Professor Peter Mumby

PhD (University of Sheffield)
Position: ARC Laureate Fellow

Room: 170 Goddard Building 8
Phone: +61 7 3365 1686
Email: p.j.mumby@uq.edu.au
Web: http://www.marinespatialecologylab.org/

Research Interests

The Marine Spatial Ecology Lab (MSEL) carries out applied science in support of coral reef management. Our work includes basic coral reef ecology, remote sensing, ecological modelling, and the design of algorithms for marine spatial planning that consider larval and ontogenetic connectivity, climate change, and local physical conditions.

Selected Publications

Mumby PJ, Harborne AR (2010) Marine reserves enhance the recovery of corals on Caribbean reefs. PloS One 5: e8657

Mumby PJ, Steneck RS (2008) Coral reef management and conservation in the light of rapidly-evolving ecological paradigms. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 23: 555-563

Mumby PJ, Hastings A, Edwards HJ (2007) Thresholds and the resilience of Caribbean coral reefs. Nature 450: 98-101

Mumby PJ, Harborne AR, Williams J, Cappel CV, Brumbaugh DR, Micheli F, Holmes KE, Dahlgren CP, Paris CB, Blackwell PG (2007) Trophic cascade facilitates coral recruitment in a marine reserve. Proceedings National Academy of Science 104: 8362-8367

Mumby PJ, Dahlgren CP, Harborne AR, Kappel CV, Micheli F, Brumbaugh DR, Holmes KE, Mendes JM, Broad K, Sanchirico JN, Buch K, Box S, Stoffle RW, Gill AB (2006) Fishing, trophic cascades, and the process of grazing on coral reefs. Science 311: 98-101

Awards

• Pew Marine Fellow - awarded 2010

• Marsh Award for Marine & Freshwater Conservation (Implemented by the Zoological Society of London) - awarded 2010

• ARC Laureate Fellowship - awarded 2009

• Royal Society Research Fellowship - awarded 2000

• NERC Post-doctoral Fellowship - awarded 1997

Professional Association

International Society for Reef Studies

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