Potluck Lunch & Seminar

Dr. L. McCook, who is prominent ecologist mainly at Coral Reef Ecosystem, visited our laboratory. He has worked around GBR (Great Barrier Reef) for this decade based on AIMS（Australian Institute of Marine Science）.　Then, we had potluck lunch with him serving Korean BBQ. His group has focused on coral-seaweed interaction and their importance in reef degradation and resilience. His organized session at 9th ICRS (International Coral Reef Symposium) in 2000 was so exiting one, because it was first conference just after the world-wide coral bleaching in 1998. Though I’ve introduced myself to him before, I’m sorry that my study was not so impressive for him. Umm. At the next day, he presented about current his research and management for the protection of the GBR. Not only the contents, the skill of presentation was also useful for me.