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Helen Fox I am a Ph.D. candidate at the University of California, Berkeley, and have just (I hope!) completed my field work in Komodo National Park and Bunaken National Park, Indonesia. My research focuses on coral regrowth after dynamite or "blast" fishing, in which homemade bombs are detonated over the reefs. In addition to killing the targeted fish, the bombs shatter the reef, reducing it to a rubble field that is slow to recover. I am comparing several potential reef rehabilitation techniques to enhance coral recovery. To this end, I spent 4-5 months a year doing field work in Indonesia over the last 3 years. I've been fortunate to have other coral reef field experience before studying in Indonesia. I had a Fulbright grant to assist Drs. Ann Cameron and Robert Endean of the University of Queensland conduct coral reef research on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. I have served as a naturalist for International Expeditions in Indonesia and Oceanic Society Expeditions in Belize. I am a NAUI SCUBA diving instructor, but also enjoy the terrestrial environment. I have been interested in the interactions between humans and the environment
for a long time, and during summers between years at Swarthmore College
worked as a research assistant in Shenandoah National Park, studying the
effects of ozone pollution on different tree species, in the Sevilleta
National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico, looking at the effects of wildfire
and grazing pressure on the grassland, and at the Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institute in Massachusetts. I also spent a semester abroad at the School
for Field Studies' Center for Marine Ecology in South Caicos, British
West Indies. Upon completing my degree, I hope to continue to work for
coral reef conservation. |
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