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Details of Dr. Michael J Risk   

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PERSONAL DATA

Gender male
Job title Professor Emeritus
Department Earth Sciences
Institution
McMaster University (
1280 Main St. West Hamilton L8S 4M1
Address
PO Box 1195 Durham ON N0G 1R0
Canada
Tel 1-519-369-3874
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PROFESSIONAL DATA

Degree MSc, PhD
Job type Research
Research Area(s) Biological Oceanography, Marine Ecology , Marine Geology, Geophysics , Pollution , Biological Oceanography, Marine Ecology , Marine Geology, Geophysics , Pollution
Research Activities Currently, I am working on signals of longterm climate change recorded in deep-water corals, as well as stable isotopes in reef organisms as pollution indicators.
Research Region Worldwide
Skills/Expertise land-based impacts on coral reefs; climate change encoded in corals
PUBLICATIONS (as reported by Dr. Michael RISK)

Williams, B., M. J. Risk, S. Ross and K. Sulack. 2006. Deep-water antipatharians: proxies of environmental change. Geology 34: 773-776.
Ward-Paige C.A., Risk M.J., Sherwood O.A. (2005) Reconstruction of nitrogen sources on coral reefs: ä13C and ä15N in gorgonians from the Florida Reef Tract. Marine Ecology Progress Series. Vol. 296: 155–163, 2005
Edinger, E.N., Limmon, G.V., Jompa, J., Widjatmoko, W., Heikoop, J.M., Risk, M.J., 2000. Normal coral growth rates on dying reefs: are coral growth rates good indicators of reef health? Marine Pollution Bulletin 40: 404-425.
Risk, M.J. and R. Sluka 2000. The Maldives: A nation of atolls. pages 325-351 In McClanahan, T.R., Sheppard, C.R.C., Obura, D.O. (editors). Coral Reefs of the Indian Ocean: Their Ecology and Conservation. Oxford University Press, NY. pp. 526.
Risk, M.J., 1999. Paradise lost: how science and management failed the world's coral reefs. J. Mar. Freshw. Res. 50, 831–837.
Smith, J. E., M. J. Risk, H. P. Schwarcz and T. McConnaughey. 1997. Rapid climate change in the North Atlantic during the Younger Dryas recorded by deep-sea corals. Nature 386: 818-820.
Risk, M.J., Heikoop, J.M., Edinger, E.N., Erdmann, M.V., 2001. The assessment "toolbox": community-based reef evaluation methods coupled with geochemical techniques to identify sources of stress. Bulletin of Marine Science, 69(2):443-458.


Created: 2007-03-31 Last Updated: 2007-03-31