Dr. Scarla J. Weeks

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  23/11/2004 -- Sardines munch away at global warming - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 11/23/2004    Last Visited: 12/9/2004  

  The researchers, Dr. Andrew Bakun from the University of Miami and Dr. Scarla J. Weeks of the University of Cape Town, devised their plankton-sardine-methane theory while working off Namibia, where once-abundant sardine populations have been devastated since the 1970s by heavy fishing.
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  Though some researchers are skeptical about linking sardines to global warming, others think that Bakun and Weeks are onto something.

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  Fish stories: Global and regional :: Salt Spring News... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 11/24/2004    Last Visited: 11/24/2004  

  The researchers, Dr. Andrew Bakun from the University of Miami and Dr. Scarla J. Weeks of the University of Cape Town, devised their plankton-sardine-methane theory while working off Namibia, where once-abundant sardine populations have been devastated since the 1970's by heavy fishing.
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  They described their findings in the current issue of the journal Ecology Letters. ... Though some researchers are skeptical about linking sardines to global warming, others think that Dr. Bakun and Dr. Weeks are onto something.

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  Institute for Ocean Conservation Science - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/10/2006    Last Visited: 1/23/2010  

  Pew Institue for Ocean Science Research Associate, Dr. Scarla J. Weeks, is using satellite imagery to delve into the processes involved in coral bleaching and associated deleterious effects on the Great Barrier Reef marine ecosystem. Weeks is co-principal investigator for the Pew Institute for Ocean Science "Adverse Eco-Feedbacks" project, which focuses on elaborating the internal mechanisms acting within marine ecosystems to determine the nature of the responses (e.g., resilience or abrupt degradation, etc.) to fishing, climate change, and other stresses. A current focus of the project is a comparative study of the western tropical Atlantic and Pacific regions. Such a comparative approach offers a means to sort out processes and influences that may be very difficult to unravel in any single regional ecosystem viewed in isolation. The serious 2006 coral bleaching episode occurring in the Great Barrier Reef offers an acute case in point, and consequently is a major focus of current activity within the project.
  
  News on Nasa Site about Dr. Weeks' work

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  Institute for Ocean Conservation Science - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/10/2006    Last Visited: 9/24/2009  

  Pew Institue for Ocean Science Research Associate, Dr. Scarla J. Weeks, is using satellite imagery to delve into the processes involved in coral bleaching and associated deleterious effects on the Great Barrier Reef marine ecosystem. Weeks is co-principal investigator for the Pew Institute for Ocean Science "Adverse Eco-Feedbacks" project, which focuses on elaborating the internal mechanisms acting within marine ecosystems to determine the nature of the responses (e.g., resilience or abrupt degradation, etc.) to fishing, climate change, and other stresses. A current focus of the project is a comparative study of the western tropical Atlantic and Pacific regions. Such a comparative approach offers a means to sort out processes and influences that may be very difficult to unravel in any single regional ecosystem viewed in isolation. The serious 2006 coral bleaching episode occurring in the Great Barrier Reef offers an acute case in point, and consequently is a major focus of current activity within the project.
  
  News on Nasa Site about Dr. Weeks' work

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  Institute for Ocean Conservation Science - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/22/2008    Last Visited: 1/23/2010  

  Through some hard-core detective work and astute observations, Dr. Bakun and his colleague, Dr. Scarla Weeks of the University of Cape Town in South Africa, realized that the rampant overfishing of sardines off the southwest coast of Africa may have been a factor in eruptions of two toxic gases - hydrogen sulfide, and methane - from the Atlantic Ocean floor.
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  Drs. Bakun and Weeks co-authored a 2004 scientific paper in the peer-reviewed journal Ecology Letters describing their theory that sardines, phytoplankton, and climate change are intricately connected.
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  Dr. Weeks, now at the University of Queensland in Australia, is also currently funded in a Pew Institute research project.

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  Institute for Ocean Conservation Science - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/22/2008    Last Visited: 2/5/2009  

  Through some hard-core detective work and astute observations, Dr. Bakun and his colleague, Dr. Scarla Weeks of the University of Cape Town in South Africa, realized that the rampant overfishing of sardines off the southwest coast of Africa may have been a factor in eruptions of two toxic gases - hydrogen sulfide, and methane - from the Atlantic Ocean floor.
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  Drs. Bakun and Weeks co-authored a 2004 scientific paper in the peer-reviewed journal Ecology Letters describing their theory that sardines, phytoplankton, and climate change are intricately connected.
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  Dr. Weeks, now at the University of Queensland in Australia, is also currently funded in a Pew Institute research project.

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  Institute for Ocean Conservation Science - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/23/2008    Last Visited: 1/23/2010  

  Through some hard-core detective work and astute observations, Dr. Bakun and his colleague, Dr. Scarla Weeks of the University of Cape Town in South Africa, realized that the rampant overfishing of sardines off the southwest coast of Africa may have been a factor in eruptions of two toxic gases - hydrogen sulfide, and methane - from the Atlantic Ocean floor.
  ...
  Drs. Bakun and Weeks co-authored a 2004 scientific paper in the peer-reviewed journal Ecology Letters describing their theory that sardines, phytoplankton, and climate change are intricately connected.

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  Institute for Ocean Conservation Science - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 11/23/2004    Last Visited: 1/23/2010  

  The researchers, Dr. Andrew Bakun from the University of Miami and Dr. Scarla J. Weeks of the University of Cape Town, devised their plankton-sardine-methane theory while working off Namibia, where once-abundant sardine populations have been devastated since the 1970's by heavy fishing.
  ...
  Though some researchers are skeptical about linking sardines to global warming, others think that Dr. Bakun and Dr. Weeks are onto something.

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  Pew Institute for Ocean Science - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/10/2006    Last Visited: 11/19/2008  

  Pew Institue for Ocean Science Research Associate, Dr. Scarla J. Weeks, is using satellite imagery to delve into the processes involved in coral bleaching and associated deleterious effects on the Great Barrier Reef marine ecosystem. Weeks is co-principal investigator for the Pew Institute for Ocean Science "Adverse Eco-Feedbacks" project, which focuses on elaborating the internal mechanisms acting within marine ecosystems to determine the nature of the responses (e.g., resilience or abrupt degradation, etc.) to fishing, climate change, and other stresses.

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  Pew Institute for Ocean Science - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/10/2006    Last Visited: 10/21/2006  

  Pew Institue for Ocean Science Research Associate, Dr. Scarla J. Weeks, is using satellite imagery to delve into the processes involved in coral bleaching and associated deleterious effects on the Great Barrier Reef marine ecosystem.Weeks is co-principal investigator for the Pew Institute for Ocean Science "Adverse Eco-Feedbacks" project, which focuses on elaborating the internal mechanisms acting within marine ecosystems to determine the nature of the responses (e.g., resilience or abrupt degradation, etc.) to fishing, climate change, and other stresses.A current focus of the project is a comparative study of the western tropical Atlantic and Pacific regions.Such a comparative approach offers a means to sort out processes and influences that may be very difficult to unravel in any single regional ecosystem viewed in isolation.The serious 2006 coral bleaching episode occurring in the Great Barrier Reef offers an acute case in point, and consequently is a major focus of current activity within the project.
  
  News on Nasa Site about Dr. Weeks' work

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