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Paul L. Jokiel is affiliated with the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science with significant contributions to earth and planetary sciences.

The scientist's work spans several subfields including ecology, oceanography, global and planetary change, and earth-surface processes. Their main research topics emphasize coral and marine ecosystems studies, marine and coastal plant biology, marine and fisheries research, coastal and marine dynamics, and coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics.

Among their recent published papers are:

  • The impact of short-term exposure to near shore stressors on the early life stages of the reef building coral Montipora capitata, 2020, PeerJ
  • Evaluating the feasibility and advantage of a multi-purpose submerged breakwater for harbor protection and benthic habitat enhancement at Kahului Commercial Harbor, Hawai'i: case study, 2021, SN Applied Sciences

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Paul L. Jokiel include:

  • Kuʻulei S. Rodgers
  • Claire Lager
  • Mary Hagedorn
  • Yuko O. Stender
  • Michael Foley

Their publications have appeared in venues such as:

  • PeerJ
  • SN Applied Sciences

Best Publications

  • Response of Hawaiian and other Indo-Pacific reef corals to elevated temperature

    P. L. Jokiel;S. L. Coles

  • Decreased abundance of crustose coralline algae due to ocean acidification

    Ilsa B. Kuffner;Andreas J. Andersson;Andreas J. Andersson;Paul L. Jokiel;Ku‘ulei S. Rodgers

  • Effects of temperature on the mortality and growth of Hawaiian reef corals

    P. L. Jokiel;S. L. Coles

  • Ocean acidification and calcifying reef organisms: a mesocosm investigation

    P. L. Jokiel;K. S. Rodgers;I. B. Kuffner;A. J. Andersson

  • Synergistic effects of temperature, salinity and light on the hermatypic coral Montipora verrucosa

    S. L. Coles;P. L. Jokiel

  • Effects of habitat, wave exposure, and marine protected area status on coral reef fish assemblages in the Hawaiian archipelago

    A. M. Friedlander;E. K. Brown;P. L. Jokiel;W. R. Smith

  • Effects of temperature on photosynthesis and respiration in hermatypic corals

    S. L. Coles;P. L. Jokiel

  • Solar ultraviolet radiation and coral reef epifauna.

    Paul L. Jokiel

  • Effects of morphology and water motion on carbon delivery and productivity in the reef coral, Pocillopora damicornis (Linnaeus): Diffusion barriers, inorganic carbon limitation, and biochemical plasticity

    Michael P. Lesser;Virginia M. Weis;Mark R. Patterson;Paul L. Jokiel

  • Effects of ultraviolet radiation on corals and other coral reef organisms

    J. Malcolm Shick;Michael P. Lesser;Paul L. Jokiel

  • Ratio of Energy and Nutrient Fluxes Regulates Symbiosis between Zooxanthellae and Corals

    Z. Dubinsky;P.L. Jokiel

  • Thermal Tolerance in Tropical Versus Subtropical Pacific Reef Corals

    Stephen L. Coles;Paul L. Jokiel;Clark R. Lewis

  • Net loss of CaCO 3 from coral reef communities due to human induced seawater acidification

    A. J. Andersson;I. B. Kuffner;F. T. Mackenzie;P. L. Jokiel

  • Irradiance and corals

    P. G. Falkowski;P. L. Jokiel;R. A. Kinzie

  • Global warming, regional trends and inshore environmental conditions influence coral bleaching in Hawaii

    Paul L. Jokiel;Eric K. Brown

  • Ecological impact of a fresh-water “reef kill” in Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Hawaii

    P. L. Jokiel;C. L. Hunter;S. Taguchi;L. Watarai

  • Effects of water motion on reef corals

    Paul L. Jokiel

  • Immunocompetence in the lowest metazoan phylum: transplantation immunity in sponges

    William H. Hildemann;Ian S. Johnson;Paul L. Jokiel

  • The Omega Myth: What Really Drives Lower Calcification Rates in an Acidifying Ocean

    Tyler Cyronak;Kai G. Schulz;Paul L. Jokiel

  • Importance of ultraviolet radiation in photoinhibition of microalgal growth1

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  • Reef corals of Johnston Atoll: one of the world's most isolated reefs

    James E. Maragos;Paul L. Jokiel

  • Temperature Stress and Coral Bleaching

    Paul L. Jokiel

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas J. Andersson
Andreas J. Andersson University of California, San Diego
Fred T. Mackenzie
Fred T. Mackenzie University of Hawaii at Manoa
Curt D. Storlazzi
Curt D. Storlazzi United States Geological Survey
Michael E. Field
Michael E. Field United States Geological Survey
Michael P. Lesser
Michael P. Lesser University of New Hampshire
Alan M. Friedlander
Alan M. Friedlander University of Hawaii at Manoa
Zvy Dubinsky
Zvy Dubinsky Bar-Ilan University
Kai G. Schulz
Kai G. Schulz Southern Cross University
Robert J. Toonen
Robert J. Toonen University of Hawaii at Manoa
Paul G. Falkowski
Paul G. Falkowski Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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