MA Recital: Anna Kelly, trumpet

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Honors Recital: Nate Hammond, Saxophone

Nate Hammond - Saxophone
Casey Dierlam Tse - Piano

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Speaker: Jenny Paige

Title: Changing Connectivity: A Spatial Understanding of Bistable Coral Dynamics

Abstract: Modeling coral ecosystems in a theoretical framework typically focuses on tradeoffs between coral, algae, and grazing fish populations, highlighting its bistable dynamics; however, spatial understanding of this system is often suppressed. Analysis of models with spatial features is crucial, as degraded, patchy reef systems become more common, and the size, clustering, or overall...