[Coral-List] relatives of influenza in corals (Douglas Fenner)

[International Coral Reef Observatory]

Dear Gene,

Silting with related microbes may be one of the potential causes of coral
diseases in the #Caribbean Sea. The enlargement of ports, channels and the
increase in transportation with large vessels and cruises may be one of the
causes of degradation besides the other threats from coastal and ballast
water pollution, direct destruction of coral reefs, overfishing, climate
change, etc. Most MPAs have enlarged ports, docks and navigation channels
with the consequent increase of visitors and inhabitants related pollution
that is not considered in the environmental assessment impacts nor in the
identification of causes that hamper coral reef conservation effectiveness.

In the Seaflower Biosphere Reserve, SCTLD appeared after dredging to
enlarge ports and channels, increase of navigation with large vessels and
increase in tourism, of course also after hurricanes that removed the
deposited sedimentation after dredging (308000m3).

The following video was share to us recently from Key West, Florida, USA
showing a cruise maneuver
https://twitter.com/ArrecifesCoral/status/1629251064208805888?cxt=HHwWgMC-wb7NoZwtAAAA
Also after a Coral Reef International Communicaation Workshop (Reef
Future), we received a notification from NOAA explaining that after the
enlargement of Miami Dade Port the SCTLD appeared in Florida...
https://twitter.com/ICRObservatory/status/1631778172202090496/photo/1

Nohora Galvis
Expert in Transdisciplinary research to improve coral reef conservation
effectiveness
ICRO, International Coral Reef Observatory.
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El jue, 2 mar 2023 a las 20:50, Eugene Shinn (<eugeneshinn at mail.usf.edu>)
escribió:

> I was fighting against dredging in the Florida keys in the mid 1950?  I
> thought it might harm the corals reefs. Jpwever coral diseases in the keys
> and virgin islands began mainly in 1983. The biggest year of dust flux from
> Africa. they have been dying ever since and there has been no dredging in
> the Keys since the 1950s. Gene
> On 3/2/23 4:13 PM, International Coral Reef Observatory wrote:
>
> Dear Gene,
>
> According to the MIcrobiology Society: Viruses are the smallest of all the
> microbes. ... A virus is made up of a core of genetic material, either
> DNA or RNA, surrounded by a protective coat ...
> https://microbiologysociety.org/why-microbiology-matters/what-is-microbiology/viruses.html
>
>
> Regarding the influence of African Dust, let us also think about the
> effects of dredging on the health of coral reef areas...
> https://www.wkcgroup.com/news/environmental-impacts-dredging-on-coral-reefs/
>
>
> Nohora Galvis
> Expert in Transdisciplinary research to improve coral reef conservation
> effectiveness
> ICRO, International Coral Reef Observatory.
> Follow us on Facebookcom/ICRObservatory
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>
> El jue, 2 mar 2023 a las 14:30, Eugene Shinn via Coral-List (<
> coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>) escribió:
>
>> Thanks Doug, I am remembering that back when we had a funded study of
>> microbes in African dust there were many times more viruses in the dust
>> than microbes. We could not study viruses because we did not have a
>> level 3 or 4 lab. As you know dust circles the globe and more must fall
>> into the oceans than on land.  Think about it. Gene
>>
>> https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00558-4
>>
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