Laboratory of Dr. Kristen Marhaver | Science & Sci-Comm for Reef Recovery | CARMABI Research Station | Curaçao
This photo provided by the University of Miami Coral Reef Futures Lab shows a bleached flower coral (Eusmilia fastigiata) on July 20, 2023, in the North Dry Rocks Reef off the coast of Key Largo, Florida. Liv Williamson/University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth...
single system compared to the thousands of interdependent and locally-adapted species comprising coral reefs, adopting a multi-model ensemble approach to generate probabilistic projections for coral reef futures is feasible123,134,137. This, in turn, would help to highlight major sources of variation ...
This model incorporates data on the thermal and evolutionary biology of common yet thermally sensitive corals, as well as their ecology. Published inScience, the study simulates the consequences of alternative futures of global development and fossil fuel usage that were created by the Interg...
These works outline a path ahead for defining and studying the functional ecology of coral reefs, drive debate as to what we want their functional future to look like and call for ecosystem function to be at the heart of managing coral reef futures during this period of rapid transition....
(2016) Guiding coral reef futures in the Anthropocene. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 14, 490-498.Norstro€m, A. V., Nystro€m, M., Jouffray, J. B., Folke, C., Graham, N. A. J., Moberg, F., . . . Williams, G. J. (2016). Guiding coral reef futures in the...
Structural complexity provided by the living coral reef framework is the basis of the rich and dynamic biodiversity in coral reefs. In many cases today, the reduction in habitat complexity, from live coral to dead coral and rubble, has altered the abundance and diversity of many reef species wi...
Coral reef ecosystems are declining and may not recover under future climate scenarios without intervention. Seeding reefs with corals bred in aquaculture is a promising restoration intervention; however, early coral recruits (spat) are vulnerable to overgrowth by benthic algae and maximizing their surviv...
Remote Sens Environ 112:3388−3399 ® Pandolfi JM, Bradbury RH, Sala E, Hughes TP and others (2003) Global trajectories of the long-term decline of coral reef ecosystems. Science 301:955−958 ® Pandolfi JM, Connolly SR, Marshall DJ, Cohen AL (2011) Projecting coral reef futures ...
Coral reefs in the Central Indo-Pacific region comprise some of the most diverse and yet threatened marine habitats. While reef monitoring has grown throughout the region in recent years, studies of coral reef benthic cover remain limited in spatial and