{"id":43405,"date":"2016-03-01T10:38:40","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T20:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=43405"},"modified":"2020-07-28T10:21:53","modified_gmt":"2020-07-28T20:21:53","slug":"coral-reef-society-honors-uh-manoa-professor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2016\/03\/01\/coral-reef-society-honors-uh-manoa-professor\/","title":{"rendered":"Coral reef society honors UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa professor"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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Mark Hixon surveys a patch reef at Hanauma Bay. (photo by Jeff Kuwabara)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Professor Mark Hixon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mark Hixon<\/strong><\/a>, the Sidney and Erica Hsiao Endowed Chair in Marine Biology at the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Mānoa<\/a>, has been recognized as a first-cohort fellow of the International Society for Reef Studies<\/a> for “scientific achievement and service over a significant period of time.”<\/p>\n

A professor in the Department of Biology<\/a>, Hixon’s research has been valuable for both conserving and managing coral reefs. Working in Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> and many parts of the coral world, his lab has clarified mechanisms that allow many species to co-exist on the same reef, as well as the natural processes that cause populations of reef fishes to grow and subside within limits.<\/p>\n

More recently his lab has focused on the invasion of Atlantic coral reefs by Pacific lionfish, as well as ways to enhance the ability of algae-eating reef fishes to prevent seaweeds from overgrowing corals following coral-bleaching events.<\/p>\n

Hixon has also assisted the society by serving on the editorial board of the scientific journal Coral Reefs<\/em><\/a> for 13 years and on the executive organizing committee for the 13th International Coral Reef Symposium, which will convene in Honolulu in June 2016.<\/p>\n

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