The Global Reef Expedition: New Caledonia Final Report provides a comprehensive summary of our findings from our research mission to assess the health and resiliency of coral reefs in New Caledonia along with recommendations for preserving these reefs into the future. On the Global Reef Expedition—the largest coral reef survey and mapping expedition in history—the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation worked closely with local partners, government officials, and scientists from around the world to study remote coral reefs in New Caledonia. In 2013, we spent a month at sea, conducting over 1,000 standardized surveys of coral reefs and reef fish and collecting data to create benthic habitat and bathymetric maps for 2,600 square kilometers of shallow-water marine habitats in New Caledonia.
Global Reef Expedition: New Caledonia. Final Report. Purkis, S., Dempsey, A., Carlton, R., Lubarsky, K., and Faisal, M. (2019) Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation, Annapolis, MD. Vol 10. ISBN: 978-0-9975451-4-2
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