Publications by authors named "Franziska Elmer"
Article Synopsis
- Ecosystems, especially coral reefs, are recovering from human impacts such as climate change and habitat destruction, and coral recruitment is vital for this recovery.
- The research at Palmyra Atoll studied how reef fishes influence coral recruitment through direct consumption and indirect habitat changes over three years.
- Findings show that while reef fishes initially aid coral recovery, their influence diminishes over time, suggesting that environmental factors eventually play a more crucial role.
Consumers play an integral role in mediating ecological succession-the change in community composition over time. As consumer populations are facing rapid decline in ecosystems around the world, understanding of their ecological role is becoming increasingly urgent. Increased understanding of how changes in consumer populations may influence community variability across space and turnover through time during succession is particularly important for coral reefs, which are among the most threatened ecosystems globally, and where fishes play vital roles in structuring benthic succession.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe consider the opportunities and challenges associated with organizing a conference online, using a case study of a medium-sized (approx. 400 participants) international conference held virtually in August 2020. In addition, we present quantifiable evidence of the participants' experience using the results from an online post-conference questionnaire.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTo combat the climate crisis, we need rapid, unprecedented social change. Scientists can play a lead role by signaling to society that we recognize the critical importance of redesigning our business-as-usual approach to research conferences. Traditional research conferences have high CO emissions as well as significant financial and travel time costs for participants.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF