John W. McManus
Director, National Center for Caribbean Coral Reef Research and
Professor, Division of Marine Biology and Fisheries
Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science
University of Miami
4600 Rickenbacker Causeway
Miami, FL 33149

Tel: (305) 421-4814
Fax: (305) 421-4910
Email:
Web page: http://www.ncoremiami.org/members/personnel/j_mcmanus.htm

Education
Ph.D., Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, 1985
M.Sc., Ecology, University of Connecticut, 1978
B.A., Biology, University of Connecticut, 1974

  Research Interests
John McManus has worked on many aspects of coral reef science, with a focus on facilitating improved coral reef management through interdisciplinary research and modeling. In the Bahamas Biocomplexity Project, he chairs the GIS Working Group developing the Geographic Information System-based Spatio-temporal Simulation System. This is integrating models and data from the project’s research efforts with existing information into a user-friendly decision support system to help guide the future development of the Bahamas system of Marine Protected Areas.

Selected Publications
McManus, J.W. and J.F. Polsenberg. 2004. Coral–algal phase shifts on coral reefs: ecological and environmental aspects. Progress in Oceanography 60: 263–279. [PDF]

McManus, J.W., L.A.B. Meñez, K.N.K. Reyes, S.G. Vergara, and M.C. Ablan. 2000. Coral reef fishing and coral-algal phase shifts: implications for global reef status. ICES Journal of Marine Science 57(3): 572–578.

Pollnac, R.B., J.W. McManus, A.E. del Rosario, A.S. Banzon, S.G. Vergara, and M.L.G. Gorospe. 2000. Unexpected relationships between coral reef health and socio-economic pressures in the Philippines: ReefBase/RAMP applied. Marine & Freshwater Research 51:529-533.

Bryant, D., L. Burke, J.W. McManus, and M. Spalding. 1998. Reefs at Risk: a Map-Based Indicator of Threats to the World’s Coral Reefs. World Resources Institute. N.Y. 56 pp.
http://reefsatrisk.wri.org/

McManus J.W. and S.G. Vergara. (eds.) 1998. ReefBase 3.0: A Global Database of Coral Reefs and their Resources. ICLARM, Manila. 194 pp. + CD-ROM with data on 8,000 coral reefs.
http://www.reefbase.org/

McManus, J.W. 1996. Social and economic aspects of reef fisheries and their management. Chapter 10. In: N.V.C. Polunin and C. Roberts (eds.), Coral Reef Fisheries. Chapman and Hall, London: 249-281.

McManus, J.W., C. Nañola, R. Reyes, and K. Kesner. 1992. Resource Ecology of the Bolinao Coral Reef System, ICLARM, Manila. 117 pp.