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One Ocean

July 2, 2013

Chief Scientist Dr Andy Bruckner answers students from the Middle East and the US how he became so passionate about coral reefs.

Totoya’s Sacred Qio

June 30, 2013

Written by Roko Sau (Roko Josefa Cinavilakeba)

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 …

MPA Hooray!

June 28, 2013

Written by Stacy Jupiter, PhD

In the middle of towing Ron across the local marine protected area (MPA) set up in front of Mavana Village, on Vanuabalavu Island, he popped his head up to shout, “Hey, this MPA is really working! The fish are huge. …

Changing Tides

June 26, 2013

Written by Amy Heemsoth

As the crew and science team watched from the M/Y Golden Shadow, a bigger, brighter moon filled the night sky rising above the island of Vanuabalavu on June 23, 2013. When the moon is closest to Earth, called perigee, it …

Faces of the Future

June 25, 2013

Written by Amy Heemsoth

Roko Laitia Raloa, Assistant Roko Tui Lau at the Lau Provincial Council’s Office, and I are greeted at the boat tender by the head teacher of the primary school to which we are presenting our talk on Fiji coral reef …

Maps

June 25, 2013

The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation produces high-resolution coral reef habitat maps of previously unmapped, remote coral reef systems around the world. The maps we create are a product of extensive scientific research. We use a process that involves …

Mysterious Eyes Glow in the Darkness

June 24, 2013

Written by Dawn Bailey

Bioluminescence occurs when a biological organism produces a chemical reaction where energy is released in the form of light. A familiar example of bioluminescence is the firefly, emitting a yellow-green light. In the marine environment, most bioluminescence appears as a …

Killer Starfish

June 23, 2013

Written by Andrew Bruckner, PhD

One of the most unusual group of animals found on the reef are the echinoderms. So named because of their “spiny skin”, these animals are pentamerous or radially symmetrical (five point). Found only in the sea, they include sea urchins, …

Restocking the Future – Part 2

June 22, 2013

Written by Amy Heemsoth and Andrew Bruckner, PhD

Restocking giant clams requires patience and lots of nurturing. The overall process can take as long as 3 years to grow a giant clam that is able to be sold to the aquaria trade and even longer for meat production. …

Searching for Sea Snails

June 21, 2013

Written by Andrew Bruckner, PhD

Reef building corals start out from a small larvae (planula) that settles onto the reef, or from a fragment that has broken off another colony. The polyps that make up the coral divide, repeatedly, into two or more daughter polyps, …