The Development and Evolution of Caribbean Coral Reef Islands

加勒比珊瑚礁群岛的发展与演变

• 批准号: 2434550
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Northumbria University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2434550
• 关键词: Development; Evolution; Caribbean; Coral; Reef

The aim of this PhD is to reconstruct the development of, and identify the key controls on the evolution of Caribbean coral reef islands.To achieve this the PhD will address four key research questions to gain a holistic understanding of Caribbean reef island development:1. When, and how did Caribbean reef island building occur?2. What are the dominant controls on reef island evolution?3. Which coral reef organisms are the most significant for island building?4. What is the degree of connectivity between coral reef islands and surrounding coral reefsThe results from this PhD will have significant implications for the management of Caribbean coral reef islands. This includes improving resilience assessments of these islands to future climatic, environmental and ecological stressors; and helping to direct conservation efforts towards retaining the vital ecosystem services these islands provide (Mycoo, 2018).

该博士学位的目的是重建的发展，并确定加勒比珊瑚礁岛屿的演变的关键控制.为了实现这一目标，博士将解决四个关键的研究问题，以获得加勒比珊瑚礁岛屿发展的整体理解：1.什么时候，以及如何加勒比礁岛建设发生？2.什么是控制礁岛演化的主要因素？3.哪种珊瑚礁生物对岛屿的建造最重要？4.什么是珊瑚礁岛屿和周围的珊瑚礁之间的连接程度从这个博士学位的结果将有显着的影响加勒比珊瑚礁岛屿的管理。这包括改善这些岛屿对未来气候，环境和生态压力的恢复力评估;并帮助将保护工作导向保留这些岛屿提供的重要生态系统服务（Mycoo，2018）。