Coral Nursery Maintenance
Discovery Islands, Abu Dhabi
Assistant Instructor PADI > 900 scientific dives
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Cold waters in Chile & Canada
Tropical waters in the Colombian Caribbean & Thailand
Sub-tropical waters in Hong Kong & United Arab Emirates
• Translocation, restoration and gardening of natural coral reef communities.
• Coral fragmentation and coral nursery in the field.
• Artificial reefs: design, construction, deployment and monitoring.
• Monitoring recruitment and survival of Fjord deep-cold corals.
• Data collection and underwater filming of benthic communities up to 150 m.
• Offshore baseline of benthic communities at marine protected areas up to 80 m.
• Size measurement of the sea urchin Heliocidaris crassispina along permanent transects.
• Bottom suction with airlift devices to find different species (< 2 mm).
• Field mark-and-recapture sea urchins using different fluorochromes in the field.
• Externally tagged and monitored the underwater movement patterns in the field of the sea urchin Diadema setosum.
• Invasive species surveys (peers and aquaculture farms).
• Executing simulated attacks with three species of sea stars (Heliaster helianthus, Meyenasater gelatinosus and Stichaster striatus) on the black sea urchin Tetrapygus niger.
• Evaluation of the abundance and distribution of the T. niger, H. helianthus and M. gelatinosus.
• Responses T. niger to sea star H. helianthus and M. gelatinosus at different distances.
• Trials with tethered urchins to provide an index of the probability of survival in the contrasting habitats.
• Identification of Canadian algae. Île de Bonaventure, Canada.
• Installation of buoys, underwater temperature data loggers and artificial settlement substrata.
• Sampling of subtidal communities (0 to 25 m) using 1-m2 quadrats.
• Evaluation of potential predators of the invasive tunicates Ciona intestinalis and Pyura chilensis.
• Deployment of underwater cages for growing juvenile sea horses Hippocampus reidi.
Floating Seahorse
World Islands, Dubai
Snorkeling
Palm Jumeirah, Dubai
The Blue Hole
Discovery Islands, Abu Dhabi
Full dive at the Blue Hole
Discovery Islands, Abu Dhabi
Diving routine
Discovery Islands, Abu Dhabi
Coral gardening
Discovery Islands, Abu Dhabi
Cowtail Stingray
Discovery Islands, Abu Dhabi
Favia sp. on cups
Discovery Islands, Abu Dhabi
Seagrass at 15 m
Discovery Islands, Abu Dhabi
Nursery II - Siderastrea sp. and Platygyra sp.
Discovery Islands, Abu Dhabi
Soft & massive corals at 15 m
Discovery Islands, Abu Dhabi
