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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. …
An Evaluation of Waveband Pairs for Water Column Correction Using Band Ratio Methods for Seabed Mapping in the Seychelles The differential attenuation of visible light (wavelength 400–700 nm) as it travels through the water column confounds the interpretation of remotely sensed …
Estimating Coral Reef Benthic Coverage of Communities from Airborne Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Data: Multiple Discriminant Function Analysis and Linear Spectral Unmixing A staged approach for the application of linear spectral unmixing techniques to airborne hyperspectral remote sensing data of reef communities …
A Paradigm Shift for Red Sea Fisheries Management to Enhance Recovery, Resilience, and Sustainability of Coral Reef Ecosystems in the Red Sea Shallow water coral reefs are found in tropical areas, between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn to a maximum …
Elkhorn Coral (Acropora palmata) is an iconic species on Caribbean coral reefs. The yellow-brown, broad branches resemble elk antlers; and so the common name. These wide branches can grow to lengths reaching over 2 meters (~6 feet) and construct vital …