John Stanley Gardiner (1872–1946) was a British zoologist.
Ove Hoegh-Guldberg,is a biologist and climate scientist specialising in coral reefs,in particular bleaching due to global warming and climate change. He has published over 500 journal articles and been cited over 50,000 times.
Monuriki is a small,uninhabited island situated off the coast of Viti Levu in the Fiji Islands,in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean. Monuriki is part of the Atolls islands,and related to a group of three islets in the larger group of islands known as the Mamanuca Islands. This coral and volcanic island is the smallest islet and the southernmost of a small group of three islets,west of Tavua.
Reef Check is an international non-governmental organization dedicated to the conservation of two reef ecosystems:tropical coral reefs and Californian rocky reefs. The Foundation is headquartered in Los Angeles,California,United States,but uses data from volunteer scuba diver teams in over 80 countries,ranging from Australia,Japan,to even Germany. It is the United Nations’official coral reef monitoring program.
Coral Reef Initiative for the South Pacific (CRISP) is a French inter-ministerial project founded in 2002. Its aims focus on developing a vision for the future for coral reef eco-systems and the communities that depend on them within the French overseas territories and Pacific Island developing countries. Programme coordination is provided by the CRISP Coordination Unit and a programme manager who is supported by scientific counselors. The programme is hosted by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community who is located in Nouméa,New-Caledonia. CRISP is under the institutional protection from the Pacific Community and the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme. It is a regional initiative that promotes the protection and sustainable management of the coral reefs of the Pacific island states.
Tundi Agardy is a marine conservationist and the founder of Sound Seas –a Washington DC-based group specializing in working at the nexus of marine science and policy in order to safeguard ocean life.
Coral aquaculture,also known as coral farming or coral gardening,is the cultivation of corals for commercial purposes or coral reef restoration. Aquaculture is showing promise as a tool for restoring coral reefs,which are dying off around the world. The process protects young corals while they are most at risk of dying. Small corals are propagated in nurseries and then replanted on the reef.
Organizations which currently undertake coral reef and atoll restoration projects using simple methods of plant propagation:
Angel Chua Alcala,,is a Filipino biologist who was named a National Scientist of the Philippines in 2014. Alcala is known for his fieldwork to build sanctuaries and to promote biodiversity in the aquatic ecosystems of the Philippines. He is currently Chairman of the Board of Advisers at the Angelo King Center for Research and Environmental Management located in Silliman University. Responsible for publishing more than 200 peer-reviewed articles and books,his biological contributions to the environment and ecosystems have made him a renowned hero for natural sciences in the Philippines.
NOAAS Townsend Cromwell was an American fisheries research vessel that was in commission in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) fleet from 1975 to 2002. Prior to her NOAA career,she was in the United States Fish and Wildlife Service's Bureau of Commercial Fisheries fleet from 1963 to 1975 as US FWS Townsend Cromwell.
Ayana Elizabeth Johnson is a marine biologist,policy expert,and conservation strategist. She is the founder and president of Ocean Collectiv,a consulting firm that helps find ocean "conservation solutions grounded in social justice",and the founder of Urban Ocean Lab,a think tank for climate change and ocean conservation policy in coastal cities.
Liz Neeley is a science communicator,researcher,and founder of Liminal Creations. She was formerly the Executive Director of The Story Collider,a nonprofit organization that focuses on true,personal stories inspired by science. She began her career in marine biology and conservation and has since become an expert in the use of narrative storytelling for effective science communication.
Ruth Deborah Gates was the Director of the Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology and the first woman to be President of the International Society for Reef Studies. Her research was dedicated to understanding coral reef ecosystems,specifically coral-algal symbiosis and the capacity for corals to acclimatize under future climate change conditions. Doctor Gates is most accredited with looking at coral biology and human-assisted coral evolution,known as super corals,as notably seen in the documentary Chasing Coral,available on Netflix.
Llewellya Williams Hillis,later Llewellya Hillis-Colinvaux,was a Canadian-born American marine biologist.
Nyawira A. Muthiga is an African conservation zoologist who is Director of the Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association Marine Programme in Kenya. She is a conservation scientist for the Wildlife Conservation Society.
Andia Chaves Fonnegra is a Colombian marine biologist known for her research on the marine sponge Cliona delitrix.
Kimberly B. Ritchie is an American marine biologist. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Natural Sciences at the University of South Carolina Beaufort. Her research is focused on marine microbiology and how microbes affect animal health in hosts such as corals and sharks.
Julia Kathleen Baum is a Canadian marine biologist. In 2017,she was named to the Royal Society of Canada's College of New Scholars,Artists,and Scientists. She was awarded a Pew Fellowship in Marine Conservation in 2017 and an EWR Steacie Fellowship in 2018.
Sara Margery Lewis is an American biologist who has contributed to the field of coral reef ecology and the evolution of reproductive behavior in insects. She is a professor of biology at Tufts University,co-chair of the Firefly Specialist Group at the Species Survival Commission of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature,and published author of Silent Sparks:The Wondrous World of Fireflies.
Dr. Mónica Medina is a professor of organismal biology at the Pennsylvania State University. She is known for environmental activism,such as fighting to protect Varadero Reef,and her research on the ecology and evolution of symbiosis by studying the relationships between cnidarian,endosymbiotic dinoflagellates,and other microbes.
