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Final Reflections from Navassa

Monday, April 2nd, 2012

April 2, 2012

The mission to Navassa wrapped up on Friday. As the sun began to set, activity on the Golden Shadow continued. Laptops whirred while everyone entered their data for the week. Those not entering data compared notes, stories, and observations from the trip. Information about fish species, coral counts, discussions with the fishers and a lot more information will be compiled and processed by all the various organizations participating in the mission.

Mandy Karnauskas in the ship's office.

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Tags: coral reefs, Global Reef Expedition, Golden Shadow, invasive, Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation, lionfish, Navassa, NOAA, Port Antonio, reef fish identification, sea birds
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Virtual Connections

Thursday, March 29th, 2012

March 29, 2012

Throughout this week, students from two high schools—Gig Harbor High School in Gig Harbor, Washington and Corona del Sol High School in Tempe, Arizona—have been virtually following the Global Reef Expedition to learn more about the work of the Living Oceans Foundation. Recruited through the Coral Reef Educator on the Water (CREW) Program, the schools represent entirely different environments from that of Navassa. They recently had an opportunity to submit questions to Navassa Mission researchers.

Our usual morning greeting.

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Tags: Acropora palmata, biodiversity, coral bleaching, coral reefs, Corona del Sol High School, Diadema urchin, elkhorn coral, Gig Harbor High School, Global Reef Expedition, invasive species, Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation, lionfish, Navassa, parrotfish, research
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Next Stop: Navassa

Tuesday, March 27th, 2012

March 26, 2012

After a short break in Jamaica, the M/Y Golden Shadow departed for an overnight sail to the next stop on the Global Reef Expedition: Navassa. Joining the Living Oceans science staff is a cadre of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and University of Miami researchers. Together, they will characterize the current status, threats and resilience of Navassa’s reefs.

By revisiting past survey sites, the researchers will update information on coral reef communities examined by NOAA and other partners over the last 10 years. The current mission includes a team doing fish counts, one assessing the density of Elkhorn (Acropora palmata) and other corals, and one doing benthic transects.