Steven Mana'oakamai Johnson

Steven Mana'oakamai Johnson
  • Doctor of Philosophy
  • Assistant Professor at Cornell University

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Introduction
Broadly, my research interests seek to understand how innovations in conservation diffuse through social networks. In particular, I'm interested in the social and ecological conditions that foster innovation. Blending my background in quantitative ecology and extensive field research (ecological and sociological), I hope to improve management and policy efforts towards sustainability.
Current institution
Cornell University
Current position
  • Assistant Professor
Additional affiliations
September 2017 - present
Oregon State University
Position
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant
August 2015 - May 2016
University of Guam
Position
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant
August 2015 - May 2017
University of Guam
Position
  • Graduate Research Assistant/Student

Publications

Publications (20)
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Fishing and pollution are chronic stressors that can prolong recovery of coral reefs and contribute to ecosystem decline. While this premise is generally accepted, management interventions are complicated because the contributions from individual stressors are difficult to distinguish. The present study examined the extent to which fishing pressure...
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Satellite monitoring of thermal stress on coral reefs has become an essential component of reef management practice around the world. A recent development by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Coral Reef Watch (NOAA CRW) program provides daily global monitoring at 5 km resolution—at or near the scale of most coral reefs. In...
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Without drastic efforts to reduce carbon emissions and mitigate globalized stressors, tropical coral reefs are in jeopardy. Strategic conservation and management requires identification of the environmental and socioeconomic factors driving the persistence of scleractinian coral assemblages—the foundation species of coral reef ecosystems. Here, we...
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Marine protected areas (MPAs) have emerged as a valuable tool in biodiversity conservation and fisheries management. However, the effective use of MPAs depends upon the successful integration of social and eco- logical information. We investigated relationships between the social system structure of coastal communities alongside biological data des...
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Ecological resilience assessments are an important part of resilience-based management (RBM) and can help prioritize and target management actions. Use of such assessments has been limited due to a lack of clear guidance on the assessment process. This study builds on the latest scientific advances in RBM to provide that guidance from a resilience...
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Global, regional, and national targets have been set to protect and conserve at least 30 % of the ocean by 2030, in recognition of the important benefits of healthy ocean ecosystems, including for human well-being. Many of these targets recognize the importance of the quality, not just quantity, of areas that are included in the 30 %, such as marin...
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Marine protected areas (MPAs) are ubiquitous in global ocean conservation and play a pivotal role in achieving local, national, and regional area-based conservation targets. Often, such targets are merely met on “paper” and lack the political or managerial resources to produce positive conservation outcomes. Here, we apply the MPA Guide – a framewo...
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Research has shown an increasing trend in attempts to integrate social and ecological data that use indicators to improve quality of life. This includes understanding people’s beliefs about environmental governance. Understanding patterns in beliefs of environmental governance can be a powerful way to help policy makers take informed actions that m...
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Faced with a family crisis, a marine scientist finds parallels with Earth's imperiled coral reefs.
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Climate change is altering the biogeochemical conditions of the ocean, leading to the emergence of novel environmental conditions that may drastically affect the performance of very large marine protected areas (VLMPAs) (area > 100,000 km²). Given the prominent role that VLMPAs play in ocean conservation, determining when and where novel conditions...
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Marine protected areas (MPAs) have emerged as a valuable tool in biodiversity conservation and fisheries management. However, the effective use of MPAs depends upon the successful integration of social and ecological information. We investigated relationships between the social system structure of coastal communities alongside biological data descr...
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Marine ecosystems have become increasingly impacted and the coastal communities that rely upon them are continuously adapting to these changes. A key to understanding these social-ecological systems is identifying the components of social structure that support desirable feedback loops, and are most responsible for conservation success. Using the i...
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Rising anthropogenic CO2 in the atmosphere is accompanied by an increase in oceanic CO2 and a concomitant decline in seawater pH (ref. 1). This phenomenon, known as ocean acidification (OA), has been experimentally shown to impact the biology and ecology of numerous animals and plants2, most notably those that precipitate calcium carbonate skeleton...
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The individual contribution of natural disturbances, localized stressors, and environmental regimes upon longer-term reef dynamics remains poorly resolved for many locales despite its significance for management. This study examined coral reefs in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands across a 12-year period that included elevated Crown-...
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The individual contribution of natural disturbances, localized stressors, and environmental regimes upon longer-term reef dynamics remains poorly resolved for many locales despite its significance for management. This study examined coral reefs in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands across a 12-year period that included elevated Crown-...

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