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Global Change Ecology Lab

Ecology of coral reefs in a changing ocean

As an Assistant Professor in the Red Sea Research Center at KAUST, I study how local and global environmental changes affect  ecologically valuable ecosystems, including coral and oyster reefs. I pair in situ environmental and community observations with controlled laboratory experiments to understand: 

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1) the effects of environmental stressors (e.g., ocean acidification, warming, deoxygenation, nutrient pollution) on the ecophysiology of foundation species,

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2) the implications of differential susceptibilities of foundation species for community structure in the future, and

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3) the role of ocean deoxygenation as an emerging stressor that threatens the persistence of coral reefs. 

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