主要研究 今天

格雷格·摩尔, coastal restoration ecologist and associate professor in the department of biological sciences, 邀请了米歇尔·富内特和劳拉·克洛普, both visiting assistant professors in the department of biological sciences, 为…作出贡献 英属维尔京群岛的生态恢复工作 他作为与H. 托尔托拉的拉夫蒂斯托特社区学院(HLSCC).

Fournet, who is also the associate director for education at the 主要研究 Center for Acoustics Research and Education and an accomplished marine acoustician, is monitoring the soundscape of the waters around mangrove roots in an attempt to detect key sea floor organisms that distinguish between damaged systems, 恢复系统和自然健康系统. 这项研究以她为基础 工作 在佛罗里达州南部的大沼泽地国家公园, which revealed changes to the acoustic community following ecological disturbances.

在12月, Moore and Fournet visited several mangrove sites in the BVI and deployed hydrophones that will be recording marine life vocalizing among the tangled roots of the mangrove over the next five to six weeks. Their hope is the recorders will capture data that will add a valuable dimension to the assessment of the mangroves recovery 和 associated ecosystem services restored mangroves can provide.

Moore和Fournet正在与Susan Zaluski合作, head of marine and maritime studies at HLSCC’s Centre for Applied Marine Studies. In 2019, 主要研究 established a partnership with the college to promote research and training exchanges and collaborations between the two institutions to create opportunities for students and faculty. 作为合伙关系的一部分, Creightanya Brewley和Nia 杰弗斯, 两位哈佛商学院校友, 他于2021年秋季加入了主要研究的海洋生物学硕士课程.

杰弗斯, 谁管理HLSCC红树林苗圃, is comparing techniques to increase mangrove restoration planting success for her thesis. Brewley has been conducting research to update the status of an endemic, 被称为维尔京群岛科奇的濒危青蛙(Eleutherodactylus schwartzi).

“我们对这种微小而脆弱的两栖动物知之甚少，”摩尔说. “While historic surveys have documented the decline of the population, 最近发表的永利app新版本官网地址该物种的研究是20多年前的事了.”

推进物种科学的发展, Brewley is studying the characteristics of its habitats that may hold clues for conservation and management plans to protect the frogs from current and future threats. 与摩尔(她的导师)合作, Zalusky和Cassander Titley-O'Neal, 英属维尔京群岛国家公园信托基金主任, she has been recording the vocalization of several native and non-native frogs that can be easily confused for one another due to similar calls.

Kloepper, 陆地声学家, is providing critical guidance on analysis and interpretation of the recordings, while Fournet is helping to expand this sort of acoustic training in the region. 除了, 金巴比特, 负责学术事务的副院长兼野生动物生态学家, has been sharing her expertise on the community ecology of amphibians and Bonnie Brown, 生物科学系教授兼系主任, is leading a genomic analysis of frog DNA that seeks to corroborate acoustic data with positive identification of vocally similar taxa.

一些最近的录音, which demonstrate of male courtship vocalization of the Virgin Islands Coqui, 可以听到 在这里. Brewley’s first publication from her collaborative 工作 is expected soon.

这项工作得到了 达尔文计划 和 J.A. Woollam基金会.