[Coral-List] Restoration rationale (Steve Mussman)
Andrew Ross
ross.andrew at mac.com
Wed Sep 18 21:41:42 UTC 2019
Good afternoon Austin, Steve & List,
Austin, you have suggested that the remaining corals of the modern Caribbean are those that are somewhat adapted to the (crumby?) conditions of their bay or of the region. As such, the conditions have not been addressed, but things have changed that may be helpful and may be helped along.
Even if a site is erring towards awful, we can often overwhelm the bad for a net-positive trajectory. This is enhanced (or maybe allowed) through careful curating of the material to tolerant and/or stronger lineages, head-starting in the nursery and setting the proverbial shedload of such high-test material* (with fingers crossed). This would be amongst the differences between a horticultural approach, in which every polyp is sacred, and a silvicultural approach where one factors for losses.
Better, employ a body to visit the site twice per week with trusty pliers to chop-up worms/snails/COTS, upright blow-downs & snip away dead bits and disease: a reef gardener. Better still, set an MPA in parallel including, as Austin also has long suggested and we’ve implemented here and there, using the coral culture/enhancement programme as interest springboard to some sort of local management. It is absolutely putting the cart before the horse, and sometimes the horse can use the nudge.
*Head-started microfragments/nubbins seem to be the best option for “overwhelming” numbers. I agree that wee corals appear to be less tasty, smelly or generally findable to marauders, giving them a few months to get established.
Apologies for my response lag & best regards,
Andrew M. Ross, Ph.D.
Seascape Caribbean
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> On Sep 14, 2019, at 5:42 AM, Austin Bowden-Kerby via Coral-List <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> wrote:
>
> Bula from Fiji,
>
> I agree with Steve that it is impossible or at least very difficult to
> restore corals to reefs where the root causes of coral decline have not yet
> been properly addressed. Massive out-planting like the sort proposed can
> be done, but most of the out-plants will likely fail - unless small pilot
> outplants are done beforehand to test the survival risks and potentials of
> each sites. Otherwise the transplants will likely become food for snails
> and fire worms, at least on unbalanced, over-fished reefs. That was my
> experience in much of the Caribbean.
>
> However, if a good ecological balance exists. like in the no-take areas of
> Belize, where the corals are missing due to acute problems now mostly past,
> and where lack of recovery was related to a lack of sexual reproduction as
> Acropora coral populations had become widely dispersed, mono-genetic, or
> Stegastes damselfish infested. Fragments of Hope in Belize has had great
> success restoring sexually reproductive populations of Acropora to these
> reefs, and fish abundance has increased greatly due to the vastly improved
> habitat structure the coral provide. Pretty amazing actually.
>
> Over here in the Pacific, there are some reefs with pristine waters and
> with amazing numbers of fish, but the corals are mostly gone due to mass
> bleaching. For such reefs, the abundant parrotfish become the biggest
> challenge, as they can devour the outplants. I see the branching corals on
> these reefs shifting from Acropora dominance to Pocillopora dominance and
> then to Porites or massive Pavona dominance. On Christmas Island Kiribati,
> all of the Acropora species are now locally extinct or represented by a
> handful of surviving genotypes, The most important thing now is to restore
> sexual reproduction and larval recruitment processes to these remaining
> Acropora species, and that is what we are doing. Micro-fragmenting seems to
> be the best way to avoid parrotfish predation and the total death of
> transplants. Fortunately after five trips, I have not yet seen a single
> predatory snail or COTS.
>
> Regards to all,
>
> Austin
>
> Austin Bowden-Kerby, PhD
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>> 1. Restoration rationale (Steve Mussman)
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>> 4. Re: Is coral reef restoration like heart disease treatment?
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>> Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2019 10:23:11 -0400
>> From: Steve Mussman <sealab at earthlink.net>
>> To: coral list <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
>> Subject: [Coral-List] Restoration rationale
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>> In an attempt to better understand the processes and goals involved in
>> coral restoration, I would ask listers to help me gain a fuller
>> appreciation for projects like this.
>>
>>
>> https://www.coralrestoration.org/post/noaa-backs-coral-restoration-foundation-with-2-5-million-to-restore-florida-s-coral-reefs
>>
>> Although I get the concept behind enhanced resilience and/or ?super
>> corals?, do researchers actually expect newly outplanted corals to flourish
>> in degraded ecosystems like those found in the Florida Keys (and elsewhere)
>> without first effectively addressing the multitude of stressors (including
>> overall water quality, over-fishing, disease and now the broader impacts of
>> climate change) that have, over the last several decades, contributed to
>> these ecosystems becoming increasingly degenerated in the first place?
>>
>> Seems to me that we?re putting the proverbial cart before the horse, but
>> maybe I?m missing something (beyond the obvious).
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Steve
>>
>>
>>
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>> Message: 3
>> Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2019 15:39:51 +0000
>> From: Alina Szmant <alina at cisme-instruments.com>
>> To: Neus Figueras <neus.fi.ba at gmail.com>
>> Cc: coral list <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
>> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Proposal that ICRS supports the organization
>> of remote meetings for ICRS 2020
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>> Thanks Neus. But if all reef scientists gave up flying very little coral
>> reef science would be done. Most reef researchers don't live next to a
>> coral reef.
>>
>>
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>> -------- Original message --------
>> From: Neus Figueras via Coral-List <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
>> Date: 9/12/19 10:37 AM (GMT-05:00)
>> To:
>> Cc: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
>> Subject: [Coral-List] Proposal that ICRS supports the organization of
>> remote meetings for ICRS 2020
>>
>> I totally agree with you, Alina. There is so much each person can do on a
>> daily basis if they want to reduce and take responsibility for their carbon
>> footprint, and indeed we should focus on this.
>> However, I think that the decision of not flying to Bremen is more about
>> making of it a great symbol we could send to the people than about the
>> extra CO2 emissions that would be saved.
>> ?Our ecosystem? is in the front line and we need all the possible backup.
>> The comprehensible outcome for the general public of this ICRS will not be
>> that different from the one of the last ICRS. We already know what is the
>> best we can do to save the reefs, and if changing this ICRS could have a
>> greater impact on people (or at least, to the rest of the scientific
>> community), I personally think we should try it.
>> One important thing I?ve learned as a scientist is that if something
>> doesn?t work as you expected, you better try another approach.
>> My words are not intended to criticize, but to try to help. And I
>> absolutely respect and value all the great work and effort of the ICRS
>> organizers.
>>
>> Neus
>>
>> El mar., 10 sept. 2019 a las 16:13, Alina Szmant via Coral-List (<
>> coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>) escribi?:
>>
>>> While several thousand people flying to Germany will indeed produce a few
>>> days of extra CO2 emissions, I contend that the diets of these several
>>> thousand people over the 365 days a year of meat and dairy consumption
>> will
>>> have a much greater effect on climate change than the emissions of their
>>> air travel, as described in the articles in the links below. If people
>> are
>>> so concerned about being a contributor to C emissions and climate
>> change, I
>>> suggest they take up a new, more climate friendly diet 365 days a year:
>>> give up dairy, give up eating land animals. There is so much each person
>>> can do on a DAILY basis if they want to reduce and take responsibility
>> for
>>> their carbon footprint, that will help not only coral reefs, but also
>>> continued destruction of what's left of the world's forests and
>> wilderness.
>>>
>>> I propose that the organizers of the Bremen ICRS take this into account
>> in
>>> what food they provide to those of us who will attend: select food
>> caterers
>>> who can provide vegan or at least vegetarian options, and only
>> sustainably
>>> harvested seafood (no reef species). Also, no plastic bottles, electronic
>>> program book materials except for a printed summary of the daily
>> schedule.
>>> (I am partially offsetting my air travel by having 34 x 365-watt solar
>>> panels on my home, and I am pesca-vegan).
>>>
>>> There is an old phrase "put your money where your mouth is" which means:
>>> to show by your actions and not just your words that you support or
>> believe
>>> in something (
>>>
>> https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/put-your-money-where-your-mouth-is
>>> )
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/04/global-food-producers-climate-crisis
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jul/02/revealed-amazon-deforestation-driven-global-greed-meat-brazil
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/oct/04/factory-farming-destructive-wasteful-cruel-says-philip-lymbery-farmageddon-author
>>>
>>>
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>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Coral-List <coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> On Behalf Of
>>> Chelsie Counsell via Coral-List
>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 4, 2019 10:50 PM
>>> To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
>>> Subject: [Coral-List] Proposal that ICRS supports the organization of
>>> remote meetings for ICRS 2020
>>>
>>> Aloha,
>>>
>>>
>>> The devastating impacts of marine heat waves are in the forefront of the
>>> minds of many coral reef scientists. In Hawai?i, we have already seen
>>> bleaching of up to 70% of colonies from surveys on O?ahu conducted in
>>> August. Given the direct connection between air travel and increased
>> carbon
>>> dioxide emissions, many coral reef scientists that are based far from
>>> Germany are deeply conflicted about flying to Bremen despite our desire
>> to
>>> share our most recent research with the community and to catch-up with
>>> colleagues. From Hawai?i, Bremen is 14,000 miles round trip.
>> MyClimate.org
>>> estimates the CO2 emissions for one economy class passenger to make this
>>> flight is 4.3 t. To put this number in perspective, to stop contributing
>> to
>>> climate change, each person on this planet can only generate 0.6 t of CO2
>>> each year.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> As a community of coral reef scientists, *we have an opportunity to let
>>> our actions speak louder than our words*. We can show society that coral
>>> reef scientists are taking climate change so seriously that we are
>> limiting
>>> our travel and modifying the structure of our main research conference. I
>>> would like to propose *ICRS support the organization of remote meetings
>> for
>>> the
>>> 2020 symposium*. I am offering my time to help lead the organization of a
>>> *remote meeting in Honolulu*. Ideally, recordings of plenary seminars
>> will
>>> be screened in as close to real time as is reasonable, as well as
>>> screenings of any other sets of talks or panels that can be shared
>>> digitally. Remote meetings still provide an opportunity for coral reef
>>> scientists to hold workshops, share research updates, network, and
>> perhaps
>>> most importantly, take time to strategize and deliberate next steps to
>>> tackle climate change at a local scale.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I fully understand that without getting corporations and governments on
>>> board, our individual actions alone will not address climate change fast
>>> enough. However, coral reef scientists understand the climate models
>> better
>>> than other members of society, and we certainly understand how dire the
>>> effects of burning fossil fuels are for coral reefs. We need to help
>> direct
>>> the attention of politicians and society to taking action against climate
>>> change. *Changing our normal routine from flying internationally to
>>> research conferences and/or research sites, and seeking creative local
>>> options with dramatically lower CO2 emissions is one way we can show the
>>> world that we are taking climate change very seriously.*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> If you would like to help put together a remote meeting for ICRS in
>>> Honolulu or to talk about putting together a remote meeting elsewhere,
>>> please be in touch.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thank you for your support in shifting the paradigm for sharing our
>>> research.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Chelsie Counsell, Ph.D.
>>>
>>> Quantitative Coral Reef Ecologist
>>>
>>> Hawai?i Institute of Marine Biology
>>>
>>> counsell at hawaii.edu
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>> Message: 4
>> Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2019 11:43:24 -0400
>> From: Steve Mussman <sealab at earthlink.net>
>> To: sfrias_torres at hotmail.com
>> Cc: coral list <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
>> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Is coral reef restoration like heart disease
>> treatment?
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>> Dear Sarah,
>>
>> ?Rather than a heart disease treatment, I use the analogy of a patient in
>> cardiac arrest. Restoration ecology, if done correctly, is the
>> defibrillator that jump starts the system?.
>>
>> In reference to this statement, I?m wondering if there is in fact any
>> agent or device that can serve as a ?defibrillator? for degraded coral
>> reefs.
>>
>> Can restoration ecology in and of itself actually get the ecosystem back
>> into the proper rhythm or is restoration more analogous to organ
>> transplantation?
>>
>> If that?s the case, in order for a recipient to be considered a good
>> candidate for an organ transplant, it must first be determined that they
>> are otherwise in overall good health.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Steve
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>> Message: 5
>> Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2019 10:19:54 -0700
>> From: Luiz Rocha <lrocha at calacademy.org>
>> To: Coral List <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
>> Subject: [Coral-List] ICRS carbon
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>> The lowest carbon cost of an ICRS is no ICRS at all. Alternatively, we
>> could accept that lifestyle changes won't cut it, beating climate change
>> will require system wide adjustments. So we could all get together at ICRS
>> and advocate for that. Climate scientist Michael Mann puts it best:
>>
>> https://time.com/5669071/lifestyle-changes-climate-change/
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Luiz
>>
>> P.S.: I just attended the Island Biology conference in Reunion Island
>> (about 300 participants) and the organization paid for travel carbon
>> offsets for every single participant. It wasn't much and their registration
>> cost was 10x less than what ICRS usually is. Has anybody looked into that?
>> With the astronomical cost of ICRS registration I am sure this would be
>> within the realm of possibilities.
>>
>> *Luiz A. Rocha, PhD*
>> Associate Curator and Follett Chair of Ichthyology
>> California Academy of Sciences
>> p. 415.379.5370
>> f. 415.379.5731
>> LRocha at calacademy.org
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>> Message: 6
>> Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2019 14:42:29 -0400
>> From: Katie Barott <katiebarott at gmail.com>
>> To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
>> Subject: [Coral-List] ICRS session: What are the genetic and cellular
>> mechanisms underlying cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbiosis and its
>> breakdown during bleaching?
>> Message-ID:
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>> Dear colleagues,
>>
>> We would like to invite you to submit abstracts for our session on
>> cnidarian symbioses. As a reminder, abstracts are now due Sept 15!
>>
>> Theme 7: Scalable observations and technologies
>>
>> Session title: *What are the genetic and cellular mechanisms underlying
>> cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbiosis and its breakdown during bleaching?*
>>
>> Session description:
>> A major goal of coral biology is to better understand the genetic and
>> cell-biological bases of how cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbioses are
>> established and maintained, and how they break down under stress. Such an
>> understanding would provide a solid foundation for attempts to mitigate the
>> effects of stress and promote coral-reef conservation. In recent years,
>> modern sequencing technologies have led to an abundance of transcriptomic
>> and genomic studies of corals, which have resulted in many intriguing
>> hypotheses about the mechanisms of interest. However, these hypotheses need
>> rigorous testing before they can contribute reliably to conservation
>> efforts. This session will focus on the latest advances in our
>> understanding of cnidarian cell biology, including the major technological
>> developments that are contributing to our ability to experimentally test
>> these hypotheses. First, the development of model systems, such as the
>> small sea anemone Aiptasia, the upside-down jellyfish Cassiopea, and coral
>> cell culture, has allowed studies that would be difficult or impossible in
>> corals themselves. Second, the application of advanced microscopy methods
>> to the cell biology of cnidarian symbioses has facilitated examination of
>> in vivo dynamics and micro-scale interactions. Third, and particularly
>> revolutionary in its potential, is the application of new genetic methods,
>> such as those based on CRISPR/Cas9, which enable generation of mutants that
>> allow for rigorous examination of gene and protein function. The session
>> will attempt to summarize both the state of the art in regard to the
>> relevant technologies and the progress in biological understanding that has
>> been made to date by applying these technologies.
>>
>> Abstract submissions:
>> http://www.icrs2020.de/program/call-for-abstracts/
>>
>> See you in Bremen!
>> Katie Barott and Phil Cleves (Session chairs)
>>
>> --
>> Katie L. Barott, Ph.D.
>> Assistant Professor of Biology
>> University of Pennsylvania
>> www.barottlab.com
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 7
>> Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2019 19:50:05 +0000
>> From: Peter Sale <sale at uwindsor.ca>
>> To: "Grottoli, Andrea" <grottoli.1 at osu.edu>,
>> "coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov" <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
>> Subject: [Coral-List] ICRS2020 and remote meetings
>> Message-ID:
>> <
>> YTOPR0101MB11480EA09EC9BFD4C2578B6FC2B00 at YTOPR0101MB1148.CANPRD01.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM
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>>
>> Well spoken Andrea, and congratulations to the organizing committee to
>> have thought carefully about how to green the ICRS meetings. Science could
>> shoot itself in the foot if it were to address climate change by reducing
>> opportunities for face-to-face interaction at conferences. Coral reef
>> scientists should all be trying to walk the walk on climate change, but
>> there are many ways of doing this - avoiding our one global quadrennial
>> meeting seems an unwise solution to the problem. That said, as an
>> over-the-hill reef scientist I am not planning to travel to Bremen - I wish
>> those who do, the best possible meeting, and the invigoration of research
>> ideas such a meeting can provoke. Those of us who attended the second ICRS
>> on board the Marco Polo never forgot that experience, and I can think of a
>> number of subsequent ICRS meetings that were equally worth travelling to.
>>
>> Peter Sale
>> University of Windsor
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 8
>> Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2019 23:58:52 +0200
>> From: ICRS 2020 Conference Secretariat <office at icrs2020.de>
>> To: coral list <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
>> Subject: [Coral-List] ICRS 2020 - DEADLINE APPROACHING
>> Message-ID: <f1bb8221-2127-0af3-c7b9-69222e9b845b at icrs2020.de>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
>>
>> Dear colleagues,
>>
>> Countdown for abstract submission deadline!
>>
>> The Call for Abstracts of the 14th International Coral Reef Symposium
>> (ICRS 2020) is closing on Sunday.
>>
>> We want ICRS 2020 to be as diverse and productive as coral reefs and we
>> invite everyone to join us in ?Tackling the challenging future of coral
>> reefs?!
>>
>> The scientific program of ICRS 2020 comprises 15 themes with 104
>> selected sessions covering a broad spectrum of topics and disciplines:
>> http://www.icrs2020.de/program/session-program/
>>
>> *Please submit your abstract online until 15 September 2019, 11:59pm CET*.
>>
>> All information about the call and how to submit your abstract can be
>> found here: http://www.icrs2020.de/program/call-for-abstracts/
>>
>> We look forward to receiving your contributions and to welcome you in
>> Bremen, Germany, 5-10 July 2020!
>>
>> Further information and all updates can be found at www.icrs2020.de
>>
>> Apologies for any cross-postings.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Malik Naumann
>> on behalf of the ICRS 2020 organising committee
>>
>>
>> --
>> *Dr. Malik Naumann*
>> Konferenzsekretariat / Conference secretariat
>>
>> Universit?t Bremen / University of Bremen
>> UFT, Leobener Str. 6, D-28359 Bremen
>> T +49-(0)421-218-63303
>> www.icrs2020.de <3D"http://www.icrs2020.de">
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 9
>> Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2019 08:46:26 +0200
>> From: Thomas Felis <tfelis at marum.de>
>> To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
>> Subject: [Coral-List] ICRS 2020 - DEADLINE APPROACHING - Theme 1: Reef
>> environments and climate of the past
>> Message-ID: <6d4b5fc1-c1f4-9b51-6fcd-fb70b0bbf5b2 at marum.de>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
>>
>> Dear colleagues,
>>
>> Countdown for abstract submission deadline!
>>
>> The Call for Abstracts of the 14th International Coral Reef Symposium
>> (ICRS 2020) is closing on Sunday.
>>
>> We want ICRS 2020 to be as diverse and productive as coral reefs and we
>> invite everyone to join us in ?Tackling the challenging future of coral
>> reefs?!
>>
>> The scientific program of ICRS 2020 comprises 15 themes with 104
>> selected sessions covering a broad spectrum of topics and disciplines:
>> http://www.icrs2020.de/program/session-program/
>>
>> *Please consider to submit your abstract to one of the 7 sessions of
>> *
>>
>> *Theme 1: Reef environments and climate of the past
>> (*http://www.icrs2020.de/program/session-program/#c226*)*
>>
>> *Please submit your abstract online until 15 September 2019, 11:59pm CET*.
>>
>> All information about the call and how to submit your abstract can be
>> found here: http://www.icrs2020.de/program/call-for-abstracts/
>>
>> We look forward to receiving your contributions and to welcome you in
>> Bremen, Germany, 5-10 July 2020!
>>
>> Further information and all updates can be found at www.icrs2020.de
>>
>> Apologies for any cross-postings.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Thomas Felis
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> *Dr. Thomas Felis*
>>
>> MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences
>> University of Bremen
>> Leobener Str. 8
>> 28359 Bremen
>> GERMANY
>>
>> e-mail: tfelis at marum.de
>> phone: +49 421 218-65751
>> fax: +49 421 218-65505
>> https://www.marum.de/en/Dr.-thomas-felis.html
>>
>>
>>
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