[Coral-List] Colombian Deep-water corals MPA (nadia santodomingo)

Thu May 16 11:02:32 UTC 2013

Enhorabuena Colombia! Congratulation Colombia!

Thank you, Nadia, for sharing this great news with
us!

Colombia and all people involved in this decision (Scientists-INVEMAR-National
Parks) will be an excellent example for others countries!!!

Cheers, 

Anna M. Addamo 

PhD Candidate

Dpto. Biodiversidad y
Biología Evolutiva

Museo Nacional de
Ciencias Naturales - CSIC

José Gutiérrez Abascal 2,
28006 MADRID

Tel. (+34) 91 411 13 28
(ext. 1126)

Fax. (+34) 91 564 50 78

Email:annamaria at mncn.csic.es

www.beb-mncn.es

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> Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 12:18:10 +0200
> From: nadia santodomingo <nadiasantodomingo at hotmail.com>
> Subject: [Coral-List] Colombian Deep-water corals MPA
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> Dear coral-listers:
> I feel ?deeply? excited to share with the coral community some great
> news: 
> 
> The first ?Deep-water coral National Natural Park? in Colombia will be established
> on 24 May 2013. About 142000 Ha will be protected from fisheries and potential
> oil exploitation.
> 
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> 
> This is a moment of celebration and joy for those who discovered these
> deep-water coral areas and believed from a very first moment that their
> extraordinary diversity should be protected. Colombian decision makers have
> heard the voice of scientists thanks to tireless work of INVEMAR director and
> staff and their close collaboration with the National Parks. 
> 
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> 
> This triumph is just the beginning! There are other highly diverse
> areas in the Colombian deep-waters to be protected. There is still a lot of research to be done.
> 
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> In the references below, you can find the scientific information showing
> the coral diversity that we have been found in Colombian deep waters. Do not skip
> the acknowledgements! Many of you contributed in many ways to make this
> possible.
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> All the best,
> 
>  
> 
> Nadia Santodomingo
> 
> Marie Curie Research Fellow
> 
> Earth Sciences Department
> 
> Natural History Museum
> 
> Cromwell Road
> 
> London
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> SW7 5BD
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> Santodomingo,
> N., J. Reyes, P. Fl?rez, I.C.Chac?n-G?mez, L. P. van Ofwegen, B..W. Hoeksema  (2013) Diversity and distribution of
> azooxanthellate corals in the Colombian Caribbean. Marine Biodiversity. DOI
> 10.1007/s12526-012-0131-6. 
> 
> http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12526-012-0131-6#page-1
> Also check the supplementary material.
> 
>  
> 
> Santodomingo, N., J. Reyes, A.
> Gracia, A. Mart?nez, G. Ojeda and C. Garc?a (2007) Azooxanthellate Madracis coral communities off San
> Bernardo Islands (Colombian Caribbean). Bulletin of Marine Sciences 81 (Suppl.
> 1), 273-287.
> 
> http://docserver.ingentaconnect.com/deliver/connect/umrsmas/00074977/v81n3x1/s24.pdf?expires=1368564004&id=74198462&titleid=10983&accname=Guest+User&checksum=A921D32AEC0312F7C7FF11C99ACECBAD
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> Reyes,
> J., N. Santodomingo, A. Gracia, G. Borrero-P?rez, G. Navas, L.M...
> Mej?a-Ladino, A. Berm?dez & M. Benavides (2005) Southern Caribbean
> azooxanthellate coral communities off Colombia. In: Freiwald, A. & Roberts,
> J.M. (Eds.) Cold-water corals and ecosystems. Springer-Verlag, Berlin
> Heidelberg, pp. 309-330. http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/3-540-27673-4_15
> 
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> Urriago,
> J.D., N. Santodomingo and J. Reyes (2011) Deep-sea corals formations: biologic
> criteria for the establishment of marine protected areas on a continental
> margin (100-300 m) in the Colombian Caribbean. Bol Inv Mar Cost 40 (1):89-113
> [Spanish]
> 
> http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?pid=S0122-97612011000100006&script=sci_arttext&tlng=en
> 
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> 
> For discoveries on cold-seeps: 
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> Gracia, A., Rangel-Buitrago, N., Sellanes, J. (2011) Methane seep
> molluscs from the Sinu?San
> 
> Jacinto fold belt in the Caribbean Sea of Colombia. Journal of the
> Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.
> doi:10.1017/S0025315411001421. 
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> 
> For more information about deep-water diversity in Colombia (most are
> in Spanish):
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> Chac?n-G?mez, I.C., J. Reyes, N. Santodomingo (2012) Deep-water octocorals
> (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) collected from the Colombian Caribbean during the
> Macrofauna explorations 1998-2002. Bol Inv Mar Cost 41:193-211.
> 
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> 
> Fl?rez-Romero, P., E. Montoya-Cadavid, J. Reyes-Forero and N. Santodomingo
> (2007) Bryozoos Cheilostomados del Caribe Colombiano. Bolet?n de
> Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras 36: 229-250. [Spanish]
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> Borrero-P?rez G.H., M. Benavides-Serrato y C.M. Diaz-Sanchez (2012)
> Equinodermos del Caribe colombiano II: Echinoidea y Holothuroidea. Serie de
> Publicaciones Especiales de Invemar No. 30. Santa Marta, 250 p. http://www.invemar.org.co/redcostera1/invemar/docs/10454EQII__web.pdf
> [Spanish]
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> And the list is long? more publications on corals, fishes, molluscs,
> crustaceans, bryozoans, echinoderms, algae, could be found exploring the link of the INVEMAR research group:
> 
> http://www.invemar.org.co/pcontenedores.jsp?idcont=434&idsub=250
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> For those curious in the Colombian news (Spanish)
> 
> 
> http://www.eltiempo.com/vida-de-hoy/ecologia/parque-nacional-corales-de-profundidad_12792060-4
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