[Coral-List] Coral Reef Assessment in Thailand after the tsunami
Jim Hendee
Jim.Hendee at noaa.gov
Mon Jan 24 13:27:20 UTC 2005
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Coral reef assessment in Thailand after the tsunami
From:
Thamasak Yeemin <thamasakyeemin at yahoo.com>
Date:
Sun, 23 Jan 2005 19:51:07 -0800 (PST)
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Dear Coral-Listers, I am most grateful for your worries
regarding to the tsunami. As you know, the tsunami hit six provinces of
Thailand along the coastline of the Andaman Sea, namely, Ranong, Phang
Nga, Phuket, Krabi, Trang and Satun. Department of Marine and Coastal
Resources, seven Thai universities and volunteer diving groups
conducted a rapid assessment program during December 30, 2004 to
January 15, 2005 by using a survey method developed by Thai
researchers. A total of 175 study sites were completely carried out and
the impacts of tsunami on coral reefs were categorized in to five
groups, i.e., no impact, very low impact (1-10% of corals were
damaged.), low impact (11-30% of corals were damaged.), moderate impact
(31-50% of corals were damaged.) and high impact (> 50% of corals were
damaged.). Only 13% of the study sites were in “high impact”. No impact
study sites were around 40%. Very low impact, low impact and moderate
impact study sites were 21%, 17% and 9%, respectively. Department of
Marine and Coastal Resources and several universities have routine
research on coral reefs in the Andaman Sea. In the case of Marine
Biodiversity Research Group, Ramkhamhaeng University, we have conducted
a research program on development of appropriate techniques and methods
for coral reef rehabilitation for sustainable tourism in certain
provinces since 2001. The research has mainly focused on condition of
coral reef, status and change of coral fragment, coral reproduction,
ecology of juvenile coral colony, coral recruitment (settlement plate
experiment), status and change of partial mortality of coral colony and
ecology of reef macroinvertebrates and fish. We will continue
monitoring our 20 study sites in the Andaman Sea. We do appreciate any
suggestion, recommendation and future research collaboration. [...]
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