[Coral-List] Corexit 9500 and corals

[Carys Mitchelmore]

Good morning,

These are all excellent papers, there's a few other lab and field  
studies with corals and dispersants too, most of which (like I believe  
the ones below) use one of the Corexit formulations (9527) that is  
being used in the Gulf (not the 9500 though that is also being used as  
this is a newer formulation, this is the one I used).

A summary of what was know on corals up to 2005 is summarized in the  
coral section, chapter 5 of the NRC book (Oil Spill dispersants,  
efficacy and effects) which I think you can see pages for free at  
(www.nap.edu).

Best wishes,
Carys

Quoting Clay Cook <ccook30 at hboi.fau.edu>:

> Greetings all,
>
> Apologies for any duplication -- I'd submitted this yesterday but so  
> far it has not appeared on the list.
> In the early 80's Dick Dodge and Tony Knap of the (then) Bermuda  
> Biological Station coordinated a project to look at the effects of  
> crude oil and one of the BP Corexits on reef corals  (not 9500).  If  
> memory serves (Dick, correct me if I am wrong) this was funded by BP  
> and Exxon. A number of papers were published from that project, and  
> I've not seen them mentioned in the discussion to date.  If they  
> have been, I apologize for the duplication.  Here is the list that I  
> have:
>
>
> Cook, C.B. and A.H. Knap. 1983. Effects of crude oil and chemical  
> dispersant on photosynthesis in the brain coral Diploria strigosa.  
> Marine Biology 78:21-27.
>
>
>
> Dodge, R.E., S.C. Wyers, H.R. Frith, A.H. Knap, S.R. Smith and T.D.  
> Sleeter. 1984. The effects  of oil and oil dispersants on the  
> skeletal growth of the hermatypic coral Diploria strigosa. Coral  
> Reefs 3:191-198.
>
>
>
> Knap, A. H., S. C. Wyers, R. E. Dodge, T. D. Sleeter, H. R. Frith,  
> S. R. Smith and C. B. Cook.  1985.  The effects of chemically  
> dispersed oil on the brain coral, Diploria strigosa (Dana).  In  
> Proc. 1985 Oil Spill Conference (American Petroleum Institute). Pp.  
> 547-551.
>
>
>
> Wyers, S. C., Frith, H. R., Dodge, R. E., Smith, S. R., Knap, A. H.  
> and T. D. Sleeter. 1986. Behavioural effects of chemically dispersed  
> oil and subsequent recovery in Diploria strigosa (Dana). Marine  
> Ecology 7:23-42.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Clay
>
>
> Clayton B. Cook, Ph. D.
>
>
> Clayton B. Cook, Ph. D.
> Affiliate Professor of Biology
> Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute at Florida Atlantic University
> 5600 US 1 North
> Ft. Pierce, FL  34946
>
> (772) 242-2301
> (772) 579-0599 (cell)
>
> e-mail  ccook30 at hboi.fau.edu
>
> In the early 80's Dick Dodge and Tony Knap of the (then) Bermuda  
> Biological Station coordinated a project to look at the effects of  
> crude oil and one of the BP Corexits on reef corals.  If memory  
> serves (Dick, correct me if I am wrong) this was funded by BP and  
> Exxon. A number of papers were published from that project, and I've  
> not seen them mentioned in the discussion to date.  If they have  
> been, I apologize for the duplication.  Here is the list that I have:
>
>
> Cook, C.B. and A.H. Knap. 1983. Effects of crude oil and chemical  
> dispersant on photosynthesis in the brain coral Diploria strigosa.  
> Marine Biology 78:21-27.
>
> Knap, A. H., S. C. Wyers, R. E. Dodge, T. D. Sleeter, H. R. Frith,  
> S. R. Smith and C. B. Cook.  1985.  The effects of chemically  
> dispersed oil on the brain coral, Diploria strigosa (Dana).  In  
> Proc. 1985 Oil Spill Conference (American Petroleum Institute). Pp.  
> 547-551.
>
>
>
> Dodge, R. E.,  S. C. Wyers, H. R. Frith, A. H. Knap, C. B. Cook, S.  
> R. Smith, and T.  D. Sleeter. 1984.  Coral calcification  rates by  
> the buoyant weight technique:  effects of alizarin staining.  J.   
> Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 75:217-232
>
>
>
> Wyers, S. C., Frith, H. R., Dodge, R. E., Smith, S. R., Knap, A. H.  
> and T. D. Sleeter. 1986. Behavioural effects of chemically dispersed  
> oil and subsequent recovery in Diploria strigosa (Dana). Marine  
> Ecology 7:23-42.
>
>
>
> Dodge, R.E., S.C. Wyers, H.R. Frith, A.H. Knap, S.R. Smith and T.D.  
> Sleeter. 1984. The effects  of oil and oil dispersants on the  
> skeletal growth of the hermatypic coral Diploria strigosa. Coral  
> Reefs 3:191-198.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Clay
>
>
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>
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>
> e-mail  ccook30 at hboi.fau.edu
>
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Carys Mitchelmore
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