Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation
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Diel rhythmicity of lipid-body formation in coral – Symbiodinium endosymbiosis The biogenesis of intracellular lipid bodies (LBs) is dependent upon the symbiotic status between host corals and their intracellular dinoflagellates (genus Symbiodinium ), though aside from this observation, little is known about LB behavior …
Assessing the Impacts of Experimentally Elevated Temperature on the Biological Composition and Molecular Chaperone Reef Coral Gene Expression Due to the potential for increasing ocean temperatures to detrimentally impact reef-building corals, there is an urgent need to better understand not only …
Proteomics: Lipid Bodies in Coral–Dinoflagellate Endosymbiosis: Proteomic and Ultrastructural Studies Gastrodermal lipid bodies (LBs) are organelles involved in the regulation of the mutualistic endosymbiosis between reef-building corals and their dinoflagellate endosymbionts (genus Symbiodinium). As their molecular composition remains poorly defined, we herein …
Global Reef Expedition Background information & Itinerary The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation is a non-profit environmental science organization and ocean research foundation based in the United States. We work to help preserve, protect, and restore the world’s oceans …
ALL LIFE ON EARTH IS STRONGLY DEPENDENT UPON HEALTHY OCEANS. FUNCTIONAL AND RESILIENT CORAL REEFS ARE FUNDAMENTAL TO THE OCEAN’S ROLE AS A LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM. MANY OF THE WORLD’S CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEMS ARE CRITICALLY ENDANGERED AND REQUIRE URGENT CONSERVATION …
NEARLY 20% OF THE WORLD’S CORAL REEFS HAVE EFFECTIVELY BEEN LOST AND ANOTHER 15% ARE SERIOUSLY THREATENED AND MAY BE LOST WITHIN THE NEXT 10-20 YEARS. Coral reefs provide critical habitat for fish, crustaceans, mollusks and other marine creatures, and …
The following staff members are available for interviews, contact [email protected] for interview requests: Capt. Phil Renaud Captain Renaud is the executive director of the Living Oceans Foundation. Before joining the Living Oceans Foundation, he had a distinguished 25‐year career in …
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A Decade of Accomplishments In over a decade since the inception of the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation in the year 2000, there have been many notable accomplishments. View the LOF History Timeline The operations and research activities conducted …
Between 1 August 2011 and 24 August 2011, the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation conducted a coral reef research mission to Great Inagua, Little Inagua, and Hogsty Reef as part of the Global Reef Expedition. The research included two …
