Scientific articles

2014

The effects of temperature on gene expression in the Indo-Pacific reef-building coral Seriatopora hystrix: insight from aquarium studies in Southern Taiwan

This article, published by one of the Living Oceans Foundation Fellows, Andersen Mayfield, PhD, delivers insight acquired from aquarium studies in Southern Taiwan into the effects of temperature on gene expression in the Indo-Pacific reef-building coral Seriatopora hystrix.

2014

Diversity in the geomorphology of shallow-water carbonate depositional systems in the Saudi Arabian Red Sea

Highlights: A typology of Saudi Arabian Red Sea coral carbonate systems is developed. Using a GIS, sixteen system end-members are identified, mapped and tallied. Several types of carbonate system are present throughout the length of the Red Sea. Other carbonate systems are restricted to narrow sectors of latitude. Latitudinal distribution is explained by Red Sea tectonics and siliciclastic input.

2014

The status of coral reefs and associated fishes and invertebrates of commercial importance in Pedro Bank, Jamaica

This scientific article on the Status of Coral Reefs of Commercial Importance in Jamaica is a result of research conducted during the Global Reef Expedition Mission to Pedro Bank, Jamaica in 2012.

2014

Galápagos coral reef persistence after ENSO warming across an acidification gradient

The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation conducted a research mission to the Galápagos Islands in 2012 as part of its Global Reef Expedition. This scientific article on Galápagos coral reef persistence, written by several science team members, is a result of research conducted during that mission.

2014

Marginal coral populations: the densest known aggregation of Pocillopora in the Galápagos Archipelago is of asexual origin

This paper stems from our field research in the Galápagos Islands conducted earliler in the Global Reef expedition. It discusses marginal coral populations and how the densest known aggregation of Pocillopora in the Galápagos Archipelago is of asexual origin.

2014

Significance of new records of Tridacna squamosa Lamarck, 1819, in the Tuamotu and Gambier Archipelagos (French Polynesia)

This article on the significance of new records of Tridacna squamosa Lamarck is a result of research conducted in French Polynesia during missions to the Tuamotu and Gambier Archipelagos in late 2012 and early 2013 as part of the Global Reef Expedition.

2014

Geomorphology: Large-scale carbonate platform development of Cay Sal Bank, Bahamas, and implications for associated reef geomorphology

This paper stems from our field research in the Bahamas conducted at the start of the Global Reef expedition. It discusses how Cay Sal Bank was formed how and why it differs from the rest of the Bahamas.