Howard Lasker

Affiliation:

State University of New York at Buffalo (SUNY Buffalo)

Address:

Department of Geology
126 Cooke Hall
Buffalo, NY
USA 14260-1350

ORCiD:

0000-0002-5280-0742

Activities reported for Howard Lasker:

Program coordination

None

Project coordination

Collaborative research: Ecology and functional biology of octocoral communities (VI Octocorals)	Principal Investigator
RAPID: Resilience of Caribbean octocorals following Hurricanes Irma and Maria (Octocorals and Hurricanes)	Principal Investigator, Contact
Collaborative Research: Pattern and process in the abundance and recruitment of Caribbean octocorals (Octocoral Community Dynamics)	Lead Principal Investigator
Recruitment among density manipulated populations of a Caribbean gorgonian (Caribbean Gorgonian Recruitment)	Principal Investigator, Contact
Effects of Vegetative Reproduction on the Distribution and Abundance of Benthic Marine Invertebrates (Invertebrate vegetative reproduction)	Principal Investigator

Deployment coordination

Deployment	Synonyms	Platform	Role
Lasker_St_John		Virgin Islands	Principal Investigator
WS17317		F.G. Walton Smith	Principal Investigator

Datasets

Project: Effects of Vegetative Reproduction on the Distribution and Abundance of Benthic Marine Invertebrates

Dataset	Version Date	Current State
Number and size of gonads found in monthly samples of Antillogorgia americana colonies at a study site in the San Blas Islands, Panama from July 1990 to August 1991 Principal Investigator	2024-03-13	Final no updates expected
Number and size of eggs found in five different branches from a single Antillogorgia americana from a study site in the San Blas Islands, Panama from July 1990 to August 1991 Principal Investigator	2024-03-13	Final no updates expected

Project: Recruitment among density manipulated populations of a Caribbean gorgonian

Dataset	Version Date	Current State
Branch extension measurements from a clipping experiment conducted on the coral Antillogorgia elisabethae at two sites in the Bahamas determined from June 1999 to June 2000 Principal Investigator, Contact	2023-11-08	Final no updates expected
Branching data from a clipping experiment conducted on the coral Antillogorgia elisabethae at two sites in the Bahamas determined from June 1999 to June 2000 Principal Investigator, Contact	2023-11-07	Final no updates expected

Project: Collaborative Research: Pattern and process in the abundance and recruitment of Caribbean octocorals

Dataset	Version Date	Current State
Number and size of gonads found in monthly samples of Antillogorgia americana colonies at a study site in the San Blas Islands, Panama from July 1990 to August 1991 Principal Investigator	2024-03-13	Final no updates expected
Number and size of eggs found in five different branches from a single Antillogorgia americana from a study site in the San Blas Islands, Panama from July 1990 to August 1991 Principal Investigator	2024-03-13	Final no updates expected
Octocoral Recruitment surveys on transects at 6 sites on the south shore of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands in 2021 and 2022 Principal Investigator, Contact	2023-04-18	Data not available
Identity and heights of Octocoral species found on transects at 6 sites on the south shore of St John, U.S. Virgin Islands in 2021 and 2022 Principal Investigator, Contact	2023-04-18	Data not available
Branch extension measurements from a clipping experiment conducted on the coral Antillogorgia elisabethae at two sites in the Bahamas determined from June 1999 to June 2000 Principal Investigator, Contact	2023-11-08	Final no updates expected
Branching data from a clipping experiment conducted on the coral Antillogorgia elisabethae at two sites in the Bahamas determined from June 1999 to June 2000 Principal Investigator, Contact	2023-11-07	Final no updates expected
Locations of mapped polyps on experimental tiles with different levels of turf algae cover during an in-situ experiment in St. John, US Virgin Islands in August and September of 2019 Principal Investigator	2021-07-16	Final no updates expected
Percent cover of living organisms on experimental tiles with different levels of turf algae cover during an in-situ experiment in St. John, US Virgin Islands in August and September of 2019 Principal Investigator	2021-09-14	Final no updates expected
Polyp settlement and polyp counts on experimental tiles with different levels of turf algae cover during an in-situ experiment in St. John, US Virgin Islands in August and September of 2019. Principal Investigator	2021-07-16	Final no updates expected
Reattachment of octocoral polyps following a stress event and polyp bailout in sea tables in St. John, US Virgin Islands in August of 2019 Principal Investigator	2021-07-16	Final no updates expected
Cell counts for 11 P. homomalla embryos taken every 5-10 minutes from fertilization to 13 hours after fertilization from adult corals collected in Round Bay, St. John, USVI in July of 2019 Principal Investigator	2021-07-15	Final no updates expected
Counts of individuals and cell division for 100 Plexaura homomalla embryos from fertilization to 24 hours after fertilization from adult corals collected in Round Bay, St. John, USVI in July of 2019 Principal Investigator	2021-07-15	Final no updates expected
Octocoral recruitment surveys on transects at 5 sites on the south shore of St. John, US Virgin Islands, 2014-2019. Principal Investigator, Contact	2021-08-31	Final no updates expected
Summary sponge abundance by species and site on the coral reefs of St. John USVI from photoquadrats taken between 1992 and 2017 Co-Principal Investigator	2020-07-24	Final with updates expected
Summary abundance of soft corals, stony corals, and algae on the reefs of St. John USVI from photoquadrats taken between 1992 and 2017 Co-Principal Investigator	2020-07-29	Final no updates expected
Sponge abundance by species on the coral reefs of St. John USVI from photoquadrats taken between 1992 and 2017 Co-Principal Investigator	2020-07-24	Final no updates expected
Summary sponge abundance on the coral reefs of St. John USVI from photoquadrats taken between 1992 and 2017 Co-Principal Investigator	2020-07-24	Final no updates expected
Octocoral colony heights measured during transect surveys at four sites on the south shore of St. John, US Virgin Islands during June-October 2019 Principal Investigator	2020-02-12	Final no updates expected
Octocoral colony height by taxon, year, site, and life stage from surveys conducted in St. John, US Virgin Islands from 2014 to 2017 Co-Principal Investigator	2020-02-04	Final no updates expected
Octocoral colony density by taxon, year, site, and life stage from surveys conducted in St. John, US Virgin Islands from 2014 to 2017 Co-Principal Investigator	2020-02-04	Final no updates expected
Octocoral colony sizes (height by pooled taxa, site, and year) from surveys conducted in St. John, US Virgin Islands from 2014 to 2017 Co-Principal Investigator	2020-02-04	Final no updates expected
Octocoral sampling effort (density of juveniles pooled taxa, year, site, and quadrat) from surveys conducted in St. John, US Virgin Islands from 2014 to 2017 Co-Principal Investigator	2020-02-04	Final no updates expected
Octocoral sampling effort (density by pooled taxa and site) from surveys conducted in St. John, US Virgin Islands from 2014 to 2017 Co-Principal Investigator	2020-02-04	Final no updates expected
Octocoral colony density by pooled taxa, site, and quadrat from surveys conducted in St. John, US Virgin Islands from 2014 to 2017 Co-Principal Investigator	2020-02-04	Final no updates expected
Octocoral colony height by pooled pooled taxa and year from surveys conducted in St. John, US Virgin Islands from 2014 to 2017 Co-Principal Investigator	2020-02-04	Final no updates expected
Octocoral colony density by pooled taxa, life stage, and year from surveys conducted in St. John, US Virgin Islands from 2014 to 2017 Co-Principal Investigator	2020-02-04	Final no updates expected
Octocoral colony height pooled by taxon and year from surveys conducted in St. John, US Virgin Islands from 2014 to 2017 Co-Principal Investigator	2020-02-04	Final no updates expected
Octocoral colony density by pooled taxa, life stage, and year from surveys conducted in St. John, US Virgin Islands from 2014 to 2017 Co-Principal Investigator	2020-02-04	Final no updates expected
Octocoral colony heights measured during transect surveys at four sites on the south shore of St. John, US Virgin Islands in June-August 2018. Principal Investigator	2019-09-23	Final no updates expected

Project: RAPID: Resilience of Caribbean octocorals following Hurricanes Irma and Maria

Dataset	Version Date	Current State
Octocoral species abundance during transect surveys at four sites on the south shore of St. John, US Virgin Islands from November to December 2017 Principal Investigator	2019-11-04	Final no updates expected

Project: RUI-LTREB Renewal: Three decades of coral reef community dynamics in St. John, USVI: 2014-2019

Dataset	Version Date	Current State
Summary sponge abundance by species and site on the coral reefs of St. John USVI from photoquadrats taken between 1992 and 2017 Co-Principal Investigator	2020-07-24	Final with updates expected
Summary abundance of soft corals, stony corals, and algae on the reefs of St. John USVI from photoquadrats taken between 1992 and 2017 Co-Principal Investigator	2020-07-29	Final no updates expected
Sponge abundance by species on the coral reefs of St. John USVI from photoquadrats taken between 1992 and 2017 Co-Principal Investigator	2020-07-24	Final no updates expected
Summary sponge abundance on the coral reefs of St. John USVI from photoquadrats taken between 1992 and 2017 Co-Principal Investigator	2020-07-24	Final no updates expected
Physical conditions during coral reef surveys of St. John, US Virgin Islands, from 1989-2014 Co-Principal Investigator	2018-11-26	Final no updates expected
Coral reef abundance on shallow reefs of St. John, US Virgin Islands, 1992-2014 Co-Principal Investigator	2018-11-26	Final no updates expected
Coral reef community structure on shallow reefs of St. John, US Virgin Islands, 1992-2014 Co-Principal Investigator	2018-11-26	Final no updates expected

Project: Collaborative research: Ecology and functional biology of octocoral communities

Dataset	Version Date	Current State
Octocoral recruitment surveys on transects at 5 sites on the south shore of St. John, US Virgin Islands, 2014-2019. Principal Investigator, Contact	2021-08-31	Final no updates expected
Light intensity at various times along long-term octocoral transects in St. John, USVI from 2014 to 2015. Co-Principal Investigator	2018-09-06	Final no updates expected
Rugosity of long-term octocoral transects in St. John, USVI from 2014 to 2015. Co-Principal Investigator	2018-09-06	Final no updates expected
Sedimentation at long-term octocoral transects in St. John, USVI from 2014 to 2015. Co-Principal Investigator	2018-09-06	Final no updates expected
Mean wave direction at long-term coral sampling sites in St. John, USVI from 2011 to 2015. Co-Principal Investigator	2018-09-06	Final no updates expected
Size frequency of octocorals along long-term transects in St. John, USVI from 2014 to 2015. Co-Principal Investigator	2018-09-06	Final no updates expected
Location, abundance, and size of various octocoral species in St. John, USVI from 2014 to 2015. Co-Principal Investigator	2018-07-13	Final no updates expected
Octocoral species list used during surveys in St. John, US Virgin Islands between 2014-2017 (St. John LTREB project, VI_Octocorals) Principal Investigator, Contact	2018-04-05	Final no updates expected
Adult octocoral height measurements from transects conducted at St. John, US Virgin Islands between 2014-2016 (St. John LTREB project, VI_Octocorals) Principal Investigator, Contact	2018-04-05	Final no updates expected
Data describing interactions between neighboring coral colonies on St. John, Virgin Islands in 2014. Principal Investigator	2016-10-25	Final no updates expected
Data describing interactions between colonies on St. John, Virgin Islands in 2014. Principal Investigator	2016-10-25	Final no updates expected
Data describing Gorgonia ventalina interactions on St. John, Virgin Islands in 2015. Principal Investigator	2016-10-25	Final no updates expected
Data from surveys of Eunicea flexusa colonies on St. John, VI National Park from 2014. Principal Investigator	2016-10-24	Final no updates expected
Octocorals, scleractinia, macroalgae surveys describing species abundance and distribution on St. John and St. Thomas, USVI in 2011 (St. John LTREB project, VI Octocorals project) Co-Principal Investigator	2016-01-06	Final no updates expected
Density of adult and juvenile octocorals on shallow reefs in St. John, US Virgin Islands from 2010 (St. John LTREB project, VI Octocorals project) Co-Principal Investigator	2015-08-31	Final no updates expected
Soft coral literature review on species observed in St. John, US Virgin Island from 1992-2012 (St. John LTREB project, VI Octocorals project) Co-Principal Investigator	2015-07-17	Final no updates expected
Soft coral counts from photoquadrats and in situ observations collected on St. John, Virgin Islands from 1992-2012 (St. John LTREB project, VI Octocorals project) Co-Principal Investigator	2015-08-20	Final no updates expected
Soft coral densities counted from photoquadrats collected on St. John, Virgin Islands from 1992-2012 (St. John LTREB project, VI Octocorals project) Co-Principal Investigator	2015-08-20	Final no updates expected

Project: LTREB Long-term coral reef community dynamics in St. John, USVI: 1987-2019

Dataset	Version Date	Current State
Light intensity at various times along long-term octocoral transects in St. John, USVI from 2014 to 2015. Co-Principal Investigator	2018-09-06	Final no updates expected
Rugosity of long-term octocoral transects in St. John, USVI from 2014 to 2015. Co-Principal Investigator	2018-09-06	Final no updates expected
Sedimentation at long-term octocoral transects in St. John, USVI from 2014 to 2015. Co-Principal Investigator	2018-09-06	Final no updates expected
Mean wave direction at long-term coral sampling sites in St. John, USVI from 2011 to 2015. Co-Principal Investigator	2018-09-06	Final no updates expected
Size frequency of octocorals along long-term transects in St. John, USVI from 2014 to 2015. Co-Principal Investigator	2018-09-06	Final no updates expected
Location, abundance, and size of various octocoral species in St. John, USVI from 2014 to 2015. Co-Principal Investigator	2018-07-13	Final no updates expected
Octocoral species list used during surveys in St. John, US Virgin Islands between 2014-2017 (St. John LTREB project, VI_Octocorals) Principal Investigator, Contact	2018-04-05	Final no updates expected
Adult octocoral height measurements from transects conducted at St. John, US Virgin Islands between 2014-2016 (St. John LTREB project, VI_Octocorals) Principal Investigator, Contact	2018-04-05	Final no updates expected
Data describing interactions between neighboring coral colonies on St. John, Virgin Islands in 2014. Principal Investigator	2016-10-25	Final no updates expected
Data describing interactions between colonies on St. John, Virgin Islands in 2014. Principal Investigator	2016-10-25	Final no updates expected
Data describing Gorgonia ventalina interactions on St. John, Virgin Islands in 2015. Principal Investigator	2016-10-25	Final no updates expected
Data from surveys of Eunicea flexusa colonies on St. John, VI National Park from 2014. Principal Investigator	2016-10-24	Final no updates expected
Octocorals, scleractinia, macroalgae surveys describing species abundance and distribution on St. John and St. Thomas, USVI in 2011 (St. John LTREB project, VI Octocorals project) Co-Principal Investigator	2016-01-06	Final no updates expected
Density of adult and juvenile octocorals on shallow reefs in St. John, US Virgin Islands from 2010 (St. John LTREB project, VI Octocorals project) Co-Principal Investigator	2015-08-31	Final no updates expected
Soft coral literature review on species observed in St. John, US Virgin Island from 1992-2012 (St. John LTREB project, VI Octocorals project) Co-Principal Investigator	2015-07-17	Final no updates expected
Soft coral counts from photoquadrats and in situ observations collected on St. John, Virgin Islands from 1992-2012 (St. John LTREB project, VI Octocorals project) Co-Principal Investigator	2015-08-20	Final no updates expected
Soft coral densities counted from photoquadrats collected on St. John, Virgin Islands from 1992-2012 (St. John LTREB project, VI Octocorals project) Co-Principal Investigator	2015-08-20	Final no updates expected

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