LTER: Long-Term Dynamics of a Coral Reef Ecosystem

The Moorea Coral Reef (MCR) LTER was established in 2004 to investigate community and ecosystem effects of pulsed perturbations and slowly changing environment from local and global stressors. The site is the coral reef complex surrounding the island of Moorea, French Polynesia. Professors Robert Carpenter and Peter Edmunds will provide professional services in carrying out the work scope proposed to NSF. The expected outcomes include findi...

CORAL: Coral Reef Airborne Laboratory

NASA CORAL Project My major responsibility for the NASA CORAL Project is to serve as the lead for the coral reef biogeochemistry measurements at each of the cal/val locations. This includes the following: ? design of the Lagrangian and gradient flux approaches to measure coral reef calcification, primary production, and respiration, including the design of instrument moorings and stands for field deployment ? travel to each of the cal/val sites to de...

Collaborative Research: Ocean Acidification and Coral Reefs: Scale Dependence and Adaptive Capacity

This project focuses on the most serious threat to marine ecosystems, Ocean Acidification (OA), and addresses the problem in the most diverse and beautiful ecosystem on the planet, coral reefs. The research utilizes Moorea, French Polynesia as a model system, and builds from the NSF investment in the Moorea Coral Reef Long Term Ecological Research Site (LTER) to exploit physical and biological moni...