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West Bay –Dafna-district, United Nation Street, opposite to the Lebanese School
We are a group of researchers at Qatar University who focus on marine conservation and restoration research.
Researchers have been trying to get BRUV (Baited Remote Underwater Video) footage of sharks in Qatari Waters. Our teams underwater setup finally managed to get some footage of a Zebra shark.
Zebra sharks (Stegostoma fasciatum) are found in tropical waters in coral reef habitats, where they feed on snails, sea urchins, crabs, small fish, and other small invertebrates.
A distinct feature of zebra sharks are that they change their appearance from being dark brown with yellow stripes when they are born, to trading their stripes for spots with a tan body as they mature. This has led many divers to confuse them with leopard sharks.
We are using Baited Remote Underwater Video (BRUV) to determine variations in abundance and diversity of fish on coral reefs across Qatar. This footage shows a Orangespotted Grouper (Hamour) exerting his territorial dominance over a Blackspot Snapper (Neisra) when they fight for the leftover bait fish at the end of our sampling.
22/02/2021
We have been busy over the past year collecting samples of corals to determine when particular species are producing gametes, this will then allow us to hopefully narrow down the window as to when they are releasing their gametes (spawning). A recent publication by Andrew Baird et al 2021, will help tremendously in this effort as it includes recorded spawning observations from the entire Indo-Pacific dating back until the 1980s!
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Qatar University
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| Monday | 08:00 - 16:00 |
| Tuesday | 08:00 - 16:00 |
| Wednesday | 08:00 - 16:00 |
| Thursday | 08:00 - 16:00 |
| Sunday | 08:00 - 16:00 |
