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A Research Review of Interventions to Increase the Persistence and Resilience of Coral Reefs (2019)

Chapter: Appendix B: Information-Gathering Meeting Agendas

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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Information-Gathering Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. A Research Review of Interventions to Increase the Persistence and Resilience of Coral Reefs. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25279.
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Appendix B

Information-Gathering Meeting Agendas

INTERVENTIONS TO INCREASE THE RESILIENCE OF CORAL REEFS

WORKSHOP 1 AGENDA

May 31, 2018

University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
4600 Rickenbacker Causeway
Miami, FL 33149
Marine Science Center Auditorium

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Information-Gathering Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. A Research Review of Interventions to Increase the Persistence and Resilience of Coral Reefs. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25279.
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8:00 AM Breakfast
8:30 AM Introduction
Stephen Palumbi, Committee Chair
8:45 AM Opportunities and challenges for coral restoration in the Caribbean—perspectives from science and management
  • What are the current and expected future conditions in the Caribbean and the expected effect on coral reefs? What are the uncertainties in predicting the condition of coral reefs in the future?
  • What information is needed to weigh the risk and benefit of implementing new coral reef restoration and management approaches?
  • What are the regulatory and scientific needs for permitting research and deployment of new approaches in the water?

Derek Manzello, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA’s) Atlantic Oceanographic & Meteorological Laboratory

Erinn Muller, Mote Marine Laboratory

Reef management panel

Sarah Fangman, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary

Lisa Gregg, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

Ernesto Díaz, Puerto Rico Coastal Zone Management Program

10:45 AM Break
11:00 AM Restoring coral reefs through artificial propagation and enhancing sexual recruitment
  • What are the challenges for restoring coral reefs and how are they addressed through artificial propagation and recruitment? What gaps remain?
  • What are appropriate metrics of success to evaluate restoration success in a stressed and changing environment?
  • How can restoration practices be integrated with ecological and genetic interventions implemented in the wild? What scale can be targeted?
Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Information-Gathering Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. A Research Review of Interventions to Increase the Persistence and Resilience of Coral Reefs. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25279.
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Diego Lirman, University of Miami
Margaret Miller, SECORE
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM The genomic basis for coral adaptability and resilience
  • What is known about the genetic (genome to population scale) considerations and risks for artificial selection of resilient coral?
  • What is the possibility of manipulating the coral genome to improve resilience? What advancements are needed to achieve this at scale?

Iliana Baums, The Pennsylvania State University (remote)

Manuel Aranda, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (remote)

Phil Cleves, Stanford University

Mikhail Matz, The University of Texas at Austin

2:40 PM Break
2:50 PM Manipulating the coral–algal symbiont
  • What is the specificity of algal symbionts to host coral? How does this influence holobiont resilience?
  • What is known about the feasibility and risk (e.g., failure, ecological changes) to manipulating symbiotic relationships? Can this be done at scale?

Todd LaJeunesse, The Pennsylvania State University

Ross Cunning, University of Miami

Hollie Putnam, University of Rhode Island (remote)

Kate Quigley, Australian Institute of Marine Science (remote)

4:30 PM The coral microbiome influence on coral resilience
  • What is known about the influence of the microbiome on coral (e.g., health, adaptability, reproduction, energetics)?
  • What is the feasibility and potential benefit of applying a probiotic approach to managing resilience? Can this be done at scale?
Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Information-Gathering Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. A Research Review of Interventions to Increase the Persistence and Resilience of Coral Reefs. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25279.
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Rebecca Vega Thurber, Oregon State University (remote)

Raquel Peixoto, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

5:30 PM Adjourn

INTERVENTIONS TO INCREASE THE RESILIENCE OF CORAL REEFS

WEBINAR: ENVIRONMENTAL INTERVENTIONS TO PROMOTE CORAL REEF PERSISTENCE

4:00-5:30 ET
August 2, 2018

4:00 PM Opening remarks
Ken Anthony, Committee Member
4:05 PM Context on future conditions
Mark Eakin, NOAA
4:15 PM Interventions to address ocean acidification
Greg Rau, University of California, Santa Cruz
Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Information-Gathering Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. A Research Review of Interventions to Increase the Persistence and Resilience of Coral Reefs. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25279.
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4:40 PM Shading and cooling interventions
Mark Baird, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
5:05 PM Marine cloud brightening
Robert Wood, University of Washington
5:30 PM Adjourn

INTERVENTIONS TO INCREASE THE RESILIENCE OF CORAL REEFS

WORKSHOP 2 AGENDA

August 28, 2018

East-West Center’s Hawaii Imin International Conference Center
1777 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI 96848
(on University of Hawaii at Manoa campus)
Asia Room

8:00 AM Breakfast
8:30 AM Introduction
Stephen Palumbi, Committee Chair
8:45 AM Opportunities and challenges for coral restoration in the Pacific—perspectives from science and management
  • What are the current and expected future conditions in the Pacific and the expected effect on coral reefs? What are the uncertainties in predicting the condition of coral reefs in the future?
Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Information-Gathering Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. A Research Review of Interventions to Increase the Persistence and Resilience of Coral Reefs. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25279.
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  • What information is needed to weigh the risk and benefit of implementing new coral reef restoration and management approaches?
  • What are the regulatory and scientific barriers and needs for permitting research and deployment of new approaches in the water?

Russell Sparks, Hawaii Division of Aquatic Resources

Gerry Davis, NOAA

Lance Smith, NOAA

Fran Castro, University of Guam

Dave Wachenfeld, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (remote)

10:30 AM Break
10:45 AM Reef restoration and adaptation program

Line Bay, Australian Institute of Marine Science

11:45 AM Benefits and risks of interventions to increase thermal tolerance

Madeleine van Oppen, Australian Institute of Marine Science and University of Melbourne (remote)

12:30 PM Lunch
1:30 PM Risks from invasion and disease introduction
  • Under what conditions have invasive species and disease been introduced and intensified in coral reefs? What is the ability to predict the probability of these introductions?
  • How may deteriorating environmental conditions, as well as manipulation of a reef community, affect susceptibility to invasive species and disease?
  • How may translocation of coral and associated reef species to new areas lead to spread of known invasive and disease, or cause coral themselves to become invasive?

Celia Smith, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Joleah Lamb, Cornell University

Drew Harvell, Cornell University (remote)

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Information-Gathering Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. A Research Review of Interventions to Increase the Persistence and Resilience of Coral Reefs. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25279.
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2:45 PM The risk of doing nothing: The value of coral reefs and active intervention
  • Which ecosystem structures and functions are imperative to preserve to maintain coral reefs? How will deteriorating environmental conditions inhibit their maintenance?
  • Which ecosystem structures and functions may change when moving toward resilient reefs? How do we evaluate the risks introduced by interventions that alter coral reefs communities?
Kirsten Oleson, University of Hawaii at Manoa
3:15 PM Break
3:30 PM Frameworks for evaluating interventions: Lessons from other taxa
3:30 PM Invasion ecology: Jeb Byers, University of Georgia (remote)
4:00 PM Managed breeding: Robin Waples, NOAA (remote)
4:30 PM Managing disease: Jared Westbrook, American Chestnut Foundation
5:00 PM Structured decision making and adaptive management: Michael Runge, U.S. Geological Survey
5:30 PM Adjourn
Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Information-Gathering Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. A Research Review of Interventions to Increase the Persistence and Resilience of Coral Reefs. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25279.
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Coral reef declines have been recorded for all major tropical ocean basins since the 1980s, averaging approximately 30-50% reductions in reef cover globally. These losses are a result of numerous problems, including habitat destruction, pollution, overfishing, disease, and climate change. Greenhouse gas emissions and the associated increases in ocean temperature and carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations have been implicated in increased reports of coral bleaching, disease outbreaks, and ocean acidification (OA). For the hundreds of millions of people who depend on reefs for food or livelihoods, the thousands of communities that depend on reefs for wave protection, the people whose cultural practices are tied to reef resources, and the many economies that depend on reefs for fisheries or tourism, the health and maintenance of this major global ecosystem is crucial.

A growing body of research on coral physiology, ecology, molecular biology, and responses to stress has revealed potential tools to increase coral resilience. Some of this knowledge is poised to provide practical interventions in the short-term, whereas other discoveries are poised to facilitate research that may later open the doors to additional interventions. A Research Review of Interventions to Increase the Persistence and Resilience of Coral Reefs reviews the state of science on genetic, ecological, and environmental interventions meant to enhance the persistence and resilience of coral reefs. The complex nature of corals and their associated microbiome lends itself to a wide range of possible approaches. This first report provides a summary of currently available information on the range of interventions present in the scientific literature and provides a basis for the forthcoming final report.

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