{"id":156963,"date":"2022-03-27T09:00:37","date_gmt":"2022-03-27T19:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=156963"},"modified":"2022-06-17T12:43:59","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T22:43:59","slug":"coral-restoration-student-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/03\/27\/coral-restoration-student-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawai\u02bbi coral restoration efforts improved through student research"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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From left, Gyasi Alexander and Shayle Matsuda conducting field work.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Climate change-induced ocean warming has reshaped reef ecosystems as coral bleaching events continue to lead to mass coral die-offs globally. A study<\/a> led by University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at Mānoa student researchers revealed that exposing rice coral larvae to warmer temperatures did not improve survival once the coral developed into juveniles and were exposed to heat stress.<\/p>\n

Coral restoration efforts in Hawaiʻi<\/span> are vast and include selectively breeding more resilient coral, active management of vulnerable areas and outplanting coral reared in a lab.<\/p>\n

Shayle Matsuda<\/strong> and Ariana Huffmyer<\/strong>, marine biology graduate students in the 糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology<\/a> (SOEST<\/abbr>), were on a mission to optimize efforts to restore corals. While at the Inclusive Science Communication Symposium, Matsuda met Gyasi Alexander, an undergraduate student at the University of Rhode Island, and invited him to participate in a summer internship at the Hawaiʻi<\/span> Institute of Marine Biology<\/a> (HIMB<\/abbr>) in SOEST<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n