Daniel Knop is a specialised German journalist

Journalist

A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...

 in the fields of marine aquariology and marine biology

Marine biology

Marine biology is the scientific study of organisms in the ocean or other marine or brackish bodies of water. Given that in biology many phyla, families and genera have some species that live in the sea and others that live on land, marine biology classifies species based on the environment rather...

. Originally coming from the field of natural medicine where he has authored a number of reference books and patient advisors, since 1986 he concentrates on marine organism

Organism

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s, mainly as a book author, underwater photographer

Underwater photography

Underwater photography is the process of taking photographs while under water. It is usually done while scuba diving, but can be done while snorkeling or swimming.-Overview:...

 and translator. He has authored 16 books of different subjects (more than 50 printings, translated to seven other languages), and he is chief editor of the magazine KORALLE which is released in German, Italian and English language (CORALLI, Coral Magazine

Coral Magazine

Coral, The Reef & Marine Aquarium Magazine, is an international periodical serving an audience of amateur and professional aquarists, marine biologists, and coral reef ecologists....

).

Daniel Knop promotes the protection of natural reef biotope

Biotope

Biotope is an area of uniform environmental conditions providing a living place for a specific assemblage of plants and animals. Biotope is almost synonymous with the term habitat, but while the subject of a habitat is a species or a population, the subject of a biotope is a biological community.It...

s, primarily as a consultant for setting up coral farms following a concept he developed in 1994 that has led to several projects in Indonesia

Indonesia

Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...

 and in the Philippines

Philippines

The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

. It primarily focuses on asexual

Asexual reproduction

Asexual reproduction is a mode of reproduction by which offspring arise from a single parent, and inherit the genes of that parent only, it is reproduction which does not involve meiosis, ploidy reduction, or fertilization. A more stringent definition is agamogenesis which is reproduction without...

 propagation of corals in the coastal area, using methods developed in the marine aquarium

Marine aquarium

A marine aquarium is an aquarium that keeps marine plants and animals in a contained environment. Marine aquaria are further subdivided by hobbyists into fish only , fish only with live rock , and reef aquaria. Fish only tanks often showcase large or aggressive marine fish species and generally...

 hobby. These farm projects attempt to produce corals for reef

Reef

In nautical terminology, a reef is a rock, sandbar, or other feature lying beneath the surface of the water ....

 rehabilitation projects, aquarium market and other uses such as science or pharmacy

Pharmacy

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. One of the concept's characteristics is the involvement of native fishers in coral production as an alternative livelihood which can help reduce fishing pressure on endangered reefs. Sales of farmed corals to the aquarium market not only finance the farm projects but also reduce harvesting of wild corals.

Book titles

• Giant Clams – A Comprehensive Guide to Identification and Care of Tridacnid Clams, ISBN 3-921684-23-4
• The Successful Reef Aquarium, ISBN 3-921684-47-1
• Corals - Indo Pacific Field Guide (co-authored by Dr. Harry Erhardt), ISBN 3-925919-69-4
• Notfallmedizin für die Naturheilpraxis, ISBN 3-925367-94-2
• Selbstbehandlung durch Akupressur, ISBN 3-85068-209-9
• Selbstbehandlung von Kopfschmerzen, ISBN 3-85068-234-X
• Ratgeber zur Selbstmedikation, ISBN 3-925367-59-4
• Von Pest bis Aids – Die Infektionskrankheiten und ihre Geschichte, ISBN 3-925367-48-9
• Das Seniorenbuch – Ein Ratgeber für ältere Mitbürger, ISBN 3-925367-40-3
• Der Vetter-Ofen, ISBN 3-923478-27-5
• Aquarienbeleuchtung, ISBN 3-921684-63-3
• Riffaquarien – Aquarienporträts aus aller Welt, ISBN 3-935175-05-1
• Aquarienfotos – Tips und Tricks, ISBN 3-921684-57-9
• Steinkorallen im Aquarium (Vol. 1), ISBN 3-931587-70-3
• Steinkorallen im Aquarium (Vol. 2), ISBN 3-931587-71-1
• Nano-Riffaquarien, ISBN 3-931587-78-9