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** Do warmer [[SSTs]] play a role in [[SSTFlooding|increased flooding]]? | ** Do warmer [[SSTs]] play a role in [[SSTFlooding|increased flooding]]? | ||
** [[Sargassum]] and its effect on reefs. Discuss links between humans and sargassum amounts/distribution | ** [[Sargassum]] and its effect on reefs. Discuss links between humans and sargassum amounts/distribution | ||
** Expand the existing [[ENSO|El Niño Southern Oscillation]] page's content to include specific episodes. Find research related to the current episode. Can anything be done to mitigate the impacts of El Niño on our reefs? | |||
* Topics for those interested in Management | * Topics for those interested in Management | ||
** [[Aquaculture]]: How can aquaculture mitigate the impacts of [[Overfishing]]? How is [[Aquaculture]] harming [[Reefs|coral reefs]]? Shrimp aquaculture in southeast Asia may be a good starting point. | ** [[Aquaculture]]: How can aquaculture mitigate the impacts of [[Overfishing]]? How is [[Aquaculture]] harming [[Reefs|coral reefs]]? Shrimp aquaculture in southeast Asia may be a good starting point. |
Revision as of 15:55, 16 December 2015
Welcome to the Coral Digest
This is a project of the ENEC 259 Coral Reef Ecology and Management at UNC - Chapel Hill (ENEC259) class. It is meant to be a semi-comprehensive resource for learning about corals, coral reefs, the threats corals face, the role and importance reefs play in the world, and management of reefs and reef-related environments. In time, this Wiki will become the class "textbook", and we hope that other classes interested in learning about coral reefs might also find it useful and informative.
Each year's ENEC259 class will build upon the material from previous years. Students will select topics of interest from a list of topics provided by previous years' students that require more research, or students can introduce new topics. After a semester of research, current students will synthesize their research and add that content to this wiki.
Main Topics
- Reef Structure and Formation
- Reef and Near-reef Inhabitants
- Reef Ecology
- Threats to Corals and Coral Reefs
- Protecting and Managing Coral Reefs
Tips for Using This Site
- If you are looking for something specific, like information on coral bleaching, use the Search box at the top and type in "bleaching"
- If you want to learn more about a given topic, then start with the Main Topics, and work your way down towards more specific topics
About Our Images
Unless otherwise indicated, photos shown on this site are pulled from our class photo album located at https://picasaweb.google.com/ENST259, and image credits are attributed in the photo album. Unless otherwise indicated, all photos are from the US Virgin Islands (the vast majority from St. John) or the British Virgin Islands (the Caves of Normal Island or the Indians).
Contact
If you have any questions about this wiki or topics you'd like to see added, please email Brian Naess at naess@unc.edu.
Group Project Topics for 2016 Students
These are the existing pages on the Wiki that have no content or need additional content. You may choose one of these topics, or you may choose a topic of your own. If your topic is already covered by the Wiki, please make sure that you can contribute significantly to the existing article.
- Topics for Students interested in Biology/Ecology/Marine Science:
- Descriptions/Discussion/Biology of any reef creature that might interest you from our Creatures page
- Descriptions/Discussion/Biology of Other Reef Builders like Hydrozoans and Coralline Algae - Hydrozoans needs to be filled in more
- Paleoreefs - break down the different time periods into greater detail on the Reef History page
- Create a page dedicated to Ciguatera, a food-born illness that comes from eating fish contaminated by toxic dinoflagellates.
- Tunicates and the evolutionary link to vertebrates
- Brittle stars - their biology and a discussion about their optics
- Extinct marine mammals like the Caribbean monk seals
- Topics for those interested in Climate Change
- Do warmer SSTs play a role in increased flooding?
- Sargassum and its effect on reefs. Discuss links between humans and sargassum amounts/distribution
- Expand the existing El Niño Southern Oscillation page's content to include specific episodes. Find research related to the current episode. Can anything be done to mitigate the impacts of El Niño on our reefs?
- Topics for those interested in Management
- Aquaculture: How can aquaculture mitigate the impacts of Overfishing? How is Aquaculture harming coral reefs? Shrimp aquaculture in southeast Asia may be a good starting point.
- Sunscreen and the effects on coral. Take the section on the Bleaching page and move it to a new Sunscreen page. Highlight findings from the new study cited at the bottom of that section, and then talk about strategies to mitigate the effects of harmful sunscreen.
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