{"id":20007,"date":"2020-05-25T12:57:28","date_gmt":"2020-05-25T19:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mlmlblog.wordpress.com\/?p=20007"},"modified":"2020-10-14T12:26:22","modified_gmt":"2020-10-14T19:26:22","slug":"coral-reef-recovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/2020\/05\/25\/coral-reef-recovery\/","title":{"rendered":"A picture is worth a thousand words: using underwater photography to predict coral reef recovery"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-20007\"  class=\"panel-layout\"><div id=\"pg-20007-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\"><div id=\"pgc-20007-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\"><div id=\"panel-20007-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\"><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h3><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-20011 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2020\/05\/6.-caroline-rogriguez.png?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"335\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2020\/05\/6.-caroline-rogriguez.png 936w, https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2020\/05\/6.-caroline-rogriguez-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2020\/05\/6.-caroline-rogriguez-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 335px) 100vw, 335px\" \/>By <a href=\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/invertebrate-ecology\/lab-members\/caroline-rodriguez\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Caroline Rodriguez<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/invertebrate-ecology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MLML Invertebrate Ecology Lab<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/loganlabcsumb.weebly.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CSUMB Logan Lab<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>If you have seen photos of coral reefs, you probably agree that coral reefs are beautiful, colorful seascapes. Coral reefs are indeed picturesque, but they are also extremely important to humans for a number of reasons. Coral reefs protect coastlines from storm surges and erosion, support local economies through tourism, and uphold diverse ecosystems that sustain important fisheries. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/387253a0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">services of reefs<\/a> are valued at $375 billion per year and 25% of fish depend on these key habitats.<\/p>\n<p>Despite their economic and ecological value, coral reefs around the world are dying. Pollution and overfishing contribute to coral decline, but increasing ocean temperatures from greenhouse gas emissions is the most severe threat to coral reefs. <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><p> <a href=\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/2020\/05\/25\/coral-reef-recovery\/#more-20007\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Caroline Rodriguez, MLML Invertebrate Ecology Lab &amp; CSUMB Logan Lab If you have seen photos of coral reefs, you probably agree that coral reefs are beautiful, colorful seascapes. Coral reefs are indeed picturesque, but they are also extremely important to humans for a number of reasons. Coral reefs protect coastlines from storm surges and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":291,"featured_media":20015,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[329],"class_list":["post-20007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-drop-inblog","tag-invertebrate-ecology-lab"],"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"MLML Student Life","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/291"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20007"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20177,"href":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20007\/revisions\/20177"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}