[Coral-List] sunken vessels as artificial reefs (Douglas Fenner)

[Jessica Carilli]

Hi Doug and all,
When Simon Donner and I surveyed reefs/collected core samples in South
Tarawa in 2010, we observed a lot of similarities to black reefs in the
Line Islands, including extensive corallimorph coverage at some sites. We
described this qualitative observation in our paper that came out last
year: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-40150-3
If the planets would align properly/the world could stop throwing up
roadblocks like pandemics, we might also soon get out a follow-up paper to
the Kelly et al. (2011) study, lead by Peter Gawne (MS student at UMass
Boston) and Randi Rotjan. Fingers crossed! His early results are so cool!
Cheers,
Jessica Carilli




> Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2020 09:29:09 -1100
> From: Douglas Fenner <douglasfennertassi at gmail.com>
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> If I remember, one thing missing from the article is that "black reefs"
> have so far only been found on atolls, which usually have very low nutrient
> levels, except close to human population centers.  Also, the corallimorphs
> are not really anemones, they are their own group, with similarities to
> both anemones and corals.  And Palmyra is a relatively small atoll.  While
> a number of wrecks have black reefs around them, as far as I know the
> corallimorph outbreak on Palmyra is unique.
> Cheers,  Doug
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> On Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 2:00 AM Karim Ben Mustapha via Coral-List <
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> > Dear Curtis
> > Excellent article
> > Thanx
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> > De: "Curtis Kruer via Coral-List" <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
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> > Envoy?: Vendredi 21 Ao?t 2020 19:50:54
> > Objet: [Coral-List] sunken vessels as artificial reefs
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> > Just wanted to be sure the good folks working to protect reefs of the
> > Florida Keys don't miss this article.
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> > Aug 20, 2020,12:22pm EDT
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> > Black Reef Risk: How Sunken Metal Shipwrecks Attract Coral Destroying
> > Invasive Species
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