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X-WR-CALNAME:Lunchbox Talk: Selecting Corals for Reef Restoration
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DESCRIPTION:With Carlo Caruso\, Senior Scientist\, Hawai'i Institute of Mar
 ine Biology - Coral Resilience Lab\n\n \n\nThursday\, December 11\n\n12-1 
 p.m.\n\nHybrid: In-person and on Zoom\n\nFree! Register >\n\n \n\nCorals a
 re the foundation of complex and biodiverse reef ecosystems often called '
 the rainforests of the sea'. Reef-building corals are engaged in an ancien
 t intracellular symbiosis with photosynthesizing algae which provides the 
 energetic budget driving bio-mineralization and the physical formation of 
 reefs.\n\n \n\nAs climate change degrades these reefs\, coral restoration 
 is increasingly being considered and implemented as a resource management 
 strategy. Selecting coral stocks more likely to survive impending heat str
 ess is one way to potentially increase the likelihood of a restoration pro
 ject's success.\n\n \n\nThe Coral Resilience Lab investigates heat-toleran
 ce in corals with a variety of techniques and innovative research methods\
 , including genetics\, field experiments\, on-shore aquaria systems\, and 
 novel instrumentation. We explore the efficacy of sexual and asexual propa
 gation approaches in empirical research-scale restoration plots and seek t
 echniques for predicting and promoting heat-tolerance in coral stocks.\n\n
  \n\nABOUT THE SPEAKER\n\nCarlo Caruso is Senior Scientist at the Coral Re
 silience Lab at the Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology. His research focu
 ses on the adaptation of corals under warming ocean conditions and resourc
 e management actions informed by the biology of coral bleaching (the break
 down of symbiosis between corals and their photosynthesizing algae). He al
 so develops novel experimental apparatus combining engineering\, programmi
 ng\, and instrumentation to support coral research. Carlo attended the NC 
 School of Science and Mathematics and earned a BA in Education at UNC Chap
 el Hill\, a Masters in Biological Science at Stanford\, and a PhD in Marin
 e Biology at the University of Hawai'i Manoa. He has previously worked as 
 a middle school science teacher in Davidson County\, NC\, as the manager o
 f molecular biology and genetics laboratories in NC and CA\, and as Distri
 ct Ranger of the Manu'a Islands park unit in the National Park of American
  Samoa.
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LOCATION:North Carolina Botanical Garden
SUMMARY:Lunchbox Talk: Selecting Corals for Reef Restoration
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 -for-reef-restoration
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