Coral Ecology
Reefs Around Rangiroa, Aratika and Raraka
After two weeks, we’ve completed reef assessments around Rangiroa, Aratika, and Raraka and are now examining Fakarava. Tuamotu reefs are dramatically different from Society Islands. Besides the near absence of crown of thorns seastars (we’ve seen a handful in the …
Setting Up GoPro Cameras to Monitor Herbivore Feeding Behavior
Dr. Sonia Bejarano setting up GoPro cameras underwater to monitor herbivore feeding behavior in French Polynesia as part of the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation’s Global Reef Expedition. Video by Candice Jwaszko.
Red Sea Coral Reef Trajectories over 2 Decades Suggest Increasing Community Homogenization and Decline in Coral Size
Red Sea Coral Reef Trajectories over 2 Decades Suggest Increasing Community Homogenization and Decline in Coral Size Three independent line intercept transect surveys on northern Red Sea reef slopes conducted in 1988/9 and 1997/8 in Egypt and from 2006–9 in Saudi …
Diseases, Harmful Algae Blooms (HABs) and Their Effects on Gulf Coral Populations and Communities
Diseases, Harmful Algae Blooms (HABs) and Their Effects on Gulf Coral Populations and Communities Gulf coral populations exist in a harsh environment, which only allows a small subset of the typical Indo-Pacific fauna and flora to persist and/or form viable populations (Sheppard …
Applying Habitat Maps and Biodiversity Assessments to Coral Reef Management
Applying Habitat Maps and Biodiversity Assessments to Coral Reef Management The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation is conducting a five year Global Reef Expedition (GRE) to map, characterize and assess coral reefs and develop tools and information to assist local …
Factors Contributing to the Regional Decline of Montastraea annularis (complex)
Factors Contributing to the Regional Decline of Montastraea annularis (complex) Over the last 15 years the massive framework coral, Montastraea annularis (complex) has experienced a rapid decline in abundance, size and condition, and on many reefs in the western Atlantic these species …
Red Sea Coral Reef Trajectories over 2 Decades Suggest Increasing Community Homogenization and Decline in Coral Size
Red Sea Coral Reef Trajectories over 2 Decades Suggest Increasing Community Homogenization and Decline in Coral Size Three independent line intercept transect surveys on northern Red Sea reef slopes conducted in 1988/9 and 1997/8 in Egypt and from 2006–9 in …
Factors contributing to the regional decline of Montastraea annularis (complex)
Factors contributing to the regional decline of Montastraea annularis (complex) Over the last 15 years the massive framework coral, Montastraea annularis (complex) has experienced a rapid decline in abundance, size and condition, and on many reefs in the western Atlantic …
Jamaica Final Report
The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation (KSLOF), in partnership with The Nature Conservancy, conducted a research mission to Pedro Bank, Jamaica between March 10-20, 2012 as part of the Global Reef Expedition. The research team included scientists from KSLOF, …
