Exile Vol. XXIII no. 1

PROSE The White Butterfly by Dalton Trevisan (translated from the Portugese by Alexis Levitin) 5-6 Natural Selection by Anne Tomfohrde 7-14 Stuck a Feather in His Cap... (for Boo) by Tim Cockey 15-18 An Act of Violence by William McNaughton 19-22 Shall We Now Praise Famous Men? by Lawrence Weber 23-24 POETRY Wake by Dawn Patnode 26 Pebble by Lenore Mayhew 27 Bien: yo respeto... by José Mártí 28 Yes: I respect by José Mártí (translated from the Spanish by Joan Straub) 29 untitled by Mary Schloss 30 Nursing Home by Tim Cockey 31 Maia by Betsy Sloan 32 untitled by Loranna Franz 33 Momento Num Cafe by Manuel Banderia 34 Moment in a Café by Manuel Banderia (translated from the Portoguese by Alexis Levitin) 35 Pleiades by Dawn Patnode 36-37 untitled by Sharon Singleton 39 Travel by Libby Thomas 40 untitled by José Pretlow 41 Melancolía by Rubén Darío 42 Melancholy by Rubén Darío (translated from the Spanish by Joan Straub) 43 Lake Shore Drive by Alison Orleans 44 Repudiation by Tona Dickerson 45 Auvers 1889 by Dawn Patnode 47 Retreat by Deb Allbery 48 An Illusion Of Dancing Figures by Lawrence Weber 50-58 Cloud by Lenore Mayhew 59 ESSAYS Climbing \u27earth\u27s undying monument\u27 by Richard H. Soaper, Jr. 61-71 A Program for the American Land by Lindy Davies 72-77 Kerouac and His Critics (For Amy) by John Kralik 80-82 Cover photograph from a late nineteenth century glass negative found in an Ohio antique shop and used with the permission of its owner

Exile Anthology: A Special Sesquicentennial Issue

Horses by Deborah S. Appleton 1 Man and His World by Clark Baise 2-11 South Dakota, Route 34 by Bonnie Bishop 12 Heads and Tails by Tim Cockey 13-17 When The Bough Breaks by Alison Orleans Conte 17 Poem by Christine Cooper (Oosterbaan) 18 Flood on the Jemez by Doug Cox 19 San Antonia Canyon by Doug Cox 19 Canyon Poems by Doug Cox 19 Busy Being Born by Lindrith Davies 20-26 The Queen is Dead, Long Life The Queen by James Funaro 27 The Gates of Hell by James Funaro 28 What The Chorus Said by James Funaro 28 Coronado by James Gallant 29-35 The End Of Art by Dianne L. Goss 35 Visiting Relatives by Cynthia Hohn 36-38 Swinging by Kathy Kerchner 39 The Big House by Kim McMullen 40-47 Seasons by Dan Pancake 48 Basho\u27s Road by D. Patnode 49 Back Home by D. Patnode 49 Basket Charm by Angela Peckenpaugh 50 There Is something by Deborah Pope 51 Twilight Loneliness by Robert Smyth 52 Molting by Robert Smyth 52 Parkman by Mary S. Treco 53 The Guest by Dennis Trudell 54 The Wormwood Review by Dennis Trudell 55 Milkweed by Bonnie L. Verburg 56 Orion Falling by Lawrence Weber 57 Third by Lawrence Weber 58 Cover Drawing: Kim Fleishma

Implications of reef ecosystem change for the stability and maintenance of coral reef islands

This is the author's post-print version of an article published in Global Change Biology, Vol. 17, pp. 3679 – 3696. Copyright © Wiley-Blackwell 2011. The definitive version is available at www3.interscience.wiley.comCoral reef islands are among the most vulnerable environments on Earth to climate change because they are low lying and largely constructed from unconsolidated sediments that can be readily reworked by waves and currents. These sediments derive entirely from surrounding coral reef and reef flat environments and are thus highly sensitive to ecological transitions that may modify reef community composition and productivity. How such modifications – driven by anthropogenic disturbances and on-going and projected climatic and environmental change – will impact reef island sediment supply and geomorphic stability remains a critical but poorly resolved question. Here, we review the unique ecological–geomorphological linkages that underpin this question and, using different scenarios of environmental change for which reef sediment production responses can be projected, explore the likely resilience of different island types. In general, sand-dominated islands are likely to be less resilient than those dominated by rubble grade material. However, because different islands typically have different dominant sediment constituents (usually either coral, benthic foraminifera or Halimeda) and because these respond differently to individual ecological disturbances, island resilience is likely to be highly variable. Islands composed of coral sands are likely to undergo major morphological change under most near-future ecological change scenarios, while those dominated by Halimeda may be more resilient. Islands composed predominantly of benthic foraminifera (a common state through the Pacific region) are likely to exhibit varying degrees of resilience depending upon the precise combination of ecological disturbances faced. The study demonstrates the critical need for further research bridging the ecological–geomorphological divide to understand: (1) sediment production responses to different ecological and environmental change scenarios; and (2) dependant landform vulnerability