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. DÕCroz, 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 Niño 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 Niño 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 Biology
2:495-509.
Glynn, P.W.,
Colley, S.B., Gassman, N.J., K. Black, J. Cortes, and J.L. Mate (1996) Reef
coral reproduction in the eastern Pacific: Costa Rica, Panama, and Galapagos
Islands(Ecuador). III. Agariciidae (Pavona gigantez and Gardineroseris planulata).
Marine Biology, 125:579-601.
Glynn, P.W.,
J.E.N.Veron, and G.M. Wellington (1996) Clipperton Atoll (eastern Pacific):
oceanography, geomorphology, reef-building coral ecology and biogeography. Coral
Reefs 15:71-99.
Glynn, P.W.
(1993) Coral reef bleaching: ecological perspectives. Coral Reefs 12:1-17. Contact
Prof. Peter Glynn
RSMAS/MBF
University of Miami
4600 Rickenbacker Causeway
Miami, FL 33149
Telephone: 305/361-4134
[email protected]
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