[Coral-List] Sea Secrets Lecture (free/virtual) - Restoring Florida’s Corals Reefs: From Colonies to Coastlines

[University of Miami RSMAS]

Join us for our Spring Sea Secrets lectures at the University of Miami's
Rosenstiel School: *Restoring Florida’s Corals Reefs: From Colonies to
Coastlines* with Diego Lirman, Associate Professor, Department of Marine
Biology and Ecology and Andrew Baker, Professor, Department of Marine
Biology and Ecology, UM Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science -
Sign up for the lecture here (FREE) which will take place on March 30th at
6:30EST: https://miami.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gqP8BAo8QKi8wsaeJWjC7g

*Summary of Talk: *Healthy coral reef ecosystems underpin Florida’s tourism
economy, support vital commercial and recreational fisheries, and help
protect our shorelines from the devastating impacts of storm surge and
coastal flooding. But these iconic ecosystems have undergone dramatic
declines in recent years. Professors Lirman and Baker are working together
to restore these precious local ecosystems and the valuable services they
provide using a combination of new and established restoration approaches
aimed to not only recover depleted reefs but also increase the climate
resilience of restored coral populations.

Dr. Diego Lirman has been working on the active restoration of coral reefs
in Florida and the Caribbean for the past 15 years. His lab propagates
1000s of coral colonies in underwater coral nurseries in Miami-Dade County
for restoration. He is the founder of the UM Rosenstiel School’s Rescue a
Reef Citizen Science Program, where members of the public join UM
researchers on reef restoration expeditions to plant corals onto depleted
local reefs.

Dr. Andrew Baker’s research focuses on coral reefs and climate change and
the development and testing of interventions to increase the thermal
tolerance of corals for restoration efforts. As Director of the Coral Reef
Futures Lab at UM Rosenstiel, he oversees research on algal symbiont
manipulations, stress hardening, assisted migration, genetic rescue,
cryopreservation, and managed breeding of corals using genetic stock from
The Bahamas.
<https://miami.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gqP8BAo8QKi8wsaeJWjC7g>

This will be recorded and we will email everyone at the end who registered.
Any questions, please ask. See you all on Tuesday!


Sincerely,

Josh Coco, Ed. D.
Executive Director, Rosenstiel School
Tel: (305) 421.4002
Fax: (305) 421.4711
Direct: jcoco at rsmas.miami.edu

University of Miami
RSMAS Campus SLAB 105C
4600 Rickenbacker Causeway
Miami, FL 33149-1031