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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
New Records of Heliopora hiberniana from SE Asia and the Central Indian Ocean
Zoe T. Richards, Leon Haines, Patrick Scaps, Denis Ader
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
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
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
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
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
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
Ecotourism and Coral Reef Restoration: case studies from Thailand and the Maldives
Margaux Y Hein, Fanny Couture, Chad M Scott
Rare zooxanthellate Nanipora octocoral (Helioporacea) in the Gulf of Thailand
Pau Urgell Plaza, Rahul Mehrotra, Chad M. Scott and James Davis Reimer
On the genus Armina (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Nudibranchia) in Thailand
Rahul Mehrotra, Manuel Caballer Gutierrez and Suchana Chavanich
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
Changes in hard coral abundance and composition on Koh Tao, Thailand, 2006-2014
Chad M. Scott, Rahul Mehrotra, Madalena Cabral and Sirachai Arunrugstichai
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
A large gape facilitates predation on salps by Heteropsammia corals
Rahul Mehrotra, Chad M. Scott and Bert W. Hoeksema
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
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
Species inventory of sea slugs (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) for Koh Tao, Thailand, with 25 first records for Thai waters
Rahul Mehrotra and Chad M. Scott
Predation on a sacoglossan gastropod by a mushroom coral
Rahul Mehrotra, Chad M. Scott, Joel M. Rohrer and Bert W. Hoeksema
Spawning observation of Acanthaster planci in the Gulf of Thailand
Chad M. Scott, Rahul Mehrotra and Pau Urgell Plaza
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
A large gape facilitates predation on salps
R Mehrotra, CM Scott, BW Hoeksema
An update to the list of coral reef fishes from Koh Tao, Gulf of Thailand
Patrick Scaps and Chad M. Scott
Developing community-accessible methods of increasing coral reef resilience through selective coral breeding programs
Chad M. Scott and James D. True
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
South-East Asia Coral Bleaching Rapid Response: Final Report
Prepared by Colette R. Thomas and Scott F. Heron
Participatory integrated Waste management for conserving coral reef around Koh Tao, Suratthani IUCN Thailand Programme
Scuba diving damage and intensity of tourist activities increases coral disease prevalence
Joleah B. Lamb, James D. True, Srisakul Piromvaragorn, Bette L. Willis
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
A GIS-Based Assessment of Threats to the Natural Environment on Koh Tao, Thailand
Robbie Weterings