Phil Kramer

Director
Caribbean Marine Program
The Nature Conservancy
Florida Keys Field Office
55 N Johnson Rd
Sugarloaf Key, FL

Tel: (340) 773-5575, ext 208
Fax: (340) 773-1613
Email:

Education
Ph.D., Marine Geology, University of Miami, 1996
B.Sc., Biology, University of California, San Diego, 1989

Research Interests
Phil Kramer's current research focuses on aspects of understanding how to quantify coral reef health and examining multi-scale patterns in reef ecology. He is involved with the Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment Program and maintains involvement in projects focusing on the Remote Sensing of Tropical Coral Reef environments, and design of Marine Protected Areas in tropical environments including the Bahamas Biocomplexity Project.

Selected Publications
Spalding, M. and P.A. Kramer. 2004. The Caribbean. In: L. Glover and S. Earl (eds.), Defying Oceans End- An Agenda for Action. Island Press, Washington, D.C.

Kramer , P.A. 2003. Synthesis of Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment results: 1997-2000. Atoll Research Bulletin 1-57.

Kramer, P.A., P.R. Kramer, and R.N. Ginsburg. 2003. Assessment of Andros Island Reef System, Bahamas (Part 1: stony corals and algae). Atoll Research Bulletin 76-99.

Kramer, P.A., K.M. Marks, and T. Turnbull. 2003. Assessment of Andros Island Reef System, Bahamas (Part 2: fishes). Atoll Research Bulletin 100-122.

Andréfouët, S., P.A. Kramer, D. Torres-Pulliza, K. Joyce, E. Hochberg, R. Garza-Pérez, P.J. Mumby, B. Riegl, H. Yamano, W. White, M. Zubia, J. Brock, S. Phinn, A. Naseer, B. Hatcher, and F. Muller-Karger. 2003. Multi-site evaluation of IKONOS data for classification of tropical coral reef environments. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing 8(2003): 128-143.

Lindeman, K., Kramer, P.A., and J. Ault. 2001. Comparative approaches to reef monitoring and assessment: An overview. Bulletin of Marine Science 69(2): 335-338.

Kramer, P.A. and P.R. Kramer. 2000. Ecological status of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System (MBRS): Effects of Hurricane Mitch and 1998 bleaching. Final Report, 73 pp.

Kramer, P.A. , Kramer, P.R., and R. Ginsburg. 1999. Assessment of coral vitality, Andros Reef System, Bahamas. National Geographic Society Report 70 pp.