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Bermuda-2003 semester abroad

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Bonaire site 1-The Cliff

Bonaire site 2-unnamed site between #53-54

Bonaire site 3-Vista Blue

Bonaire site 4-Karpata

Bonaire site 5-Oil Slick Leap

Bonaire site 6-The Chairs

Bonaire site 7-Alice in Wonderland

Bonaire site 8-La Dania's Leap

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Three Brothers/Central Chagos (2015-03-25 to 03-28)

Male, Maldives (interlude)

Peros Banhos (2015-04-14 to 04-15)

Peros Banhos (2015-04-16 to 04-17)

Peros Banhos (2015-04-18 to 04-19)

Nelson Island, Victory Bank, and Blenheim

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Dry Tortugas National Park

June 24th-transit day

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Lau Archipelago-overview

Flower Garden Banks (USA)

Dive 1 (2019-6-3)

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Dive 3 (2019-6-3)

French Polynesia

Overview and Papeete

Great Barrier Reef

Australia overview

Arrival (2014-9-1)

Ribbon Reefs (2014-9-3 to 9-5)

Lark and Williamson Reefs (2014-9-6 to 9-8)

Yonge, Hicks, and Carter Reefs (2014-9-09 to 9-11)

Jewell, Hilder, Eyrie, and Parkinson Reefs (2014-9-12 to 9-14)

Unnamed Reefs 34 and 39 (2014-9-15 to 9-17)

Milman and Monkman Reefs (2014-9-18 to 9-20)

Wood and Yule Detached Reefs (2014-9-21 to 9-23)

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2014-9-27 to 9-29

2014-9-30 to 10-02

Honduras: Roatan and Utila

Indonesia overview

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Indonesia-Maluku

Ambon: topside and Air Manis

Ambon dive 2: Rhino City

Ambon dive 3: Laha-2

Banda Islands-topside

Banda Islands dive 1: Tanjung Serrang

Banda Islands dive 2: Lava Flow

Banda Islands dive 3: Lighthouse

Banda Islands dive 4: Lighthouse

Banda Islands dive 5: Airport

Banda Islands dive 6: Lighthouse

Pulau Ai dive 1

Pulau Ai dive 2

Banda Islands dive 7: Batu Kapal

Indonesia-Raja Ampat

Best of Raja Ampat (Oct. 2018)

Raja Ampat site 1: Seruanus

Raja Ampat site 2: Little Komodo

Raja Ampat site 4: Cristi Island

Raja Ampat site 6: Bo Rainbow

Raja Ampat sites 7-8: Karang Paradise

Raja Ampat site 9: Palau Koon dive 1

Raja Ampat site 10: Palau Koon dive 2

Raja Ampat site 11: Palau Koon dive 3

Raja Ampat site 12: Shadow Reef (Misool)

Raja Ampat site 15: Pulau Misool night dive

Raja Ampat site 17: Nudi Rock

Raja Ampat site 18: Little Juliet

Raja Ampat site 20: Shadow Reef

Raja Ampat site 21: Anchovy

Raja Ampat site 22: Two Tree Island

Raja Ampat site 23: My Reef

Raja Ampat site 24: Melissa's Garden

Raja Ampat site 27: Blue Magic

Raja Ampat site 28: Mioskon

Raja Ampat site 29: Dampier night dive

Lombok (late January 2019)

Indonesia-Komodo

Komodo National Park (overview)

Best of Komodo (as of 2019-5-11)

Dive 1-Siaba Besar (2019-1-19)

Dive 2-Siaba Kecil (2019-1-19)

Dive 3-Mawan (2019-1-19)

Dive 4-Nando Pt. night dive (2019-1-19)

Dive 5-Hot Rocks (2019-1-20)

Dive 6-Deep Purple (2019-1-20)

Dive 7-Hot Rocks round 2 (2019-1-20)

Dive 10-Shotgun (2019-1-21)

Dive 11-Wainilu night dive 1 (2019-1-21)

Dive 12-Bonsai Rock (2019-1-22)

Dive 13-Makasaar Reef (2019-1-22)

Dive 14-Tatawa Besar (2019-1-22)

Dive 15-Wainilu night dive 2 (2019-1-22)

Dive 16-Three Sisters (2019-1-23)

Dive 17-Secret Garden (2019-1-23)

Dive 18-Padar Kecil (2019-1-23)

Dive 20-Loh Sera (2019-1-24)

Dive 21-Pink Beach (2019-1-24)

Dive 22-Pink Beach-2 (2019-1-24)

Dive 23-Pink Beach night dive

Dive 24-Police Corner (2019-1-25)

Dive 25-Mawan-round 2

Dive 26-Pengeh Kecil (2019-1-25)

Dive 27-Wainilu night dive #3

Dive 28-Siaba Kecil (2019-1-26)

Dive 29-Mawan-round 3

Dive 30-Siaba Besar-round 2

Dive 31-Wainilu round 4

Dive 32-Tatawa Kecil (2019-1-27)

Dive 33-Tatawa Besar (2019-1-27)

Kenya

Kenya's coral reefs

2024 WIO bleaching

Mauritius

Mauritius overview

New Caledonia

New Caledonia overview

Palau

Palau bioprospecting

Pincher Reef (near Rock Islands)

Uchelbeluu and Rebotel Reef

Angaur (topside)

Northwest (southern)

Northwest (central)

Kayengall Atoll

THE Palau day trip (best day ever?)

Sam's Tour pier

Persian Gulf

Philippines

Malapascua Island

Bacuit Archipelago

Red Sea

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabian reefs

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands overview

sampled Pocillopora spp. colonies: sites 1-31

sampled Pocillopora spp. colonies: sites 32-69

sampled Seriatopora spp. colonies: sites 1-31

sampled Seriatopora spp. colonies: sites 32-69

Honiara (2014-10-28)

Munda (2014-10-29)

Gizo (2014-10-30 and 10-31)

Kerehikapa and Sikopo (2014-11-01 to 11-02)

Malakobi (2014-11-03 and 04)

Nono Lagoon (2014-11-05 and 06)

Marovo (2014-11-07)

Lata Island (2014-11-09)

Utupua (2014-11-10 to 11-13)

Vanikoro (2014-11-14 to 11-16)

Reef Islands (2014-11-17 to 11-21)

Tinakula Volcano (2014-11-22)

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Dive 1 (wrong site; 2019-09-26)

Dive 2 (correct site; 2019-09-26)

Dive 3 (2019-09-26)

Dive 4 (2019-09-27)

Dives 5-7 (2019-09-28)

Mayreau Gardens (2019-09-30 and 10-01

wreck off Mayreau

Best underwater shots

Kingston and St. Vincent

Taiwan

National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium

Pingtung by scooter

epic Pingtung sunsets

Pingtung Pork Knuckle Festival

Hsiao Liou Chiou

Yushan National Park

Taichung County

Changhua County

Far Northern Taiwan

Tonga

Ha'apai-first six days

Ha'apai-last five days

Va'vau-first four days

Va'vau-last three days

Turks and Caicos

Fun travel

Indonesia: Bali and Nusa Lembongan

Indonesia-Flores & Komodo National Park

Indonesia: Sulawesi (topside)

Indonesia: Papua (topside)

USA travel

Washington, D.C.

Sign In My Account

Environmental evaluation

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Field trip & lab work schedule

Coral reef photo of the week (2025)

Friendly Bear Editorial Service

Current Projects

Overview of current projects

Machine learning & coral health

Coral Health Map™

Global Reef Expedition

The Coral Hospital™

Coral multi-'Omics

Back-burner projects

GCC effects on coral

Corals: stressed or pessimistic?

Transgenerational coral studies

Osmoregulation in endosymbiosis

Evolution of pocilloporid corals

Florida projects

Caribbean coral resilience

Florida Keys work

Florida Keys marine life

Florida fun dives

Past field-based projects

Anilao Philippines

Dongsha Atoll-bleaching

Maldives-COTS removal

Maldives-bleaching

Past laboratory-based projects

Projects-overview

SHVTS-proteomics

Educational tools

Interactive plots (test)

Coral-focused agencies

Educational photos

amazing reef shots

airial reef shots

coral culture in situ

Crown of thorns seastars

crustose coralline algae

dead/dying reefs

disease+sickly corals

high coral cover reef

misc Caribbean corals

Symbiodiniaceae

Other science stuff

Bahamas

Bahamas-overview

Goulding Cay Reef (west coast)

King Reef (north coast)

Best of Bahamas

Barbados

Bridgetown and the Garrison

Barbados Dive 1-"G-Spot"

Barbados Dive 2-"Close Encounters"

Hastings and Rockley

Silver Sands and South Point

Speightstown area

St. Phillips and Bottom Bay

Bermuda

Bermuda-2003 semester abroad

Bonaire

Bonaire-topside

Bonaire site 1-The Cliff

Bonaire site 2-unnamed site between #53-54

Bonaire site 3-Vista Blue

Bonaire site 4-Karpata

Bonaire site 5-Oil Slick Leap

Bonaire site 6-The Chairs

Bonaire site 7-Alice in Wonderland

Bonaire site 8-La Dania's Leap

Bonaire site 9-Hilma Hooker (wreck)

Bonaire site 10-Chagogo

Bonaire site 11-Wayaka II

Bonaire site 12-Weber's Joy

British Indian Ocean Territory (Chagos)

Cauvin Bank and Egmont (2015-3-09 to 3-11)

Danger Island (2015-03-12 to 03-14)

Eagle Island (2015-03-14 to 03-17)

Three Brothers/Central Chagos (2015-03-17 to 03-20)

Three Brothers/Central Chagos (2015-03-21 to 03-24)

Three Brothers/Central Chagos (2015-03-25 to 03-28)

Male, Maldives (interlude)

Peros Banhos (2015-04-14 to 04-15)

Peros Banhos (2015-04-16 to 04-17)

Peros Banhos (2015-04-18 to 04-19)

Nelson Island, Victory Bank, and Blenheim

Salomon (2015-04-22 to 04-25)

Salomon (2015-04-26 to 04-30)

Peros Banhos (2015-04-30 to 05-03)

Cook Islands

Cook Islands overview

Dry Tortugas National Park

June 24th-transit day

June 25th-field work day 1

June 26th-field work day 2

June 27th-field work day 3

June 28th-field work day 4

Best of Dry Tortugas

Fiji

Lau Archipelago-overview

Flower Garden Banks (USA)

Dive 1 (2019-6-3)

Dive 2 (2019-6-3)

Dive 3 (2019-6-3)

French Polynesia

Overview and Papeete

Great Barrier Reef

Australia overview

Arrival (2014-9-1)

Ribbon Reefs (2014-9-3 to 9-5)

Lark and Williamson Reefs (2014-9-6 to 9-8)

Yonge, Hicks, and Carter Reefs (2014-9-09 to 9-11)

Jewell, Hilder, Eyrie, and Parkinson Reefs (2014-9-12 to 9-14)

Unnamed Reefs 34 and 39 (2014-9-15 to 9-17)

Milman and Monkman Reefs (2014-9-18 to 9-20)

Wood and Yule Detached Reefs (2014-9-21 to 9-23)

Pearson and Siddons Reefs (2014-9-24 to 9-26)

2014-9-27 to 9-29

2014-9-30 to 10-02

Honduras: Roatan and Utila

Indonesia overview

Indonesia-Sulawesi

Indonesia-Sulawesi (south)

Indonesia-Maluku

Ambon: topside and Air Manis

Ambon dive 2: Rhino City

Ambon dive 3: Laha-2

Banda Islands-topside

Banda Islands dive 1: Tanjung Serrang

Banda Islands dive 2: Lava Flow

Banda Islands dive 3: Lighthouse

Banda Islands dive 4: Lighthouse

Banda Islands dive 5: Airport

Banda Islands dive 6: Lighthouse

Pulau Ai dive 1

Pulau Ai dive 2

Banda Islands dive 7: Batu Kapal

Indonesia-Raja Ampat

Best of Raja Ampat (Oct. 2018)

Raja Ampat site 1: Seruanus

Raja Ampat site 2: Little Komodo

Raja Ampat site 4: Cristi Island

Raja Ampat site 6: Bo Rainbow

Raja Ampat sites 7-8: Karang Paradise

Raja Ampat site 9: Palau Koon dive 1

Raja Ampat site 10: Palau Koon dive 2

Raja Ampat site 11: Palau Koon dive 3

Raja Ampat site 12: Shadow Reef (Misool)

Raja Ampat site 15: Pulau Misool night dive

Raja Ampat site 17: Nudi Rock

Raja Ampat site 18: Little Juliet

Raja Ampat site 20: Shadow Reef

Raja Ampat site 21: Anchovy

Raja Ampat site 22: Two Tree Island

Raja Ampat site 23: My Reef

Raja Ampat site 24: Melissa's Garden

Raja Ampat site 27: Blue Magic

Raja Ampat site 28: Mioskon

Raja Ampat site 29: Dampier night dive

Lombok (late January 2019)

Indonesia-Komodo

Komodo National Park (overview)

Best of Komodo (as of 2019-5-11)

Dive 1-Siaba Besar (2019-1-19)

Dive 2-Siaba Kecil (2019-1-19)

Dive 3-Mawan (2019-1-19)

Dive 4-Nando Pt. night dive (2019-1-19)

Dive 5-Hot Rocks (2019-1-20)

Dive 6-Deep Purple (2019-1-20)

Dive 7-Hot Rocks round 2 (2019-1-20)

Dive 10-Shotgun (2019-1-21)

Dive 11-Wainilu night dive 1 (2019-1-21)

Dive 12-Bonsai Rock (2019-1-22)

Dive 13-Makasaar Reef (2019-1-22)

Dive 14-Tatawa Besar (2019-1-22)

Dive 15-Wainilu night dive 2 (2019-1-22)

Dive 16-Three Sisters (2019-1-23)

Dive 17-Secret Garden (2019-1-23)

Dive 18-Padar Kecil (2019-1-23)

Dive 20-Loh Sera (2019-1-24)

Dive 21-Pink Beach (2019-1-24)

Dive 22-Pink Beach-2 (2019-1-24)

Dive 23-Pink Beach night dive

Dive 24-Police Corner (2019-1-25)

Dive 25-Mawan-round 2

Dive 26-Pengeh Kecil (2019-1-25)

Dive 27-Wainilu night dive #3

Dive 28-Siaba Kecil (2019-1-26)

Dive 29-Mawan-round 3

Dive 30-Siaba Besar-round 2

Dive 31-Wainilu round 4

Dive 32-Tatawa Kecil (2019-1-27)

Dive 33-Tatawa Besar (2019-1-27)

Kenya

Kenya's coral reefs

2024 WIO bleaching

Mauritius

Mauritius overview

New Caledonia

New Caledonia overview

Palau

Palau bioprospecting

Pincher Reef (near Rock Islands)

Uchelbeluu and Rebotel Reef

Angaur (topside)

Northwest (southern)

Northwest (central)

Kayengall Atoll

THE Palau day trip (best day ever?)

Sam's Tour pier

Persian Gulf

Philippines

Malapascua Island

Bacuit Archipelago

Red Sea

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabian reefs

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands overview

sampled Pocillopora spp. colonies: sites 1-31

sampled Pocillopora spp. colonies: sites 32-69

sampled Seriatopora spp. colonies: sites 1-31

sampled Seriatopora spp. colonies: sites 32-69

Honiara (2014-10-28)

Munda (2014-10-29)

Gizo (2014-10-30 and 10-31)

Kerehikapa and Sikopo (2014-11-01 to 11-02)

Malakobi (2014-11-03 and 04)

Nono Lagoon (2014-11-05 and 06)

Marovo (2014-11-07)

Lata Island (2014-11-09)

Utupua (2014-11-10 to 11-13)

Vanikoro (2014-11-14 to 11-16)

Reef Islands (2014-11-17 to 11-21)

Tinakula Volcano (2014-11-22)

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Dive 1 (wrong site; 2019-09-26)

Dive 2 (correct site; 2019-09-26)

Dive 3 (2019-09-26)

Dive 4 (2019-09-27)

Dives 5-7 (2019-09-28)

Mayreau Gardens (2019-09-30 and 10-01

wreck off Mayreau

Best underwater shots

Kingston and St. Vincent

Taiwan

National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium

Pingtung by scooter

epic Pingtung sunsets

Pingtung Pork Knuckle Festival

Hsiao Liou Chiou

Yushan National Park

Taichung County

Changhua County

Far Northern Taiwan

Tonga

Ha'apai-first six days

Ha'apai-last five days

Va'vau-first four days

Va'vau-last three days

Turks and Caicos

Fun travel

Indonesia: Bali and Nusa Lembongan

Indonesia-Flores & Komodo National Park

Indonesia: Sulawesi (topside)

Indonesia: Papua (topside)

USA travel

Washington, D.C.

100% Acropora Banda.jpg

Indonesia-Maluku
Ambon: topside and Air Manis
Ambon dive 2: Rhino City
Ambon dive 3: Laha-2
Banda Islands-topside
Banda Islands dive 1: Tanjung Serrang
Banda Islands dive 2: Lava Flow
Banda Islands dive 3: Lighthouse
Banda Islands dive 4: Lighthouse
Banda Islands dive 5: Airport
Banda Islands dive 6: Lighthouse
Pulau Ai dive 1
Pulau Ai dive 2
Banda Islands dive 7: Batu Kapal

Ambon (2018)

Kota Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia (topside; 2018)

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Blue Rose dive boat.jpg

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Ambon dive site map.jpg

Ambon Blue Rose Divers.jpg

Laha, Ambon.jpg

leaving for Banda.jpg

leaving Ambon.jpg

fast boat to Bandanaira.jpg

Tulehu Harbor.jpg

second day in Maluku.jpg

scorching heat.jpg

view from marine bio building.jpg

view from Gino's lab.jpg

view from seafood spot.jpg

amazing seafood spot.jpg

near the university.jpg

better group photo.jpg

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group photo.jpg

banner for talk.jpg

talk at Pattimura.jpg

pier in front of Gino's building.jpg

Pattimura University marine research institute.jpg

little Laha.jpg

towards first dive site.jpg

the only diver.jpg

Ambon Bay.jpg

Blue Rose dive boat.jpg

sun!.jpg

view from Blue Rose Divers.jpg

Ambon dive site map.jpg

Ambon Blue Rose Divers.jpg

Laha, Ambon.jpg

leaving for Banda.jpg

leaving Ambon.jpg

upper deck.jpg

fast boat to Bandanaira.jpg

Tulehu Harbor.jpg

second day in Maluku.jpg

scorching heat.jpg

view from marine bio building.jpg

view from Gino's lab.jpg

view from seafood spot.jpg

amazing seafood spot.jpg

near the university.jpg

better group photo.jpg

group photo 2.jpg

group photo.jpg

banner for talk.jpg

talk at Pattimura.jpg

pier in front of Gino's building.jpg

Pattimura University marine research institute.jpg

First dive off Ambon: near Air Manis (April 22, 2018)

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Acropora and damselfish.jpg

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good Acropora shot.jpg

Acropora Ambon.jpg

good Euphyllia shot.jpg

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trapped fish.jpg

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overfishing Ambon.jpg

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flourescent Stylophora.jpg

green Acropora.jpg

lonely Porites.jpg

Pocillopora meandrina.jpg

Seriatopora caliendrum in Ambon.jpg

Seriatopora caliendrum.jpg

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