Thomas DeCarlo
Assistant Professor
Education & Affiliations
Biography
My research interests include coral reefs, anthropogenic climate change, ocean dynamics, coastal biogeochemistry, and ocean acidification.
Selected Publications
Henley B.J., McGregor H.V., King A.D., Hoegh-Guldberg O., Arzey A.K., Karoly D.J., Lough J., DeCarlo T.M., & B.K. Linsley (2024). Highest ocean heat in four centuries places Great Barrier Reef in danger. Nature 632, 320-326.
Whitaker H.V. & T.M. DeCarlo (2024). Re(de)fining Degree-Heating Week: Coral Bleaching Variability Necessitates Regional and Temporal Optimization of Global Forecast Model Stress Metrics. Coral Reefs.https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-024-02512-w
Mantanona H.C. & T.M. DeCarlo (2023). Coral growth persistence amidst bleaching events. Limnology and Oceanography Letters 8, 734-741. https://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.10340
Chen W-H., Ren H., Chiang J.C.H., Wang Y-L., Cai-Li R-Y, Chen Y-C., Shen C-C., Taylor F.W., DeCarlo T.M., Wu C-R., Mii H-S., & X.T. Wang (2023). Increased tropical South Pacific western boundary current transport over the past century. Nature Geoscience 16, 590-596. 10.1038/s41561-023-01212-4
DeCarlo T.M., Carvalho S., Gajdzik L., Hardenstine R.S., Tanabe L.K., Villalobos R., & M.L. Berumen (2021). Patterns, drivers, and ecological implications of upwelling in coral reef habitats of the southern Red Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans 126, e2020JC016493.
DeCarlo T.M. (2020). Treating coral bleaching as weather: a framework to validate and optimize prediction skill. PeerJ8, e9449.
DeCarlo T.M., Gajdzik L., Ellis J., Coker D.J., Roberts M.B., Hammerman N.M., Pandolfi J.M., Monroe A.A. & M.L. Berumen (2020). Nutrient-supplying ocean currents modulate coral bleaching susceptibility. Science Advances 6, eabc5493.
DeCarlo T.M. & H.B. Harrison (2019). An enigmatic decoupling between heat stress and coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef. PeerJ 7, e7473.
DeCarlo T.M., Harrison H.B., Gajdzik L., Alaguarda D., Rodolfo-Metalpa R., D’Olivo J., Liu G., Patalwala D., & M.T. McCulloch (2019). Acclimatization of massive reef-building corals to consecutive heatwaves. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 286, 20190235.
