FSU Coastal & Marine Lab Conservation Lecture Series – Enhancing Global Coastal Literacy in Florida

Thursday, November 17, 2016, From 7pm to 9pm at FSUCML Auditorium, 3618 US-98, St. Teresa, FL 32358

The Eastern Caribbean: a laboratory for studying the resilience & management of coral reefs

by Dr. Bob Steneck (University of Maine) 

Caribbean coral reefs have been degrading due to climate change, ocean acidification, pollution and overfishing, all of which can occur simultaneously. Dr. Bob Steneck will discuss his studies of reefs from Anguilla to Grenada, and how local management of natural areas has had a strong positive effect on coral reefs, facilitating their recovery and improving their resilience.