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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: 301-577-1289prenaud@livingoceansfoundation.org

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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: 301-577-1289prenaud@livingoceansfoundation.org