Judith Grassle Causes of Coral Bleaching

1^st Reading

Glynn, P. W. 1991.  Coral bleaching in the 1980s and possible connections with global warming. Trends in Ecology and Evolution (TREE) 6: 175-179.

2^nd Readings

Gleason, D. F., Wellington, G. M. 1993. Ultraviolet radiation and coral bleaching. Nature 365: 836-838.

Baker, A. C., Starger, C. J.,McClanahan, T. R.,Glynn, P. W. 2004. Coral's adaptive response to climate change. Nature 430: 741.

Hughes, T. P. 2003. Climate change, human impacts, and the resilience of coral reefs. Science 301: 929-933 (not required)

Grant Law Seamount Ecology

1^st Reading

Malakoff, D. 2003. Deep-sea mountaineering. Science 301: 1034-1037.

2^nd Reading

Richer de Forges, B., Koslow, J. A., Poore, G. C. B. 2000. Diversity and endemism of the benthic seamount fauna in the southwest Pacific. Nature 405: 944-947.

Karl Nordstrom Causes and Implications of Shoreline Erosion and Protection

1^st Reading

Pilkey, O. H. 1981. Geologists, engineers and a rising sea level. Northeastern Geology 3: 150-158.

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Nordstrom, K. F., Mauriello, M. N. 2001. Restoring and maintaining naturally-functioning landforms and biota on intensively developed barrier islands under a no-retreat alternative. Shore and Beach 69(3): 19-28.

Liz Sikes Marine Organic Geochemistry

1^st Reading

Dymond, J. 1992. Particles in the ocean. Oceanus 35: 60-67.

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Herbert, T. D., Schuffert, J. D., Thomas, D., Lange, C. B., Weinheimer, A., Peleo-Alampay, A., Herguera, T. C. 1998. Depth and seasonality of alkenone production along the California margin inferred from a core top transect. Paleoceanography 13(9): 263-271.

Mark Sullivan Connectivity of Coral Reef fish populations

1^st Reading

Roberts, C. M. 1997. Connectivity and management of Caribbean coral reefs. Science 278: 1454-1457.

2^nd Readings

Swearer, S. E., Caseelle, J. E., Lea, D. W., Warner, R. R. 1999. Larval retention and recruitment in an island population of a coral-reef fish. Nature 402: 799-802.

Jones, G. P., Millicich, M. J., Emslie, M. J. Lunow, C. 1999. Self-recruitment in a coral reef fish population. Nature 402: 802-804. Also see introductory article by S. R. Palumbi in the same issue, "The prodigal fish".

Gary Taghon Oil Spills - Long-term Effects and Bioremediation as a Clean-Up Method

1^st Reading

Whitfield, J. 2003. How to clean a beach. Nature 422: 464-466.

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Bodkin, J. L., Ballachey, B. E., Dean, T. A., Fukuyama, A. K., Jewett, S. C., McDonald, L., Monson, D. H., O’Clair, C. E., VonBlaricom, G. R. 2002. Sea otter population status and the process of recovery from the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. Marine Ecology Progress Series 241: 237-253.

David Taylor Global Fisheries and Implications of Overfishing

1^st Reading

Pauly, D., Christensen, V., Froese, R., Palomares, M. L. 2000. Fishing down aquatic food webs. American Scientist 88 (1): 46-52.

2^nd Readings

Pauly, D., Christensen, V., Dalsgaard, J., Froese, R., Torres, Jr., F. 1998. Fishing down marine food webs. Science 279: 860-863.

Caddy J. F., Csirke, J., Garcia, S. M., Grainger, R. J. R. 1998. How pervasive is "Fishing down marine food webs"? Science 282: 183.