Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation
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Indonesia Coral Reefs: Status of Coral Reefs in Indonesia After the December 2004 Tsunami The 2004 tsunami was the worst natural disaster in the history of Indonesia. More than 120,000 people died or are still missing; more than 500,000 people lost …
This underwater video of Symbiosis on a Coral Reef was taken during Living Oceans Foundation Farasan Islands Expedition filming of coral ecology videos. About Symbiosis The word symbiosis comes from the Greeks, meaning ‘together’ and ‘life’, so literally it means: …
Focus for today: Farasan Earthquakes (Earthquakes in the Farasan region.) Target key stage: Key Stage 4: National Science Curriculum, Dual Award, Sc2, 4a: variation arises from genetic causes, environmental causes and a combination of both. Key information: The Farasan Islands …
This Ghost Fishing Underwater Video was taken during the Scuba Transect Survey of the Farasan Islands Expedition to the Red Sea. About Ghost Fishing As we completed our first Scuba transect survey of the day we noticed a fish trap …
Focus for today: Nursery Habitat for Juvenile Coral Reef Fish. Target Key Stage: Key Stage 4: National Science Curriculum, Dual Award, Sc2, 5a: the distribution and relative abundance of organisms in habitats can be explained using ideas of interdependence, adaptation, …
The Reef Habitat Underwater Video was taken during the Farasan Islands Expedition to the Red Sea. About The Reef It is common for human visitors to a coral reef to assume that the beautiful live coral to be the only …
Focus for today: Red Sea coral disease. Target key stage: Key Stage 4: National Science Curriculum, Double Award, Sc2, 4a – Variation arises from genetic causes, environmental causes, and a combination of both. Key information: Over the past 20 years …
Coral Cover: The Cover of Living and Dead Corals from Airborne Remote Sensing Trends in coral cover are widely used to indicate the health of coral reefs but are costly to obtain from field survey over large areas. In situ studies of reflected …
Unprecedented coral bleaching induced mortality in Porites spp. at Rangiroa Atoll, French Polynesia. Marine Biology 139(1): 183-189 In April–May 1998, mass coral bleaching was observed in the lagoon of Rangiroa Atoll, Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia. Six months later, the extent …
Almost three-quarters of the world’s coral reefs are thought to be deteriorating as a consequence of environmental stress. Until now, it has been possible to evaluate reef health only by field survey, which is labour-intensive and time-consuming. Here we map …
