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NERP TE Project 7.1 Fire and rainforests (CSIRO)
Ecosystem Sciences, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Little is known about the impacts of fire on rainforest vegetation or the animals which depend on it. This project will investigate the positive and negative impacts of fire on... -
NERP TE Project 6.3 Critical seabird foraging locations and trophic...
Overall the key objectives of this program are to: 1. Identify and map the principal foraging locations for shearwaters and boobies breeding at the most important colonies of... -
NERP TE Project 6.2 Drivers of juvenile shark biodiversity and abundance in...
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University (JCU)
Sharks play an important role in marine ecosystems but are facing increasing pressure from fishing and other anthropogenic factors. Along the Queensland coast inshore waters... -
NERP TE Project 5.3 Vulnerability of seagrass habitats in the GBR to flood...
TropWATER, James Cook University (TropWATER/JCU)
The Reef Rescue Marine Monitoring Program (RRMMP) has identified that seagrass meadows along the Great Barrier Reef are in a state of decline. This project will undertake... -
NERP TE Project 3.4 Monitoring of key vertebrate species (CSIRO)
Ecosystem Sciences, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
This project will implement monitoring programs for the endangered southern cassowary, Casuarisus casuarius, and the vulnerable spectacled flying-fox, Pteropus conspicillatus.... -
NERP TE Project 3.3 Targeted surveys for missing and critically endangered...
School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University (JCU)
This project is conducting surveys of frogs and other vertebrates in ecotonal areas of the Wet Tropics and Eungella. The primary aims are to: (1) assess the current status,... -
NERP TE Project 3.2 What is a risk? Identifying rainforest refugia and...
Australian Tropical Herbarium, James Cook University (ATH/JCU)
This project will map the genetic and phylogenetic diversity of northeast Queensland rainforest plants and fungi with a focus on the mountaintop species, which are regarded as... -
NERP TE Project 3.1 Rainforest Biodiversity: (a) Monitoring; (b) Climate...
Centre for Tropical Biodiversity & Climate Change, James Cook University (CTBCC/JCU)
This project will act as an integrating focus within the rainforest theme to strategically target research gaps and thereby increase our understanding of the drivers of... -
NERP TE Project 2.2 Mangrove and freshwater habitat status of Torres Strait...
TropWATER, James Cook University (TropWATER/JCU)
This project will examine the status, diversity and condition of mangroves and freshwater habitats in the Torres Strait. This will provide a baseline against which future... -
NERP TE Project 2.1 Marine turtles and dugongs of Torres Strait (JCU)
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University (JCU)
The project will determine the status of threatened marine (green, hawksbill and flatback) turtles and dugongs in the Torres Strait and threats to these populations. It also... -
NERP TE Project 1.2 Marine wildlife management in the Great Barrier Reef...
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University (JCU)
This project will monitor and study dugongs, dolphins and turtles along the coast of the GBRWHA with the following key tasks: Determine the distribution and status of inshore... -
NERP TE Project 12.3 Relative social and economic values of residents and...
School of Business, James Cook University (JCU)
The Wet Tropics World Heritage Area (WTWHA) is famous for its wildlife, biodiversity and natural beauty, but none of these important assets are bought or sold in the market... -
NERP TE Project 12.1 Indigenous co-management and biodiversity protection (CSIRO)
Ecosystem Sciences, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
The project seeks to improve understanding of practices that can underpin co-management arrangements for conservation areas, including the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area... -
NERP TE Project 11.2 Improved approaches for detection of disease and...
This project focuses on improving methods to detect the introduction of exotic animal diseases into the Torres Strait. The researchers will examine the environmental factors... -
NERP TE Project 10.2 Socio-economic systems and reef resilience (JCU)
School of Business, James Cook University (JCU)
This project focuses on relationships between socio-economic systems and the Great Barrier Reef (GBR). It comprises three interrelated activities to investigate: Resident and... -
Nephelometer data sets for Seagrass South around Cleveland Bay - 1993
College of Science, Technology and Engineering (CSTE), James Cook University (JCU)
This metadata record covers a subset of the data collected during dredging by the Townsville Port Authority in Cleveland Bay in 1993. Data are divided into a number of main... -
Nephelometer data sets for Seagrass Centre around Cleveland Bay - 1993
College of Science, Technology and Engineering (CSTE), James Cook University (JCU)
This metadata record covers a subset of the data collected during dredging by the Townsville Port Authority in Cleveland Bay in 1993. Data are divided into a number of main... -
Nephelometer data sets for Rattlesnake Island - 1993
College of Science, Technology and Engineering (CSTE), James Cook University (JCU)
This metadata record covers a subset of the data collected during dredging by the Townsville Port Authority in Cleveland Bay in 1993. Data are divided into a number of main... -
Nephelometer data sets for Middle Reef in Cleveland Bay - 1993
College of Science, Technology and Engineering (CSTE), James Cook University (JCU)
This metadata record covers a subset of the data collected during dredging by the Townsville Port Authority in Cleveland Bay in 1993. Data are divided into a number of main... -
Nephelometer data sets for Horseshoe Bay Cleveland Bay - 1993
College of Science, Technology and Engineering (CSTE), James Cook University (JCU)
This metadata record covers a subset of the data collected during dredging by the Townsville Port Authority in Cleveland Bay in 1993. Data are divided into a number of main...