"Locally managed marine areas (LMMA) are increasingly being implemented in many Pacific Island communities to address concerns regarding management of coastal fisheries. Widespread advocacy for these management regimes lies in their ability to build on ex...

Master's internship report documenting the author's internship work with international and local conservation NGOs to document the effects and impacts the Port Honduras Marine Reserve has had on local communities, particularly households, commercial fishe...

"Marine ecosystems have become increasingly impacted and the coastal communities that rely upon them are continuously adapting to these changes. A key to understanding these social-ecological systems is identifying the components of social structure that ...

Coral reef ecosystems are the most diverse on earth, and their subsistence is being threatened by natural and adverse anthropogenic patterns and processes. In an effort to understand and protect these marine environments, several programs have outlined st...

The Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED) of the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) has developed a remote camera bait station (BotCam) to be used as an independent, in-situ, ecosystem-based tool for fisheries research and management. The dev...

"Each year, over 45 countries export 30 million fish from coral reefs as part of the global marine ornamental aquarium trade. Most fish harvested in the United States are collected in West Hawaii, where aquarium fishers annually remove over 400,000 fish f...

Many factors, both biotic and abiotic, act to structure coral reef communities. I examined potential determinants of coral reef community structure in a near-pristine system, Pearl and Hermes Atoll (PHA). I measured percent cover of benthic organisms alon...

A hallmark of the cnidarian innate immune system is the rapid, nonspecific response of antimicrobial compounds to damage, stress, or pathogen exposure. Antimicrobial activity was examined in the common seawhip, Leptogorgia virgulata (Lamarck), from South ...

"Factors of global climate change, such as ocean warming, have led to unprecedented decline in coral reef habitats. The loss of coral reefs across the globe is an alarming issue that many reef restoration practitioners face, fueling efforts to restore ree...