HIMB | Faculty | Erik C. Franklin

Erik C. Franklin

Assistant Researcher

Tel: (808) 440-8607
Fax: (808) 236-7443
Email: erik.franklin@hawaii.edu
Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology
PO Box 1346
Kane‘ohe, HI 96734

Education

Ph.D. 2012, Zoology, University of Hawaii
M.S. 2004, Marine Biology & Fisheries, RSMAS, University of Miami
B.S. 1996, Ecology, Behavior, & Evolution, University of California, San Diego

Research Interests

Marine population dynamics; fisheries science; quantitative ecology and ecoinformatics of coral reefs, ecological restoration; invasive species

Publications

Franklin EC, Donahue MJ, Jokiel PL (Accepted) Predictive modeling of coral distribution and abundance in the Hawaiian Islands. Marine Ecology Progress Series.doi: 10.3354/meps10252

Fabina NS, Putnam HM, Franklin EC, Stat M, Gates RD (2012) Transmission mode predicts specificity and interaction patterns in coral-Symbiodinium networks. PLoS ONE 7(9):e44970. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0044970
Heron SF, Maynard J, Willis B, Christensen T, Harvell D, Vargas-Angel B, Beeden R, Sziklay J, Aeby G, Franklin EC, et al. (2012) Developments in understanding relationships between environmental conditions and coral disease Proc 12th Intl. Coral Reef Symposium, Cairns, Australia 16B:4.
van Woesik R, Franklin EC, O'Leary J, McClanahan TR, Klaus JS, Budd AF (2012) Hosts of the Plio-Pleistocene past refelct modern-day coral vulnerability. Proceedings of the Royal Society B doi:10.1098/rspb.2011.262.
Franklin EC, Stat M, Pochon X, Putnam HM, Gates RD (2012) GeoSymbio: A hybrid, cloud-based web application of global geospatial bioinformatics and ecoinformatics for Symbiodinium-host symbioses. Molecular Ecology Resources 12(2): 369-373. doi:10.1111/j.1755-0998.2011.03081.x
Franklin EC, Stat M, Pochon X, Putnam HM, Gates RD (2011) Rapid development of a hybrid web application for synthesis science of Symbiodinium with Google Apps. in Jones MD, Gries C (eds.) Proceedings of Environmental Information Management Conference 2011 (EIM 2011), Sept. 28-29, 2011, UCSB, California, pp. 44-48, doi:10.5060/D2NC5Z4X
Longenecker K, Chan Y, Franklin EC (2011) Relationships between the length of select head bones and body size foir some Hawaiian parrotfishes (subfamily Scarinae). Bishop Museum Occassional Papers 111:13-26
Aeby GS, Williams GJ, Franklin EC, Kenyon J, Cox EF, Coles S, Work TM (2011) Patterns of coral disease across the Hawaiian Archipelago: relating disease to environment. PLoS ONE 6(5):e20370. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0020370

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