ARMS: Artificial Reef Matrix Systems

[John McManus]

Dear Alifereti,

I found this on website:
http://www.nhm.org/marcom/news/voyages/research.htm.

"ARMS-Artificial Reef Matrix Structure - Because it is so difficult to
capture small creatures that live within the coral heads themselves without
actually destroying parts of the reef, the research team invented structures
that would mimic the various habitats provided by coral."

Cheers!

 John

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John W. McManus, PhD
Director, National Center for Caribbean Coral Reef Research (NCORE)
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (RSMAS)
University of Miami, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway
Miami, Florida 33149.
jmcmanus at rsmas.miami.edu
Tel. (305) 361-4814
Fax (305) 361-4910
www.ncoremiami.org

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etika Rupeni
Subject: ARMS: Artificial Reef Matrix Systems

Dear Coral Listers,
A team is coming to do a survey here in Fiji and they are proposing this
ARMS:
Artificial Reef Matrix Systems technique.

I and most of my colleages here in Fiji have not used it let alone hear it.
We are
only farmiliar with other standard reef monitoring methods.

Can anyone please direct us to where we can find more infor on this
technique or
how different it is from Belt or LIT methods commonly used?

Look forward to your response.

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Alifereti Tawake, Scientific Officer,
Institute of Applied Science (IAS),
University of the South Pacific (USP), Private Mail Bag, Suva Fiji.
Ph: (679) 3212653(W), (679) 3391339 (H)
Fax: (679) 3300373    Email: Tawake_a at usp.ac.fj
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