Coral Reef Ecosystem in a Changing World - 3 credits
...an introduction to the coral reef ecosystem
Coral reef survey, Palau, 2014
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Overview The rapid decline of coral reefs around the world motivates research to better understand how this complex ecosystem will respond to future environmental changes. This course will review current knowledge on reef organisms and coral reef ecosystem, and will study the factors responsible for reef degradation. The basic elements to assess resilience of this ecosystem will be introduced. The students will learn how the knowledge and skills obtained through the lectures and practice work can be used for the management and the conservation of this fragile ecosystem. Objectives
Requirements
Evaluation (100%)
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Recommended literature
Dubinsky Z, Stambler N (2011) Coral Reefs: An Ecosystem in Transition. Springer, Dordrecht, 552 p. doi: 10.1007/978-94-007-0114-4_1
Hughes TP, Barnes ML, Bellwood DR, Cinner JE, Cumming GS, Jackson JBC, Kleypas J, van de Leemput IA, Lough JM, Morrison TH, Palumbi SR, van Nes EH, Scheffer M (2017) Coral reefs in the Anthropocene. Nature 546:82-90. doi: 10.1038/nature22901
Stuart-Smith RD, Brown CJ, Ceccarelli DM, Edgar DM (2018) Ecosystem restructuring along the Great Barrier Reef following mas coral bleaching. Nature 560:92-96. doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0359-9
Dubinsky Z, Stambler N (2011) Coral Reefs: An Ecosystem in Transition. Springer, Dordrecht, 552 p. doi: 10.1007/978-94-007-0114-4_1
Hughes TP, Barnes ML, Bellwood DR, Cinner JE, Cumming GS, Jackson JBC, Kleypas J, van de Leemput IA, Lough JM, Morrison TH, Palumbi SR, van Nes EH, Scheffer M (2017) Coral reefs in the Anthropocene. Nature 546:82-90. doi: 10.1038/nature22901
Stuart-Smith RD, Brown CJ, Ceccarelli DM, Edgar DM (2018) Ecosystem restructuring along the Great Barrier Reef following mas coral bleaching. Nature 560:92-96. doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0359-9
Content / schedule (subject to modification)
Topic 1 : Introductory class - link
Topic 2: History and future challenges - link
Topic 3: The paleoecology and distribution of coral reefs - link
Topic 4: Coral taxonomy and evolution - link
Topic 5: Anatomy and biology of scleractinian corals - link
Topic 6: The photosynthesis of zooxanthellate corals - link
Topic 7: Coral calcification: from cells to reefs, response to acidification
Topic 8: Coral reef algae: biology, taxonomy, diversity
Topic 9: Invertebrates and their roles in coral reef ecosystems
Topic 10: Reef fish biology and ecology
Topic 11: Coral bleaching: causes and consequences
Topic 12: The impact of global changes on coral reef ecosystem - videos
Topic 13: PRESENTATIONS / Pathology and ecology of diseases in reef corals
Topic 14: Acclimatization and adaptation of reef corals
Topic 15: The resilience and its implications for the reefs
Topic 16: Role of MPA for the conservation of coral reef ecosystem
Topic 1 : Introductory class - link
Topic 2: History and future challenges - link
Topic 3: The paleoecology and distribution of coral reefs - link
Topic 4: Coral taxonomy and evolution - link
Topic 5: Anatomy and biology of scleractinian corals - link
Topic 6: The photosynthesis of zooxanthellate corals - link
Topic 7: Coral calcification: from cells to reefs, response to acidification
Topic 8: Coral reef algae: biology, taxonomy, diversity
Topic 9: Invertebrates and their roles in coral reef ecosystems
Topic 10: Reef fish biology and ecology
Topic 11: Coral bleaching: causes and consequences
Topic 12: The impact of global changes on coral reef ecosystem - videos
Topic 13: PRESENTATIONS / Pathology and ecology of diseases in reef corals
Topic 14: Acclimatization and adaptation of reef corals
Topic 15: The resilience and its implications for the reefs
Topic 16: Role of MPA for the conservation of coral reef ecosystem
Course information & questions: vianney.denis(at)gmail(dot)com or R406, Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University