The KSLOF GIS Data Portal: Administrative and User Guide to the Portal The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation (hereafter will be referred to as KSLOF), has been collecting and analyzing spatial data. Since its inception in 2000 as a
Reduced Density of the Herbivorous Urchin Diadema antillarum Inside a Caribbean Marine Reserve Linked to Increased Predation Pressure By Fishes Disease has dramatically reduced populations of the herbivorous urchin Diadema antillarum Philippi on Caribbean reefs, contributing to an increased abundance of macroalgae and
The idea of landscapes as shifting patch mosaics, structured by a range of biological and physical stochastic forces, is well suited to shallow tropical environments, where seagrass patches lie within a matrix of soft sediments or rocky substrates. The interaction of wave
Progress in Understanding Coral Diseases in the Caribbean Coral disease research in the Caribbean initiated in 1972 with the discovery of black band disease (BDD) by Dr. Arnfred Antonius. Since this time, there has been an expansion in the number of researchers
Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Corallium Science, Management, and Trade. Corallium has been intensively harvested for centuries, and both landings and population data provide strong evidence that most commercially viable Corallium beds are now depleted. Long term trends in landings from
Ten Years of Change to Coral Communities Off Mona and Desecheo Islands, Puerto Rico, From Disease and Bleaching Remote reefs off southwest Puerto Rico have experienced recent losses in live coral cover of 30 to 80%, primarily due to the
The Global Perspective of Incidence and Prevalence of Coral Diseases Coral diseases occur globally in most coral reef habitats whether near human population centers or remotely offshore. They generally affect a low proportion of the susceptible species, although localized outbreaks have produced
2009 Annual Report of the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation The theme for our 2009 annual report is “People, Passion, Progress.” That slogan truly captures the essence of the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation. Given our scientific nature,
Photosynthetic Symbioses in Animals Marine animals acquire photosynthetically-fixed carbon by forming symbioses with algae and cyanobacteria. These associations are widespread in the phyla Porifera (sponges) and Cnidaria (corals, sea anemones etc.) but otherwise uncommon or absent from animal phyla. It is suggested that one
Coral Disease Handbook: Guidelines for Assessment, Monitoring & Management Our research careers began in Discovery Bay, Jamaica, in the mid 1970s, where we both studied the behavior of coral reef organisms, rather than the corals themselves. At that time, living coral
