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DTSTART;TZID=US/Central:20130131T111000
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SUMMARY:Science Interest Group (SIG) Lecture: Decline of Caribbean Coral R
 eefs
DESCRIPTION:Ben Greenstein, professor of geology and associate dean of the
  college, will give a lecture titled "Historical Context for the Decline 
 of Caribbean Coral Reefs." The decline of shallow water reef coral commun
 ities has alarmed the marine scientific community - particularly since th
 e catastrophic El Nino event that occurred in 1998. However, given that m
 odern ecological surveys of coral reefs began at the same time that SCUBA
  equipment became widely available (approximately 1960), many were conduc
 ted long after the reefs had become degraded by human activities. This ph
 enomenon is known as the "shifting baseline syndrome" and has hampered ef
 forts to restore reef coral communities since it can be difficult to know
  what constitutes a "natural" reef coral community. Moreover, there is li
 ttle synoptic data available to assess the patterns of reef decline over 
 time and within and between geographic regions. This talk will highlight 
 the importance of the Pleistocene and Holocene fossil record of reefs for
  mitigating the shifting baseline syndrome, and present analyses of an ex
 tensive database, drawn from ecological literature, that elucidates patte
 rns of reef decline in the Caribbean region.
LOCATION:West Science Room 100
URL:http://webapps.cornellcollege.edu/events/2013/01/31/9049/
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