Episode 9: The plight of stony coral tissue disease with Franziska Elmer
Season 1, Episode 9
As if coral reefs didn’t face enough anthropogenic pressures already, reefs across the world have to deal with a number of environmental pressures too. Amongst these is stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) a novel white plague that infects many species, is highly contagious, and causes rapid mortality. On today's episode of the podcast, we’re joined by Franziska Elmer, to discuss her paper titled: Ecological consequences of Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease in the Turks and Caicos Islands. A research fellow at the Center for Marine Resource Studies in South Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands. Her research focuses are coral recruitment, stony coral tissue loss disease and the impact of Sargassum beaching events on ecosystems and local communities.
Introducing: Amber Carter
Franziska Elmer PhD is a research fellow with School for Field Studies at the Center for Marine Resource Studies in South Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands. She has spent much of her career in the Caribbean, including volunteer work and an internship at STENAPA in St. Eustatius and faculty positions at CIEE in Bonaire and SFS in South Caicos. Furthermore, she serves as treasurer for the Association of Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean and is an Island Innovation Ambassador. Her research focusses are on coral recruitment, stony coral tissue loss disease and the impact of Sargassum beaching events on ecosystems and local communities. Currently she is the host and executive prodicer of the sargassum podcast and last year she gave TEDx talk in Luzern: How a Marine Biologist Became a Climate Pirate.
Featured Paper
Ecological consequences of Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease in the Turks and Caicos Islands
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