Scientific articles
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2022
Humphreys, A.F., Abdulla, A., Sherman, S. et al. Amphistegina lobifera foraminifera are excellent bioindicators of heat stress on high latitude Red Sea reefs. Coral Reefs 41, 1211–1223 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-022-02264-5
This study that the relative abundance of Amphisteginidae foraminifera—specifically Amphistegina lobifera—closely tracks heat stress in the Red Sea, and can serve as a thermal bioindicator.
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2022
Mayfield, Anderson B., Alexandra C. Dempsey, Chii-Shiarng Chen, and Chiahsin Lin. 2022. "Expediting the Search for Climate-Resilient Reef Corals in the Coral Triangle with Artificial Intelligence" Applied Sciences 12, no. 24: 12955. https://doi.org/10.3390/app122412955
Anderson Mayfield, a former KSLOF Fellow, used data collected on the Foundation's Global Reef Expedition to develop a machine-learning approach for identifying climate-resilient corals in the Solomon Islands.
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2022
Bakker, A.C., Gleason, A.C.R., Mantero, A. et al. Heat, human, hydrodynamic, and habitat drivers measured from space correlate with metrics of reef health across the South Pacific. Coral Reefs (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-022-02325-9
This paper in Coral Reefs, utilized the Living Oceans Foundation’s Global Reef Expedition field dataset to build a model that can predict coral cover and other metrics of coral reef health using open-source satellite data.
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2022
A New Foraminiferal Bioindicator for Long-Term Heat Stress on Coral Reefs
Humphreys, A.F., Purkis, S.J., Wan, C. et al. A New Foraminiferal Bioindicator for Long-Term Heat Stress on Coral Reefs. J. Earth Sci. 33, 1451–1459 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12583-021-1543-7
KSLOF Chief Scientist, Dr. Sam Purkis, worked with our partners at the University of Miami to develop a way to use benthic foraminifera as bioindicators for reef health.
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2022
Tsunamigenic Potential of an Incipient Submarine Landslide in the Tiran Straits
Purkis, S. J., Ward, S. N., Shernisky, H., Chimienti, G., Sharifi, A., Marchese, F., et al. (2022). Tsunamigenic potential of an incipient submarine landslide in the Tiran Straits. Geophysical Research Letters, 49, e2021GL097493. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL097493
KSLOF Chief Scientist, Dr. Sam Purkis, released a study of the potential impacts of a tsunami in the Red Sea.
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2022
Environmentally-Driven Variation in the Physiology of a New Caledonian Reef Coral
Mayfield, A.B.; Dempsey, A.C. Environmentally-Driven Variation in the Physiology of a New Caledonian Reef Coral. Oceans 2022, 3, 15–29. https://doi.org/10.3390/oceans3010002
This publication by one of our former fellows and our Director of Science Management studies the physiology of 'pristine' corals in New Caledonia just before the onset of severe annual bleaching events, so that future generations might know how these corals functioned in their last bleaching-free year.
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2021
André, L.V., Van Wynsberge, S., Chinain, M., Gatti, C.M.I., Dempsey, A., & Andréfouët, S. (2021). A framework for mapping local knowledge on ciguatera and artisanal fisheries to inform systematic conservation planning. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 78(4), 1357–1371. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsab016
This Living Ocean Foundation publication illustrates the value of integrating local knowledge of ciguatera into marine spatial planning decisions in Raivavae Island, French Polynesia.