EMBARGOED UNTIL 27th AUGUST 2026.
Title: Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 2025 – Chapter 8 – ROPME Sea Area
Authors: John A. Burt, Rita C. Bento, Suaad Al Harthi, Reem K. Al Mealla, Andrew G. Bauman, Ivonne Bejarano, Sudhanshu Dixit, Jeneen Hadj-Hammou, Antoine O.H.C. Leduc, Diego Lozano-Cortes, Alyssa Marshell, Daniel Mateos-Molina, Rebekka Pentti, Pedro Range, Mohammad Reza Shokri, Oliver Taylor.
Contributor Roles: CRedIT statement for this chapter
Date: 27th August 2026
Institution: Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN), International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.59387/LFPR6347.ROPME
Part of: Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 2025
Cite this chapter: Burt, J. A., Bento, R. C., Al Harthi, S., Al Mealla, R. K., et al. (2026). Chapter 8 – ROPME Sea area. In González-Rivero, M., et al. Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 2025. Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN), International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI). https://doi.org/10.59387/LFPR6347.ROPME
Copyright Information: Copyright © 2026, Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN) and International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI).
Supplementary Material: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21824430
This publication may be reproduced in whole or in part and in any form for educational or non-profit services, provided acknowledgement of the source is made. No use of this publication may be made for resale or any other commercial purpose without prior permission in writing.
With thanks to the co-authors of this chapter:
John A. Burt, Rita C. Bento, Suaad Al Harthi, Reem K. Al Mealla, Andrew G. Bauman, Ivonne Bejarano, Sudhanshu Dixit, Jeneen Hadj-Hammou, Antoine O.H.C. Leduc, Diego Lozano-Cortes, Alyssa Marshell, Daniel Mateos-Molina, Rebekka Pentti, Pedro Range, Mohammad Reza Shokri, Oliver Taylor.
Edited by: Manuel Gonzalez-Rivero; Thomas Dallison; Jeremy Wicquart; Amanda Brigdale; Erica K. Towle; Murray Logan; Emily K. Fobert; Francis Staub; Serge Planes.
With thanks to the data contributors:
Greta Smith Aeby; Jenan Al Asfoor; Suaad S. Al Harthi; Reem Al Mealla; Luai Muhammad Alhems; Andrew G. Bauman; Ivonne Bejarano; Radhouane Ben Hamadou; Rita Bento; John Burt; Michel Claereboudt; Sudhanshu Dixit; Sergey Dobretsov; Nigel Downing; Jan Freiwald; Amir Ghazilou; Jeneen Hadj-Hammou; Emily Howells; Thadickal Joydas; Antoine Leduc; Reynaldo Lindo; Elayne Looker; Diego Lozano-Cortés; Alyssa Marshell; Daniel Mateos; Jenny Mihaly; Rebekka Pentti; Ali M. Qasem; Pedro Range; Mohammad Reza Shokri.
The GCRMN produces estimations regarding the status and trends of coral reefs using data acquired by the members of the GCRMN network. The data are collected following Data Sharing Agreements (DSA) with data contributors and as such the GCRMN is not the owner of datasets shared by its members. Therefore, for the “Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 2025” report, the GCRMN is unable to share the raw datasets. However, some members of the GCRMN network and report contributors have made their datasets publicly available. For benthic cover monitoring data, such open access datasets are listed here.
All code used to produce the results and figures presented in the “Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 2025” GCRMN report is openly available on a GitHub repository. This repository allows full reproducibility and transparency of the analyses.
