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SEMINAR: OI Seminar Series - Curt Storlazzi

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Title: Watershed influences and potential climate change impacts to US fringing coral reefs. Abstract: While there are a number of threats to coral reefs around the globe, sediment run-off is either the greatest or one of the most serious stressors to U.S. fringing coral reefs. Unlike many global stressors such as thermally-induced bleaching and ocean acidification, sediment impacts to coral reef ecosystems can be addressed by local measures; by addressing such local impacts, we may help increase the resilience of coral reefs to the before-mentioned global stressors. In order to help guide where limited monitoring and/or restoration funds should be focused to address terrestrial sediment impacts, the U.S. Geological Survey has undertaken an effort to understand the processes controlling the delivery, residence time, and advection of terrestrial sediment off fringing coral reefs. This talk will address the tools and techniques we've utilized to address this topic, some of the lessons we've learned about how sediment moves from "ridge-to-reef" at present, and how these processes may be affected by future climate change.
Speaker(s) Curt Storlazzi from US Geological Survey
Location OI Seminar Room
Contact Lauren White <[email protected]> : 0864888116
Start Mon, 16 Jul 2012 13:30
End Mon, 16 Jul 2012 14:30
Submitted by Lauren White <[email protected]>
Last Updated Fri, 06 Jul 2012 11:02
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