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Overview--What is an Earthquake? What is a Tsunami? | |||
Types of Damage: | |||
Effects of Earthquakes on Coral Reefs: | |||
1. Uplift | |||
2. Subsidence | |||
Effects of Tsunamis on Coral Reefs: | |||
1. Removes benthic assemblages: | |||
2. Resets succession and structure of communities | |||
History of Earthquakes in the Caribbean (Important Case Studies): | |||
1. Belizean Barrier Reef--Earthquake 2009 | |||
a. Description of Catastrophe: | |||
b. Immediate Impacts on Coral: | |||
c. Further Ecological Impacts: | |||
History of Tsunamis in the Caribbean (Important Case Studies): | |||
1. | |||
a. Description of Catastrophe: | |||
b. Immediate Impacts on Coral: | |||
c. Further Ecological Impacts: | |||
Looking Forward: | |||
1. Restoration of Previously Damaged Reefs | |||
a. role of ecological history | |||
2. Return Times of Natural Disasters in the Future | |||
3. Status of Caribbean Coral Reefs in 100 Years | |||
Revision as of 00:46, 27 February 2013
Earthquakes/Tsunamis
Overview--What is an Earthquake? What is a Tsunami?
Types of Damage:
Effects of Earthquakes on Coral Reefs: 1. Uplift 2. Subsidence
Effects of Tsunamis on Coral Reefs: 1. Removes benthic assemblages: 2. Resets succession and structure of communities
History of Earthquakes in the Caribbean (Important Case Studies): 1. Belizean Barrier Reef--Earthquake 2009
a. Description of Catastrophe:
b. Immediate Impacts on Coral: c. Further Ecological Impacts:
History of Tsunamis in the Caribbean (Important Case Studies): 1.
a. Description of Catastrophe:
b. Immediate Impacts on Coral: c. Further Ecological Impacts:
Looking Forward: 1. Restoration of Previously Damaged Reefs a. role of ecological history 2. Return Times of Natural Disasters in the Future 3. Status of Caribbean Coral Reefs in 100 Years