Research Highlights
Research Interests
Using AOML’s CT and 3D scanners, and their associated analysis infrastructure and software, to analyze and study various biologic and ecologic metrics on a wide range of scales.
Benjamin Chomitz
Digital Morphology Technician, Ocean Chemistry and Ecosystems Division
305.361.4399/617.913.9706
Benjamin.Chomitz@noaa.gov
4301 Rickenbacker Causeway
Miami, Florida 33149
Ben Chomitz joined AOML’s Ocean Chemistry and Ecosystems Division in April as a University of Miami-Cooperative Institute Research Associate. Ben works in the Coral Program’s Digital Morphology Lab by using AOML’s CT and 3D scanners, and their associated analysis infrastructure and software, to analyze and study various biologic and ecologic metrics on a wide range of scales.
M.S. Biology, University of Costa Rica
- Webb, A.E., A.M. Palacio-Castro, K. Cooke, K.R. Eaton, B. Chomitz, N. Soderberg, M. Chakraborty, Z. Zagon, A. Boyd, P.M. Kiel, A. Demerlis, C.T. Perry, and I.C. Enochs. Rubble persistence under ocean acidification threatened by accelerated bioerosion and lower-density coral skeletons. Global Change Biology, 30(6):e17371, https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17371 2024
Ref. 4423 - Chomitz, B.R., J.A. Kleypas, J. Cortes, and J.J. Alvaredo. Change in the composition of fauna associated with Pocillopora spp. (Scleractinia, Pocilloporidae) following transplantation. Reviste de Biologíca Tropica, 71(S1):e54882, https://doi.org/10.15517/rev.biol.trop..v71iS1.54882 2023
Ref. 4362 - Chomitz, B.R., J.A. Kleypas, J. Cortes, and J.J. Alvaredo. Succession of the sessile benthic community at a coral reef restoration site. Reviste de Biologíca Tropica, 71(S1):e54881, https://doi.org/10.15517/rev.biol.trop..v71iS1.54881 2023
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OAR Team Members of the Year – Outreach and Education 2023
For exemplary response to the unexpected and unprecedented 2023 coral bleaching event in South Florida and their efforts to communicate the event to the American public.