PROJECTS


RESEARCH > Overview > Research Statement > Research Themes > Recent Research > Research Plan > Projects > Theses > Books > Articles > Abstracts > Prizes Projects Projects Schedule		PROJECTS 2009 Investigation of the Biochemistry and Biogeochemistry of Coral Bleaching and Bleaching Recovery Dr. Mark Warner, University of Delaware Dr. Andrea Grottoli, Ohio State University 2008 Exploring Connections between Shallow and Deep Reef Communities Carrie Manfrino, Kean University and Central Caribbean Marine Institute David Gruber, City University of New York, Baruch Function of Fluorescent Proteins in Corals David Gruber. City University of New York, Baruch Vincent Pieribone, Yale University, College of Medicine Reef Fish Herbivory and Resiliency Elizabeth Whiteman. PLoS, and Central Caribbean Marine Institute Research Associate Searching for Lobsters Jason Vasquez, California Department of Fish and Game, Marine Protected Area Project Biogeography of Deep Coral Reef Ecosystems in the Caribbean Mark Slattery, University of Mississippi, NOAA Ocean Exploration Michael Lesser, University Of New Hampshire 2007 Reef Fish Herbivory and Resilience in the Caribbean David Bellwood, James Cook University Andy Hoey, James Cook University Coral Disease Management Project Vania Coelho, Dominican University Grouper Camouflage: How do large animals camouflage themselves? Roger Hanlon, Woods Hole, Marine Biology Laboratory Juvenile Nassau Grouper Recruitment Project Scott Heppell & Brett Gallagher, Oregon State University Establishing an International Integrated Coral Observing Network at Little Cayman Jim Hendee, NOAA, AOML Carrie Manfrino, Kean University & Central Caribbean Marine Institute Biogeography of Deep Coral Reef Ecosystems in the Caribbean Mark Slattery, University of Mississippi, NOAA Ocean Exploration Grant Michael Lesser, University Of New Hampshire Coral Reef Community Structure and Early History of Coral Recruits, Little Cayman Carrie Manfrino, Kean University & Central Caribbean Marine Institute Does coral decline threaten reef fish biodiversity in Little Cayman? Elizabeth Whiteman, University of East Anglia Carrie Manfrino, Kean University & Central Caribbean Marine Institute 2006 Researching stibonematid nematodes Dr Jjoerg Ott, University of Vienna Dr Silvia Bulgheresi, University of Vienna A comparison of bacterial communities from geographically separated white plague type ll diseased and apparently healthy coral Dr Geoffery Cook, George Mason University Sex and speciation in Marine fish Dr Elizabeth Whiteman, University of East Anglia (UK), Dr Isabelle Cote, University Simon Frazer University Coral Disease management in Little Cayman Vania Coelho, Dominican University of California Coral Recruitment after a major coral mortality Carrie Manfrino, Kean University and CCMI Habitat and abundance of juvenile Nassau Grouper Scott Heppell, Selina Heppell, Brice Semmens, Christy Pattengill-Semmens, Oregon State University & REEF Reproductive success and mortality in coral reefs- the role of spatial distribution Marilyn Brandt, University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science Wade Cooper. University of Miami, University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science Cultural History in the Sister Islands, Little Cayman Marilyn White, Kean University 2005 Ecological niche breadth of brown anole in natural and disturbed habitats in it’s native and introduced range Amber White PhD Student, University of California, Davis The spread and distribution of coral disease on the reefs of Little Cayman Marilyn Brandt, PhD. Student, University of Miami, NCORE The photoprofective role of chromophonin dissolved organic material on coral reefs Lore Ayoub, Ph.D. Student, University of South Florida 2004 Mechanisms of coral bleaching: Analysis of Biophysical, Optical and Genetic Diversity of Coral Reef Communities using Advanced Fluorescence and Molecular Biology Techniques Dan Tchernov, Rutgers University Max Gorbunov, Rutgers University Green Fluorescing Proteins in Coral Species Dr. Vincent Pieribone, Yale College of Medicine David Gruber, Rutgers University Effect of Elevated CO2 on Coral Reefs Chris Langdon, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Biosphere II Project Vania Coelho, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Biosphere II Project 2003 N/A 2002 The origin of the modern Caribbean reef coral fauna: ecology, evolution and extinction within the Montastraea annularis species complex John Pandolfi, Smithsonian Institution, Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History Nancy Budd, University of Iowa Michael Holcomb, University of Idaho Biodiversity of Hymenoptera on Little Cayman BWI Sylvio Codella Kean University Ichnology of the Ironshore Formation (Pleistocene), Little Cayman Robert Metz Kean University