Expeditions

OTEP Expedition

Field of study

Coral ecology, SST, fish ecology, soft corals, turtles, invasive species, coral geology, coral biogeography, birds, holothurians, coral diseases, rapid assessment

Vessel(s)

BPV Pacific Marlin

Funder(s)

Overseas Territories Environnment Programme plus numerous institutions

Start

2/2006

End

/3/2006

Description

Expedition took place for 2 weeks on the Marlin, 2 weeek on Diego Garcia, and finished with 2 weeks on the Marlin. General scientific expedition to collect data on shallow reefs.

Expedition leader

Charles Sheppard

Expedition leader email

Members

• Pete Carr
• Nicholas Graham
• Alasdair Harris
• Jeanne Mortimer
• David Obura
• Morgan Pratchett
• Andrew Price
• Sam Purkis
• Bernhard Riegl
• Michael Schleyer
• Anne Sheppard
• Charles Sheppard
• B Bowen
• Colin Clubbe
• M Craig
• R Crawford
• R Gibbs
• Rachel Jones
• C Lundin
• Andrew McGowan
• M Pfeiffer
• S Smithers
• Jerker Tamelander
• S Woodroffe
• John Turner

Publications

• Predictability of reef fish diversity and abundance using remote sensing data in Diego Garcia (Chagos Archipelago) - 1

Sites

• Salomon Islands
• Peros Banhos
• Diego Garcia
• Great Chagos Bank
• Egmont Islands