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I apologize for the tardiness in returning this information to
you...
Jocelyn O'Neill
Perry Institute for Marine Science
Caribbean Marine Research Center
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From: Alina M. Szmant <mailto:szmanta at uncwil.edu>
To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
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Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 1:34 PM
Subject: marine labs in Caribbean
Dear All:
I would like to compile a list of marine labs in the Caribbean
with good
access to coral reefs that are available for use by researchers
and
educators. I would greatly appreciate it if those of you that
manage such
facilities could respond to this request with the information
below. I will
compile the answers and make it available all those who might be
interested.
Many thanks for your time!
Alina Szmant
*********************
Name of marine lab: Caribbean Marine Research Center
Country/city located: Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas
Airport/transportation info: Approximately $350 - 400 (From
Miami)
approx cost to travel to area from major US city (Miami, New
York)
Contact info for director/manager:
Executive Director - John Marr, PhD
Perry Institute for Marine Science
Caribbean Marine Research Center
250 Tequesta Drive - Suite 304
Tequesta, FL 33469
(561) 741-0192 Fax (561) 741-0193
<mailto:jmarr at cmrc.org > jmarr at cmrc.org
<http://www.cmrc.org>
www.cmrc.org
Center Director - Craig Dahlgren
Caribbean Marine Research Center
Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas
(305) 373-9370 ext 203 Fax (413) 778-7959
<mailto:cdahlgren @cmrc.org> cdahlgren at cmrc.org
<http://www.cmrc.org/> www.cmrc.org
Description of facilities: (web site URL): <http://www.cmrc.org>
www.cmrc.org
SHORE FACILITIES
* Private Airstrip - (910m X 23m)
* Power Generators - (2) 110kW, (2) 20kW
* Freshwater Plant - Reverse Osmosis; 3000 gal/day; Cisterns
* Communications - multiple line VOIP-PBX system and internet &
email
access via 128K satelllite connection, stand alone satellite
telephone;
Batelco cellular telephone, VHF, UNICOM, single sideband radio
* Housing - permanent residents: 7; visitors: 40
* Dining Hall - commercial kitchen, seating for up to 50 persons.
* Machine Shop - drill press, table saw, bandsaw, welding
machine,
cutting torch, complete power and hand tools.
* Construction Equipment - trucks, crane, skid loader
* Main Laboratory - (30 X 60 ft) office space, computer room, (1)
dry
lab, (2) wet labs, dissecting and compound microscope with fiber
optic light
source, electronic balance, centrifuge, fume hood, ultralow temp.
freezer,
vacuum pump spectrophotometer
* Wet Laboratory - environmentally controlled salt and freshwater
systems, aquaria, tanks of various sizes.
* Seawater Tanks - (4) 18 ft diameter tanks; (4) 26X36 ft ponds
* Hatchery - (6) brood tanks, bench space, (8) fry holding tanks,
seawater and freshwater systems laboratory (not all systems
operational at
present.
* Dive Locker - Scuba gear, HP compressors (2), compressed air
storage
bankd, (2) portable HP compressors, nitrox systems and equipment
* Shipyard - ramp for boats 35 ft
* Dock - space for (10) boats
* Differential GPS Base Station
* Boats (all boats equipped with VHF radios and other safety
equipment.
(1) 22 ft center console w/115hp OB
(2) 20ft center console w/115hp OB
(1) 18ft center console w/95hp OB
(4) 17ft Boston Whaler w85hp OB
(1) 13ft Boston Whaler w/35hp OB
UNDERSEA FACILITIES
* Underwater Video Observation (Africam.com, Inc.) - 2
permanently
installed video cameras providing streaming video on the
Internet.
* Meteorological / Ocean Observation Platform (AOML) - Bouy
gathers
oceanographic and meteorological data on an hourly basis: wind
speed and
direction, barometric pressure, air temp, salinity, conductivity,
precipitation, photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) at
surface and at 1
m below, UV-B measurements at surface and at 1 m below. Data
available
online at <http://www.coral.noaa.gov/crw/bahamas.html>
http://www.coral.noaa.gov/crw/bahamas.html.
Fee structure for visitors, lodging, meals, lab: (if not
available on web
site) Available at www.cmrc.org <http://www.cmrc.org>
Additional fees for shipping cargo, travel from the airport, and
any
personal expenses.
Number and size of groups you can accomodate: All reservations
are made on a
first come first serve basis.
Lab equipment and space available: See list above
Running seawater facilities: See list above
Boat support and costs:www.cmrc.org
Diving costs and availability: www.cmrc.org <http://www.cmrc.org>
Environments:
distance to nearest healthy reefs: healthy reefs exist all
around LSI, as
well as outside of the 1/2 mile no-take reserve area surrounding
the
research center.
types of reefs: There are patch reefs, Acropora reefs,
Montastrea heads,
deep reefs, and many types of gorgonians around LSI.
distance to no-take areas and marine reserves: There is a
voluntary 1/2
mile no-take marine reserve directly around LSI. The Exuma Cays
Land & Sea
Park, one of the first marine reserve areas, is 70 miles away.
distance to seagrass and mangrove communities: There are
seagrass
communities directly around LSI, and mangrove communities on the
adjacent
kep approximately 1 mile away.
Permitting procedures and limitations:Please contact Craig
Dahlgren (CMRC)
regarding any permitting issues.
contact info for responsible agency:
length of time it generally takes to get permits Varies on a case
by case
basis.
*****************************************************************
Dr. Alina M. Szmant
Center for Marine Science
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
One Marvin K. Moss Lane
Wilmington NC 28409
TEL: (910)962-2362 FAX: (910)962-2410
email: szmanta at uncwil.edu
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=420545512-31072001>I
apologize for
the tardiness in returning this information to
you...</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=420545512-31072001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=420545512-31072001>Jocelyn
O'Neill</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=420545512-31072001>Perry Institute
for Marine Science</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=420545512-31072001>Caribbean Marine
Research Center</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=420545512-31072001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color:
black"><B>From:</B> <A
href="mailto:szmanta at uncwil.edu" title=szmanta at uncwil.edu>Alina
M. Szmant</A>
</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A href="mailto:coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov"
title=coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov</A>
</DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, July 17, 2001 1:34 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> marine labs in Caribbean</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Dear All:<BR><BR>I would like to compile a list of marine
labs in the
Caribbean with good access to coral reefs that are available
for use by
researchers and educators. I would greatly appreciate it if
those of you that
manage such facilities could respond to this request with the
information
below. I will compile the answers and make it available all
those who might be
interested.<BR><BR>Many thanks for your time!<BR><BR>Alina
Szmant<BR><BR>*********************<BR><BR><STRONG>Name of
marine
lab:</STRONG><SPAN class=420545512-31072001><FONT color=#0000ff
face=Arial
size=2> Caribbean Marine Research
Center </FONT></SPAN><BR><BR><BR><STRONG>Country/city
located:</STRONG><SPAN class=420545512-31072001><FONT
color=#0000ff face=Arial
size=2> Lee Stocking Island,
Bahamas</FONT></SPAN><BR><BR><BR><STRONG>Airport/transportation
info:</STRONG><SPAN class=420545512-31072001><FONT
color=#0000ff face=Arial
size=2> Approximately $350 - 400 (From
Miami) </FONT></SPAN><BR><STRONG>approx cost to travel to
area from major
US city (Miami, New York)<BR><BR><BR>Contact info for
director/manager:</STRONG><SPAN class=420545512-31072001><FONT
color=#0000ff
face=Arial size=2> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=420545512-31072001><FONT color=#0000ff
face=Arial
size=2>Executive Director - John Marr,
PhD
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=420545512-31072001>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Perry Institute for Marine
Science</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Caribbean Marine Research
Center</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>250 Tequesta Drive - Suite
304</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tequesta, FL
33469</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(561) 741-0192 Fax
(561)
741-0193</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><A href="mailto:jmarr at cmrc.org "><FONT size=2><FONT
face=Arial>j<SPAN
class=420545512-31072001>marr at cmrc.org </SPAN></FONT></FONT></A><FONT
face=Arial size=2>
</FONT><A
href="http://www.cmrc.org"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>www.cmrc.org</FONT></A></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=420545512-31072001><FONT color=#0000ff
face=Arial
size=2>Center Director - Craig Dahlgren</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=420545512-31072001>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Caribbean Marine Research
Center</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
class=420545512-31072001>Lee Stocking Island,
Bahamas </SPAN><BR><SPAN
class=420545512-31072001>(305) 373-9370 ext 203 Fax
(413)
778-7959</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><A href="mailto:cdahlgren @cmrc.org"><FONT
size=2><FONT
face=Arial><SPAN
class=420545512-31072001>cdahlgren</SPAN>@cmrc.org</FONT></FONT></A><FONT
face=Arial size=2>
</FONT><A
href="http://www.cmrc.org/"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>www.cmrc.org</FONT></A></SPAN></SPAN><BR><BR><STRONG>Description
of
facilities: (web site URL):</STRONG><SPAN
class=420545512-31072001><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT color=#000000><FONT face=Arial
size=2><STRONG>
</STRONG></FONT><A href="http://www.cmrc.org"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>www.cmrc.org</FONT></A></FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2> </FONT></FONT></SPAN><BR></DIV><BR><B>
<P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=2>SHORE
FACILITIES</FONT></P></B>
<UL><B><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>
<LI>Private Airstrip</B> – (910m X
23m)</FONT></FONT><B><FONT
face=Arial><FONT size=2>
<LI>Power Generators </B>– (2) 110kW, (2)
20kW</FONT></FONT><B><FONT
face=Arial><FONT size=2>
<LI>Freshwater Plant</B> – Reverse Osmosis; 3000
gal/day;
Cisterns</FONT></FONT><B><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>
<LI>Communications</B> – multiple line VOIP-PBX system
and internet &
email access via 128K satelllite connection, stand alone
satellite
telephone; Batelco cellular telephone, VHF, UNICOM, single
sideband
radio</FONT></FONT><B><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>
<LI>Housing</B> – permanent residents: 7; visitors:
40</FONT></FONT><B><FONT
face=Arial><FONT size=2>
<LI>Dining Hall</B> – commercial kitchen, seating for
up to 50
persons.</FONT></FONT><B><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>
<LI>Machine Shop</B> – drill press, table saw, bandsaw,
welding machine,
cutting torch, complete power and hand
tools.</FONT></FONT><B><FONT
face=Arial><FONT size=2>
<LI>Construction Equipment</B> – trucks, crane, skid
loader</FONT></FONT><B><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>
<LI>Main Laboratory</B> – (30 X 60 ft) office space,
computer room, (1) dry
lab, (2) wet labs, dissecting and compound microscope with
fiber optic light
source, electronic balance, centrifuge, fume hood, ultralow
temp. freezer,
vacuum pump spectrophotometer</FONT></FONT><B><FONT
face=Arial><FONT size=2>
<LI>Wet Laboratory</B> – environmentally controlled
salt and freshwater
systems, aquaria, tanks of various
sizes.</FONT></FONT><B><FONT
face=Arial><FONT size=2>
<LI>Seawater Tanks</B> – (4) 18 ft diameter tanks; (4)
26X36 ft
ponds</FONT></FONT><B><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>
<LI>Hatchery</B> – (6) brood tanks, bench space, (8)
fry holding tanks,
seawater and freshwater systems laboratory (not all systems
operational at
present.</FONT></FONT><B><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>
<LI>Dive Locker</B> – Scuba gear, HP compressors (2),
compressed air storage
bankd, (2) portable HP compressors, nitrox systems and
equipment</FONT></FONT><B><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>
<LI>Shipyard</B> – ramp for boats 35
ft</FONT></FONT><B><FONT
face=Arial><FONT size=2>
<LI>Dock</B> – space for (10) boats</FONT></FONT><B>
<LI><FONT face=Arial size=2>Differential GPS Base
Station</FONT><FONT
face=Arial><FONT size=2>
<LI>Boats</B> (all boats equipped with VHF radios and other
safety
equipment.</FONT></FONT></LI></UL>
<DIR>
<DIR>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>(1) 22 ft center console w/115hp
OB</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>(2) 20ft center console w/115hp
OB</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>(1) 18ft center console w/95hp
OB</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>(4) 17ft Boston Whaler w85hp
OB</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>(1) 13ft Boston Whaler w/35hp
OB</FONT></P></DIR></DIR><B>
<P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=2>UNDERSEA
FACILITIES</FONT></P></B>
<UL><B><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>
<LI>Underwater Video Observation (Africam.com, Inc.)</B> - 2
permanently
installed video cameras providing streaming video on the
Internet.</FONT></FONT>
<UL><B><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2></UL>
<LI>Meteorological / Ocean Observation Platform (AOML)</B>
– Bouy gathers
oceanographic and meteorological data on an hourly basis:
wind speed and
direction, barometric pressure, air temp, salinity,
conductivity,
precipitation, photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) at
surface and at 1
m below, UV-B measurements at surface and at 1 m below. Data
available
online at </FONT></FONT><A
href="http://www.coral.noaa.gov/crw/bahamas.html"><FONT
face=Arial
size=2>http://www.coral.noaa.gov/crw/bahamas.html</FONT></A><FONT
face=Arial
size=2>.</FONT></LI></UL>
<DIV><STRONG>Fee structure for visitors, lodging, meals, lab:
(if not
available on web site)</STRONG><SPAN
class=420545512-31072001><FONT
color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2> Available at <A
href="http://www.cmrc.org">www.cmrc.org</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=420545512-31072001><FONT color=#0000ff
face=Arial
size=2>Additional fees for shipping cargo, travel from the
airport, and any
personal expenses.</FONT></SPAN><BR><BR><STRONG>Number and size
of groups you
can accomodate:</STRONG><SPAN class=420545512-31072001><FONT
color=#0000ff
face=Arial size=2> All reservations are made on a first come
first serve
basis. </FONT></SPAN><BR><BR><STRONG>Lab equipment and
space
available:</STRONG><SPAN class=420545512-31072001><FONT
color=#0000ff
face=Arial size=2> See list
above </FONT></SPAN><BR><BR><STRONG>Running
seawater facilities:</STRONG><SPAN
class=420545512-31072001><FONT
color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2> See list
above </FONT></SPAN><BR><BR><STRONG>Boat support and
costs:</STRONG><SPAN
class=420545512-31072001><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial
size=2>www.cmrc.org </FONT></SPAN><BR><BR><BR><STRONG>Diving
costs and
availability:</STRONG><SPAN class=420545512-31072001><FONT
color=#0000ff
face=Arial size=2> <A
href="http://www.cmrc.org">www.cmrc.org</A></FONT></SPAN><BR><BR><STRONG>Environments:<BR>distance
to nearest healthy reefs</STRONG><FONT size=2>:<SPAN
class=420545512-31072001> </SPAN></FONT><FONT
size=2>healthy reefs exist
all around LSI, as well as outside of the 1/2 mile no-take
reserve area
surrounding the research center.<BR></FONT><STRONG>types of
reefs:<SPAN
class=420545512-31072001> There are patch reefs, Acropora
reefs,
Montastrea heads, deep reefs, and many types of gorgonians
around LSI.
</SPAN><BR>distance to no-take areas and marine reserves<SPAN
class=420545512-31072001>: There is a voluntary 1/2
mile no-take
marine reserve directly around LSI. The Exuma Cays Land
& Sea Park,
one of the first marine reserve areas, is 70 miles
away.</SPAN></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><SPAN class=420545512-31072001></SPAN>distance to
seagrass and
mangrove communities<SPAN class=420545512-31072001>:
There are seagrass
communities directly around LSI, and mangrove communities on
the adjacent kep
approximately 1 mile away.<BR></SPAN><BR>Permitting procedures
and
limitations:</STRONG><SPAN class=420545512-31072001><FONT
color=#0000ff
face=Arial size=2>Please contact Craig Dahlgren (CMRC)
regarding any
permitting issues. </FONT></SPAN><BR><STRONG>contact info
for responsible
agency:<BR>length of time it generally takes to get
permits</STRONG><SPAN
class=420545512-31072001><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2>
Varies on a
case by case
basis. </FONT></SPAN><BR><BR>*****************************************************************<BR>Dr.
Alina M. Szmant<BR>Center for Marine Science<BR>University of
North Carolina
at Wilmington<BR>One Marvin K. Moss Lane<BR>Wilmington NC
28409<BR>TEL:
(910)962-2362 FAX: (910)962-2410<BR>email:
szmanta at uncwil.edu<BR><?color><?param ffff,0000,0000>Presently in
Key Largo:
(305)453-4595<BR><?/color>*****************************************************************
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