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Kristian A Teleki

PhD Student

Biography

Between 1987 and 1992 Kristian studied Geography at the Department of Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA. This was followed by a Masters degree in remote sensing and GIS (1993- 1994) here at the Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, UK.

Kristian is currently finishing his thesis on the examination of regional and community ecosystem dynamics in the coral reefs of the Caribbean and in the Archipelago de Los Canarreos, Cuba.

His thesis examines the change in these systems through time and what influence anthropogenic and natural disturbances have had on the biodiversity and architecture of coral reefs in the area. This is with a view to understanding the dynamics of response and stability in these spatially and temporally variable ecosystems, as well as to enhance current management strategies of this environment.

Research

Research interests: coral reef ecology and tropical coastal zone management.

Publications

Selected publications:

  • Burnett B and Teleki KA 1999. Shoals of Capricorn Programme Underway in Republic of Seychelles. Reef Encounter 25: 16.
  • Partington, K., Hodson, W., Teleki, K., Rees, W. G., Larsen, M. and Graves, A. 1996. A demonstration of ship routing with near real time ERS-1 derived ice charts. In: Proceedings of the second international workshop on ERS applications, London, 6-8 December 1995. Noordwijk: European Space Agency (ESA SP-383): 313-316.
  • Sephton, A., Partington, K., Boakes, K., Oddy, C., Rye, A., Walker, N., Willis, C., Wright, P., Rees, W., Teleki, K. and Hodson, W. 1995. Operational Monitoring of Arctic Sea Ice from Space. IGARSS '95 Conference Proceedings, Firenze, Italy.
  • Spalding MD, Spencer T, Bradshaw C and Teleki KA 1998. Shallow marine environments of an Indian Ocean platform reef: Providence - Cerf bank, Southern Seychelles. International Society for Reef Sturdies - European Meeting 1 to 4 September, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Universite de Perpignan.
  • Spencer T, Teleki KA, Bradshaw C and Spalding MD 2000. Coral Bleaching in the Southern Seychelles During the 1997-1998 Indian Ocean Warm Event. Marine Pollution Bulletin 40(7): 569-586.
  • Teleki KA 1995. Coral reefs and the Internet. Reef Encounter, No 18: 7-8.
  • Teleki KA 1996. World Wide Web Update. Reef Encounter, No 19: 20.
  • Teleki KA and Wood E 1997. International Year of the Reef 1997 - UK News.
  • Teleki KA 1998. Thirty years of change of change on coral communities along the southern margin of Golfo de Batabanó, Cuba. International Society for Reef Sturdies - European Meeting 1 to 4 September, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Universite de Perpignan.
  • Teleki KA, Spencer T, Bradshaw C and Spalding MD 1998. Coral bleaching in the Western Indian Ocean - a sign of the times? International Society for Reef Sturdies - European Meeting 1 to 4 September, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Universite de Perpignan.
  • Teleki KA 1999. Coral Reefs of the Indian Ocean - Review. Reef Encounter 25: 42-43.
  • Teleki KA, Downing, N, Sobart, B and Buckley, R 1999. Aldabra Marine Programme. Cambridge Coastal Research Unit. 31 pp.
  • Teleki KA and Spencer T 2000. Reefs of the Southern Seychelles. In Souter D, Obura D and Linden O (eds) Coral Reef Degradation in the Indian Ocean: Status Report 2000. CORDIO/SAREC Marine Science, Sweden.
  • Teleki KA, Downing, N, Sobart, B and Buckley, R 2000. The status of the Aldabra Atoll coral reefs and fishes following the 1998 coral bleaching event. In Souter D, Obura D and Linden O (eds) Coral Reef Degradation in the Indian Ocean: Status Report 2000. CORDIO/SAREC Marine Science, Sweden.
  • Viles HA, Spencer T, Teleki K and Cox C. in press. 16 years of microfloral recolonisation data from limestone surfaces, Aldabra Atoll, Indian Ocean: Implications for biological weathering. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms.
  • Westmacott S, Teleki KA, Wells, S and West, J 2000. Management of bleached and severely damaged reefs. IUCN Cambridge. 50pp.
  • Willis, C., Macklin, T., Partington, K., Teleki, K. A., Rees, W. and Williams, R. 1996. Iceberg detection using ERS-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 17(9): 1777-1795.

External activities

When not working on his PhD thesis Kristian has been involved with a number of collaborative multidisciplinary projects focussed on the Western Indian Ocean and specifically the repercussions of the 1998 coral bleaching event.

Kristian is also the Associate Editor of Reef Encounter the newsletter for the International Society for Reef Studies and the chairman of Reef Conservation UK (RCUK).