{"id":10569,"date":"2014-08-13T17:56:33","date_gmt":"2014-08-13T21:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/?p=10569"},"modified":"2014-08-13T17:56:33","modified_gmt":"2014-08-13T21:56:33","slug":"talking-urban-flamingos-and-coral-reef-villages-at-the-davis-science-cafe-esa2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/2014\/08\/13\/talking-urban-flamingos-and-coral-reef-villages-at-the-davis-science-cafe-esa2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking urban flamingos and coral reef villages at the Davis Science Cafe #ESA2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

In cooperation with Jared Shaw, Ben Landis, the Davis Science Caf\u00e9<\/a>, and CapSciComm<\/a>, and ESA will bring two ecologists to DeVere\u2019s Pub in Davis<\/a>, Cal. Madhusudan Katti<\/strong> of Cal State Fresno and Simon Brandl<\/strong> of James Cook University in Queensland, Australia, will lead conversations about living with nature, from city flamingoes<\/a> to the underwater villages<\/a> of the Great Barrier Reef. This event is designed for communion and conviviality with members of the greater Sacramento-Davis community.<\/p>\n

When: Wednesday, August 13, 5:30 pm<\/em>.
\nWhere: DeVere\u2019s Pub, 217 E St, Davis, CA 95616\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Preview:<\/strong> hear Katti and Brandl on Capital Public Radio\u2019s<\/strong> Insight with Beth Ruyak<\/em>, Wednesday morning starting at 9 am. Listen live<\/a> or stream the archived show<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Getting there: <\/strong>check the science cafe\u2019s annual meeting\u00a0page for public transit directions<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Davis<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Butcher,<\/a>

Butcher, baker, and brewer. <\/b> This image illustrates the strikingly simple but powerful analogy between man-made and natural systems. By looking at the functional structure of coral reef fish communities through a human eye, we find butchers, bakers, and brewers, but also diligent, cranky farmerfish, visually pleasing but ecologically negligible aesthetes, or worthless aristocrats. Using this approach, we can begin to answer some of the most pressing questions in coral reef biology. What are the origins and future trajectories of coral reefs and their fishy inhabitants? How do humans affect this perfectly balanced market? And do more brewers really make a happier system? Credit, Simon J. Brandl.<\/a><\/i><\/p><\/div>\n

\"These<\/a>

These are not your urban lawn flamingos!<\/b> This pair dancing in the low tide in Mumbai\u2019s busy harbor are Lesser Flamingos, considered near-threatened species due to declining populations in Africa and India. Yet, over the past decade, some 10-25 thousand of them have been turning up in Mumbai\u2019s Thane Creek to spend the winter right in the middle of a megacity of over 20 million people. I photographed this pair just a year ago at Sewri Port, an industrial dockyard area known more for repairing boats than harboring such wildlife which now teems in the creek\u2019s recovering mangroves. Credit, Madhusudan Katti<\/a>.<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n

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