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Executive Director: Capt. Philip G. Renaud, USN (Ret)8181 Professional Place -Suite 215 -Landover, MD 20785
Phone: 877-484-3622 Fax: [email protected]
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Living Oceans Foundation:Living Oceans Foundation: Mission/Focus AreasMission/Focus Areas
Mission• The Living Oceans Foundation is dedicated to the
conservation and restoration of living oceans, and pledges to champion their preservation through research, education and a commitment to Science Without Borders®
Strengths• Coral Reef Ecosystem Research and Conservation• Marine Science Knowledge Management• Accessing Remote Marine Sites• Education and Outreach
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Expeditionary Research Vessel
The Golden Shadow
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Seaplane used for Airborne Surveys
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Living Oceans Foundation Remote Sensing Operations
Amphibious Cessna Caravan
INSTRUMENT CONTROL UNIT
GYRO
SENSOR HEAD
Compact Airborne Spectrographic Imager
Passive multispectral sensorGood to 20 m depth in clearvisibility conditions.
Al Wajh
Umluj
Yanbu
Duba
20 0 20 40 60 80 100 kilometers
20 0 20 40 60 miles
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QuickBird Image Subset
QuickBird Imagery
Port
Key
C ritica l hab ita t 1 :Fring ing ree f andinner lagoon
C ritica l hab ita t 2 :M ic ro a to lls andcora l fie lds
C ritica l hab ita t 3 :R idge rich area
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0 20 4 0 6 0 80 10 0 1 20 K ilo m e tre s
Live H ard Coral
Sparse Coral
Bomm ies/Sm all ato lls
Low re lie f coral/algal strings
Sargassum /sponge framework
Macroalgae
Cyanobacteria
Sand and algal tufts
Sand
Terrestrial vegetation
RESEARCH EDUCATION
PUBLIC RELATIONS& OUTREACH
Global Coral Transect Expedition Components
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Living Oceans Foundation:Living Oceans Foundation: Our Unique CapabilitiesOur Unique Capabilities
• Science without Borders gives global perspective
• Collaborative approach with Academia
• Cutting-edge technological equipment and world-class research ship
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Executive Director: Capt. Philip G. Renaud, USN (Ret)8181 Professional Place -Suite 215 -Landover, MD 20785
Phone: 877-484-3622 Fax: [email protected]