CORAL REEF ECOLOGY • MARINE SCIENCE
PARVIZ
TAVAKOLI-KOLOUR
Postdoctoral Researcher
Institute of Oceanography
National Taiwan University
ABOUT ME
Understanding how corals respond to a changing ocean
I am a coral reef ecologist interested in understanding how coral organisms, populations and reef communities respond to environmental change.
My research combines field observations, coral ecophysiology, experimental approaches and long-term ecological monitoring to investigate coral resilience, thermal stress, environmental memory, depth-related acclimation and reef health.
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Research themes
My research explores coral responses to environmental variability from individual physiology to reef-scale ecological change.
Coral Reef Ecology
Understanding coral communities, bleaching, mortality and long-term reef change.
02Thermal Stress
Investigating coral physiology and thermal tolerance under present and future warming.
03Environmental Memory
Exploring how previous environmental exposure shapes responses to subsequent stress.
04Depth & Mesophotic Reefs
Examining acclimation across depth and the potential role of deeper reefs as refugia.
FIELD RESEARCH
From extreme reefs to tropical islands
My research has taken me across coral reef systems in the Persian Gulf, Okinawa, Indonesia and Taiwan. These environments provide natural laboratories for understanding coral responses to environmental change.
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Research publications
My publications cover coral physiology, thermal stress, environmental memory, mesophotic ecosystems, coral diseases, reef ecology and marine biodiversity.
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