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Underway, Making Way

October 2, 2011

The third and final leg of the Bahamas’ expedition left the dock at Nassau around 8 pm last night. The research team was all assembled on the Golden Shadow by 5:30 pm and had a safety muster on the aft …

Exploring Andros and Abaco By Air

September 12, 2011

Written by Andrew Bruckner, PhD and

In preparation for the next leg of the Global Reef Expedition, Dr. Sam Purkis, Jeremy Kerr, Captain Steve Breen and Dr. Andy Bruckner flew over Andros and Abaco Islands, Bahamas on the Golden Eye seaplane. Their goal was to identify …

Inaguas, Bahamas and Hogsty Reef Field Report

August 31, 2011

Between 1 August 2011 and 24 August 2011, the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation conducted a coral reef research mission to Great Inagua, Little Inagua, and Hogsty Reef as part of the Global Reef Expedition. The research included two …

Emily and Irene: A Tale of Two Storms

August 31, 2011

Written by Amanda Williams and

Prior to beginning our research at Little Inagua, we knew there was some “weather” occurring in the eastern Caribbean that we had to keep our eyes on. At first, we thought we could leave one day early, transit back to …

Sponge Spawning at Little Inagua

August 30, 2011

From August 19th-22nd, we experienced nothing but great wall diving around Little Inagua, which is always a diver’s delight. The island of Little Inagua is five miles to the northeast of Great Inagua, and hosts a large Land and Sea Park. …

Regionally Rare, Locally Abundant

August 19, 2011

Throughout most of the Caribbean, there are species of coral that are common and easily spotted on a dive, and those that are rare corals and difficult to locate. Experienced divers can usually characterize a reef fairly quickly based on …

Surveying with Sound Waves

August 18, 2011

Written by Kit Van Wagner and

Ten days ago scientists and crew from the Golden Shadow deployed a piece of equipment known as a Recording Doppler Current Profiler (RDCP). Today, team members collected it from the waters off the western side of Great Inagua. The RDCP, …

Inaguas and Hogsty Reef Album

August 18, 2011

Fish Spotting Caribbean Reef Fish

August 17, 2011

Written by Kit Van Wagner and

Have you ever wondered if reef fish communicate, sleep or defend a territory? Scientific divers, Ken Marks and Dave Grenda, are on our team to survey and observe Caribbean reef fish in a quest to better understand how they contribute …

The Caribbean Lionfish Predicament

August 16, 2011

Written by Kit Van Wagner

Although no one knows for certain how they came to be in these waters, Caribbean lionfish are probably here to stay. Living Oceans Foundation research divers have noted Caribbean lionfish on every dive in Great Inagua and Hogsty Reef so …