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Coastal Management and BiodiversityEnrique ReyesAssociate Professor Department of Biology Institute for Coastal Science and Policy Howell Science Bldg. S-211 East Carolina University Greenville, NC 27858 Voice: (252) 328-5778 FAX: (252) 328-4178 |
Community Outreach Interests
Broad-scale human adaptation to climate change will become increasingly necessary in the coming decades; thus, it is critical that during this period of historically unprecedented ecological change, we develop meaningful linkages across scientific and decision-making arenas necessary to anticipate climate-related changes and invest strategically to increase socio-ecological resilience. My interests as an applied scientist are to explore opportunities that meet coastal needs for climate-related decision support enhancing communication with coastal managers and policy makers for more extensive incorporation of human dimensions into existing regional ecosystem models and coastal simulations with the aim to build groundwork for the development of an integrated socio-ecological model.
Research Interests
My academic experience lies in large-scale approaches to ecosystem analysis. Using simulation modeling as a research tool, I have focused on investigating how coastal areas respond to diverse impacts, natural and man-made. I have led several multidisciplinary teams in the development of ecosystem models integrating landscape ecology to assess different approaches to coastal resource management. In the past, I have been active in several modeling efforts that span from plant productivity, fish migration, medium-sized experiments, to landscape simulation focused on understanding processes in wetlands and tropical watersheds. My current projects include the development of a sea-level response simulation for coastal North Carolina using High Performance Computing systems, a modeling framework for Louisiana's coastal zone, the implementation of landscape models for the Virginia Coastal Reserve estuarine complex (an LTER site), and a nutrient/forest model for the swamps in Maurepas, Louisiana. Other research sites I had the opportunity to work on include the Everglades in Florida, Padilla Bay in Washington, Liberty Island on the San Jacinto Delta, California, and several coastal lagoons in the Mexican Caribbean.
Notable Publications
(21 peer-reviewed journal articles, 5 peer-reviewed book chapters, 4 peer-reviewed reports, and 1 book review. Presentations: 23 invited, 55 regular, and 4 poster sessions.)
- Reyes, E., Georgiou, I., Reed, D., & McCorquodale, A. (2005). Using models to evaluate the effects of barrier islands on estuarine hydrodynamics and habitats: A numerical experiment. Journal of Coastal Research, 44, 276–285 [special issue].
- Reyes, E., Martin, J. F., Day, J. W., Kemp, G. P., & Mashriqui, H. (2004). River forcing at work: Watershed modeling of prograding and regressive deltas. Wetlands Ecol Management, 12(2), 103–114.
- Reyes, E., Martin, J. F., White, M. L., Day, J. W., & Kemp, G. P. (2003). Habitat changes in the Mississippi Delta: Future scenarios and alternatives. In R. Costanza & A. Voinov (Eds.), Landscape simulation modeling: A spatially explicit, dynamic approach (pp. 119–142). New York: Springer-Verlag.
- Reyes, E., White, M. L., Martin, J. F., Kemp, G. P., Day, J. W., & Aravamuthan, V. (2000). Landscape modeling of coastal habitat change in the Mississippi Delta. Ecology, 81(8), 2331–2349.
Courses
- BIOL 6850: Systems Ecology
- BIOL 4320: Ecosystem’s response to climate change
- CRM 6300: Ecological Dimensions of Coastal Management
- BIOL 5310: Landscape Ecology
- CRM 6300: Ecosystems of Coastal Cities
