Farasan Islands Benthic Habitat Assessment and Mapping – Farasan Islands Marine Protected Area, May 2006 Preliminary Field Report A collaborative expedition between Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation, the National Commission for Wildlife Conservation and Development (NCWCD) and the Regional
Indonesia Coral Reefs: Status of Coral Reefs in Indonesia After the December 2004 Tsunami The 2004 tsunami was the worst natural disaster in the history of Indonesia. More than 120,000 people died or are still missing; more than 500,000 people lost
Coral Cover: The Cover of Living and Dead Corals from Airborne Remote Sensing Trends in coral cover are widely used to indicate the health of coral reefs but are costly to obtain from field survey over large areas. In situ studies of reflected
Seaweed Resistance to Microbial Attack: A Targeted Chemical Defense Against Marine Fungi Pathogenic microbes can devastate populations of marine plants and animals. Yet, many sessile organisms such as seaweeds and sponges suffer remarkably low levels of microbial infection, despite lacking cell-based immune systems.
Widespread and Persistent Populations of a Major New Marine Actinomycete Taxon in Ocean Sediments A major taxon of obligate marine bacteria within the order Actinomycetales has been discovered from ocean sediments. Populations of these bacteria (designated MAR 1) are persistent and
Unprecedented coral bleaching induced mortality in Porites spp. at Rangiroa Atoll, French Polynesia. Marine Biology 139(1): 183-189 In April–May 1998, mass coral bleaching was observed in the lagoon of Rangiroa Atoll, Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia. Six months later, the extent
Almost three-quarters of the world’s coral reefs are thought to be deteriorating as a consequence of environmental stress. Until now, it has been possible to evaluate reef health only by field survey, which is labour-intensive and time-consuming. Here we map
Cloudy Weather May Have Saved Society Island Reef Corals During the 1998 ENSO Event During the 1998 El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) event, mass coral bleaching in French Polynesia was patchy at a scale of 100s of km. Bleaching was extensive
