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MS Project Presentation - Environmental Science and Policy
Dec 1, 2023, 9:00 - 11:00 AM
Zoom (contact the ESP Grad Office at espgrad@gmu.edu for info to join)
MS Project
Department of Environmental Science and Policy
College of Science
George Mason University
Candidate: Breanna Hart
Defense Date and Time: December 1, 2023 at 9:00AM
Defense Location: Zoom
Title: Manuscript on the Treatment of Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease on Reefs of Roatán, Honduras
Thesis Director: Dr. Esther Peters
Committee: Dr. Jennifer Salerno, Dr. Vivek Prasad
ABSTRACT
Since 2014, stony coral tissue loss disease has caused death in more than 20 species of hard corals on reefs of Florida and the Caribbean Sea. After a study was performed in Roatán, Honduras, the data were sent to GMU Master’s student Breanna Hart for review, analysis, and writing of a manuscript. Missing and incorrect data were identified, corrected, and analyzed; hundreds of pictures of corals were examined to add missing data and to ensure accuracy; GIS maps were created to visually aid the manuscript; and correspondence with the data collectors from Roatán Marine Park occurred during the entire process.
