Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation
Providing science-based solutions to protect and restore ocean health
Between November 14, 2012 – December 9, 2012 the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation conducted a research mission to Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia as part of the Global Reef Expedition. The research focused on coral reefs surrounding the islands of Tahiti, …
From September 2012 to May 2013 we conducted one of the most extensive assessments of French Polynesian reef systems ever done. Our Scientists researched in four of the five archipelagos, Society Islands, Tuamotu, Gambier and the Austral Islands. These research missions gave us a …
The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation conducted research missions to Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia in 2012 and 2013 as part of the Global Reef Expedition. Tuamotu forms the largest chain of atolls in the world, stretching an area roughly …
Scuba Diver magazine
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 …
To state it simply, sharks are interesting. So much so that entire weeks of television are devoted to them. There are a variety of sharks found around the world from the docile wobbegong to the great white shark. The Largest …
We have had many interesting dives within the lagoons around the Tuamotu Archipelago, but the Fakarava lagoonal habitats have been the most unique. There are thousands of small patch reefs that extend from the water’s surface to depths as great as …
Fish communities in the Tuamotu Archipelago have been much more diverse than in Society Islands, especially on the fore reef. The fish are not only more abundant, but they are larger overall, meaning greater biomass, which is good for reefs …
