[Coral-List] pelagic carbon dominant source for reef predatory fish

Christina Skinner christina.skinner at live.com
Thu Mar 11 03:24:25 UTC 2021


Hi David,

Thank you for your interest in our study! I agree that the early work by Chartock is important and perhaps we should have cited it, but strict limits on the number of references in Science Advances means we couldn’t include everything unfortunately.

As for the sampling of the groupers, we deliberately avoided smaller juvenile groupers and focussed solely on adults/larger individuals on the reefs. However, I do agree that sampling lethally is not ideal. For other reef fish predators (snappers, emperors, jacks) that we sampled as part of a wider project, we were able to use handlines or trolling. Often this meant we could sample the fish non-lethally using a biopsy punch (e.g. Skinner et al. 2019, J Anim Ecol). To further reduce our impact, we also joined tourist resort night fishing activities where guests were fishing for their dinners and took tissue samples before the fish were taken to the BBQ! Unfortunately, it’s pretty hard to catch groupers in this way, and timeframes and logistics meant pole spear was the most effective method for them. I’m not aware of too much work on CSIA of fish scales, but it’s definitely necessary to look into non-lethal methods of collecting this data and it’s an important discussion to have.

Always happy to chat more and thanks again!

Tina Skinner



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Today's Topics:

   1. Online Calculators for Marine and Coastal Processes (Jose Borrero)
   2. Marine Biologist position in San Diego, CA (Valentino, Lauren)
   3. Re: A half trillion corals in the Pacific Ocean alone
      (sealab at earthlink.net)
   4. ICRI online survey on funding for coral restoration       extended
      (Margaux Hein)
   5. Re: Marine Biologist position in San Diego, CA (Valentino, Lauren)
   6. Re: Dr. Shimrit Perkol-Finkel - tragic death (David Blakeway)
   7. Re: did ciguatera cause Polynesian exploration? (David Blakeway)
   8. positive interactions help coral restoration (Douglas Fenner)
   9. sea slug breaks its head off and regrows new body (Douglas Fenner)
  10. Re: did ciguatera cause Polynesian exploration? (Douglas Fenner)
  11. Re: Dr. Shimrit Perkol-Finkel - tragic death (Baraka Kuguru)
  12. Re: pelagic carbon dominant source for reef predatory     fish
      (David Blakeway)


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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2021 19:32:29 +0000
From: Jose Borrero <jose at ecoast.co.nz>
To: "coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov" <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
Subject: [Coral-List] Online Calculators for Marine and Coastal
        Processes
Message-ID: <B9940343-7482-4AB6-B749-561EF3CEE8C4 at ecoast.co.nz>
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Dear Coral List,

The eCoast Marine and Freshwater Consultancy based in sunny Raglan, New Zealand  has released a new suite of online calculators. These calculators are inspired by the now unsupported applets put on the web by Prof. Tony Dalrymple back in the late 1990?s.

The app is a collection of straightforward interactive calculators for basic marine science problems. They are intended for use as tools for the exploration of important processes in marine settings, however, the app may serve an educational purpose as well.

You can access the apps here:

https://www.ecoast.co.nz/marine_calculators/

We thought that readers of the Coral_List might find some of these tools useful for computing basic hydrodynamic quantities in coastal environments.

While these are free to use and mainly mobile-friendly, we suggest using the desktop version for better useability. We intend to continue to add functionality to the app so any ideas or feedback are encouraged, and greatly appreciated.

For questions, comments or collaborations please contact

Dougal Greer
eCoast, PO Box 151, Raglan, New Zealand
Ph: +64 21 209 1800, Skype: dougal.greer
http://www.ecoast.co.nz




Kind Regards | Ng? Mihi

-jose

---------
Jose C. Borrero Ph.D.
Coastal Scientist and Engineer
Specialist in Tsunami Hazards and
Coastal Adaptation to Climate Change
Director
eCoast Marine Consulting and Research
www.ecoast.co.nz<http://www.ecoast.co.nz>
www.jocabo.net<http://www.jocabo.net>






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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2021 17:57:19 +0000
From: "Valentino, Lauren" <LMValentino at sandiego.gov>
To: "coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov" <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
Subject: [Coral-List] Marine Biologist position in San Diego, CA
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New job opening for a Marine Biologist in the Marine Biology and Ocean Operations (MBOO) Section of EMTS (see attached flyer). If you know of anyone that may be interested in applying, please feel free to share the flyer. Application window is short (deadline March 15th).



If you have any questions about the position or the application process, please reach out to the Search Committee Chair, Zoe Scott (ZScott at sandiego.gov<mailto:ZScott at sandiego.gov>).



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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2021 11:47:28 -0500
From: sealab at earthlink.net
To: Douglas Fenner via Coral-List <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
Cc: "=?utf-8?Q?coral-list=40coral.aoml.noaa.gov?="
        <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
Subject: Re: [Coral-List] A half trillion corals in the Pacific Ocean
        alone
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Hi Doug,

Thanks for bringing yet another thought provoking paper to the list?s attention.

This summary article (https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-03/acoe-hat022821.php) makes the point that its conclusions may have implications for coral reef management strategies going forward. I agree, but it seems to me that the train has already left the station. From my perspective it appears that the coral science community has already become fully committed to restoration. My concern is that Terry Hughes? perspective on this (as in the article noted above) now serves as somewhat of an outlier when it should be the scientific standard.

Just wondering how you and others see this playing out.

Regards,

Steve Mussman

On 3/6/21, 4:52 PM, Douglas Fenner via Coral-List <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> wrote:

A search on "half-trillion corals" produces a long list of news stories

about this new study (looks like most repeat the press release from James

Cook Univ in Australia, the second article listed below). Some quotes

below to spur discussion:

A half-trillion corals live in just one ocean. Does that mean they are

safe?

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/03/half-trillion-corals-live-just-one-ocean-does-mean-they-are-safe

The numbers are ?incredibly encouraging,?

The upshot is that ?most people don?t know how worried to be? about corals,

Knowlton says.

?most of these species will not go globally extinct in the near future,?

(Doug: but small population size is only one risk factor for extinction.

Others include rate of decline of population and species geographic range,

and prospects for future damage)

Already, about one-third of the world?s 6000 known coral species are

listed (Doug: nope, there are only about 831 presently recognized reef

building coral species and another 600+ azooxanthellate species)

*Porites nigrescens*, which forms massive boulders on reef flats (Doug:

nope, it is branching)

Red List status ?is not determined by the total number of individuals.?

(Doug: true, almost all were listed based on estimated decreases in

populations, not population size)

As the fate of passenger pigeon has shown ?species with extremely high

populations have gone extinct in the past,? Polidoro adds. (Doug: it was

estimated to have about 1 billion individuals, and they were driven to

extinction by humans shooting them, surprisingly quickly. It was in North

America, that's where I come from.)

That doesn?t mean Pacific corals aren?t in danger

---------------------------

Half a trillion corals: world-first coral count prompts rethink of

extinction risks

https://phys.org/news/2021-03-trillion-corals-world-first-coral-prompts.html

The findings suggest that while a local loss of coral can be devastating to

coral reefs, the global extinction risk of most coral species is lower than

previously estimated.

Extinctions could instead unfold over a much longer timeframe because of

the broad geographic ranges and huge population sizes of many coral species.

"Coral restoration is not the solution to climate change. You would have to

grow about 250 million adult corals to increase coral cover on the Great

Barrier Reef by just one percent."

"Given the huge size of these coral populations, it is very unlikely that

they face imminent extinction. There is still time to protect them from

anthropogenic heating, but only if we act quickly on reducing greenhouse

gas emissions."

Cheers, Doug

--

Douglas Fenner

Lynker Technologies, LLC, Contractor

NOAA Fisheries Service

Pacific Islands Regional Office

Honolulu

and:

Coral Reef Consulting

PO Box 997390

Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799-6298 USA

Social cost of carbon emissions much higher than previous estimates

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/01/trump-downplayed-costs-carbon-pollution-s-about-change

A German initiative seeks to curb global emissions of a climate

super-pollutant

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/30122020/chemical-plant-nitrous-oxide-climate-warming-emissions/

The toxic effects of air pollution are so bad that moving from fossil fuels

to clean energy would pay for itself in health-care savings and

productivity gains

?

even if climate change didn?t exist. In the US alone, decarbonization

would save 1.4 MILLION lives in the US alone. And save $700 Billion a year.

https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2020/8/12/21361498/climate-change-air-pollution-us-india-china-deaths

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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2021 09:09:35 -0500
From: Margaux Hein <margaux.hein at gmail.com>
To: coral list <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
Subject: [Coral-List] ICRI online survey on funding for coral
        restoration     extended
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Dear all,


Thank you to everyone who has already responded to our survey on funding
for coral restoration efforts. While we have already received many
responses, we would like to ensure that we are capturing as many projects
as possible. The deadline to respond to the survey has been extended to *March
15th 2021.*


Link to survey:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/coralrestorationfundingproject


Please refer to the text below for more information:


The International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) is currently investigating
the funding landscape for coral reef restoration efforts. The project aims
to explore the type of funding available for coral reef restoration
efforts, and how these may vary across regions/types of projects, in order
to draw accurate recommendations for future commitments and investments as
part of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration.


We have designed the following survey to gather information:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/coralrestorationfundingproject

This particular survey targets *coral reef restoration practitioners and
managers*, and we would be grateful if you could distribute it widely in
your networks and participate if applicable.


Responding to this survey should take no more than 10 to 15 min. We hope to
have a report summarising the results in the next 2 months. Many thanks in
advance, and please do not hesitate to reach out should you have any
questions or comments.

Margaux

*Margaux Hein*, *PhD*

*Ph +33607938515 *or* +16037759082* | *E*- Margaux.hein at gmail.com

*W-* merconsulting.org


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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2021 20:41:09 +0000
From: "Valentino, Lauren" <LMValentino at sandiego.gov>
To: "coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov" <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Marine Biologist position in San Diego, CA
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Hi all,


Was just informed attachments are automatically removed from coral-list posts, so please see details from the job flyer below:


Marine Biologist Position

City of San Diego Public Utilities Department

Environmental Monitoring & Technical Services Division

The City of San Diego is looking to fill one full-time marine biologist position in the Environmental Monitoring & Technical Services (EMTS) Division of the Public Utilities Department. The application period for this position is open now and will close March 15, 2021. Those interested should visit the City?s job website (www.sandiego.gov/empopp<http://www.sandiego.gov/empopp>) during this time for additional information and to submit their materials via the City?s online application process.



General Job Description:

This is an entry-level position in the City?s ?Marine Biologist? job series. Marine biologists are responsible for conducting the City?s Ocean Monitoring Program and related activities to meet regulatory requirements for the discharge of treated wastewater to the ocean via the Point Loma and South Bay Ocean Outfalls. Main duties include field sampling, outfall inspections, processing and analyzing oceanographic data, database management, identifying marine invertebrate and fish species, QA/QC functions, analysis and assessment of environmental monitoring data, preparing technical reports, and other tasks as required. Marine biologists hired during this recruitment may be assigned to one of several different work groups within Marine Biology & Ocean Operations (MBOO). MBOO work groups include 1) Laboratory Operations, 2) Ocean Operations, 3) Program Coordination, Assessment & Reporting, and 4) Quality Assurance & Safety. Staff assigned to one group may be required to assist with other
  parts of the program as needed. Consequently, preference will be given to applicants with broad experience who can work across groups. The current vacancy is in Ocean Operations, however additional openings may occur at any time, and qualified candidates from this recruitment may be used to fill those vacancies. Thus, anyone interested in becoming a City marine biologist over the next year is encouraged to apply. Please visit the website listed above or contact the Search Committee Chair below for additional information.



Present Salary Range: ~$4,825 ? $5,820 per month* (Marine Biologist I series)

[promotional to Marine Biologist II at ~$5,540 ? $6,736/month]


Questions / Information:

Zo? Scott

Marine Biologist III, Search Committee Chair
Email: ZScott at sandiego.gov


________________________________
From: Valentino, Lauren
Sent: Tuesday, March 9, 2021 9:57 AM
To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
Subject: Marine Biologist position in San Diego, CA


New job opening for a Marine Biologist in the Marine Biology and Ocean Operations (MBOO) Section of EMTS (see attached flyer). If you know of anyone that may be interested in applying, please feel free to share the flyer. Application window is short (deadline March 15th).



If you have any questions about the position or the application process, please reach out to the Search Committee Chair, Zoe Scott (ZScott at sandiego.gov<mailto:ZScott at sandiego.gov>).



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Message: 6
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2021 09:10:02 +0800
From: David Blakeway <fathom5marineresearch at gmail.com>
To: Yehuda Benayahu <yehudab at tauex.tau.ac.il>
Cc: "coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov" <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Dr. Shimrit Perkol-Finkel - tragic death
Message-ID:
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That's such terrible news. Her talent and vision were and are inspiring.
Wishing her family and colleagues well.

On Tue, Mar 9, 2021 at 8:36 PM Yehuda Benayahu via Coral-List <
coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> wrote:

> Dear Coral-liters,
>
> It is with deep sorrow and pain that we report the death of my past
> graduate student, Dr. Shimrit Perkol-Finkel, in a fatal traffic accident in
> the heart of Tel Aviv.  Shimrit was only 45 years old. The mind cannot as
> yet absorb this heart-breaking and tragic event. Shimrit was an innovator,
> scientist and entrepreneur, and a wife and mother of three. She was an
> outstanding woman and a brilliant marine biologist with an enormous passion
> for the marine world and for coral reefs in particular. She was the
> co-founder of ECOncrete(r) -  a company whose innovative projects offer
> high-performance, environmentally-sensitive strong and durable concrete
> solutions that enhance the biological and ecological value of urban,
> coastal, and marine infrastructure.   Shimrit was involved in various reef
> restoration projects and published keystone studies on coral-reef
> rehabilitation. She won numerous prestigious international awards,  among
> which ECOncrete(r)  was one of TIME Magazine's 100 Best Invent
>  ions of 2019. This annual list recognizes 100 ground-breaking inventions
> that are making the world a better place; and this was Shimrit's mission.
> It is tragic that her infinite passion for coral reefs has come to so
> untimely an end; but we will all forever remember and respect her
> achievements.
>
> Sincerely,
> Hudi
>
> Yehuda Benayahu, Ph.D
> Professor (emeritus) of Marine Biology
> School of Zoology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences
> Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv 69978, ISRAEL
> Tel: +972-3-6409090/7292, Fax: +972-3-6409403
> https://en-lifesci.tau.ac.il/profile/yehudab
> http://tut6we.wix.com/yehudabenayahu
> http://www.tascmar.eu/project
>
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Message: 7
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2021 10:22:05 +0800
From: David Blakeway <fathom5marineresearch at gmail.com>
To: Douglas Fenner <douglasfennertassi at gmail.com>
Cc: coral list <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
Subject: Re: [Coral-List] did ciguatera cause Polynesian exploration?
Message-ID:
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It is a really interesting concept! The evidence is circumstantial and
incomplete, but the authors acknowledge that and advocate further research.
The article suggests that exploration is prompted by things going bad at
home. But perhaps it could be just as easily argued that exploration would
be prompted when things are good.


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Message: 8
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2021 11:33:01 -1100
From: Douglas Fenner <douglasfennertassi at gmail.com>
To: coral list <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
Subject: [Coral-List] positive interactions help coral restoration
Message-ID:
        <CAOEmEkE7iUvad+Pm_iN_S4uh_47HgoiPZ2ir1kYvwbLzSPsSbw at mail.gmail.com>
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Time to cash in on positive interactions for coral restoration

https://peerj.com/articles/3499/

open-access

Cheers, Doug

--
Douglas Fenner
Lynker Technologies, LLC, Contractor
NOAA Fisheries Service
Pacific Islands Regional Office
Honolulu
and:
Coral Reef Consulting
PO Box 997390
Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799-6298  USA

Social cost of carbon emissions much higher than previous estimates
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/01/trump-downplayed-costs-carbon-pollution-s-about-change

A German initiative seeks to curb global emissions of a climate
super-pollutant
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/30122020/chemical-plant-nitrous-oxide-climate-warming-emissions/

The toxic effects of air pollution are so bad that moving from fossil fuels
to clean energy would pay for itself in health-care savings and
productivity gains
<https://nature.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c6057c528fdc6f73fa196d9d&id=c9f70ba54f&e=190a62d266>
?
even if climate change didn?t exist.  In the US alone, decarbonization
would save 1.4 MILLION lives in the US alone.  And save $700 Billion a year.
https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2020/8/12/21361498/climate-change-air-pollution-us-india-china-deaths


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Message: 9
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2021 11:33:43 -1100
From: Douglas Fenner <douglasfennertassi at gmail.com>
To: coral list <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
Subject: [Coral-List] sea slug breaks its head off and regrows new
        body
Message-ID:
        <CAOEmEkH1CHWFEt5JrHyhGrcF01a2m3pGyES7aR-suk3UEF3FCA at mail.gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"

The sea slug that cut off its own head and lived to tell the tale

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/03/sea-slug-cut-its-own-head-and-lived-tell-tale?utm_campaign=news_daily_2021-03-08&et_rid=1704

Extreme autotomy and whole body regeneration in photosynthetic sea slugs

https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(21)00047-6

Elysia marginata, a tropical ophisthobranch that ingests algae and puts
chloroplasts in its own cells.

Cheers, Doug

--
Douglas Fenner
Lynker Technologies, LLC, Contractor
NOAA Fisheries Service
Pacific Islands Regional Office
Honolulu
and:
Coral Reef Consulting
PO Box 997390
Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799-6298  USA

Social cost of carbon emissions much higher than previous estimates
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/01/trump-downplayed-costs-carbon-pollution-s-about-change

A German initiative seeks to curb global emissions of a climate
super-pollutant
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/30122020/chemical-plant-nitrous-oxide-climate-warming-emissions/

The toxic effects of air pollution are so bad that moving from fossil fuels
to clean energy would pay for itself in health-care savings and
productivity gains
<https://nature.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c6057c528fdc6f73fa196d9d&id=c9f70ba54f&e=190a62d266>
?
even if climate change didn?t exist.  In the US alone, decarbonization
would save 1.4 MILLION lives in the US alone.  And save $700 Billion a year.
https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2020/8/12/21361498/climate-change-air-pollution-us-india-china-deaths


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Message: 10
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2021 15:59:44 -1100
From: Douglas Fenner <douglasfennertassi at gmail.com>
To: David Blakeway <fathom5marineresearch at gmail.com>
Cc: coral list <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
Subject: Re: [Coral-List] did ciguatera cause Polynesian exploration?
Message-ID:
        <CAOEmEkHV=udV2HkSYq6_df0+Lobj=X_ErAVYveM=qmGBZCdKyQ at mail.gmail.com>
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Good points, I agree.  I think I might have met Rongo.  When the Pacific
Arts Festival was held here, maybe 15 yrs ago, a recreated voyaging canoe
from the Cook Is sailed here.  I talked with one guy involved with it, and
he's the one that said the oral history gives the name of the guy who led
it, how many trips, etc.  He said people say they were looking for new
land, but he said that they were looking for a place where they could be
chiefs, that would be a place without chiefs.  (that could be what they
thought, whether that is really why they went or not.)
    Anyhow, interesting idea and some interesting evidence.   Cheers, Doug

On Tue, Mar 9, 2021 at 3:25 PM David Blakeway <
fathom5marineresearch at gmail.com> wrote:

> It is a really interesting concept! The evidence is circumstantial and
> incomplete, but the authors acknowledge that and advocate further research.
> The article suggests that exploration is prompted by things going bad at
> home. But perhaps it could be just as easily argued that exploration would
> be prompted when things are good.
>


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Message: 11
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2021 07:20:22 +0300
From: Baraka Kuguru <barakakuguru at gmail.com>
To: David Blakeway <fathom5marineresearch at gmail.com>
Cc: "coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov" <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>,
        Yehuda Benayahu <yehudab at tauex.tau.ac.il>
Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Dr. Shimrit Perkol-Finkel - tragic death
Message-ID:
        <CANp=hvtJpxaNdVaVvQXtwff-ovw+Y+bS7LhVuwnSwyn2xLLQmw at mail.gmail.com>
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My condolences to the family of  Dr. Shimrit Perkol-Finkel,. I know her
personally when I was a doctoral student at IUI. It is really a great loss
to the family but also to the Israel Nation and to the world at large. Her
great ideas and the Reginal project in coastal rehabilitation will remain
as her legacy to the world.

Sincerely

Baraka Kuguru
Principal Research Officer
Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute
P.o, Box 9750, Dar es salaam, Tanzania
Email: barakakuguru at gmail.com


On Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 5:44 AM David Blakeway via Coral-List <
coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> wrote:

> That's such terrible news. Her talent and vision were and are inspiring.
> Wishing her family and colleagues well.
>
> On Tue, Mar 9, 2021 at 8:36 PM Yehuda Benayahu via Coral-List <
> coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> wrote:
>
> > Dear Coral-liters,
> >
> > It is with deep sorrow and pain that we report the death of my past
> > graduate student, Dr. Shimrit Perkol-Finkel, in a fatal traffic accident
> in
> > the heart of Tel Aviv.  Shimrit was only 45 years old. The mind cannot as
> > yet absorb this heart-breaking and tragic event. Shimrit was an
> innovator,
> > scientist and entrepreneur, and a wife and mother of three. She was an
> > outstanding woman and a brilliant marine biologist with an enormous
> passion
> > for the marine world and for coral reefs in particular. She was the
> > co-founder of ECOncrete(r) -  a company whose innovative projects offer
> > high-performance, environmentally-sensitive strong and durable concrete
> > solutions that enhance the biological and ecological value of urban,
> > coastal, and marine infrastructure.   Shimrit was involved in various
> reef
> > restoration projects and published keystone studies on coral-reef
> > rehabilitation. She won numerous prestigious international awards,  among
> > which ECOncrete(r)  was one of TIME Magazine's 100 Best Invent
> >  ions of 2019. This annual list recognizes 100 ground-breaking inventions
> > that are making the world a better place; and this was Shimrit's mission.
> > It is tragic that her infinite passion for coral reefs has come to so
> > untimely an end; but we will all forever remember and respect her
> > achievements.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Hudi
> >
> > Yehuda Benayahu, Ph.D
> > Professor (emeritus) of Marine Biology
> > School of Zoology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences
> > Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv 69978, ISRAEL
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Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2021 15:32:58 +0800
From: David Blakeway <fathom5marineresearch at gmail.com>
To: Douglas Fenner <douglasfennertassi at gmail.com>,  coral list
        <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
Subject: Re: [Coral-List] pelagic carbon dominant source for reef
        predatory       fish
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There is also this MA Chartock 1983 article: The role of Acanthurus
guttatus in cycling algal production to detritus
<https://www.jstor.org/stable/2387954>.
But Chartock is describing nutrient and energy cycling within the reef
whereas Skinner et al. 2021 are examining pelagic input to the reef. So a
bit different, although relevant and yes perhaps could have been cited.
The Skinner et al. isotopic analyses seem thorough and reliable and their
figures 3 and 4 show a strong pelagic planktonic signal in the
predatory fish but I don't think they emphasise clearly enough that they
only sampled small groupers. Don't those small groupers eat primarily
planktivorous fish? If so that would bias the results. Also they sampled by
killing. I don't want to seem too sanctimonious about that but can't stable
isotope analysis be undertaken on scales or biopsy?


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