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Update from Timor-Leste: scientists complete live-aboard mission to survey reef fishes and benthos, assess ocean acidification
By Andrew Gray Scientists from the PIFSC Coral Reef Ecosystem (CRED) recently finished a 2-week live-aboard expedition to survey reef fish and benthic communities, collect water samples, and record data on seafloor depths along the northern coast of Timor-Leste. This … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Gray, Atuaro Island, baseline, bathymetry, benthic, benthos, Bobonaro, Brett Schumacher, Caimeo Beach, catamaran, Compass Charters, Conservation International, coral reef ecosystem, Coral Triangle Support Partnership, CRED, CTSP, depth, depth soundings, Dili Harbor, dissolved inorganic carbon, fishermen, GPS, Ian Brown, Indonesia, Jaco Island, Kaylyn McCoy, Kevin Lino, Kim Hamilton, Kym Miller, Lautem, Liquica, live-aboard, Manatutu, mapping, Max Sudnovsky, NGO, ocean acidification, Oecussi, outreach, Paula Ayotte, Peter Herdew, reef fish, Rui Pinto, satellite-derived, stationary point count, Sundancer NT, Timor-Leste, U.S. Agency for International Development, USAID, water sample, WorldView 2
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Scientists assess reef fish and benthic communities, monitor effects of ocean acidification off Timor-Leste
By Max Sudnovsky The PIFSC Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED) today began a mission to conduct surveys to provide quantitative assessments of reef fishes and benthic cover and collect water samples that will be used as baselines to monitor long-term … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Gray, Atauro Island, Baucau, benthic cover, benthic habitat, Bobonaro, Brett Schumacher, carbonate chemistry, Coral Reef Ecosystem Division, Coral Triangle Support Partnership, CRED, CTSP, Dili, diversity, health, Jaco Island, Kaylyn McCoy, Kevin Lino, Lautem, Liquica, Manatuto, Max Sudnovsky, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, National University of Timor-Leste, nonextractive, ocean acidification, Oecuessi, outreach workshop, Paula Ayotte, reef fish, relative abundance, size, stationary point count, Timor-Leste, water sample
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The final count: Timor-Leste expedition completed
Oliver Vetter, Max Sudnovsky, Noah Pomeroy, and Daniel Merritt of the PIFSC Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED) have returned from a field mission in Timor-Leste in the Coral Triangle region. This operation was part of a partnership that NOAA has … Continue reading
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Tagged ARMS, Atauro Island, autonomous reef monitoring structure, Batugade, Baucau, Betano, biodiversity, calcification accretion unit, CAU, climate change, Com, coral core, Coral Reef Ecosystem Division, Coral Triangle, CRED, Danny Merritt, Dili, Dili Rock, Ilimano, Jaco Island, Lore, Max Sudnovsky, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Noah Pomeroy, ocean acidification, Oliver Vetter, photo-transect survey, STR, subsurface temperature recorder, Timor-Leste, transect, USAID, WorldView 2
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