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Surprise in Surprise Atoll: A Cast of Hermit…
Written by Serge Andrefouet While scientific expeditions are generally driven by precise objectives implying rigorous data collection and protocols, they also occur in the wild, in an uncontrolled environment. Generally, we wish for surprise encounters with charismatic mega-fauna that could …
www.livingoceansfoundation.org/hermit-crab-aggregation-new-caledonia/
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Expedition Log: BIOT – Day 9 Blacksaddled Groupers (Plectropomus laevis) are aggregating in Chagos. Groupers are usually solitary fish, except when it comes to spawning, when small groups or larger aggregations form to release large quantities of eggs and sperm …
www.livingoceansfoundation.org/grouper-aggregation/
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Palau’s Rock Islands Southern Lagoon: What…
Expedition Log: Palau – Day 4 Today, as we prepare to leave the Rock Islands and head to Negerumekao – the Global Reef Expedition’s next research site in Palau – we take a minute to reflect on the stunning natural …
www.livingoceansfoundation.org/palaus-rock-islands-unesco-world-heritage-site/
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Marine parks have been introduced worldwide to preserve biodiversity and protect important underwater habitats. Protected zones serve as baselines for undisturbed, natural ecosystems that can be used to measure the effects of human activities in other areas, and thereby help …
www.livingoceansfoundation.org/fish-surveys-at-the-great-barrier-reef-marine-park/
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Significance of new records of Tridacna…
The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation conducted a research mission to the Tuamotu and Gambier Archipelagos of French Polynesia in late 2012 and early 2013 as part of its Global Reef Expedition. This article on the significance of new …
www.livingoceansfoundation.org/publication/significance-new-records-tridacna-squamosa-lamarck-1819-tuamotu-gambier-archipelagos-french-polynesia/
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By Alison Barrat Clear, scientific information helps policy makers to make decisions about marine management, but it’s rare that they keep everyone happy. But what about when the information is clouded with differing opinions, how do you make decisions that …
www.livingoceansfoundation.org/red-coral-whats-future/
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Today we arrived in the Niua Island Group. The science team will spend the next two days surveying Niuatoputapu, while the education team will provide land-based education programs. These are also the last two days of our Tonga mission before …
www.livingoceansfoundation.org/sea-turtles-of-tongs/
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The Kingdom of Tonga contains some of the most unique and extensive coral reef environments found in the central south Pacific, with over 1500 square kilometers of reef area. These Tonga coral reefs are located due east of the 35,000 …
www.livingoceansfoundation.org/coral-reefs-of-tonga-2/
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A cultural view of Totoya sharks written by the high chief. As a young boy growing up Totoya, I recall that there were incidents of shark attacks on some of our villagers. In our culture, this type of incident is …
www.livingoceansfoundation.org/totoyas-sacred-qio/
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Departing from Nadi yesterday afternoon, we began our 17 hour transit to the remote islands of the Lau Province for our Fiji research mission. Lau Province is one of 14 provinces in Fiji. It is located in the South Pacific …
www.livingoceansfoundation.org/mission-fiji-begins/
