Coral ecology
Coral ecology, coral recruitment, coral – algal interactions…
Fish ecology
Mangrove habitats as juvenile fish nurseries, predator-prey interactions affecting fish populations on reefs
Marine reserves
Impacts and the design of marine reserves, connectivity between marine reserve habitats, stratifying reserve placement by the type of temperature regime
Threats to Reefs
Climate change (particularly increases in sea surface temperature and in the frequency an intensity of storms), symbiotic relationship between corals and dinoflagellates (zooxanthe
Reef Resilience
Impacts of disturbance on resilience (fishing herbivorous parrotfish, removing mangrove nursery habitats, reducing nutrient runoff into the watershed, and mitigating the effects of
Reef weather
Relating environmental regimes to coral reef biological responses and assessing the value of remote sensing tools to monitor the environment in which coral reefs develop.
Biodiversity
Habitat mapping, beta diversity, surrogacy in coral reefs and associated habitats using remote sensing.
People
MSEL Lab photo (Heron Island, July 2011)