From emueller at mote.org Mon Jun 3 11:56:07 2002 From: emueller at mote.org (Erich Mueller) Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 11:56:07 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) Subject: any other signs of bleaching in the Caribbean? Message-ID: Pam, I was next door at Little Cayman (Bloody Bay Wall) at the same time. I did not look at any shallow sites; all were 15-30 m. Siderastrea siderea were commonly paled and a number of Agaricia lamarcki under ledges had blotchy bleaching. Temperatures according to my dive computer were about 27 C. Also noticed some white plague affecting ten host species on virtually every dive. The lesions were generally small indicating recent initiation and/or slow progression speed. Erich <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Erich Mueller, Ph.D., Director Phone: (305) 745-2729 Mote Marine Laboratory FAX: (305) 745-2730 Center for Tropical Research Email: emueller at mote.org 24244 Overseas Highway (US 1) Summerland Key, FL 33042 Center Website-> http://www.mote.org/~emueller/CTRHome.phtml Mote Marine Laboratory Website-> http://www.mote.org Remarks are personal opinion and do not reflect institutional policy unless so indicated. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ~~~~~~~ For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the digests, please see http://www.coral.noaa.gov/lists/coral-list.html . From rjonas at gmu.edu Mon Jun 3 20:42:40 2002 From: rjonas at gmu.edu (Robert B Jonas) Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 20:42:40 -0400 Subject: Coral Ecology and Health Course Message-ID: George Mason University and The College of the Bahamas offer an advanced undergraduate/graduate course on CORAL ECOLOGY AND HEALTH (EVPP 490/505 and BIOL 440/505) Aug 1-13, 2002 4 credits at The Bahamas Environmental Research Center, Andros Island, The Bahamas Summary: Coral Ecology and (coral) Health will immerse the students in study of Caribbean coral reefs and the threats to their health, with the world?s third largest barrier reef as the living laboratory less than a mile from the temperature controlled lecture and laboratory site at the Bahamas Environmental Research Center in Staniard Creek on Andros Island, The Bahamas. The course consists of daily visits to various reef sites for ?fins on? observations, investigations and reef preservation activities. These field activities will be combined with lectures focusing on coral reef ecology, coral reef fisheries, associated marine enviornments, resource utilization, coral diseases, coral bleaching, algal proliferation and other stressors that are afflicting corals in the Caribbean and throughout the world. Laboratory work will include coral and microbial and molecular biology. Fee: $1300 (all inclusive from Ft. Lauderdale, Fl) plus George Mason University tuition The syllabus is available at http://mason.gmu.edu/~rjonas/ Contact - The Center for Field Studies (Dr. Julia Nord, Director, jnord at gmu.edu) at George Mason University for more information 703-993-1740 (voice) 703-993-1439 (fax) or contact the instructors directly by email Dr. Donald Kelso (dkelso at gmu.edu) Dr. Robert B. Jonas (rjonas at gmu.edu) Robert B. Jonas Associate Professor George Mason University Environmental Science and Policy Robert B. Jonas Associate Professor George Mason University Environmental Science and Policy 4400 University Dr. Fax: 703-9931066 Fairfax Work: 703-993-1030 VA 22030 USA Additional Information: Last Name Jonas First Name Robert Version 2.1 From osha at oshadavidson.com Tue Jun 4 09:23:42 2002 From: osha at oshadavidson.com (Osha Gray Davidson) Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2002 08:23:42 -0500 Subject: Change of address Message-ID: Dear Coral-listers, Please note new contact information (E-mail remains the same). Cheers, Osha ================================ Osha Gray Davidson Home page: www.OshaDavidson.com 301 E. Maryland Ave Phone: (602) 263-5582 Phoenix, AZ 85012 E-Mail: osha at oshadavidson.com USA www.turtlehousefoundation.org ~~~~~~~ For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the digests, please see http://www.coral.noaa.gov/lists/coral-list.html . From zennnnwoman at hotmail.com Wed Jun 5 17:41:21 2002 From: zennnnwoman at hotmail.com (megan berkle) Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2002 21:41:21 +0000 Subject: Hermodice Message-ID: Hello Everyone: I am trying to come up with a world-wide distribution for the fireworm, Hermodice carunculata. If you have seen this worm anywhere in the world while diving or conducting coral reef surveys please let me know the location, depth, and the most common corals seen at that particular site. Also, if anyone has photos of this worm please let me know. Thanks. Megan Berkle Graduate student Nova Southeastern University ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: Click Here ~~~~~~~ For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the digests, please see http://www.coral.noaa.gov/lists/coral-list.html . From abenet at wwfpacific.org.pg Wed Jun 5 19:02:26 2002 From: abenet at wwfpacific.org.pg (Ariadna Benet) Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2002 09:02:26 +1000 Subject: Progress on Madang Coastal Programme Message-ID: Dear all, I would like to brief you about the progress that the Madang Lagoon team = from WWF-PERC (Madang, PNG) has made so far on the Madang coastal = programme. =20 The Madang coastal programme has two components that are different but = interelated. The technical component, that seeks to assess the water = quality of the Madang Lagoon sea and the social component that aims to = help the communities to look after their sea and corals. Both of these = will provide the buidling blocks for a larger Integrated Coastal Zone = Management process. - Technical component: Two preliminary survey were done to identify and = GPS sampling points (December 2001 and April 2002 respectively). A = complete water and sediment sampling along the Lagoon was completed in = May 2002 over three consecutive days. Samples were sent to NAL (National = Analysis Laboratories) in Lae for analysis. Physical parameters will be = assessed on a regular basis, at least once a month and we will forward = reports as they are prepared. =20 GIS information: we had a two week GIS and a Landscape planning training = in March. We are compiling data (GIS data, diving sites, species, land = use,...) about the Madang Lagoon to do a map with all this information. - Social component: Madang harbours 6 of PNG's 17 MPAs. We have begun = work with three communities who have established these conservation = areas and with two further communities who are in the process of = developing them. =20 =20 We have begun work with three communities along Madang Lagoon and in the = Madang islands and with two further communities who are in the process = of developing them. A workshop was completed = with Sinub WMA committee and Laugum WMA committee to discuss the WMA = management and expectations. An analysis of the = support needs of Kau WMA is now close to completion and this will = contribute to a national survey of MPAs that we are hosting. A first = meeting with Siar people to set up the Tab WMA was done with the = assistance of A. Jenkins. =20 Other activities include=20 =20 - Oct 2001 - Participation in the Madang Coastal clean up - 22nd January 2002 - Presentations to Madang District = administrators as part of TNC land use planning workshop - 5 June 2002 - World Environment Day procession to reduce use of = plastic bags =20 The following reports and minutes for all meetings and workshops are = available from myself or Ogano Jano ojano at wwfpacific.org.pg if required. = =20 - Kananum meeting reports ... - Sinub WMA training and Sinub meeting report - Kau WMA assessment - Tab WMA meeting report=20 We would appreciate your help with any papers, information or GIS = datasets relevant to Madang coastal and marine environments and = communities. =20 Thank you for your support. =20 Regards, Ariadna ___________________________ Ariadna Benet, PhD Pacific Ecoregions Center (PERC) Private Mail Bag Madang, PNG Ph: (675) 852 3720 FAX: (675) 852 37 21 e-mail: abenet at wwfpacific.org.pg abenet at pngimr.org.pg ~~~~~~~ For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the digests, please see http://www.coral.noaa.gov/lists/coral-list.html . From Andy.Collins at noaa.gov Wed Jun 5 22:37:48 2002 From: Andy.Collins at noaa.gov (Andy Collins) Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2002 16:37:48 -1000 Subject: Aloha everyone! Message-ID: Aloha, I am new to this list and thought I would introduce myself. I am the Education and Outreach Coordinator for the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve. Our reserve is a string of atolls, volcanic islands, sea mounts and reefs that extend for 1200 miles North and West of the main Hawaiian Islands. It has been estimated that nearly 70% of all coral reefs in the United States lie in these waters. We are currently undergoing National Marine Sanctuary designation and recently held public meetings throughout the State of Hawai'i and in Washington D.C. to collect public comment about designating the Reserve as a National Marine Sanctuary. We received overwhelming response - roughly 15,000 comments - most in favor of strong conservation in this region. Please visit our web site, listed below, or drop me a note if you would like more information about the Reserve or just want to chat. -- Andy Collins Education and Outreach Coordinator/Webmaster NOAA/NOS Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve 6700 Kalaniana'ole Hwy. # 215 Honolulu, HI 96825 --------------------------- Ph: (808)397-2659 Cell (808)347-8144 Fx: (808)397-2662 http://hawaiireef.noaa.gov --------------------------------------------------------------------- Andy Collins Education and Outreach Coordinator/Webmaster NOAA/NOS Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve Andy Collins Education and Outreach Coordinator/Webmaster NOAA/NOS Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve 6700 Kalaniana'ole Hwy. #215 Cellular: (808)347-8144 Honolulu Fax: (808)397-2662 HI Home: (808)737-8437 96825 Work: (808)397-2659 Conference Software Address Specific Directory Server Specialist in: -education -web design -computer networking -computer based learning -natural resource management Additional Information: Last Name Collins First Name Andy Version 2.1 From hochberg at hawaii.edu Thu Jun 6 16:57:43 2002 From: hochberg at hawaii.edu (Eric Hochberg) Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2002 10:57:43 -1000 Subject: underwater housings Message-ID: Hi all, Can anyone recommend a manufacturer of custom underwater housings? Please reply directly to me, not to the whole list. Thanks. Aloha, Eric -- Eric Hochberg University of Hawaii Department of Oceanography 1000 Pope Road Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 USA Tel: (808) 956-9108 Fax: (808) 956-7112 e-mail: hochberg at hawaii.edu http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/marlin/hochberg "Never underestimate how much assistance, how much satisfaction, how much comfort, how much soul and transcendence there might be in a well-made taco and a cold bottle of beer." ~~~~~~~ For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the digests, please see http://www.coral.noaa.gov/lists/coral-list.html . From biogemsinfo at nrdc.org Fri Jun 7 08:00:56 2002 From: biogemsinfo at nrdc.org (BioGems Info) Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2002 08:00:56 -0400 Subject: Talamanca's coral reefs Message-ID: Costa Rican environmentalists celebrated a decisive victory last month when their country's outgoing government rejected plans to open the lush Caribbean coast to offshore oil drilling. The decision by former Environment Minister Elizabeth Odio ensures the preservation of Talamanca's fragile coral reefs and marine life -- including rare Tucuxi dolphins and endangered sea turtles -- as well as the region's growing ecotourism industry. The ruling, supported by recently elected President Abel Pacheco, capped a two-year anti-drilling campaign led by community leaders and activists, with strong support from BioGems Defenders who sent more than 27,000 letters opposing the oil exploration plans of U.S.-based Harken Energy and MKJ Xplorations. More info: http://www.savebiogems.org/talamanca/ ~~~~~~~ For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the digests, please see http://www.coral.noaa.gov/lists/coral-list.html . From Colleen.Brust at APG.AMEDD.ARMY.MIL Fri Jun 7 11:00:03 2002 From: Colleen.Brust at APG.AMEDD.ARMY.MIL (Brust, Colleen J Ms USACHPPM) Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2002 11:00:03 -0400 Subject: giant clam culture in Palau Message-ID: Dear List, Can anyone provide me with a contact at the Palau Mariculture Demonstration Center, please? We have successfully used transplanted juvenile Tridacna maxima for biomonitoring, so while in Palau at the end of this month, I'd like to take the opportunity to learn as much as possible from the experts. Specifically, I am interested in potential sources of study clams and reducing mortality during shipping, handling, and deployment. Thanks in advance, Colleen Colleen J. Brust U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine Surface Water and Wastewater Program 5158 Blackhawk Rd. ATTN: MCHB-TS-ESW APG, MD 21010-5403 ~~~~~~~ For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the digests, please see http://www.coral.noaa.gov/lists/coral-list.html . From divertara at hotmail.com Fri Jun 7 15:14:34 2002 From: divertara at hotmail.com (tara hackler) Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2002 15:14:34 -0400 Subject: dying sponges Message-ID: Hello, > > My name is Tara Hackler and I am working in the Cayman Islands in the dive industry. I have > notices a unhealthily pattern of barrel sponges dying off in the past year > and a half. I think this is a serious issue but don't know how to go about > creating a research program or general tracking of this. > > Any info you could give me would be appreciated. > Sincerely, Tara Hackler > From Hanisak at HBOI.edu Mon Jun 10 08:29:15 2002 From: Hanisak at HBOI.edu (Dennis Hanisak) Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 08:29:15 -0400 Subject: Marine Ecologist Position Message-ID: > Marine Ecologist: The Division of Marine Science at Harbor Branch > Oceanographic Institution invites applications for an Assistant Scientist > (equivalent to Assistant Professor) to complement existing programs > (www.hboi.edu). We are seeking a marine ecologist with an established > record of scientific productivity and a proven track record of external > funding. Respond by 1 July 2002 by submitting curriculum vitae, reprints > of 5 important publications, outline of research interests, and names of 3 > references to: Personnel, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, 5600 N > US Hwy 1, Fort Pierce, FL 34946; FAX: (772) 466-3644; e-mail: > personnel at hboi.edu. EOE/AAP, DFW. ~~~~~~~ For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the digests, please see http://www.coral.noaa.gov/lists/coral-list.html . From Rhonda.Crawley at noaa.gov Fri Jun 14 13:49:28 2002 From: Rhonda.Crawley at noaa.gov (Rhonda Crawley) Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 13:49:28 -0400 Subject: Coastal Zone '03 Message-ID: ************************************************ Coastal Zone '03 Coastal Zone Management Through Time The largest conference for the world's coastal resource management community will be held July 13 - 17, 2003 in Baltimore, Maryland. Deadline for abstract submissions is September 16, 2002. For more information, please visit www.csc.noaa.gov/cz2003/ ************************************************** ~~~~~~~ For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the digests, please see http://www.coral.noaa.gov/lists/coral-list.html . From Jim.Hendee at noaa.gov Mon Jun 17 10:30:25 2002 From: Jim.Hendee at noaa.gov (Jim Hendee) Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 10:30:25 -0400 Subject: test of coral-list, please ignore Message-ID: Checking coral-list configuration...please ignore.... Cheers, Jim coral-list admin ~~~~~~~ For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the digests, please see http://www.coral.noaa.gov/lists/coral-list.html . From Tomas_Tomascik at pch.gc.ca Mon Jun 17 17:40:28 2002 From: Tomas_Tomascik at pch.gc.ca (Tomas_Tomascik at pch.gc.ca) Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 14:40:28 -0700 Subject: 5th Int. SAMPAA Conference Message-ID: Hello everyone: Please note that the Fifth International SAMPAA conference will be held from May 11 to 16, 2003 at the University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Please visit SAMPAA's web site at: < http://www.sampaa.org> for conference information. I would like to encourage everyone who is doing research on Marine Protected Areas (natural sciences, social sciences, culture and economics) to attend. Cheers, Tom ~~~~~~~ For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the digests, please see http://www.coral.noaa.gov/lists/coral-list.html . From Tomas_Tomascik at pch.gc.ca Mon Jun 17 17:56:09 2002 From: Tomas_Tomascik at pch.gc.ca (Tomas_Tomascik at pch.gc.ca) Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 14:56:09 -0700 Subject: SAMPAA Conference follow-up Message-ID: Hi everyone: I neglected to stress in my earlier message that we are interested in temperate, subtropical and tropical MPA research, from both the science and management perspectives. The theme of the conference is: Making Ecosystem Based Management Work: Connecting Managers and Researchers. Cheers, Tom ---------------------- Forwarded by Tomas Tomascik/West-Ouest/PCH/CA on 17/06/2002 02:58 PM --------------------------- Tomas Tomascik 17/06/2002 02:40 PM To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov cc: Subject: 5th Int. SAMPAA Conference Hello everyone: Please note that the Fifth International SAMPAA conference will be held from May 11 to 16, 2003 at the University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Please visit SAMPAA's web site at: < http://www.sampaa.org> for conference information. I would like to encourage everyone who is doing research on Marine Protected Areas (natural sciences, social sciences, culture and economics) to attend. Cheers, Tom ~~~~~~~ For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the digests, please see http://www.coral.noaa.gov/lists/coral-list.html . From jporter at arches.uga.edu Tue Jun 18 21:01:33 2002 From: jporter at arches.uga.edu (James Porter) Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 21:01:33 -0400 Subject: Discovery of the cause for white pox disease on elkhorn coral Message-ID: Our paper demonstrating that a common fecal enteric bacterium is killing coral in the Florida Keys has just been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The web link to read the article is: http:www//pnas.org This disease is called white pox, and is caused by the enterobacterium Serratia marcescens, which is found in the intestines of animals, including the human gut. This is the first time that a common member of the human gut microbiota has been shown to be a marine invertebrate pathogen. This disease is killing off much of the elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) in the Florida Keys. Average loss rates throughout the Keys are near 85 percent. On some reefs near Key West, however, the disease has already killed more than 98 percent of the elkhorn coral. For this research, we satisfied Koch?s postulates. 16s rDNA sequence analysis of the white pox bacterium showed 100 percent identity to Serratia marcescens. This finding demonstrates that we cannot blame global climate change as the sole source of our problems on coral reefs. ~~~~~~~ For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the digests, please see http://www.coral.noaa.gov/lists/coral-list.html . From GBUCK at crs.loc.gov Wed Jun 19 07:42:30 2002 From: GBUCK at crs.loc.gov (Gene Buck) Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 07:42:30 -0400 Subject: coral reefs and climate Message-ID: From dkent at austin.rr.com Wed Jun 19 21:28:45 2002 From: dkent at austin.rr.com (Doug Kent) Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 20:28:45 -0500 Subject: Web Service Message-ID: I would like to create a .NET Framework Web Service to serve the coral reef scientific and/or environmental conservation community. As part of its function the service could serve up data on request, store submitted data, and perform calculations with given parameters. The functions of the service could be available to anyone on the Internet, but could only be accessed directly by writing computer code. Code written to use the service could be made part of a web page or a conventional computer application by anyone wishing to use the service. I am hereby soliciting suggestions for what specifically this service might do. For example, do you know of: * databases whose content might usefully be made publicly accessable? * interesting computations or calculations that might yield beneficial output when provided appropriate parameters? * data that might usefully be accumulated over time into a centralized database? Thanks for any suggestions! Sincerely, Doug Kent From Jim.Hendee at noaa.gov Thu Jun 20 10:05:48 2002 From: Jim.Hendee at noaa.gov (Jim Hendee) Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 10:05:48 -0400 Subject: Web Service Message-ID: Doug Kent wrote: > I would like to create a .NET Framework Web Service to serve the coral > reef scientific and/or environmental conservation community. Hi, Doug, After speaking with our database and systems administration specialists (Louis Florit and Clarke Jeffris), it appears that the .NET Framework is still in beta and therefore may be in a transitory state and not desirable for basing a large amount of work on at this time. > As part of its function the service could serve up data on request, > store submitted data, and perform calculations with given parameters. As you begin to search the Web and follow existing coral-related links, I think you will find that there are several good coral-related Web pages that presently serve data on request, and store submitted data (e.g., ReefBase, NOAA's CoRIS [open soon], CHAMP, etc.). Performing calculations with given parameters is probably something that might be more efficacious within subgroups of coral researchers. For instance, carbon dioxide and light calculations might be handy, but I'm not sure it would be of so much value to the entire coral reef community to the point that you would like to base a large amount of your work on developing this capability. Your proposed work might require a more formal systems analysis, I would think, before diving headlong into this. But that's just my feeling. > The functions of the service could be available to anyone on the > Internet, but could only be accessed directly by writing computer > code. Code written to use the service could be made part of a web > page or a conventional computer application by anyone wishing to use > the service. I would take it from this that you mean you would write the code, or would you ask that others do this? For the most part, it is my experience that not many coral researchers write computer code, but they could contract someone to do so, of course. If you are volunteering to do this, you may get bombed with requests; if you are asking for remuneration, it comes around to the same result; namely, the researchers have to come up with the money, probably from funding that is already hard to receive "just" for their basic research. We are developing api/j2ee application code for access to our Oracle database to serve SEAKEYS, CREWS meteorological and oceanographic data, and eventually coral disease data, over the Web, as well as expert system software to utilize those data, and I can tell you that this is an involved process requiring many frustrating hours of work. > I am hereby soliciting suggestions for what specifically this service > might do. As alluded to above, there has already been a tremendous amount of effort by that has gone into building Web pages and user-interfaces to display research data, and I think after you look around you will see that the salient needs are being met, or at least we're trying. This is not to say there are not areas for application development. I hope you receive some comments for work you can do that is not being done elsewhere. > For example, do you know of: databases whose content might usefully > be made publicly accessable? Peruse the links referred to above and the CHAMP (and other) coral-related Web pages and their links and I believe you'll find a wealth of data. My guess is that the data that would probably be most useful to researchers, but that is not currently available, is grey literature (especially older reports) and closely-circulated data reports of the smaller countries where coral reefs are found. Both ReefBase and CHAMP have some attempts underway to make these reports available, but it is a very time-consuming and potentially expensive process. If you want to take this step further, try coming up with a character-recognition system that will glean the numbers from the reports and place them into your proposed database. I would warn you that this would additionally entail having coral researchers quality-control the data after you have done your translation to digital, something that will cost you money to get their time, I would hazard to guess. > * interesting computations or calculations that might yield beneficial > output when provided appropriate parameters? * data that might > usefully be accumulated over time into a centralized database? I hope you are able to gain some input from researchers who can use your expertise. I look forward to hearing of your progress. Cheers, Jim ---------------------------------------------------- James C. Hendee, Ph.D. Coral Health and Monitoring Program Ocean Chemistry Division Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration U.S. Department of Commerce 4301 Rickenbacker Causeway Miami, FL 33149-1026 Voice: (305) 361-4396 Fax: (305) 361-4392 Email: jim.hendee at noaa.gov Web: http://www.coral.noaa.gov ~~~~~~~ For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the digests, please see http://www.coral.noaa.gov/lists/coral-list.html . From dkent at austin.rr.com Thu Jun 20 12:08:46 2002 From: dkent at austin.rr.com (Doug Kent) Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 11:08:46 -0500 Subject: Web Service Message-ID: Jim, thanks for your response! See my comments interspersed below. There are several useful clarifications that you have suggested. > > After speaking with our database and systems administration > specialists (Louis Florit and Clarke Jeffris), it appears > that the .NET Framework is still in beta and therefore may be > in a transitory state and not desirable for basing a large > amount of work on at this time. You correctly note that the .NET *Server* is still in beta. However, please be aware that Windows XP Server with .NET installed on it will work fine *now* for the applications I envision. The .NET Framework is complete and available in final release form. One can install it on Windows XP and it works great. .NET Server, the product that is still in beta, will have .NET bundled into it, and will have new features targeted to large-scale deployments. > developing this capability. Your proposed work might require > a more formal systems analysis, I would think, before diving > headlong into this. But that's just my feeling. Good suggestion, I think. To the extent such research and analysis is required, I'll hope to rely on you domain experts to do it. And you can leave the software engineering up to me. > > I would take it from this that you mean you would write the > code, or would you ask that others do this? I'm sorry I wasn't clear. I absolutely intend to do the coding myself. I would be happy to receive material compensation, but that would only be gravy, and I do not intend to ask for it. I am currently not fully employed, and while I have the extra time, I want to apply my skills to a fulfilling cause. > As alluded to above, there has already been a tremendous > amount of effort by that has gone into building Web pages and > user-interfaces to display research data, I need to be more clear about my proposal: Take the CoRIS web site for an example (www.coris.noaa.gov). They have what to me is an impressive new web site that intends to provide a wealth of data to the coral research community. Suppose I wanted to create my own web page or computer application that could *programmatically* access CoRIS' data, bypassing the CoRIS web site's GUI? I would need NOAA to have wrapped the functionality of their web site into a set of computer interfaces that I (or anyone else) could use programmatically and remotely. I propose to write those interfaces using the Web Services feature of the .NET Framework. Thereby those interfaces could be consumed by any application written in any language running on any operating system anywhere in the world that has Internet access. Their functionality would not be limited to that of the CoRIS web page GUI, but to the limits of the imaginations and resources of researchers around the world. Let me know if that's still not complete or clear. Thanks, Jim, for all your other suggestions and your expression of moral support! Sincerely, Doug Kent From hamnett at hawaii.edu Fri Jun 21 00:44:38 2002 From: hamnett at hawaii.edu (hamnett at hawaii.edu) Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 14:44:38 +1000 Subject: coral reefs and climate Message-ID: You might want to look at Global Climate Change and Coral Reefs by Wilkenson & Buddemeier (1994), a UNEP-IOC-IUCN Task Team report. ----- Original Message ----- From: Gene Buck Date: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 9:42 pm Subject: coral reefs and climate > Colleagues: > > I'm looking for either 1) a good bibliography on coral > reefs and climate change or 2) citation to a farily comprehensive > summary article discussing coral reefs and impacts of climate > change. Your suggestions, please. Please respond directly to > gbuck at crs.loc.gov or fax to (202) 707-7289. Thanks much in advance. > > Gene Buck, senior > analyst > Congressional Research Service > gbuck at crs.loc.gov > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael P. Hamnett Director University of Hawaii Social Science Research Institute Michael P. Hamnett Director University of Hawaii Social Science Research Institute Saunders Hall, Room 704 Fax: (808) 956-2884 Honolulu Work: (808) 956-7469 Hawaii 96822 USA Additional Information: Last Name Hamnett First Name Michael Version 2.1 From nbood at hotmail.com Fri Jun 21 18:38:28 2002 From: nbood at hotmail.com (nbood at hotmail.com) Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 22:38:28 +0000 Subject: You've received an online postcard! Message-ID: Coral-list: Nadia Bood has sent you an online postcard courtesy of World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Come to http://www.worldwildlife.org to learn more about what you can do to save endangered species and wild places all over the world. Working together, we can leave our children a living planet. To pick up your postcard, cut and paste the address below into your web browser: http://www.worldwildlife.org/expeditions/reef/postcards/postcard_02062110382857303.html Enjoy your postcard! WORLD WILDLIFE FUND http://www.worldwildlife.org 1-800-225-5993 ~~~~~~~ For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the digests, please see http://www.coral.noaa.gov/lists/coral-list.html . From GBUCK at crs.loc.gov Mon Jun 24 10:51:22 2002 From: GBUCK at crs.loc.gov (Gene Buck) Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 10:51:22 -0400 Subject: Coral reefs and Climate - a summary of responses Message-ID: From kat1003 at cus.cam.ac.uk Tue Jun 25 06:01:58 2002 From: kat1003 at cus.cam.ac.uk (K.A. Teleki) Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 11:01:58 +0100 (BST) Subject: Reef Encounter - Final Call for Contributions Message-ID: MAGAZINE OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR REEF STUDIES News, Views and Reviews REEF ENCOUNTER No. 32 FINAL CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS Reef Encounter is looking for articles for the next issue (due out in September 2002). We welcome contributions from 300 - 1200 words on any aspect of reef studies, including news, comments, short reviews (but not original scientific data) and also illustrations/cartoons. Our final deadline is 1st July, but we appreciate receiving early contributions. Please send your ideas for articles and the articles themselves to our NEW email address: editors at reefencounter.org You will receive an email acknowledgment from one of the editors within a couple of days (if you don't please check back!). If you need style guidelines, take a look at recent back issues at the society's webpage www.uncwil.edu/isrs. Thank you! Kristian Teleki Maggie Watson Maria Joao Rodrigues If you are interested in joining the society and receiving Reef Encounter and the journal Coral Reefs, you can find more details on the web page. www.uncwil.edu/isrs ~~~~~~~ For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the digests, please see http://www.coral.noaa.gov/lists/coral-list.html . From kam2 at sas.upenn.edu Wed Jun 26 13:46:30 2002 From: kam2 at sas.upenn.edu (Katie Matthews) Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 13:46:30 -0400 Subject: Trace metals in coral Message-ID: Hello list members, I am interested in speaking with any labs that are currently analyzing coral skeleton for trace metals, preferably with ICP-MS (ELEMENT 2 generation or similar). I am looking for the most up-to-date information on sample preparation techniques, SRMs and detection limits (and other questions). Many thanks in advance for your time and help. You can contact me at kam2 at sas.upenn.edu. Thank you, Katie Matthews Kathryn Matthews Ph.D. Student Department of Earth and Environmental Science University of Pennsylvania office: 215-573-8502 ~~~~~~~ For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the digests, please see http://www.coral.noaa.gov/lists/coral-list.html . From eweil at caribe.net Wed Jun 26 14:17:02 2002 From: eweil at caribe.net (Ernesto Weil) Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 14:17:02 -0400 Subject: Bleaching, or lack of.. Message-ID: Dear colleagues, I have been monitoring SWT in the southwest coast of Puerto Rico as well as coral reefs around La Parguera for signs of bleaching. Since March, water temperature rose a bit faster compared to last year, however, it has stayed below 30 degrees (around 29) Celcius so far. No signs of bleaching (except for the usual isolated, pale colony of Millepora and Palythoa) have been observed in any reef in this area. Saludos! Ernesto Weil, Ph.D Associate Professor Dep. Marine Sciences U. of Puerto Rico PO BOX 908, Lajas PR 00667 Ph. (787) 899-2048 x. 241 Fax (787)899-5500/2630 From deevon at bellsouth.net Wed Jun 26 20:21:32 2002 From: deevon at bellsouth.net (Deevon Quirolo) Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 20:21:32 -0400 Subject: Reef Awareness Week July 21-28, 2002 Message-ID: Reef Awareness Week Set for July 21?27 Reef Awareness Week, Reef Relief?s annual celebration of coral reefs, will be held the week of July 21-27th in the Florida Keys and online. This year?s theme is Celebrating the Key West Marine Park, a newly-established area on the oceanside of Key West with no motor swim lanes and vessel access lanes that provides a safe way to explore the nearshore waters of Key West. Reef Awareness Week will feature online events as well as activities throughout the Florida Keys, including the Annual Reef Relief Membership Meeting at the Casa Marina Resort on Tuesday, July 23 featuring Craig Quirolo?s State of the Reef Address on the Bahamas Coral Nursery and a talk on The Challenge to Elkhorn Coral Conservation in the Caribbean by Dr. James Porter; a luncheon talk at Cheeca Lodge by Dr. Larry Brand on Black Water event in the Keys: Will it Happen Again? on Friday, July 26; a benefit sunset sail hosted by Danger Charters; and the gala Jewel of the Sea Reef Ball featuring music and dancing on Saturday, July 27th hosted by Kelly?s Duval Beach Club in Key West. ?The Florida Keys is home to the third longest coral barrier reef in the world, and the most heavily-visited. Coral reefs are important for many reasons beyond the fact that they are home to more kinds of life than any other ocean environment. In the Florida Keys, the coral reefs are essential to our commercial fishing and tourism economy, they provide habitat for many endangered species, are a barrier to storm surge and improve quality of life by providing an ocean wilderness experience. Finding ways to keep our coral reefs alive and healthy is essential to our way of life.? noted DeeVon Quirolo, Reef Relief?s Executive Director. ?Reef Awareness Week gives everyone an opportunity to get involved and learn more about our coral reefs.? Reef Awareness Week is sponsored by Gulfstream International Airlines, OMI, Keys Federal Credit Union, Cove Point Foundation, Pier House, Wyndham Casa Marina Resort, Cheeca Lodge, Solares Hill Newspaper, The Reporter, Keynoter, Old Town Resorts, Banana Bay Resort, Hampton Inn Key West, Conch FM & US One Radio, Clear Channel Radio, Keys Radio Group, Pikn 102.5, Sheraton Suites, Conch House Heritage House, and Gingerbread Square Gallery. For more information, to reserve space at the luncheon or Reef Ball, or to get involved as a volunteer or a sponsor, contact Reef Relief at (305) 294-3100, email reef at bellsouth.net or online at www.reefrelief.org. Or drop by the Reef Relief Environmental Center & Gift Shop at the Historic Seaport at the foot of William Street in Key West, Fl. DeeVon Quirolo, Executive Director, Reef Relief a non-profit grassroots membership organization dedicated to Preserve and Protect Living Coral Reef Ecosystems through local, regional and international efforts. (305) 294-3100, P.O. Box 430, Key West, Fl. 33041 =========================================== Do you want to make a difference for coral reefs? With a stroke of your keyboard, you can! Join Reef Relief's E-list. It's free, it's easy. Go to our website to sign onto our mailing list. That's all it takes and you'll receive regular e-alerts with information about coral reef issues, opportunities to take action, and more..... http://www.reefrelief.org From mrshokri at angelfire.com Sat Jun 29 05:16:40 2002 From: mrshokri at angelfire.com (Mohammad Reza Shokri) Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 12:46:40 +0330 Subject: Email address of Dr. Mahmoudi Message-ID: Dear Listers, I would appreciate it if anyone can inform me of the email address of Dr. Behzad Mahmoudi probabely based in Florida Marine Research Institute. Best regards Mohamad ------------- Mohammad Reza Shokri Iranian National Center for Oceanography Living Resources Department #51, Bozorgmehr Ave., Tehran, 14168, Iran Tel: +98-21-6419891 Fax: +98-21-6419978 Email: & Is your boss reading your email? ....Probably Keep your messages private by using Lycos Mail. 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