Conducting REEF Surveys

Tavares Thompson (BNT) and Alannah Vellacott (College of the Bahamas) filmed here conducting REEF surveys at Great Inagua Island, Bahamas during the Global Reef Expedition.  Video by Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation.

Coral reef photo transect survey

Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation Executive Director CAPT Phil Renaud conducts a photo transect survey at Great Inagua Island, Bahamas during the Global Reef Expedition.  Video by Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation.

Deploying the Recording Doppler Current Profiler

Executive Director CAPT Phil Renaud and Dive Safety Officer Nick Cautin work together to deploy the Recording Doppler Current Profiler (RDCP) at Great Inagua, Bahamas during the Global Reef Expedition.  Video by the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation.

Estimating Coral Reef Benthic Coverage of Communities from Airborne Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Data: Multiple Discriminant Function Analysis and Linear Spectral Unmixing

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Estimating Coral Reef Benthic Coverage of Communities from Airborne Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Data: Multiple Discriminant Function Analysis and Linear Spectral Unmixing A staged approach for the application of linear spectral unmixing techniques to airborne hyperspectral remote sensing data of reef communities …

Cay Sal Bank, Bahamas Field Report

Between April 25-May 18, 2011, the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation (LOF) and our partners assessed the coral reefs and associated habitats of Cay Sal Bank, Bahamas as part of the Global Reef Expedition. The mission encompassed 20 days at …

Fish Survey

This Fish Survey underwater video of coral reef research being conducted was taken at Cay Sal Bank, Bahamas during the Global Reef Expedition.

Farasan Islands Habitat Mapping in Saudi Arabia Using CASI and QuickBird Imagery

Farasan Islands Habitat Mapping in Saudi Arabia Using CASI and QuickBird Imagery Map products derived from remote sensing technology increase our understanding and ability to manage tropical marine environments. The enhanced mapping capabilities of hyperspectral sensors are well understood; yet technology uptake, particularly …

Terrestrial and Marine Ecology of Marie-Louise, Amirantes, Seychelles

Terrestrial and Marine Ecology of Marie-Louise, Amirantes, Seychelles The Amirantes group, Seychelles, comprises 24 islands and islets lying between 5o and 6o south of the equator on the Amirantes Bank, western Indian Ocean. The islands were discovered by the Portuguese …

Terrestrial and Marine Ecology of Etoile, Amirantes, Seychelles

The Amirantes group, Seychelles, comprises 24 islands and islets lying between 5° and 6° south of the equator on the Amirantes Bank, western Indian Ocean. The islands were discovered by the Portuguese navigator Vasco de Gama on his second voyage …

Terrestrial and Marine Ecology of Desnoeufs, Amirantes, Seychelles

Terrestrial and Marine Ecology of Desnoeufs, Amirantes, Seychelles. The Amirantes group, Seychelles, comprises 24 islands and islets lying between 5o and 6o south of the equator on the Amirantes Bank, western Indian Ocean. The islands were discovered by the Portuguese …