Coral Reef Heros (Midterm 3)

Question 1

Judy Meyer

Answer 1

-freshwater ecologist
-fish aggregations make corals grow faster
-transfer of nutrients across ecosystem boundaries ->seagrass to reefs

Question 2

Luiz Rocha prof loves this man

Answer 2

-ecology of mesophotic coral reefs
-Lionfish invasion in Caribbean->mesophotic Lionfish
-discovered dozens of new fish spp

Question 3

Adriana Verges

Answer 3

-temperate ecologist—kelp forests, seagrass beds
-how are tropical communities invading temperate ones
-range shifts in transforming temperate ecosystems

Question 4

Daniel Pauly

Answer 4

-fishing down food webs
-Co-founder of FishBase.org
-MPAs to rebuild fisheries
-lots of papers

Question 5

Ruth Gates

Answer 5

-biology and ecology of coral-algal symbiosis
-coral restoration
-assisted evolution in corals