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Previous Work And Current Research Interests
During my time at Southampton University, I participated in an expedition to Belize with Coral Cay Conservation (CCC). CCC trains non-professional divers in coral reef surveying techniques in order to aid the establishment of marine reserves. The work in Belize stimulated my interest in coral reefs and led to an undergraduate dissertation on reef fish communities. After graduation I joined CCC's science team and worked there for over eight years. My role was co-ordination of the CCC science programme in the Caribbean, South East Asia, South Pacific and Red Sea. I left CCC at the end of 2001 to join the Marine Spatial Ecology Lab in order to complete my PhD.
My PhD was entitled "The ecology of coral reef communities at seascape scales". It was completed as part of a larger project entitled "Coupled natural and human dynamics in coral reef ecosystems: The effect of marine reserve network design and implementation on fisheries, biodiversity, and humans" based in the Bahamas and funded by the US National Science Foundation. My research concentrated on (1) the effect of a marine park on coral and fish community structure (2) patterns of inter and intra-habitat variation in fish communities and the use of habitats as surrogates of biodiversity (3) patterns and controls of habitat (beta) diversity across the archipelago (4) mapping ecosystem processes across reef seascapes. I am currently a Teaching Assistant and post-doctoral researcher within the Marine Spatial Ecology Lab.
Teaching
I am currently responsible for teaching a second year undergraduate module entitled "Marine biology" and have joint responsibility for the second year field course to the Bahamas. I also teach a third year module entitled "Tropical Marine Biology".
Other Activities
I have acted as UK co-ordinator for Reef Check since 1997. Reef Check is a programme to complete an annual global synopsis of the state of the world's coral reefs using volunteer divers and marine scientists. I am a founder member of the Reef Conservation - UK committee. RCUK organises an annual one day conference for UK reef researchers, published a newsletter and administers a small grants scheme. I also develop and present marine survey workshops and review project proposals on behalf of the RGS Expedition Advisory Centre and BP Conservation Programme.
Publications
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Harborne AR, Mumby PJ, Kappel CV, Dahlgren CP, Micheli F, Holmes KE, Sanchirico JN, Broad K, Elliott IA, Brumbaugh DR, (2008) Reserve effects and natural variation in coral reef communities. Journal of Applied Ecology (in press)
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Mumby PJ, Harborne AR, Williams J, Kappel 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
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Mumby PJ & Harborne AR (2006). A seascape-level perspective of coral reef ecosystems. In: Coral Reef Conservation (eds. Côté, I.M. & Reynolds, J.D.). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 78-114.
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Mumby PJ, Micheli F, Dahlgren CP, Litvin SY, Gill AB, Brumbaugh DR, Broad K,
Sanchirico JN, Kappel CV, Harborne AR, Holmes KE (2006) Marine parks need
sharks? Response. Science 312:526-528
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Harborne AR, Mumby PJ, Żychaluk K, Hedley JD, Blackwell PG (2006) Modeling the beta diversity of coral reefs. Ecology 87:2871-2881
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Mumby PJ, Hedley JD, Żychaluk K, Harborne AR, Blackwell PG (2006) The spatial ecology of Caribbean coral reefs: revisiting the catastrophic die-off of the urchin Diadema antillarum. Ecological Modelling 196:131-148
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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(5757):98-101
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Harborne AR, Mumby PJ, Brumbaugh D, Micheli F, Holmes K, Perry C, Dahlgren C
(2006) Functions of Caribbean coral reef, seagrass and mangrove habitats.
Advances in Marine Biology 50:57-190
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Hedley JD, Harborne AR, Mumby PJ (2005). Simple and robust removal of sun glint for mapping shallow-water benthos. International Journal of Remote Sensing 26:2107-2112
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Beger M, Harborne AR, Dacles TP, Solandt J-L, Ledesma GL (2005) A framework of lessons learnt from community-based marine reserves and its effectiveness in guiding a new coastal management initiative in the Philippines. Environmental Management 34(6):786-801
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Mumby PJ, Edwards AJ, Arias-Gonzalez JE, Lindeman KC, Blackwell PG, Gall A,
Gorczynska MI, Harborne AR, Pescod CL, Renken H, Wabnitz CCC, Llewellyn G
(2004) Mangroves enhance the biomass of coral reef fish communities in the
Caribbean. Nature 427:533-536
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White WH, Harborne AR, Sotheran IS, Walton R, Foster-Smith RL (2003) Using an acoustic ground discrimination system to map coral reef benthic classes. International Journal of Remote Sensing 24:2641-2660
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Harborne AR, Afzal DC, Andrews MJ, Ridley JM (2002) Beyond data: The expanding role of a volunteer programme assisting resource assessment and management in the Bay Islands, Honduras. Proceedings of the 9th International Coral Reef Symposium pp. 667-672
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Harborne AR (2002) The role of volunteers in coral reef conservation: history, current status and future directions. Proceedings of ENSUS 2002 - Marine Science and Technology for Sustainability, 16th - 18th December, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne
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Harborne AR, Afzal DC, Andrews MJ (2001) Honduras: Caribbean coast. Marine Pollution Bulletin 42:1221-1235
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Harborne AR, McField MD and Delaney EK (2000) Belize. In: Seas at the Millennium (Ed. CRC Sheppard), Elsevier Science, London, (Volume 1, Regional Chapters: Europe, The Americas and West Africa) pp 501-516
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Mumby PJ, Harborne AR (1999) Development of a systematic classification scheme of marine habitats to facilitate regional management and mapping of Caribbean coral reefs. Biological Conservation 88:155-163
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Mumby PJ, Clarke KR, Harborne AR (1996) Weighting species abundance estimates for marine resources assessment. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 6:115-120
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Harborne AR, Mumby PJ, Raines PS, Ridley JM (1995) The Bacalar Chico Marine Reserve: a case study in government and NGO collaboration in conservation projects. In: The Peaceful Management of Transboundary Resources (Eds. Blake GH, Hildesley WJ, Pratt MA, Ridley RJ, Schofield CH) Graham and Trotman, London. pp 301-306
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Mumby PJ, Harborne AR, Raines PS, Ridley JM (1995) A critical assessment of data derived from Coral Cay Conservation volunteers. Bulletin of Marine Science 56:742-756
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