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William F. Precht is affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant focus on subfields such as Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, and Oceanography.

The main topics of their scholarly work include coral and marine ecosystems studies, marine and fisheries research, marine and coastal plant biology, marine animal studies, coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, aquaculture disease management and microbiota, and coastal and marine management.

Precht has contributed to numerous research publications across various peer-reviewed venues. Frequent publication venues include PLoS ONE, Frontiers in Marine Science, Coral Reefs, UNC Libraries, and proceedings from the Geological Society of America.

  • Survivorship and growth in staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis) outplanting projects in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Climate and the latitudinal limits of subtropical reef development, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Failure to respond to a coral disease epizootic in Florida: causes and consequences, 2021, Rethinking Ecology
  • Multi-Variate Analyses of Coral Mortality From the 2014-2015 Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Outbreak Off Miami-Dade County, Florida, 2021, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Climate-modulated range expansion of reef-building coral communities off southeast Florida during the late Holocene, 2022, Frontiers in Marine Science

Their collaborative network includes frequent co-authorship with researchers such as Lauren T. Toth, Alexander B. Modys, Richard B. Aronson, Anton E. Oleinik, and Richard A. Mortlock.

Best Publications

  • One-third of reef-building corals face elevated extinction risk from climate change and local impacts

    Kent E. Carpenter;Muhammad Abrar;Greta Aeby;Richard B. Aronson

  • White-band disease and the changing face of Caribbean coral reefs

    Richard B. Aronson;William F. Precht

  • Assessing evidence of phase shifts from coral to macroalgal dominance on coral reefs

    John F. Bruno;Hugh Sweatman;William F. Precht;Elizabeth R. Selig

  • White-band disease and the changing face of Caribbean coral reefs

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  • Unprecedented Disease-Related Coral Mortality in Southeastern Florida.

    William F. Precht;Brooke E. Gintert;Martha L. Robbart;Ryan Fura

  • Conservation, precaution, and Caribbean reefs

    Richard B. Aronson;William F. Precht

  • Climate flickers and range shifts of reef corals

    William F. Precht;Richard B. Aronson

  • Stasis, biological disturbance, and community structure of a Holocene coral reef

    Richard B. Aronson;William F. Precht

  • The 1998 bleaching event and its aftermath on a coral reef in Belize

    R. Aronson;W. Precht;M. Toscano;K. Koltes

  • Phase shifts and stable states on coral reefs

    Steven R. Dudgeon;Richard B. Aronson;John F. Bruno;William F. Precht

  • Severe 2010 cold-water event caused unprecedented mortality to corals of the Florida reef tract and reversed previous survivorship patterns.

    Diego Lirman;Stephanie Schopmeyer;Derek Manzello;Lewis J. Gramer

  • Herbivory and algal dynamics on the coral reef at Discovery Bay, Jamaica

    Richard B. Aronson;William F. Precht

  • THE EXPANDING SCALE OF SPECIES TURNOVER EVENTS ON CORAL REEFS IN BELIZE

    Richard B. Aronson;Ian G. Macintyre;William F. Precht;Thaddeus J. T. Murdoch

  • Large-scale, long-term monitoring of Caribbean coral reefs: Simple, quick, inexpensive techniques

    Richard B. Aronson;P. J. Edmunds;W. F. Precht;D. W. Swanson

  • Coral bleach-out in Belize

    Richard B. Aronson;William F. Precht;Ian G. Macintyre;Thaddeus J. T. Murdoch

  • Landscape patterns of reef coral diversity: a test of the intermediate disturbance hypothesis

    Richard B. Aronson;William F. Precht

  • Native predators do not influence invasion success of pacific lionfish on Caribbean reefs.

    Serena Hackerott;Abel Valdivia;Stephanie J. Green;Isabelle M. Côté

  • Rapid phase-shift reversal on a Jamaican coral reef

    Joshua A. Idjadi;Sarah C. Lee;John F. Bruno;William F. Precht

  • Extrinsic control of species replacement on a Holocene reef in Belize: the role of coral disease

    R. B. Aronson;W. F. Precht;I. G. Macintyre

  • Ecological Shifts along the Florida Reef Tract: The Past as a Key to the Future

    William F. Precht;Steven L. Miller

  • 9. Evolutionary Paleoecology of Caribbean Coral Reefs

    Richard B. Aronson;William F. Precht

  • Coral Reef Restoration Handbook

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Frequent Co-Authors

Richard B. Aronson
Richard B. Aronson Florida Institute of Technology
John F. Bruno
John F. Bruno University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ian G. Macintyre
Ian G. Macintyre National Museum of Natural History
Les Kaufman
Les Kaufman Boston University
Isabelle M. Côté
Isabelle M. Côté Simon Fraser University
Toby A. Gardner
Toby A. Gardner Stockholm Environment Institute
Peter J. Edmunds
Peter J. Edmunds California State University, Northridge
Tim R. McClanahan
Tim R. McClanahan Wildlife Conservation Society
Don R. Levitan
Don R. Levitan Florida State University
Maureen E. Raymo
Maureen E. Raymo Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

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