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An image Dr. John Ogden on a sail boat which is now in the ±«Óătv Digital Libraries Collection.

Coral Reef Changes Documented in New ±«Óătv Libraries Digital Collection

Forty years of coral reef research is now available to ±«Óătv students and scientists worldwide. Integrative Biology Professor Emeritus John Ogden, PhD, donated thousands of photos from his research on tropical coastal marine ecosystems along with their accompanying journal publications, maps, data and field diaries. It’s a living collection intended to provide a window to the past to help future oceanographic exploration.

Photo of a star fish at the bottom of the sea.

“We are trying to convey what it’s like to do this kind of field work in the marine environment and what a particular place was like at the time,” said Ogden. “For example, coral reefs ha