Reef Check 2004 Teaching Presentation: Introduction Reef Check-UCLA
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So what was out there, and why?
JL
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A common purpose – to help discover the health of the Maldives
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Training at Baros and Embudhoo
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Atolls - A special case
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•This theory was finally proved in 1953 at Eniwetok atoll in the Marshall Islands, when a test boring through the reef hit volcanic rock at 1283 metres.
Eniwetok atoll
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Inshore house reef
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You learned what one of these was for
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Biyadhoo an inshore reef
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Low coral cover, even in shallow
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What a contrast! (Biyadhoo to Ellaidhoo)
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Ellaidhoo and Orimas Faru
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Ellaidhoo and Orimas Faru
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Go south (Angaga)
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Angaga house reef
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Angaga house reef
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Go East (Vilamendhoo)
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Healthy corals in shallow reef
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But indications of disease, bleaching and excess nutrients
But in <1% of the coral population
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The clean table tops of south Ari – are they ‘weeds’, or important for reef growth?
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Table and branching Acropora dominate in more sheltered conditions
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Reflected in outstanding coral recovery
site depth 1997 ('98 for Vilm) 2012 % bleaching
Ellaidhoo housereef3m 50.63 33 NA
12m 34.38 21 NA
Angaga northeast3m 49.38 61 NA
12m 26.88 46 NA
Angaga southwest3m 30.63 / 58.75 43 NA
12m 21.25 / 59.38 60 NA
Vilamendhoo*3m 5.63 48 / 61 85
10m 6.88 26 90
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