Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Effects of herbivores, wave exposure, and depth on benthic coral communities of the Easter Island Ecoregion

E. Easton, C. Gaymer, A. Friedlander, J. Herlan. Marine and Freshwater Research. 69: 997-1006. [journal]

Diverse coral communities in mangrove habitats suggest a novel refuge from climate change

K. Yates, C.S. Rogers, J. Herlan, G. Smiley, N. Larson. Biogeosciences. 11: 4321-4337. [journal]

Assessing techniques to enhance early post-settlement survival of corals in situ for reef restoration

W. Cooper, D. Lirman, M. Porter VanGroningen, J. Parkinson, J. Herlan, J. McManus. Bulletin of Marine Science. (90)2:651-664. [journal]

Propagation of the threatened staghorn coral Acropora cervicornis: Methods to minimize the impacts of fragment collection and maximize production

D. Lirman, T. Thyberg, J. Herlan, C. Young-Laiff, S. Schopmeyer, B. Huntington. Coral Reefs. 29(2): 729-735. [journal]

Seasonal changes in the abundance and distribution of submerged aquatic vegetation in a highly managed coastal lagoon

D. Lirman, G. DeAngelo, J. Serafy, A. Hazra, D. Smith Hazra, J. Herlan, J. Luo, S. Bellmund, J. Wang, R. Clausing. Hydrobiologia. 596:105-120. [journal]

Scientific Manuscript Drafts

Population variation of the major reef-building corals Porites lobata and Pocillopora spp. along wave-energy gradients at Rapa Nui

J. Herlan,  C. Edwards, T. Smith, C. Gaymer, A. Friedlander. Submitted

A spatial dispersion of the coral Pocillopora spp. along a wave-energy gradient

J. Herlan,  King, Z. , C. Gaymer, A. Friedlander. In preparation

Emergent regular patterns of Porites lobata branches in relation to wave energy direction and coastline angle at Rapa Nui

J. Herlan,  Russell, G., C. Gaymer, A. Friedlander. In preparation

Scientific Reports

Status of Coral Reef Resources of the Lesser Antilles: The French West Indies, The Netherland Antilles, Anguilla, Antigua, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago

C. Bouchon, P. Portillo, Y. Bouchon-Navaro, M. Louis, P. Hoetjes, K. De Meyer, D. Macrae, H. Armstrong, V. Datadin, S. Harding, J, Mallela, R. Parkinson, J-W. Van Bochove, D. Lirman, J. Herlan, A. Baker, L. Collado, S.C. Isaac. In: Wilkinson, C. (ed.) Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 2008. Australia Institute of Marine Science, Australia. pgs. 265-280. [ReefBase]

Book Chapters

Coral reef conservation in the in the Eastern Tropical Pacific

J. Alvarado, O. Aburto-Oropeza, R. Abad, E. Barraza, M. Brandt, J. Canterra, P. Estrada, C. Gaymer, A. Guzman, J. Herlan, J. Mate.  In: Coral Reefs of the Eastern Tropical Pacific: Persistence and Loss in a Dynamic Environment. Springer. (2017) [publisher site]

Conference Proceedings

12th International Coral Reef Symposium (ICRS)

Life on the Edge: coral mangroves and climate change

C. Rogers, J. Herlan. Cairns, Australia. (2012) 

Proceedings of the 11th International Coral Reef Symposium (ICRS) 

The development of a coral reef nursery program for the threatened coral Acropora cervicornis in Florida

J. Herlan, D. Lirman. Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, 7-11 July 2008. Vol. 2: 1249-1252 (Session number 24) [ReefBase]
Exposure to nutrients 

Conference Presentations

MIT_Poster_2020b.pdf

3rd MIT Quantitative Ecology Meeting


Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyDept. of Civil and Environmental EngineeringCambridge, Massachusetts. January 24, 2020Poster Presentation
Spatial dispersion of the coral Pocillopora spp.  along a wave-energy gradient at Rapa Nui
J. Herlan, Z. King
ESMOI_ICRS_coral-bleaching-rapa_160715-pdf-compressed.pdf

Proceedings of the 13th International Coral Reef Symposium (ICRS) 


Honolulu, Hawaii. June 19-24, 2016


Coral bleaching in Rapa Nui: relation to the El Nino Southern Oscillation?
J. Herlan,  C. Gaymer, T. Smith, R. Rios, A. Friedlander, S. Lee, M. Ramos, M. Garcia
ESMOI_CongMar_eng_150525.pdf

XXXV Congreso Ciencias del Mar


Coquimbo, Chile. 2015
Coral Bleaching in Rapa Nui
ESMOI_CongMar_esp_150526.pdf

XXXV Congreso Ciencias del Mar


Coquimbo, Chile. 2015
Blanqueamiento de corales en Rapa Nui
Mangrove_Poster.pdf

Coastal & Estuarine Research Foundation


San Diego, California2013