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Overview

Caroline S. Rogers is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research primarily centers on environmental science, with a significant focus on ecology, earth-surface processes, and oceanography. Their work intersects various subfields including management, monitoring, policy and law, as well as cell biology.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Coastal and Marine Dynamics
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Coastal and Marine Management
  • Melanin and skin pigmentation
  • Identification and Quantification in Food

Caroline S. Rogers has authored and contributed to several scientific papers, including:

  • Assessing Effects of Sediment Delivery to Coral Reefs: A Caribbean Watershed Perspective, 2022, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Decoding the Evolution of Melanin in Vertebrates, 2021, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • Similarities and Differences Between Two Deadly Caribbean Coral Diseases: White Plague and Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease, 2021, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Disturbances drive changes in coral community assemblages and coral calcification capacity, 2020, Ecosphere
  • Framework for facilitating mangrove recovery after hurricanes on Caribbean islands, 2023, Restoration Ecology

Frequent coauthors accompanying Rogers' work include Ernesto Weil, Ken W. Krauss, Kevin Whelan, Kristin Wilson Grimes, and Andrew S. From. The collaboration with these researchers spans multiple publications.

Their research is published in a variety of venues, with several articles appearing in "Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America," "Frontiers in Marine Science," and "Ecological Indicators." Other venues include "Trends in Ecology & Evolution" and "Ecosphere."

Best Publications

  • Coral disease following massive bleaching in 2005 causes 60% decline in coral cover on reefs in the US Virgin Islands

    J. Miller;E. Muller;C. Rogers;R. Waara

  • Bleaching in reef corals: Physiological and stable isotopic responses

    James W. Porter;William K. Fitt;Howard J. Spero;Caroline S. Rogers

  • Bleaching increases likelihood of disease on Acropora palmata (Lamarck) in Hawksnest Bay, St John, US Virgin Islands

    E. M. Muller;E. M. Muller;Caroline S. Rogers;Anthony S. Spitzack;R. van Woesik

  • Sublethal and lethal effects of sediments applied to common Caribbean Reef corals in the field

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  • Confounding factors in coral reef recovery.

    Caroline S. Rogers

  • Coral bleaching and disease combine to cause extensive mortality on reefs in US Virgin Islands

    J. Miller;R. Waara;E. Muller;C. Rogers

  • Degradation of marine ecosystems and decline of fishery resources in marine protected areas in the US Virgin Islands

    Caroline S. Rogers;Jim Beets

  • Hurricanes and coral reefs: The intermediate disturbance hypothesis revisited

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  • Local variability but landscape stability in coral reef communities following repeated hurricane impacts

    John C. Bythell;Zandy M. Hillis-Starr;Caroline S. Rogers

  • Permanent 'phase shifts' or reversible declines incoral cover? Lack of recovery of two coral reefs inSt. John, US Virgin Islands

    Caroline S. Rogers;Jeff Miller

  • Scleractinian coral recruitment patterns at Salt River submarine canyon, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands

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  • The effect of shading on coral reef structure and function

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  • Coral reef monitoring manual for the Caribbean and Western Atlantic

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  • Coral Reef Diseases in the Atlantic-Caribbean

    Ernesto Weil;Caroline S. Rogers

  • Hurricanes, Coral Reefs and Rainforests: Resistance, Ruin and Recovery in the Caribbean

    Ariel E. Lugo;Caroline S. Rogers;Scott W. Nixon

  • Decoding the Evolution of Melanin in Vertebrates.

    Maria E. McNamara;Valentina Rossi;Tiffany S. Slater;Chris S. Rogers

  • Causes of Coral Reef Degradation

    Richard B. Aronson;John F. Bruno;William F. Precht;Peter W. Glynn

  • What nutrient sources support anomalous growth and the recent sargassum mass stranding on Caribbean beaches? A review

    Candace A. Oviatt;Kristin Huizenga;Caroline S. Rogers;W. Jeff Miller

  • Diverse coral communities in mangrove habitats suggest a novel refuge from climate change

    Kimberly K. Yates;Caroline S. Rogers;James J. Herlan;James J. Herlan;Gregg R. Brooks

  • Mass and metabolism of a mussel bed.

    Scott W. Nixon;Candace A. Oviatt;Caroline Rogers;Kenneth Taylor

  • Ecology of Coral Reefs in the US Virgin Islands

    Caroline S. Rogers;Jeff Miller;Erinn M. Muller;Peter Edmunds

  • Monitoring of coral reefs with linear transects: A study of storm damage☆

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  • Coral bleaching, hurricane damage, and benthic cover on coral reefs in St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands: A comparison of surveys with the chain transect method and videography

    Caroline S. Rogers;Jeff Miller

  • Characterising reef fish populations and habitats within and outside the US Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument: a lesson in marine protected area design

    Mark E. Monaco;A.M. Friedlander;Chris Caldow;J.D. Christensen

  • A deep reef in deep trouble

    Charles Menza;M. Kendall;C. Rogers;J. Miller

  • A framework for identifying and characterising coral reef “oases” against a backdrop of degradation

    James R. Guest;Peter J. Edmunds;Ruth D. Gates;Ilsa B. Kuffner

  • Monitoring the coral disease, plague type II, on coral reefs in St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands.

    J. Miller;C. Rogers;R. Waara

  • Management implications of fish trap effectiveness in adjacent coral reef and gorgonian habitats

    Nicholas Wolff;Rikki Grober-Dunsmore;Caroline S. Rogers;James P. Beets

Frequent Co-Authors

Erinn M. Muller
Erinn M. Muller Mote Marine Laboratory
Alan M. Friedlander
Alan M. Friedlander University of Hawaii at Manoa
Ernesto Weil
Ernesto Weil University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez
Peter J. Edmunds
Peter J. Edmunds California State University, Northridge
Margaret W. Miller
Margaret W. Miller National Marine Fisheries Service
Tyler B. Smith
Tyler B. Smith University of the Virgin Islands
John F. Bruno
John F. Bruno University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Andreas J. Andersson
Andreas J. Andersson University of California, San Diego
Kevin Gross
Kevin Gross North Carolina State University
John E. Randall
John E. Randall Bernice P. Bishop Museum

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