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> Subject: Coral-List Digest, Vol 32, Issue 19
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> Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 12:00:02 -0400
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> 1. Coral species list for the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef
> (Brittany Huntington)
> 2. Re: Coral species list for Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System
> (Douglas Fenner)
> 3. Re: Paper request: Kawaguti and Nakayama 1973 (Ryota SUWA)
> 4. Marine biologist position, Maldives -deadline 9th May
> (Kate Wilson)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2011 12:02:01 -0400
> From: Brittany Huntington <brittanyhuntington at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Coral-List] Coral species list for the Mesoamerican Barrier
> Reef
> To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
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> I am interested in determining the regional species pool for scleractinian
> corals within the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System. I have found online
> sources weighing in around 60 species, but I would appreciate any leads to a
> taxonomic list of coral species observed in the region.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Brittany Huntington
> 
> Doctoral Candidate
> Division of Marine Biology and Fisheries
> Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
> University of Miami
> 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway
> Miami, FL 33149
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
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> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2011 13:41:20 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Douglas Fenner <douglasfenner at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Coral species list for Mesoamerican Barrier
> Reef System
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> Almost all reef-building coral species in the Caribbean have ranges 
> throughout the Caribbean, since the Caribbean is a relatively small body of 
> water (compared to the Indo-Pacific, for instance). Most all of the species 
> have already been found in places like Belize, Cozumel, Akumal, Cancun area, 
> and so on, and some of the others may be there but just haven't been found 
> there yet. There are a very few which have not been found in the NW or W 
> Caribbean at all, and might (might) not be there (to prove they are not there 
> is like trying to prove the null hypothesis). One that is pretty sure not to 
> be there is Millepora squarrosa. It is only known from the southeast 
> Caribbean, and reports elsewhere are likely all errors. Millepora complanata 
> can look a bit like it, but if you look in the Humann book you'll see M.. 
> squarrosa is actually quite distinctive and easy to recognize. A second 
> species is Leptoseris cailleti, a small deep-water species that is rarely 
> reported anywhere. Millepora striata is rarely reported, but I reported it 
> from Belize, so it is in the MesoAmerican reef system. There are a few other 
> rarely reported or less well known species that may or may not be there, such 
> as Madracis senaria, Madracis asperula, Madracis carambi and Porites branneri. 
> The situation is quite different with the azooxanthellate corals. How many are 
> present in an area is poorly known, probably because they are small and 
> cryptic, but they may be patchy as well, since they typically live in very 
> specific habitats like cavern roofs that are searched less often and less 
> completely than open habitats. Also, their identification is not a trivial 
> matter for most of us reef biologists, most require sending a sample to the one 
> or two people in the whole world who are experts on their taxonomy (I'm not one 
> of them, Dr. Stephen Cairns at the Smithsonian is one, and can put you in touch 
> with the others).
> For the zooxanthellate species, you can find range maps in Veron (2000), 
> but it appears he fills in all the Caribbean for any species found somewhere in 
> the Caribbean. He's working on a much more detailed database called "Coral 
> Geographic."
> 
> To my way of thinking Belize has a true barrier reef, but the rest of the 
> MesoAmerican reef system is not a barrier reef as far as I know, but I'm no 
> expert on it. A barrier reef has to have a significant lagoon between it and 
> land, and my impression is outside Belize, reefs are pretty much fringing. I've 
> also heard of the Florida Keys reefs referred to as a barrier reef. I prefer 
> the older name, "Florida Reef Tract" since as far as I know it consists of a 
> series of relatively small reefs with wide gaps between them, and more 
> continuous ridges of hard grounds that are not currently living coral reefs and 
> don't get close to the surface. Gene Shinn also tells me that the Florida Keys 
> reefs have been called bank reefs. That said, most reefs are not just coral 
> reefs, they are coralgal reefs or even algal coral reefs, with coralline algae 
> and other calcareous algae contributing as much or more calcium buildup than the 
> corals. Also, the Great Barrier Reef is not a single reef but a whole series of 
> about two thousand reefs, with gaps of various sizes (a maze that in effect is 
> a barrier to navigation unless you have GPS and a very good map system and are 
> a good navigator). There is one section that is a nearly continuous barrier, 
> the section called the "Ribbon Reefs." I'd also remind people of the barrier 
> reef in New Caledonia, which is like Belize and the Ribbon Reefs in the GBR, a 
> nearly continuous barrier with some small gaps. New Caledonia is said to have 
> the longest continuous barrier reef in the world, and likely that is not widely 
> known. Anyhow, "MesoAmerican reef system" sounds fine with me, as does Belize 
> Barrier Reef, but adding barrier to MesoAmerican does not, nor does it for 
> Florida. It seems like today people think the word "barrier" adds charisma, so 
> they want to call their reef a barrier reef. Fringing reef ought to also have 
> some charisma, think of the Ningaloo fringing reef in western Australia, 
> longest fringing reef in the world. Not nearly as well known as the GBR, but a 
> huge and amazing reef. Think of Indonesia, which has more coral reefs than any 
> other country in the world (slightly more than Australia), I bet most of their 
> reefs are fringing. Also among the most diverse in the world, a true world 
> treasure. Fringing is good. Doug
> 
> Cheers, Doug
> 
> Fenner, D. 2001. Biogeography of three Caribbeancorals (Scleractinia); 
> Tubastraea 
> 
> coccineainvades the Gulf of Mexico. Bulletin of Marine Science 69: 
> 1175-1189.
> 
> Fenner, D. 1999. New Observations on the Stony Coral Species (Scleractinia,
> Milliporidae, Stylaseridae) of Belize(Central America) and Cozumel(Mexico).
> Bulletin of Marine Science 64: 143-154.
> 
> Fenner, D. P. 1993. Some reefs and corals of Roatan (Honduras), Cayman Brac, and
> Little Cayman. Atoll Research Bulletin 388: 1-30.
> Weerdt, W. H. de. 1990. Discontinuous distribution of the tropical west 
> Atlantic hydrocoral Millepora squarrosa. Beaufort. 41: 195-203.
> 
> Douglas Fenner
> Coral Reef Monitoring Ecologist
> Dept Marine & Wildlife Resources
> American Samoa
> 
> 
> Mailing address:
> PO Box 3730
> Pago Pago, AS 96799
> USA
> 
> 
> work phone 684 633 4456
> 
> 
> Sharply increased mass loss from glaciers and ice caps in the Canadian Arctic 
> Archipelago
> 
> 
> Between the periods 2004?2006 and 2007?2009, the rate of mass loss sharply 
> increased from 31 ? 8 Gt yr 1 to 92 ? 12 Gt yr 1 in direct response to warmer 
> summer temperatures, to which rates of ice loss are highly sensitive (64 ? 14 
> Gt yr 1 per 1 K increase).
> 
> Gardner et al Nature 
> http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature10089.html?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20110421
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: Brittany Huntington <brittanyhuntington at gmail.com>
> To: coral-list at coral.aoml..noaa.gov
> Sent: Thu, April 21, 2011 4:13:17 AM
> Subject: [Coral-List] Coral species list for Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System
> 
> I am interested in determining the regional species pool for scleractinian
> corals within the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System. Published reports weigh
> in around 60 species from what I have found but would appreciate any leads
> to a taxonomic list of coral species observed in the region.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Brittany Huntington
> 
> Brittany Huntington
> Doctoral Candidate
> Division of Marine Biology and Fisheries
> Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
> University of Miami
> 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway
> Miami, FL 33149
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> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 10:13:33 +0900
> From: "Ryota SUWA" <ryota at zenno.jp>
> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Paper request: Kawaguti and Nakayama 1973
> To: <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
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> 
> Dear all,
> 
> I have the pdf that Emily requested.
> 
> Kawaguti, S. & Nakayama, T., 1973
> Population densities of zooxanthellae in reef corals.
> Biol. J. Okayama Uni. 16:67-71
> 
> Please email me if you want it.
> 
> 
> Best wishes,
> Ryota Suwa
> 
> 
> --------------------------------------
> Ryota Suwa (PhD, JSPS postodoctoral fellow)
> Seto Marine Biological Laboratory
> Field Science Education and Research Center
> Kyoto University
> 459 Nishimuro, Shirahama, 
> Wakayama 649-2211, Japan
> TEL: (0)90-5906-7448 
> FAX: (0)739-42-4518
> E-mail: ryota at zenno.jp
> E-mail: r.suwa at kw2.ecs.kyoto-u.ac.jp
> 
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> Does anyone have a copy of the following paper they could email me?
> 
> Kawaguti, S. & Nakayama, T., 1973
> Population densities of zooxanthellae in reef corals.
> Biol. J. Okayama Uni. 16:67-71
> 
> Much thanks,
> 
> Emily Howells
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> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 10:35:52 +0000
> From: Kate Wilson <kayt888 at hotmail.com>
> Subject: [Coral-List] Marine biologist position, Maldives -deadline
> 9th May
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> 
> Dear all,
> 
> An update to the application deadline -deadline is 9th May, NOT 9th April as previously stated. Apologies.
> 
> Six Senses Soneva Gili in Male? Atoll, a leading eco-resort in the Maldives is looking for an experienced marine biologist to join their team.
> 
> Job summary:
> The Marine Biologist is responsible and accountable for all functions and activities related to marine and island-life biology, for environmental benchmarking, reporting, advising, implementing of best practices as well as for the necessary coordination with all teams of the resort and allied areas.
> 
> Within the guidelines of the Six Senses Resorts & Spas? policies and procedures, Six Senses policies and procedures and within the guidelines of regulations set by Maldives Government, the Marine Biologist is responsible for organizing and coordinating all activities related to marine biology. S/he is furthermore involved in environmental benchmarking and reporting, training, coordinating of activities, advising as well as implementing of best environmental practices. The Marine Biologist is also accountable for introducing
> the necessary systems to extend GEM (Guest Experience Maker) service. S/he will directly and indirectly through the Resident Manager, ensure smooth relations with all teams.
> 
> Start date: asap
> Duration: 1 year
> Salary: $1200
> Application deadline: 9th May, 2011
> 
> Qualifications:
> Minimum BSc. in marine biology or related degree.
> 
> Special skills:
> -Reef monitoring experience
> -Excellent snorkeling and SCUBA diving skills
> -Knowledge of tropical reef and island ecology
> -Highly interactive and people friendly attitude
> -Good knowledge of Microsoft for data processing, report and poster making
> -Passion for conservation and social and environmental welfare
> -Experience working with island communities in an educational capacity
> -Ability to live and work in a multi-national, small island environment..
> 
> Languages:
> English, second foreign language of advantage and local dialect.
> 
> Tasks and responsibilities:
> 1. Environmental education:
> ? Guiding guest snorkeling trips once a day in the house reef or by boat
> ? Accompanying guests for scuba dives twice a week
> ? Giving regular presentations about sea and island life-related issues (two sea life talks, one microscopy course, one nature walk, once a week each)
> ? Being available for guests in key resort locations and during the GM?s cocktail party
> ? Providing marine conservation training to hosts and local islanders (e.g. school children, teachers, fishermen, etc.)
> ? Contributing to all promotional and educational material concerned with natural features of the resort (flora, fauna, marine life information for newsletters, posters, etc.)
> ? Preparing environment- and biology-related information material for the host notice board and contributing to host and Six Senses newsletters
> ? Organising reef and beach clean-ups at the resort and local islands
> Developing awareness programs associated with reef restoration project
> 
> 2. Nature monitoring:
> -monitoring beach movements
> -turtle nesting monitoring
> -upkeep and monitoring of coral trays 
> -assistance in reef monitoring in collaboration with any specialist appointed by the resort or the local authority
> 
> 3. Marine conservation:
> -Taking stock of fish and crustacean purchases and monitoring the resort?s consumption, ensuring that only sustainable fishing is practiced
> -Highlighting to resort management any other conservation issues that could be improved, and finding ways to improve them for overall sustainability
> -Ensuring that all injured/stressed marine and terrestrial organisms are looked after and that animal welfare issues are addressed 
> -Engaging in, contributing to, driving and developing research and conservation programmes that are relevant to Laamu and Maldives.
> 
> Strong candidates will have the following experience:
> -Maldives or Indian Ocean experience highly preferable
> -Experience in coral nursery upkeep and restoration efforts an asset to the position
> -Have experience working at 5 star resorts
> 
> To apply:
> Candidates that fulfill the requirements, please send c.v and cover letter detailing relevant experience to:
> 
> Deanne Garling: hrco-gili at sixsenses.com
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Posted on behalf of Deanne Garling. 
> 
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