplified boundaries for users and enforcement;=20 =95 maximize socioeconomic benefits; =20 =95 be no take;=20 =95 and allow non-consumptive use. =20 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. =20 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) ********BACKGROUND RATIONALE******* THE SPECTACULAR TORTUGAS The tropical waters of the Caribbean blend with the temperate waters of the Gulf of Mexico creating a phenomenal treasure trove of biodiversity in the Dry Tortugas. The Tortugas are a valuable "source" area, providing larvae and juvenile fish for the rest of the Florida Keys.=20 Lush coral forests and seagrass beds have remained relatively untouched by humans, since the Dry Tortugas lie far away from populated areas. However, increased commercial and recreational fishing, sport diving, and tourism have resulted in threats of future fish depletion and habitat damage to the Dry Tortugas marine environment. Only with input from concerned groups such as yours will these threats be minimized. THE TORTUGAS 2000 PROCESS In order to get all interested parties involved in the design of the reserve, the Tortugas 2000 Working Group was convened by the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS) to recommend locations for establishing a Dry Tortugas Ecological Reserve. The 25-member Working Group was composed of representatives from federal and state agencies, scientists, commercial fishers, recreational angling, sport diving, and environmental communities. The group was charged with designing an ecological reserve that protects the marine environment and minimizes economic impacts. UNANIMOUS CONSENSUS ON THE PROPOSED RESERVE Through unanimous consensus, the Tortugas 2000 Working Group came together with a "can-live with" approach to make sure that the ecological reserve would meet its goals without having unacceptable effects on each Working Group members business, industry, or interest.=20 The Working Group is proposing a reserve encompassing 185 square nautical miles. THE PROPOSED RESERVE The proposed Dry Tortugas Ecological Reserve is actually in two parts - Tortugas North and Tortugas South. Tortugas North, approximately 125 square nautical miles, includes high profile coral reefs such as Sherwood Forest. Tortugas South, approximately 60 square nautical miles, includes highly productive spawning sites such as Riley's Hump.=20 Together, these two areas include valuable coral reef, seagrass, and mangrove habitat that serve as spawning and nursery grounds for many economically important species. All areas of the reserve would be off-limits to all fishing and anchoring. APPROVAL WILL BE COMPLEX Implementation of the ecological reserve is an involved process involving many governmental agencies. Because the Tortugas 2000 Working Group looked at the ecological importance of the area rather than the politics, the proposed ecological reserve crosses four jurisdictions - FKNMS, Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, and the National Park Service. Each agency must approve the boundaries for the Tortugas Ecological Reserve to become a reality. HOW YOU CAN HELP Please take a few minutes to read the endorsement letter above. Then just phone (305-358-4600) , fax (305-358-3030), or e-mail (reefkeeper at reefkeeper.org) ReefKeeper International with your okay to add your group to the letter. It's that easy. Thank in you in advance for you help. Alexander Stone Director ReefKeeper International 2809 Bird Ave., PMB 162 Miami, FL 33133 phone: (305) 358-4600 fax: (305) 358-3030 e-mail: a_stone at reefkeeper.org *********************** WE NEED YOUR GROUP=20 TO ENDORSE THE LETTER=20 POSTED ABOVE BY JUNE 29TH ********************** From s96007966 at student.usp.ac.fj Mon Jun 26 18:27:30 2000 From: s96007966 at student.usp.ac.fj (Ron Devine Vave) Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 10:27:30 +1200 Subject: coral recruitment Message-ID: <200006280954.JAA05379@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Bula (Hello) everyone! I have heard, and it has been suggested to me by colleagues that one way of measuring coral recuitment is by the use of plates; whereby plates are positioned at sites of interest and the settlement by corals and or percentage cover is measured some time later. If you do know of any works, journal articles or websites which divulge iformation on this methodology, could you please inform me of them. Any information on coral mining too, would be greatly appreciated. Thanking you in advance. Ron Vave Postgraduate student, Marine Science Programme, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji Islands. From hendee at aoml.noaa.gov Wed Jun 28 05:47:02 2000 From: hendee at aoml.noaa.gov (Jim Hendee) Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 05:47:02 -0400 (EDT) Subject: coral-list Welcome Message Message-ID: Greetings, coral-listers! I'm very sorry for any inconvenience that coral-list has been inoperable for the last 10 days. 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Sincerely yours, Jim Hendee Louis Florit Philippe Dubosq Ocean Chemistry Division Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 4301 Rickenbacker Causeway Miami, FL 33149-1026 USA From gregorh at pacific.net.hk Thu Jun 22 03:34:46 2000 From: gregorh at pacific.net.hk (Gregor Hodgson) Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 15:34:46 +0800 Subject: 9th ICRS News Update Item Message-ID: <200006280952.JAA07931@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> 9 ICRS Web Update June 20, 2000 A joint GCRMN/Reef Check workshop on community-based coral reef monitoring will be held following the 9th International Coral Reef Symposium. The workshop is meant to provide an opportunity for active and new coordinators to review their technical training skills, and to compare notes with coordinators from around the world on all aspects of GCRMN/Reef Check activities -- from fund raising and public relations to community organizing and government linkages as well as technical matters. For those interested in becoming coordinators, the workshop will provide all the necessary training. There will be a mix of field activities, evening lectures and free time to dive on some nice reefs without traveling too far from Denpasar. There are only 20 places open so please sign up now if you want to join the workshop. For details please see: http://www.nova.edu/ocean/9icrs/psworkshop.html or contact Reef Check Indonesia Coordinator, Ketut Sarjana Putra -- Gregor Hodgson, PhD Coordinator, Reef Check Global Survey Program GPO Box 12375, Hong Kong Tel: (852) 2802-6937 Fax: (852) 2887-5454 Email: gregorh at pacific.net.hk Web: www.ReefCheck.org From d.j.hutchinson at uea.ac.uk Wed Jun 28 08:41:59 2000 From: d.j.hutchinson at uea.ac.uk (David Hutchinson) Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 13:41:59 +0100 Subject: No subject Message-ID: <000801bfe0fe$40bff460$a241de8b@bio.uea.ac.uk> apologies for cross-postings I have just been asked by a colleague for a percentage of fish caught from coral reef fisheries, with respect to total numbers of fish caught within the Caribbean. Does anyone know of such a statistic, or of where one can find it? many thanks, David David Hutchinson School of Development Studies University of East Anglia Norwich NR4 7TJ email: d.j.hutchinson at uea.ac.uk url: http://www.uea.ac.uk/~d955461 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: winmail.dat Type: application/ms-tnef Size: 1684 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/20000628/25fc223f/attachment.bin From d.j.hutchinson at uea.ac.uk Wed Jun 28 08:41:59 2000 From: d.j.hutchinson at uea.ac.uk (David Hutchinson) Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 13:41:59 +0100 Subject: No subject Message-ID: <000801bfe0fe$40bff460$a241de8b@bio.uea.ac.uk> apologies for cross-postings I have just been asked by a colleague for a percentage of fish caught from coral reef fisheries, with respect to total numbers of fish caught within the Caribbean. Does anyone know of such a statistic, or of where one can find it? many thanks, David David Hutchinson School of Development Studies University of East Anglia Norwich NR4 7TJ email: d.j.hutchinson at uea.ac.uk url: http://www.uea.ac.uk/~d955461 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: winmail.dat Type: application/ms-tnef Size: 1684 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/20000628/25fc223f/attachment-0001.bin From reefkeeper at earthlink.net Wed Jun 28 06:04:18 2000 From: reefkeeper at earthlink.net (Alexander Stone) Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 11:04:18 +0100 Subject: LastChanceToJoinGroupsForCoralReefTortugasReserve Message-ID: <3959CDB0.168B@earthlink.net> ****************************************** PLEASE ENDORSE LETTER BELOW BY JUNE 30TH LAST CHANCE to Join Environmental Defense, Center for Marine Conservation, World Wildlife Fund and Other Leading Groups Endorsing A Support Letter for a Coral Reef Dry Tortugas Ecological Reserve! PLEASE ENDORSE LETTER BELOW BY JUNE 30TH ****************************************** Dear Friend of Coral Reefs and Reef Fish: This is your LAST chance to have your organization join American Littoral Society, Center for Marine Conservation, Environmental Defense, FISH Unlimited, National Audubon Society, ReefKeeper International, Sierra Club, World Wildlife Fund and many other leading groups in a joint letter asking for establishment of a two-part coral reef Dry Tortugas Ecological Reserve. But you must respond by the morning of June 30th to have your group included in the letter! A fabulous opportunity is now open to protect Florida's best but most threatened coral reefs. Final public comment is being accepted now on a multi-agency proposal to establish an ecological reserve to protect the fragile marine environment in the Dry Tortugas. Adding your group's endorsement NOW to the letter below will make a difference on whether this marine habitat jewel is safeguarded. An unprecedented Tortugas 2000 Working Group representing commercial fishers, recreational anglers, scientists, divers, conservationists and resource managers spent over a year negotiating a boundaries and regulations recommendation for the reserve that protects biodiversity while at the same time minimizing socioeconomic impacts. The Working Group's recommendation, which was adopted by unanimous consensus, must now be approved by 4 different regulatory agencies. We need you to sign your group onto the enclosed endorsement letter BY THE MORNING OF JUNE 30TH. Take advantage NOW of this opportunity to ensure that the Dry Tortugas Ecological Reserve is created to encompass key coral reef sites and reef fish spawning areas, and to prevent all "taking" of any marine life within the reserve. Read on to review and endorse the joint group letter... or scroll down to the next *****starred**** section to study the letter's background rationale. Thanking you in advance, Alexander Stone Director ReefKeeper International 2809 Bird Ave., PMB 162 Miami, FL 33133 phone: (305) 358-4600 fax: (305) 358-3030 e-mail: a_stone at reefkeeper.org ******** PLEASE ENDORSE THE LETTER BELOW******** ORGANIZATIONS IN SUPPORT OF A DRY TORTUGAS ECOLOGICAL RESERVE 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) ********BACKGROUND RATIONALE******* THE SPECTACULAR TORTUGAS The tropical waters of the Caribbean blend with the temperate waters of the Gulf of Mexico creating a phenomenal treasure trove of biodiversity in the Dry Tortugas. The Tortugas are a valuable "source" area, providing larvae and juvenile fish for the rest of the Florida Keys. Lush coral forests and seagrass beds have remained relatively untouched by humans, since the Dry Tortugas lie far away from populated areas. However, increased commercial and recreational fishing, sport diving, and tourism have resulted in threats of future fish depletion and habitat damage to the Dry Tortugas marine environment. Only with input from concerned groups such as yours will these threats be minimized. THE TORTUGAS 2000 PROCESS In order to get all interested parties involved in the design of the reserve, the Tortugas 2000 Working Group was convened by the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS) to recommend locations for establishing a Dry Tortugas Ecological Reserve. The 25-member Working Group was composed of representatives from federal and state agencies, scientists, commercial fishers, recreational angling, sport diving, and environmental communities. The group was charged with designing an ecological reserve that protects the marine environment and minimizes economic impacts. UNANIMOUS CONSENSUS ON THE PROPOSED RESERVE Through unanimous consensus, the Tortugas 2000 Working Group came together with a "can-live with" approach to make sure that the ecological reserve would meet its goals without having unacceptable effects on each Working Group members business, industry, or interest. The Working Group is proposing a reserve encompassing 185 square nautical miles. THE PROPOSED RESERVE The proposed Dry Tortugas Ecological Reserve is actually in two parts - Tortugas North and Tortugas South. Tortugas North, approximately 125 square nautical miles, includes high profile coral reefs such as Sherwood Forest. Tortugas South, approximately 60 square nautical miles, includes highly productive spawning sites such as Riley's Hump. Together, these two areas include valuable coral reef, seagrass, and mangrove habitat that serve as spawning and nursery grounds for many economically important species. All areas of the reserve would be off-limits to all fishing and anchoring. APPROVAL WILL BE COMPLEX Implementation of the ecological reserve is an involved process involving many governmental agencies. Because the Tortugas 2000 Working Group looked at the ecological importance of the area rather than the politics, the proposed ecological reserve crosses four jurisdictions - FKNMS, Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, and the National Park Service. Each agency must approve the boundaries for the Tortugas Ecological Reserve to become a reality. HOW YOU CAN HELP Please take a few minutes to read the endorsement letter above. Then just phone (305-358-4600) , fax (305-358-3030), or e-mail (reefkeeper at reefkeeper.org) ReefKeeper International with your okay to add your group to the letter. It's that easy. Thank in you in advance for you help. Alexander Stone Director ReefKeeper International 2809 Bird Ave., PMB 162 Miami, FL 33133 phone: (305) 358-4600 fax: (305) 358-3030 e-mail: a_stone at reefkeeper.org *********************** WE NEED YOUR GROUP TO ENDORSE THE LETTER POSTED ABOVE BY JUNE 29TH ********************** From hzibrowi at com.univ-mrs.fr Wed Jun 28 13:04:55 2000 From: hzibrowi at com.univ-mrs.fr (Helmut ZIBROWIUS) Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 18:04:55 +0100 Subject: case of absurd CITES bureaucracy Message-ID: A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 4393 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/20000628/1e62b8a8/attachment.bin From peterburnside at yahoo.com Thu Jun 29 13:16:55 2000 From: peterburnside at yahoo.com (Peter Burnside) Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 10:16:55 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Save the Tortugas Coral Wilderness Message-ID: <20000629171655.7536.qmail@web3402.mail.yahoo.com> I thought I'd forward this along from WWF to generate some more letters. P.B. Go to > http://takeaction.worldwildlife.org/ to send free > messages urging the following officials to establish > the Tortugas > Reserve: Billy Causey, Florida Keys National Marine > Sanctuary; Dr. > Robert Shipp, Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management > Council; Russell > Nelson, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation > Commission; and > Jeffery Scott, National Park Service. > We need your help to save the imperiled coral reefs > of the Tortugas > region of the Florida Keys. As you may know, coral > reefs are > declining significantly worldwide. The proposed > Tortugas Marine > Reserve, a far-reaching and innovative plan that > World Wildlife Fund > helped develop, would protect 186 square nautical > miles of world class > coral reefs, sea grass beds, and related habitats. > By banning fishing, > collecting, anchoring, and other activities that > threaten the area, the > reserve would conserve the most remote and pristine > part of this coral > wilderness for current and future generations. > > Located 70 miles west of Key West, Florida, the > Tortugas region is > renowned for its high biodiversity and productivity. > It boasts the > cleanest waters, highest coral cover, and healthiest > fish communities > among Florida's reefs; the most successful sea > turtle nests in the Keys; > and the only breeding colonies of magnificent > frigate birds and sooty > terns in the continental United States. The > Tortugas region is also a > valuable spawning area for many threatened reef > species. > > The product of two years of research and consensus > building, the > reserve proposal is widely supported and will > benefit both fishermen > and the environment. But we need your help to make > the reserve a > reality. Key government agencies must hear now from > concerned > citizens like you. Please act today to protect this > irreplaceable ocean > wilderness. Go to > http://takeaction.worldwildlife.org/ to send free > messages urging the following officials to establish > the Tortugas > Reserve: Billy Causey, Florida Keys National Marine > Sanctuary; Dr. > Robert Shipp, Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management > Council; Russell > Nelson, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation > Commission; and > Jeffery Scott, National Park Service. > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/ From hubbard182 at worldnet.att.net Thu Jun 29 23:21:10 2000 From: hubbard182 at worldnet.att.net (Jeffrey D. & Martha H. Hubbard) Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 23:21:10 -0400 Subject: Moderators References: <20000629171655.7536.qmail@web3402.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <00c401bfe242$616fd0a0$f0444f0c@default> In an era when public service for no compensation is a dwindling memory in many areas, Jim Hendee's service to Coral-List should have some notice taken. Keeping the List running, fighting off viruses, answering the same foolish questions over and over, repelling the queries from above about why one's computer time and capacity are so expensive, even chastising the occasional wacko - this is the moderator's lot, all for the satisfaction of an important job well done. Those of us who profit intellectually (or other ways!) from Coral-List should raise a glass to Jim in thanks. Jeff ---------------------- Jeffrey D. Hubbard, M.D. Bender-St. Peter's Laboratory Albany, New York 12208 USA voice 518 525 1480 From Michael.Rard at univ-reunion.fr Fri Jun 30 08:54:30 2000 From: Michael.Rard at univ-reunion.fr (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Micha=EBl_RARD?=) Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 15:54:30 +0300 Subject: Stop Virus !!!! References: <001f01bfe27c$b9251320$ee189eca@vidrian> Message-ID: <004e01bfe292$556a5dc0$81080a0a@univreunion.fr> Dear all of members, I want to adress an alert message. In fact, the next EMail message is infected with "kak" virus. You can erase it with the last update of AVP and Norton Antivirus. Please verify your safe computer position before sendin mails. Thanks for all and be careful. Micha?l _\\///_ (? O O ?) ==================ooO=(_)=Ooo==================== * * * Micha?l RARD * * Laboratoire d'Ecologie Marine * * Universit? de la R?union, BP 7151 * * 97715 Saint Denis Messag cedex 9 * * La R?union, France * * Tel : +33(0)262-93-81-76 * * Fax : +33(0)262-93-86-85 * * E-Mail : mrard at univ-reunion.fr * ================================================= ----- Original Message ----- From: Yayasan Terumbu Karang Indonesia To: Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 1:07 PM Subject: Education Coral Reef Data Base Request Dear Colleagues, 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 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, appropriate age groups, etc. . The database will be made available to all interested stakeholders on CD-ROM and on the Internet, in time for this years 9th International Coral Reef Symposium in Bali if possible. 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. 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. 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 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) - 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. 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). 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 +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 *In order to decrease the file size for efficient e-mail transmission, this letter carries no logo and no signatures in contrast to requests, which we send out by mail. From b_seliger at hotmail.com Thu Jun 29 16:25:49 2000 From: b_seliger at hotmail.com (Beatrice Seliger) Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 16:25:49 EDT Subject: Bioluminescence in Puerto Mosquito Message-ID: <200006302115.VAA14657@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> I am very much interested in corresponding with anyone who has studied or made measurements of the bioluminescence and the organisms in Puerto Mosquito on the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico during the past 30 years. I published the original papers describing the mechanismd by which Pyrodinium bahamense var. bahamense blooms persistently in Oyster Bay, Jamaica, and in Bahia Fosforescente on the southwest coast of Puerto Rico, and also made a series of measurements in Puerto Mosquito (reprints available on request). Unfortunately Oyster Bay and Bahia Fosforescente have been impacted seriously. Puerto Mosquito appears to be the last remaining relatively pristine bioluminescent bay. I plan to make another series of measurements in Puerto Mosquito, within the next few months, to compare with what I found 30 years ago. It would be extremely helpful to have data on species compositions and abundances, nutrients, state of the surrounding mangroves, etc...determined anytime after 1970, in order to develop a more complete picture. I would be agreeable to collaboration on joint authorship of any paper that incorporated meaningful data obtained during this intermediate period. Prof. Howard Seliger McCollum Pratt Inst. and Dept. of Biology The Johns Hopkins University 3400 N. Charles Street Baltimore MD 21218 e-mail seliger at jhu.edu b_seliger at hotmail.com Tel: 410-516-7307 Home: 410-367-2232 From JandL at rivnet.net Wed Jun 21 21:13:02 2000 From: JandL at rivnet.net (Judith Lang & Lynton Land) Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 21:13:02 -0400 Subject: US Coral-listers: the House Coral Bill needs your help Message-ID: <200006280952.JAA07919@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Dear US Coral-listers, The good news: Congress is attempting to pass legislation to ensure a future for the interagency US Coral Reef Task Force that resulted from President Clinton's Executive Order two years ago! The bad news: Section 4(c) of House bill (H.R.3919) would grant exclusive authority in the Federal Government to the Secretary of Commerce for managing coral reef ecosystems in the US Exclusive Economic Zone! This would remove the lead management role of the Department of the Interior from some of the US's National Parks, National Wildlife Refuges, and some other marine areas under their management! It is also in contradiction to the spirit of the Executive Order, which was intended to maximize interagency efforts to conserve coral reefs! Please help restore the original intent of the Executive Order, and the stated intent of the legislation, by dashing off a letter to YOUR congressperson, explaining your concerns with Section 4(c). To help you with the composition of your letter, below is a copy of letter that was sent to the House Resource Committee by the Marine Conservation Biology Institute, Oceanwatch, the Sierra Club, the Center for Marine Conservation and the American Oceans Campaign on June 19th. Time is off the essence: it's my understanding that this bill was passed by the committee, but the issue is coming up again when H.R. 3919 is considered on the House floor, PROBABLY WITHIN A WEEK OR TWO! Many thanks, Judy Lang ------------- > >June 19, 2000 > > >Honorable Don Young, Chairman >House Resources Committee >U.S. House of Representatives >Washington, DC 20515 > >Honorable George Miller, Ranking Member >House Resources Committee >U.S. House of Representatives >Washington, DC 20515 > >RE: H.R. 3919, the Coral Reef Conservation and Restoration Partnership >Act of 2000 >POSITION: Strike Section 4 (c) > >Dear Chairman Young, Ranking Member Miller, and members of the Committee: > >We strongly urge the committee to strike Section 4 (c) of H.R.3919 which >restricts the Secretary of the Interior's authority to manage and conserve >coral reef ecosystems in the existing National Parks, future National >Wildlife Refuges, and other Interior holdings. > >This legislation, designed to maximize interagency efforts to conserve coral >reefs, should not undermine the existing authorities of any agency. >Unfortunately, Section 4 (c) would do just that. Under the pending Committee >Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute, Section 4(c) would grant exclusive >authority in the federal government to the Secretary of Commerce for managing >coral reef ecosystems in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). This is a >substantive change in federal policy that if passed, would transfer authority >to the Secretary of Commerce from the Department of Interior for managing >coral reef resources in certain areas within existing National Parks, future >National Wildlife Refuges and other Interior holdings. > >Although we support other provisions of H.R.3919, we oppose this language >because it runs counter to the stated purpose of the legislation, which is to >support the efforts of the interagency Coral Reef Task Force in protecting >coral reefs. The National Wildlife Refuge and National Park systems are >critical to the legislation and Executive Order 13089's stated goal to >"protect, restore and sustainably use" coral reefs. That goal should not be >undermined by changing or diminishing the authorities of the Department of >Interior for coral reef management in its Refuges and Parks. > >Under Federal law, both the Commerce and Interior Departments have authority >to manage coral reef ecosystems under various authorities. By granting >exclusive authority to the Commerce Department, Section 4 (c) is in conflict >with the Department of Interior's current regulations in at least one >National Park, the Key Biscayne National Park, and preempts the Department of >the Interior from playing a lead management role in future National Wildlife >Refuges and other DoI holdings that overlap with the EEZ. > >In practice, the Departments of Interior and Commerce are making great >strides regarding cooperative management of coral reef ecosystems. Such >leadership and cooperation seem to be moving strong protection for the Dry >Tortugas region of the Florida Keys and the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. >When 60% of the world's coral reefs are threatened with destruction in the >next 50 years, we should not diminish the ability of any agency to protect >these fragile areas. > >We strongly urge the Committee to strike Section 4(c) from the bill as >introduced and the pending Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute. > >Sincerely, > > > >Amy Mathews-Amos >Marine Conservation Biology Institute > >Cliff McCreedy >Oceanwatch > >Dave Raney >Sierra Club > >Jack Sobel >Center for Marine Conservation > >Ted Morton >American Oceans Campaign > >