• The Sportsman's Guide May 26, 2004 The Outdoor News Hound -- Dearly Departed Create Fish Habitat
• April 27, 2004 "Company burying dead in manmade reefs off Fort Lauderdale beach"
• Memphis Project Annual Report- July 2000 – July 2001 (Nova Southeastern Coral Propagation / Plugging Experiments, Coral Attractants, and Complexity Treatments on Reef Balls).
• Reef Ball Memorial Reefs In Ft. Lauderdale (Pictures)
• Reef Ball's Listbot Archives (Announcing of Memorial Reefs)
• Higher Resolution Press Photos from Ft Lauderdale
• High Resolution Ft. Lauderdale Reef Balls, Earl Barber Memorial Reef
• envirnmental news service article
• Scientists look for key to rebuild coral reef
• Reef Ball's Listbot Archives
• Social-Economic Study of Artificial Reef in Broward County
  -ExecutiveSummary.PDF
• Nov 18, 2000 / The Herald: "Scientists hope 'reef balls' repair damage done by sub"
• NSU Academic Highlights - January 22, 2001
• Nova University's Oceanographic Center aims to create nests for baby coral
• University of Central Florida Dive Club built the Coffman Memorial Reef over a two year period in 1996-1997
• Dec 2000 / National Coral Reef Institute (NCRI):  "Hypothesis-based restoration study for mitigation of a S.E. Florida U.S.A. coral reef damaged by the grounding of a nuclear submarine"
  • Earl Barber Memorial Reef #1 2607.462/8005.885
  • Earl Barber Memorial Reef #2 2607.494/8004.912
  • Earl Barber Memorial Reef #3 2607.807/8004.390
  • Earl Barber Memorial Reef #4 2601.100/8005.380
• Broward County News
• NOVA Southwestern Reef Restoration Project of USS Memphis Grounding, Jan 2001
• Nov 18, 2000 / Sun Sentinel: "Nova University's Oceanographic Center aims to create nests for baby coral"
• ARTIFICIAL REEF RESEARCH IN BROWARD COUNTY 1993-2000: A SUMMARY ... (Scientific Research)
• July 8, 2000 / Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel:  "Scientists look for key to rebuilding coral reef"
• A Preliminary Study of Fish Recruitment to "Reef Ball" Artificial Reefs in Shallow and Deep Water, Nova Southwestern, Dr. Richard E. Spieler.
• Southern boating "life support for ailing reefs" July 2002 Dania Beach
• Ortiz-Prosper, A.L. and Bowden-Kerby, W.A. 1999. Transformation of artificial concrete "reef ball” structure into living coral heads through the use of implants of juvenile massive corals. Abstract In: Proc. Int. Conf. on Scientific Aspects of Coral Reef Assessment, Monitoring and Restoration, NCRI. April 14-16, 1999, Ft Lauderdale, Florida. pg. 148.
• Some other locations....Sorry the NOVA study numbers are private as they are doing research.
• Growth and Survivorship of Stony Coral Meandrina meandrites and Montastrea cavernosa Transplants to an Artificial Reef Environment: A Work in Progress. (May 2002)  E.A. Glynn, T.P. Quinn, D.P. Fahy, R.E. Dodge, D.S. Gilliam, and R.E. Spieler National Coral Reef Institute, Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center
• Hypothesis-based Restoration Study For Mitigation of a Damaged SE Florida Coral Reef A Work in Progress (May 2002), T.P. Quinn¹, E.A. Glynn¹, R.E. Dodge¹, K. Banks², L. Fisher², R.E. Spieler¹National Coral Reef Institute, Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center

• ER	Memorial Reef Video. Here is a "home video" shot to honor a beloved Grandfather that had a Reef Ball reef build to honor him. Some nice underwater footage here from Ft. Lauderdale. (3.2mb, 12 minutes)

Reef Ball Foundation Awarded in 1998 Best Secondary Educational Project - Robin Sherman of NOVA Southwestern University for research on juvenile fish recruitment in shallow and deep water using Reef Balls.

Mold Owners

DNRP-Biological Resources Division, (Kenneth Banks), 218 Southwest 1st Avenue, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301 acquired one Pallet Ball and one Bay Ball mold system on 06/08/1995 with an unlimited Broward County Use Only (non-commercial) life of the mold license.  

Artificial Reef Coordinators

http://www.co.broward.fl.us/bri00500.htm

SUZANNE UTNIK
P.O. BOX 229045
HOLLYWOOD FL 33022-9045
sutnik@hollywoodfl.org

NOVA

Reef Balls as part of NOVA Scientific Study

South Florida Reef Research Team, Inc.
Dave Kaplan
7791 N.W. 33rd Street
Hollywood Florida  33024

Dr. Richard E. Dodge
Executive Director
dodge@nova.edu

National Coral Reef Institute
Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center
8000 North Ocean Drive
Dania Beach, FL 33004

Voice: 1-954-262-3617
Fax: 1-954-262-4027
Email: ncri@mako.ocean.nova.edu

State Data

BROWARD COUNTY

KEN BANKS

MANAGER

DPEP BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES DIVISION

218 S.W. 1st AVENUE

FT. LAUDERDALE

FL

33301

954

519-1207

442-1207

519-1412

kbanks@broward.org

http://www.co.broward.fl.us/bri00500.htm

BROWARD COUNTY

PAM FLETCHER

DPEP BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES DIVISION

218 S.W. 1st AVENUE

FT. LAUDERDALE

FL

33301

954

519-1218

442-1218

519-1412

pfletcher@broward.org

Coordinates of Reef Balls in the County

• Earl Barber Memorial Reef #1 2607.462/8005.885
• Earl Barber Memorial Reef #2 2607.494/8004.912
• Earl Barber Memorial Reef #3 2607.807/8004.390
• Earl Barber Memorial Reef #4 2601.100/8005.380

2/3/97 NOVA DEEP REEFBALLS MODULES CONCRETE REEFBALLS 15 14263.9 43087.7 2607.620 8004.890

1/23/97 NOVA DEEP REEFBALLS MODULES CONCRETE REEFBALLS 15 14263.9 43087.7 2607.620 8004.890

3/22/95 RINKER DEEP SITE MODULES CONCRETE REEFBALLS 14263.6 62111.7 2607.461 8004.894

Authorized Contractors for the Area

Reef Innovations, Inc.

Reef Innovations, Inc. (RI) is a worldwide mobile, authorized, licensed and insured Reef Ball Contractor providing turnkey construction and delivery of Reef Ball products worldwide. RI also offers Reef Ball mold training and finished module inspection services. Check our Website for more information.

Reef Innovations
2415 McMichael Road
St. Cloud, Fl 34771

reefballer@aol.com  
Cell: (941)650-2519
Home: (407) 957-5821

Plant Manager: Robbie Duke Rfdjrvfr@aol.com

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