Coral Reef Watch Publications by Topic

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Data Products  |  Bleaching Events  |  Climate Change  |  Remote Sensing
Paleoclimatology  |  Hydrodynamics  |  Ocean Acidification  |  Other Reef Threats


I. Coral Reef Watch Data Products:

  • Liu, G., J.L. Rauenzahn, S.F. Heron, C.M. Eakin, W.J. Skirving, T.R.L. Christensen, A.E. Strong, J. Li (2013). NOAA Coral Reef Watch 50 km Satellite Sea Surface Temperature-Based Decision Support System for Coral Bleaching Management. NOAA Technical Report NESDIS 143. NOAA/NESDIS. College Park, MD. 33pp.
          ---  Free download.

  • Lucas, E.Y., A.E. Strong (2013). Product Development Plan for the Next Generation of Satellite Remote Sensing Products for NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Management Activities. NOAA Technical Report NESDIS 142. NOAA/NESDIS. Silver Spring, MD. 69pp.
          ---  Free download.

  • Eakin, C.M., G. Liu, M. Chen, A. Kumar (2012). Ghost of bleaching future: Seasonal Outlooks from NOAA's Operational Climate Forecast System. Proceedings of the 12th International Coral Reef Symposium, Cairns, Australia, 9-13 July 2012.
          ---  Free download from the conference website.

  • Liu, G, C.M. Eakin, J.L. Rauenzahn, T.R.L. Christensen, S.F. Heron, J. Li, W. Skirving, A.E. Strong, T. Burgess (2012). NOAA Coral Reef Watch's Decision Support System for Coral Reef Management. Proceedings of the 12th International Coral Reef Symposium, Cairns, Australia, 9-13 July 2012.
          ---  Free download from the conference website.

  • Strong, A.E., E.Y. Lucas, C.M. Eakin, J. Rauenzahn, P. Chang, A. Ignatov, G. Liu, E. Maturi, L. Miller, W. Pichel, W.J. Skirving, M. Wang (2012). Enhanced Satellite-Remote Sensing for Coral Reef Management: Next Decade. Proceedings of the 12th International Coral Reef Symposium, Cairns, Australia, 9-13 July 2012.
          ---  Free download from the conference website.

  • Strong, A.E., G. Liu, W. Skirving, C.M. Eakin (2011). NOAA's Coral Reef Watch Program from satellite observations. Annals of GIS 17(2): 83-92, doi: 10.1080/19475683.2011.576266.
          ---  Free download from the publisher.

  • Heron, S.F., B.L. Willis, W.J. Skirving, C.M. Eakin, C.A. Page, I.R. Miller (2010). Summer Hot Snaps and Winter Conditions: Modelling White Syndrome Outbreaks on Great Barrier Reef Corals. PLoS One.
          ---  Free download from the publisher.

  • Liu, G., L.E. Matrosova, C. Penland, D.K. Gledhill, C.M. Eakin, R.S. Webb, T.R.L. Christensen, S.F. Heron, J.A. Morgan, W.J. Skirving and A.E. Strong (2009). NOAA Coral Reef Watch Coral Bleaching Outlook System. Proceedings of the 11th International Coral Reef Symposium, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida: 951-955.
          ---  Free download from the conference website.

  • Strong, A.E., F. Arzayus, W. Skirving and S.F. Heron (2006). Identifying Coral Bleaching Remotely via Coral Reef Watch - Improved Integration and Implications for Changing Climate. In J.T. Phinney, et al. [Eds.], Coral Reefs and Climate Change: Science and Management. Coastal and Estuarine Studies, Vol. 61, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC. 163-180 pp.
          ---  More details from the publisher.

  • Liu, G., A.E. Strong, W.J. Skirving and L.F. Arzayus (2006). Overview of NOAA Coral Reef Watch Program's Near-Real-Time Satellite Global Coral Bleaching Monitoring Activities. Proceedings of the 10th International Coral Reef Symposium, Okinawa: 1783-1793.
          ---  Free download from ReefBase.

  • Strong, A.E., G. Liu, J. Meyer, J.C. Hendee and D. Sasko (2004). Coral Reef Watch 2002. Bulletin of Marine Science 75(2): 259-268.
          ---  Free download from the journal.

  • Strong, A.E., T.J. Goreau and R. Hayes (1999). Ocean HotSpots and Coral Reef Bleaching: January - July 1998. Reef Encounter 24: 20-22.
          ---  Free download from the publisher.

  • Toscano, M.A., A.E. Strong and I.C. Guch (1999). New analyses for ocean HotSpots and coral reef bleaching. Reef Encounter 26: 31.
          ---  Free download from the publisher.

  • Strong, A.E., C.S. Barrientos, C. Duda and J. Sapper (1997). Improved satellite techniques for monitoring coral reef bleaching. Proceedings of the 8th International Coral Reef Symposium, Panama City, Panama: 1495-1498.
          ---  Free download from ReefBase.

  • Gleeson, M.W. and A.E. Strong (1995). Applying MCSST to coral reef bleaching. Advances in Space Research 16(10): 151-154.
          ---  Download the article in PDF format: 110KB
          ---  Download the figures in PDF format: 5.4MB
          ---  More details from the publisher.

  • Gleeson, M.W. and A.E. Strong (1994). Applying MCSST to coral reef bleaching. EOS 75: 156.
          ---  More details from the journal (requires AGU membership).

  • Boone, M.J. and A.E. Strong (1992). An MCSST climatology: 1984-1990. EOS 73(43): 264.
          ---  More details from the journal (requires AGU membership).


Data Products  |  Bleaching Events  |  Climate Change  |  Remote Sensing
Paleoclimatology  |  Hydrodynamics  |  Ocean Acidification  |  Other Reef Threats


II. Bleaching Events:

  • Doshi, A., S. Pascoe, O. Thébaud, C.R. Thomas, N Setiasih, J. Tan Chun Hong, J. True, H.Z. Schuttenberg, S.F. Heron (2012). Loss of economic value from coral bleaching in S.E. Asia. Proceedings of the 12th International Coral Reef Symposium, Cairns, Australia, 9-13 July 2012.
          --- 
    Free download from the conference website.

  • Tan C.H., S.F. Heron (2011). First observed severe mass bleaching in Malaysia, Greater Coral Triangle, Galaxea. Journal of Coral Reef Studies 13: 27-28.
          ---  Free download from the publisher.

  • Thomas C.R., S.F. Heron (2011). South-East Asia Coral Bleaching Rapid Response: Final Report. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Wealth from Oceans Flagship, Australia. 24pp.

  • Eakin, M., J. Morgan, S. Heron, T. Smith, G. Liu, L. Alvarez-Filip, B. Baca, E. Bartels, C. Bastidas, C. Bouchon, M. Brandt, A. Bruckner, L. Bunkley-Williams, A. Cameron, B. Causey, M. Chiappone, T. Christensen, M. Crabbe, O. Day, E. de la Guardia, G. Díaz-Pulido, D. DiResta, D. Gil-Agudelo, D. Gilliam, R. Ginsburg, S. Gore, H. Guzman, J. Hendee, E. Hernández-Delgado, E. Husain, C. Jeffrey, R. Jones, E. Jordán-Dahlgren, L. Kaufman, D. Kline, P. Kramer, J. Lang, D. Lirman, J. Mallela, C. Manfrino, J. Maréchal, K. Marks, J. Mihaly, W. Miller, E. Mueller, E. Muller, C. Orozco Toro, H. Oxenford, D. Ponce-Taylor, N. Quinn, K. Ritchie, S. Rodríguez, A. Rodríguez Ramírez, S. Romano, J. Samhouri, J. Sánchez, G. Schmahl, B. Shank, W. Skirving, S. Steiner, E. Villamizar, S. Walsh, C. Walter, E. Weil, E. Williams, K. Roberson, and Y. Yusuf (2010). Caribbean Corals in Crisis: Record Thermal Stress, Bleaching, and Mortality in 2005. PLoS One.
          ---  Free download from the publisher.

  • Fenner, D., S.F. Heron (2009). Annual summer bleaching of a multi-species coral community in backreef pools of American Samoa. Proceedings of the 11th International Coral Reef Symposium, Ft. Lauderdale, 7-11 July 2008.
          ---  Free download from the conference website.

  • Oliver, J.K., R. Berkelmans and C.M. Eakin (2009). Coral Bleaching in Space and Time. In M.H. Van Oppen & J.M. Lough [Eds.], Coral Bleaching: Patterns, Processes, Causes and Consequences. Ecological Studies 205, Springer, Berlin. 178 pp.
          ---  More details from the publisher.

  • Heron, S., J. Morgan, M. Eakin and W. Skirving (2008). Hurricanes and their effects on coral reefs. In C. Wilkinson & D. Souter [Eds.], Status of Caribbean Coral Reefs after Bleaching and Hurricanes in 2005. Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network, and Reef and Rainforest Research Centre, Townsville, Australia. 31-36 pp.
          ---  Download the report in PDF format: 4.0MB

  • Morgan, J., S. Heron and M. Eakin (2008). The 2005 Bleaching Event: Coral-List Log. In C. Wilkinson & D. Souter [Eds.], Status of Caribbean Coral Reefs after Bleaching and Hurricanes in 2005. Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network, and Reef and Rainforest Research Centre, Townsville, Australia. 37-44 pp.
          ---  Download the report in PDF format: 4.0MB

  • Hoegh-Guldburg, O., M. Fine, W. Skirving, R. Johnstone, S. Dove and A. Strong (2005). Coral bleaching following wintry weather. Limnology and Oceanography 50(1): 265-271.
          ---  Free download from the journal.

  • Berkelmans, R., G. De'ath, S. Kininmonth and W.J. Skirving (2004). A comparison of the 1998 and 2002 coral bleaching events on the Great Barrier Reef: spatial correlation, patterns, and predictions. Coral Reefs 23(1): 74-83.
          ---  More details from the journal (article download requires subscription).

  • McClanahan, T.R., A.H. Baird, P.A. Marshall and M.A. Toscano (2004). Comparing bleaching and mortality responses of hard corals between southern Kenya and the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Marine Pollution Bulletin 48(3-4): 327-335.
          ---  More details from the journal (article download requires subscription).

  • Liu, G., A.E. Strong and W. Skirving (2003). Remote Sensing of Sea Surface Temperatures during 2002 Barrier Reef Coral Bleaching. EOS 84(15): 137.
          ---  More details from the journal (requires AGU membership).

  • Strong, A.E., G. Liu and R. Brainard (2003). NOAA satellites give early warning for coral bleaching in Northwestern Hawaii Archipelago. Coastlines 13(3): 8-11.
          ---  Download the article in PDF format: 4.6MB

  • Aronson, R.B., W.F. Precht, M.A. Toscano and K.H. Koltes (2002). The 1998 bleaching event and its aftermath on a coral reef in Belize. Marine Biology 141(3): 435-447.
          ---  More details from the journal (article download requires subscription).

  • Bruno, J.F., C.E. Siddon, J.D. Witman, P.L. Colin and M.A. Toscano (2001). El Nino related coral bleaching in Palau, Western Caroline Islands. Coral Reefs 20(2): 127-136.
          ---  More details from the journal (article download requires subscription).

  • Skirving, W. and J. Guinotte (2001). The sea surface temperature story on the Great Barrier Reef during the coral bleaching event of 1998. In E. Wolanski [Ed.] Oceanographic processes of coral reefs: physical and biological links in the Great Barrier Reef. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. 356 pp.
          ---  More details from the publisher.

  • Cumming, R.L., M.A. Toscano, E.R. Lovell, B.A. Carlson, N.K. Dulvy, A. Hughes, J.F. Koven, N.J. Quinn, H.R. Sykes, O.J.S. Taylor and D. Vaughan (2000). Mass coral bleaching in the Fiji Islands, 2000. Proceedings of the 9th International Coral Reef Symposium, Bali: 1161-1169.
          ---  Free download from ReefBase.

  • Goreau, T., T. McClanahan, R. Hayes and A.E. Strong (2000). Conservation of coral reefs after the 1998 global bleaching event. Conservation Biology 14(1): 5-15.
          ---  More details from the journal (article download requires subscription).

  • Wilkinson, C., O. Linden, H. Cesar, G. Hodgson, J. Rubens and A.E. Strong (1999). Ecological and socioeconomic impacts of 1998 coral mortality in the Indian Ocean: an ENSO impact and a warning of future change? Ambio 28(2): 188-196.

  • Goreau, T.J., R.L. Hayes and A.E. Strong (1996). Tracking South Pacific coral reef bleaching by satellite and field obervations. Proceedings of the 8th International Coral Reef Symposium, Panama: 1491-1494.
          ---  Free download from ReefBase.

  • Emery, G.K. and A.E. Strong (1995). Coral bleaching events of 1994 and high SST. EOS 76: S51.
          ---  More details from the journal (requires AGU membership).

  • McCormack, R.C. and A.E. Strong (1990). Correlations between sea surface temperature trends and Caribbean coral bleaching events. EOS 71: 531.
          ---  More details from the journal (requires AGU membership).




III. Climate Change and Coral Reefs:

  • Bauman, A.G., M.S. Pratchett, A.H. Baird, B. Riegl, S.F. Heron, D.A. Feary (2013). Variation in the size structure of corals is related to environmental extremes in the Persian Gulf. Marine Environmental Research, 84, 43.50, doi:10.1016/j.marenvres.2012.11.007.
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    More details from the publisher.

  • Logan, C.A., J.D. Dunne, C.M. Eakin, S.D. Donner (2012). A framework for comparing coral bleaching thresholds. Proceedings of the 12th International Coral Reef Symposium, Cairns, Australia, 9-13 July 2012.
          ---  Free download from the conference website.

  • McClanahan, T.R., S.D. Donner, J.A. Maynard, M.A. MacNeil, N.A.J. Graham, J.M. Maina, A.C. Baker, J.B. Alemu, I.M. Beger, S.J. Campbell, E.S. Darling, C.M. Eakin, S.F. Heron, S.D. Jupiter, C.J. Lundquist, E. McLeod, P.J. Mumby, M.J. Paddack, E.R. Selig, R. van Woesik (2012). Prioritizing key resilience indicators to support coral reef management in a changing climate, PLoS ONE 7(8): e42884.
          ---  Free download from the publisher.

  • McLeod, E., A. Green, E. Game, K. Anthony, J. Cinner, S.F. Heron, J. Kleypas, C. Lovelock, J.M. Pandolfi, R.L. Pressey, R. Salm, S. Schill, C. Woodroffe (2012). Integrating climate and ocean change vulnerability into conservation planning, Coastal Management 40:6, 651-672,
          ---  More details from the publisher.

  • Helmle, K.P., R.E. Dodge, P.K. Swart, D.K. Gledhill, C.M. Eakin (2011). Growth rates of Florida corals from 1937 to 1996 and their response to climate change. Nature Communications 2(215), doi:10.1038/ncomms1222.
          ---  More details from the publisher.

  • Mumby, P.J., I.A. Elliott, C.M. Eakin, W. Skirving, C.B. Paris, H.J. Edwards, S. Enríquez R. Iglesias-Prieto, L.M. Cherubin, J.R. Stevens (2011). Reserve design for uncertain responses of coral reefs to climate change. Ecology Letters, 14: 132.140, doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01562.x.
          ---  More details from the publisher.

  • Spillman, C.M., S.F. Heron, M.R. Jury, K.R.N. Anthony (2011). Climate Change and Carbon Threats to Coral Reefs: National Meteorological and Ocean Services as Sentinels. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 92, 1581.1586. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00009.1.
          ---  Free download from the publisher.

  • Jury, M., S. Heron S, C. Spillman, K. Anthony, P. Dexter, M. Sivakumar M. (2010) Climate, Carbon and Coral Reefs. WMO-No. 1063, World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. 32pp.
          ---  Free download from the publisher.

  • Simpson, M.C., D. Scott, M. New, R. Sim, D. Smith, M. Harrison, C.M. Eakin, R. Warrick, A.E. Strong, P. Kouwenhoven, S. Harrison, M. Wilson, G.C. Nelson, S. Donner, R. Kay, D.K. Geldhill, G. Liu, J.A. Morgan, J.A. Kleypas, P.J. Mumby, A. Palazzo, T.R.L. Christensen, M.L. Baskett, W.J. Skirving, C. Elrick, M. Taylor, M. Magalhaes, J. Bell, J.B. Burnett, M.K. Rutty, M. Overmas, and R. Robertson. (2009) An Overview of Modelling Climate Change Impacts in the Caribbean Region with contribution from the Pacific Islands, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Barbados, West Indies
          ---  Full report (PDF, 5.1MB).
          ---  Summary document (PDF, 9.4MB).
          ---  Key points (PDF, 3.0MB).
          ---  Publicity poster #1 (PDF, 5.3MB).
          ---  Publicity poster #2 (PDF, 6.8MB).

  • Donner, S.D., S.F. Heron and W.J. Skirving (2009). Future Scenarios: A review of modelling efforts to predict the future of coral reefs in an era of climate change. In M. Van Oppen & J.M. Lough [Eds.], Coral Bleaching: Patterns, Processes, Causes and Consequences. Ecological Studies 205, Springer, Berlin. 178 pp.
          ---  More details from the publisher.

  • Eakin, C.M., J.M. Lough and S.F. Heron (2009). Climate Variability and Change: Monitoring data and evidence for increased coral bleaching stress. In M. Van Oppen & J.M. Lough [Eds.], Coral Bleaching: Patterns, Processes, Causes and Consequences. Ecological Studies 205, Springer, Berlin. 178 pp.
          ---  More details from the publisher.

  • Maynard, J., J. Johnson, P. Marshall, C. Eakin, G. Goby, H. Schuttenberg and C. Spillman (2009). A Strategic Framework for Responding to Coral Bleaching Events in a Changing Climate. Environmental Management .
          ---  More details from the journal.

  • Strong, A.E., G. Liu, C.M. Eakin, T.R.L. Christensen, W.J. Skirving, D.K. Gledhill, S.F. Heron and J.A. Morgan (2009). Implications for Our Coral Reefs in a Changing Climate over the Next Few Decades -- Hints from the past 22 years. Proceedings of the 11th International Coral Reef Symposium, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida: 1324-1328.
          ---  Free download from the conference website.

  • Eakin, C.M., J. Kleypas and O. Hoegh-Guldberg (2008). Global Climate Change and Coral Reefs: Rising Temperatures, Acidification and the Need for Resilient Reefs. In C. Wilkinson [Ed.] Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 2008. Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network and Reef and Rainforest Research Centre, Townsville, Australia. 29-34 pp.
          ---  Free download from the publisher.

  • Heron, S., W. Skirving and M. Eakin (2008). Global Climate Change and Coral Reefs: Reef Temperature Perspectives Covering the Last Century. In C. Wilkinson [Ed.] Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 2008. Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network and Reef and Rainforest Research Centre, Townsville, Australia. 35-40 pp.
          ---  Free download from the publisher.

  • Hoegh-Guldberg, O., P.J. Mumby, A.J. Hooten, R.S. Steneck, P. Greenfield, E. Gomez, C.D. Harvell, P.F. Sale, A.J. Edwards, K. Caldeira, N. Knowlton, C.M. Eakin, R. Iglesias-Prieto, N. Muthiga, R.H. Bradbury, A. Dubi and M.E. Hatziolos (2008). Response to Coral Adaptation in the Face of Climate Change. Science 320(5874): 315-316.
          ---  More details from the journal (article download requires subscription).

  • Hoegh-Guldberg, O., P.J. Mumby, A.J. Hooten, R.S. Steneck, P. Greenfield, E. Gomez, C.D. Harvell, P.F. Sale, A.J. Edwards, K. Caldeira, N. Knowlton, C.M. Eakin, R. Iglesias-Prieto, N. Muthiga, R.H. Bradbury, A. Dubi and M.E. Hatziolos (2007). Coral Reefs Under Rapid Climate Change and Ocean Acidification. Science 318(5857): 1737-1742.
          ---  More details from the journal (article download requires subscription).

  • Schuttenberg, H., C. Corrigan, L. McLeod, P. Marshall, N. Setiasih, D. Obura, O. Hoegh-Guldberg, B. Causey, M. Drew, L. Hansen, G. Grimsditch, J. West, A. Skeat, M. Eakin, L. McCook, M. Crawford, P. Kramer and S. Campbell (2007). Building resilience into coral reef management: Key findings & recommendations. Proceedings of the 3rd International Tropical Marine Ecosystems Management Symposium (ITMEMS3), Cozumel, Mexico, 16-20 October 2006, ICRI and ICRAN.
          ---  Free downloads from the conference website.

  • Liu, G. and A.E. Strong (2007). Coral Bleaching. In M.D. King, et al. [Eds.], Our Changing Planet: The View From Space. Cambridge University Press, New York. 184-186 pp.
          ---  More details from the publisher.

  • Phinney, J.T., O. Hoegh-Guldburg, J. Kleypas, W. Skirving and A. Strong [Eds]. (2006). Coral Reefs and Climate Change: Science and Management. Coastal and Estuarine Studies, Vol. 61. American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC. 244 pp.
          ---  More details from the publisher.

  • Donner, S.D., W.J. Skirving, C.M. Little, M. Oppenheimer and O. Hoegh-Guldberg (2005). Global assessment of coral bleaching and required rates of adaptation under climate change. Global Change Biology 11(12): 2251-2265.
          ---  More details from the journal (article download requires subscription).

  • Liu, G., W. Skirving and A.E. Strong (2003). Potential for expansion of coral reefs into higher latitudes due to climate change. OCEANS 2003, Vol. 5. P2745 - P2747 pp.

  • Wellington, G.M., P.W. Glynn, A.E. Strong, S.A. Navarrete, E. Wieters and D. Hubbard (2001). Crisis on coral reefs linked to climate change. EOS 82(1): 1,5.
          ---  More details from the journal (requires AGU membership).

  • Goreau, T.J., R. Hayes, A.E. Strong, E. Williams, G. Smith, J. Cervino and M. Goreau (1998). Coral reefs and Global Change: Impacts of Temperature, Bleaching, and Emerging Diseases. Sea Wind 12(3): 2-6.

  • Roberts, C.M., J. Hawkins, F.W. Schueler, A.E. Strong and D.E. McAllister (1998). The distribution of coral reef fish biodiversity: the climate-biodiversity connection. Sea Wind 12(4): 14-28.

  • Montgomery, R.S. and A.E. Strong (1994). Coral Bleaching Threatens Ocean, Life. EOS 75(13): 145-147.
          ---  More details from the journal (requires AGU membership).




IV. Remote Sensing Technology for Coral Reefs:

  • Mantovanelli, A., M.L. Heron, S.F. Heron, C.R. Steinberg (2012). Relative dispersion of surface drifters in a barrier reef region, J. Geophys. Res., 117, C11016, doi:10.1029/2012JC008106.
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    More details from the journal.

  • Ziskin, D., C. Aubrecht, C. Elvidge, B. Tuttle, C.M. Eakin, A.E. Strong, L.S. Guild (2011). Describing coral reef bleaching using very high spatial resolution satellite imagery: experimental methodology. J. Appl. Remote Sens. 5(1), 053531. http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/1.3595300.
          ---  More details from the journal.

  • Eakin, C.M., C.J. Nim, R.E. Brainard, C. Aubrecht, C. Elvidge, D.K. Gledhill, F. Muller-Karger, P.J. Mumby, W.J. Skirving, A.E. Strong, M. Wang, S. Weeks, F. Wentz, D. Ziskin (2010). Monitoring coral reefs from space. Oceanography 23(4): 118-133.
          ---  Free download from the journal.

  • Nim, C.J. and W. Skirving [Eds.] (2010). Satellite Monitoring of Coral Reefs in a Changing Climate. NOAA Technical Report CRCP 1. NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program. Silver Spring, MD. 114 pp.
          ---  More details and free downloads from CoRIS.
          ---  Download the Executive Summary (PDF, 76KB).
          ---  Download the full report (PDF, 13MB).

  • Aubrecht, C., C.D. Elvidge, C.M. Eakin, D. Ziskin and K.E. Baugh (2009). Coral reef risk assessment using DMSP nighttime lights - Temporal trends and global perspectives. Proceedings of the 33rd International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment, Stresa, Lago Maggiore, Italy, May 4-8, 2009.
          ---  More details from the conference website (article download requires subscription).

  • Aubrecht, C., C.D. Elvidge, T. Longcore, C. Rich, J. Safran, A.E. Strong, C.M. Eakin, K.E. Baugh, B.T. Tuttle, A.T. Howard and E.H. Erwin (2008). A global inventory of coral reef stressors based on satellite observed nighttime lights. Geocarto International 23(6): 467-479.
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  • Maynard, J.A., P.J. Turner, K.R.N. Anthony, A.H. Baird, R. Berkelmans, C.M. Eakin, J. Johnson, P.A. Marshall, G.R. Packer, A. Rea and B.L. Willis (2008). ReefTemp: an interactive monitoring system for coral bleaching using high-resolution SST and improved stress predictors. Geophysical Research Letters 35: L05603.
          ---  More details from the journal (article download requires subscription).

  • Heron, M.L., W.J. Skirving and K.J. Michael (2006a). Short-wave ocean wave slope models for use in remote sensing data analysis. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 44(7, Part 2): 1962-1973.

  • Skirving, W.J., A.E. Strong, G. Liu, F. Arzayus, C. Liu and J. Sapper (2006c). Extreme events and perturbations of coastal ecosystems. In L.L. Richardson & E.F. LeDrew [Eds.], Remote Sensing of Aquatic Coastal Ecosystem Processes. Remote Sensing and Digital Image Processing, Vol. 9, Springer. 11-26 pp.
          ---  More details from the publisher.

  • Elvidge, C.D., J.B. Dietz, R. Berkelmans, S. Andréfouët, W. Skirving, A.E. Strong and B.T. Tuttle (2004). Satellite observation of Keppel Islands (Great Barrier Reef) 2002 coral bleaching using IKONOS data. Coral Reefs 23(3): 461-462.
          ---  More details from the journal (article download requires subscription).

  • Mumby, P.J., W. Skirving, A.E. Strong, J.T. Hardy, E.F. LeDrew, E.J. Hochberg, R.P. Stumpf and L.T. David (2004). Remote sensing of coral reefs and their physical environment. Marine Pollution Bulletin 48(3-4): 219.
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  • Nalli, N., F. Arzayus, P. Chang, P. Clemente-Colon, A. Harris, A. Ignatov, R. Legeckis, X. Li, G. Liu, E. Maturi, T. Mavor, R. Meiggs, B. Pichel, J. Sapper, W. Skirving, A. Strong, C. Merchant and S. MacCallum (2004a). Satellite Remote Sensing and the NOAA/NESDIS Sea-Surface Temperature Science Team. Backscatter Spring 2004: 24-28.

  • Kutser, T., W.J. Skirving and A. Dekker (2003). Satellite remote sensing of coral reef benthos. Limnology and Oceanography 48: 497-510.
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  • Skirving, W.J. (2002). A system for routinely monitoring radiometric sea surface temperature. Marine Technology Society Journal 36(1): 39-43.
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  • Wellington, G.M., A.E. Strong and G. Merlen (2001a). Sea surface temperature variation in the Galapagos Archipelago: a comparison between AVHRR nighttime satellite data and in-situ instrumentation (1982-1988). Bulletin of Marine Science 69(1): 27-42.
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  • Strong, A.E., K.K. Gjovig and E. Kearns (2000). Sea Surface Temperature Signals from Satellites - An Update. Geophysical Research Letters 27(11): 1667-1670.
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  • Patzert, W.C., A.E. Strong and G.C. Feldman (1997). Coral Reefs from Space. In T. Tomascik, et al. [Eds.], The Ecology of the Indonesian Seas. Part II. The Ecology of Indonesia Series, Vol. VII, Periplus Editions Ltd., Singapore. 1206-1208 pp.

  • Strong, A.E., J.A. Preyer and C.S. Barrientos (1995). Assessing CZCS time-series data globally, regionally, and zonally: 1979-1985. Advances in Space Research 16(10): 147-150.
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  • Strong, A.E. (1991). Sea surface temperature signals from space. In W.A. Nierenberg [Ed.] Encyclopedia of Earth System Science. Vol. 4, Academic Press, San Diego, CA. 69-80 pp.




V. Paleoclimatology:

  • Grottoli, A.G. and C.M. Eakin (2007). A review of modern coral [delta]18O and [Delta]14C proxy records. Earth-Science Reviews 81(1-2): 67-91.
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  • Diffenbaugh, N.S., C.M. Eakin, B.L. Otto-Bliesner and M. Zhao [Eds]. (2006a). Glacial-interglacial climate of the past 160,000 years: New insights from data and models. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Vol. 236.

  • Diffenbaugh, N.S., C.M. Eakin, B.L. Otto-Bliesner and M. Zhao (2006b). Introduction to the special issue "Glacial-interglacial climate of the past 160,000 years: New insights from data and models". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 236(1-2): 1-4.
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  • Eakin, C.M. and A.G. Grottoli (2006). Coral Reef Records of Past Climatic Change. In J.T. Phinney, et al. [Eds.], Coral Reefs and Climate Change: Science and Management. Coastal and Estuarine Studies, Vol. 61, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC. 33-54 pp.
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  • Eakin, C.M., P.K. Swart, T.M. Quinn, K.P. Helmle, J.M. Smith and R.E. Dodge (2006). Application of paleoclimatology to coral reef monitoring and management. Proceedings of the 10th International Coral Reef Symposium, Okinawa: 588-596.
          ---  Free download from ReefBase.

  • Eakin, C.M., M. Diepenbroek and M. Hoepffner (2003). The PAGES Data System. In K.D. Alverson, et al. [Eds.], Paleoclimate, Global Change and the Future. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. 175-179 pp.
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  • Alverson, K. and C.M. Eakin (2001). Making sure that the world's palaeodata do not get buried - International efforts are keeping information accessible. Nature 412(6844): 269-269.
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VI. Hydrodynamic modeling:




VII. Ocean Acidification:

  • Gledhill, D.K., R. Wanninkhof, C.M. Eakin (2009). Observing Ocean Acidification from Space. Oceanography 22(4):48.59.
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  • Gledhill, D.K., R. Wanninkhof, F.J. Millero and M. Eakin (2008). Ocean Acidification of the Greater Caribbean Region 1996-2006. Journal of Geophysical Research- Oceans 113: C10031.
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  • Manzello, D.P., J.A. Kleypas, D.A. Budd, C.M. Eakin, P.W. Glynn and C. Langdon (2008). Poorly cemented coral reefs of the eastern tropical Pacific: Possible insights into reef development in a high-CO2 world. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105(30): 10450-10455.
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  • Kleypas, J.A., R.W. Buddemeier, C.M. Eakin, J.P. Gattuso, J. Guinotte, O. Hoegh-Guldberg, R. Iglesias-Prieto, P.L. Jokiel, C. Langdon, W. Skirving and A.E. Strong (2005). Comment on "Coral reef calcification and climate change: The effect of ocean warming". Geophysical Research Letters 32(8): L08601.
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VIII. Other Threats to Coral Reefs:

  • Beeden, R., J.A. Maynard, P.A. Marshall, S.F. Heron, B.L. Willis (2012). A framework for responding to coral disease outbreaks that facilitates adaptive management. Environmental Management 49: 1-13.
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  • Heron, S.F., J. Maynard, B. Willis, T. Christensen, D. Harvell, B. Vargas-Angel, R. Beeden, J. Sziklay, G. Aeby, E. Franklin, W. Skirving, M. Eakin, T. Burgess, J. Li, G. Liu, E. Lucas, J. Rauenzahn, A. Strong (2012). Developments in understanding relationships between environmental conditions and coral disease. Proceedings of the 12th International Coral Reef Symposium, Cairns, Australia, 9-13 July 2012.
          ---  Free download from the conference website.

  • Edwards, H.J., I.A. Elliott, C.M. Eakin, A. Irikawa, J.S. Madin, M. McField, J.A. Morgan, R. van Woesik, P.J. Mumby (2011). How much time can herbivore protection buy for coral reefs under realistic regimes of hurricanes and coral bleaching? Global Change Biology 17: 2033.2048. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02366.x.
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  • Liu, G., D. Obura, M. Richmond, D. Souter, M. Eakin (2011). Global and Regional Phenomena. In: Field Guide to the Seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean Islands, 3rd Edition, M. Richmond, ed., Sida/SAREC, University of Dar es Salaam, 464pp.
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  • Maynard, J.A., K.R.N. Anthony, C.D. Harvell, M.A. Burgman, R. Beeden, H. Sweatman, S.F. Heron, J.B. Lamb, B.L. Willis (2011). Predicting outbreaks of a climate-driven coral disease in the Great Barrier Reef. Coral Reefs 30(2): 485-495, doi: 10.1007/s00338-010-0708-0.
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  • Aubrecht, C., C.D. Elvidge and C.M. Eakin (2008). Earth observation based assessment of anthropogenic stress to coral reefs - A global analysis. IEEE (Eds.), IGARSS'08: IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, July, 6th - 11th, Boston, Massachusetts: 367-370.
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  • Clarke, A., T. Battista, B. Dieveney, D. Gledhill, M. Gombos, C. Jeffrey, J. Koss, T. Leberer, C. Loper, G. Liu, J. Miller, J. Moore, J. Morgan, S. Simpson, J. Waddell and D. Wusinich-Mendez (2008). National Level Activities to Support U.S. and FAS Coral Conservation. In J.E. Waddell & A.M. Clarke [Eds.], The State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of the United States and Pacific Freely Associated States: 2008. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 73. NOAA/NCCOS Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment's Biogeography Team, Silver Spring, MD. 11-28 pp.
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  • Heron, M.L., A. Prytz, S.F. Heron, W.J. Skirving, T. Helzel, T. Schlick, D. Greenslade and E. Schulz (2008). Tsunami Observation by Coastal Ocean Radar. International Journal of Remote Sensing, Special Issue PORSEC 29(21): 6347-6359.
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  • Kleypas, J.A. and C.M. Eakin (2007). Scientists' perceptions of threats to coral reefs: results of a survey of coral reef researchers. Bulletin of Marine Science 80(2): 419-436.
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  • Bruckner, A., K. Buja, L. Fairey, K. Gleason, M. Harmon, S. Heron, T. Hourigan, C. Jeffrey, J. Kellner, R. Kelty, B. Leeworthy, G. Liu, S. Pittman, A. Shapiro, A. Strong, J. Waddell and P. Wiley (2005). Threats and Stressors to U.S. Coral Reef Ecosystems. In J.E. Waddell [Ed.] The State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of the United States and Pacific Freely Associated States: 2005. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 11, NOAA/NCCOS Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment's Biogeography Team, Silver Spring, MD. 12-44 pp.
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  • McKinnon, D., M. Meekan, J. Carleton, M. Furnas, S. Duggan and W. Skirving (2003). Rapid changes in shelf waters and pelagic communities on the southern Northwest Shelf, Australia, following a tropical cyclone. Continental Shelf Research 23: 93-111.
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  • Eakin, C.M. (2001). A tale of two ENSO events: Carbonate budgets and the influence of two warming events and intervening variability, Uva Island, Panama. Bulletin of Marine Science 69(1): 171-186.
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  • Eakin, C.M. (1996). Where have all the carbonates gone? A model comparison of calcium carbonate budgets before and after the 1982-1983 El Niño. Coral Reefs 15(2): 109-119.
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  • Eakin, C.M. and P.W. Glynn (1996). Low tidal exposures and reef mortalities in the eastern Pacific. Coral Reefs 15(2): 120.
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