My background is in computer programming, physical oceanography and numerical ocean modelling, and I work on a variety of computer-related projects with other Center faculty and researchers. In addition, I oversee the computer operations of the Oceanographic Center and am the webmaster of the Oceanographic Center website. Lately my work has focused on programming in the areas of coral reef assessment and monitoring, habitat equivalency analysis, and coral densitometry.

My work has led to the development of four programs that are available for public use. More information can be found by clicking the links below:

• CPCe - Coral Point count software
• Visual_HEA: Habitat Equivalency Analysis software
• CoralXDS - coral x-radiograph densitometry system
• PSPLOT - A Fortran-callable PostScript plotting library

Selected Publications (Complete publication list)

Riegl, B., R.P. Moyer, B.K. Walker, K. Kohler, D. Gilliam, and R.E. Dodge. 2008. A Tale of Germs, Storms, and Bombs: Geomorphology and Coral Assemblage Structure at Vieques (Puerto Rico) Compared to St. Croix (U.S. Virgin Islands).Journal of Coastal Research, Vol. 24, No. 4,1008-1021.
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Purkis, S.J., K.E. Kohler, B.M. Riegl, S.O. Rohmann. 2007. The Statistics of Natural Shapes in Modern Coral Reef Landscapes. Journal of Geology 115:493-508.
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Kohler, K.E. and S.M. Gill, 2006. Coral Point Count with Excel extensions (CPCe): A Visual Basic program for the determination of coral and substrate coverage using random point count methodology. Computers and Geosciences, Vol. 32, No. 9, pp. 1259-1269, DOI:10.1016/j.cageo.2005.11.009.
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Kohler, K.E. and R.E. Dodge, 2006. Visual_HEA: Habitat Equivalency Analysis software to calculate compensatory restoration following natural resource injury. Proceedings of the 10th International Coral Reef Symposium. Okinawa, Japan. pp. 1611-1616.
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Riegl B.M., S.J. Purkis, K.E. Kohler, and R.E. Dodge, 2006. Spatial patterns in Arabian Gulf coral assemblages (Jebel Ali, Dubai, U.A.E.) in response to temperature-forcing. Proceedings of the 10th International Coral Reef Symposium. Okinawa Japan. pp. 683-687
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Vinayachandran, P. N., J. P. McCreary, Jr., R. R. Hood, and K. E. Kohler. 2005. A numerical investigation of the phytoplankton bloom in the Bay of Bengal during Northeast Monsoon. Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, C12001, doi:10.1029/2005JC002966.
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Hood, R.R., K.E. Kohler, J.P. McCreary, and S. Smith, 2003. A four-dimensional validation of a coupled physical-biological model of the Arabian Sea. Deep Sea Research II, 50, p. 2917-2945.
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McCreary, J.P., K.E. Kohler, R.R. Hood, S. Smith, J. Kindle, A.S. Fischer, and R.A. Weller, 2001. Influences of diurnal and intraseasonal forcing on mixed-layer and biological variability in the central Arabian Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research, 106, C4, p. 7139-7155.
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Han, W., J.P. McCreary, and K.E. Kohler, 2001. Influence of precipitation minus evaporation and Bay of Bengal rivers on dynamics, thermodynamics, and mixed layer physics in the upper Indian Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research, 106, C4, p.6985-6916.
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McCreary, J.P., K.E. Kohler, R.R. Hood and D.B. Olson, 1996. A four-component ecosystem model of biological activity in the Arabian Sea. Prog. Oceanogr. , 117-165.
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Kohler, Kevin E., 1993. PSPLOT - Postscript for technical drawings: A Fortran-callable PostScript plotting library: User's manual. www.nova.edu/ocean/psplot.html (also: Nova Univ. Oceanogr. Ctr. Tech. Rep. NOVA-93-2. 82 pp.)
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