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Title: Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 2025 – Chapter 7 – Red Sea and Gulf of Aden
Authors: Maher Amer, Tamer Atalla, Swaleh Ali Aboud, Mohammed Dosoky, Khaled El-Haddad, Emily K. Fobert, Jessica Stella, Mohammed Elsayed, Mohammed Al-Tawaha.
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.RSGA
Part of: Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 2025
Cite this chapter: Amer, M., Atalla, T., Aboud, S., Dosoky, M., et al. (2026). Chapter 7 – Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. 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.RSGA
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
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With thanks to the co-authors of this chapter:
Maher Amer, Tamer Atalla, Swaleh Ali Aboud, Mohammed Dosoky, Khaled El-Haddad, Emily K. Fobert, Jessica Stella, Mohammed Elsayed, Mohammed Al-Tawaha.
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:
Khadija Y. I. Abaker; Swaleh Aboud; Mmadi Ahamada; Mohammad S. Al-Tawaha; Mustafa K. Altaib; Maher Amer; Tamer Attalla; Chico Birrell; Graham J. Edgar; Elamin M. Elamin; Sheikheldin M. Elamin; Mohammed Elsayed; Jan Freiwald; Matthew Fynes; Jamie Hayes; Magda M. Ismael; Gareth John; Mohammed M. Kotb; Anderson B. Mayfield; Jenny Mihaly; Karin Moejes; David Obura; Lizzi Oh; Osama S. Saad; Ahamada Said; Rick D. Stuart-Smith; Oliver Taylor.
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.
