[Coral-List] Red Sea Coral Reef.
Stephen C Jameson
sjameson at coralseas.com
Thu Jan 13 06:39:00 EST 2005
Dear Giancrio,
Thanks for the coral-list note regarding:
>Hello Coral Reef Community,
>
> My University (Univ. of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada) is member of the
>World Bank funded project for the monitoring of coral reef at global
>scale using
>remote sensing. My specific research area is on the water column optical
>properties.
>Prior starting the Ph.D. I lived and extensively scuba dove, for 8 years
>'92-'99, in the red sea area (Egypt). For what I know, Red Sea was not
>included
>within the field study areas because it is said to be too damaged.
>I am wondering what it means "too damaged".
>
>I would be interested in getting in touch with people that worked or is
>currently working in the Sinai peninsula or along the eastern coast of
>Egypt
>(Hurgada) up to Sudan to actually verify the possibility to develop and
>extend my
>research studies to those area.
>
>Any help or comments is very much appreciated
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Giancarlo Cesarello _gcesarel at fes.uwaterloo.ca_
>(mailto:gcesarel at fes.uwaterloo.ca)
>Ph.D. Program - Marine Environments Remote Sensing
>Padi DM 209738
>Department of Geography
>_University of Waterloo_ (http://www.uwaterloo.ca/)
>Waterloo, Ontario Phone: (519) 888-4567 ext. 7573
>Canada N2L 3G1 Fax: (519) 888-6768
>
See the following publication:
Jameson SC, Ammar MSA, Saadalla E, Mostafa HM, Riegl B (1999) A coral
damage index
and its application to diving sites in the Egyptian Red Sea. Coral Reefs
Special Issue on
The Science of Coral Reef Management, Coral Reefs 18(4):333-339
I can also send you (let me know if you need it) an advance copy of the
following manuscript which I am preparing for the journal Coral Reefs.
This paper has all the quantitative line-intercept life-form transect
data (using the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network protocols) from the
anchor damage surveys:
Jameson SC, Ammar MSA, Saadalla E, Mostafa H, Riegl B (in ms) A
quantitative damage assessment of diving sites in the Egyptian Red Sea
during a period of severe anchor damage: a baseline for restoration and
sustainable tourism management. Coral Reefs
Best regards,
Dr. Stephen C. Jameson, President
Coral Seas Inc. - Integrated Coastal Zone Management
4254 Hungry Run Road, The Plains, VA 20198-1715 USA
Office: 703-754-8690, Fax: 703-754-9139
Email: sjameson at coralseas.com
Web Site: www.coralseas.com
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