Peter W. Glynn
Professor of
Marine Biology and Fisheries
Biography
Ph.D. (1963)
Stanford University
Honors and
Professional Activities:
Phi Beta Kappa
C. Darwin Medal, ISRS (1992)
Pacific Science Association
International Society for Reef Studies, Council Member
Executive Council, Charles Darwin Research Foundation
Bert Paper Award, Coral Reefs, vol. 8 with L. D�Croz, International Society
for Reef Studies
Sigma Xi Scientist of the year, University of Miami
Research
Interests
Research activities center on coral community structure and function with
emphasis on natural and anthropogenic disturbances to coral reefs. Major
attention has been directed toward an analysis of the impacts of the 1982-83
El Ni�o warming event on eastern Pacific coral reefs. The severely affected
coral reefs in the eastern Pacific region are being study with respect to
(1) initial and long-term disturbance effects (predation, competition,
symbiosis, bioerosion), (2) causes of coral bleaching and mortality, (3)
coral community recovery, and (4) records of El Ni�o disturbances in the
past, based on evidence from core drilling, sclerochronology, stable isotope
and trace metal signals.
Representative
Publications
Glynn, P.W.,
R. Imai, K. Sakai, Y. Nakano, and K. Yamazato (1992) Experimental responses
of Okinawan (Ryukyu Islands, Japan) reef corals to high sea temperatures and
UV radiation. Proc. 7th Int. Coral Reef Symp. 1:27-37
Glynn, P.W.
(1997) Bioersion and coral-reef growth; a dynamic balance. Pp. 68-95 In:
C.Birkeland (ed.) Life and Death of Coral Reefs, Chapman & Hall, New York.
Glynn, P.W.
(1996) Coral reef bleaching: facts, hypotheses and implications. Global
change Biology2:495-509.