Proceedings of The International Coral Reef Symposium 2016
The Proceedings of the 13th International Coral Reef Symposium held in Honolulu, Hawaii, from 19th -24th June, 2016, have been published in digital format and are available for download as individual sections and papers from this page (see below). The Proceedings of the previous International Coral Reef Symposiums (1st to 12th) can be found at ReefBase.
The Society wishes to express its gratitude to the sponsors who made the conference possible.
The Society also wishes to acknowledge the work of members who participated in the work of the various conference committees and in particular express its gratitude to the Conference Convener and chair of the executive committee, Dr. Robert Richmond.
Note that although traditionally the plenary talks papers were included in the Proceedings, these have now been recorded in video format and are available to view on line at the ICRS YouTube Channel.
Also the abstracts of all the presentations (414 pages) can be downloaded here.
Individual papers may be referenced as in the following example: Lunz KS, Shea C, Ames KW, Neely K, Goergen E, Williams D, Gilliam DS, Whittle A (2016) Acropora palmata’s last stand in Florida? Proceedings of the 13th International Coral Reef Symposium, Honolulu: 2-22
All contributions have been subject to the normal editorial processes, including refereeing. Note that a few of the manuscripts have been revised since first published on the site, the most recent revisions being accepted on 20th January 2017.
To download any individual item or paper as a pdf. file please click on the item required in the list below:
SYMPOSIUM SPONSORS (13th ICRS)