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Today we arrived in the Niua Island Group. The science team will spend the next two days surveying Niuatoputapu, while the education team will provide land-based education programs. These are also the last two days of our Tonga mission before …
www.livingoceansfoundation.org/sea-turtles-of-tongs/
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The Kingdom of Tonga contains some of the most unique and extensive coral reef environments found in the central south Pacific, with over 1500 square kilometers of reef area. These Tonga coral reefs are located due east of the 35,000 …
www.livingoceansfoundation.org/coral-reefs-of-tonga-2/
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A cultural view of Totoya sharks written by the high chief. As a young boy growing up Totoya, I recall that there were incidents of shark attacks on some of our villagers. In our culture, this type of incident is …
www.livingoceansfoundation.org/totoyas-sacred-qio/
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Departing from Nadi yesterday afternoon, we began our 17 hour transit to the remote islands of the Lau Province for our Fiji research mission. Lau Province is one of 14 provinces in Fiji. It is located in the South Pacific …
www.livingoceansfoundation.org/mission-fiji-begins/
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Collecting and analyzing sediments is a key procedure in the field of Marine Geology. It may seem trivial to give so much attention to “sand”; however, the trained sedimentologist can learn a lot from a sample of ‘sand’, or sediment. …
www.livingoceansfoundation.org/its-not-just-sand/
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Thriving Alien and Declining Local…
The French Polynesian scientists participating on the Society Islands mission took the opportunity to quantify the abundance of a number of French Polynesia invertebrates… species that have, or may have, a commercial and food subsistence role in the near future. …
www.livingoceansfoundation.org/thriving-alien-and-declining-local-invertebrates/
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Lionfish: Scourge of the Caribbean
Today was a busy day: three dives and – finally – calm enough seas to launch the Twin V with Steve Schill’s sidescan sonar. The original plan was to do one dive, then stop by Middle Cay and ask the local …
www.livingoceansfoundation.org/lionfish-ccourge-of-the-caribbean/
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Thank You for Having Us, St. Kitts and…
Today, most of the research scientists disembarked the M/Y Golden Shadow at the conclusion of a very successful research project in St. Kitts and Nevis. As they walked down the pier, we welcomed 23 students and 4 chaperones from St. …
www.livingoceansfoundation.org/thank-you-for-having-us-st-kitts-and-nevis/
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Coral Reefs: Threats and Conservation in an…
Coral Reefs: Threats and Conservation in an Era of Global Change Coral reefs are iconic, threatened ecosystems that have been in existence for ∼500 million years, yet their continued ecological persistence seems doubtful at present. Anthropogenic modification of chemical and physical atmospheric …
www.livingoceansfoundation.org/publication/coral-reefs-threats-and-conservation-in-an-era-of-global-change/
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Our fifth day of research was an epic day. Once again, we had blue skies, calm seas and clear water. One of the local experts warned us of strong winds and a change in conditions, but so far the seas …
www.livingoceansfoundation.org/sharks-and-rays-today/