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Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology

Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology. Stephen A. Karl Associate Researcher. Research Program. Hired September 2005 Renovated 750 ft 2 lab in old building, August 2006 1 Lab coordinator, 1 Ph.D. student, 1 RA, 3 high school student volunteers, 2 Ph.D. students at USF. Current Funding:

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Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology

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  1. Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology Stephen A. Karl Associate Researcher

  2. Research Program • Hired September 2005 • Renovated 750 ft2 lab in old building, August 2006 • 1 Lab coordinator, 1 Ph.D. student, 1 RA, 3 high school student volunteers, 2 Ph.D. students at USF. • Current Funding: • Arcadia Wildlife Inc. • National Science Foundation

  3. Research Interests • Conservation • Population Genetics • Evolution • Coral Reef Ecology

  4. Research Highlights Conservation

  5. Research Highlights Population Genetics

  6. Research Highlights Evolution

  7. Research Highlights Coral Reef Ecology: Mapping Colonies Reef 19 - Kaneohe Bay

  8. Research Highlights Coral Reef Ecology: Geo-positioning Colonies Satellites Global Position Deck Receiver Radio Sound (39 KHz) Pinger Hydrophone

  9. Gene 2 Gene 1 Gene 3 Alleles Alleles Alleles • Size Standards Research Highlights Coral Reef Ecology: Genotyping Colonies

  10. Hot Spots Not yet analyzed July August October Research Highlights Coral Reef Ecology: Temperature Monitoring

  11. June October Research Highlights Coral Reef Ecology: Temperature Monitoring Temperature Pulses Not yet analyzed

  12. Research Highlights Coral Reef Ecology: Temperature Monitoring

  13. Research Highlights Coral Reef Ecology: NWHI Marine National Monument Pearl & Hermes French Frigate Shoals

  14. Future Research Interests • Add more physical monitors (salinity, current, etc). • Collaborative NSF grant with Drs. Thomas and Gates to characterize physiological, genetic, and physical micro-spatial scale architecture of coral reefs. • Micro-spatial genetic analysis of other reefs in the main Hawaiian Islands. • what are the fundamental properties of coral reefs? • Individual variation in reproductive success • is everyone contributing equally to the gamete pool? • Genetics of recruitment • are new recruits locally derived? • are newly settled recruits a random mix of spawning adults? • are surviving recruits a random selection of the settled recruits? • Develop continuous, remote monitoring systems.

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