I check what dive and travel companies publish about the ocean.
Marine ecologist with a PhD from Murdoch University, a diver for 25 years, based between the UK and Bali.
Raja Ampat is home to 1,8131,577 species of reef fish.
1,813 is the count for the wider Bird’s Head Seascape. Raja Ampat’s own count is 1,577 (Erdmann, to end-2018).
The Coral Triangle holds 76% of the world’s coral speciesreef-building coral species.
The 76% figure covers reef-building corals only: 605 species. It does not apply to all corals.
About me
My PhD at Murdoch University studied the diving behaviour of large marine planktivores. I have been diving for 25 years and am a PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer.
I founded the Marine Megafauna Conservation Project, a UK charity, and do public outreach through the Raja Ampat Manta Project. I also work as expedition staff on voyages with Heritage Expeditions.
I wrote and maintain FishDiveR, a package for the R statistical language, available on CRAN.
Contact
For review work: review@calvinbeale.co.uk
For anything else: calvin@calvinbeale.co.uk