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Recruitment of sponges and other sessile organisms in central Torres Strait,...
A study of recruitment of marine invertebrates around Masig Island and Marsden Island, in central Torres Strait commenced in November 2006 and ended in November 2008.Terracotta... -
Assessing habitat damage caused by the grounding of the Shen Neng 1 on...
The key methods employed to assess damage to Douglas Shoal were high-resolution multibeam sonar bathymetry coupled with towed video (Towvid) surveys. In combination, these... -
Effects of sedimentation and the herbicide diuron on crustose coralline algae (CCA)
Experiments were conducted to determine the effects of sedimentation and the herbicide diuron on crustose coralline algae (CCA). Three species of CCA were subjected to exposure... -
The physical environment of Scott Reef, Western Australia (2003): North...
Four instruments were deployed on the North Scott Reef, North Transect (M).Code: NSN4; Depth: 2.0m; Instrument: Odyssey; Serial #: 6556;Code: NSN3; Depth: 5.0m; Instrument:... -
Saxitoxin in octopi from Cooke Point, Port Hedland, Western Australia
Octopus (Abdopus) sp. 5 were collected from a reef flat at Cooke Point, Port Hedland in northern Western Australia. The octopi had a body size of between 5-6 cm and tentacle... -
Key Ecological Features of the North-west Marine Region.
The North-west Bioregional Profile identifies a number of ecological features that are of conservation value because of the role they play in the environment of the North-west... -
Decomposition of mangrove leaf litter in Chunda Bay, north Queensland
Ageing yellow leaves, still attached to branches, but ready to abscise were collected from three mangrove species, Rhizophora stylosa, Avicennia marina and Ceriops tagal var.... -
ReefState model predictions
ReefState (version 3.0) utilises a Bayesian Network modelling framework to integrate lower-level submodels of future warming, coral damage, coral recovery, coral adaptation, and... -
Field studies of temporal patterns of feeding and emergence behaviour of...
This research was undertaken to provide quantitative data on the proportions of Acanthaster planci feeding during the day and night. Coral Reef - Condition, Crown of Thorns... -
Genetic Variation in Heat Tolerance of the Coral Platygyra Daedalea...
Platygyra daedalea from the Great Barrier Reef was assessed for heritability and genetic variation associated with heat tolerance. Survival of ten quantitative genetic crosses... -
Temperature effects on the development and metamorphosis of larvae of...
In August 2004, an experiment was conducted to test the effects of temperature on larval development and metamorphosis for the solitary coral, Fungia repanda, collected from a... -
The hydrodynamic regime at John Brewer Reef, Great Barrier Reef: Mooring...
An Aanderaa RCM current meter was attached to mooring CM2, located south of John Brewer Reef and in the free stream. The mooring was deployed in 36m of water. Deployment... -
Coastal Lake Assessment and Management Tool (CLAM): Lake Wooloweyah,...
The Coastal Lake Assessment and Management (CLAM) tool allows stakeholders to assess the social, economic and environmental trade-offs associated with development, remediation... -
Single beam acoustic surveys in Ningaloo Marine Park, Western Australia...
In 2006, two areas in the Cloates Sanctuary Zone (SZ) (mid and north), one area in the Mandu SZ, one reference area outside the Cloates SZ and a reference area outside the... -
Spatial patterns in shallow-water crinoid communities in the central and...
Shallow-water crinoid communities of the Central Great Barrier Reef were investigated. 1114 crinoid specimens were collected from 46 sites (24 sites on 12 reefs, 2 sites per... -
Response of herbivorous fish to crown-of-thorns-starfish, Acanthaster...
Three adjacent pairs of reefs, located in the central region of the Great Barrier Reef were chosen for this study. One reef of each pair had been impacted by a crown-of-thorns... -
The physical environment of Scott Reef, Western Australia (2003): North...
Five instruments were deployed on the North Scott Reef, South Transect (L). Instruments were deployed along a transect down the reef slope.Code: NSS5; Depth: 0.3m; Instrument:... -
Predictive toxinology: calculated molecular descriptors to describe toxicity...
Saxitoxins (STXs) were used to ascertain whether a combination of calculated molecular descriptors could explain observed biological activity. A dataset of 3050 molecular... -
The effects of cyclone Winifred and bioturbation on sediments and sediment...
Tropical cyclone Winifred (Category 3) crossed the Great Barrier Reef north of Townsville on the 1st February 1986. Sediment samples were collected from the lagoons of reefs... -
Input data for Artificial Intelligence research for the 2019 Measuring...
The last stream within the NESP 5.5 project was related to the conduct of an online survey to get aesthetic ratings of additional 3500 images downloaded from Flickr to improve...