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

[Benjamin Neal]

On the same note . . . re: the time frame and extent of such corallimorph
invasions and how they might respond to removal of shipwrecks or other
anthropogenic inputs, please see this paper
<https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10530-018-1696-1>. Perhaps
useful for anticipating and controlling similar situations elsewhere. . . .

Cheers, Ben Neal



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On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 7:59 AM Jessica Carilli via Coral-List <
coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> wrote:

> 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
>
>
>
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> > Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2020 09:29:09 -1100
> > From: Douglas Fenner <douglasfennertassi at gmail.com>
> > To: coral list <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
> > Subject: Re: [Coral-List] sunken vessels as artificial reefs
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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
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 2:00 AM Karim Ben Mustapha via Coral-List <
> > coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> wrote:
> >
> > > Dear Curtis
> > > Excellent article
> > > Thanx
> > >
> > > ----- Mail original -----
> > > De: "Curtis Kruer via Coral-List" <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
> > > ?: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
> > > Envoy?: Vendredi 21 Ao?t 2020 19:50:54
> > > Objet: [Coral-List] sunken vessels as artificial reefs
> > >
> > > Just wanted to be sure the good folks working to protect reefs of the
> > > Florida Keys don't miss this article.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Curtis Kruer
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> > >
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> > >
> > > Aug 20, 2020,12:22pm EDT
> > >
> > > Black Reef Risk: How Sunken Metal Shipwrecks Attract Coral Destroying
> > > Invasive Species
> > >
> > > Forbes
> > >
> > > Nishan Degnarain Contributor
> > >
> > >
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> > >
> > >
> >
> https://www.forbes.com/sites/nishandegnarain/2020/08/20/black-reef-risk-how-
> > >
> > >
> >
> sunken-metal-shipwrecks-attract-coral-destroying-invasive-species/#1951cfed1
> > > 29d
> > > <
> >
> https://www.forbes.com/sites/nishandegnarain/2020/08/20/black-reef-risk-how-sunken-metal-shipwrecks-attract-coral-destroying-invasive-species/#1951cfed129d
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