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

Sat Mar 4 15:56:25 UTC 2023

Thanks Anhony, I shared the notification that I received from a NOAA
communicator.  We have also received reports from US government employees
from different agencies working on the impact of ballast water on marine
life, transmission of exotic species, and disease - including SCTLD.

The unsustainable development is a fact that causes coral diseases and
the dredging and enlargement of ports increase the activity that may bring
more people to a coral reef area, more pollution be in the ballast water of
large ships that remove sediments on their transit.

In 2013, started the The PortMiami Deep Dredge Project that expanded
PortMiami by dredging the bay to allow new, larger cargo ships to enter the
port.
https://www.miamidade.gov/portmiami/press_releases/2013-11-21-deep-dredge-construction-moving-forward.asp

I respect very much the publications of Dr. Precht

Precht, W. (2021). Failure to respond to a coral disease epizootic in
Florida: causes and consequences. *Rethink. Ecol.* 6, 1–47.

Precht, W. F., Ginert, B. E., Robbart, M. L., Fura, R., and van Woesik, R.
(2016). Unprecedented disease-related coral mortality in Southeastern
Florida. *Sci. Rep.* 6:31374. doi: 10.1038/srep31374
Nohora Galvis
ICRO
International Coral Reef Observatory
El sáb, 4 mar 2023 a las 8:35, anthony priestas (<priestas at gmail.com>)
escribió:

> 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
>> 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
>> > Instagram, Twitter and Twitter  ICR_Observatory
>> >
>> > 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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