Corals and human disturbance
Nicolas J. Pilcher
nick at tualang.unimas.my
Fri Sep 1 23:07:01 EDT 2000
Hi Folks:
Could anybody point me in the correct direction for authoritative
publications on corals and human disturbance, other than Bernart Salvat's
(ed.)
Human impacts on coral reefs. I am trying to make an updated listing of
human impacts on coral reefs. My draft list is as below. Any comments,
additions would be welcome.
Thanks and regards,
Nick
Collection of corals
Construction
Jewelry
Aquarium industry (including bringing corals to surface just to get the
fish)
Decoration
Souvenirs
Destructive Fishing
Blast Fishing
Cyanide Fishing
Muro Ami
Discharges
Untreated sewage
Abattoir refuse
Petroleum hydrocarbons
Drilling muds
Refineries
Oil Spills
Industrial effluents
Heavy metals
Cooling brine
Chlorinated effluents
Radioactivity
Cement dust
Solid waste dumping
Plastics, metal containers, wood, tyres, cars
Construction
Coastal reclamation
Port development
Dredging
Deepening ports and navigation channels
Direct churning of water by dredger propellers
Direct coral removal
Sedimentatation
Construction of marinas (Saudi)
Recreation
Flipper damage
Anchor damage
Shipping and Port Activities
Groundings
Discharges
Sewage
Solid waste
Bilge water
Ballast water
Fertilisers, phosphate, manganese and bauxite spills
War Related
Oil spills
Target practice
Development of military bases
Indirect
Global warming and bleaching
Agricultural practices in the runoff of fertilisers and pesticides
Logging and erosion in the form of sedimentation
Nicolas J. Picher, PhD
Shell Research Fellow
Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation
University Malaysia Sarawak
94300 Kota Samarahan
Sarawak, Malaysia
Tel. ++ 60 82 671000 Ext 181/257
Fax. ++ 60 82 671903
Email: nick at tualang.unimas.my
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