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Applied Paleoecology and the Crisis on Caribbean Coral Reefs

2001; Society for Sedimentary Geology; Volume: 16; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1669/0883-1351(2001)016 2.0.co;2

1938-5323

Richard B. Aronson, William F. Precht,

Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies

Other| June 01, 2001 Applied Paleoecology and the Crisis on Caribbean Coral Reefs RICHARD B. ARONSON; RICHARD B. ARONSON 1Rich Aronson (right) and Bill Precht grew up not far from each other in Queens, New York. Blissfully unaware of each other's existence, they both visited the Discovery Bay Marine Laboratory in Jamaica as undergraduates in 1978. There they came to love coral reefs just before disaster struck throughout the region. Rich and Bill met at Discovery Bay in 1987, when the reef was already in a sorry state, and they have been working together ever since. Rich is now a Senior Marine Scientist at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab, a consortium of colleges and universities in Alabama dedicated to education and research in the marine sciences. Bill is the Ecological Sciences Program Manager for the international consulting firm PBS&J in Miami. -- Rich was trained as a benthic ecologist at Harvard University but went over to the dark side of paleontology when he saw how powerful geological approaches could be in answering ecological questions. Bill was trained as a carbonate sedimentologist at the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, but he deeply appreciates the value of understanding short-term ecological fluctuations. Their coring work in Belize was instigated by Jeremy Jackson, the most persuasive advocate of the position that Caribbean reefs have been fundamentally altered in recent times. Bill and Rich, being a couple of smart-asses from Queens, didn't believe it and had to find out for themselves. -- This work has been supported on a continuing basis by the Smithsonian Institution's Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystems Program and the National Geographic Society, and more recently by grants from the National Science Foundation (OCE-9901969 and EAR-9902192). Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar WILLIAM F. PRECHT WILLIAM F. PRECHT 1Rich Aronson (right) and Bill Precht grew up not far from each other in Queens, New York. Blissfully unaware of each other's existence, they both visited the Discovery Bay Marine Laboratory in Jamaica as undergraduates in 1978. There they came to love coral reefs just before disaster struck throughout the region. Rich and Bill met at Discovery Bay in 1987, when the reef was already in a sorry state, and they have been working together ever since. Rich is now a Senior Marine Scientist at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab, a consortium of colleges and universities in Alabama dedicated to education and research in the marine sciences. Bill is the Ecological Sciences Program Manager for the international consulting firm PBS&J in Miami. -- Rich was trained as a benthic ecologist at Harvard University but went over to the dark side of paleontology when he saw how powerful geological approaches could be in answering ecological questions. Bill was trained as a carbonate sedimentologist at the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, but he deeply appreciates the value of understanding short-term ecological fluctuations. Their coring work in Belize was instigated by Jeremy Jackson, the most persuasive advocate of the position that Caribbean reefs have been fundamentally altered in recent times. Bill and Rich, being a couple of smart-asses from Queens, didn't believe it and had to find out for themselves. -- This work has been supported on a continuing basis by the Smithsonian Institution's Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystems Program and the National Geographic Society, and more recently by grants from the National Science Foundation (OCE-9901969 and EAR-9902192). Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information RICHARD B. ARONSON 1Rich Aronson (right) and Bill Precht grew up not far from each other in Queens, New York. Blissfully unaware of each other's existence, they both visited the Discovery Bay Marine Laboratory in Jamaica as undergraduates in 1978. There they came to love coral reefs just before disaster struck throughout the region. Rich and Bill met at Discovery Bay in 1987, when the reef was already in a sorry state, and they have been working together ever since. Rich is now a Senior Marine Scientist at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab, a consortium of colleges and universities in Alabama dedicated to education and research in the marine sciences. Bill is the Ecological Sciences Program Manager for the international consulting firm PBS&J in Miami. -- Rich was trained as a benthic ecologist at Harvard University but went over to the dark side of paleontology when he saw how powerful geological approaches could be in answering ecological questions. Bill was trained as a carbonate sedimentologist at the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, but he deeply appreciates the value of understanding short-term ecological fluctuations. Their coring work in Belize was instigated by Jeremy Jackson, the most persuasive advocate of the position that Caribbean reefs have been fundamentally altered in recent times. Bill and Rich, being a couple of smart-asses from Queens, didn't believe it and had to find out for themselves. -- This work has been supported on a continuing basis by the Smithsonian Institution's Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystems Program and the National Geographic Society, and more recently by grants from the National Science Foundation (OCE-9901969 and EAR-9902192). WILLIAM F. PRECHT 1Rich Aronson (right) and Bill Precht grew up not far from each other in Queens, New York. Blissfully unaware of each other's existence, they both visited the Discovery Bay Marine Laboratory in Jamaica as undergraduates in 1978. There they came to love coral reefs just before disaster struck throughout the region. Rich and Bill met at Discovery Bay in 1987, when the reef was already in a sorry state, and they have been working together ever since. Rich is now a Senior Marine Scientist at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab, a consortium of colleges and universities in Alabama dedicated to education and research in the marine sciences. Bill is the Ecological Sciences Program Manager for the international consulting firm PBS&J in Miami. -- Rich was trained as a benthic ecologist at Harvard University but went over to the dark side of paleontology when he saw how powerful geological approaches could be in answering ecological questions. Bill was trained as a carbonate sedimentologist at the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, but he deeply appreciates the value of understanding short-term ecological fluctuations. Their coring work in Belize was instigated by Jeremy Jackson, the most persuasive advocate of the position that Caribbean reefs have been fundamentally altered in recent times. Bill and Rich, being a couple of smart-asses from Queens, didn't believe it and had to find out for themselves. -- This work has been supported on a continuing basis by the Smithsonian Institution's Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystems Program and the National Geographic Society, and more recently by grants from the National Science Foundation (OCE-9901969 and EAR-9902192). Publisher: SEPM Society for Sedimentary Geology First Online: 03 Mar 2017 Online ISSN: 1938-5323 Print ISSN: 0883-1351 Society for Sedimentary Geology PALAIOS (2001) 16 (3): 195–196. https://doi.org/10.1669/0883-1351(2001)016 2.0.CO;2 Article history First Online: 03 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation RICHARD B. ARONSON, WILLIAM F. PRECHT; Applied Paleoecology and the Crisis on Caribbean Coral Reefs. PALAIOS 2001;; 16 (3): 195–196. doi: https://doi.org/10.1669/0883-1351(2001)016 2.0.CO;2 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyPALAIOS Search Advanced Search In a book review published in 1982, the late Peter Williamson characterized paleoecology as “a poor-man's applied ecology performed on inadequate data.” Whether or not this incendiary remark was justified at the time, there is no disputing that in the years since 1982 paleoecology has provided much insight into the nature of biotic interactions and community structure. As a recent and obvious example, the debate over coordinated stasis has forced us to consider macroecological dynamics at spatial and temporal scales greater than those of the community. Disagreement over these ideas has led to research on how and why fossil assemblages... You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.