IfA) and Hawaiʻi Institute for Marine Biology (
HIMB), and dean of the School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene (
SONDH).
The recruitment for these positions has been delayed due to the hiring freeze instituted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and anticipated budget shortfall. The freeze is a short-term budget-saving measure that allows for the president to approve exceptions for positions essential to health, safety and achievement of institutional goals.
“These four leadership positions are essential to the academic success of
UH Mānoa,” said
Michael Bruno, who requested the exceptions. “They are essential to three of
UH Mānoa’s premiere research and academic units, all of which are identified with critical roles in advancing Hawaiʻi’s post-pandemic future. Furthermore, maintaining and accelerating momentum in student recruitment is necessary to build the educational capital of the state and for
Coral chemical signatures
A comparison of resistant (left) and bleached (right) corals.(Photo credit: Ty Roach)
The researchers discovered chemical signatures in the corals’ biology or biomarkers, that are present in organisms that were most resistant to the bleaching. This previously hidden insight could help researchers and conservationists better restore and protect reefs around the world.
“Usually, we think of biomarkers as signatures of disease, but this could be a signature of health,” said Robert Quinn, an assistant professor in
MSU’s Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. “This could help us restore reefs with the most resistant stock.”
Corals are symbiotic communities, where coral animal cells build homes for algae that provide them energy and create their colors. When corals bleach, however, the algae are lost and leave behind bleached skeletons that are susceptible to disease and death.
Submarine groundwater discharge the flow of fresh water from land through the coastal seafloor into the ocean is changing the metabolism of coral reef ecosystems, according to California State University, Northridge marine biologist Nyssa Silbiger, which can affect coastal economies around the world.
Credit: Victor Huertas.
An international group of scientists is predicting markedly different outcomes for different species of coral reef fishes under climate change - and have made substantial progress on picking the winners and losers .
Associate Professor Jodie Rummer from James Cook University s ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies co-authored a study that exposed two species of coral reef fishes to elevated temperatures and measured their responses over time. We collected five-lined cardinalfish and redbelly yellowtail fusilier from the Great Barrier Reef, and under controlled conditions in the laboratory at JCU, slowly raised the temperature in their aquaria by 3.0?C.