[Coral-List] Cindy ' book... great!!
Hellen Faus
personal at hellenfaus.com
Tue Mar 14 09:19:55 EST 2006
Cindy, your experience and idea of the book is really interesting.
Do you have it translated into Spanish? Do you think it could be interesting
to think about it if it isn't? Could you post or send me an image of an
inner page to have a look?
This kind of iniciatives are what I think are very usefull... concientating
teachers and parents, and having the complicity of kids would do a great
job. It is one of my main ideas of starting up with all this... schools and
all this teaching resources.
By the way, and thanks to the film "Nemo" I now remember how my niece, 7
years old, when I show her my uw pictures, gets very excited recognizing
some of her idols in the "real world"... and she can identify more of what I
thought she'd do!!! This is what encourages me in this way.
Buen azul a todos - Cheers.
Hellen
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Today's Topics:
1. Education (Kathryn Hedges)
2. Re: Education is the key! (DeeVon Quirolo)
3. Paleo Session - 6th European Coral Reef Conference 2006
(Thomas Felis)
4. Abstracts requested for Bremen 2006 - Stress responses in
corals (Reia Guppy)
5. Coral Spectral Absorption Data (Sanjay Joshi)
6. Education and Hollywood (cindy177 at charter.net)
7. whole coral C:N ratio (shashank Keshavmurthy)
8. Re: Coral-List Digest, Vol 33, Issue 20 (Hellen Faus )
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 07:15:20 -0600
From: Kathryn Hedges <Khedges at khwisdom.com>
Subject: [Coral-List] Education
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Education is very important. You would be surprised how many kid,
parents too, in the Midwest who have no concept of an ocean. I took a
couple of kids from Gary In to the science fair in Portland, Oregon a
couple of years ago and we drove to the Pacific so that they could see
it, touch it. They were overwhelmed by the vast expanse of water. I
think they expected to see land on the other side.
The Midwest with all of the agriculture effects the Gulf of Mexico and
no one knows it. People just think they need to worry about the local
rivers (which are also very polluted because of years of industrial
waste and neglect). Letting one child learn about a concept and really
understand can really help a cause because kids will listen to kids. If
a kid comes back home telling about an experience others listen and
learn a lot more than they do from text books and teachers telling about
a subject.
This year NOAA offered an award for a project in oceanography. I think
it was just a certificate but it was at least something for students to
look at and may generate some interest in the topic of oceanography in
the future.
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Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 10:30:02 -0500
From: DeeVon Quirolo <deevon at bellsouth.net>
Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Education is the key!
To: "Paul Stampfl" <paulstampfl at eircom.net>,
coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
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Reef Relief and many other conservation
organizations have been educating students and
other targeted audiences for years. Our Coral
Reef Teacher Guide by Wendy Weir is available
online with complimentary slide shows, posters,
and supporting materials. Our school program has
been introducing 4th grade students in the Keys
to the coral reef ecosystem for the past 10
years. However, that alone will not build the
political will to upgrade inadequate sewage, stop
agricultural runoff, etc. You need to get
involved in the very unpopular strategy of policy
guidance to make political change in the real
world. And most likely, you will lose funding
and support from the very government agencies
responsible for protecting coral reefs for speaking up for coral reefs.
DeeVon Quirolo, executive director, Reef Relief
At 07:29 AM 3/13/2006, Paul Stampfl wrote:
>Dear Members of this in the last weeks very interesting List,
>
>Educate the kids! (And as by-product their
>parents) This is the most promising and probably
>only solution available to change the mind frame.
>
>Important is that we ?feed? the kids again and again (it?s like
advertising)
>
>We should get the schools, the teachers and most
>importantly the kids involved.
>
>For a start;
>
>Let?s put together a workshop (there might be
>already enough suitable educational material out
>there) and visit the schools. I am sure there is one around your corner!
>
>One could set up a website adjusted to the needs
>of the kids and the syllabus and accompany the
>kids throughout the school year or school
>career. Kids like competitions; set out some
>prizes and let them compete for it in a quiz (within and between schools)
>
>Important is, that they have a contact / a face
>they can communicate with and (as a highlight)
>talk to them personally from time to time.
>
>We could search for a mascot (Nemo is probably
>already protected by some copyright law?. Run a
>campaign where the kids (schools) have the
>option to choose between different mascots, come
>up with a name, let them paint ? you get the point!
>
>This kind of effort would need some coordination
>and will therefore raise a range of issues. -
>What kind of administrative framework is
>required? Who e.g. would host the website? Is it
>necessary to set up a new (independent!)
>platform? What is about the Kids that are not
>blessed with high speed internet access? Sponsoring? etc.
>
>
>I am sure you have some input and answers.
>
>Paul
>
>
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Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 17:02:12 +0100
From: "Thomas Felis" <tfelis at uni-bremen.de>
Subject: [Coral-List] Paleo Session - 6th European Coral Reef
Conference 2006
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Dear colleagues,
we would like to invite submission of abstracts for a thematic
session on
?Paleoenvironment reconstructions, paleontology (Session 1)?
to be held at
The 6th European Coral Reef Conference 2006
European Meeting of the International Society for Reef Studies
(ISRS)
19-22 September 2006
Bremen, Germany
Co-chairs: Thomas Felis, Jens Zinke
Coral reefs provide high-resolution archives of local environmental
change at specific reef sites as well as large-scale variations in
ocean-atmosphere dynamics (e.g., the ENSO phenomenon). Recent
progress in proxy development and analytical techniques has
enabled reconstructions of temperature, hydrologic balance/salinity,
circulation, upwelling, terrestrial runoff and pH of the surface ocean
at subdecadal to subseasonal resolution. Most of these proxy
records are derived from massive annually-banded scleractinian
corals, supported by records generated from sclerosponges and
clams. Such paleoenvironmental records have a great potential to
bring environmental data from recently established reef monitoring
programmes and large-scale ocean observing systems into the long-
term context of the last centuries. In addition to living reefs, well-
dated fossil reefs and their paleogeographic distribution provide
crucial information on paleoclimate and sea-level changes in the
more distant geological past. Information on the response of reefs to
past environmental changes under boundary conditions different
from today provide an important benchmark in successfully
assessing and predicting the future of coral reefs in a changing
climate.
We expect a stimulating session on all aspects of and latest
developments in:
* Environmental records in reef organisms
* Fossil reefs and corals as archives
* Paleoclimate and sea-level change
* Paleogeographic distribution of reefs
* Reefs in siliciclastic settings
If you are interested in participating in this session, please submit
your abstract by May 15th at:
http://isrs2006.zmt.uni-bremen.de/regis.php
Click on 'Registration', go to 'Abstract Submission', and assign your
abstract to session [1]
"Paleoenvironment reconstructions, paleontology".
Please also forward copies of the abstract, indicating whether you
would prefer an oral or poster presentation, to us at:
tfelis at uni-bremen.de
and
jenszinke at falw.vu.nl
We look forward to your participation.
Regards
Thomas Felis and Jens Zinke
Dr Thomas Felis
DFG-Research Center for Ocean Margins
University of Bremen
GEO Building, Klagenfurter Str.
28359 Bremen
Germany
e-mail: tfelis at uni-bremen.de
phone: +49-(0)421-218-7769
fax: +49-(0)421-218-65505
http://www.rcom.marum.de/English/Dr._Thomas_Felis.html
Dr Jens Zinke
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
FALW, Dept. Paleoclimatology and Paleoecology
De Boelelaan 1085
1081 HV Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Tel. 0031 20 598 73 27
Fax. 0031 20 598 99 41
email: jenszinke at falw.vu.nl
http://sheba.geo.vu.nl/~palmorph/
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Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 16:50:17 -0000
From: "Reia Guppy" <reiag at hotmail.com>
Subject: [Coral-List] Abstracts requested for Bremen 2006 - Stress
responses in corals
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I'm posting this on behalf of John Bythell:
Dear Coral-List,
The organisers of the session ?Stress responses in corals? at the ISRS
meeting in Bremen (Sept 19-22nd 2006) would like to invite submission of
abstracts for consideration as part of this session.
The above session welcomes papers on stress responses of corals at the
organism, cell and molecular levels. In particular we would encourage papers
that improve our understanding of disease processes in corals; that further
our knowledge of the bleaching response and which clarify the interactions
between bleaching and disease.
If you are interested in participating in this session please submit your
abstract by May 15 at: http://isrs2006.zmt.uni-bremen.de/regis.php Click on
?Registration?, go to ?Abstract Submission? and assign your abstract to
session 10 ? Stress responses in corals? and send a copy to both John
Bythell at j.c.bythell at ncl.ac.uk and Barbara Brown at
ProfBarbaraBrown at aol.com.
We look forward to your participation and please let us know if we can be of
further assistance.
Best regards and looking forward to seeing you in Bremen.
John Bythell
Barbara Brown
Reia Guppy
Division of Biology
Ridley Building
University of Newcastle
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 7RU, U.K.
Tel: +44 (0) 191 222 6664
Fax: +44 (0) 191 222 5229
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Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 12:22:37 -0500
From: Sanjay Joshi <sjoshi at psu.edu>
Subject: [Coral-List] Coral Spectral Absorption Data
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Hi,
I am looking for some data on the spectral absorption curves for
different coral. is such data available anywhere ? If so, where can I find
it.
Thanks,
sanjay.
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Dr. Sanjay Joshi, Ph.D.
Professor of Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering
Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802.
Phone: 814-865-2108
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Message: 6
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 16:53:34 -0800
From: <cindy177 at charter.net>
Subject: [Coral-List] Education and Hollywood
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As a scientific illustrator and writer backgrounds in earth/marine science
and education, I am involved in the development of science educational
materials for K-12-college students and the lay public (geology and coral
reef ecology).
In education we talk about different kinds of learning styles, and the need
to present subject matter in as many ways as possible in order to reach all
types of learners. Educating us (the public) about coral reef decline or any
other important issue needs as many approaches as possible: Inundate us with
entertaining/educational movies and TV programs, colorful books and articles
in print - even video games; integrate the subject matter all through the
K-12 curriculum (and mandate it as part of the national educational
standards), expand outreach activities - and cultivate supportive public
policy makers.
As an example of what can be done in schools, current educational reform
encourages "authentic" (real life) learning and assessment using
multidisciplinary, problem-based approaches. Coral reef issues offer perfect
opportunities for such learning.
In 1999, I wrote, illustrated, and published GROUPER MOON - a children's
science adventure for use in the classroom - fiction, with accurate science
that addresses the problems of over-fishing and coral reef decline. My
approach to the story was to create a lovable fish character (Cooper the
Grouper) - one with whom kids could relate and want to take care of (who
could not love a Nassau grouper?) - but through the boy character, the story
also addresses human concerns of being able "to have our fish and eat it,
too." Stan Waterman wrote the foreword. (For more details, see
www.aureliapress.com or amazon.com)
My plan was to have teachers field test the book in their classrooms to see
how it might work with the curriculum; next, use their feedback to develop
formal lesson plans/activity guides and assessments to go with the book;
then tweak and reprint the book, if necessary - and, finally, market it as a
package. Soon after the book was printed, family matters sidetracked me for
several years, so I am just now in the curriculum development stage. (I do
this in my spare time between contracts.)
Teacher and student response to the book has been very positive. Even
without any current marketing, orders for classroom sets of books stagger
in. Occasionally I am surprised by a package of art and letters from a
classroom of kids who ask "is it really true?" and how they think the story
should be made into a movie (really!) - actually, adult readers have said
the same thing, but I've never done a screenplay before. But if Hollywood
were to get involved with making ANY kind of coral reef movie, how about
doing so with plans to develop educational materials to go with it? (BTW,
are there currently materials to use with the IMAX production?)
There is already a lot of good stuff out there, but where is it all, and how
can we avoid unnecessary duplication? I would suggest organizing a
coordinated, multidisciplinary approach to establish specific goals for
public education. Take an inventory of what is already being done, who is
doing it, and decide how these isolated projects can fit into a collective
effort - then figure out where the holes are, and go from there.
Please don't hesitate to let me know how I can help.
Best regards,
Cindy Shaw
177 Kranichwood Street
Richland, WA 99352
509 627 3839 phone
509 627 0703 fax
cindyshaw177 at hotmail.com
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Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 17:40:34 -0800 (PST)
From: shashank Keshavmurthy <iamshanky15 at yahoo.com>
Subject: [Coral-List] whole coral C:N ratio
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Dear Researchers
Can anybody enlighten me on the CN ratio of
intact coral piece..has anyone carried out CN
analysis on a whole coral piece?...I know that
generally the CN ratio of zooxanthellae and coral
tissue is 7 and 6 (approximate).....but what is
the CN ratio of a coral piece..say 1cm long (in
case of Acropora sp.)....
What happens to CN ratio when stressed....I
believe it will increase (when I read the
literature on the CN ratios in palnktons
etc)...but in case of corals, as the stress
effect increase...the Carbon content of the
tissue start decreasing ??...(say from completely
healthy tissue to partially bleached to
completely bleached tissue)....
but in alternate situation..say nutrient enriched
(in form of Nitrogen)...then CN ratio will
decrease (in case of zooxanthellae CN
ratio)...but will that show when we measure CN
ratio of intact whole coral piece?......i am
confused here....
becasue when we measeure CN ratio of
zooxanthellae and coral tissue seperately..it
gives the individual CN ratios...but, if one
measures CN ratio of a intact coral piece....then
It should give the idea about the coral health
status..is it?
am I right or am i wrong?
Thanks for listening to me...and I welcome any
answers....I still have to learn many things in
coral-algal physiology!!!!!!
Best Regards
Shashank
"the role of infinitely small in nature is infinitely large"-Louis Pasteur
Keshavmurthy Shashank
phD candidate
Kochi University, Graduate School of Kuroshio Science
Laboratory of Environmental Conservation
Otsu 200, Monobe, Nankoku-shi
783-8502, Kochi, Japan
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Message: 8
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 00:42:16 +0100
From: "Hellen Faus " <personal at hellenfaus.com>
Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Coral-List Digest, Vol 33, Issue 20
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Hi All... I do not participate a lot, as I am a total novell and don't know
anything, but i read you with interest and this current issue actually
concerns me a lot....
How to reach the most to get them be aware of the importance of marine life
and coral in its extent??
I'm now working to run a web site in Spanish that gets all the information
about coral for the general public. - By the way, if any of you has any
suggestion, or agrees on the use of translations of your web information,
just tell me -
In this same sense I'm nowadays using this subjet in a course of didactic
applications of TIC, and I've realized in the PPS and word docs given to my
mates (all adults) that their first impression is just the same: "wuau... I
did not know how important was it!!"
For us is not easy, Spain is a country surrounded by sea, but not with coral
reefs, and it sounds as very far from here, a paradise of sand and palms
where most will never go...
so the point has to be given on how to involve people on the basis that we
all have our relevance, that "everything" goes to the sea (whichever it is),
that anyone can do simple things to help without having to live on the coast
of a pretty coral reef and the most important, having a minimum of knowledge
of what's happening here.
Of course, a tv platform would be excellent, but I don't think it is so easy
to reach, and if so, my fear would be its mis-use and so the conversion of a
good cause into another "market business"
So, the education and formation is the main thing.
Kids and schools, in first place... their enthusiasm -if we get it!- would
get home, by sure.
And anybody else... universities, work centers, cultural associations... a
big effort in talks, shows and so on...
Again, I think for Spain it will be more difficult... Our corals are not "so
pretty", (they are, of course, but they are not such a colourful and not
seen at simple sight) much deeper and when they suffer, as some years ago in
the Mediterranean coast when they died due to a extrange current, but down
to 40 meters deept, just very few knew about, nor even took any relevance
:-(
What can we do?
And concretelly, any ideas for this place in Europe??
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Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 12:29:06 +0000
From: "Paul Stampfl" <paulstampfl at eircom.net>
Subject: [Coral-List] Education is the key!
To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
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Dear Members of this in the last weeks very interesting List,
Educate the kids! (And as by-product their parents) This is the most
promising and probably only solution available to change the mind frame.
Important is that we feed the kids again and again (its like advertising)
We should get the schools, the teachers and most importantly the kids
involved.
For a start;
Lets put together a workshop (there might be already enough suitable
educational material out there) and visit the schools. I am sure there is
one around your corner!
One could set up a website adjusted to the needs of the kids and the
syllabus and accompany the kids throughout the school year or school career.
Kids like competitions; set out some prizes and let them compete for it
in a quiz (within and between schools)
Important is, that they have a contact / a face they can communicate with
and (as a highlight) talk to them personally from time to time.
We could search for a mascot (Nemo is probably already protected by some
copyright law. Run a campaign where the kids (schools) have the option to
choose between different mascots, come up with a name, let them paint you
get the point!
This kind of effort would need some coordination and will therefore raise a
range of issues. - What kind of administrative framework is required? Who
e.g. would host the website? Is it necessary to set up a new (independent!)
platform? What is about the Kids that are not blessed with high speed
internet access? Sponsoring? etc.
I am sure you have some input and answers.
Paul
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