Marine Science Programme

The Bertarelli Foundation established its Indian Ocean focussed marine science programme in 2017 to advance the understanding of how large marine protected areas function and they can be better managed.

This programme is an endorsed action of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development 2021-2030 and addresses the protection of marine biodiversity and securing ocean health, and uses science to inform management and conservation. Whilst the programme focuses on the Indian Ocean, the research and other outcomes are applicable to scientists and conservationists around the globe.

The programme currently involves 96 researchers from 24 institutions and nine countries. Projects are, by design, collaborative and interdisciplinary and each of them includes partners from the Indian Ocean, with a total involvement of 35 regional institutions.

Island Reef Connections

Sea Turtle Conservation

Coral Reef Resilience and Recovery in the Chagos Archipelago

Physical Oceanography

Manta Ray Conservation

Seabird Connectivity

Pelagic Predators

Plastic pollution

Coral Reef Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function

Baited Remote Underwater Video Systems – BRUVS

Cetacean Refuges

Chagos Brain Coral

Coral Reef Imaging

Human Dimensions of Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported Fishing

Shark Genomics Seascapes

Fisheries Acoustics

Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems

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Wave exposure shapes reef community composition and recovery trajectories at a remote coral atoll (dataset) Oct 1, 2021 - Island Reef Connections Lange, I; Benkwitt, CE; McDevitt-Irwin, JM; Tietjen, KL; Taylor, B; Chinkin, M; Gunn, RL; Palmisciano, M; Steyaert, M; Wilson, B; East, H; Turner, J; Graham, NAJ; Perry, CT, 2024, "Wave exposure shapes reef community composition and recovery trajectories at a remote coral atoll (dataset)", https://doi.org/10.24378/EXE.3523 In a time of unprecedented ecological change, understanding natural biophysical relationships between reef resilience and physical drivers is of increasing importance. This study evaluates how wave forcing structures coral reef benthic community composition and recovery trajectories after the major 2015/2016 bleaching event in the remote Chagos Arc... The metadata for the Dataset was harvested from DataCite. Clicking the dataset link will take you directly to the original archival location, as registered with DataCite.
Area-normalized scaling of ReefBudget calcification, macrobioerosion, and microbioerosion rates for use with CoralNet Version 1.0 Jul 27, 2021 - Coral Reef Resilience and Recovery in the Chagos Archipelago Courtney, Travis A; Chan, Stephen; Lange, Ines D; Perry, Chris T; Kriegman, David J; Andersson, Andreas J, 2025, "Area-normalized scaling of ReefBudget calcification, macrobioerosion, and microbioerosion rates for use with CoralNet Version 1.0", https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.5140477, Zenodo The following code generates area-normalized calcification, macrobioerosion, and microbioerosion rates from ReefBudget methodologies (http://geography.exeter.ac.uk/reefbudget/; Perry et al., 2018; Perry and Lange 2019) for use with CoralNet image identification labels to support the integration of estimated carbonate production rates with CoralNet,... The metadata for the Dataset was harvested from DataCite. Clicking the dataset link will take you directly to the original archival location, as registered with DataCite.
Supplementary material from "Impact of marine heatwaves for sea turtle nest temperatures" May 8, 2021 - Sea Turtle Conservation Hays, Graeme C.; Chivers, William J.; Jacques-Olivier Laloë; Sheppard, Charles; Esteban, Nicole, 2024, "Supplementary material from "Impact of marine heatwaves for sea turtle nest temperatures"", https://doi.org/10.6084/M9.FIGSHARE.C.5416983.V1 There are major concerns about the ecological impact of extreme weather events. In the oceans, marine heatwaves (MHWs) are an increasing threat causing, for example, recent devastation to coral reefs around the world. We show that these impacts extend to adjacent terrestrial systems and could negatively affect the breeding of endangered species. We... The metadata for the Dataset was harvested from DataCite. Clicking the dataset link will take you directly to the original archival location, as registered with DataCite.
Sand, water and air temperature data from Impact of marine heatwaves for sea turtle nest temperatures May 8, 2021 - Sea Turtle Conservation Hays, Graeme C.; Chivers, William J.; Jacques-Olivier Laloë; Sheppard, Charles; Esteban, Nicole, 2024, "Sand, water and air temperature data from Impact of marine heatwaves for sea turtle nest temperatures", https://doi.org/10.6084/M9.FIGSHARE.14559987.V1 Mean monthly sand, air and water temperatures. The metadata for the Dataset was harvested from DataCite. Clicking the dataset link will take you directly to the original archival location, as registered with DataCite.
Site-level variation in parrotfish grazing and bioerosion as a function of species-specific feeding metrics (dataset) Oct 20, 2020 - Island Reef Connections Lange, ID; Perry, CT; Morgan, KM; Roche, R; Benkwitt, CE; Graham, NAJ, 2024, "Site-level variation in parrotfish grazing and bioerosion as a function of species-specific feeding metrics (dataset)", https://doi.org/10.24378/EXE.2623 This is the dataset used for the Lange et al (2020) article "Site-level variation in parrotfish grazing and bioerosion as a function of species-specific feeding metrics" published in Diversity. Tables 'Bite rates' and 'Bite scars' contain raw data on parrotfish feeding observations in the Maldives and the Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean, which wer... The metadata for the Dataset was harvested from DataCite. Clicking the dataset link will take you directly to the original archival location, as registered with DataCite.
A quick, easy and non-invasive method to quantify coral growth rates using photogrammetry and 3D model comparisons (dataset) Jul 31, 2020 - Island Reef Connections Lange, I; Perry, C, 2024, "A quick, easy and non-invasive method to quantify coral growth rates using photogrammetry and 3D model comparisons (dataset)", https://doi.org/10.24378/EXE.2243 This is the dataset used for the Lange et al. (2020) article "A quick, easy and non-invasive method to quantify coral growth rates using photogrammetry and 3D model comparisons" published in Methods in Ecology & Evolution. Details of 3D models, precision analysis and measured annual coral growth rates as .xlsx file with 4 data sheets The article as... The metadata for the Dataset was harvested from DataCite. Clicking the dataset link will take you directly to the original archival location, as registered with DataCite.

Wave exposure shapes reef community composition and recovery trajectories at a remote coral atoll (dataset)

Oct 1, 2021 - Island Reef Connections

Lange, I; Benkwitt, CE; McDevitt-Irwin, JM; Tietjen, KL; Taylor, B; Chinkin, M; Gunn, RL; Palmisciano, M; Steyaert, M; Wilson, B; East, H; Turner, J; Graham, NAJ; Perry, CT, 2024, "Wave exposure shapes reef community composition and recovery trajectories at a remote coral atoll (dataset)", https://doi.org/10.24378/EXE.3523

In a time of unprecedented ecological change, understanding natural biophysical relationships between reef resilience and physical drivers is of increasing importance. This study evaluates how wave forcing structures coral reef benthic community composition and recovery trajectories after the major 2015/2016 bleaching event in the remote Chagos Arc...