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This is the end, beautiful friend, the end
by Molly Timmers After three days of travel across space and time, we arrived in Dili, the capital of Timor-Leste. This country is located about an hour’s flight northwest from Darwin, Australia across the Timor Sea. It shares its border … Continue reading
Posted in coral reef ecosystem
Tagged biodiversity, Coral Reef Ecosystem Program, coral reefs, Coral Triangle, CREP, Dili, MAF, Timor-Leste, Timor-Leste’s Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, U.S. Agency for International Development, USAID
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Update from Timor-Leste: children help researchers to process invertebrates from a study site off Beacou
By Charles Young The second stop in the operation of the PIFSC Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED) to recover and process installations and data from locations around Timor-Leste was the westernmost study site, offshore of Beacou, a fishing village just … Continue reading
Posted in coral reef ecosystem
Tagged ARMS, autonomous reef monitoring structures, Beacou, Charles Young, Conservation International, Coral Reef Ecosystem Division, CRED, Dive Timor Lorasae, Max Sudnovsky, Molly Timmers, Rui Pinto, Stephanie Lecoeur, Timor-Leste
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The final count: summary of mission to assess reef fish assemblages, build capacity in Timor-Leste
By Kevin Lino Researchers from the PIFSC Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED) recently completed a successful mission to assess coral reef fish assemblages in nearshore (<18 m), coastal waters off the northern coastlines of Timor-Leste—in conjunction with the Timor-Leste Ministry … Continue reading
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Tagged abundance, acoustic, Andrew Gray, assemblage, Atauro Island, bathymetry, Baucau, benthic composition, biodiversity, blue-spotted fantail ray, Bobonaro, capacity building, carbonate chemistry, catamaran, Compass Charters, complexity, Coral Reef Ecosystem Division, Coral Triangle Support Partnership, Crean, CRED, CTSP, damselfish, DIC, Dili, dissolved inorganic carbon, diversity, dry season, golden sweeper, habitat, hard-bottom, Ian Brown, Kaylyn McCoy, Kym Hamilton, Lancet, large-bodied fishes, Lautem, Liquica, live-aboard, Manatuto, mapping, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, monsoon season, obrigado, ocean acidification, Oecusse, Parapriacanthus ransonneti, Peter Herden, reef fish, Rui Da Silva Pinto, Sargocentron caudimaculatum, satellite-derived, seafloor depth, size class, species, stationary point count, stratified random sampling design, Sundancer NT, survey, Taeniura lymma, tailspot squirrelfish, the dry, Timor-Leste, total fish biomass, U.S. Agency for International Development, USAID, water sample, WorldView 2
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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
Posted in coral reef ecosystem
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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