My research focuses on using massive coral species (Orbicella faveolata and Siderastraea siderea) to reconsturct paleo-climates and paleo-environments. Specifically, I analyze trace metal concentrations of three elements (Sr, Ca, and Mg) present in the calcium carbonate skeleton of these massive coral species.
Jennifer A. Flannery obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Marine Science with a Biology Concentration from Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida in 2005. She completed a Master of Science program at the College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, in August, 2008.
Thesis: A 1400 year multi-proxy record of hydrologic variability in the Gulf of Mexico: Exploring ocean-continent linkages during the Late Holocene.
Thesis: Records of oceanic and continental response to abrupt climate changes during the Late Holocene (2,000BP-present) from the Pigmy Basin, Gulf of Mexico.
Gravinese, Philip M.; Flannery, Jennifer A.; Toth, Lauren T.
Flannery, J.A., J.N. Richey, K. Thirumalai, R.Z. Poore, and K.L. DeLong, 2016, Multi-species coral Sr/Ca based sea-surface temperature reconstruction data using Orbicella faveolata and Siderastrea siderea from Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey data release, http://dx.doi.org/10.5066/F7CC0XS9.
Busch, T.E., Flannery, J.A., Richey, J.N., and Stathakopoulos, Anastasios, 2015, The relationship between the ratio of strontium to calcium and sea-surface temperature in a modern Porites astreoides coral—Implications for using P. astreoides as a paleoclimate archive: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015–1182, 10 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20151182.
Flannery, Jennifer A.; Poore, Richard Z.
Sr/Ca proxy sea-surface temperature reconstructions from modern and holocene Montastraea faveolata specimens from the Dry Tortugas National Park; 2013; Article; Journal; Journal of Coastal Research; Flannery, Jennifer A.; Poore, Richard Z.
Muslic, Adis; Flannery, Jennifer A.; Reich, Christopher D.; Umberger, Daniel K.; Smoak, Joseph M.; Poore, Richard Z.
Linear extension rates of massive corals from the Dry Tortugas National Park (DRTO), Florida; 2013; OFR; 2013-1121; Muslic, Adis; Flannery, Jennifer A.; Reich, Christopher D.; Umberger, Daniel K.; Smoak, Joseph M.; Poore, Richard Z.
Reich, Christopher D.; Kuffner, Ilsa B.; Hickey, T. Don; Morrison, Jennifer M.; Flannery, Jennifer A.
Complexity of nearshore strontium-to-calcium ratio variability in a core sample of the massive coral Siderastrea siderea obtained in Coral Bay, St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands; 2013; OFR; 2013-1092; Reich, Christopher D.; Kuffner, Ilsa B.; Hickey, T. Don; Morrison, Jennifer M.; Flannery, Jennifer A.