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

[anthony priestas]

Nohora,

I think your statement on Port Miami is incorrect. Bill Precht reported
SCTLD in 2014 prior to dredging.

Anthony Priestas, PhD
USACE-ERDC

On Sat, Mar 4, 2023, 7:22 AM International Coral Reef Observatory via
Coral-List <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> wrote:

> 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
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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.
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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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