Indian Ocean
Looks Can Be Deceiving
Expedition Log: BIOT – Day 2 For our first mission to the British Indian Ocean Territories (BIOT), our research is concentrated on the southern banks of the Chagos Archipelago. This area includes a number of small islands and atolls. Our …
Exploring Chagos
Expedition Log: BIOT – Day 1 We have just arrived at the Chagos Archipelago to study some of the most remote reefs on the planet for the latest leg of the Global Reef Expedition. M/Y Golden Shadow has just completed …
Chagos Archipelago Mission Team
Chagos Archipelago Mission Team
Chagos Archipelago
For our final Global Reef Expedition Mission, we traveled to the Chagos Archipelago, also known as the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT), a small island chain in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Chagos is home to some of the most remote, …
Seychelles
In 2005, the Living Oceans Foundation traveled to the Seychelles, a 115-island archipelago in the Indian Ocean, to study the impact of the 1997/1998 El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) ocean warming event on their coral reefs. This ENSO event resulted …
Seychelles, Mission Team
An Evaluation of Waveband Pairs for Water Column Correction Using Band Ratio Methods for Seabed Mapping in the Seychelles
An Evaluation of Waveband Pairs for Water Column Correction Using Band Ratio Methods for Seabed Mapping in the Seychelles The differential attenuation of visible light (wavelength 400–700 nm) as it travels through the water column confounds the interpretation of remotely sensed …
Terrestrial and Marine Ecology of Marie-Louise, Amirantes, Seychelles
Terrestrial and Marine Ecology of Marie-Louise, Amirantes, Seychelles The Amirantes group, Seychelles, comprises 24 islands and islets lying between 5o and 6o south of the equator on the Amirantes Bank, western Indian Ocean. The islands were discovered by the Portuguese …
Terrestrial and Marine Ecology of Etoile, Amirantes, Seychelles
The Amirantes group, Seychelles, comprises 24 islands and islets lying between 5° and 6° south of the equator on the Amirantes Bank, western Indian Ocean. The islands were discovered by the Portuguese navigator Vasco de Gama on his second voyage …
