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Calculating larval growth rates from presettlement reef fish collected with...
Light traps were used to collect presettlement fish from Keeper Reef, a midshelf reef and Myrmidon Reef, an outershelf reef on the Great Barrier Reef during the summers of... -
Environmentally induced variation in diterpene composition of the sponge...
In February 1983, fragments of approximately 50 ml volume were cut in situ from the dorsal surface region (<2 cm) of a single specimen of Rhopaloeides odorabile at Davies... -
Variation in assemblages of Lutjanidae and Lethrinidae among mid-continental...
Surveys of fish in the families Lutjanidae and Lethrinidae were carried out on three midshelf reefs (Rib Reef, John Brewer Reef and Lodestone Reef) in the central Great Barrier... -
Variation in tissue thickness in massive Porites corals from the Great Barrier Reef
Measurements were obtained from existing samples of Porites colonies held in the collections at the Australian Institute of Marine Science, and from small colonies collected... -
Natural growth, population dynamics and optimal harvest regime for...
At Kodall North and Masig North, adjacent to the farming studies, four 5 x 5 m permanent quadrats were set up at a depth of 10-12 m. Kodall North and Masig North are... -
Space as a resource for predatory gastropods on Heron Island Reef, Great Barrier Reef
Data on worm-eating gastropod microhabitat use and abundance within microhabitats were collected along transects located on the Heron Island Reef crest between November 1975 and... -
Herbivory and zonation of Sargassum spp. within fringing reefs of the...
A series of transplant and caging experiments, using the macroalgae Sargassum spp., were carried out in Coolgaree (Challenger) Bay, Great Palm Island and Brook Island between... -
Patterns in the distribution of soft corals across the central Great Barrier Reef
Surveys of soft corals were conducted on 11 inner-shelf, mid-shelf, outer-shelf and Coral Sea reefs between November 1980 and November 1981. The reefs surveyed were Havannah... -
Mangrove zooplankton community structure and copepod egg production in North...
Plankton community composition studies were carried out of the mangrove environments of the Haughton River and in the northern rivers of Queensland (Daintree, McIvor, Lockhart,... -
Variation in the size and abundance of the dictyocerid sponge, Coscinoderma...
Abundance and size of the sponge Coscinoderma matthewsi was surveyed at 5 island groups in November 2006: Ugar (Stephen Island) and Erub (Darnley Island) in eastern Torres... -
Formation of functional coral clones through natural embryo fragmentation of...
Acropora millepora colonies were collected from Trunk Reef in early December 2009 and maintained in the aquarium system at the Australian Institute of Marine Science. Eggs from... -
Competition between alcyonacean and scleractinian corals at Britomart Reef,...
Experiments were performed on Britomart Reef in the central region of the Great Barrier Reef, in a large depression behind the reef crest, 50-60 m in diameter and 11 m deep,... -
Coral and fish community structure and reef structure across Heron Island...
In 1977, a 2.3 km long transect was established across Heron Island reef in the southern Great Barrier Reef. The transect was located about 1 km to the east of the island,... -
Transcriptome and SNP data for Pocillopora damicornis, Pocillopora acuta and...
Transcriptome data of Pocillopora damicornis type beta (Pocillopora acuta), SNP data for loci that show significant G x E association Pocillopora damicornis, Pocillopora acuta... -
Influence of size and spatial competition on the bioactivity of coral reef...
Size frequency surveys of the sponges Coscinoderma matthewsi, Hyrtios erecta and Ianthella basta (yellow color morph) were conducted at Masig Island, central Torres Strait, in... -
Great Barrier Reef Marine Monitoring Program - Coral (MMP)
Monitoring has been carried out on inshore reefs since 2005. Benthic community monitoring program variables: Ongoing: percent cover of benthic organisms nominally to genus level... -
Cross shelf distribution of copepods and fish larvae in the central Great...
Zooplankton samples were collected during daylight at 5 stations, spaced 18 km apart between the lagoon and the Coral Sea in the central region of the Great Barrier Reef.... -
Effect of farming method, explant size and environment on the success of...
Sponges were experimentally farmed at three sites in the Yorke Islands: Kodall Island North, Masig Island East and Masig Island North. Sites were located on the leeward side of... -
Development of trap and drop-line sampling techniques for reef fishes in the...
Modified north west shelf fish traps were used to sample reef fishes at 40-45 m depth along the northern slope (flat habitat) and north-eastern slope (broken habitat) of Rib... -
Cross shelf variation in assemblages of Lutjanidae and Lethrinidae in the...
In March 1993, fish traps were deployed on three reefs located across the continental shelf in the central Great Barrier Reef. One reef was nearshore (Pandora Reef),...