ENCOUNTERMagazine of the International Society for Reef Studies

ISSN 0255-2787

ReefEncounter No. 33, October 2005Magazine of the Intemational Society for Reef Studies

EditorWilliam F PrechtAssociate Editors Martha L Robbart and Beth Zimmerbprecht@pbsj.com

CONTENTS

3 Editorial WF Precht, B Zimmer, ML RobbartISRS News

From the President N Polunin

Strengthening the ISRS T McClanahan, N Polunin2004 ISRS Election Results

10thAnnuallnternational Coral Reef SymposiumDeclaration on Conservation and Restoration of

Endangered Coral Reefs of the World

11th International Coral Reef SymposiumAnnouncement

Best Paper Awards in Coral Reefs

Who are we? A Survey of the ISRS MembershipT McClanahan, S Nzuki

9 NewsISI Essential Seienee IndieatorsSM Speeial Topies

Report on Coral Reef Literature Citations

9 UpwellingsOpen Letter Coneerning the Management of theBunaken National Park, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

P Scaps, JP Castillo10 Obituaries

Eriek Flugel (April 6, 1934-April14, 2004)H Schuhmacher

Georg Seheer (August 17, 191 D-Mareh 14, 2004)H Schuhmacher

Robert F. DiII (1927-2004) E.A. Shinn

Dr. Siro Kawaguti (January 1, 1908-2004) M Hidaka

William (Bill) Gladfelter (1943-2003) J Miller15 Currents

Rezoning of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park:

(Contents continued on inside back cover)

Reef Encounter is printed on recycled paper by Allen Press Inc.,810 East Tenth, Lawrence, KS 66044, USA.

rCover image: This photo of a spotted eagle ray

was taken on the Belizian barrier reef in 2004 byDr. lan Macintyre.

COPY DEADLlNE FOR REEF ENCOUNTER 34(due out early 2006) is 1 October 2005

2 Reef Encounter 33, October 2005

President

Nicholas Polunin, Marine Science & Technology, Newcastle University,NE1 7RU, UK Tel +44 (0)191 2226675 Fax+44 (0)191 2227891 EmailN.Polunin@newcastle.ac.uk

Vice President

Richard Aronson, Dauphin Island Sea Lab., P.O. Box 369 370 DauphinIsland, AL 36528, USA Tel + 1 334861 7567 Fax + 1 334861 7540 Email

raronson@disl.org

Corresponding SecretaryPeter Mumby, Marine Spatial Ecology Lab, School of Biological Sci-ences, Hatherly Laboratory, Prince of Wales Road, University of Exeter,Exeter, Devon, EX4 4PS, UK Tel + 44 (0)1392 263798 Fax + 44 (0)1392

263700 Email p.j.mumby@exeter.ac.uk

Recording Secretary

Robert van Woesik, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Institute

of Technology, 150 West University Boulevard, Melbourne, Florida,32901, USA Tel +13216747475 Email rvw@fjt.edu

Magazine EditorsWF Precht, B Zimmer, ML Robbart

Coral Reefs

Editor in Chief Barbara Brown, Geological Editor PK Swart, EcologicalEditor, PF Sale, Biological Editors RC Carpenter, HR Lasker, K SullivanSealey, Environmental Editor BG Hatcher

Council

RE Dodge (USA), K Fabricius (Australia), J Garzon-Ferriera (Columbia),O Hoegh-Guldberg (Australia), H Kayanne (Japan), Tim McClanahan

(Kenya), L Montaggioni (France), M Pichon (France), WF Precht (USA),H Schuhmacher (Germany), K Sullivan-Sealey (USA), K Teleki (UK), MTsuchiya (Japan), R van Woesik (Japan), H Vogt (UK)

ISRS Sustaining MembersH Arnold, JS Ault, BE Brown & R Dunne, DG Fautin & RW Buddemeier,

RN Ginsburg, AJ Hooten, LLJackson, B Keller, M Keyes, WE Kiene, TMcClanahan & N Muthiga, S Miller, J Pringle, J Ruitenbeek, DR Stod-dart, KA Teleki, JR Ware & W Ware

ISRS Honorary MembersJ Connell, S Kawaguti (deceased), DW Kinsey, JE Randall, G Scheer(deceased), DR Stoddart, JI Tracey Jr.TheInlemalional Societyfor ReefSludieswasloundedala meetinginChurchillCollege,Cambridge.UKin December1980.lis aimunder!heconsttutionis lo promotelor !hebenefit01!hepublic,!heproductionanddis-semination01scientificknowledgeandunderstandingconcemingcoralreels,bo!hlivingandlossil.

Inordertoachieveitsaim,theSocietyhasthelollowingpowers:1.Toholdmeetings.symposia,conlerencesandothergatheringstodisseminaleIhisscientificknowledgeandunderstanding01coralreels,bo!hlivingandlossil.ii.Toprinl,publishandsell,lendanddistributeanypapers,treatiseor communicalionsrelatingtocoralreefs.livingandlossil,andanyReports01!heProceedingsor !heAccounls01!heSocietyiii.ToraisefundsandinvileandreceivecontributionsIromanypersonswhalsoeverbyway01subscriplion,donalionorolherwiseproviding!hat!heSocietyshallnotundertakeanypermanenltradingaclivitiesin raisinglundslor ils primaryobjects.TheSocielycollaborateswi!hSpringer-VerlaginproducingthequarterlyjoumalCoralReels.Thislarge-Iormatjoumalis issuedIree01chargelo allmembers01theSociety,andconcen-tralesonquanlitativeandIheorelicalreelsludies,inctudingexperimentalandlaboratoryworkandmodelling.