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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 Stephen A. Karl Associate Researcher
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
Research Interests • Conservation • Population Genetics • Evolution • Coral Reef Ecology
Research Highlights Conservation
Research Highlights Population Genetics
Research Highlights Evolution
Research Highlights Coral Reef Ecology: Mapping Colonies Reef 19 - Kaneohe Bay
Research Highlights Coral Reef Ecology: Geo-positioning Colonies Satellites Global Position Deck Receiver Radio Sound (39 KHz) Pinger Hydrophone
Gene 2 Gene 1 Gene 3 Alleles Alleles Alleles • Size Standards Research Highlights Coral Reef Ecology: Genotyping Colonies
Hot Spots Not yet analyzed July August October Research Highlights Coral Reef Ecology: Temperature Monitoring
June October Research Highlights Coral Reef Ecology: Temperature Monitoring Temperature Pulses Not yet analyzed
Research Highlights Coral Reef Ecology: Temperature Monitoring
Research Highlights Coral Reef Ecology: NWHI Marine National Monument Pearl & Hermes French Frigate Shoals
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.