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May 5, 2013

During this mission in the Austral and Cook Islands, we have covered more miles than any other Global Reef Expedition mission. During this month we will have surveyed 8 different islands in two countries and the Golden Shadow will cover …

Humphead Wrasse

May 2, 2013

Written by Jacqui Evans

In Rarotonga, I joined the Golden Shadow to research the presence and distribution of Humphead Wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus) on Aitutaki and Palmerston. I aim to collect this data to add towards a Key Biodiversity Area (KBA) analysis I’ve just completed …

The Fish of the Austral Islands

April 27, 2013

Written by Serge Planes, PhD and Jeffrey Williams, PhD

After starting the barcoding of the total fish fauna at Moorea (Society Islands, French Polynesia) in 2006 under the BIOCODE project (http://mooreabiocode.org/), CRIOBE has spent the last 7 years continuing the genetic barcoding of coral reef fishes over the 118 …

Where’s the Coral?

April 24, 2013

Written by Andrew Bruckner, PhD

Upon arrival in Rurutu we made a shocking discovery – the reefs were nearly devoid of living coral. We learned that the island had been devastated by a bad outbreak of crown of thorns starfish (COTS outbreak) that occurred in …

Scuba Diver Magazine- Harvest of Hope

April 23, 2013

Scuba Diver magazine

A Whale of a Tale

April 22, 2013

Written by Brian Beck, PhD

Back in November/December 2012 we were in the Tuamotu Islands on our second mission in French Polynesia. During that mission we had two local researchers (Nina and Bertrand) looking at turtle abundance on the atolls. We would drop them off …

“Let’s name the zones, the zones, the zones of the reefs…of Raivavae and Tubuai”

April 20, 2013

Written by Andrew Bruckner, PhD

Coral communities on the first two islands in the Australs were very unusual, compared to all other reefs we looked at in French Polynesia. Unlike other fore reef communities, a very wide shelf surrounded each island, extending from the reef …

A Fond Farewell

April 17, 2013

Written by Brian Beck, PhD

The Golden Shadow arrived in Papeete, French Polynesia back in July 2012 and for the past eight months it has been our home, but we said goodbye to Papeete last week as we started our final research expedition in the …

The Untamed, Cool Tropical Islands of French Polynesia

April 13, 2013

Written by Andrew Bruckner, PhD

Our final Expedition to French Polynesia takes us to the Austral Islands, the southernmost group of islands located from 500-750 km from Tahiti. We are exploring four small high islands: Raivavae (16 sq. km), Rimatara (8.6 sq. km), Tubuai (45 …

Cook Islands Album

April 11, 2013