Management Science and Socioeconomics
Ongoing research in this area involves the application of highly inter-disciplinary field, remote sensing, modeling and decision-tool development research, conducted in close affiliation with ongoing participatory integrated coastal management programs, to determine ways to identify or generate the appropriate overlapping ranges of feasible solution spaces, and to improve the accessibility to resource decision-makers, stakeholders, students, and others of relevant existing information and scenario-testing models. A strong emphasis is on the changing needs for management under climate change. Related studies focus on the future changes in water quality around the coral reefs of the Florida Keys.
Socioeconomic research includes an emphasis on the potential impacts of increasing coastal populations. Connectivity studies across the Caribbean, involving biological and hydrodynamic aspects, include a focus on the implications of shifting oceanographic features on coral reef recruitment
.Key Questions
What measures can be taken to ensure sustainable coastal development?
How do we manage and mitigate existing impacts in already disturbed
areas and can reefs be restored once impacts have been mitigated?
What lessons can be drawn from management successes in other regions and
from the past?
How should marine reserves be designed to maximize the recovery
potential of reefs?
Projects
| Project | PI(s) | Sponsor | Dates |
| Conduct Followup Coral Bleaching In Water Rapid Assessment Surveys For The Florida Reef Resilience Program | Lirman, Diego (MBF) | Nature Conservancy | 9/1/2007 to 12/31/2007 |
| Biscayne Bay Nearshore Model | Wang, John D (AMP) | NPS | 7/27/2007 to 5/1/2008 |
| Coral Reef Habitat Modeling To Support Ecosystem-Based Management | Ault, Jerald S (MBF) | NOAA | 7/1/2007 to 6/30/2008 |
| Climatic, Economic, and Regulatory Induced Changes In Expected Catch Rates | Letson, David (MAF) | NOAA | 6/1/2007 to 5/31/2008 |
| Integrated Ecological Assessment of Antigua and Barbuda | Kourafalou, Vassiliki (MPO), Lirman, Diego (MBF), McManus, John (MBF), McManus, Liana (MAF), Reid, R. P (MGG), Shay, Lynn K (MPO), Zika, Rod (MAC) | Stanford Foundation | 6/1/2007 to 8/31/2008 |
| Development of an Integrated Coastal Management Plan for Bocas Del Toro Province (Panama) | Suman, Daniel O (MAF) | Government of Panama Min of Econ & Fin. | 3/15/2007 to 9/1/2008 |
| Development of Stock Assessment Methods Appropriate to Queen Conch, Strombus Gigas, Population Dynamics and Fisheries | Ehrhardt, Nelson M (MBF) | Center for Marine Conservation | 2/1/2007 to 12/31/2007 |
| Antigua and Barbuda Coastal and Marine Ecosystem Management Program | McManus, John W (MBF) | R Allen Stanford/Stanford Financial Group | 11/1/2006 to 5/31/2012 |
| Linkages between larvae and recruitment of coral reef fishes along the Florida Keys shelf: an integrated field and modeling analysis of population connectivity in a complex system | Cowen, Robert (MBF) | NSF | 11/1/2006 to 10/31/2010 |
| Analysis of Coral Reef Decline in Punta Cana: Identification of Proximal Causes and Potential Corrective Steps | Brand, Larry (MBF), McManus, John (MBF), McManus, Liana (MAF) | Grupo Punta Cana | 10/1/2006 to 8/31/2007 |
| Reefs of Hope: Identifying the coral reefs most likely to survive global warming over the next 30-50 years | Baker, Andrew (MBF) | Pew Charitable Trusts | 10/1/2006 to 9/30/2009 |
| A Model for Cyanobacterial Toxins | Schmale, Michael C (MBF) | FIU | 8/16/2006 to 5/31/2007 |
| Statistical Analysis of Existing Bottomfish Data Towards the Application of Stock Assessments Models in the Pacific Island Region | Ault, Jerald S (MBF) | University of Hawaii | 6/15/2006 to 4/15/2007 |
| Climate Change Detection, Risk Perception and Behavior in Florida | Broad, Kenneth (MAF) | Decision Research/NSF | 6/1/2006 to 12/31/2007 |
| Connectivity in Marine Seascapes, Predicting Ecological & Socioeconomic Costs of Climate Change | Broad, Kenneth (MAF) | Resources for the Future/EPA | 3/1/2005 to 2/28/2008 |
| Effects of Climate Change on Ecosystem Services Provided by Coral Reefs and Tidal Marshes | Broad, Kenneth (MAF) | EPA | 11/1/2004 to 9/30/2007 |
| Science Fellowship In Everglades Water-Quality Research | Swart, Peter K (MGG) | NPS | 8/21/2004 to 12/31/2007 |
| Center for the Study of Individual and Group Decision Making Under Climate Uncertainty | Broad, Kenneth (MAF), Podesta, Guillermo (MPO) | NSF | 6/15/2004 to 8/31/2009 |
| Conservation and Restoration Through Knowledge: Assessing the Status of Fisheries in Biscayne National Park | Ault, Jerald S (MBF) | National Park Service | 8/10/2003 to 1/31/2007 |
| Coupled natural and human dynamics in coral reef ecosystems: the effect of marine reserve network design and implementation on fisheries, biodiversity and human communities | Olson, Don (MPO), Broad, Kenneth (MAF), McManus, Liana (MAF), McManus, John (MBF), Cowen, Robert (MBF) | AMNH/NSF | 10/15/2001 to 9/30/2007 |