[Coral-List] Diadema restoration webinar- Save the date

[Stacey Williams]

Dear Coral-list,
Healthy Reefs Initiative and AGRRA will be hosting a webinar titled, "*Diadema
restoration in the Caribbean: What have we learned*?" This webinar will
take place on July 1st at 11 am EST. The link for the webinar will be
shared soon.

The schedule of talks goes as follows.

Melanie McField, Healthy Reef Initiative Director. Welcome remarks.


Harilaos Lessios, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama. The
Great Diadema antillarum Die-off: 30+ Years Later: Implications on recover
and restoration.


Stacey Williams, Institute for Socio-Ecological Research/Coastal Survey
Solutions. A success story: How the restocking of Diadema reduces dangerous
algae on the coral reef of Puerto Rico.


Alwin Hylkema, University of Applied Sciences Van Hall Larenstein.
Enhancing Diadema populations on the reef: working towards a Diadema
booster.


Max Bodmer, University of Lincoln/ The Open University (UK)/Operation
Wallacea. Rebuilding the Caribbean, one sea urchin at a time.


Ian Drysdale, Healthy Reefs Initiative. Diadema location experiment in
Honduras.


Joshua Patterson and Aaron Pilnick, University of Florida/ The Florida
Aquarium. Developing scalable aquaculture reproduction techniques for
Diadema antillarum.




All the best,

Stacey Williams