Free Press advances Darling Marine Center talk on coral reef conservation
The Free Press reported Peter Mumby, leader of the Marine Spatial Ecology Lab at the University of Queensland, Australia, will lead a seminar at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center (DMC) in Walpole at noon Wednesday, July 13. In his talk, “Managing Coral Reef Resilience and Ecosystem Functioning in an Era of Climate Change,” Mumby will discuss his 20-plus years of experience with coral reef ecology research and translating that knowledge into action, according to the article. The talk is free and open to the public. Mumby has visited UMaine several times while collaborating with Bob Steneck, a researcher at DMC. Together they have conducted research on the world’s coral reefs and published more than 20 scientific papers, the article states.