DOCSLIB.ORG

Download Program Abstract

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Download Program Abstract Conservation Strategies: Matching Science and Management THE 2007 HAWAI‘I CONSERVATION CONFERENCE Conservation Strategies: Matching Science and Management July 25-27, 2007 Hawai‘i Convention Center, Honolulu, Hawai‘i Sponsored by the Hawai‘i Conservation Alliance (HCA) Welcome to the 15th Annual Hawai‘i Conservation Conference (HCC). This is the largest annual gathering of people actively involved in the protection and management of Hawai‘i’s natural environment. The purpose of your conference is to facilitate information transfer and interaction among natural resource managers and the scientific community. It is your opportunity to share experiences and ideas on a wide range of conservation issues within the 2007 theme of Conservation Strategies: Matching Science and Management. Mahalo nui loa for your continued participation and support of the activities of the HCA. This year is a landmark year for the Hawai‘i Conservation Alliance. It is the 15th anniversary of our conference and by far our largest one to date. As of July 1, twenty percent more registrations were received than at that date in 2006. There is a similar increase in presentations to be run in three and four concurrent sessions. This year the conference theme is Matching Science and Management – straight to the very core of our activities. Presenters have been asked always to have management in mind. If management is not presented, you know what the first question should be! The committee also asked for paired presentations – a paper dealing with an aspect of science followed by a paper dealing with its management. There are also eleven symposia topping last year’s high of four. On September 20, 2006 HCA formed a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation, the Hawai‘i Conservation Alliance Foundation (HCAF), IRS approved in May 2007. This year’s conference is being run by the HCAF which has completely switched to online registration, payments, and uploading of abstracts. To provide better communication with the conservation community throughout the year conference attendees are provided with free membership in the “Friends of Hawai‘i Conservation.” On May 13, 2007, the 24th Legislature of the State of Hawai‘i passed House Concurrent Resolution 127 recommending the last week of July each year to be Conservation Week. This is a national first for any State. Over the past several years the HCC committee has developed activities that bring the public into closer proximity to conservation activities. Our first Conservation Week activities include My Hawai‘i Nature Writers’ Workshop, Conservation Film Festival, Conservation through Art Exhibition, and our public lecture, “50 ways to save the ocean” presented by David Helvarg. CONFERENCE SETUP Exhibits & Posters Move-in and Speaker Presentation Loading Ala Halawai Concourse, 313 ABC, 316 ABC Tuesday, July 24: 2:00 PM–7:00 PM REGISTRATION Ala Halawai Concourse Tuesday, July 24: 2:00-7:00 PM Wednesday, July 25: 7:00 AM–8:30 AM Thursday, July 27: 7:00 AM–8:00 AM Friday, July 28: 7:00 AM–8:00 AM 2007 Hawai‘i Conservation Conference i Conservation Strategies: Matching Science and Management CONFERENCE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Mahalo to the following persons and organizations: Conference Organizing Committee: Christopher F. Puttock (Chair), Mariza Silva, Kendall McCreary HCA; Lee-Ann Choy (Meeting Logistics Coordinator) Pacific Rim Concepts LLC; Norma Bustos, Ron Cannarella, Jessica Hawkins DLNR DOFAW; Katie O’Neil Waimea Valley Audubon Center; Ron Walker Retired Wildlife Biologist; Phyllis Ha, Annie Marshall, Lorena Wada USFWS Ecological Services. Special thanks to Ken Kaneshiro and Jennifer Ho at the Center for Conservation Research and Training, UH Mānoa for handling insurance and other financial matters. Art Exhibition Subcomittee: Norma Bustos (Chair), Jessica Hawkins, Jolie Wanger, Ron Walker, Phyllis Ha. Film Festival Subcommittee: Jolie Wanger (Chair) DLNR DOFAW; Christopher Puttock. Equipment provided by Chuck Boller Hawai‘i International Film Festival My Hawai‘i Subcommittee: Takiora Ingram Pacific Writers’ Connection (Chair); J. Kendall McCreary, Christopher F. Puttock; Special thanks to our Nature Writers David Helvarg BlueFrontier Campaign, Jan TenBruggencate Honolulu Advertiser; and Kimo Armitage. Best Student Oral and Poster Award Subcommittee: Lorena Wada (Chair), and judges Fred Amidon, Jeff Burgett, Adonia Henry, Annie Marshall, Steve Miller, Cheryl Phillipson, Jay Nelson, Mike Richardson, Christa Russell, and Katie Swift USFWS; Randy Kennedy DLNR DOFAW; Michelle Mansker US DoD Army Garrison Hawai‘i; Greg Koob, Michelle Clark USDA NRCS; Marilyn Parris National Park Service; Kim Uyehara USGS PIERC. Volunteer Coordinator: Katie O’Neil Waimea Valley Audubon Center. Oral Presentation AV Coordinator: Aaron Lowe DLNR DOFAW. Video Production Coordinators: Ron Cannarella (Chair) Jessica Hawkins (Assistant chair). Equipment provided by ‘Ōlelo Community Television. Poster Session Coordinators: Norma Bustos, Jessica Hawkins and Ron Walker. Conference Registration and Booklet Coordinator: Mariza Silva. Conference Logos: Ron Walker (bags, mugs and T-shirts). Cover Art: Patrick Ching Naturally Hawaiian Gallery, Waimānalo Sponsorship and financial support for the HCC was provided by: Buddhawelt, DLNR DAR Coral Reef Outreach Network, Hawai‘i Audubon Society, HCAF, Mālama Hawai‘i, National Park Service, NOAA National Marine Sanctuaries Program, Patagonia, USFWS National Wildlife Refuge Complex, Wildlife Society Hawai‘i Chapter, and private donations from individuals committed to our Conservation Conference. Sponsorship and financial support for Conservation Week activities was provided by: CFP Landscapes, HCAF, Hawai‘i International Film Festival, Kōkua Hawai‘i Foundation, Rotary Club of West Honolulu, contributions from the HCA partners and private donations from individuals committed to Conservation Week activities. Hawai‘i Conservation Alliance Staff: Christopher F. Puttock Program Coordinator; Mariza Silva Program Assistant, J. Kendall McCreary Education Outreach Officer. ii 2007 Hawai‘i Conservation Conference Conservation Strategies: Matching Science and Management TABLE OF CONTENTS 2007 Hawai‘i Conservation Conference i Conference Acknowledgments ii Hawai‘i Convention Center Floor Plan iv Hawai‘i Conservation Conference Schedule 1 Hawai‘i Conservation Alliance Partners 8 Keynote Speaker Biography: Dr. Michael Soulé 11 Plenary Speaker I Biography: Dr. J. Michael Scott 12 Plenary Speaker II Biography: Dr. David Helvarg 13 Lunchtime programs 14 Thursday Evening Public Presentation: 50 ways to save the ocean by Dr. David Helvarg 15 Field Trip Abstracts 16 Distinguished Service Award 17 Other Awards 18 Symposium/Forum Abstracts 19 Map of Maui Room 316ABC: Posters, Art, and Exhibitors 23 Poster Presenters, Titles and Location Number 24 Exhibitors 27 Art Exhibit 28 Presenter’s Abstracts: Plenary Sessions, Symposia, Concurrent Sessions and Posters 36 Participants List 116 Announcement: 2008 Hawai‘i Conservation Conference 124 2007 Hawai‘i Conservation Conference iii HAWAI`I CONVENTION CENTER FLOORPLAN ALA WAI PROMENADE L FAL ER AT I W AN I L A W THEATER & BREAK-OUT SESSIONS LILI`U WOMEN WOMEN MEN 310 MEN FORUM 309 EXHIBITS, POSTERS & PLENARY & ART EXHIBITION BREAK-OUT 308B PA KOLOKA SESSIONS COURTYARD 308A O`AHU MAUI PALOLO 307B WORKSHOPS 313 A, B, C 316 A, B, C 307A 3RD LEVEL PALOLO REGISTRATION & REFRESHMENTS ALA HALAWAI CONCOURSE 305B MANOA BREAKOUT SESSIONS MOLOKA`I 305A NI`IHAU 312 MANOA WORKSHOPS 303B LANA`I MAKIKI KALAKAUA AVENUE 303A KAUA`I MAKIKI 301B 301A KAHO`OLAWE WOMEN MEN PA KALIHI COURTYARD KAPI`OLANI BOULEVARD ALA WAI PROMENADE EXIT EXIT TELEPHONES S TR E A M STR E AM MEN TELEPHONES 4TH LEVEL AWARDS LUNCHEON WATER JULY 27, 2007 POND KALAKAUA BALLROOM TELEPHONES S T R E WOMEN AM KALAKAUA AVENUE TELEPHONES TELEPHONE S KAPI`OLANI BOULEVARD Conservation Strategies: Matching Science and Management Wednesday, July 25, 2007 7:00 am Registration 8:30 am Oli and HCA Introduction 9:00 am Keynote Speaker: Michael Soulé, Is Island Conservation Fundamentally Different from Continental Conservation? 10:00 am Break 10:20 am Governor Linda Lingle’s Address 10:45 am Presentation of My Hawai‘i Awards 11:00 am Plenary Speaker I: J. Michael Scott, Hawai‘i: A Window to the Future of Conservation Biology? 11:40 am Gerald Marten, EcoTipping Points 12:00 pm Lunch Break 1:00 pm Near Shore/Marine Ecosystem Services Alternative Energies Insects Symposium I Symposium Symposium Symposium 3:00 pm Break 3:20 pm The Big Picture Session Insects Symposium II Native Biota Session Invasives Session I 5:00 pm Pau 6-8:30 pm Poster Session, Conservation Art and Exhibits Reception Thursday, July 26, 2007 7:00 am Registration 8:00 am Plenary Speaker: David Helvarg, Saving the Ocean 8:40 am Dieter Mueller-Dombois, 2006 Distinguished Service Awardee 9:00 am Holly Freifeld, Hawai‘i-New Zealand, Exchange Program 9:20 am Carl McGuinness, Hawai‘i-New Zealand, Exchange Program 9:40 am Break 10:00 am Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Inter Situ Restoration Symposium Conservation Evaluation Symposium Symposium 12:00 pm Lunch Break 1:00 pm Fisheries Session Forest Health Symposium I Landscape Management Session 3:00 pm Break 3:20 pm Watershed Session Forest Health Symposium II Invasives Session II 5:00 pm Pau 7:30-9 pm Free Public Event: David Helvarg, 50 ways to save the ocean Friday, July 28, 2007 7:00 am Registration 8:00 am Monitoring Symposium I Bridges to the Future Forum Economics of Invasives Symposium 10:00 am Break 10:20 am Monitoring Symposium II Aquatic Biota
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Incidence and Evaluation of a New Rust Disease on Myrtaceae in Hawaii
    Incidence and Evaluation of a New Rust Disease on Myrtaceae in Hawaii: Puccinia psidii Winter, Guava Rust Anne Marie LaRosa1 and Rob Hauff2 1USDA Forest Service, Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry 2Hawaii State Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Forestry and Wildlife Background Related Surveys and Research Figure 1. Ohia seedling with pustules. Figure 2. Rose apple dieback caused by P. psidii. Distribution: The rust disease, Puccinia psidii Winter, or guava rust, was originally Complimenting the forest survey, the Hawaii Agricultural Research Center is carrying described in 1884 from infections on guava in Brazil. Until 2005 this pathogen was out a nursery survey for P. psidii. Nurseries on all of the main islands that provide unknown outside the Neotropics and the state of Florida. It was first detected in seedlings to forestry and conservation are being targeted. Data such as host species, Hawaii in the spring of 2005 on ohia-lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha Gaud) and disease severity, and host species growing in adjacent natural areas are being has since spread from Oahu to all major Hawaiian Islands (Killgore and Heu, 2005). collected. Host Range: Puccinia psidii has an unusually broad host range for a rust. Other related work on P. psidii includes molecular work conducted by the University of Worldwide, the host range currently includes 21 genera and 72 species of Hawaii. Dr. Zhong is analyzing genetic material to characterize the disease in Hawaii Myrtaceae, including such common tropical species as Eucalyptus and guava and comparing it to DNA samples from Brazil and Florida. Disease material from the (Simpson and others, 2006).
    [Show full text]
  • Reef Encounter Reef Encounter
    Volume 30, No. 2 September 2015 Number 42 REEF ENCOUNTER REEF ENCOUNTER United Nations Climate Change Conference Education about Reefs and Climate Change Climate Change: Reef Fish Ecology, Genetic Diversity and Coral Disease Society Honors and Referendum Digital Underwater Cameras Review The News Journal of the International Society for Reef Studies ISSN 0225-27987 REEF ENCOUNTER The News Journal of the International Society for Reef Studies ISRS Information REEF ENCOUNTER Reef Encounter is the magazine style news journal of the International Society for Reef Studies. It was first published in 1983. Following a short break in production it was re-launched in electronic (pdf) form. Contributions are welcome, especially from members. Please submit items directly to the relevant editor (see the back cover for author’s instructions). Coordinating Editor Rupert Ormond (email: [email protected]) Deputy Editor Caroline Rogers (email: [email protected]) Editor Reef Perspectives (Scientific Opinions) Rupert Ormond (email: [email protected]) Editor Reef Currents (General Articles) Caroline Rogers (email: [email protected]) Editors Reef Edge (Scientific Letters) Dennis Hubbard (email: [email protected]) Alastair Harborne (email: [email protected]) Edwin Hernandez-Delgado (email: [email protected]) Nicolas Pascal (email: [email protected]) Editor News & Announcements Sue Wells (email: [email protected]) Editor Book & Product Reviews Walt Jaap (email: [email protected]) INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR REEF STUDIES The International Society for Reef Studies was founded in 1980 at a meeting in Cambridge, UK. Its aim under the constitution is to promote, for the benefit of the public, the production and dissemination of scientific knowledge and understanding concerning coral reefs, both living and fossil.
    [Show full text]
  • Central America and the Bitter Fruit of U.S. Policy by Bill Gentile
    CLALS WORKING PAPER SERIES | NO. 23 Central America and the Bitter Fruit of U.S. Policy by Bill Gentile OCTOBER 2019 Pullquote Bill Gentile in Nicaragua in the mid-1980s / Courtesy Bill Gentile Bill Gentile is a Senior Professorial Lecturer and Journalist in Residence at American University’s School of Communication. An independent journalist and documentary filmmaker whose career spans four decades, five continents, and nearly every facet of journalism and mass communication, he is the winner of two national Emmy Awards and was nominated for two others. He is a pioneer of “backpack video journalism” and the director, executive producer, and host of the documentary series FREELANCERS with Bill Gentile. He teaches Photojournalism, Foreign Correspondence, and Backpack Documentary. TheCenter for Latin American & Latino Studies (CLALS) at American University, established in January 2010, is a campus- wide initiative advancing and disseminating state-of-the-art research. The Center’s faculty affiliates and partners are at the forefront of efforts to understand economic development, democratic governance, cultural diversity and change, peace and diplomacy, health, education, and environmental well-being. CLALS generates high-quality, timely analysis on these and other issues in partnership with researchers and practitioners from AU and beyond. A previous version of this piece was published by the Daily Beast as a series, available here. Cover photo: Courtesy Bill Gentile 2 AU CENTER FOR LATIN AMERIcaN & LATINO STUDIES | CHAPTER TITLE HERE Contents
    [Show full text]
  • Field Instructions for The
    FIELD INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE INVENTORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS 2013 Hawaii Edition Forest Inventory and Analysis Program Pacific Northwest Research Station USDA Forest Service THIS MANUAL IS BASED ON: FOREST INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS NATIONAL CORE FIELD GUIDE FIELD DATA COLLECTION PROCEDURES FOR PHASE 2 PLOTS VERSION 5.1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 PURPOSES OF THIS MANUAL ................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 ORGANIZATION OF THIS MANUAL .......................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2.1 UNITS OF MEASURE ................................................................................................................................................................. 2 1.2.2 GENERAL DESCRIPTION ............................................................................................................................................................ 2 1.2.3 PLOT SETUP .............................................................................................................................................................................. 3 1.2.4 PLOT INTEGRITY ......................................................................................................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • Biodiversity
    Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument Biodiversity Management Issue Managers require adequate information on the status of biodiversity in order to effectively protect resources of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument (PMNM or Monument). Description The Monument is the single largest conservation area under the U.S. flag, encompassing 137,797 square miles of the Pacific Ocean. The reefs of the Monument are considered to be in nearly pristine condition. Comprehensive information on the biodiversity of the Monument is needed in order to protect these valuable resources. As an example of how little is known about biodiversity in the Monument, a 2006 Census of Marine Life cruise which focused on non-coral invertebrates and algae found hundreds of new records and several new species. Given that this work occurred only within three miles of French Frigate Shoals, it is reasonable to expect that a similar intensive effort at other areas of the Monument would likely yield comparable results. Furthermore, to date much of the work that has been completed has been focused on shallow-water (<100 ft.) reef ecosystems, research focused on underexplored habitats such as deep reefs, sand habitats, and algal beds will certainly also reveal new records and species. It is clear that much more effort needs to be put into establishing baseline biodiversity data as an essential first step to understanding the ecosystems of the Monument. Questions and Information Needs 1) What is the baseline biodiversity at different sites within the Monument?
    [Show full text]
  • BIOLOGY and HOST SPECIFICITY of Tectococcus
    BIOLOGY AND HOST SPECIFICITY OF Tectococcus ovatus (HEMIPTERA: ERIOCOCCIDAE), A POTENTIAL BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT OF THE INVASIVE STRAWBERRY GUAVA, Psidium cattleianum (MYRTACEAE), IN FLORIDA By FRANCIS JAMES WESSELS IV A THESIS PRESENTED TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 2005 Copyright 2005 by Frank J. Wessels This document is dedicated to my parents, for their support and generosity throughout my educational career. Without them, this work would not have been possible. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to thank my major professor Dr. James P. Cuda for his invaluable guidance and help throughout my degree program. I also thank my other committee members, Dr. Kenneth A. Langeland and Dr. William A. Overholt, for their comments and suggestions on my research and this manuscript. iv TABLE OF CONTENTS page ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ................................................................................................. iv LIST OF TABLES............................................................................................................ vii LIST OF FIGURES ......................................................................................................... viii ABSTRACT....................................................................................................................... ix CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................1
    [Show full text]
  • New England Aquarium Dive Club, Inc. Newsletter
    NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM DIVE CLUB, INC. NEWSLETTER April 2006 NEADC Website: www.NEADC.org NEADC GENERAL MEETING NEXT INFORMAL MEETINGS Conference Center at New England Aquarium Wednesday May 3, 2006, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 19, 2006, 6:30 PM The Home of Tom and Tina Kemper, 3 Lawrence Rd, Wayland, MA Shipwrecks of Massachusetts Bay and Phone: (508)655-0546 Stellwagen Bank Directions: From Route 95/128, take Route 30 West (Exit There are thousands of shipwrecks located in next to Mass Pike Exit). Follow Route 30 West for 5 miles to a fork in the road (there is a Mobil station on the left and a Massachusetts Bay and the Gulf of Maine - Sunoco station on the right). Bear right onto East Plain shipwrecks that can keep diving explorers busy for Street (past Villa Restaurant). Take second right onto a lifetime. Join us for a review of the 2005 Pollock Street. Follow to the end and take a left onto Willow shipwreck diving season, as we share our Lane. Take the first right onto Lawrence Road. #3 is the second house on the right. discoveries and experiences exploring our New England's maritime history. Includes shipwrecks in Mass Bay and Stellwagen Bank at technical and SHORE DIVE PLANNING MEETING recreational depths. Wednesday, April 12, 2006 at 6:30PM The Annual Shore Dive Planning meeting will be held at Captain Heather Knowles and Captain David Jose McIntyre’s, in Boston! Caldwell are co-founders of Northern Atlantic Dive To be a shore dive leader you don’t have to be an experienced diver, instructor or divemaster.
    [Show full text]
  • *Wagner Et Al. --Intro
    NUMBER 60, 58 pages 15 September 1999 BISHOP MUSEUM OCCASIONAL PAPERS HAWAIIAN VASCULAR PLANTS AT RISK: 1999 WARREN L. WAGNER, MARIE M. BRUEGMANN, DERRAL M. HERBST, AND JOEL Q.C. LAU BISHOP MUSEUM PRESS HONOLULU Printed on recycled paper Cover illustration: Lobelia gloria-montis Rock, an endemic lobeliad from Maui. [From Wagner et al., 1990, Manual of flowering plants of Hawai‘i, pl. 57.] A SPECIAL PUBLICATION OF THE RECORDS OF THE HAWAII BIOLOGICAL SURVEY FOR 1998 Research publications of Bishop Museum are issued irregularly in the RESEARCH following active series: • Bishop Museum Occasional Papers. A series of short papers PUBLICATIONS OF describing original research in the natural and cultural sciences. Publications containing larger, monographic works are issued in BISHOP MUSEUM four areas: • Bishop Museum Bulletins in Anthropology • Bishop Museum Bulletins in Botany • Bishop Museum Bulletins in Entomology • Bishop Museum Bulletins in Zoology Numbering by volume of Occasional Papers ceased with volume 31. Each Occasional Paper now has its own individual number starting with Number 32. Each paper is separately paginated. The Museum also publishes Bishop Museum Technical Reports, a series containing information relative to scholarly research and collections activities. Issue is authorized by the Museum’s Scientific Publications Committee, but manuscripts do not necessarily receive peer review and are not intended as formal publications. Institutions and individuals may subscribe to any of the above or pur- chase separate publications from Bishop Museum Press, 1525 Bernice Street, Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96817-0916, USA. Phone: (808) 848-4135; fax: (808) 841-8968; email: [email protected]. Institutional libraries interested in exchanging publications should write to: Library Exchange Program, Bishop Museum Library, 1525 Bernice Street, Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96817-0916, USA; fax: (808) 848-4133; email: [email protected].
    [Show full text]
  • BIOLOGICAL OPINION of the U.S. FISH and WILDLIFE SERVICE for ROUTINE MILITARY TRAINING and TRANSFORMATION of the 2Nd BRIGADE 25Th INFANTRY DIVISION (Light)
    BIOLOGICAL OPINION of the U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE for ROUTINE MILITARY TRAINING and TRANSFORMATION of the 2nd BRIGADE 25th INFANTRY DIVISION (Light) U.S. ARMY INSTALLATIONS ISLAND of OAHU October 23, 2003 (1-2-2003-F-04) TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ........................................................... 1 CONSULTATION HISTORY .................................................. 2 BIOLOGICAL OPINION Description of the Proposed Action ............................................ 6 Dillingham Military Reservation ............................................... 11 Kahuku Training Area ..................................................... 15 Kawailoa Training Area .................................................... 20 Makua Military Reservation ................................................. 24 Schofield Barracks East Range ............................................... 25 Schofield Barracks Military Reservation ........................................ 29 South Range Acquisition Area ............................................... 35 Other Proposed SBCT Training Action Locations ................................. 36 Wildland Fire Management Plan Overview ...................................... 37 Stabilization Overview ..................................................... 38 Conservation Measures .................................................... 42 STATUS OF THE SPECIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL BASELINE - PLANTS Abutilon sandwicense ..................................................... 52 Alectryon macrococcus ..................................................
    [Show full text]
  • The Threat of the Non-Native Neotropical Rust Puccinia Psidii to Hawaiian Biodiversity and Native Ecosystems: a Case Example of the Need for Prevention
    The Threat of the Non-native Neotropical Rust Puccinia psidii to Hawaiian Biodiversity and Native Ecosystems: A Case Example of the Need for Prevention Lloyd Loope, U.S. Geological Survey,Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center, Haleaka- la Field Station, P.O. Box 369, Makawao, HI 96768; [email protected] Janice Uchida, Department of Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 3190 Maile Way, Honolulu, HI 96822; [email protected] Loyal Mehrhoff, U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center, 677 Ala Moana Boulevard, Suite 615, Honolulu, HI 96813; [email protected] Introduction The threat of invasive species to natural areas presents enormous challenges, but there are opportunities for working toward solutions, often in conjunction with agricultural and forestry perspectives. There is a growing awareness of the danger to botanical biodiversity and conservation from “emerging infectious diseases” that have increased in incidence, geo- graphical distribution, or host range/pathogenicity; have newly evolved characteristics; and/or have been newly discovered (Anderson et al. 2004). There is a heightened concern for forest health due to accelerating worldwide movement of plant pathogens (e.g., with inef- fective quarantine measures) that negatively affect both biodiversity and commercial forestry (Wingfield 2003). An important related concept is that of the ability of fungi to jump to new hosts following anthropogenic introduction. Native hosts are exposed to pathogens with no coevolved recognition or defense mechanism, and microevolution toward increased viru- lence of introduced pathogens can result (Wingfield 2003; Slippers et al. 2005). The rust fungus Puccinia psidii (Basidiomycota, Uredinales: Pucciniaceae), a species first document- ed to have jumped from native guava (Psidium guajava, Myrtaceae) to introduced Eucalyp- tus spp.
    [Show full text]
  • Corals 4(D) Petition
    Before the Secretary of Commerce Petition for Protective Regulations Under Section 4(d) of the Endangered Species Act for the Conservation of Threatened Corals Pillar coral, Dendrogyra cylindrus. Photo credit: NOAA Fisheries Center for Biological Diversity 20 February 2020 Notice of Petition Wilbur Ross, Secretary of Commerce U.S. Department of Commerce 1401 Constitution Ave. NW Washington, D.C. 20230 Email: [email protected], [email protected] Dr. Neil Jacobs, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere U.S. Department of Commerce 1401 Constitution Ave. NW Washington, D.C. 20230 Email: [email protected] Chris Oliver, Assistant Administrator NOAA Fisheries 1315 East-West Highway Silver Spring, MD 20910 Email: [email protected] Petitioner: Kristin Carden, Ph.D./J.D. Oceans Program Scientist, on behalf of the Center for Biological Diversity 1212 Broadway #800 Oakland, CA 94612 Phone: 510.844.7100 x327 Email: [email protected] Sarah Uhlemann Senior Attorney & International Program Director, on behalf of the Center for Biological Diversity 2400 NW 80th Street, #146 Seattle, WA 98117 Phone: (206) 324-2344 Email: [email protected] ii Pursuant to Section 4(d) of the Endangered Species Act (ESA, Act), 16 U.S.C. § 1533(d), 50 C.F.R. § 424.10, and Section 553 of the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. § 553(e), the Center for Biological Diversity (Center) hereby petitions the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), to promulgate a rule under Section 4(d) of the ESA to provide for the conservation of the 20 threatened coral species listed under the ESA on 10 September 2014.
    [Show full text]
  • Measuring, Interpreting, and Responding to Changes in Coral Reefs: a Challenge for Biologists, Geologists, and Managers Caroline S
    Measuring, Interpreting, and Responding to Changes in Coral Reefs: A Challenge for Biologists, Geologists, and Managers Caroline S. Rogers and Jeff Miller Abstract What, exactly, is a coral reef? And how have the world’s reefs changed in the last several decades? What are the stressors undermining reef structure and function? Given the predicted effects of climate change, do reefs have a future? Is it possible to “manage” coral reefs for resilience? What can coral reef scientists contribute to improve protection and management of coral reefs? What insights can biologists and geologists provide regarding the persistence of coral reefs on a human timescale? What is reef change to a biologist... to a geologist? Clearly, there are many challenging questions. In this chapter, we present some of our thoughts on monitoring and management of coral reefs in US national parks in the Caribbean and western Atlantic based on our experience as members of monitoring teams. We reflect on the need to characterize and evaluate reefs, on how to conduct high- quality monitoring programs, and on what we can learn from biological and geological experiments and investigations. We explore the possibility that specific steps can be taken to “manage” coral reefs for greater resilience. Keywords Monitoring • Random sampling • Marine protected areas • Biodiversity • Connectivity 12.1 Current State of Coral Reefs1 For the purposes of this paper, we define “true” coral reefs as rigid, topographically complex structures developed from carbonate accretion by corals and other cementing and calcifying organisms and the product of biological and geo- logical processes. This definition reflects comprehensive discussions in Buddemeier and Hopley (1988), Hubbard (1997), Hubbard et al.
    [Show full text]