University of California, Santa Cruz

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Experimental investigations of herbivore-algae-coral interactions and their impacts on community structure (W. Cover, Ph.D. research)

Evaluation of potential linkages between land cover change, mangrove loss and degradation in nearshore water quality at adjacent coral reefs (S. Jupiter, Ph.D. research completed 2006)

Collaborations with UCSC Earth Sciences, LLNL and NASA Ames to explore novel applications of hyperspectral remote sensing imagery to address ecological and geological questions

Coral samples collected from drowned Pleistocene reefs (in PNG and Hawaii) used to refine sea level curves and subsidence rates

Natural and Anthropogenic Impacts on Midway Atoll's Coral Reefs

Hyperspectral Imaging Project: Ecological and Geobotanical Applications

Mangrove-Coral Ecosystem Connectivity in the context of Land Use Change

Drowned Fossil Reefs: Backstepping through Sea Level, Tectonic and Community Shifts

Projects