[Coral-List] Coral recruit standard size!
Priscila Carvalho Martins
g0202643 at nus.edu.sg
Tue Feb 10 00:52:08 EST 2004
Dear coral list members,
I'm a graduate student from NUS (National University of Singapore) and I'm currently working on the enhancement of coral recruitment in degraded reefs of Singapore. I'd like to ask if anyone knows about a standard size to distinguish a coral recruit from a juvenile one in the field. I'm using belt transects of 25x2m to count recruits on the natural substrates and so far was considering anything smaller than 5cm as a recruit. Is that reasonable?
Any information will be greatly appreciated!
Regards,
Priscila Carvalho Martins
Marine Biology Laboratory
Biological Sciences Departament
Block S1, 14 Science Drive 4
National University of Singapore
g0202643 at nus.edu.sg
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Subject: [Coral-List] Job Posting: Coral Reef Manager for Florida
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Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 17:29:30 EST
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Subject: [Coral-List] [Coral List] Coral nomenclature/taxonomy
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[Coral-List] Coral nomenclature/taxonomy
Dear Listers,
Somehow our non-Caribbean colleagues were exonerated from the heat of the
discussion and I imagine their enjoyment.
Instead of focusing only on the saga of Montastraea annularis s. l. why do
not we try to look for the roots of the problem and how can we fix it?
Personally, I am a victim of this problem because of the time factor. Thirty or forty
years ago, when I made my first steps in nomenclature and taxonomy, I was not
able to use the tremendous enrichment of the scleractinian knowledge achieved
during last two decades. Recently I have tried to update my understandings
and I prepared a university course/workshop on Scleractinian Low-Level Taxonomy
where I gratefully faced challenging unbiased questions.
Why is the scleractinian species is so troubling, and may we simplify the
problem? The difficulty in defining the scleractinian species may be attributed
to two factors: the objective nature of these elusive organisms, and the
subjective impact of us as researchers. Because coral nature is, except within
the narrow boundaries of certain controlled experiments, independent of our
will, our only hope for developing a more objective concept lies in striving for
improved researcher techniques and approaches. There are three areas in which
our subjective impact may hinder resolution of the scleractinian species -
nomenclature (N), ethics (E) and taxonomy (T) - and shifts in these three
paradigms will lead to more objective results. This focus on NET results requires
introspection on the personal, inter-colleague and international levels. The
International Code of Zoological Nomenclature offers a tool for regulating
nomenclature procedures, but it has been troublingly ignored recently. Ethical
issues require appeals to our conscience, study of the existing material and
publications, recognition of the necessity of publishing following peer review by
specialists and use of quality tests. Taxonomy is a long process starting with
sampling, which can be the first Achilles heel if it does not represent all
kinds and levels of variability. I will not go further. The taxonomy can be
facilitated by constantly updated species notions and a holistic approach.
Present-day knowledge on extant and fossil Scleractinia suggests that eleven
variables be taken into account in defining species.
Our colleguium may contribute considerably by reducing the subjective impact.
I believe that this discussion has been followed widely and it will be great
to hear from specialists globally, from the respected colleagues, veterans,
new pioneers and grant-recipients. Why not to try to define the future
strategies for scleractinian taxonomic research?
With best wishes,
Vassil Zlatarski
131Fales Rd.,
Bristol, RI 02809
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Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 21:43:54 +0100
From: "Fabrice Poiraud-Lambert" <fpl at free.fr>
Subject: [Coral-List] CIRCoP 2 : Looking for more talks
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Dear Listers,
After my first Call for Talks about one month ago, we had many interesting subjects suggested, and I would like to thank every one for that.
We selected some of the suggested topics in other to fit best with the International Coral Reef Conferences of Paris (CIRCoP), organized to increase general public (Divers, Reef Aquarists, sea lovers,...) knowledge about coral reefs.
However, we are still looking for about 4/6 talks to fill in our program.
Here are the ones we confirmed yet :
Coral Reef Conservation (4 talks) :
01- Paul Holthus - President of the Marine Aquarium Council (MAC) - USA - Healthy Reef, Healthy Hobby, a Symbiotic relashionship
02- Gregor Hogdson - President of Reef Check - USA - People Power to Save Reefs
03- Carlo Nike BIANCHI - Genova - Italy - Maldives current status after the 1998 Bleaching Event
04- ? Still to select
About Coral
05- Buki Rinkevich - Isreal - Fights below the waves (fights between coral that shape the reefs)
06- Julian Sprung - USA - subject under discussion
- ? Still to select
Fish, Invertabrates, behaviors, etc...
07- Serge Planes - CNRS, France - subject under discussion
08- Charles Mazel - USA - Fluorescence on the Reef
09- Gary Ostrander - USA - The Significance of Color in Coral Reef Fishes
10- Roy Caldwell - USA - Mantis shrimp: Still the Fastest Claw in the West
11- Mary Wicksten - USA - Cleaning Behavior
12- Mary Wicksten - USA - Camouflage in the Sea
- ? Still to select
Please suggest your talk if it fits in the list.
Any French speaking / or European specialist ? ;-))
For more information about conditions, please read this page : http://www.circop.com/CIRCoP2005/US/LecturerConditions.html
For more information about the event, check the website : www.circop.com
Best Regards
Fabrice Poiraud-Lambert
www.reefkeepers.net - President
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Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 13:09:11 +1000
From: Jackie Wolstenholme <jackie.wolstenholme at jcu.edu.au>
Subject: Re: [Coral-List] [Coral List] Coral nomenclature/taxonomy
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Hi All
First, I would like to say that I am very pleased to see this
discussion on Coral List and am looking forward to further
discussion at the 10 ISRS. To contribute to this discussion,
I would like to highlight some of the findings of my
research. To fully resolve issues of species boundaries and
evolutionary relationships between species, I believe it will
be critical to recognise morphs within and between species as
distinct sampling units, as suggested in the previous emails
and is being done eg for the M. annularis complex. I have
conducted two studies in the pacific ocean on the genus
Acropora which demonstrate this.
In American Samoa, I recognised two distinct morphs of the
species A. monticulosa based on morphological appearance.
Preliminary molecular data (domains 1 and 2 of 28SrDNA) also
demonstrates a distinction between these morphs. In contrast
morphological variation between putative morphs of A. humilis
were not reflected in the molecular data with all colonies of
these morphs showing a close relationship. Even more
surprising was the lack of genetic differentiation of A.
gemmifera from A. humilis, despite it being morphologically
distinct.
In a second study at Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef,
a close relationship between A. humilis and A. gemmifera was
also evident, based on the mtDNA intergenic region.
Morphologically these species were also less distinct at
Lizard Island than American Samoa. By using morphs rather
than species, I was also able tease out the evolutionary
distinction of a morph that to my knowledge has been
identified as both A. digitifera and A. gemmifera. In this
study, I demonstrate that this morph is distinct from each of
these species, spawning at the same time as A. gemmifera but
about 3 months out of phase with A. digitifera. This morph
was genetically indistinguishable from A. digitifera.
Morphologically, it is intermediate between the two species.
It is also more common than any other species of Acropora at
Lizard Island!
The issue of what these morphs represent in evolutionary
terms is complicated and remains unresolved. Undoubtedly
though, the recognition of such morphs will greatly
facilitate our understanding of relationships between species
and where boundaries between species should be delineated.
Studies over broad geographic scales will be necessary to
fully resolve these issues. At this stage, as suggested by
Judy, it is definitely worthwhile distinguishing between
morphs within species.
The reference for the first paper is:
Wolstenholme JK, Wallace CC and Chen CA 2003 Species
Boundaries within the Acropora humilis species group
(Cnidaria; Scleractinia): a morphological and molecular
interpretation of evolution. Coral Reefs: 22: 155-166.
The second paper will be published in Marine Biology and is
currently available online:
Wolstenholme JK (2004) Temporal reproductive isolation and
gametic compatibility are evolutionary mechanisms in the
Acropora humilis species group (Cnidara; Scleractinia)
(accepted 10 Oct 2003).
Jackie Wolstenholme
Museum of Tropical Queensland, 70-102 Flinders Street,
TOWNSVILLE QLD 4810
Phone: 61 7 4726 0642, Fax: 61 7 4721 2093
---- Original message ----
>Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 17:29:30 EST
>From: VassilZlatarski at aol.com
>Subject: [Coral-List] [Coral List] Coral
nomenclature/taxonomy
>To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
>
>[Coral-List] Coral nomenclature/taxonomy
>
>Dear Listers,
>
>Somehow our non-Caribbean colleagues were exonerated from
the heat of the
>discussion and I imagine their enjoyment.
>
>Instead of focusing only on the saga of Montastraea
annularis s. l. why do
>not we try to look for the roots of the problem and how can
we fix it?
>Personally, I am a victim of this problem because of the
time factor. Thirty or forty
>years ago, when I made my first steps in nomenclature and
taxonomy, I was not
>able to use the tremendous enrichment of the scleractinian
knowledge achieved
>during last two decades. Recently I have tried to update my
understandings
>and I prepared a university course/workshop on Scleractinian
Low-Level Taxonomy
>where I gratefully faced challenging unbiased questions.
>
>Why is the scleractinian species is so troubling, and may we
simplify the
>problem? The difficulty in defining the scleractinian
species may be attributed
>to two factors: the objective nature of these elusive
organisms, and the
>subjective impact of us as researchers. Because coral
nature is, except within
>the narrow boundaries of certain controlled experiments,
independent of our
>will, our only hope for developing a more objective concept
lies in striving for
>improved researcher techniques and approaches. There are
three areas in which
>our subjective impact may hinder resolution of the
scleractinian species -
>nomenclature (N), ethics (E) and taxonomy (T) - and shifts
in these three
>paradigms will lead to more objective results. This focus
on NET results requires
>introspection on the personal, inter-colleague and
international levels. The
>International Code of Zoological Nomenclature offers a tool
for regulating
>nomenclature procedures, but it has been troublingly ignored
recently. Ethical
>issues require appeals to our conscience, study of the
existing material and
>publications, recognition of the necessity of publishing
following peer review by
>specialists and use of quality tests. Taxonomy is a long
process starting with
>sampling, which can be the first Achilles heel if it does
not represent all
>kinds and levels of variability. I will not go further.
The taxonomy can be
>facilitated by constantly updated species notions and a
holistic approach.
>Present-day knowledge on extant and fossil Scleractinia
suggests that eleven
>variables be taken into account in defining species.
>
>Our colleguium may contribute considerably by reducing the
subjective impact.
> I believe that this discussion has been followed widely and
it will be great
>to hear from specialists globally, from the respected
colleagues, veterans,
>new pioneers and grant-recipients. Why not to try to define
the future
>strategies for scleractinian taxonomic research?
>
>With best wishes,
>Vassil Zlatarski
>131Fales Rd.,
>Bristol, RI 02809
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Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 15:10:39 +0100
From: "Hoeksema, B.W." <Hoeksema at naturalis.nnm.nl>
Subject: [Coral-List] Vacancy in Invertebrate Zoology at Leiden, the
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Vacancy in Invertebrate Zoology
The National Museum of Natural History, Leiden, The Netherlands has as a task to gather and disseminate knowledge about our planet as a natural system and the position of Man in that system. The Museum moved to completely new premises in 1997. The total number of employees at the moment is 127 FTE with another 100 project workers, students, volunteers, and guest researchers. The exhibitions are visited by 250 000 persons per year.
The Department of Invertebrates is part of the Section Collections and Research. The department has sub-departments on coelenterates, crustaceans, echinoderms, molluscs, and worms. In the department there is a vacancy for a
Curator of Invertebrates (f/m)
(32 hours per week)
The position will be available from April 1, 2004. In accordance with the policy of appointment at Naturalis, during the first three years the position will be renewed on a yearly basis with the prospect of a fixed tenure afterwards.
The curator will co-operate with colleagues in the department with regard to research and collections of invertebrates (in particular collections of Echinodermata, Tunicata, Porifera, Bryozoa and Brachiopoda).
Her/his tasks will involve:
- management of historic and valuable scientific collections (information services, international correspondence with colleagues, scientific support of visitors, scientific aspects of loans)
- independent research, both on behalf of collection management and problem-oriented research, resulting in research reports and publications
- editing scientific publications for museum journals
- participation in the marine research programme "Fauna Malesiana Marina", including at least four weeks of fieldwork abroad
- dissemination of knowledge to the general public
- supervision of a collection technician
We expect the successful applicant:
- to have an academic degree (PhD or MSc) in animal taxonomy and/or marine biology
- in case of a MSc only, the applicant should be willing to follow a PhD-programme
- to have diving and field research experience
- to have a background, general interest, and publication experience in marine invertebrates (preferably Indo-Pacific ascidians, echinoderms, bryozoans, and/or sponges)
- to be experienced in managing scientific invertebrate collections
- to be experienced in molecular techniques with regard to phylogeny reconstruction and biogeographical analyses, or to be willing to learn these techniques
- to show an interest in the societal application of animal taxonomy for nature conservancy, agriculture and fisheries, pharmacology, etc.
- to raise funds for research and collection management
- to coach students in animal taxonomy
- to work in close co-operation with colleagues, especially during field work
- to be willing to assist the head of the department in the logistic organization of field work
- to be experienced in handling computerised data bases
- to have well-developed organizational skills, particularly in the field of project management
- to have oral and written fluency in English
- if Dutch is not the mother tongue, to show willingness to learn Dutch and become fluent within six months time
- to have good social skills
- to work independently
We offer:
a salary up to EUR 47.036,- per year, including vacation allowance, depending on acquired skills and publication record. Incorporation into a pension fund.
Further information about this position can be obtained from the Head of the Department of Invertebrates, Dr. B.W. Hoeksema, tel. +31 71 5687631; e-mail Hoeksema at naturalis.nnm.nl. Applications (accompanied by curriculum vitae, list of publications, and names with addresses of at least two academic referees) should be sent before March 15, 2004 to: Department of Personnel & Organization, National Museum of Natural History, Postbus 9517, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Leiden, February 3, 2004
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