Manuals & Books


Marine Life of Gili Islands, Simple Guidelines

Raditya A. Saputra, Jon M. Piepkorn, Leon B. Haines, Nicolas R. Hahn and Warren Beyers


Ecological Monitoring Program For Indo-Pacific region, 3rd Edition

Chad Scott. Additional contributors: Rahul Mehrotra, Pau Urgell Plaza, Spencer Arnold, Kirsty Magson, Elouise Haskin,Florian Lang, Nathan Cook.

Nudibranchs and Sea Slugs of Koh Tao and Nearby Islands

Rahul Mehrotra, Pau Urgell Plaza


The Koh Tao Ecological Monitoring Program, 2nd Edition

Chad Scott

Scientific Publications


Nutrient dynamics, carbon storage and community composition on artificial and natural reefs in Bali, Indonesia

Zach Boakes, I. Gusti Ngurah A. Suryaputra, Alice E. Hall, Daniel J. Franklin & Richard Stafford

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Competition and epibiosis by the sponge Pseudoceratina purpurea (Carter, 1880) on scleractinian corals at a tourism hotspot in the Gulf of Thailand

Alyssa Allchurch, Rahul Mehrotra, Harrison Carmody, Coline Monchanin, Chad M Scott

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Recruitment of hard coral communities on giant clam shells (Cardiidae: Tridacna) differ from surrounding reef habitats at a tourist destination in the Gulf of Thailand

Rahul Mehrotra, Alyssa Allchurch, Coline Monchanin, Chad M Scott

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Citizen science reveals the population structure and seasonal presence of whale sharks in the Gulf of Thailand

Kirsty Magson, Emily Monacella, Chad Scott, Noémie Buffat, Sirachai Arunrugstichai, Metavee Chuangcharoendee, Simon J Pierce, Jason Holmberg, Gonzalo Araujo

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An updated inventory of sea slugs from Koh Tao, Thailand, with notes on their ecology and a dramatic biodiversity increase for Thai waters

Rahul Mehrotra, Manuel A Caballer Gutiérrez, Chad M Scott, Spencer Arnold, Coline Monchanin, Voranop Viyakarn, Suchana Chavanich

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Contrasting coral community structures between natural and artificial substrates at Koh Tao, Gulf of Thailand

Coline Monchanin, Rahul Mehrotra, Elouise Haskin, Chad M Scott, Pau Urgell Plaza, Alyssa Allchurch, Spencer Arnold, Kirsty Magson, Bert W Hoeksema

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Competition and epibiosis by the sponge Pseudoceratina purpurea (Carter, 1880) on scleractinian corals at a tourism hotspot in the Gulf of Thailand

Alyssa Allchurch, Rahul Mehrotra, Harrison Carmody, Coline Monchanin, Chad M Scott

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Assessment of spatiotemporal variability of giant clam populations (Cardiidae: Tridacna) from 11 years of monitoring at Koh Tao, Thailand

Rahul Mehrotra, Alyssa Allchurch, Coline Monchanin, Chad M Scott

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On the Plakobranchidae (Gastropoda, Sacoglossa) from soft sediment habitats of Koh Tao, Gulf of Thailand, with descriptions of two new species

Rahul Mehrotra, Manuel Caballer Gutierrez, Chad M. Scott, Spencer Arnold, Coline Monchanin, Suchana Chavanich

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Effects of coral restoration on fish communities: snapshots of long-term, multiregional responses and implications for practice

Margaux Y. Hein, Roger Beeden, R. Alastair Birtles, Tory J. Chase, Fanny Couture, Elouise Haskin, Nadine Marshall, Kayla Ripple, Lisa Terry, Bette L. Willis, Reanna Willis, Naomi M. Gardiner

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Multiple substrates chosen in mass in situ egg deposition by Drupella in Mauritius, a first record for the western Indian Ocean

Deepeeka Kaullysing, Rahul Mehrotra, Spencer Arnold, Sundy Ramah, Alyssa Allchurch, Elouise Haskin, Nawsheen Taleb-Hossenkhan, Ranjeet Bhagooli

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New Records of Heliopora hiberniana from SE Asia and the Central Indian Ocean

Zoe T. Richards, Leon Haines, Patrick Scaps, Denis Ader

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Coral Restoration Effectiveness: MultiregionalSnapshots of the Long-Term Responses of CoralAssemblages to Restoration

Margaux Y. Hein, Roger Beeden, Alastair Birtles, Naomi M. Gardiner, Thomas Le Berre, Jessica Levy, Nadine Marshall, Chad M. Scott, Lisa Terry and Bette L. Willis

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A new species of coral-feeding nudibranch (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Gulf of Thailand

Rahul Mehrotra, Spencer Arnold, Adam Wang, Suchana Chavanich, Bert W. Hoeksema, Manuel Caballer

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Selective consumption of sacoglossan sea slugs (Mollusca: Gastropoda) by scleractinian corals (Cnidaria: Anthozoa)

Rahul Mehrotra, Coline Monchanin, Chad M. Scott, Niphon Phongsuwan, Manuel Caballer Gutierrez, Suchana Chavanich, Bert W. Hoeksema

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The extraordinary genus Myja is not a tergipedid, but related to the Facelinidae s. str. with the addition of two new species from Japan (Mollusca, Nudibranchia)

Alexander Martynov, Rahul Mehrotra, Suchana Chavanich, Rie Nakano, Sho Kashio, Kennet Lundin, Bernard Picton and Tatiana Korshunova

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The formerly enigmatic Unidentiidae in the limelight again: a new species of the genus Unidentia from Thailand (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia)

Tatiana Korshunova, Rahul Mehrotra, Spencer Arnold, Kennet Lundin, Bernard Picton and Alexander Martynov

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Filamentous turf algae on tube worms intensify damage in massive Porites corals

Bert W. Hoeksema, Roeland J. van der Schoot, Dagmar Wels, Chad M. Scott and  Harry A. ten Hove

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Ecotourism and Coral Reef Restoration: case studies from Thailand and the Maldives

Margaux Y Hein, Fanny Couture, Chad M Scott

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Rare zooxanthellate Nanipora octocoral (Helioporacea) in the Gulf of Thailand

Pau Urgell Plaza, Rahul Mehrotra, Chad M. Scott and James Davis Reimer

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On the genus Armina (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Nudibranchia) in Thailand

Rahul Mehrotra, Manuel Caballer Gutierrez and Suchana Chavanich

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In-situ egg deposition by corallivorous snails on mushroom corals at Koh Tao (Gulf of Thailand)

Chad M. Scott, Rahul Mehrotra and Bert W. Hoeksema

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Changes in hard coral abundance and composition on Koh Tao, Thailand, 2006-2014

Chad M. Scott, Rahul Mehrotra, Madalena Cabral and Sirachai Arunrugstichai

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Population dynamics of corallivores (Drupella and Acanthaster) on coral reefs of Koh Tao, a diving destination in the Gulf of Thailand

Chad M. Scott, Rahul Mehrotra, Margaux Y. Hein, Michelangelo S. Moerland, and Bert W. Hoeksema

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A large gape facilitates predation on salps by Heteropsammia corals

Rahul Mehrotra, Chad M. Scott and Bert W. Hoeksema

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Prey selection of corallivorous muricids at Koh Tao (Gulf of Thailand) four years after a major coral bleaching event

Michelangelo S. Moerland, Chad M. Scott and Bert W. Hoeksema

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Christmas tree worms as epibionts of giant clams at Koh Tao, Gulf of Thailand

Roel van der Schoot, Chad M. Scott, Harry A. ten Hove and Bert W. Hoeksema

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Species inventory of sea slugs (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) for Koh Tao, Thailand, with 25 first records for Thai waters

Rahul Mehrotra and Chad M. Scott

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Predation on a sacoglossan gastropod by a mushroom coral

Rahul Mehrotra, Chad M. Scott, Joel M. Rohrer and Bert W. Hoeksema

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Spawning observation of Acanthaster planci in the Gulf of Thailand

Chad M. Scott, Rahul Mehrotra and Pau Urgell Plaza

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Assessing baseline levels of coral health in a newly established marine protected area in a global scuba diving hotspot

Margaux Y. Hein, Joleah B. Lamb, Chad Scott and Bette L. Willis

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A large gape facilitates predation on salps

R Mehrotra, CM Scott, BW Hoeksema

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An update to the list of coral reef fishes from Koh Tao, Gulf of Thailand

Patrick Scaps and Chad M. Scott

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Developing community-accessible methods of increasing coral reef resilience through selective coral breeding programs

Chad M. Scott and James D. True

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Other Academic Achievements

In the publications below, none of our instructors are listed as authors, however it includes papers that facilitated by our database, that we assisted on or/and were written by interns and researchers visiting our programs.

Coral restoration: Socio-ecological perspectives of benefits and limitations

Margaux Y Hein, Alastair Birtles, Bette L Willis, Naomi Gardiner, Roger Beeden, Nadine A Marshall

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South-East Asia Coral Bleaching Rapid Response: Final Report

Prepared by Colette R. Thomas and Scott F. Heron

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Participatory integrated Waste management for conserving coral reef around Koh Tao, Suratthani IUCN Thailand Programme

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Scuba diving damage and intensity of tourist activities increases coral disease prevalence

Joleah B. Lamb, James D. True, Srisakul Piromvaragorn, Bette L. Willis

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Bacterial profiling of White Plague Disease in a comparative coral species framework

Cornelia Roder, Chatchanit Arif, Till Bayer, Manuel Aranda, Camille Daniels, Ahmed Shibl, Suchana Chavanich, and Christian R Voolstra

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A GIS-Based Assessment of Threats to the Natural Environment on Koh Tao, Thailand

Robbie Weterings

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