Canary in the Coal Mine, a short documentary by Chris Condayan of the American Society for Microbiology
in cooperation with Craig Quirolo of Reef Relief
Posted on May 3, 2008
Shifting Baselines, Local Impacts, and Global Change on Coral Reefs
Posted on April 23, 2008
Water Flow, Water Quality, and Threatened Florida Corals
This excellent report on the Endangered Species Designation of Elkhorn and Staghorn Corals and the impact of the designation in South Florida recognizes what Reef Relief has been saying for many years; that the Everglades plan must include removal of nitrogen to save the downstream coral reefs. We are glad to see this in print.
Posted on March 17, 2008
Red Tide Rising
Posted on March 8, 2008
Posted on January 1, 2008
An Evaluation of Beach Renourishment Sands Adjacent to Reefal Settings, Southeast Florida by Harold R. Wanless and Katherine L. Maier, Dept. of Geological Services, University of Miami. (Maier now at Dept. of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University). Southeastern Geology, Volume 45, No. 1, June, 2007, pp. 25-42.
Posted on January 1, 2008
Coral Reefs Under Rapid Climate Change and Ocean Acidification
Posted on December 18, 2007
THE PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE IN ACTION
Posted on November 24, 2007
Sewage-Contaminated Water Reaching Florida's Offshore Keys, Study Finds
Posted on November 24, 2007
Scientists Discover Details of Coral Reproduction
Posted on October 21, 2007
Posted on September 18, 2007
ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
This website has been upgraded to provide easier
access to our scientific publications, with links to over 250 pdfs
from 2005-2007.
Posted on August 24, 2007
Seven Coastal States Petitioned to Address Ocean Acidification:
Clean Water Act Requires Regulation of Carbon Dioxide
That Could Drive Ocean Species Extinct
Posted on August 20, 2007
Coral Worse Off than Believed
Posted on August 20, 2007
New Study Links Sewage and Reef
Posted on August 6, 2007
A Blooming Battle Over Red Tide
Posted on June 15, 2007
Caribbean Corals In Danger Of Extinction: Climate Change, Warmer Waters Cited As Leading Cause
Posted on June 15, 2007
Thermal Stress and Coral Cover as Drivers of Coral Disease Outbreaks
Posted on May 11, 2007
Relationship of Vibrio Species Infection and Elevated Temperatures to
Yellow Blotch/Band Disease in Caribbean Corals
Posted on April 13, 2007
Sierra Club urges scrutiny of human link to red tide: the
group says runoff from shore has to be a factor
Posted on January 28, 2007
IS HISTORICAL RED TIDE RESEARCH VALID?
Posted on January 28, 2007
Climate Change and the Greenhouse Effect: A briefing from the Hadley Centre, Dec. 2005
Posted on January 7, 2007
Study: Rising temps put sea life at risk
Posted on January 7, 2007
Are Native And Nonindigenous Seaweeds Overgrowing Florida�s East Coast Reefs?
Posted on November 13, 2006
Macroalgal Blooms On Southeast Florida Coral Reefs Part 1
Posted on November 13, 2006
Macroalgal Blooms On Southeast Florida Coral Reefs Part 2
Posted on November 13, 2006
Too Few Fish in the Sea
Posted on November 7, 2006
You Are What You Fish
Posted on August 6, 2006
Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Coral Reefs and Other Marine Calcifiers: A Guide for Future Research
Posted on July 10, 2006
The Carbon Boom: National and State Trends in Carbon Dioxide Emissions Since 1960Rising Carbon Dioxide Emissions in Florida Chart
Posted on June 23, 2006
Marine and Coastal Services at Risk: The Sleeping Dragon
Posted on June 2, 2006
DAO (DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS) 2006 Longitudinal study of aspergillosis in sea fan corals
Posted on April 5, 2006
Miraculous Messages from Water: How water reflects our
consciousness
“Water
has a very importantmessage for us. Water is telling usto take a much deeper
look at ourselves . . .”
Posted on September 13, 2005
Progress Report for FY 1997: An Ecotoxicological Assessment of Agricultural Nonpoint Source Runoff into Florida Bay and Surrounding Environments With an Emphasis on the Organochlorine Insecticide Endosulfan
Posted on August 21, 2005
The State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of the United States and Pacific Freely Associated States: 2005, prepared by the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force.
Posted on August 20, 2005
Dr. Peter Maier’s Comments on EPA Docket OW-2004-0035
Posted on August 15, 2005
Reciprocal Caulerpa Invasion: Mediterranean native Caulerpa ollivieri in the Bahamas supported by human nitrogen enrichment
Posted on July 22, 2005
Environmental Conditions Status Report, Cyanobacteria Proliferation, Gulf Stream Reef, Boynton Beach, Florida
Posted on July 15, 2005
Study Says Raw Sewage Killing Coral Reefs
“Raw sewage discharged into the ocean kills coral reefs at an alarming rate, a new U.S. Virgin Islands study says . . .”
Posted on June 1, 2005
The state of the world? It is on the brink of disaster
“An authoritative study of the biological relationships vital to maintaining life has found disturbing evidence of man-made degradation. Steve Connor reports . . .”
Posted on May 18, 2005
Elkhorn Coral Faces Additional Challenges
“New research from the UM Rosenstiel School shows that tHReatened Elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) faces an additional challenge in rebuilding its once tHRiving reefs. . . .”
Posted on May 10, 2005
Stakeholders Worry Restoration is in Jeopardy
“The Florida Everglades endured a century of pollution and landscape alterations that nearly destroyed one of the . . .”
Posted on March 29, 2005
Fun and Funky Key West
“Tenuously connected to the rest of the United States by a narrow ribbon of asphalt with only some scrub and sea grape . . .”
Posted on March 29, 2005
Are U.S.Coral Reefs on the Slippery Slope to Slime?
Posted on March 29, 2005
Reef Relief goes on record against jet skis in Lower Keys wildlife refuges
Posted on March 17, 2005
Greenwire on Corals, March 11, 2004
Posted on March 17, 2005
Cry of the Water & Global Coral Reef Alliance
GRIEVANCE to US Coral Reef Task Force Meeting
Washington DC, Spring 2005
Posted on March 12, 2005
Need To Monitor Atmospheric Impacts of South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Project
Posted on March 12, 2005
Impacts of Everglades Restoration on the Atmosphere
Posted on March 12, 2005
How did the recent tsumani affect coral reefs?
Read all about it, compliments of the International Coral Reef Initiative . . .
Posted on January 18, 2005
US Coral Reef Task Force: Public Comments by Thomas J. Goreau, PhD, President of Global Coral Reef Alliance
Posted on January 8, 2005
Stephanie Clark’s Comments to the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force
Posted on January 8, 2005
Cry of the Water: Dan Clark’s Comments to the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force
Posted on January 8, 2005
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Nov. 2004
Relationship of Vibrio Species Infection and Elevated Temperatures to Yellow Blotch/Band Disease in Caribbean CoralsBy James M. Cervino, Raymond L. Hayes, Shawn W. Polson, Sara C. Polson, Thomas J. Goreau, Robert J. Martinez, and Garriet W. Smith
Posted on January 4, 2005.
The Reef Is Dying: Officials Rethink Why
“A Seismic shift in official policy on Florida Bay pollution has stunned local reef activists.”
By Mark HowellRepublished by Reef Relief from an article first published by Salares Hill on December 10, 2004.
AntHRopogenic Nutrient Enrichment of seagrass and coral reef communities in the Lower Florida Keys: discrimination of local versus regional nitrogen sources
By Drs. Brian Lapointe, Peter Barile, William Matzie. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution.
Posted on December 8, 2004
Comment on J.C. Zieman, J.W. Fourqurean, and T.A. Frankovick. 1999 Seagrass Die-off in Florida Bay: Long-term Trends in Abundance and Growth of Turtle Grass, Thalassia testudinum. Estuaries 22:460--470.
By Drs. Brian Lapointe and Peter Bariile. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution.
Posted on December 8, 2004
Scientists examine the decline of Florida Bay
“Twenty years after it began its downward spiral, the debate still rages about what is causing big problems . . .”
Republished by Reef Relief from an article first published by Naple Daily News on October 17, 2004
Deep Trouble: Keys on the brink
“Long the top destination for scuba divers, the Florida Keys sees its chief asset disappearing”
Republished by Reef Relief from an article first published by Naple Daily News on October 9, 2003.
Everglades mercury levels fall sharply, says study
“Mercury levels in the Florida Everglades have fallen sharply since authorities curtailed waste incinerators and battery manufacturers reduced their use of the heavy metal . . .”
Republished by Reef Relief on August 7, 2004 from an article published by Reuters on July 16, 2004.
Carbon Dioxide Extends Its Harmful Reach to Oceans
“Emissions of carbon dioxide, the main culprit linked to a warming climate, also pose potential risks to the oceans, new research suggests.”
Republished by Reef Relief on July 23, 2004 from an article first published by The New York Times on July 20, 2004.
Report on Blue Vision Conference: A BLUE MOVEMENT IS SPAWNED
Mon, 19 Jul 2004
By David Helvarg
President
Blue Frontier Campaign
followed by comments by Deevon Quirolo
UNEP Recommends Global Action to Save 'Out Of Sight' Deep-Sea Treasures
“A key issue will be the protection of cold-water corals, little known in comparison to their tropical cousins . . .”
Republished by Reef Relief on July 31, 2004 from an article first published by The Environmental News Network on June 28, 2004.
Dead Zones Increasing in World's Coastal Waters
“As summer comes to the Gulf of Mexico, it brings with it each year a giant "dead zone" devoid of fish and other aquatic life . . .”
Republished by Reef Relief on July 31, 2004 from an article first published by The Earth Policy Institute on June 16, 2004.
Indian Ocean could lose coral islands in 50 years
Tuesday, May 11, 2004
By George Thande, Reuters
Republished from ENN.com to ReefRelief.org on May 22, 2004
World's marine life is getting sicker 16:55 19 April 04
Republished from NewScientist.com news service on May 20, 2004
Reef Relief's comments on the Preliminary Report of the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy
Published on Reef Relief.org on May 17, 2004
Freeing Nemo: Aquarium owners releasing non-native fish could endanger marine ecosystems
Republished from Eureka Alert by Reef Relief on April 28, 2004.
Preliminary Report of the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy - Governors' Draft
Released by the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy on TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 2004
Link goes to Commission's web site and report page.
Dead Zones Emerging as Big THReat to 21st Century Fish Stocks
“There are nearly 150 oxygen-starved or "dead zones" in the world's oceans and seas, a new report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) shows.”
Republished from the Environmental News Network by Reef Relief on April 05, 2004
Death and resurrection on Caribbean reefs
“Caribbean coral reefs are deteriorating rapidly, according to a new study published in the scientific journal Ecology Letters. Researchers from the Dauphin Island Sea Lab in Alabama ...”
Republished from EurekAlert.org by Reef Relief on March 30, 2004
Vanishing coral sounds Reef alarm
“The Great Barrier Reef will lose most of its coral cover by the middle of this century, inflicting up to $8 billion in damage on Australia's tourism and fishing industries within 16 years, according to a study.”
Republished by Reef Relief on July 23, 2004 from an article first published by The Age on February 21, 2004.
Waste Nutrients: Impacts on Coastal Coral Reefs and Fisheries, and Abatement via Land Recycling
Case Study presented to the United Nations Expert Meeting on Waste Management in Small Island Developing States
October 27 to November 1, 2003
Havana, Cuba
Published December 7, 2003
by Thomas J. Goreau, Ph.D.
President, Global Coral Reef Alliance
Posted on ReefRelief.org on Wed, March 24, 2004
Zooxanthellae regulation in Yellow blotch/band and other coral diseases contrasted with temperature related bleaching: in-situ destruction vs expulsion
Abstract from a manuscript presented to the International Symbiosis Society Congress, Halifax, Nova Scotia, August 17-23 2003
Posted on Fri, Feb. 27, 2004
Scientist: Everglades restoration may kill reefs in Florida Keys
Efforts to clean up and restore the Everglades may end up hurting another state environmental landmark - coral reefs off the Florida Keys.
HILARY ROXE
Associated Press
Posted on Tue, Feb. 24, 2004
(c) 2004 AP Wire and wire service sources. All Rights Reserved.
Swimming in Sewage
The Growing Problem of Sewage Pollution and How the Bush Administration Is Putting Our Health and Environment at Risk
Released by the Clean Water Network, Thursday February 19, 2004
Principal Author and Researcher: Mark Dorfman, NRDC
New Evidence Points to Pollution as Main Cause of Much Coral Reef Destruction
From Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution
Monday, February 09, 2004
Sewage nutrients fuel coral disease
Exclusive from New Scientist Print Edition, January 11 2004
Coral Reef monitoring Project Executive Summary
EPA Science Advisory Panel, Key Colony Beach, December 5-6, 2000
Leading Marine Scientists Release New Evidence Marine Reserves Produce Enormous Benefits within Their Boundaries and Beyond
From SeaWeb
State of The Reef Address, 2000
(By Craig Quirolo)
An Evaluation of the Scientific Basis for "Restoring" Florida Bay by Increasing Freshwater Runoff from the Everglades
(Larry E. Brand, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami)
A Case for Regulation of the Feeding of Fishes and Other Marine Wildlife by Divers and Snorkelers
(Bill Alevizon, Ph.D., Gainesville, Florida. July 20, 2000)
Coral Reefs And Global Climate Change
by David Hopely.
Ocean Update Vol. 4, No. 9 (September 1999)
Health Dangers Arise From Pumping Of Sewage Into Deep Sea
(Paul R. Epstein, Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School.)
SCIENCE Magazine Article VOL. 285 (September 3, 1999)
Emerging Marine Diseases - Climate Links and AntHRopogenic Factors
(C.D. Harvell, K. Kim, J.M. Burkholder, R.R. Coldwell, P.R. Epstein, D.J. Grimes, E.E. Hofmann, E.K. Lipp, A.D.M.E. Osterhaus, R.M. Overstreet, J.W. Porter, G.W. Smith, G. R. Vasta)
NATURE Magazine Article VOL. 400 (July 8, 1999)
Global Warming 'Could Kill Most Reefs By 2100'
by Peter Pockley
ENN Article (7-6-99) on Nitrogen Pollution and Algae Blooms being linked
Trends in Ecology and Evolution 1998 VOL. 13 NO. 11, November, 1998
Coral Diseases: What is Really Known?
(Laurie L. Richardson)
Climate Change Coral Bleaching and the Future of the World's Coral Reefs
(Ove Hoegh-Gulberg)
Florida's Harmful Algae Blooms Claims Thirteen Victims
By Donald Sutherland
FLORIDA BAY NUTRIENTS: PERSPECTIVES ON THE JULY 1-2, 1996 WORKSHOP--Report of the
Florida Bay Science Oversight Panel
Ad Hoc Committee on Nutrients
Nutrient THResholds for Eutrophication and Macroalgal Overgrowth of Coral Reefs in Jamaica and Southeast Florida by Dr. Brian E. LaPointe
Management strategies to conserve marine biodiversity by James a. Bohnsack
FLORIDA'S CORAL REEF: THE KEYS ARE IN OUR HANDS reprinted from In Grove Miami Magazine
Syllabus for the Reef Care Curacao workshop on nutrient pollution with Dr. Brian Lapointe,
Curacao, 23 October, 1998
Mercury and Selenium Tissue Concentrations in Double-Crested Comorants: Correlation with Histopathologic Findings
(RH Poppenga, DVM, PhD, WJ Birdsall, PhD, RY Reams, DVM, PhD, and RB Quinn)
Environmental Impacts of Boating -
Proceedings of Workshop held at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
(March 1998, Edicted by Richard F. Crawford, Nils E. Stolpe, and Michael J. Morre)
Yellow-Blotch disease outbreak on reefs of the San Blas Islands, Panama Coral Reef (1999)
(D.L. Santavy*, E.C. Peters, C. Quirolo, J.W. Porter, C.N. Bianchi.
Corresponding author: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Gulf Ecology Division, Gulf Breeze, FL., 32561, USA. e-mail: santavy.debbie@epamail.epa.gov)
Florida Keys Carrying Capacity
(James F. Murley - Secretary Florida Department of Community Affairs Tallahassee, FL)
Damage to Bay caused by classic example of nitrogen eutrophication
(Charles S. Yentsch and Brian LaPointe)
Nutrient THResholds for Bottom-up Control of Macroalgal Blooms on Coral Reefs in Jamaica and Southeast Florida
(Brian E. LaPointe)
Widespread disease in Caribbean sea fans
(I Nagelkerken, K. Buchan, G.W. Smith, K. Bonair, P. Bush, J. Garzon-Ferreira, L. Botero. P. Gayle. C.D. Harvell, C. Heberer, K. Kim, C. Petrovic, L. Pors, P. Yoshioka)
Microbial Pests: Coral Disease In the Western Atlantic
(D.L. Santavy and E.C. Peters)
Nutrient couplings between on-site sewage disposal systems, groundwaters, and nearshore surface waters of the Florida Keys
(BRIAN E. LAPOINTE, JULIE D. O'CONNELL, & GEORGE S. GARRETT)
Dilution Study - Key West POTW Discharge KEY WEST, FL (May 9-16, 1994)
(by Tom Cavinder, Mark Koenig, Don Lawhorn, Dean Ullock and CHRis McCauthur of US Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Services Division, Athens, Georgia)
KEY WEST OCEAN OUTFALL STUDY: SYNOPSIS OF RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS(Roland E. Ferry, Ph.D)
INITIAL AND NEAR-FIELD SUBSEQUENT DILUTION AT THE KEY WEST OUTFALL(John J. Tsai, John R. Proni, Hening Huang, Julius F. Craynock)
Occurrence of Fecal Indicator Bacteria in Surface Waters and the Subsurface Aquifer in Key Largo, Florida(JOHN H. PAUL, JOAN B. ROSE, SUNNY JIANG, CHRIS KELLOGG, EUGENE A. SHINN)
FLORIDA KEYS WATER QUALITY MONITORING PROGRAM THE IMPACTS OF STORMWATER DISCHARGES ON EUTROPHICATION IN THE FLORIDA KEYS(Brian E. Lapointe, Ph.D., William R. Matzie)
Nutrient Inputs From The Watershed And Coastal Eutrophication Of The Florida Keys(Brian E. Lapointe, Mark W. Clark)
INFLUENCE OF DOMESTIC WASTES ON ENERGETIC PATHWAYS IN ROCKY INTERTIDAL COMMUNITIES(Mark M. Littler and Steven N. Murray University of California, Irvine and California State University, Fullerton, California, 1978)
IMPACT OF SEWAGE ON THE DISTRIBUTION, ABUNDANCE AND COMMUNITY STRUCTURE OF ROCKY-INTERTIDAL MACRO-ORGANISMS(by Mark Littler and Steven Murray, University of California, Irvine and California State University, Fullerton, California, 1975)
Corals in Crisis(Craig Quirolo)
Dr. Lapointe's Lecture Introduction to Coral Stress: Summer, 1997(by Craig Quirolo, REEF RELIEF)
Reef Health: Measures of Change Scientific Panel Discussion Yields Useful Information(Dr. Bill Alevizon, Dr. Brian Lapointe, and Craig Quirolo)
Quantification of Loss and Change In Floridian Reef Coral Populations(James W. Porter And Ouida W. Meier)
Nutrient THResholds For Eutrophication and Macroalgal Overgrowth of Coral Reefs In Jamaica and Southeast Florida(Brian E. Lapointe, Ph.D.)
Viral Tracer Studies Indicate Contamination of Marine Waters by Sewage Disposal Practices In Key Largo, Florida (Abstract)(John H. Paul, Joan B. Rose, Jordan Brown, Eugene A. Shinn, Steven Miller, and Samuel R. Farrah)
Fate and Pathways of Injection-Well Effluent In The Florida Keys (Abstract)(Eugene A. Shinn, Ronald S. Reese and CHRistopher D. Reich)
Viruses In Water: Their Detection, Survival and Disease Potential (Abstract)(Philip C. Loh, Roger S Fujioka)
Effects of Recreational Scuba Diving on Coral Reefs: Trampling on Reef-Flat Communities (Abstract)(Julie P. Hawkins and Callum M. Roberts)
Key To Florida Bay Locked in Ancient Coral (Abstract)(by Fariss Samarrai)
Ciguatera Toxicity (Abstract)(W. Robert Lange M.D.,M.P.H.)
Low Phosphorus Sediments in a Hypersaline Marine Bay (Abstract)(M.J .Atkinson)
Eutrophication and Trophic State Classification of Seagrass Communities in the Florida Keys (Abstract)(Brian E. Lapointe, David A. Tomasko, and William R. Matzie) 23110.PDF
Wastewater from Injection Wells in Florida Keys Found in Surface Marine Waters(John H. Paul, Joan B. Rose, et al.)