Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation
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Crawling to Collapse: Ecologically Unsound Ornamental Invertebrate Fisheries Background: Fishery management has historically been an inexact and reactionary discipline, often taking action only after a critical stock suffers overfishing or collapse. The invertebrate ornamental fishery in the State of Florida, with …
Reduced Density of the Herbivorous Urchin Diadema antillarum Inside a Caribbean Marine Reserve Linked to Increased Predation Pressure By Fishes Disease has dramatically reduced populations of the herbivorous urchin Diadema antillarum Philippi on Caribbean reefs, contributing to an increased abundance of macroalgae and …
Progress in Understanding Coral Diseases in the Caribbean Coral disease research in the Caribbean initiated in 1972 with the discovery of black band disease (BDD) by Dr. Arnfred Antonius. Since this time, there has been an expansion in the number of researchers …
This SeaCAMEL Film is about our marine underwater education program called Project SeaCAMEL.
Living underwater and working submerged poses unique engineering challenges, similar to visiting outer space. Indeed, there is enough similarity between missions to the International Space Station and living in an underwater habitat, that NASA astronauts train at Aquarius. This module …
Recorded ‘as live’ a film with Drs. Hagan and Patterson, Capt. Renaud and award-winning filmmaker and cameraman D.J. Roller will venture outside Aquarius after the sun sets to see how the reef changes at night. Mr. Roller will have a …
The Aquarius Underwater Habitat is an underwater laboratory and habitat which sits at a depth of sixty-two feet under the ocean’s surface. It is located nine miles southeast from the habitat’s operations centre in Key Largo, Florida, and three miles …
In this About Capt Phil Renaud Video, meet the SeaCAMEL Program Coordinator of Living Oceans Foundation Project SeaCAMEL.
In this About Annelise Hagan Video, meet the the Project SeaCAMEL Aquanaut (scientific research diver living in Aquarius habitat) and expedition underwater photographer.
In this About Dr. Mark Patterson Video, meet the Project SeaCAMEL Chief Scientist and Aquarius Aquanaut.
