Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation
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Written by: Elizabeth Rauer Red Sea coral reefs are known for their remarkable heat tolerance and resiliency in the face of rising sea temperatures, but many reefs are threatened by other factors such as development, overfishing, and disease. In order …
This article on the status of Red Sea corals is a direct result of the research conduction by the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation during its missions to the Red Sea, including Farasan Islands (2006), Ras Al-Qasabah (2007), Al …
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 …
The Living Oceans Foundation continued its series of ocean research expeditions off the Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia in May, 2008, focusing on Yanbu Barrier Reef and Al Wajh Bank area, north of the city of Jeddah. In collaboration …
Red Sea Coral Reef Trajectories over 2 Decades Suggest Increasing Community Homogenization and Decline in Coral Size Three independent line intercept transect surveys on northern Red Sea reef slopes conducted in 1988/9 and 1997/8 in Egypt and from 2006–9 in Saudi …
Applying Habitat Maps and Biodiversity Assessments to Coral Reef Management The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation is conducting a five year Global Reef Expedition (GRE) to map, characterize and assess coral reefs and develop tools and information to assist local …
Red Sea Coral Reef Trajectories over 2 Decades Suggest Increasing Community Homogenization and Decline in Coral Size Three independent line intercept transect surveys on northern Red Sea reef slopes conducted in 1988/9 and 1997/8 in Egypt and from 2006–9 in …
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 …
