A5027091219- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Marine and fisheries research
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
- Marine and environmental studies
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Marine animal studies overview
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Crustacean biology and ecology
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage
- Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications
- Echinoderm biology and ecology
- Protist diversity and phylogeny
- Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
- Planetary Science and Exploration
- American Environmental and Regional History
- Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research
- Marine Sponges and Natural Products
- Water Quality Monitoring Technologies
- Ichthyology and Marine Biology
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
2013-2024
University of Hawaii–West Oahu
2022
University of Hawaii System
2013-2019
Bernice P. Bishop Museum
2014-2018
University of Plymouth
2008-2014
Victoria University of Wellington
2013
Surface ocean pH is likely to decrease by up 0.4 units 2100 due the uptake of anthropogenic CO 2 from atmosphere. Short-term experiments have revealed that this degree seawater acidification can alter calcification rates in certain planktonic and benthic organisms, although effects recorded may be shock responses long-term ecological are unknown. Here, we show response calcareous seagrass epibionts elevated partial pressure aquaria at a volcanic vent area where habitat has been exposed high...
Abstract The deep sea represents the largest and least explored biome on planet. Despite iconic status of Galapagos Islands being considered one most pristine locations earth, deep-sea benthic ecosystems archipelago are virtually unexplored in comparison to their shallow-water counterparts. In 2015, we embarked a multi-disciplinary scientific expedition conduct first systematic characterization invertebrate communities Galapagos, across range habitats. We seven sites depths over 3,300 m...
The bacterial communities associated with healthy and diseased colonies of the cold-water gorgonian coral Eunicella verrucosa at three sites off south-west coast England were compared using denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) clone libraries. Significant differences in community structure between samples discovered, as level disturbance to these each site; this correlated depth sediment load. majority cloned sequences from tissue affiliated Gammaproteobacteria. stability dominance...
Abstract Cycloclypeus carpenteri is one of the deepest living large benthic foraminifera. It has an obligatory relationship with diatom photosymbionts, and, in addition, houses a diverse prokaryotic community. Variations eukaryotic and endobiotic community composition might be key allowing to occur low light environments. We assessed variability communities associated along depth gradient from 50 130 m at two locations Federated States Micronesia (Northwest Pacific) by metabarcoding 18S V9...
As conspicuous modular components of benthic marine habitats, gorgonian (sea fan) octocorals have perplexed taxonomists for centuries through their shear diversity, particularly throughout the Indo-Pacific. Phenotypic incongruence within and between seemingly unitary lineages across contrasting environments can provide raw material to investigate processes disruptive selection. Two distinct phenotypes Isidid Isis hippurisLinnaeus, 1758 partition differing reef environments: long-branched...
Complex interactions between open ocean and nearshore environments pose a predictability problem.Basin-scale models are typically run at grid scales that do not accurately resolve individual islands, model output is assessed mostly using observations of the ocean.Thus, ability to replicate island forereef oceanic variability has gone largely untested.Here, an eight-year regional state estimate covering 2009-2017 compared bottom temperature western Pacific islands Palau Pohnpei, found...
We have developed a compact instrument called the “COmpact COlor BIofinder”, or CoCoBi, for standoff detection of biological materials and organics with polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) using nondestructive approach in wide area. The CoCoBi system uses solid state, conductively cooled neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet (Nd:YAG) nanosecond pulsed laser capable simultaneously providing two excitation wavelengths, 355 532 nm, compact, sensitive-gated color complementary...
A method for the surface reconstruction of 3D tubular branched structures characterized by low informative point clouds (i.e., 2.5D) is proposed. These specific can arise when using photogrammetry techniques on complex subjects in challenging scanning environments (e.g., underwater gorgonian coral at mesophotic depths). The core idea behind proposed Sphere Skeleton Approach (SSA) to approximate assumed shapes via merged spheres having variable radii and centered points medial skeleton. To...
Luteimonas sp. strain JM171 was cultivated from mucus collected around the coral Porites lobata The draft genome of 2,992,353 bp contains 2,672 protein-coding open reading frames, 45 tRNA coding regions, and encodes a putative globin-coupled diguanylate cyclase, JmGReg.
Abstract Cycloclypeus carpenteri is one of the deepest living large benthic foraminifera. It has an obligatory relationship with diatom photosymbionts, and, in addition, houses a diverse prokaryotic community. Variations eukaryotic and endobiotic community composition might be key allowing to occur low light environments. We assessed variability communities associated along depth gradient from 50 130 m at two locations Federated States Micronesia (Northwest Pacific) by metabarcoding 18S V9...
Abstract The “Search for life”, which may be extinct or extant on other planetary bodies is one of the major goals NASA exploration missions. Finding such evidence biological residue in a vast landscape an enormous challenge. We have developed highly sensitive instrument, “Compact Color Biofinder”, can locate minute amounts material large area at video speed from standoff distance. Here we demonstrate efficacy Biofinder to detect fossils that still possess strong bio-fluorescence signals...