Maximizing information and resilience indicators extracted from monitoring efforts to inform fisheries management
Conserving coral-reef ecosystem function and services remains an critical management goal, including the persistence of desirable features like high coral cover, structural complexity, and fish biomass. Importantly, the persistence of reefs is vital for s...
Determining whether herbivore-focused management strategies enhance critical ecosystem functions provided by fishes
Management of key fish taxa to promote the resiliency of coral reefs stems from the assumption that enhancing the abundance of these fishes, such as algal-grazing parrotfishes and surgeonfishes, ultimately increases the ecosystem functions they provide th...
Scientific Assessment of Scope for Herbivores to Promote Persistence of US Pacific Coral Reefs
This project will provide scientific basis for advice to managers on the scope for and limitations of herbivore management to increase persistence of US Pacific coral reefs. We are ultimately concerned with maintaining functioning coral reef systems, rath...
Collaborative analysis of national and local survey data to support coral reef management
To better understand ecosystem dynamics and relationships, particularly in the face of climate change, we aim to assess the status and trends of marine communities in response to multiple ocean warming events at scales useful for management. In order to b...