Fiddler crabs
Fiddler crabs on Fijian beach. Photo by Amy Heemsoth
Reef Creatures
Sea Cucumber Craze – Part 2
Throughout the Lau Province it’s typical to find sea cucumbers drying in the sun. The dried sea cucumbers are called beche-de-mer. These sea cucumbers fetch a good price and for some islands it has become their primary source of income. …
Sea Cucumber Craze – Part 1
They have cylindrical bodies, leathery skin, and generally are peculiar looking creatures. You may or may not have noticed these slow moving animals on the bottom of the sea floor. They are sea cucumbers, and they are considered a delicacy …
Ecological Risk and the Exploitation of Herbivorous Reef Fish Across Micronesia
Nominally herbivorous reef fish play a variety of functional roles that are important in maintaining coral reef resilience, yet are major targets of spear fisheries in Micronesia. Although protection is afforded to iconic species in some areas, impacts of the fishery on the …
Coral population trajectories, increased disturbance and management intervention: a sensitivity analysis
Coral reefs worldwide, even remote reefs, are impacted by global change – a combined multitude of large-scale and local stressors. COTS impacts and bleaching are key drivers of coral degradation. This scientific article on coral population trajectories looks at increased …
Reef Creatures
White Tip Reef Shark
A white tip reef shark was spotted off Bellinghausen, French Polynesia during our research missing to the Society Islands as part of the Global Reef Expedition. Luckily, we were able to video it eyeing us as much as we were …
Anemone Fishes Dancing in Anemones
Clownfishes and anemone fishes living amongst the stinging tentacles of their host anemone. Videoed by Joao Monteiro in the Society Islands, French Polynesia during the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation’s Global Reef Expedition, September 2012.
Sea anemone going with the flow
Sea anemone going with the flow of the surrounding ocean currents during Living Oceans Foundation Global Reef Expedition.
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 …
