Assignment:
Review the article: Coral population dynamics across consecutive mass mortality events by BERNHARD RIEGL and SAM PURKIS
Create a 5 pages (can be double spaced) about what you think of the study. Here are some discussion points but we are leaving much of what you want to discuss up to you, we want to know you read the paper, understand it;
What was the purpose of the study?
Why did they do this study?
How did they carry out this study?
What are their results and conclusions?
How has the reef changed over the 4 years they observed it and why is it changing?
Do you agree with their methods and conclusions, are there any caveats?
Do you think this study is important and this type of research should continue?
Relate this research and what the scientists observed to what you have learned in class. After analyzing the research's conclusion what do you think the implications are in regards to humans and the planet?