[Coral-List] April 8 Coral Collaboration Seminar - Towards Predicting the Fate of Reef Corals

[Robin Garcia - NOAA Affiliate]

Hello everyone,

The next NOAA Coral Collaboration seminar is *Thursday, April 8th, 2021
from 4:00-5:00pm ET.*

Anderson Mayfield of the NOAA/University of Miami Cooperative Institute for
Marine and Atmospheric Science will present the following:

*Towards Predicting the Fate of Reef Corals**: *Corals reefs are threatened
the world over by the rapidly rising temperatures associated with global
climate change (GCC), as well as other insults of predominantly
anthropogenic origin. In this presentation, I will first summarize work
myself and my colleagues have been undertaking in recent years that address
1) charting and characterizing previously unstudied reefs (so that we know
exactly what stands to be lost) and 2) the physiological implications of
GCC on coral health. Then, I will discuss how I have been using the data
from such field and laboratory studies, respectively, to develop artificial
intelligence-driven models that enable us to identify resilient coral
colonies (“refugia”). Although it may be too late to save many reefs, this
novel capacity will allow us to enact “coral reef triage,” in which coral
colonies and their respective habitats are scored along a physiological
resilience spectrum (from highly stress susceptible to markedly resilient).

Meeting Details:
Date: Thursday, April 8, 2021
Time: 4-5 pm Eastern Time
Location: Online (See AdobeConnect information below)

*AdobeConnect information: *

1. To join the meeting: http://noaacsc.adobeconnect.com/coralscollab/
2. Click the microphone at the top of the screen to connect audio

*Robin Garcia*
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*The NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program's mission is to protect,
conserve, and restore coral reef resources by maintaining healthy ecosystem
function.*