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SMEE Semporna Marine Ecological Expedition - Gall Crabs SMEE Semporna Marine Ecological Expedition - Gall Crabs
11/12/10 23:10 Filed in: Expedition | Productions
Sancia van der Meij is studying tiny gall crabs that live inside corals. She's fascinated by these organisms because there is still so little known about them.
For her research, she needs equipment that will shock recreational scuba divers, who
are by right always very careful not to touch anything on the reef. Only with a special permit, scientists can collect samples for research..
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SMEE Semporna Marine Ecological Expedition - Biodiversity
10/12/10 23:09 Filed in: Expedition | Productions
Dr. Bert Hoeksema on the marine biodiversity of the Semporna region after half of the Semporna Marine Ecological Expedition SMEE.
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SMEE Semporna Marine Ecological Expediton - The search for Ovulidae
09/12/10 23:08 Filed in: Expedition | Productions
SMEE Semporna Marine Ecological Expediton - The first week
06/12/10 23:03 Filed in: Expedition | Productions
During the first week, we covered the entire "Borneo Barrier Reef" from Roach Reef to Ligitan Island and Si Amil. During that time the teams have visited 22 locations (and with 18 divers, this constitutes approximately 400 total hours underwater). The biodiversity team has made some remarkable discoveries and the reef status team continues to assess the health of the reefs. The reef status team has surveyed 4.4km of coral reef and the highest hard coral cover, so far, is 78%. With two more weeks of surveys remaining, Dr Bert Hoeksema has found 38 species of mushroom corals. The three richest places in the world have a total of 40 species each. Dr Charles Fransen has found 70 species of shrimps and is looking forward to continuing to search for 2 more weeks. Several of the shrimp species are unusual and need further study. Dr Kent Carpenter has found over 400 species of fish within the first week. These numbers are early indicators of a very rich biodiversity in the Semporna Priority Conservation Area. Sadly, we hear fish bombs every day and have encountered several un-exploded devices on the reefs. However, everyone is amazed at the richness and diversity of the reefs in Semporna and we look forward to the coming two weeks!
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SMEE Semporna Marine Ecological Expediton - Fish market science
07/12/10 23:01 Filed in: Expedition | Productions
Surveying coral reefs is particularly challenging because of the limited amount of time that a scientist can spend underwater, observing the reef. They are limited by the amount of air in their tank, the physiology of nitrogen in the human body, and limits of energy. Often, a visit to a fish market can yield many species that haven't been observed while underwater. A cursory visit to the Semporna fish market during the expedition's first "rest day" yielded 122 species of fish in one hour, of which 74 had not been seen during the first week of diving.
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Sipadan Marine Scientific Expedition 2010
08/05/10 12:10 Filed in: Events
Treasure Images joins the SIPADAN MARINE SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION from 26 - 30 April 2010. Read More...