A5033988011- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Marine and fisheries research
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Coastal and Marine Dynamics
- Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
- Marine animal studies overview
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
- Conservation Techniques and Studies
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Immune Response and Inflammation
- Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Global Energy and Sustainability Research
- Building materials and conservation
- Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
- Cephalopods and Marine Biology
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
- Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management
- Disaster Management and Resilience
University of Auckland
2017-2024
Université Paris Sciences et Lettres
2022
University of Exeter
2022
Red Sea University
2022
Korea University of Science and Technology
2022
Laboratoire d’Océanographie de Villefranche
2022
James Cook University
2014-2018
Boston University
2017
Durham University
2011
Abstract Understanding the drivers of net coral reef calcium carbonate production is increasingly important as ocean warming, acidification, and other anthropogenic stressors threaten maintenance structures services these ecosystems provide. Despite intense research effort on production, inclusion a key forming/accreting calcifying group, crustose coralline algae, remains challenging both from theoretical practical standpoint. While corals are typically primary builders contemporary reefs,...
Global environmental change is identified as a driver of physical transformation coral reef islands over the past half-century, and next 100 years, posing major adaptation challenges to island nations. Here we resolve whether these recent documented changes in are unprecedented compared with pre-industrial era. We utilise radiometric dating, geological, remote sensing techniques document dynamics Maldivian at millennial decadal timescales. Results show magnitude half-century (±40 m movement)...
Kench, P.S.; Ryan, E.J.; Owen, S.; Bell, R.; Lawrence, J.; Glavovic, B.; Blackett, P.; Becker, Schneider, Allis, M.; Dickson, M., and Rennie, H.G. 2018. Co-creating resilience solutions to coastal hazards through an interdisciplinary research project in New Zealand, In: Shim, J.-S.; Chun, I., Lim, H.S. (eds.), Proceedings from the International Coastal Symposium (ICS) 2018 (Busan, Republic of Korea). Journal Research, Special Issue No. 85, pp. 1496–1500. Coconut Creek (Florida), ISSN...
Abstract Coral reefs experienced the third global bleaching event in 2015–2016 due to high sea-surface temperature (SST) anomalies. Declines net carbonate production associated with coral are implicated reef structural collapse and cascading impacts for adjacent islands. We present first budget study of a platform surface (reef crest flat) southern Maldives record upper flat condition central Indian Ocean post event. Scleractinian corals were primary producers, live cover averaging between...
Diverse and contested local interests the complexity of climate change make adaptation to risks at coast challenging. Even in similar settings, experiences prospects can differ markedly. Why? This paper provides empirical evidence comparative two regions Aotearoa-New Zealand - Coromandel Peninsula Hawke's Bay coast. We critically examine how barriers enablers influence trajectory that face risks, have essentially same institutional architecture, yet had very different experiences....
Abstract Coastal landforms and associated archaeological records are at risk of erosion from a combination rising sea levels increasingly frequent high-intensity storms. Improved understanding this can be gained by braiding geomorphological methodologies with Indigenous knowledge. 1 In article, archaeological, mātauranga (a form knowledge) used to analyse prograded Holocene foredune barrier in northern Aotearoa/New Zealand. Anthropogenic deposits within dune stratigraphy radiocarbon-dated as...
SUMMARY The short-interval fires required to promote grazing for large herbivores within the Cape Floristic Region World Heritage Site are detrimental plant diversity. At same time, longer interval significantly reduce graze quality. Conservation managers thus face an enormous challenge when also a conservation priority, since competing objectives difficult reconcile. Population growth rates of genetically important populations endangered mountain zebra ( Equus ) low or declining following...
Coral reefs globally are impacted by natural and anthropogenic stressors that compounded climate change. Understanding past reef responses to (cyclones, sea-level change, freshwater inputs, sedimentation) can provide important insights further understand recent (within the century) trends in coral cover diversity. Here we use a compilation of recently published data investigate Holocene development five fringing located on cross-shelf transect central Great Barrier Reef, exposed varying...
Abstract Coral resilience to ocean acidification is largely determined by the degree of physiological control corals can exert on their calcifying fluid carbonate chemistry. In this study, boron isotopic composition (δ 11 B) a Porites colony growing reef flat Kiritimati Island in equatorial central Pacific examined quantify sensitivity pH (pH cf ) ambient environmental conditions. Skeletal δ B along growth axis one annual band was with bulk analysis and laser ablation (LA) MC‐ICP‐MS....
Coastal hazards threaten properties, infrastructure, and cultural sites around Aotearoa New Zealand's (hereafter Aotearoa) coastline sea-level rise (SLR) will escalate this problem. At present it is unclear how archaeological be affected by future coastal erosion inundation. In paper we combine national-scale environmental datasets to provide a first-pass overview of heritage at risk in Aotearoa. Two key are utilized: (1) sensitivity index (CSI) developed the National Institute Water...
Comprehensive historical coastal change datasets are crucial resources for effective management. In Aotearoa New Zealand, available data is outdated, or sporadic, hindering large-scale, long-term analysis of change, and planning nationwide. Here we introduce Zealand's Coastal Change Dataset (NZCCD) a detailed record around Zealand from the early 1940's to 2023. NZCCD was generated through nationally consistent, rigorous process in which five scientists manually interpreted digitized position...
Abstract An extremely rare example of well‐preserved emergent Holocene fossil reefs exists at Kiritimati Island, central Pacific. Fossil are rich geological archives paleoenvironmental change. The first paleoecological surveys two presented, revealing high coral cover (40–50%) and low diversity (6 genera). ages suggest exhibited disparity in the timing reef development (4,113 1,915 cal yBP) ecological show different compositions ( Acropora or Porites dominant), between reefs. Results...
Abstract Understanding the drivers of net coral reef calcium carbonate production is increasingly important as ocean warming, acidification, and other anthropogenic stressors threaten maintenance structures services these ecosystems provide. Despite intense research effort on production, inclusion a key forming/accreting calcifying group, crustose coralline algae (CCA), remains challenging both from theoretical practical standpoint. While corals are typically primary builders today, ongoing...