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Perth Canyon Marine Park Bathymetry - 40m Resolution Grid
Australia has established a network of 58 marine parks within Commonwealth waters covering a total of 3.3 million square kilometres, or 40 per cent of our exclusive economic... -
NESP TWQ Project 1.3 - A validation of coral geochemical records to...
While coral geochemistry records are widely cited as evidence for increased suspended sediment loads delivered to the Great Barrier Reef since the 1850s, there has been little... -
NESP TWQ Project 2.3.1 - Benthic light as ecologically validated GBR wide...
The project will develop a water quality indicator based on benthic irradiance (the amount of light penetrating to the seafloor). Using experiments and field data we will... -
Multiscale Ultra-high Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (MUR SST)
This is a blended daily global SST product produced by combining infra red (~1km) and microwave (~25km) satellite observations and using interpolation to fill gaps. It is... -
Coral Sea Oceanic Vegetation (NESP MaC 2.3, AIMS)
This dataset is a vector shapefile mapping the deep submerged aquatic vegetation on the bottom of the coral atoll lagoons in the Coral Sea within the Australian EEZ. This mapped... -
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Zoning 2003 (GBRMPA)
This dataset corresponds to the zoning within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park effective 1st July 2004. It is derived from the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Zoning Plan 2003.... -
NESP TWQ Project 3.2.4 - Defining, assessing and monitoring Great Barrier...
A key criteria for inscription of the Great Barrier Reef as a World Heritage Area is Criteria (VII) – exceptional natural beauty & aesthetic importance. Our project will... -
NESP TWQ Project 1.7 - Reducing sediment sources to the Reef: testing the...
Alluvial gully erosion contributes 20-40% of fine sediment from the three largest sediment contributing catchments to the GBR, yet there has been limited effort to manage this... -
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... -
Primary Sediment Cell Boundary
Sediment cells are spatially discrete areas of the coast within which marine and terrestrial landforms are likely to be connected through processes of sediment exchange, often... -
NESP TWQ Project 5.14 - Identifying the water quality and ecosystem health...
Runoff from the Fly River in Papua New Guinea (PNG) influences water quality conditions in the Torres Strait region. Recent work (NESP Project 2.2.1 and 2.2.2) has clearly... -
North Australia Sentinel 2 Satellite Composite Imagery - 15th percentile...
This dataset is true colour cloud-free composite satellite imagery optimised for mapping shallow marine habitats in northern Australia, based on 10-meter resolution Sentinel 2... -
NESP MaC Project 1.31 - Scoping Study: Indigenous Participation and Research...
This record provides an overview of the NESP Marine and Coastal Hub small-scale study - "Scoping Study: Indigenous Participation and Research Needs ". For specific data outputs... -
Interactive effects of near-future temperature increase (28/31°C) and ocean...
This experiment grew adult Echinometra sp. A sea urchins under four temperature and pH treatments 28 / 7.9, 28 / 8.1, 31 / 7.9, 31 / 8.1 (degrees C, pH) to investigate the... -
Secchi Disk Depth (a measure of water clarity), 1992 - 2006 (MTSRF 1.1.5,...
This study characterises spatial patterns in water clarity. Water clarity is a key indicator for water quality and is an essential environmental factor for phototrophic... -
Seagrass proliferation precedes mortality during hypo-salinity events: a...
This dataset consists of one data file from a 10 week aquarium experiment manipulating salinity and measuring density, reproduction and growth responses of three tropical Indo-... -
GBR - Green zone contribution to the larval recruitment of three fish...
As part of MTSRF Project 4.8.1, this study aimed to assess the benefit of no-take (green) zones as a recruitment source. 1342 adult stripey snapper (Lutjanus carponotatus) from... -
NERP TE Project 1.1 - Monitoring status and trends of coral reefs of the...
This project will continue a unique data set that documents long-term trends in coral reef communities of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR). In 2012-13 and 2014-15 the LTMP will... -
NESP TWQ Project 3.1.3 - Harnessing the science of social marketing in...
This project extends project 2.1.3 which contains an analysis of communications to land holders for the Reef Trust Tender – Burdekin and The Reef Programme concerning...