A5012246884- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Marine and fisheries research
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Climate change impacts on agriculture
- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Water resources management and optimization
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Coastal and Marine Dynamics
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
- Climate variability and models
- Transboundary Water Resource Management
- Plant and animal studies
- Cruise Tourism Development and Management
- Economic, financial, and policy analysis
- Risk Perception and Management
- Crustacean biology and ecology
- Marine Sponges and Natural Products
Environmental Protection Agency
2007-2025
VA Office of Research and Development
2019
National Center for Environmental Assessment (EPA)
2009-2012
NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research
2009
Stockholm Environment Institute
2009
Tufts University
2009
International Food Policy Research Institute
2009
Cornell University
1996-1998
Abstract: The massive scale of the 1997–1998 El Niño–associated coral bleaching event underscores need for strategies to mitigate biodiversity losses resulting from temperature‐induced mortality. As baseline sea surface temperatures continue rise, climate change may represent single greatest threat reefs worldwide. In response, one strategy might be identify ( 1 ) specific reef areas where natural environmental conditions are likely result in low or negligible temperature‐related and...
Seaweeds of the Southeastern United States offers a definitive manual for identification seaweeds that inhabit deep offshore waters as well near shoreline and shallow sounds from North Carolina to Florida. The volume provides natural key class, order, family, genera with detailed descriptions, 560 illustrations, an artificial listing simple characteristics quick green, brown, red benthic marine algae (or “bottom growers”) region. The southeastern Atlantic coast is home 334 species seaweed...
Public lands and waters in the United States traditionally have been managed using frameworks objectives that were established under an implicit assumption of stable climatic conditions. However, projected changes render this invalid. Here, we summarize general principles for management adaptations emerged from a major literature review. These cover many topics including: (1) how to assess climate impacts ecosystem processes are key goals; (2) practices support resilience; (3) converting...
Worldwide, many species are responding to ongoing climate change with shifts in distribution, abundance, phenology, or behavior. Consequently, natural-resource managers face increasingly urgent conservation questions related biodiversity loss, expansion of invasive species, and deteriorating ecosystem services. We argue that our ability address these is hampered by the lack explicit consideration species' adaptive capacity (AC). AC a population cope climatic changes characterized three...
A climate-driven water resource model of California's Sacramento River Basin (SACB) is presented, based on the Water Evaluation and Planning Version 21 (WEAP21). The model's configuration, calibration, testing, limitations are presented. major contribution includes an integration watershed's surface subsurface hydrology, consumptive, nonconsumptive use, management infrastructure controls that determine how naturally flows managed. SACB was subdivided into numerous catchments; groundwater...
The gorgonian coral Briareum asbestinum contains skeletal elements (sclerites) that vary in length and density within among local populations. Data from previous work suggested the sclerite compositions of colonies may be altered response to environmental cues such as predator damage, water motion, light level. To test these hypotheses, shallow reefs were transplanted racks at a single location where three factors interest artificially manipulated. After 9-14 weeks growth, morphologies...
Abstract Evidence is lacking for what constitutes effective climate change adaptation to successfully conserve and steward ecosystems. Yet we urgently need this information develop robust strategies keep pace with unprecedented change, given our limited resources do so. This includes not just understanding if a strategy in single application, but perhaps more importantly has proven across sites where it been applied, or benefits only under certain sets of conditions. learning the field...
Papua New Guinea (PNG) has an incredible variety of land and marine ecosystems, including many components biodiversity that are unique in the world. PNG's mass constitutes less than one percent world's area, yet estimates suggest country more 5% biodiversity. PNG been recognized therefore as important region for conservation (see Alcorn 1993; Beehler 1993 references within). Recently, Conservation International (CI) small number critical tropical forest areas efforts. That priority reflects...
Summary The complex life cycles of colonial marine invertebrates provide an unusual opportunity to examine potential constraints in chemical defense because colonies are ten chemically well defended, and the multiple developmental stages accessible. Briareum asbestinum is unique among Caribbean gorgonians surface brooding newly fertilized, conspicuously colored eggs larvae; therefore, all can be collected from a colony. In St. Croix, US Virgin Islands, maternal their embryos, larvae...
Globally increasing sea surface temperatures threaten coral reefs, both directly and through interactions with local stressors. More resilient reefs have a higher likelihood of returning to coral-dominated state following disturbance, such as mass bleaching event. To advance practical approaches reef resilience assessments aid resilience-based management we conducted assessment for Puerto Rico’s modified from methods used in other U.S. jurisdictions. We calculated relative scores 103 sites...
Scientists and managers of natural resources have recognized an urgent need for improved methods tools to enable effective adaptation management measures in the face climate change. This paper presents Adaptation Design Tool that uses a structured approach break down otherwise overwhelming complex process into tractable steps. The tool contains worksheets guide users through series design considerations adapting their planned actions be more climate-smart given changing environmental...
Abstract Wetlands are known to provide a myriad of vital ecosystem functions and services, which may be under threat from changing climate. However, these effects not homogenous across functions, wetland types, ecoregions, or meso‐scale watersheds, making broad application the same management techniques inappropriate. Here, we present relative vulnerabilities framework, applicable range spatial temporal scales, assist in identifying effective robust strategies light climate change. We...
A number of options are available for adapting ecosystem management to improve resilience in the face climatic changes. However, uncertainty exists as effectiveness these options. report prepared US Climate Change Science Program reviewed adaptation a range federally managed systems United States. The included qualitative analysis conceptual approaches derived from review. reducing anthropogenic stressors, protecting key features, maintaining representation, replicating, restoring,...
Changing environmental conditions are forcing natural resource managers and communities to adapt their strategies account for global shifts in precipitation, temperature, sea level more, all of which occurring addition local human impacts. Adapting threats from climate change requires a fundamental shift the practice management through development forward-looking “climate-smart” goals strategies. Here we present proof-of-concept application decision-support tool help design climate-smart...