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Dr Manish Chandi, a social ecologist, says the project will also affect saltwater crocodiles and the island’s water monitors, fish and avifauna.

Then the team’s leader, Australian marine ecologist Karen Edyvane, guides the drone operator to take the best photographs.

But, like underwater blood hounds, sea turtles that feed on seagrass can lead researchers to the meadows far more reliably than satellite images, a team of marine ecologists has found.

Yet as coral reef ecologist Alexandra Dempsey explored the atolls’ beautiful coral reefs in 2015, she nevertheless found signs of human pollution.

The 100 survey respondents spanned a range of specialties, including behavioral ecologists, evolutionary biologists, neuroscientists, biological anthropologists, cognitive psychologists and biological psychologists.