Richard B. Gump South Pacific Research Station

11 Sep, 09 AM - 05 Oct, 06 AM

OBJECTIVES: To better understand seaweed-coral interactions in terms of: 1) the role that seaweed allelopathy plays in damaging corals, 2) whether this occurs via surface-associated lipids or via water-soluble dissolved organic carbon compounds, 3) the dynamics of these interactions in terms of seaweeds up-regulating greater allelopathy when in contact with corals and how this affects the seaweeds defenses against herbivores, and 4) how these interactions may change with ocean acidification. 5) I also want to assess rates of herbivory by fishes in Moorea (to compare with similar assessments we have from Caribbean and Western Atlantic reefs; and will be getting from reefs in Fiji and the Solomons) and whether herbivorous fishes are focusing their feeding on seaweeds in contact with corals, and thus selectively defending corals form seaweed competitors.

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Under Project # 31242 | Research

The ecology of seaweed-coral-herbivore interactions

faculty - Georgia Institute of Technology

Reservation Members(s)

Mark Hay Sep 20 - 28, 2017 (9 days)
Cody Clements Sep 11 - Oct 5, 2017 (25 days)

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Bed in shared room 1 Sep 11 - Oct 4, 2017
Bed in shared room 1 Sep 20 - 28, 2017