A major challenge for coral reef conservation and management is understanding how a
wide range of interacting human and natural drivers cumulatively impact and shape these …

Declining natural resources have led to a cultural renaissance across the Pacific that seeks
to revive customary ridge-to-reef management approaches to protect freshwater and restore …

Mesophotic coral ecosystem (MCE) research has increased considerably in recent years, as
MCEs may provide partial insulation from the effects of climate change, localized …

To design effective marine reserves and support fisheries, more information on fishing
patterns and impacts for targeted species is needed, as well as better understanding of their …

Coral reefs provide numerous ecosystem goods and services, but are threatened by multiple
environmental and anthropogenic stressors. To identify management scenarios that will …

Behavioral changes due to human predation can affect the functional role of targeted fishes
and has implications for ecosystem and fisheries management. Wariness of targeted fishes …

We use a novel individual-based model (IBM) to simulate larval dispersal around the island
of Moloka 'i in the Hawaiian Archipelago. Our model uses ocean current output from the …

Distributions of marine organisms are influenced by their physical environment (eg, depth,
temperature, currents, light availability, etc.) and surrounding ecological processes (eg …

This PhD provides a comparative analysis between underwater visual censuses, and
provides new information on shallow to mesophotic reef fishes/predator communities in the …

This research focused on improving species distribution models (SDMs) of targeted reef
fishes by incorporating fish behavior. Results show that 1) fishing patterns are critical inputs …