Andrew Walker

Ph.D. Researcher at @FloridaTech specializing in the resilience of coral reefs • Coral-reef ecology, ecological modeling

[Andrew Walker @AWalker1109]

Check out our recent publication: "Local human disturbances on coral reefs negate potential climate refugia" out now in Communications Earth & Environment!
https://t.co/FZAJIvh2cb

[Communications Earth & Environment @CommsEarth]

Local human disturbances on coral reefs negate potential climate refugia https://t.co/SWHyAJP62s

[Australian Institute of Marine Science @aims_gov_au]

Seawater microbes are a reef’s 1st responders. Shifts in microbial communities correlate directly to environmental changes. During the #GreatBarrierReef #bleaching event, we sampled microbial communities to ID which may be used for predictive monitoring➡️ https://t.co/vchzynq0Hm

[NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory @NOAA_GLERL]

That's a wrap! Ice season in the #GreatLakes has officially concluded with a seasonal average of 4.3%, a record low since records began in 1973.
https://t.co/fbTT9oVNDC

[Global Change Biology @GlobalChangeBio]

|| NEW RESEARCH ||
Driver–response relationships in a large shallow lake since the Anthropocene: Short-term abrupt perturbations versus long-term sustainable pressures

📄 https://t.co/PCwxObwK2m

[Zach Ferris @ZachFerris_]

New Algorithm Solves Century-Old Problem for Coral Reef Scientists https://t.co/C7I2Z7QFxx

[Andrew Walker @AWalker1109]

Check out the new publication from our lab in Nature's Scientific Data!

"A global database on coral recovery following marine heatwaves"
https://t.co/VujdZWCfn6

[Andrew Walker @AWalker1109]

@ZachFerris_ , our computer vision guru, just published a new method for extracting quantitative data from seascape images. This revolutionizes data collection on coral reefs, retroactively expanding the historical data available for analysis!
https://t.co/MkgLokEifP

[Zach Ferris @ZachFerris_]

The ReScape algorithm ends the century-long inability to analyze reef conditions in countless recreational images and creates a rapid survey method

My first paper and App out now in @SciReports

https://t.co/zcK7NbV3ra

@NSF @FloridaTech

[Jonathan Sauder 🇪🇺🇺🇦 @josauder]

Towards real-time 3D mapping of coral reefs with deep learning using only videos from cheap cameras, now published in Methods and Ecology and Evolution!
In short, we propose to use 3D mapping entirely driven by deep learning.

[Global Change Biology @GlobalChangeBio]

OUT NOW
Past disturbances and local conditions influence the recovery rates of #coralreefs

📄 https://t.co/Zw5FWpvaem

[Florida Tech @FloridaTech]

A new Florida Tech study has found that managing reef conditions at a local level—such as reducing pollution and macroalgae—can help coral reefs recover after disturbances.
https://t.co/OmnN5wplTc

[Andrew Walker @AWalker1109]

Check out my first publication in @GlobalChangeBio! In it we provide a comprehensive global analysis of coral-reef recovery rates over the past three decades
https://t.co/R3fRVIr5MD