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A bluestriped lizardfish eats a live blue chromis during the Global Reef Expedition. Even though we know it must go on all the time, it is rare to see predation among coral reef fish, and rarer still to capture it …
This red-tipped sea goddess nudibranch, foraging the seafloor for food, is amongst the fantastic coral reef creatures filmed during the Global Reef Expedition.
Divers must use extreme caution when approaching the dive boat while diving in rough seas at Great Inagua Island Bahamas under strong ocean currents during the Global Reef Expedition. Video by Amanda Williams, Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation
A queen triggerfish on the reef showing rare markings of the intermediate kind, one of the beautiful coral reef creatures filmed underwater during KSLOF Global Reef Expedition at Inagua Island, Bahamas.
In 1997-1998, the marine equivalent of a massive and destructive forest fire overwhelmed numerous coral reefs around the world. Caribbean coral biologists still speak of the coral bleaching event of 1998 in reverential tones. A powerful El Niño season was …
Lamellodiscus euzeti n. sp. (Monogenea:Diplectanidae) is described from the gills of two sparid fishes, Dentex canariensis (Steindachner) off Senegal and Ivory Coast and D. gibbosus (Rafinesque) off Senegal and Tunisia. The new species belongs to the “ignoratus” group, characterized by …
In surveying Hogsty Reef, the team aboard the Golden Shadow cannot help but notice at least two dramatic landmarks above the sea surface. Shipwrecks. The word summons images of high seas, blinding wind, adventurers, and a storied Caribbean history. Because …
Early this morning, the Golden Shadow left its anchorage off Great Inagua and moved north to Hogsty Reef, one of only a few atolls in the Caribbean. The opportunity to survey such a rare Bahamian coral formation is a true …
This barracuda underwater video taken at Inaguas, Bahamas as part of filming various sea life on the Global Reef Expedition.
Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation 2011 Coral Reef Assessment Cay Sal Bank Bahamas The Bahamas contains three major shallow (<10 m) carbonate platforms or banks, each separated by deep ocean passages, along with a number of smaller emergent land masses. …