PUBLICATIONS

CCMI Staff + Collaborative Scientists

2018 PUBLICATIONS

Foster, K.A. and Foster, G. (2018) Demographics and Population Dynamics Project the Future of Hard Coral Assemblages in Little Cayman. Open Journal of Marine Science, 8, 196-213. DOI: 10.4236/ojms.2018.81010

Reumont, J. , Hetzinger, S. , Garbe‐Schönberg, D. , Manfrino, C. and Dullo, C. (2018), Tracking Interannual‐ to Multidecadal‐Scale Climate Variability in the Atlantic Warm Pool Using Central Caribbean Coral Data. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 33: 395-411. DOI: 10.1002/2018PA003321

2017 PUBLICATIONS

Banks, S. & Foster, K. (2017)
Baseline levels of Siderastrea siderea bleaching under normal environmental conditions in Little Cayman, Open Journal of Marine Science, 7, 142-154, DOI: 10.4236/ojms.2017.71011.

Lohr, K. E., McNab, A. A., Manfrino, C., & Patterson, J. T. (2017).
Assessment of wild and restored staghorn coral Acropora cervicornis across three reef zones in the Cayman Islands. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 9c, 1-8. DOI: 10.1016/j.rsma.2016.11.003.

Peach, K. E., Koch, M.S., Blackwelder, P.L., Manfrino, C., (2017)
Calcification and photophysiology responses to elevated pCO2 in six Halimeda species from contrasting irradiance environments on Little Cayman Island reefs, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 486, 114-126. 55 DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2016.09.008.

2016 PUBLICATIONS

Bedwell-Ivers, H.E., Koch, M.S., Peach, K.E., Joles, L., Dutra, E., & Manfrino, C. (2016)
The role of in hospite zooxanthellae photophysiology and reef chemistry on elevated pCO2 effects in two branching Caribbean corals: Acropora cervicornis and Porites divaricata, ICES Journal of Marine Science, DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsw026.

Camp, E.F., Smith, D.J., Evenhuis, C., Enochs, I., Manzello, D., Woodcock, S., & Suggett, D.J. (2016)
Acclimatization to high-variance habitats does not enhance physiological tolerance of two key Caribbean corals to future temperature and pH, Proc. R. Soc. B, 283 (1831), DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.0442.

Camp, E.F., Suggett, D.J., Gendron, G., Jompa, J., Manfrino, C., & Smith, D.J. (2016)
Mangrove and seagrass beds provide different biogeochemical services for corals threatened by climate change, Frontiers in Marine Science, doi:10.3389/fmars.2016.00052.

Crandall, J., Teece, M.A., Estes, B.A., Manfrino, C., & Ciesla, J.H. (2016)
Nutrient acquisition strategies in mesophotic hard corals using compound specific stable isotope analysis of sterols.  Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 474, 133-141.

Von Reumont, J., Hetzinger, S., Garbe-Schonberg, D., Manfrino, C., & Dullo, W.-Chr. (2016)
Impact of warming events on reef-scale temperature variability as captured in two Little Cayman coral Sr/Ca records. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 17, DOI: 10.1002/2015GC006194.

2015 PUBLICATIONS

Bejarano, S., Lohr, K., Hamilton, S., & Manfrino, C. (2015)
Relationships of invasive lionfish with topographic complexity, groupers, and native prey fishes in Little Cayman, Marine Biology, 162, 253-266. DOI:10.1007/s00227-014-2595-3.

Dutra, E., Koch, M., Peach, K., & Manfrino, C. (2015)
Tropical crustose coralline algal individual and community responses to elevated pCO2 and low irradiance, ICES Journal of Marine Science, DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsv213.

Lohr, K.E., Bejarano, S., Lirman, D., Schopmeyer, S., & Manfrino, C. (2015)
Optimizing the productivity of a coral nursery focused on staghorn coral Acropora cervicornis, Endangered Species Research, 27, 243-250, DOI: 10.3354/esr00667.

2014 PUBLICATIONS

Austin, T., Bush, P., Fenner, D., Manfrino, C., McCoy, C., Miller, J., Nagelkerken, I., Polunin, N., Wil, E., Williams, I., AGRRA, CARICOMP, Reef Check (2014)
Cayman Islands In Jackson JBC, Donovan MK, Cramer KL, Lam VV (Eds.), Status and Trends of Caribbean Coral Reefs: 1970-2012 (243 pp.). Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network, IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.

Diller, J.L., Frazer, T.K., Jacoby, C.A. (2014)
Coping with the lionfish invasion: Evidence that naïve, native predators can learn to help, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 455, 45-49, DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2014.02.014.

Edwards, M.A., Frazer, T.K., & Jacoby, C.A. (2014)
Age and growth of invasive lionfish (Pterois spp.) in the Caribbean Sea, with implications for management, Bulletin of Marine Science, 90, 953-966. DOI: 10.5343/bms.2014.1022.

Zhu X,  Minnett PJ, Berkelmans R, Hendee J, Manfrino C (2014)
Diurnal warming in shallow coastal seas: Observations from the Caribbean and Great Barrier Reef regions. Continental Shelf Research, 82: 85-98.

2013 PUBLICATIONS

Barry, S.C., Frazer, T.K., & Jacoby, C.A. (2013)
Production and carbonate dynamics of Halimeda incrassata (Ellis) Lamoroux altered by Thalassia testudinum Banks and Soland ex König. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 444, 73-80, DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2013.03.012.

Camp, E.F., Lohr, K.E., Barry, S.C., Bush, P.G., Jacoby, C.A., & Manfrino, C. (2013)
Microhabitat associations of late juvenile Nassau groupers (Epinephelus striatus) off Little Cayman, BWI. Bulletin of Marine Science, 89(2), 571-581.

Lohr, K.E., Camp, E.F., & Manfrino, C. (2013)
First record of the basslet Gramma dejongi outside of Cuba, Coral Reefs, 33(1), 221, DOI: 10.1007/s00338-013-1089-y.

Manfrino, C., Jacoby, C.A., Camp, E., & Frazer, T.K.  (2013)
A positive trajectory for corals at Little Cayman Island, PLoSOne, 8(10): e75432.

2012 PUBLICATIONS

Frazer, T.K., Jacoby, C.A., Edwards, M., Barry, S., & Manfrino, C. (2012)
Coping with lionfish: can targeted removals yield beneficial effects? Reviews in Fisheries Science, 20 (4), 185-191, DOI: 10.1080/10641262.2012.700655.

van Hooidonk, R., Manzello, D., Moye, J., Brandt, M.E., Hendee, J., McCoy, C., & Manfrino, C. (2012)
Coral Bleaching  at Little Cayman, Cayman Islands 2009, Estuarine, Coastal, and Shelf Science, 106, 80-84, DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2012.04.021.

2010 PUBLICATIONS

Eakin, C.M., Morgan, J.A., Heron, S.F., Smith, T.B., Liu, G., Alvarez-Filip, L., Baca, B., Bartels, E., Bastidas, C., Bouchon, C., Brandt, M., Bruckner, A.W., Bunkley-Williams, L., Cameron, A., Causey, B.D., Chiappone, M., Christensen, T.R.L., Crabbe, M.J.C., Day, O., de la Guardia, E., Díaz-Pulido, G., DiResta, D., Gil-Agudelo, D.L., Gilliam, D.S., Ginsburg, R.N., Gore, S., Guzmán, H.M., Hendee, J.C., Hernández-Delgado, E.A., Husain,E., Jeffrey, C.F.G., Jones, R.J., Jordán-Dahlgren,E., Kaufman, L.S., Kline,D.I., Kramer, P.A., Lang, J.C., Lirman,D., Mallela, J., & Manfrino, C. (2010)
Caribbean Corals in Crisis: Record Thermal Stress, Bleaching, and Mortality in 2005, PLoS One, 5(11):e13969.

2009 AND EARLIER PUBLICATIONS

Brandt, M.E. & McManus, J.W. (2009)
Dynamics and impacts of the coral disease white plague: insights from a simulation model, Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 87, 117-133.

Coelho, V. & Manfrino, C. (2007)
Coral Community Decline at Remote Caribbean Islands: Marine No-Take Reserves Are Not Enough, Aquatic Conserv: Mar. Freshw. Ecosyst, 16, 1–20, DOI: 10.1002/aqc.822.

Hoshino, K., Brandt, M., Manfrino, C., Riegl, B., & Steiner, S.C.C. (2003)
Assessment of the reefs of the Turks & Caicos Islands, Part 2: Fish communities, J.C. Lang (ed.), Status of coral reefs in the western Atlantic: Results of initial surveys, Atlantic & Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment (AGRRA) Program, Atoll Res. Bull., 496, 480-499.

Manfrino, C., Riegl, B., Hall, J.L., & Graifman, R. (2003)
Status of Coral Reefs of Little Cayman, Grand Cayman & Cayman Brac, British West Indies in 1999 & 2000 (Part 1: Stony Corals & Algae), J.C. Lang (ed.), Status of coral reefs in the western Atlantic: Results of initial Surveys, Atlantic & Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment (AGRRA), Atoll Res. Bull., 496, 204–225.

Riegl, B., Manfrino, C., Hermoiyan, C., Brandt, M.E., & Hoshino, K. (2003)
Assessment of the Coral Reefs of the Turks Caicos Islands (Part 1: Stony Corals & Algae), J.C. Lang (ed.), Status of coral reefs in the western Atlantic: Results of initial surveys, Atlantic & Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment (AGRRA) Program, Atoll Res. Bull., 496, 460-479.

In progress/Review

Drury, C., Schopmeyer, S., Gilliam, D., Bartels, E., Johnson, M., Lirman, D., Maxwell, K., Nedymier, K., Galvan, V., Manfrino, C., & Carne, L. (2016)
Patterns of genetic diversity in Acropora cervicornis show extensive population structure and variable genetic diversity, Molecular Ecology.

Hearne, E., Johnson, R., & Gullick, A. (2016)
Effects of green turtle grazing on primary producer diversity in Caribbean seagrass meadows. (In preparation).

TECHNICAL REPORTS, SPECIAL SERIES, TEXTBOOK

Austin,T., Bush, P., Fenner, D., Manfrino, C., McCoy, C., Miller, J., Nagelkerken, I., Polunin, N. , Weil, E., Williams, I., AGRRA,CARICOMP and Reef Check, 2014, report: Cayman Islands, in: Jackson JBC, Donovan MK, Cramer KL, Lam VV (editors). Status and Trends of Caribbean Coral Reefs: 1970-2012. Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network, IUCN, Gland, Switzerland. 306pp.

Minnett P.J., Zhu, X., Hendee J., Manfrino, C., and Berkelmans, R. (2012)
Diurnal heating in shallow water – implications for satellite remote sensing of sea-surface temperature and monitoring coastal environments, International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Munich, July 2012.

Manfrino, C. and Ecott, T., 2010
Sustaining Our Ocean and Islands, CCMI Special Publication Green Guide No.3, 34pp. Princeton, NJ Published and Distributed 7500

Manfrino, C., 2009
Coral Reefs and Climate Change, CCMI Special Publication Green Guide No.2, 34 pp. Princeton, NJ Published and Distributed 10,000

Manfrino, C., 2008
The Marine Environment, CCMI Special Publication Green Guide No. 1, 34 pp, Princeton, NJ   Published and Distributed 10,000

Manfrino, C. (2009)
Climate Change Research at the Little Cayman Research Centre, in Hendee, J. (ed.). (2009) Think Tank #5: A Strategic Planning Session for Ocean Acidification Research. Silver Spring, MD: NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program. NOAA Technical Memorandum CRCP 2.

Jones, L., Acolado, P., Cala, Y., Cobi Án, D., Coelho, V., Hernandez, A., Jones, R., Mallela, J., and Manfrino, C. (2008)
The Effects of Coral Bleaching in the Northern Caribbean and Western Atlantic, Ch. 7:73- 84, in Wilkinson, C., Souter, D., (eds.), Status of Caribbean Coral Reefs after Bleaching and Hurricanes in 2005, Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network, Townsville, Australia, 152pp.

Creary M., Alcolado P., Coelho V., Crabbe, J., Green S., Geraldes F., Ainsley H., Hibbert H., Jones R., Jones-Smith L., Manfrino C., Manuel S., McCoy C., Weiner J. (2008)
Status of Coral Reefs in the Northern Caribbean and Western Atlantic GCRMN Node in 2008, Chapter 17, pp. 239-252, in Wilkinson C. (ed.), Status of Coral Reefs of the World, Global Coral Reef Monitoring Net., Townsville, Australia, 296pp.

Lee, V. (2008)
Our Ocean Planet, Ecott, T., Manfrino, C. (eds.), Central Caribbean Marine Institute Spec. Pub., Princeton, NJ, 420pp.

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