From MAILER-DAEMON Tue Dec 11 07:34:30 2001 Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 07:34:30 -0500 (EST) From: Mail System Internal Data Subject: DON'T DELETE THIS MESSAGE -- FOLDER INTERNAL DATA X-IMAP: 1008072138 0000001123 Status: RO This text is part of the internal format of your mail folder, and is not a real message. It is created automatically by the mail system software. If deleted, important folder data will be lost, and it will be re-created with the data reset to initial values. From hendee@aoml.noaa.gov Mon Jan 1 07:50:23 2001 -0500 Return-Path: Received: from hugo by chaos.aoml.noaa.gov (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id HAA08035; Mon, 1 Jan 2001 07:50:22 -0500 Received: by hugo; id HAA18004; Mon, 1 Jan 2001 07:52:32 -0500 (EST) Received: from unknown(192.111.123.248) by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov via smap (V5.5) id xma018000; Mon, 1 Jan 01 07:51:47 -0500 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3) id MAA29915 for coral-list-outgoing; Mon, 1 Jan 2001 12:09:25 GMT Received: from postfix1-2.free.fr (postfix1-2.free.fr [213.228.0.130]) by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id HAA28084 for ; Mon, 1 Jan 2001 07:08:58 -0500 (EST) Received: from dell (paris11-nas7-21-174.dial.proxad.net [213.228.21.174]) by postfix1-2.free.fr (Postfix) with SMTP id 2BFAF1028D0 for ; Mon, 1 Jan 2001 13:08:19 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <005801c073eb$43a0e2e0$8f13fea9@dell> Reply-To: "Fabrice Poiraud-Lambert" From: "Fabrice Poiraud-Lambert" To: "Coral List" Subject: Acropora Growth Movie - Final Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2001 13:06:24 +0100 Organization: CIRCoP.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0055_01C073F3.A4E82BA0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: owner-coral-list@aoml.noaa.gov Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 1 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0055_01C073F3.A4E82BA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Happy New Year to all ! The growth movie final stage is now online at = http://www.reefkeepers.net/movie.html, with 93 days in a row of growth. 3 movies are actually online : one full movie with 93 pictures, one = lighter (1 image every 5) and one with only 1 image every 10 (to allow a = quick overview without downloading the full movie) Non commercial usage is free. Best Regards Fabrice Poiraud-Lambert http://www.circop.com, to Enjoy Great protected Coral Reefs ------=_NextPart_000_0055_01C073F3.A4E82BA0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

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------=_NextPart_000_0055_01C073F3.A4E82BA0-- ~~~~~~~ For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the digests, please visit www.coral.noaa.gov, click on Popular on the menu bar, then click on Coral-List Listserver. From hendee@aoml.noaa.gov Mon Jan 1 23:44:46 2001 -0500 Return-Path: Received: from hugo by chaos.aoml.noaa.gov (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id XAA13222; Mon, 1 Jan 2001 23:44:45 -0500 Received: by hugo; id XAA22026; Mon, 1 Jan 2001 23:46:54 -0500 (EST) Received: from unknown(192.111.123.248) by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov via smap (V5.5) id xma022022; Mon, 1 Jan 01 23:45:54 -0500 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3) id EAA30919 for coral-list-outgoing; Tue, 2 Jan 2001 04:07:13 GMT Received: from conch.aims.gov.au (email.aims.gov.au [138.7.32.14]) by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id XAA29207 for ; Mon, 1 Jan 2001 23:06:14 -0500 (EST) Received: from TDone.aims.gov.au ([138.7.37.171]) by conch.aims.gov.au (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.1) with ESMTP id OAA26230; Tue, 2 Jan 2001 14:04:58 +1000 (EST) Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20010102135958.00b8c7b0@email.aims.gov.au> X-Sender: tdone@email.aims.gov.au X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2001 14:04:45 +1000 To: coral-list@coral.aoml.noaa.gov From: Terry Done Subject: New book released Cc: e.wolanski@conch.aims.gov.au Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=====================_17315038==_.ALT" Sender: owner-coral-list@aoml.noaa.gov Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 2 --=====================_17315038==_.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed A new coral reef book was released on December 21 in the USA. Dr. Eric Wolanski, FSTE, has edited this new scientific book on physics-biology links in coral reefs and adjoining mangroves and seagrass. The reference is E. Wolanski (2001) Oceanographic Processes of Coral Reefs: Physical and Biological Links in the Great Barrier Reef. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 350 pp. Details are available at http://www.crcpress.com/us/product.asp?sku=0833+++&dept%5Fid=1 Dr Terry Done Leader Sustaining Living Marine Resources Project Australian Institute of Marine Science PMB #3 Mail Centre, Townsville Qld 4810 Australia Phone 61 7 47 534 344 Fax 61 7 47 725 852 email: tdone@aims.gov.au WEBSITE for 9th International Coral Reef Symposium www.nova.edu/ocean/9icrs --=====================_17315038==_.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" A new coral reef book was released on December 21 in the USA. Dr. Eric Wolanski, FSTE, has edited this new scientific book on physics-biology links in coral reefs and adjoining mangroves and seagrass. The reference is
E. Wolanski (2001) Oceanographic Processes of Coral Reefs: Physical and Biological Links in the Great Barrier Reef. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 350 pp.

Details are available at
http://www.crcpress.com/us/product.asp?sku=0833+++&dept%5Fid=1

Dr Terry Done

Leader Sustaining Living Marine Resources Project

Australian Institute of Marine Science

PMB #3 Mail Centre,

Townsville Qld 4810

Australia

Phone 61 7 47 534 344

Fax 61 7 47 725 852

email: tdone@aims.gov.au

WEBSITE for 9th International Coral Reef Symposium

www.nova.edu/ocean/9icrs --=====================_17315038==_.ALT-- ~~~~~~~ For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the digests, please visit www.coral.noaa.gov, click on Popular on the menu bar, then click on Coral-List Listserver. From hendee@aoml.noaa.gov Wed Jan 3 09:33:15 2001 -0500 Return-Path: Received: from hugo by chaos.aoml.noaa.gov (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id JAA15484; Wed, 3 Jan 2001 09:33:14 -0500 Received: by hugo; id JAA13710; Wed, 3 Jan 2001 09:35:21 -0500 (EST) Received: from unknown(192.111.123.248) by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov via smap (V5.5) id xma013703; Wed, 3 Jan 01 09:34:30 -0500 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3) id MAA24409 for coral-list-outgoing; Wed, 3 Jan 2001 12:52:10 GMT Message-Id: <200101031252.MAA24409@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 15:16:48 +1000 To: coral-list@coral.aoml.noaa.gov From: Carolyn Smith Subject: Job posting for AIMS Research Scienctist - Genetist Sender: owner-coral-list@aoml.noaa.gov Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 3 DO NOT RELPY DIRECT TO AUTHOR All queries to Dr Kate Wilson -details below. SEE also attached duty statement and selection criteria. RESEARCH SCIENTIST (GENETICIST) EXPLORING and CONSERVING MARINE BIODIVERSITY Job No 198 The Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville facility is a seeking a Geneticist to assist the Project to address research areas of national highest priority, including specific support for marine conservation, identification of areas with taxonomic richness or uniqueness and elucidation of the temporal dynamics of biodiversity associated with natural and human disturbances. The successful applicant will lead a sub-Project with a small team investigating a range of biodiversity issues including the major influences on the evolution of biodiversity in selected biota, patterns of gene flow between reefs and the impacts of major disturbances on population genetic variation. The position will allow for a significant level of autonomy under the broad guidelines of the Project's Research Plan and will involve responsibility for the Project's genetic research, the activities of the genetics support staff and the associated specialist laboratory facilities. In addition to specialist expertise in genetic analysis, very effective liaison and collaboration with a diverse range of scientists within the broader Project and with other geneticists and non-geneticists working in the Institute will be required. Salary: This position is offered as five (5) year fixed term appointment at a salary within the range of $61,511 to $71,057 per annum (AOF5.1-6.1) (determined by qualifications and experience). Enquiries: Dr K Wilson (07) 4753 4462 or email k.wilson@aims.gov.au IMPORTANT INFORMATION Applications: Applicants must address the selection criteria, giving relevant particulars including the names of two professional referees. Address your application to the General Manager Support Services, Australian Institute of Marine Science, PMB 3, Townsville MC Qld 4810. Applications for this position close on 19 January 2001. AIMS is an Equal Opportunity Employer and promotes a smoke free work environment. ~~~~~~~ For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the digests, please visit www.coral.noaa.gov, click on Popular on the menu bar, then click on Coral-List Listserver. From hendee@aoml.noaa.gov Thu Jan 4 07:20:09 2001 -0500 Return-Path: Received: from hugo by chaos.aoml.noaa.gov (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id HAA01266; Thu, 4 Jan 2001 07:20:06 -0500 Received: by hugo; id HAA01398; Thu, 4 Jan 2001 07:22:14 -0500 (EST) Received: from unknown(192.111.123.248) by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov via smap (V5.5) id xma001385; Thu, 4 Jan 01 07:21:14 -0500 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3) id MAA00911 for coral-list-outgoing; Thu, 4 Jan 2001 12:10:55 GMT Received: from maui.net (maui.net [207.175.210.62]) by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id HAA00907 for ; Thu, 4 Jan 2001 07:09:57 -0500 (EST) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by maui.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id CAA50694; Thu, 4 Jan 2001 02:09:16 -1000 (HST) Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 02:09:16 -1000 (HST) Message-Id: <200101041209.CAA50694@maui.net> To: coral-list@coral.aoml.noaa.gov From: lfoote@maui.net Subject: Auto reply from lfoote@maui.net Sender: owner-coral-list@aoml.noaa.gov Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 4 Aloha! Thank you for your message. I will be away from December 15th to January 3rd. I will most likely be unable to check my email during this time. I will be sure to get back to you upon my return! If you are writing in regards to "REEF Week" or Project S.E.A.-LINK, please send your email to Donna.Brown@mauicc.hawaii.edu, or call (808) 984-3203 while I am away. Thank you & Happy Holidays! Liz Foote ~ ~ ----------- Your original message is below ---------- coral-list-daily Wednesday, December 13 2000 Volume 01 : Number 131 Bad news for reefs Sender: owner-coral-list@coral.aoml.noaa.gov Bleaching archives Coral Bulletins Coral Reef Monitoring "Needs Assessment" Survey coral reef ABCNEWS article Call for public comment on NWHI Coral Reserve Opportunity for coastal resource economist ADDENDUM to Florida Keys CRMP report ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 06:22:27 From: "kathryn pederson" Subject: Bad news for reefs Two years ago, the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network reported 10% of the world's coral reefs being in serious trouble. This number has now more than doubled. A report published today found that 27 percent of the world's coral reefs were gone and predicted that 70 percent would be gone by 2050. http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20001211/sc/environment_coral_dc.html I knew it was bad, but I never expected it that bad. The only "good" thing about it could be, that this news will have some kind of a Chernobyl-effect and will serve as a wake-up-call, thus, spread the bad news, please, _____________________________________________________________________________________ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com ~~~~~~~ For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the digests, please visit www.coral.noaa.gov, click on Popular on the menu bar, then click on Coral-List Listserver. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 07:49:11 -0500 From: "Jaap, Walt" Subject: Sender: owner-coral-list@coral.aoml.noaa.gov The Executive Summary from the Scientific Review Panel for Coral Reef Monitoring (FKNMS WQPP) may be accessed as noted below. The data is very negative, 40 sites, 1996 to 1999, overall a 38 percent loss in coral cover. The details are disturbing. Best wishes for a great holiday and interesting new year. PAX Walt Jaap > The 2000 CRMP Executive Summary is available on our ftp site. The file is > a pdf, so you will be able to read, zoom and print the document in color. > > Using any web browser, go to the following address: > ftp://ftp.fmri.usf.edu/pub/uploads/CRMP > Download (click on) the file named EPA CRMP Review 2000.pdf > It should take about 2 minutes to download (2.5 MB). > Enjoy, ML > > Matt Lybolt - Corals - Florida Marine Research Institute > 727-893-9860 x1134 > **Note new e-mail: matthew.lybolt@fwc.state.fl.us > See us at www.fmri.usf.edu > The early worm gets eaten by the bird, so sleep late. > ~~~~~~~ For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the digests, please visit www.coral.noaa.gov, click on Popular on the menu bar, then click on Coral-List Listserver. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 09:16:45 -0500 (EST) From: Jim Hendee Subject: Bleaching archives The CHAMP coral bleaching archives have been updated to include coral-list reports in 2000. They may be accessed at: ftp://www.coral.noaa.gov/pub/champ/bleach/ The file names are constructed to show the approximate date of the report. for instance, a file name of b20000818.dat would mean the report was made on or about August 18, 2000. If you'd like me to include any other records, please drop a line or post to coral-list. Thanks, Jim ~~~~~~~ For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the digests, please visit www.coral.noaa.gov, click on Popular on the menu bar, then click on Coral-List Listserver. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 09:40:22 -0500 (EST) From: Jim Hendee Subject: Coral Bulletins Greetings, New coral-listers may be interested in knowing that news items with follow-up documents, or large documents that can not be posted on coral-list, are usually posted as "Bulletins" on the CHAMP Page (www.coral.noaa.gov, click on Popular, then Bulletins), or sometimes under "Miscellaneous Themes and Studies" (click on Research/Data). Here are recent entries under Bulletins which may be of interest to you: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Review of Coral Bleaching Worldwide 1996-1998 By Dr. Peter W. Glynn. Posted December 11, 2000. Galapagos Action Alert, in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. Posted December 11, 2000. Webcast and information on President Clinton's announcement regarding the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve. Posted December 04, 2000. Executive Order on the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve. Posted December 04, 2000. A National Program to Access, Inventory and Monitor US Coral Reefs, in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. Posted December 4, 2000. Protocol of Congressional Visits for Scientist-Activists. Posted in Adobe Acrobat format(.pdf) on October 03, 2000. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Fifth Meeting of the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force, August 2000. Posted in Adobe Acrobat format(.pdf) on September 08, 2000. Cheers, Jim ~~~~~~~ For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the digests, please visit www.coral.noaa.gov, click on Popular on the menu bar, then click on Coral-List Listserver. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 16:09:28 GMT From: pb_coral@yahoo.com Subject: Coral Reef Monitoring "Needs Assessment" Survey Aloha all, The Coral Reef Monitoring group of the Coral Reef Task Force's Ecosystem Science and Conservation working group would do well by your participation in a survey of coral reef monitoring-related needs. There is a web-based survey which will allow you to complete the survey over the Internet. The web-based survey has been designed to work using any Internet browser on any computer platform. The survey can be completed in about 15-20 minutes. Instructions for completing the survey, as well as the reasons for undertaking the survey, are provided on the web site. Please visit: http://patuxent.nos.noaa.gov:22005/crtf user name - crtf_public password - spurandgroove Hopefully, this will enable better monitoring by the NOAA folks. ~~~~~~~ For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the digests, please visit www.coral.noaa.gov, click on Popular on the menu bar, then click on Coral-List Listserver. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 12:02:24 -0500 From: Ursula Keuper-Bennett Subject: coral reef ABCNEWS article Commerce Secretary Announces New Measures to Safeguard Coral Reefs By Amanda Onion Dec. 11 As the world's coral reefs show signs of rapid decline, Commerce Secretary Norman Mineta spelled out four federal initiatives today to help stem the die-off of these marine communities known as the rain forests of the sea. "We can no longer take our coral reefs for granted," said Mineta in a statement. "We cannot continue to count on coral reefs to support billion dollar economies based on recreation and tourism while at the same time permitting unprecedented degradation of our reefs." The rest is at: Best wishes, Ursula Keuper-Bennett TURTLE TRAX http://www.turtles.org ~~~~~~~ For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the digests, please visit www.coral.noaa.gov, click on Popular on the menu bar, then click on Coral-List Listserver. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 13:21:16 -0600 From: "Roger B Griffis" Subject: Call for public comment on NWHI Coral Reserve This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - --------------81145282C2879DBB09E90331 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------10C12A1A886044AE60A86600" - --------------10C12A1A886044AE60A86600 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Please distribute - Call for public comment on conservation measures of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Reserve [http://hawaiireef.noaa.gov/comment/comment.html] On December 4, 2000, U.S. President Clinton signed Executive Order 13178, establishing the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve. The President initiated a 30-day comment period and directed the Secretary of Commerce to receive public comment on the Reserve conservation measures, and whether to make the Reserve Preservation Areas permanent. Public comment period ends January 8, 2001. Six public hearings will be held in Hawaii December 11-15. One public hearing will be held in Washington, D.C. on December 13. Information is provided below on the public hearings and how to submit comments. For a full schedule of public hearings please see: http://hawaiireef.noaa.gov/comment/schedule.html For information on submitting comments in writing please see: http://hawaiireef.noaa.gov/comment/comment.html Comments must be postmarked no later than January 8, 2001. Comments may be submitted by mail, fax or electronically to: Roger Griffis, NOAA, Office of Policy and Strategic Planning Rm. 6117, 14th & Constitution Ave. NW Washington, D.C. 20230-0001 Fax 301/713-4306 Website: http://hawaiireef.noaa.gov E-mail address: hawaiicomments@noaa.gov For further information or to request an information packet on the President's proposal, please contact Roger Griffis at 866-616-3605 (toll free) or visit the Web site //hawaiireef.noaa.gov/ For information on the new Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Reserve please see: http://hawaiireef.noaa.gov/ Schedule of Public Hearings: Northwestern Hawaiian Island Coral Reef Reserve Oahu December 11, 2000 6 p.m. Ala Moana Hotel - Garden Lanai 410 Atkinson Drive Honolulu, HI 808.955.4811 Kona December 11, 2000 6 p.m. *King Kamehameha Hotel 75-5660 Palani Road Kailua-Kona, HI 808.329.2911 *Parking will be validated. Hilo December 12, 2000 6 p.m. Hilo Cooperative Extension Service 875 Komohana Street Conference Room A Hilo, HI 808.959.9155 Kauai December 13, 2000 6 p.m. Kauai War Memorial Convention Hall Ballroom B 4191 Hardy Street Lihue, HI Washington, D.C. December 13, 2000 1 p.m. U.S. Department of Commerce Room 4830 14th & Constitution Avenue, NW 202.482.5181 Maui December 14, 2000 6 p.m. Wailuku Community Center 395 Waena Street Wailuku, HI Molokai December 15, 2000 6 p.m. Mitchell Pauole Center 90 Ainoa Street Kaunakakai, HI 808.553.3204 - --------------10C12A1A886044AE60A86600 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Please distribute -

Call for public comment on conservation measures of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Reserve [http://hawaiireef.noaa.gov/comment/comment.html]

On December 4, 2000, U.S. President Clinton signed Executive Order 13178, establishing the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve. The President initiated a 30-day comment period and directed the Secretary of Commerce to receive public comment on the Reserve conservation measures, and whether to make the Reserve Preservation Areas permanent.

Public comment period ends January 8, 2001. Six public hearings will be held in Hawaii December 11-15. One public hearing will be held in Washington, D.C. on December 13. Information is provided below on the public hearings and how to submit comments.

For a full schedule of public hearings please see:
http://hawaiireef.noaa.gov/comment/schedule.html

For information on submitting comments in writing please see:
http://hawaiireef.noaa.gov/comment/comment.html
Comments must be postmarked no later than January 8, 2001. Comments may be submitted by mail, fax or electronically to:

                    Roger Griffis, NOAA,
                    Office of Policy and Strategic Planning
                    Rm. 6117, 14th & Constitution Ave. NW
                    Washington, D.C. 20230-0001

                    Fax 301/713-4306
                    Website: http://hawaiireef.noaa.gov
                    E-mail address: hawaiicomments@noaa.gov

                    For further information or to request an information packet on
                    the President's proposal, please contact Roger Griffis at
                    866-616-3605 (toll free) or visit the Web site //hawaiireef.noaa.gov/

For information on the new Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Reserve please see:
http://hawaiireef.noaa.gov/

Schedule of Public Hearings:
Northwestern Hawaiian Island Coral Reef Reserve

             Oahu
             December 11, 2000
             6 p.m.
             Ala Moana Hotel - Garden Lanai
             410 Atkinson Drive
             Honolulu, HI
             808.955.4811

             Kona
             December 11, 2000
             6 p.m.
             *King Kamehameha Hotel
             75-5660 Palani Road
             Kailua-Kona, HI
             808.329.2911
             *Parking will be validated.

             Hilo
             December 12, 2000
             6 p.m.
             Hilo Cooperative Extension Service
             875 Komohana Street
             Conference Room A
             Hilo, HI
             808.959.9155

             Kauai
             December 13, 2000
             6 p.m.
             Kauai War Memorial Convention Hall
             Ballroom B
             4191 Hardy Street
             Lihue, HI

             Washington, D.C.
             December 13, 2000
             1 p.m.
             U.S. Department of Commerce
             Room 4830
             14th & Constitution Avenue, NW
             202.482.5181

             Maui
             December 14, 2000
             6 p.m.
             Wailuku Community Center
             395 Waena Street
             Wailuku, HI

             Molokai
             December 15, 2000
             6 p.m.
             Mitchell Pauole Center
             90 Ainoa Street
             Kaunakakai, HI
             808.553.3204 - --------------10C12A1A886044AE60A86600-- - --------------81145282C2879DBB09E90331 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="Roger.B.Griffis.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Roger B Griffis Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Roger.B.Griffis.vcf" begin:vcard n:Griffis;Roger tel;pager:1-800-701-4837 tel;fax:202-501-3024 tel;work:202-482-5034 x-mozilla-html:FALSE org:National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration;U.S. Department of Commerce version:2.1 email;internet:Roger.B.Griffis@hdq.noaa.gov title:Office of Policy and Strategic Planning adr;quoted-printable:;;14th and Constitution Ave NW=0D=0AHCHB Rm 6117;Washington;DC;20230;USA fn:Roger B. Griffis end:vcard - --------------81145282C2879DBB09E90331-- ~~~~~~~ For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the digests, please visit www.coral.noaa.gov, click on Popular on the menu bar, then click on Coral-List Listserver. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 20:44:11 -0000 From: "Spurgeon,James" Subject: Opportunity for coastal resource economist GIBB Ltd is looking to recruit a coastal resources specialist with experience (and/or a strong interest) in economics. Ideal requirements are as follows: * A relevant degree and MSc * 2 - 10 years relevant experience * Excellent written and spoken English * Based in the UK head office (Reading), but willing to work around the world * Enthusiastic and hard working * The main workload will be undertaking coastal EIAs, economic valuation of coastal resources and impacts, and investigating and implementing sustainable financing mechanisms for marine protected areas. * Salary will be in the range of �17,000 to �30,000. * GIBB is an international firm of engineering, environmental and management consultants. * GIBB has over 4,000 employees and 90 offices around the world. If interested, please send me (via email) your CV and a covering letter by January 31st 2001. Thanks James James Spurgeon Principal Environmental Economist/Scientist Gibb Ltd Gibb House London Rd Reading England RG6 1BL Tel: 0118 963 5000 Fax: 0118 926 3888 Email: jspurgeo@gibb.co.uk - ------------------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail does not give rise to any binding legal obligation upon GIBB Ltd or any affiliate unless such company subsequently confirms the contents in writing, non-electronically. This e-mail may be confidential, legally privileged or otherwise protected in law. Unauthorised disclosure or copying of any or all of it may be unlawful. If you receive this e-mail in error please contact the sender and delete the message. http://www.gibbltd.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------- ~~~~~~~ For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the digests, please visit www.coral.noaa.gov, click on Popular on the menu bar, then click on Coral-List Listserver. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 16:29:15 -0500 From: "Lybolt, Matthew" Subject: ADDENDUM to Florida Keys CRMP report Greetings, A correction has been made to The Executive Summary from the Scientific Review Panel for Coral Reef Monitoring (FKNMS WQPP). On page 8, the map (figure 7) has been replaced with the correct map. All those who downloaded the report before 1600 EDT (2100 UTC) should download the corrected file. Our UNIX administrator reported that a substantial number of downloads occurred before 1600 EDT (mostly NOAA / NOS). Please follow the same directions (below) to obtain the corrected file. Walt Jaap wrote: The Executive Summary from the Scientific Review Panel for Coral Reef Monitoring (FKNMS WQPP) may be accessed as noted below. The data is very negative, 40 sites, 1996 to 1999, overall a 38 percent loss in coral cover. The details are disturbing. Best wishes for a great holiday and interesting new year. PAX Walt Jaap Matt Lybolt wrote: > The 2000 CRMP Executive Summary is available on our ftp site. The file is > a pdf, so you will be able to read, zoom and print the document in color. > > Using any web browser, go to the following address: > ftp://ftp.fmri.usf.edu/pub/uploads/CRMP > Download (click on) the file named EPA CRMP Review 2000.pdf > It should take about 2 minutes to download (2.5 MB). > Enjoy, ML > Matt Lybolt - Corals - Florida Marine Research Institute 727-893-9860 x1134 **Note new e-mail: matthew.lybolt@fwc.state.fl.us See us at www.fmri.usf.edu The early worm gets eaten by the bird, so sleep late. ~~~~~~~ For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the digests, please visit www.coral.noaa.gov, click on Popular on the menu bar, then click on Coral-List Listserver. ------------------------------ End of coral-list-daily V1 #131 ******************************* ~~~~~~~ For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the digests, please visit www.coral.noaa.gov, click on Popular on the menu bar, then click on Coral-List Listserver. ~~~~~~~ For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the digests, please visit www.coral.noaa.gov, click on Popular on the menu bar, then click on Coral-List Listserver. From hendee@aoml.noaa.gov Thu Jan 4 08:51:21 2001 -0500 Return-Path: Received: from hugo by chaos.aoml.noaa.gov (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id IAA02855; Thu, 4 Jan 2001 08:51:19 -0500 Received: by hugo; id IAA02432; Thu, 4 Jan 2001 08:53:27 -0500 (EST) Received: from unknown(192.111.123.248) by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov via smap (V5.5) id xma002422; Thu, 4 Jan 01 08:53:26 -0500 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3) id NAA01343 for coral-list-outgoing; Thu, 4 Jan 2001 13:50:10 GMT Received: from simail1.si.edu (simail1.si.edu [160.111.100.92]) by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id IAA01340 for ; Thu, 4 Jan 2001 08:50:04 -0500 (EST) Received: from Gate-Message_Server by simail1.si.edu with Novell_GroupWise; Thu, 04 Jan 2001 08:46:50 -0500 Message-Id: X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 5.5.4.1 Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 08:46:36 -0500 From: "John Pandolfi" To: Subject: Student Internship available Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by coral.aoml.noaa.gov id IAA01307 Sender: owner-coral-list@aoml.noaa.gov Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 5 Funding is currently available through a project with the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis for a student intern. The student will gather and assemble data from the literature on the occurrence of Caribbean reef corals during four separate time intervals: Pleistocene, Holocene, Historical, and modern ecological studies. Time permitting, the student will help in the analysis of the data. Eligibility is confined to students currently enrolled at an academic institution, and the internship must be completed in house at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC. The paid internship is for 10 weeks. A $3000 stipend is given, and may be used for transportation, lodging and per diem. The student will take up the internship as soon as possible, but no later than the end of January 2001. Interested parties should contact Dr. J.M. Pandolfi, Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., U.S.A. Phone: 202 357 2406 FAX: 202 786 2832 e-mail: pandolfi.john@nmnh.si.edu ~~~~~~~ For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the digests, please visit www.coral.noaa.gov, click on Popular on the menu bar, then click on Coral-List Listserver. From hendee@aoml.noaa.gov Thu Jan 4 09:22:29 2001 -0500 Return-Path: Received: from hugo by chaos.aoml.noaa.gov (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id JAA04041; Thu, 4 Jan 2001 09:22:27 -0500 Received: by hugo; id JAA03099; Thu, 4 Jan 2001 09:24:35 -0500 (EST) Received: from unknown(192.111.123.248) by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov via smap (V5.5) id xma003071; Thu, 4 Jan 01 09:24:09 -0500 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3) id OAA01454 for coral-list-outgoing; Thu, 4 Jan 2001 14:20:49 GMT Received: from mess.nodc.noaa.gov (alcatraz.nodc.noaa.gov [140.90.235.254]) by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA01450 for ; Thu, 4 Jan 2001 09:20:26 -0500 (EST) Received: from client by server with ESMTP id G6N6GY00.742 for ; Thu, 4 Jan 2001 09:19:46 -0500 Message-ID: <3A548682.A9F59656@nodc.noaa.gov> Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 09:19:46 -0500 From: "Roger Torstenson" X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: coral-list@coral.aoml.noaa.gov Subject: Earth System Monitor articles References: <3.0.1.32.20010103114219.00858b50@pop.uncwil.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-coral-list@aoml.noaa.gov Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 6 Hello I am looking for individuals (government, academia, or private industry), who may be interested in submitting an article for publication in the Earth System Monitor. The "Earth System Monitor" is a 16-page (maximum) publication released quarterly by NESDIS' National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) through staff of the NODC Coastal Ocean Laboratory. The publication is printed as grayscale with an additional spot color for contrast. Its primary focus is to highlight ongoing NESDIS research, publications, products, and programs and is circulated worldwide to various oceanographic and academic institutions as well as to government agencies and the general public. The ESM also includes submissions and announcements from other NOAA organizations such as NWS, ORCA, NMFS, etc. to help disseminate information about NOAA and its achievements. Relevant articles of oceanographic concern and interest are also considered from institutions/organizations outside of NOAA. Please contact Roger Torstenson (rtorstenson@nodc.noaa.gov) for additional information. Over the past couple years we have published articles from foreign sources as well as the United States. Thank you ~~~~~~~ For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the digests, please visit www.coral.noaa.gov, click on Popular on the menu bar, then click on Coral-List Listserver. From hendee@aoml.noaa.gov Thu Jan 4 11:49:34 2001 -0500 Return-Path: Received: from hugo by chaos.aoml.noaa.gov (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id LAA08867; Thu, 4 Jan 2001 11:49:31 -0500 Received: by hugo; id LAA06559; Thu, 4 Jan 2001 11:51:40 -0500 (EST) Received: from unknown(192.111.123.248) by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov via smap (V5.5) id xma006545; Thu, 4 Jan 01 11:50:46 -0500 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3) id QAA02106 for coral-list-outgoing; Thu, 4 Jan 2001 16:46:47 GMT Received: from jante.jante.org ([212.247.7.206]) by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA02097 for ; Thu, 4 Jan 2001 11:46:15 -0500 (EST) Received: from teranesia.jante.org ([212.247.7.213]) by jante.jante.org (Post.Office MTA v3.1.2 release (PO205-101c) ID# 0-43574U100L2S100) with ESMTP id AAA250 for ; Thu, 4 Jan 2001 17:43:44 +0100 Message-Id: <5.0.2.1.0.20010104173547.02c48b00@www.jante.org> X-Sender: patrik@www.jante.org X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.0.2 Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 17:44:50 +0100 To: coral-list@coral.aoml.noaa.gov From: Patrik Nilsson Subject: Status of online publication of Coral Reefs 2000 report? In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-coral-list@aoml.noaa.gov Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 7 Hi, "Report of the Joint Meeting of the GCRMN Management Group and GCRMN Science and Technical Advisory Committee (Bali, Indonesia)" available at http://www.coral.noaa.gov/gcrmn/, says, regarding the "Status of the Coral Reefs of the World: 2000" report: "Although 5,000 copies of the report were printed, it was also suggested that the report be posted on the world wide web. Jamie Oliver of ICLARM volunteered to post the report on the ICLARM's ReefBase home page (Action 1)." Any news on this? The ReefBase home page (www.reefbase.org) is down, apparently for a major revision, and will be so until sometime early 2001. Thanks, Patrik ~~~~~~~ For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the digests, please visit www.coral.noaa.gov, click on Popular on the menu bar, then click on Coral-List Listserver. From hendee@aoml.noaa.gov Wed Jan 3 13:20:34 2001 -0500 Return-Path: Received: from hugo by chaos.aoml.noaa.gov (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id NAA24056; Wed, 3 Jan 2001 13:20:32 -0500 Received: by hugo; id NAA18288; Wed, 3 Jan 2001 13:22:40 -0500 (EST) Received: from unknown(192.111.123.248) by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov via smap (V5.5) id xma018277; Wed, 3 Jan 01 13:22:29 -0500 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3) id QAA33297 for coral-list-outgoing; Wed, 3 Jan 2001 16:38:26 GMT Received: from vxe.ocis.uncwil.edu (vxe.ocis.uncwil.edu [152.20.1.10]) by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA33637 for ; Wed, 3 Jan 2001 11:37:59 -0500 (EST) Received: from CONVERSION-DAEMON by uncwil.edu (PMDF V5.2-33 #42253) id <01JYGWHQG7IO9BVDBA@uncwil.edu> for coral-list@coral.aoml.noaa.gov; Wed, 3 Jan 2001 11:37:21 EDT Received: from szmanta-dell (szmanta-dell.bio.uncwil.edu [152.20.28.82]) by uncwil.edu (PMDF V5.2-33 #42253) with SMTP id <01JYGWHPWYH89D4DA2@uncwil.edu> for coral-list@coral.aoml.noaa.gov; Wed, 03 Jan 2001 11:37:20 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 11:42:19 -0500 From: "Alina M. Szmant" Subject: Coral Reefs manuscript submissions X-Sender: szmanta@pop.uncwil.edu To: coral-list@coral.aoml.noaa.gov Message-id: <3.0.1.32.20010103114219.00858b50@pop.uncwil.edu> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.1 (32) Content-type: text/enriched; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-coral-list@aoml.noaa.gov Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 8 Dear All: Please note that as of January 1, 2001, I have stepped down as Biological Editor for the journal Coral Reefs. I will complete processing manuscripts that I had in progress at the time I resigned in October, but all new biologically-oriented manuscript should be submitted to one of the other journal editors, which include: Dr. Peter Sale (sale@uwindsor.ca), Dr. Bruce Hatcher (bhatcher@is.dal.ca), or the new editors: Dr. Dave Barnes (d.barnes@aims.gov.au) and Dr. Howard Lasker (hlasker@acsu.buffalo.edu). Any manuscript I receive in the interim will be passed on to one of the above. Please help me get the word out, and pass this information on to any of your colleagues that are planning submitting manuscripts to Coral Reefs. Thank you, and Happy New Year, Alina Szmant ******************************************************************* Dr. Alina M. Szmant Coral Reef Research Group Professor of Biology Center for Marine Science University of North Carolina at Wilmington 1 Marvin K. Moss Lane Wilmington NC 28409 tel: (910)962-2362 fax: (910)962-2410 email: szmanta@uncwil.edu 0000,0000,ffffhttp://www.uncwil.edu/people/szmanta/ ****************************************************************** ~~~~~~~ For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the digests, please visit www.coral.noaa.gov, click on Popular on the menu bar, then click on Coral-List Listserver. From hendee@aoml.noaa.gov Fri Jan 5 11:29:15 2001 -0500 Return-Path: Received: from hugo by chaos.aoml.noaa.gov (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id LAA26566; Fri, 5 Jan 2001 11:29:13 -0500 Received: by hugo; id LAA21566; Fri, 5 Jan 2001 11:31:21 -0500 (EST) Received: from unknown(192.111.123.248) by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov via smap (V5.5) id xma021545; Fri, 5 Jan 01 11:30:45 -0500 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3) id QAA04747 for coral-list-outgoing; Fri, 5 Jan 2001 16:03:30 GMT Received: from seas.marine.usf.edu (seas.marine.usf.edu [131.247.136.1]) by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA04741 for ; Fri, 5 Jan 2001 11:02:46 -0500 (EST) Received: from rugby (rugby.marine.usf.edu [131.247.136.174]) by seas.marine.usf.edu (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with SMTP id LAA14137 for ; Fri, 5 Jan 2001 11:02:01 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <005001c07730$c7e0ade0$ae88f783@marine.usf.edu> From: "david palandro" To: Subject: Venezuelan Reefs Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 11:01:35 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_004D_01C07706.DEB6B980" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Sender: owner-coral-list@aoml.noaa.gov Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 9 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_004D_01C07706.DEB6B980 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Does anyone know of any current management or monitoring of Venezuelan = coral reefs? I am trying to ascertain how much management there is as = well as current conditions of the various reefs around Venezuela. Any = help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Dave David Palandro Remote Sensing-Biological Oceanography Lab College of Marine Science University of South Florida 140 7th Ave. So. St. Petersburg, Fl. 33701 727-553-1186 727-553-1103 (fax) palandro@seas.marine.usf.edu http://paria.marine.usf.edu ------=_NextPart_000_004D_01C07706.DEB6B980 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Does anyone know of any current management or = monitoring of=20 Venezuelan coral reefs? I am trying to ascertain how much = management there=20 is as well as current conditions of the various reefs around = Venezuela. =20 Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Dave

David Palandro
Remote Sensing-Biological = Oceanography=20 Lab
College of Marine Science
University of South Florida
140 = 7th Ave.=20 So.
St. Petersburg, Fl. 33701
727-553-1186
727-553-1103=20 (fax)
palandro@seas.marine.usf.edu=
http://paria.marine.usf.edu

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From hendee@aoml.noaa.gov Thu Jan 4 19:56:29 2001 -0500 Return-Path: Received: from hugo by chaos.aoml.noaa.gov (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id TAA08076; Thu, 4 Jan 2001 19:56:28 -0500 Received: by hugo; id TAA13898; Thu, 4 Jan 2001 19:58:35 -0500 (EST) Received: from unknown(192.111.123.248) by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov via smap (V5.5) id xma013894; Thu, 4 Jan 01 19:58:21 -0500 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3) id AAA03176 for coral-list-outgoing; Fri, 5 Jan 2001 00:52:38 GMT Received: from iniki.soest.hawaii.edu (iniki.soest.hawaii.edu [128.171.154.2]) by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id TAA03185 for ; Thu, 4 Jan 2001 19:52:12 -0500 (EST) Received: from rgsurf.soest.hawaii.edu (rgrigg [128.171.154.113]) by iniki.soest.hawaii.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id OAA24150; Thu, 4 Jan 2001 14:51:13 -1000 (HST) Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.20010104144154.006ce168@iniki.soest.hawaii.edu> X-Sender: rgrigg@iniki.soest.hawaii.edu (Unverified) X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.1 (32) Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 14:41:54 -1000 To: Steven Miller , coral list server From: Rick Grigg Subject: Re: Coral Reef Evolution In-Reply-To: <3A392CF2.F859811E@gate.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-coral-list@aoml.noaa.gov Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 10 To the coral list, Those of you who would like a reprint entitled "Coral Reef Evolution; short term instability versus evolutionary stasis", please send me your address and I will mail you a copy. The article appeared in the Dec. 2000 issue of Integrated Coastal Zone Management. Thank you. Richard Grigg ~~~~~~~ For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the digests, please visit www.coral.noaa.gov, click on Popular on the menu bar, then click on Coral-List Listserver. From hendee@aoml.noaa.gov Thu Jan 4 20:07:29 2001 -0500 Return-Path: Received: from hugo by chaos.aoml.noaa.gov (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id UAA08615; Thu, 4 Jan 2001 20:07:28 -0500 Received: by hugo; id UAA13962; Thu, 4 Jan 2001 20:09:35 -0500 (EST) Received: from unknown(192.111.123.248) by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov via smap (V5.5) id xma013958; Thu, 4 Jan 01 20:08:56 -0500 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3) id BAA03208 for coral-list-outgoing; Fri, 5 Jan 2001 01:05:12 GMT Received: from smta-hub-5.CGNET.COM (15-192.cgnet.com [192.156.137.15]) by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id UAA03235 for ; Thu, 4 Jan 2001 20:04:43 -0500 (EST) Received: from jamieoliver ([202.190.152.254]) by smta-hub-5.cgnet.com (PMDF V6.0-24 #47212) with SMTP id <0G6O00H3609I21@smta-hub-5.cgnet.com> for coral-list@coral.aoml.noaa.gov; Thu, 04 Jan 2001 17:03:20 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 09:04:17 +0800 From: Jamie Oliver Subject: RE: Status of online publication of Coral Reefs 2000 report? In-reply-to: <5.0.2.1.0.20010104173547.02c48b00@www.jante.org> To: "'Patrik Nilsson'" , coral-list@coral.aoml.noaa.gov Reply-to: j.oliver@cgiar.org Message-id: <000401c076b3$6dde90a0$070310ac@jamieoliver> MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook CWS, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Importance: Normal X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-priority: Normal Sender: owner-coral-list@aoml.noaa.gov Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 11 Patrik The report will indeed be available on the revised ReefBase website within about 2 weeks. We are currently testing out the new site and adding last minute features. We will be making the full text of the 1998 and the 2000 report available online. In addition we will have several regional and national reports from the GCRMN program, and links to other relevant status reports (CARICOMP, CORDIO etc) which have already been published. If you or anyone else urgently needs a copy of the 2000 report I can email this to you. (The full report is 5.6Mb zipped) In addition, if anyone has a report relating to the status of coral reefs, management and conservation which you would like to see placed on the ReefBase site, please let me know by email. The new site will have an upload facility which will enable such documents (as well as data sets and images) to be quickly posted for publication on the site. Best regards Jamie Oliver ReefBase Project Leader Jamie Oliver Senior Scientist (Coral Reef Projects) International Centre for Living Aquatic Resources Management PO Box 500, Penang 10670 Phone: (604) 641 4623 Fax: (604) 643 4463 email: J.Oliver@cgiar.org -----Original Message----- From: owner-coral-list@coral.aoml.noaa.gov [mailto:owner-coral-list@coral.aoml.noaa.gov] On Behalf Of Patrik Nilsson Sent: Friday, 5 January 2001 12:45 AM To: coral-list@coral.aoml.noaa.gov Subject: Status of online publication of Coral Reefs 2000 report? Hi, "Report of the Joint Meeting of the GCRMN Management Group and GCRMN Science and Technical Advisory Committee (Bali, Indonesia)" available at http://www.coral.noaa.gov/gcrmn/, says, regarding the "Status of the Coral Reefs of the World: 2000" report: "Although 5,000 copies of the report were printed, it was also suggested that the report be posted on the world wide web. Jamie Oliver of ICLARM volunteered to post the report on the ICLARM's ReefBase home page (Action 1)." Any news on this? The ReefBase home page (www.reefbase.org) is down, apparently for a major revision, and will be so until sometime early 2001. Thanks, Patrik ~~~~~~~ For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the digests, please visit www.coral.noaa.gov, click on Popular on the menu bar, then click on Coral-List Listserver. ~~~~~~~ For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the digests, please visit www.coral.noaa.gov, click on Popular on the menu bar, then click on Coral-List Listserver. From hendee@aoml.noaa.gov Mon Jan 8 12:46:06 2001 -0500 Return-Path: Received: from hugo by chaos.aoml.noaa.gov (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id MAA20826; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 12:46:04 -0500 Received: by hugo; id MAA20281; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 12:48:10 -0500 (EST) Received: from unknown(192.111.123.248) by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov via smap (V5.5) id xma020270; Mon, 8 Jan 01 12:47:42 -0500 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3) id RAA03339 for coral-list-outgoing; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 17:43:41 GMT Message-Id: <200101081743.RAA03339@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> From: "Gustav W. Verderber" To: Subject: Seeking Field Biologists Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2001 11:27:30 -0500 Sender: owner-coral-list@aoml.noaa.gov Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 14 Dear Researcher, For fifteen years, I have been collaborating with field biologists with a view toward producing informative natural history images and articles for national and international publications. I am an editorial photographer and writer with credits that include the cover of Natural History. I am always interested in photographing the unique subjects and rare behaviors that only you know about and in writing about nature for the general public. If you have a natural history research project that you believe might attract an editor of a consumer publication such as Natural History, National Geographic, Smithsonian, etc. I would like to hear from you. Please respond directly to me at the email address given in my signature. With gratitude and respect, Gustav W. Verderber Environmental Interpretation ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY * FREE-LANCE WRITING * NATURE TRAVEL URL: http://www.GUSTAVWVERDERBER.com Email: G.Verderber@Sciencenet.com P.O. Box 153, Lowell, VT 05847 USA Telephone: (802) 744-2392 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the digests, please visit www.coral.noaa.gov, click on Popular on the menu bar, then click on Coral-List Listserver. From hendee@aoml.noaa.gov Mon Jan 8 13:19:14 2001 -0500 Return-Path: Received: from hugo by chaos.aoml.noaa.gov (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id NAA21745; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 13:19:13 -0500 Received: by hugo; id NAA20891; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 13:21:19 -0500 (EST) Received: from unknown(192.111.123.248) by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov via smap (V5.5) id xma020887; Mon, 8 Jan 01 13:20:21 -0500 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3) id SAA03446 for coral-list-outgoing; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 18:14:59 GMT Received: from hugo (firewall-user@hugo.aoml.noaa.gov [192.111.123.247]) by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA03242 for ; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 13:14:39 -0500 (EST) Received: by hugo; id NAA20773; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 13:14:16 -0500 (EST) Received: from unknown(172.16.100.2) by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov via smap (V5.5) id xma020763; Mon, 8 Jan 01 13:13:22 -0500 Received: from surf.aoml.noaa.gov by chaos.aoml.noaa.gov (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id NAA21533; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 13:11:16 -0500 Received: from localhost by surf.aoml.noaa.gov (8.8.8+Sun/SMI-SVR4) id NAA09255; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 13:10:54 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 13:10:53 -0500 (EST) From: Jim Hendee To: Coral-List Subject: workstation down Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-coral-list@aoml.noaa.gov Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 15 Greetings, Unfortunately, we had a disk crash on January 7 at 3:12am (EST) so coral-list messages may not have been delivered right away; or, the CHAMP Page may have been inaccessible. I regret any inconveniences. Cheers, Jim ~~~~~~~ For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the digests, please visit www.coral.noaa.gov, click on Popular on the menu bar, then click on Coral-List Listserver. From hendee@aoml.noaa.gov Mon Jan 8 19:38:25 2001 -0500 Return-Path: Received: from hugo by chaos.aoml.noaa.gov (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id TAA00900; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 19:38:24 -0500 Received: by hugo; id TAA26559; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 19:40:29 -0500 (EST) Received: from unknown(192.111.123.248) by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov via smap (V5.5) id xma026549; Mon, 8 Jan 01 19:40:24 -0500 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3) id AAA04217 for coral-list-outgoing; Tue, 9 Jan 2001 00:34:08 GMT Message-Id: <200101090034.AAA04217@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 13:56:11 -0800 To: coral-list@coral.aoml.noaa.gov From: Lance Morgan Subject: Call for Papers- Marine Conservation Biology Symposium Sender: owner-coral-list@aoml.noaa.gov Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 16 Apologies for cross-postings Please forward to interested colleagues Call for Contributed Papers Second Symposium on Marine Conservation Biology Registration and Information available online www.mcbi.org Deadline for Submission is Jan. 12, 2001 Marine Conservation Biology Institute invites submissions from scientists and students in physical, biological and social sciences pertaining to marine conservation. Topics include, but are not limited to: biodiversity, alien species, ecosystem mapping, population dynamics, oceanography, climate change, human effects on marine systems, marine protected areas, large-scale management strategies, and effects of fishing on marine ecosystems and biodiveristy. Additionally, we encourage presentations by individuals from government agencies, non-government organizations (NGOs) and countries outside North America. Each contributed-paper presentation will last 15 minutes (timed) with an additional 5 minutes for questions and answers. Abstract Submission Instructions MCBI will accept abstracts only as email messages (no attachments please). Abstracts should be written in English, run no longer than 250 words (not including title and author information) and concisely describe the topic of presentation. Please indicate senior author and include full contact information for all authors (name, affiliation, mailing address, phone number, and e-mail address). All submissions must specify whether they are for oral presentation, poster presentation, or no preference. Abstracts without this information will not be accepted. When submitting abstracts, please include the subject line "Abstract Submission." To submit an abstract or for questions regarding appropriate scientific content, contact Dr. Lance Morgan at lance@mcbi.org ~~~~~~~ For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the digests, please visit www.coral.noaa.gov, click on Popular on the menu bar, then click on Coral-List Listserver. From hendee@aoml.noaa.gov Mon Jan 8 12:09:52 2001 -0500 Return-Path: Received: from hugo by chaos.aoml.noaa.gov (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id MAA19659; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 12:09:51 -0500 Received: by hugo; id MAA19508; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 12:11:56 -0500 (EST) Received: from unknown(192.111.123.248) by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov via smap (V5.5) id xma019494; Mon, 8 Jan 01 12:11:23 -0500 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3) id RAA03243 for coral-list-outgoing; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 17:05:16 GMT Received: from spn25c0.fiu.edu (spf02n09a0-boot.fiu.edu [131.94.68.193] (may be forged)) by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA03228 for ; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 12:04:34 -0500 (EST) Received: from fiu.edu ([131.94.43.132]) by spn25c0.fiu.edu (InterMail vK.4.02.00.07 201-232-116-107 license 840fca18751889914c07c5419b2f6990) with ESMTP id <20010108170117.BIBI19354.spn25c0@fiu.edu> for ; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 12:01:17 -0500 Message-ID: <3A5A1EFF.DA48DD31@fiu.edu> Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 12:11:43 -0800 From: Laurie Richardson X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: coral list Subject: Re: Caribbean Marine Labs References: <3A37EACB.CD7A339@fiu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-coral-list@aoml.noaa.gov Status: RO X-Status: A X-Keywords: X-UID: 17 Sorry about the double posting of this message - this (original) one was emailed on December 13 but for some reason only was sent out now. If you responded to my second announcement, please disregard this. And, by the way, thanks for the responses. Happy New Year! Laurie Richardson wrote: > Greetings: The Association of Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean > (AMLC) is currently updating a list of all marine laboratories in the > Caribbean region. The AMLC is a network of representatives from member > marine laboratories. The organization holds bi-annual science meetings, > with Directors meetings in alternate years. Our next science meeting > will be held in June of 2001 in Puerto Rico. > > I have been charged with compiling a current list of all Caribbean > marine labs. I would appreciate it very much if you would reply to me > (richardl@fiu.edu) if you are affilliated with a Caribbean marine lab. > Please provide the following information: > > - your name and email address > - the name and location of the marine lab (Caribbean region only) with > which you are affiliated > > Please provide this information whether or not you are a member. If you > are interested in becoming a member, our membership chair is Steve > Legore (slegore@mote.org). > > Thanks very much for your time. Laurie Richardson, AMCL Member-at-Large > > ~~~~~~~ > For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the > digests, please visit www.coral.noaa.gov, click on Popular on the > menu bar, then click on Coral-List Listserver. ~~~~~~~ For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the digests, please visit www.coral.noaa.gov, click on Popular on the menu bar, then click on Coral-List Listserver. From hendee@aoml.noaa.gov Tue Jan 9 06:40:53 2001 -0500 Return-Path: Received: from hugo by chaos.aoml.noaa.gov (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id GAA06989; Tue, 9 Jan 2001 06:40:52 -0500 Received: by hugo; id GAA29942; Tue, 9 Jan 2001 06:42:57 -0500 (EST) Received: from unknown(192.111.123.248) by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov via smap (V5.5) id xma029932; Tue, 9 Jan 01 06:42:35 -0500 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3) id LAA05579 for coral-list-outgoing; Tue, 9 Jan 2001 11:36:52 GMT Received: from socnet.soc.soton.ac.uk (socnet.soc.soton.ac.uk [139.166.136.33]) by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id GAA05387 for ; Tue, 9 Jan 2001 06:36:15 -0500 (EST) Received: from danspc.mail.soc.soton.ac.uk by socnet.soc.soton.ac.uk (8.9.1a/NERC-1.6(Solaris 2.x, SMTP)) id LAA02934; Tue, 9 Jan 2001 11:36:45 GMT Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.1.20010109112707.00ab4e90@mail.soc.soton.ac.uk> X-Sender: dxm@mail.soc.soton.ac.uk X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2001 11:36:43 +0000 To: coral-list@coral.aoml.noaa.gov From: Daniel Mayor Subject: Genetic Modification of Corals Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-coral-list@aoml.noaa.gov Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 18 Dear listers, does anyone know of research that involves genetically modifying corals to enhance their tollerance to environmental extremes? I would be very grateful to hear from anyone who knows about current research, or those actually involved in the research. Many thanks, Dan Mayor. Daniel Mayor DEEPSEAS Benthic Biology Group George Deacon Division for Ocean Processes Southampton Oceanography Centre Waterfront Campus European Way SOUTHAMPTON SO14 3ZH UK Tel: +44 (0)23 80 596 357 Fax: + 44 (0)23 80 596 247 e-mail: dxm@soc.soton.ac.uk >http://www.soc.soton.ac.uk/GDD/DEEPSEAS/ ~~~~~~~ For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the digests, please visit www.coral.noaa.gov, click on Popular on the menu bar, then click on Coral-List Listserver. From hendee@aoml.noaa.gov Mon Jan 8 19:53:27 2001 -0500 Return-Path: Received: from hugo by chaos.aoml.noaa.gov (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id TAA01080; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 19:53:26 -0500 Received: by hugo; id TAA26687; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 19:55:31 -0500 (EST) Received: from unknown(192.111.123.248) by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov via smap (V5.5) id xma026677; Mon, 8 Jan 01 19:55:03 -0500 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3) id AAA04451 for coral-list-outgoing; Tue, 9 Jan 2001 00:53:06 GMT Message-Id: <200101090053.AAA04451@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 13:02:53 -1000 From: Nani Kai To: coral-list@coral.aoml.noaa.gov Subject: "Legal" definition of a coral reef? Sender: owner-coral-list@aoml.noaa.gov Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 19 A simple question; What IS a coral reef? Or perhaps more importantly, what is it Not? (But first let me say that I did review the discussion on "what is a reef" in last May's coral-list.) With the great amount of attention that coral reefs have received in the past few years, regulators are (at last!) coming to the realization that our precious marine resources need protection. My concern is that this pendulum of regulation may be swinging a bit too far to the left. I think that everyone reading this list would agree that coral reefs represent a resource that merits our protection. I don't think, however, that everyone would agree specifically about how to define the "coral reef" that we are trying to protect. A "reef" may be clearly defined in strictly nautical terms as it relates to ship traffic without any reference to corals or other living marine resources. Similarly "coral" (or coral communities) may be appropriately defined in biological terms leaving little room for academic argument. It is only as the terms are combined that an increased level of meaning emerges in the definition to include an interwoven ecological matrix of habitat complexity, species diversity, and fragility. But with the increasing presence of regulators and lawyers dealing with coral reef issues we are rapidly approaching a time where a working (read: legal) definition of a "coral reef" will be necessary. Please consider the following two situations. Given a flat basalt substrate in 10 meters (just below keel depth) of water, at what coral density does a 1 hectare area become a coral reef? Does surface rugosity, species composition, or colony age play a role in this designation? Given a shoreline area, depth from 0 to 2 meters, within 50 feet of shore, do the same definitions apply? Please forward any answers or comments directly to the list. I'll do what I can to follow up with a summary to see if we can develop a consensus definition. Thanks for your input. ~~~~~~~ For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the digests, please visit www.coral.noaa.gov, click on Popular on the menu bar, then click on Coral-List Listserver. From hendee@aoml.noaa.gov Tue Jan 9 13:29:16 2001 -0500 Return-Path: Received: from hugo by chaos.aoml.noaa.gov (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id NAA21401; Tue, 9 Jan 2001 13:29:14 -0500 Received: by hugo; id NAA07879; Tue, 9 Jan 2001 13:31:19 -0500 (EST) Received: from unknown(192.111.123.248) by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov via smap (V5.5) id xma007867; Tue, 9 Jan 01 13:30:58 -0500 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3) id SAA06771 for coral-list-outgoing; Tue, 9 Jan 2001 18:16:35 GMT Received: from whitney.ufl.edu (TLH-Trans1.firn.edu [150.176.63.1]) by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA06753 for ; Tue, 9 Jan 2001 13:15:24 -0500 (EST) Received: from whitney.ufl.edu ([10.41.128.195]) by whitney.ufl.edu (8.9.3/8.8.7) with ESMTP id NAA04530 for ; Tue, 9 Jan 2001 13:18:13 -0500 Message-ID: <3A5AE4EC.40E4365B@whitney.ufl.edu> Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2001 13:16:12 +0300 From: Mike Matz Organization: Whitney marine biology lab X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en,ru MIME-Version: 1.0 To: coral list Subject: Re: Genetic Modification of Corals Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------12A5C6F968DD8526F8270ED6" Sender: owner-coral-list@aoml.noaa.gov Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 20 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------12A5C6F968DD8526F8270ED6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by coral.aoml.noaa.gov id SAA06771 =9A =9ADear Daniel, =9A I never heard of such thing as coral transgenes, but this subject is very interesting to me too. Actually, I would be glad to try this myself if I only had some funds for that. So far, I could not dig up anything about that in databases. Transgenes on a new animal model are usually very difficult to make, so achievment of genetic modification on some new object is still considered a kind of breakthrough. It opens a lot of possibilities for really thorough study of the model. I would be delighted to know if there is any progress=9A in this matter with corals. =9A Mikhail Matz =9A Whitney laboratory =9A University of Florida Daniel Mayor wrote: > Dear listers, does anyone know of research that involves genetically > modifying corals to enhance their tollerance to environmental > extremes?=9A I > would be very grateful to hear from anyone who knows about current > research, or those actually involved in the research. > Many thanks, > Dan Mayor. > > Daniel Mayor > > DEEPSEAS Benthic Biology Group > George Deacon Division for Ocean Processes > Southampton Oceanography Centre > Waterfront Campus > European Way > SOUTHAMPTON SO14 3ZH > UK > Tel: +44 (0)23 80 596 357 > Fax: + 44 (0)23 80 596 247 > e-mail: dxm@soc.soton.ac.uk > =9A>http://www.soc.soton.ac.uk/GDD/DEEPSEAS/ > =9A --------------12A5C6F968DD8526F8270ED6 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: Received: from coral.aoml.noaa.gov (coral.aoml.noaa.gov [192.111.123.248]) by whitney.ufl.edu (8.9.3/8.8.7) with ESMTP id IAA02603 for ; Tue, 9 Jan 2001 08:45:14 -0500 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3) id LAA05579 for coral-list-outgoing; Tue, 9 Jan 2001 11:36:52 GMT Received: from socnet.soc.soton.ac.uk (socnet.soc.soton.ac.uk [139.166.136.33]) by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id GAA05387 for ; Tue, 9 Jan 2001 06:36:15 -0500 (EST) Received: from danspc.mail.soc.soton.ac.uk by socnet.soc.soton.ac.uk (8.9.1a/NERC-1.6(Solaris 2.x, SMTP)) id LAA02934; Tue, 9 Jan 2001 11:36:45 GMT Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.1.20010109112707.00ab4e90@mail.soc.soton.ac.uk> X-Sender: dxm@mail.soc.soton.ac.uk X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2001 11:36:43 +0000 To: coral-list@coral.aoml.noaa.gov From: Daniel Mayor Subject: Genetic Modification of Corals Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-coral-list@coral.aoml.noaa.gov X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 Dear listers, does anyone know of research that involves genetically modifying corals to enhance their tollerance to environmental extremes? I would be very grateful to hear from anyone who knows about current research, or those actually involved in the research. Many thanks, Dan Mayor. Daniel Mayor DEEPSEAS Benthic Biology Group George Deacon Division for Ocean Processes Southampton Oceanography Centre Waterfront Campus European Way SOUTHAMPTON SO14 3ZH UK Tel: +44 (0)23 80 596 357 Fax: + 44 (0)23 80 596 247 e-mail: dxm@soc.soton.ac.uk >http://www.soc.soton.ac.uk/GDD/DEEPSEAS/ ~~~~~~~ For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the digests, please visit www.coral.noaa.gov, click on Popular on the menu bar, then click on Coral-List Listserver. --------------12A5C6F968DD8526F8270ED6-- ~~~~~~~ For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the digests, please visit www.coral.noaa.gov, click on Popular on the menu bar, then click on Coral-List Listserver. From hendee@aoml.noaa.gov Tue Jan 9 22:38:14 2001 -0500 Return-Path: Received: from hugo by chaos.aoml.noaa.gov (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id WAA02559; Tue, 9 Jan 2001 22:38:13 -0500 Received: by hugo; id WAA15608; Tue, 9 Jan 2001 22:40:17 -0500 (EST) Received: from unknown(192.111.123.248) by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov via smap (V5.5) id xma015600; Tue, 9 Jan 01 22:40:14 -0500 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3) id DAA07544 for coral-list-outgoing; Wed, 10 Jan 2001 03:32:59 GMT Received: from gw-smtp.net-outremer.nc (IDENT:qmailr@gw-smtp.canl.nc [203.109.210.8]) by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id WAA07459 for ; Tue, 9 Jan 2001 22:32:02 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 1837 invoked from network); 10 Jan 2001 14:37:55 -1100 Received: from mail.net-outremer.nc (HELO net-outremer.nc) (202.87.159.6) by gw-smtp.canl.nc with SMTP; 10 Jan 2001 14:37:55 -1100 Received: (qmail 1687 invoked by alias); 10 Jan 2001 14:29:53 +1100 Received: (qmail 1681 invoked from network); 10 Jan 2001 14:29:53 +1100 Received: from unknown (HELO mlsarameg) (203.109.221.125) by mail.net-outremer.nc with SMTP; 10 Jan 2001 14:29:53 +1100 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?SARRAMEGNA_S=E9bastien?= To: Subject: Mangrove information Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 14:31:21 +1100 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: owner-coral-list@aoml.noaa.gov Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by coral.aoml.noaa.gov id DAA07544 Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 21 Hello Corallisters, I am looking for information concerning the role of mangroves ecosystems. Especially I am looking for information concerning the ability of mangrov= e to filtering water and maintaining water quality. For example, the abilit= y of mangrove to absorb pollution come from urban sewage or come from shrim= p farm. Thank you for your help Dr SARRAMEGNA S=E9bastien Tel/Fax : (687) 35 38 88 Mob : (687) 83 07 80 B.P. 3945 Noum=E9a, 98846 Nouvelle-Cal=E9donie Email : mlsarameg@canl.nc ~~~~~~~ For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the digests, please visit www.coral.noaa.gov, click on Popular on the menu bar, then click on Coral-List Listserver. From hendee@aoml.noaa.gov Thu Jan 11 13:24:27 2001 -0500 Return-Path: Received: from hugo by chaos.aoml.noaa.gov (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id NAA16334; Thu, 11 Jan 2001 13:24:26 -0500 Received: by hugo; id NAA13090; Thu, 11 Jan 2001 13:26:31 -0500 (EST) Received: from unknown(192.111.123.248) by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov via smap (V5.5) id xma013074; Thu, 11 Jan 01 13:25:46 -0500 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3) id SAA01997 for coral-list-outgoing; Thu, 11 Jan 2001 18:22:18 GMT Received: from hugo (firewall-user@hugo.aoml.noaa.gov [192.111.123.247]) by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA02003 for ; Thu, 11 Jan 2001 13:21:56 -0500 (EST) Received: by hugo; id NAA12912; Thu, 11 Jan 2001 13:20:27 -0500 (EST) Received: from unknown(172.16.100.2) by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov via smap (V5.5) id xma012908; Thu, 11 Jan 01 13:19:45 -0500 Received: from surf.aoml.noaa.gov by chaos.aoml.noaa.gov (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id NAA15951; Thu, 11 Jan 2001 13:17:39 -0500 Received: from localhost by surf.aoml.noaa.gov (8.8.8+Sun/SMI-SVR4) id NAA19861; Thu, 11 Jan 2001 13:17:16 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 13:17:16 -0500 (EST) From: Jim Hendee To: Coral-List Subject: coral-list status Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-coral-list@aoml.noaa.gov Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 22 Greetings, Coral-list was inoperable for a couple (few?) days. I think some of you tried to post messages, but they bombed. Tomorrow we will be doing a hard drive replacement and I don't know how long the list will be down, so if there messages that you sent that did not get circulated, please try sending them again before the workstation goes down again. Thank you for your patience. Cheers, Jim ---------------------------------------------------- James C. Hendee, Ph.D. Coral Health and Monitoring Program Ocean Chemistry Division Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration U.S. Department of Commerce 4301 Rickenbacker Causeway Miami, FL 33149-1026 Voice: (305) 361-4396 Fax: (305) 361-4392 Email: jim.hendee@noaa.gov Web: http://www.coral.noaa.gov ~~~~~~~ For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the digests, please visit www.coral.noaa.gov, click on Popular on the menu bar, then click on Coral-List Listserver. From hendee@aoml.noaa.gov Thu Jan 11 18:20:42 2001 -0500 Return-Path: Received: from hugo by chaos.aoml.noaa.gov (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id SAA23222; Thu, 11 Jan 2001 18:20:41 -0500 Received: by hugo; id SAA17966; Thu, 11 Jan 2001 18:22:46 -0500 (EST) Received: from unknown(192.111.123.248) by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov via smap (V5.5) id xma017956; Thu, 11 Jan 01 18:22:07 -0500 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3) id XAA02906 for coral-list-outgoing; Thu, 11 Jan 2001 23:16:06 GMT Received: from sailfish.hboi.edu (smtp.hboi.edu [208.219.69.3]) by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA02897 for ; Thu, 11 Jan 2001 18:15:50 -0500 (EST) Received: by smtp.hboi.edu with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id ; Thu, 11 Jan 2001 18:31:57 -0500 Message-ID: <705E975A40BED211949800105A1C2F4CB21962@smtp.hboi.edu> From: Jose Lopez To: "'coral-list@coral.aoml.noaa.gov'" Subject: Revised Course Announcment: Molecular Studies of Marine Biologica l Diversity Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 18:31:50 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" Sender: owner-coral-list@aoml.noaa.gov Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 23 Course Announcement: Molecular Studies of Marine Biological Diversity on the Indian River Lagoon, Florida and Andros Island, Bahamas*, June 4 - June 17, 2001 Study of intra- and interspecific genetic variation of selected marine invertebrates. Laboratory and field studies will compare diversity found among tropical mangrove and coral reef habitats in the Indian River Lagoon and Andros Island, Bahamas. In a marine conservation and molecular ecology context, lectures and practical laboratory work will cover modern techniques such as marine invertebrate (e.g, cnidarian, poriferan etc) tissue preparation, DNA purification, genomic fingerprinting, the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and molecular phylogenetic and bioinformatics analyses. Experiential learning through integration into a Bahamian "out-island" community will also be emphasized. Open to upper level biology students and teachers. 3 graduate semester hours credit, transferable from FIT. Total fee: approx $2500.00, but will be based on the cost of $640 per Florida Institute of Technology (FIT) credit hour, or $448 per credit hour who do not need academic graduate course credit. Substantial tuition waivers (30-60% of costs) will be available on a competitive basis to well qualified applicants. The course is limited to 17 students and will begin on the campus of Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Ft. Pierce, FL. Course fees include lab fees, tuition, accommodation and travel to the Bahamas Environmental Research Center (operated by George Mason University's Center for Field Studies) Andros Island. Dr. Jose V. Lopez (Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Assistant Scientist and course instructor) with guest lecturers To Be Announced. *This an International Biodiversity Observation Year (IBOY) 2001-2002 Approved Project (http://www.nrel.colostate.edu/IBOY) For more information please contact Jill Sunderland, 800-333-(HBOI), X506, Kristina Jones, 703-993-1436 or 993-1740 (GMU), and visit the following websites: http://www.ncc.gmu.edu/Ncc2000/courses/cfs/andros.html http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/8169 and http://www.hboi.edu/marineed/marineed_home.html ~~~~~~~ For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the digests, please visit www.coral.noaa.gov, click on Popular on the menu bar, then click on Coral-List Listserver. From hendee@aoml.noaa.gov Thu Jan 11 18:44:46 2001 -0500 Return-Path: Received: from hugo by chaos.aoml.noaa.gov (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id SAA23491; Thu, 11 Jan 2001 18:44:44 -0500 Received: by hugo; id SAA18190; Thu, 11 Jan 2001 18:46:49 -0500 (EST) Received: from unknown(192.111.123.248) by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov via smap (V5.5) id xma018171; Thu, 11 Jan 01 18:46:22 -0500 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3) id XAA02953 for coral-list-outgoing; Thu, 11 Jan 2001 23:45:54 GMT Received: from surf1.caribsurf.com (surf1.caribsurf.com [205.214.192.199]) by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA02955 for ; Thu, 11 Jan 2001 18:45:38 -0500 (EST) Received: from oemcomputer ([205.214.205.70]) by surf1.caribsurf.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id TAA11154; Thu, 11 Jan 2001 19:45:33 -0400 (GMT-0400) Message-ID: <003001c07b6b$b0a9a980$46cdd6cd@oemcomputer> From: "Kurt Cordice" To: Cc: Subject: US Marines help destroy Coral Reefs in St. Vincent and the Grenadines Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 20:13:19 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_002D_01C07B41.C5FDA900" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: owner-coral-list@aoml.noaa.gov Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 24 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_002D_01C07B41.C5FDA900 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello Coral listers, Some advice on the following matter would be greatly appreciated: At this moment, there is a US Marine Engineering unit here in Union = Island, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Their mission is to assist the = Government of St. Vincent with the building of an addition to the local = hospital..as well as the construction of a new coast guard base for the = country.=20 However, the location of the Coast Guard base is very disturbing. In an = informal general survey taken before their arrival, it was found that = the sight not only had a healthy stretch of Mangrove (most of which has = already been destroyed in the country) and a fairly wide seagrass bed, = but also the presence of higher than usual numbers of juvenile fish of = several different species...and the presence of healthy and developed = elkhorn coral (which had suffered a huge die-out in past years and is = only now beginning to recover).=20 Some government departments and NGOs who knew of the plan had advised = against it, and we were all awaiting the opportunity to voice our = concerns before the plan was formally approved. However, it seems that = somehow, it already has been.=20 Construction has begun. Over 100 ft. of mangrove trees have been = removed, and a portion of the seagrass has already been covered in mud = running off from the construction on land. The Dredger (supplied by the = US Military) will be arriving next week to start the construction of the = dock. Dredging in this areas will not only endanger the immediate area = of reef, but a line of extremely healthy, and pristine reef that is down = current from the site. Additionally, this site is well within a = Fisheries Conservation Area, which prohibits damage to coral reefs by = law.=20 Now, it is understood that the Government of St. Vincent and the = Grenadines is condoning the construction of the base, and there is some = need for a local coast guard presence in the area...but it must be = understood that the Island of Union has already suffered great losses of = valuable reef and mangrove areas over the past few years due to = "development". The island is dependent on tourism and fishing for the = livelihood of its people. There must be another way!=20 And it is particularly ironic that a country which seems to be making = great strides towards the protection of marine habitat in its own = waters, is so willing to come and help us destroy ours. Those of us that = are here trying to convince the leaders of this nation that the = environment matters have received a huge set back because of this = project..it is also a blow to the moral of people here, convincing them = further that they cannot make a difference.=20 The mangrove has already been cut, and the seagrass will probably be all = but gone soon due to the mud...but there is still time for the reef. The = dredger is due next week. Does anyone out there know of anything that = could be done? Anyone that may be appealed to..that could delay the = dredging until the reef can be assessed properly and a possible = alternative found??? We have video footage both on land and UW..as well = as some monitoring information if that would help convince them. There = is really nothing more that we can do from this end. The only hope is to = stop the dredger thorough US connections until we can resubmit protests = here...=20 Any help or advice would be appreciated.=20 Kurt=20 ------=_NextPart_000_002D_01C07B41.C5FDA900 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hello Coral listers,

Some advice on the following matter would be greatly appreciated:

At this moment, there is a US Marine Engineering unit here in Union = Island,=20 St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Their mission is to assist the = Government of St.=20 Vincent with the building of an addition to the local hospital..as well = as the=20 construction of a new coast guard base for the country.

However, the location of the Coast Guard base is very disturbing. In = an=20 informal general survey taken before their arrival, it was found that = the sight=20 not only had a healthy stretch of Mangrove (most of which has already = been=20 destroyed in the country) and a fairly wide seagrass bed, but also the = presence=20 of higher than usual numbers of juvenile fish of several different=20 species...and the presence of healthy and developed elkhorn coral (which = had=20 suffered a huge die-out in past years and is only now beginning to = recover).=20

Some government departments and NGOs who knew of the plan had advised = against=20 it, and we were all awaiting the opportunity to voice our concerns = before the=20 plan was formally approved. However, it seems that somehow, it already = has been.=20

Construction has begun. Over 100 ft. of mangrove trees have been = removed, and=20 a portion of the seagrass has already been covered in mud running off = from the=20 construction on land. The Dredger (supplied by the US Military) will be = arriving=20 next week to start the construction of the dock. Dredging in this areas = will not=20 only endanger the immediate area of reef, but a line of extremely = healthy, and=20 pristine reef that is down current from the site. Additionally, this = site is=20 well within a Fisheries Conservation Area, which prohibits damage to = coral reefs=20 by law.

Now, it is understood that the Government of St. Vincent and the = Grenadines=20 is condoning the construction of the base, and there is some need for a = local=20 coast guard presence in the area...but it must be understood that the = Island of=20 Union has already suffered great losses of valuable reef and mangrove = areas over=20 the past few years due to "development". The island is dependent on = tourism and=20 fishing for the livelihood of its people. There must be another way! =

And it is particularly ironic that a country which seems to be making = great=20 strides towards the protection of marine habitat in its own waters, is = so=20 willing to come and help us destroy ours. Those of us that are here = trying to=20 convince the leaders of this nation that the environment matters have = received a=20 huge set back because of this project..it is also a blow to the moral = of =20 people here, convincing them further that they cannot make a difference. =

The mangrove has already been cut, and the seagrass will probably be = all but=20 gone soon due to the mud...but there is still time for the reef. The = dredger is=20 due next week. Does anyone out there know of anything that could be = done? Anyone=20 that may be appealed to..that could delay the dredging until the reef = can be=20 assessed properly and a possible alternative found??? We have video = footage both=20 on land and UW..as well as some monitoring information if that would = help=20 convince them. There is really nothing more that we can do from = this end.=20 The only hope is to stop the dredger thorough US connections until we = can=20 resubmit protests here...

Any help or advice would be appreciated.

Kurt

------=_NextPart_000_002D_01C07B41.C5FDA900-- ~~~~~~~ For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the digests, please visit www.coral.noaa.gov, click on Popular on the menu bar, then click on Coral-List Listserver. From hendee@aoml.noaa.gov Fri Jan 12 07:15:16 2001 -0500 Return-Path: Received: from hugo by chaos.aoml.noaa.gov (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id HAA29498; Fri, 12 Jan 2001 07:15:15 -0500 Received: by hugo; id HAA21796; Fri, 12 Jan 2001 07:17:19 -0500 (EST) Received: from unknown(192.111.123.248) by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov via smap (V5.5) id xma021792; Fri, 12 Jan 01 07:17:18 -0500 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3) id KAA03766 for coral-list-outgoing; Fri, 12 Jan 2001 10:26:04 GMT Message-Id: <200101121026.KAA03766@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> From: gast@characterlink.net (Dennis Gast) To: Subject: Can you help me? Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 20:09:42 -0500 Sender: owner-coral-list@aoml.noaa.gov Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 25 Dear Coral-listers, I need to contact a man named Rod Fujita (sp?) as soon as possible. He = was on Bonaire, Neth. Antilles in 1999 for the annual Bonaire Dive = Festival. He was on a panel of experts at a meeting about protecting = reefs. If you can put me in contact with him, please contact me at = gast@characterlink.net. Thank you very much. =20 Sincerely, Valerie Gast gast@characterlink.net ~~~~~~~ For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the digests, please visit www.coral.noaa.gov, click on Popular on the menu bar, then click on Coral-List Listserver. From hendee@aoml.noaa.gov Fri Jan 12 13:08:07 2001 -0500 Return-Path: Received: from hugo by chaos.aoml.noaa.gov (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id NAA07534; Fri, 12 Jan 2001 13:08:05 -0500 Received: by hugo; id NAA25243; Fri, 12 Jan 2001 13:10:10 -0500 (EST) Received: from unknown(192.111.123.248) by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov via smap (V5.5) id xma025229; Fri, 12 Jan 01 13:09:51 -0500 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3) id OAA01044 for coral-list-outgoing; Fri, 12 Jan 2001 14:57:11 GMT Received: from hugo (firewall-user@hugo.aoml.noaa.gov [192.111.123.247]) by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA01042 for ; Fri, 12 Jan 2001 09:57:06 -0500 (EST) Received: by hugo; id JAA23233; Fri, 12 Jan 2001 09:55:39 -0500 (EST) Received: from unknown(172.16.100.2) by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov via smap (V5.5) id xma023226; Fri, 12 Jan 01 09:54:49 -0500 Received: from surf.aoml.noaa.gov by chaos.aoml.noaa.gov (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id JAA03094; Fri, 12 Jan 2001 09:52:43 -0500 Received: from localhost by surf.aoml.noaa.gov (8.8.8+Sun/SMI-SVR4) id JAA05166; Fri, 12 Jan 2001 09:52:20 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 09:52:20 -0500 (EST) From: Jim Hendee To: Coral-List Subject: coral workstation fixed Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-coral-list@aoml.noaa.gov Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 26 Greetings, I'm happy to announce that the coral workstation has been fixed, so that you should now have access to the CHAMP page and coral-list again. Thanks for your patience. Cheers, Jim coral-list admin ~~~~~~~ For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the digests, please visit www.coral.noaa.gov, click on Popular on the menu bar, then click on Coral-List Listserver. From hendee@aoml.noaa.gov Fri Jan 12 14:17:11 2001 -0500 Return-Path: Received: from hugo by chaos.aoml.noaa.gov (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id OAA10444; Fri, 12 Jan 2001 14:17:09 -0500 Received: by hugo; id OAA27645; Fri, 12 Jan 2001 14:19:14 -0500 (EST) Received: from unknown(192.111.123.248) by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov via smap (V5.5) id xma027630; Fri, 12 Jan 01 14:18:22 -0500 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3) id TAA01974 for coral-list-outgoing; Fri, 12 Jan 2001 19:08:54 GMT Received: from socnet.soc.soton.ac.uk (socnet.soc.soton.ac.uk [139.166.136.33]) by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA01969 for ; Fri, 12 Jan 2001 14:08:26 -0500 (EST) Received: from danspc.mail.soc.soton.ac.uk by socnet.soc.soton.ac.uk (8.9.1a/NERC-1.6(Solaris 2.x, SMTP)) id NAA18720; Fri, 12 Jan 2001 13:47:53 GMT Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.1.20010112134608.00ac7aa0@mail.soc.soton.ac.uk> X-Sender: dxm@mail.soc.soton.ac.uk X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 13:47:46 +0000 To: coral-list@coral.aoml.noaa.gov From: Daniel Mayor Subject: Society of Underwater Technology Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=====================_74865698==_.ALT" Sender: owner-coral-list@aoml.noaa.gov Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 27 --=====================_74865698==_.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Society for Underwater Technology 5th Underwater Science Symposium Sponsored by Southampton Oceanography Centre 29 March to 1st April 2001 Southampton Oceanography Centre Visualizing the Underwater Environment 2001 An Inner Space Odyssey Visit SUT's Web Site for details www.sut.org.uk Every picture speaks a thousand words. We are all capable of absorbing large amounts of information when presented visually. However, as divers will agree, water itself is something of a barrier to conventional vision. These problems can be overcome whether by using a glass-bottomed bucket, diving or the latest in laser or acoustic seabed remote-imaging technology. This symposium will bring together the diverse community (divers, archaeologists, research scientists and commercial operators) that has interest and expertise in visualizing the underwater environment, to share our experiences and find out what's new and who's doing what. The 5th SUT Underwater Science Symposium The 5th SUT Underwater Science Symposium will review the state of the art in visualizing the underwater environment. The programme seeks to blend diving operations in shallow water with the use of remote technologies in the deep sea. In particular the symposium will focus on practical methods, such as high-definition photography, laser technologies, holographic techniques, integrated seafloor visualization, "living maps" and virtual dives and missions. A special preview of the BBC Natural History Unit's new 8-part series on the oceans "The Blue Planet" will be given, as well as talks on how the programmes were made. There will also be an exhibition of the entries to the BP-SUT Underwater Image Competition. UNDERWATER IMAGE COMPETITION Sponsored by BP Please visit SOC's web site for details www.soc.soton.ac.uk/GDD/img2001 Useful Web Sites Southampton Oceanography Centre: www.soc.soton.ac.uk Southampton Tourist Office: www.southampton.gov.uk (for accommodation add /leisure/visitguide/acc.htm) SUT: www.sut.org.uk Dr Antony Jensen, School of Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton, Southampton Oceanography Centre, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK. e-mail a.jensen@soc.soton.ac.uk Telephone (direct) +44 23 80593428 Telephone (mobile) 07867 977807 Fax (Direct)+44 23 80596642 'Artificial Reefs in European Seas' has now been published. Details can be found at: http://www.wkap.nl/book.htm/0-7923-6144-X European Artificial Reef Research Network (EARRN) webpage: http://www.soc.soton.ac.uk/SOES/RES/groups/EARRN/index.html 7th Conference on Artificial Reefs and Associated Habitats (7th CARAH) webpage: http://www.soc.soton.ac.uk/SOES/SCHOOL/MEETINGS/7CARAH/7carah.html Southampton artificial reef research group webpage: http://www.soc.soton.ac.uk/SOES/RES/groups/reef/ --=====================_74865698==_.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by coral.aoml.noaa.gov id TAA01974

Society for Underwater Technology
5^th Underwa= ter Science Symposium
Sponsored by Southampton Oceanography Centre

29 March to 1^st April 2001
Southampton Oceanography Centre

Visualizing the Underwater Environment
2001 An Inner Space Odyssey

Visit SUT=92s Web Site for=20 details
www.sut.org.uk

Every picture speaks a thousand words. We are all capable of absorbing large amounts of information when presented visually. However, as divers will agree, water itself is something of a barrier to conventional vision. These problems can be overcome whether by using a glass-bottomed bucket, diving or the latest in laser or acoustic seabed remote-imaging technology.

This symposium will bring together the diverse community (divers, archaeologists, research scientists and commercial operators) that has interest and expertise in visualizing the underwater environment, to share our experiences and find out what's new and who's doing what.

The 5th SUT Underwater Science Symposium
The 5th SUT Underwater Science Symposium will review the state of the art in visualizing the underwater environment. The programme seeks to blend diving operations in shallow water with the use of remote technologies in the deep sea. In particular the symposium will focus on practical methods, such as high-definition photography, laser technologies, holographic techniques, integrated seafloor visualization, "living maps" and virtual dives and missions. A special preview of the BBC Natural History Unit's new 8-part series on the oceans "The Blue Planet" will be given, as well as talks on how the programmes were made. There will also be an exhibition of the entries to the BP-SUT Underwater Image Competition.

UNDERWATER IMAGE COMPETITION
Sponsored by BP

Please visit SOC=92s web site for details
www.soc.soton.ac.uk/GDD/img2001
Useful Web Sites

Southampton Oceanography Centre: www.soc.soton.ac.uk

Southampton Tourist Office: = www.southampton.gov.uk=
(for accommodation add /leisure/visitguide/acc.htm)

SUT: www.sut.org.uk

Dr Antony Jensen,
School of Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton, Southampton= Oceanography Centre, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK.

e-mail a.jensen@soc.soton.ac.uk
Telephone (direct) +44 23 80593428
Telephone (mobile) 07867 977807
Fax (Direct)+44 23 80596642

'Artificial Reefs in European Seas' has now been published. Details can b= e found at: http://www.wkap.nl/book.htm= /0-7923-6144-X

European Artificial Reef Research Network (EARRN) w= ebpage:

http://www.soc.soton.ac.uk/S= OES/RES/groups/EARRN/index.html
7th Conference on Artificial Reefs a= nd Associated Habitats (7th CARAH) webpage: http://www.soc.soton.ac.uk/SOES/SCHOOL/MEET= INGS/7CARAH/7carah.html
Southampton artificial reef research= group webpage:
http://www.soc.soton.ac.uk/SOES/= RES/groups/reef/

--=====================_74865698==_.ALT-- ~~~~~~~ For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the digests, please visit www.coral.noaa.gov, click on Popular on the menu bar, then click on Coral-List Listserver. From hendee@aoml.noaa.gov Sat Jan 13 22:34:46 2001 -0500 Return-Path: Received: from hugo by chaos.aoml.noaa.gov (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id WAA02743; Sat, 13 Jan 2001 22:34:45 -0500 Received: by hugo; id WAA14176; Sat, 13 Jan 2001 22:36:50 -0500 (EST) Received: from unknown(192.111.123.248) by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov via smap (V5.5) id xma014172; Sat, 13 Jan 01 22:36:21 -0500 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3) id DAA04756 for coral-list-outgoing; Sun, 14 Jan 2001 03:26:01 GMT Received: from mail.dialisdn.net (mail.dialisdn.net [208.236.0.4]) by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA04740 for ; Sat, 13 Jan 2001 22:25:38 -0500 (EST) Received: from jmcmanus (ppp-hwd1-49.dialisdn.com [209.118.214.113]) by mail.dialisdn.net with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2650.21) id Z1VYVGRR; Sat, 13 Jan 2001 22:25:40 -0500 Reply-To: From: "John McManus" To: "Nani Kai" , Subject: RE: "Legal" definition of a coral reef? Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 22:25:05 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <200101090053.AAA04451@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: owner-coral-list@aoml.noaa.gov Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 28 Here is my draft definition for an article in an encyclopedia that will come out next year. 'The term "coral reef" commonly refers to a marine ecosystem in which a prominent ecological functional role is played by scleractinian corals. A "structural coral reef" differs from a "non-structural coral community" in being associated with a geomorphologically significant calcium carbonate (limestone) structure of meters to hundreds of meters height above surrounding substrate, deposited by components of a coral reef ecosystem. The term "coral reef" is often applied to both types of ecosystem or their fossil remains, although many scientists, especially geomorphologists, reserve the term for structural coral reefs and their underlying limestone.' The limits on what is and is not a part of a given coral community can be more difficult to define than most people realize. In the worst case, one has scattered clumps of coral that gradually become increasingly dense toward a central area. Some worn footpaths through grass have the same character. Defining the width of the path can be challenging. The situation is similar to that of defining the length of a coastline. In a general sense, there is no right answer. One can only define the length of the coastline in terms of a particular choice of measuring stick. Alternatively, one can describe the coastline in terms of fractals, although this is useful only for certain purposes. Similarly, one could choose a density for delineating the coral patch, but one would have to couple it with a particular way (especially scale) of measuring the density (or set of scales or fractal index). Given the above definition, the depth would not matter. Some people like terms such as bioherm, but but most people would tend to think of a bioherm as a form of the popular concept of a coral reef. I don't mind the use of the term, as long as it is clearly defined when used. I think the 'wave-breaking" concept should be dropped entirely from coral reef definitions, and we should accept that the term "coral reef" should imply little or no relationship to the unqualified nautical term "reef". That gets us around having to define two nearly identical ecological - geomorphological constructions as different just because one has sunk a few meters lower than the other (e.g. the Palawan subsurface "barrier coral reef system", which looks much like the GBR but rarely comes to within 10 m of the surface). John _________________________________________________________ John W. McManus, PhD Director, National Center for Caribbean Coral Reef Research (NCORE) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (RSMAS) University of Miami, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway Miami, Florida 33149. jmcmanus@rsmas.miami.edu Tel. (305) 361-4609 Fax (305) 361-4600 -----Original Message----- From: owner-coral-list@coral.aoml.noaa.gov [mailto:owner-coral-list@coral.aoml.noaa.gov] On Behalf Of Nani Kai Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 6:03 PM To: coral-list@coral.aoml.noaa.gov Subject: "Legal" definition of a coral reef? A simple question; What IS a coral reef? Or perhaps more importantly, what is it Not? (But first let me say that I did review the discussion on "what is a reef" in last May's coral-list.) With the great amount of attention that coral reefs have received in the past few years, regulators are (at last!) coming to the realization that our precious marine resources need protection. My concern is that this pendulum of regulation may be swinging a bit too far to the left. I think that everyone reading this list would agree that coral reefs represent a resource that merits our protection. I don't think, however, that everyone would agree specifically about how to define the "coral reef" that we are trying to protect. A "reef" may be clearly defined in strictly nautical terms as it relates to ship traffic without any reference to corals or other living marine resources. Similarly "coral" (or coral communities) may be appropriately defined in biological terms leaving little room for academic argument. It is only as the terms are combined that an increased level of meaning emerges in the definition to include an interwoven ecological matrix of habitat complexity, species diversity, and fragility. But with the increasing presence of regulators and lawyers dealing with coral reef issues we are rapidly approaching a time where a working (read: legal) definition of a "coral reef" will be necessary. Please consider the following two situations. Given a flat basalt substrate in 10 meters (just below keel depth) of water, at what coral density does a 1 hectare area become a coral reef? Does surface rugosity, species composition, or colony age play a role in this designation? Given a shoreline area, depth from 0 to 2 meters, within 50 feet of shore, do the same definitions apply? Please forward any answers or comments directly to the list. I'll do what I can to follow up with a summary to see if we can develop a consensus definition. Thanks for your input. ~~~~~~~ For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the digests, please visit www.coral.noaa.gov, click on Popular on the menu bar, then click on Coral-List Listserver. ~~~~~~~ For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the digests, please visit www.coral.noaa.gov, click on Popular on the menu bar, then click on Coral-List Listserver. From hendee@aoml.noaa.gov Sun Jan 14 12:13:10 2001 -0500 Return-Path: Received: from hugo by chaos.aoml.noaa.gov (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id MAA08114; Sun, 14 Jan 2001 12:13:09 -0500 Received: by hugo; id MAA17663; Sun, 14 Jan 2001 12:15:12 -0500 (EST) Received: from unknown(192.111.123.248) by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov via smap (V5.5) id xma017659; Sun, 14 Jan 01 12:14:45 -0500 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3) id RAA06176 for coral-list-outgoing; Sun, 14 Jan 2001 17:07:48 GMT Message-Id: <200101141707.RAA06176@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 10:41:34 -0800 (PST) From: Michelle Stuart Subject: U.S. Marines in the Grenadines To: coral-list@coral.aoml.noaa.gov Sender: owner-coral-list@aoml.noaa.gov Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 29 Kurt and coral listers, I have to say this is a very disturbing email. I have vacationed in the Grenadines and the Union Island area is one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen in the world. The barrier reef in that area provides wonderful, beautiful opportunities for both skin and scuba diving and the sailing is wonderful. The reefs were healthier than most I had seen in the Windwards (this was in 1998). I am repeating Kurt's plea, what can we do to voice our displeasure at the environmentally distructive methods Union Island is using to expand the needed public services? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ~~~~~~~ For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the digests, please visit www.coral.noaa.gov, click on Popular on the menu bar, then click on Coral-List Listserver. From hendee@aoml.noaa.gov Sun Jan 14 12:18:11 2001 -0500 Return-Path: Received: from hugo by chaos.aoml.noaa.gov (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id MAA08161; Sun, 14 Jan 2001 12:18:09 -0500 Received: by hugo; id MAA17692; Sun, 14 Jan 2001 12:20:13 -0500 (EST) Received: from unknown(192.111.123.248) by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov via smap (V5.5) id xma017678; Sun, 14 Jan 01 12:19:33 -0500 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3) id RAA06518 for coral-list-outgoing; Sun, 14 Jan 2001 17:16:51 GMT Received: from yowie.cc.uq.edu.au (root@yowie.cc.uq.edu.au [130.102.2.2]) by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA06535 for ; Sun, 14 Jan 2001 12:16:31 -0500 (EST) Received: from poppy (zlmbigaz.staff.uq.edu.au [172.22.10.121]) by yowie.cc.uq.edu.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id DAA24072 for ; Mon, 15 Jan 2001 03:16:31 +1000 (GMT+1000) Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.20010115031132.007dcc40@horta.zoology.uq.edu.au> X-Sender: uqifelle@horta.zoology.uq.edu.au X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.3 (32) Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 03:11:32 +1000 To: coral-list-daily@coral.aoml.noaa.gov From: Ida Fellegara Subject: temperate water corals In-Reply-To: <200101130500.FAA02880@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-coral-list@aoml.noaa.gov Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 30 Dear Coral-listers, I am starting a PhD on the 'Ecology and physiology of the temperate reef building corals (Coelenterata: Scleractinia)of Moreton Bay, south east Queensland, Australia' (and will also be looking at their fecundity). I am intersted to talk to anybody doing work, or having an interested, in this topic. Please reply to me: uqifelle@zen.uq.edu.au cheers Ida Fellegara ~~~~~~~ For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the digests, please visit www.coral.noaa.gov, click on Popular on the menu bar, then click on Coral-List Listserver. From hendee@aoml.noaa.gov Sun Jan 14 20:43:27 2001 -0500 Return-Path: Received: from hugo by chaos.aoml.noaa.gov (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id UAA11686; Sun, 14 Jan 2001 20:43:26 -0500 Received: by hugo; id UAA19922; Sun, 14 Jan 2001 20:45:30 -0500 (EST) Received: from unknown(192.111.123.248) by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov via smap (V5.5) id xma019918; Sun, 14 Jan 01 20:45:10 -0500 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3) id BAA07252 for coral-list-outgoing; Mon, 15 Jan 2001 01:42:38 GMT Received: from conch.aims.gov.au (email.aims.gov.au [138.7.32.14]) by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id UAA07211 for ; Sun, 14 Jan 2001 20:42:30 -0500 (EST) Received: from cw2 ([138.7.37.158]) by conch.aims.gov.au (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.1) with SMTP id LAA08852 for ; Mon, 15 Jan 2001 11:42:01 +1000 (EST) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.20010115114301.00b59410@email.aims.gov.au> X-Sender: dfenner@email.aims.gov.au X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 11:43:01 To: coral-list@coral.aoml.noaa.gov From: Doug Fenner Subject: RE: "Legal" definition of a coral reef? In-Reply-To: References: <200101090053.AAA04451@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-coral-list@aoml.noaa.gov Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 31 John, Your points are well taken. But would you not want to exclude the deep water coral formations of azooxanthellate corals, as much as 1000 meters down? They have some significant differences from coral reefs within the photic zone. -Doug Douglas Fenner, Ph.D. Coral Biodiversity/Taxonomist Australian Institute of Marine Science PMB No 3 Townsville MC Queensland 4810 Australia phone 07 4753 4334 e-mail: d.fenner@aims.gov.au web: http://www.aims.gov.au ~~~~~~~ For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the digests, please visit www.coral.noaa.gov, click on Popular on the menu bar, then click on Coral-List Listserver. From hendee@aoml.noaa.gov Mon Jan 15 01:16:35 2001 -0500 Return-Path: Received: from hugo by chaos.aoml.noaa.gov (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id BAA13514; Mon, 15 Jan 2001 01:16:33 -0500 Received: by hugo; id BAA20972; Mon, 15 Jan 2001 01:18:37 -0500 (EST) Received: from unknown(192.111.123.248) by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov via smap (V5.5) id xma020968; Mon, 15 Jan 01 01:17:44 -0500 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3) id GAA07485 for coral-list-outgoing; Mon, 15 Jan 2001 06:11:02 GMT Received: from ipop2 (ipop2.tm.net.my [202.188.0.246]) by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id BAA07471 for ; Mon, 15 Jan 2001 01:10:43 -0500 (EST) Received: from downstairs (mr-86-64.tm.net.my [202.188.86.64]) by ipop2.tm.net.my (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.0 (built Oct 2 2000)) with SMTP id <0G7600GA5X4Y98@ipop2.tm.net.my> for coral-list@coral.aoml.noaa.gov; Mon, 15 Jan 2001 14:10:14 +0800 (SGT) Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 14:16:50 +0800 From: The Reef Project Subject: monitoring coral growth To: coral-list@coral.aoml.noaa.gov Reply-to: The Reef Project Message-id: <001201c07eba$c0edca40$0100005a@downstairs> MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Boundary_(ID_p2Bs1Ly0mngcMGpRHZcVpQ)" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-priority: Normal Sender: owner-coral-list@aoml.noaa.gov Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 32 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_p2Bs1Ly0mngcMGpRHZcVpQ) Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Dear Cor-lister, I have started a coral transplant pilot project in Sabah, Malaysia. I have since planted about 30 colonies of coral fragment on a degraded reef area. Species of coral includes Acropora spp. and various type of brain coral. What I would like to do now is monitoring their growth in the new location. I have problem finding the best methodology to measure the growth rate. I appreciate it If anyone out there could share the best way to measure them and monitor their growth rate. Thanks in advance. Wilson --Boundary_(ID_p2Bs1Ly0mngcMGpRHZcVpQ) Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT

Dear Cor-lister,

I have started a coral transplant pilot project in Sabah, Malaysia. I have since planted about 30 colonies of coral fragment on a degraded reef area. Species of coral includes Acropora spp. and various type of brain coral. What I would like to do now is monitoring their growth in the new location. I have problem finding the best methodology to measure the growth rate. I appreciate it If anyone out there could share the best way to measure them and monitor their growth rate.

Thanks in advance.

Wilson

--Boundary_(ID_p2Bs1Ly0mngcMGpRHZcVpQ)-- ~~~~~~~ For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the digests, please visit www.coral.noaa.gov, click on Popular on the menu bar, then click on Coral-List Listserver. From hendee@aoml.noaa.gov Mon Jan 15 12:03:09 2001 -0500 Return-Path: Received: from hugo by chaos.aoml.noaa.gov (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id MAA19104; Mon, 15 Jan 2001 12:03:08 -0500 Received: by hugo; id MAA25245; Mon, 15 Jan 2001 12:05:12 -0500 (EST) Received: from unknown(192.111.123.248) by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov via smap (V5.5) id xma025233; Mon, 15 Jan 01 12:04:40 -0500 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3) id RAA08969 for coral-list-outgoing; Mon, 15 Jan 2001 17:02:17 GMT Received: from relay1.bu.edu (RELAY1.BU.EDU [128.197.27.99]) by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA08933 for ; Mon, 15 Jan 2001 12:01:38 -0500 (EST) Received: from dhcp1 (dip7-ppp-89.bu.edu [168.122.7.89]) by relay1.bu.edu ((8.9.3.buoit.v1.0.ACS)/) with ESMTP id LAA10520; Mon, 15 Jan 2001 11:13:07 -0500 Message-ID: <003301c07f0e$63435280$e550c580@bu.edu> From: "Jamie D. Bechtel" To: , Subject: Re: "Legal" definition of a coral reef? Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 11:15:29 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0030_01C07EE4.77B57D80" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: owner-coral-list@aoml.noaa.gov Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 33 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0030_01C07EE4.77B57D80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable john, doug: i am just curious as to what is meant by "legal" definition. if the = definition is likely to be applied in either a domestic or international = legal arena, there are portions of the definitions that may be worded so = as to better withstand the batterings of a courtroom. i am happy to sit = down with my colleagues and make suggestions if you think it may be = helpful/useful. best regards, jamie=20 ______________________________________________________________________ Jamie D. Bechtel, J.D. Boston University Department of Biology 5 Cummington Street Boston, MA 02215 (617) 353-6969 warrior@bu.edu ----- Original Message -----=20 From: John McManus To: Nani Kai ; Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2001 10:25 PM Subject: RE: "Legal" definition of a coral reef? > Here is my draft definition for an article in an encyclopedia that = will come > out next year. > 'The term "coral reef" commonly refers to a marine ecosystem in which = a > prominent ecological functional role is played by scleractinian = corals. A > "structural coral reef" differs from a "non-structural coral = community" in > being associated with a geomorphologically significant calcium = carbonate > (limestone) structure of meters to hundreds of meters height above >