PC54B:
Implications of Global Climate Change on the Health of Coral Reef Ecosystems II Posters
PC54B:
Implications of Global Climate Change on the Health of Coral Reef Ecosystems II Posters
Implications of Global Climate Change on the Health of Coral Reef Ecosystems II Posters
Session ID#: 11501
Session Description:
Coral reefs are some of the most diverse and valuable ecosystems in the world. Vital for maintaining ecological balance in coastal tropical environments, they also stand as the foundation for enormous cultural and economic resources. However, the increasing threat of global climate change and the continued degradation of coral reefs around the world is an alarming call for action towards the identification of implications of temperature stress and subsequent rehabilitation of these vital marine environments. Recent bleaching events throughout the Pacific Ocean and subsequent coral reef studies lend greater insight into how these ecosystems cope with warming oceans and what shifts in ecosystem structure can be expected. In this session, focus will be dedicated towards elucidating shifts in coral reef ecology, changes in molecular biomarkers of stress, zooxanthellae clade variation, and physiological and molecular changes during heat stress, which will allow for greater insight into anticipating and addressing coral reef environmental changes.
Primary Chair: James Murphy, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering, Honolulu, HI, United States
Chairs: Narrissa Spies, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Biology, Honolulu, HI, United States, Federica Ragazzola, University of Porstmouth, Institute of Marine Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, Portsmouth, United Kingdom, Sophie J McCoy, Plymouth Marine Laboratory,, Plymouth, PL1, United Kingdom, Plymouth, United Kingdom and Chiara Lombardi, Marine and Sustainable Development Unit ENEA, Marine Ecology Laboratory, Pozzuolo di Lerici, Italy
Moderators: James Murphy, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering, Honolulu, HI, United States, Frederica Ragazzola, University of Porstmouth, Institute of Marine Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, Portsmouth, United Kingdom and Sophie J McCoy, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, PL1, United Kingdom
Student Paper Review Liaisons: Chiara Lombardi, Marine and Sustainable Development Unit ENEA, Marine Ecology Laboratory, Pozzuolo di Lerici, Italy and Narrissa Spies, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Biology, Honolulu, HI, United States
Index Terms:
1630 Impacts of global change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
4220 Coral reef systems [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
4815 Ecosystems, structure, dynamics, and modeling [OCEANOGRAPHY: BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL]
9355 Pacific Ocean [GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION]
Co-Sponsor(s):
- HI - Human Use and Impacts
- ME - Marine Ecosystems
- TE - Tropical and Equatorial Environments
- O - Other
Abstracts Submitted to this Session:
The interactive effects of nutrient and salinity stress on corals from distinct environments on the Belize Barrier Reef System (92414)
Mapping Prevalence and Incidence of Coral Disease in reef-building corals at two Natural Reserves of the Southwest Puerto Rico (93653)
THE EFFECT OF AMBIENT TEMPERATURES OF TWO THREATENED CARIBBEAN CORAL SPECIES: A PROTEOMIC STUDY (90468)
Assessing Coral Response to a Severe Bleaching Event Using Mulimolecular Biomarkers (92316)
Reef scent: How brooded coral larvae from a tough coral smell their way to a new home (90151)
Satellite and Ocean Model Analysis of Thermal Conditions Affecting Coral Reefs in the Western Indian Ocean (88827)
A Comparison of Macrobenthic Organisms in Shallow-Water and Mesophotic Coral Reef Ecosystems of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (92956)
Influence of Coral Community Structure and Thermal Stress Exposure on Observed Patterns of Bleaching across the Northern Mariana Islands (90519)
Algal Turf Recruitment and Early Growth did not Differ Across Sites that Varied Greatly in Herbivore and Coral Community Structure. (91988)
Response of Holobiont Compartments to Salinity Changes Indicates Osmoregulation of Scleractinian Corals (89543)
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