joanie kleypas
Joanie Kleypas with Professor Ulf Riebesell, Kiel, Germany. Dr. Joanie Kleypas' research in FY2007 concentrated on two issues: ocean acidification and its effects on marine ecosystems, and determining the vulnerability of coral reefs to climate change. Joanie continued her leadership role in developing a national strategy for ocean acidification research. She gave invited presentations and keynote talks on ocean acidification more than a dozen times this year, and provided testimony to both U.S. House and Senate committees addressing climate change effects on our oceans. Joanie also serves on several national and international steering and advisory committees related to ocean carbon cycle research. She has chaired several special sessions at scientific meetings, has lead town hall meetings on the future of U.S. ocean biogeochemistry research, and has worked with U.S. Senate and House staff on drafting legislature dealing with ocean acidification. Joanie also completed a pilot study on implementing NOAA's Integrated Coral Observation Network with instrumentation to track changes in seawater chemistry over time.
Joanie continues her work on other impacts of climate change on marine ecosystems. She recently completed a study that examines whether ocean thermostat mechanisms have been a factor in spatial patterns in coral bleaching. She continues research that evaluates factors that determine coral reef vulnerability to climate change, which will improve the success of conservation strategies to protect marine ecosystems.
Recent Papers:
Kleypas, JA (in prep.) Assessing the vulnerability of coral reefs to global warming and ocean acidification, Climate Research.
Kleypas, JA, G Danabasoglu, and JM Lough and (submitted) The potential role of ocean thermostat mechanisms in determining future coral reef survival and distribution. Geophys. Res. Lett.
Kleypas, JA, and O. Hoegh-Guldberg (in review) Coral reefs and global climate change, Chapter 3 in Wilkinson, C. (ed.) Status of Caribbean Coral Reefs after Bleaching and Hurricanes in 2005.
Hendee, JC, L Gramer, JA Kleypas, D Manzello, M Jankulak, and C Langdon (in press) The integrated coral observing network: Sensor solutions for sensitive sites, Proc., 3rd Int. Conf. Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks, and Information Processing, Melbourne, Australia, Dec 3-6, 2007.
Feely RA, JC Orr, VJ Fabry, JA Kleypas, CL Sabine and C Langdon (in press) Present and future changes in seawater chemistry due to ocean acidification. AGU Monograph on The Science and Technology of Carbon Sequestration.
Caldeira K, D Archer, JP Barry, RGJ Bellerby, PG Brewer, L Cao, AG Dickson, SC Doney, H Elderfield, VJ Fabry, RA Feely, J-P Gattuso, PM Haugan, O. Hoegh-Guldberg, AK Jain, JA Kleypas, C Langdon, JC Orr, A Ridgwell, CL Sabine, BA Seibel, Y Shirayama, C Turley, AJ Watson, RE Zeebe (2007) Comment on "Modern-age buildup of CO2 and its effects on seawater acidity and salinity" by Hugo A. Loáiciga, Geophys. Res. Lett. 34, L18608, doi:10.1029/2006GL027288.
Kleypas JA and CM Eakin. 2007. Scientists' perceptions of threats to coral reefs: results of a survey of coral reef researchers, Bull. Mar. Sci. 80:419-436.
Phinney JT, O Hoegh-Guldberg, J Kleypas, W Skirving ,and A Strong (eds). 2006. Coral Reefs and Climate Change: Science and Management. AGU Monograph Series, Coastal and Estuarine Studies, Am. Geophys. Union , Washington DC, Vol 61, 350 pp.
Kleypas JA and C Langdon. 2006. Coral reefs and changing seawater chemistry, Chapter 5 in Coral Reefs and Climate Change: Science and Management , JT Phinney, O Hoegh-Guldberg, J Kleypas, W Skirving and A Strong (eds), AGU Monograph Series, Coastal and Estuarine Studies, Am. Geophys. Union, Washington DC, Vol 61, pp 73-110.
Planning Activities:
Organizer, Special Session on Ocean Acidification for National Academies Kavli Frontiers in Science, Irvine , California .
Steering Committee Member and Discussion Leader, “Scoping Workshop on Ocean Acidification Research,” sponsored by NSF/NOAA/NASA, Scripps Inst. Oceanography.
Member, Scientific Steering Committee, Inter-Agency Working Group on Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry (http://ocb.whoi.edu/).
Member, International Advisory Panel for the Integrated Project CARBOOCEAN - Marine carbon sources and sinks assessment (http://www.carboocean.org/), funded by the European Commission.
Member, International Advisory Panel for the European Program on Ocean Acidification (EPOCA), funded by the European Commission