Expeditions

Joint Services Chagos Research Expedition

Field of study

Coral ecology and behaviour, fish species list, shark counts, mollusc ecology, oceanography, Halimeda physiology and ecology, reef ecology, reptile ecology,

Vessel(s)

M/Y Paille-en-Queue

Start

10/1978

End

/6/1979

Description

Coral ecology and behaviour, fish species list, shark counts, mollusc ecology, oceanography, Halimeda physiology and ecology, reef ecology, reptile ecology.

Expedition leader

Expedition leader email

Members

• Anne Sheppard
• Charles Sheppard
• Richard Winterbottom
• R Crosby
• E Drew
• R Dutton
• Alan Emery
• R Rayner
• J Robinson
• Rodney Salm

Publications

• The herpetology of the Chagos Archipelago - 1
• Coral cover, zonation and diversity on reef slopes of Chagos Atolls, and population structures of the major species - 1
• Nutrient concentrations and primary productivity at the Peros Banhos and Salomon Atolls in the Chagos-Archipelago - 1
• The Molluscan Fauna Of Chagos (Indian-Ocean) And An Analysis Of Its Broad Distribution Patterns - 1
• Seagrasses In The Chagos Archipelago - 1
• Diversity Of The Green Algal Genus Halimeda In The Chagos Archipelago, Central Indian-Ocean - 1

Sites

• Middle Brother - Ile du Milieu
• North Brother - Ile du Nord
• South Brother - Ile du Sud
• Ile du Sel
• Salomon Islands
• Peros Banhos
• Diego Garcia
• Great Chagos Bank
• Blenheim Reef
• Colvocoresses Reef
• Speakers Bank