feb5902a-d81d-4c43-ad51-87c342c7c72f urn:uuid eng UTF-8 nonGeographicDataset nonGeographicDataset 2025-06-23T11:50:19 creation ISO 19115 2016 AIMS Sea Water Temperature Observing System (AIMS Temperature Logger Program) feb5902a-d81d-4c43-ad51-87c342c7c72f The data provided here are from a number of sea water temperature monitoring programs conducted in tropical and subtropical coral reefs environments around Australia. Data are available from approximately 80 GBR sites, 16 Coral Sea sites, 7 sites in North West Western Australia (WA), 8 Queensland regional ports, 13 sites in the Solitary Islands, 4 sites in PNG and 10 sites in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Data are obtained from in-situ data loggers deployed on the reef. Temperature instruments sample water temperatures every 5-10 minutes (typically) and are exchanged and downloaded approximately every 12 months. Temperature loggers on the reef-flat are generally placed just below Lowest Astronomical Tide level. Reef-slope (or where specified as Upper reef-slope) generally refers to depths 5 - 9 m while Deep reef-slope refers to depths of ~20 m. Reefs are under threat from climate change. Elevated sea temperature is a major stress to reefs, capable of causing widespread coral bleaching and mortality. Small excursions of temperature outside normal summer levels can cause stress and bleaching in corals, especially sensitive species. Temperature data from this program are used to correlate with bleaching events and derive local bleaching thresholds. Data are also used in a wide variety of other marine research programs, including fisheries, balast water, turtles, sea birds, seagrass, coral disease, oceanography, process studies, validation of proxy climate records etc. Download via the AODN Portal is currently unavailable, access through programming links below or the AIMS Time Series Explorer - https://apps.aims.gov.au/ts-explorer/ {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[136.0, -33.0], [162.0, -33.0], [162.0, -3.0], [136.0, -3.0], [136.0, -33.0]]]} 136.0 162.0 -33.0 -3.0 Article and Climatology Dashboard (see map on) Drivers of Bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef - Compilation of temperature data from 2015, 2016 2017 documentDigital Article and Climatology Dashboard (see map on) Drivers of Bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef - Compilation of temperature data from 2015, 2016 2017 HTML aims:temperature_data documentDigital AIMS Temperature Logger Data WFS Layer WFS Thesis: Berkelmans RWC (2001) Bleaching, upper thermal limits and temperature adaptation in reef coral. Thesis. James Cook University Marine Biology. 179 p. documentDigital Thesis: Berkelmans RWC (2001) Bleaching, upper thermal limits and temperature adaptation in reef coral. Thesis. James Cook University Marine Biology. 179 p. PDF Berkelmans RWC, Weeks SJ and Steinberg CR (2010) Upwelling linked to warm summers and bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef. Limnology and Oceanography 55: 2634-2644. documentDigital Berkelmans RWC, Weeks SJ and Steinberg CR (2010) Upwelling linked to warm summers and bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef. Limnology and Oceanography 55: 2634-2644. HTML Ray Berkelmans. (2002). Time-integrated thermal bleaching thresholds of reefs and their variation on the Great Barrier Reef. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 229, 73–82. documentDigital Ray Berkelmans. (2002). Time-integrated thermal bleaching thresholds of reefs and their variation on the Great Barrier Reef. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 229, 73–82. HTML Current QC method - applies to all current data documentDigital Current QC method - applies to all current data PDF Data access through the Time Series Explorer documentDigital Data access through the Time Series Explorer HTML Time-integrated thermal bleaching thresholds of reefs and their variation on the Great Barrier Reef: Berkelmans RWC (2002) Time-integrated thermal bleaching thresholds of reefs and their variation on the Great Barrier Reef. Marine Ecology Progress Series 229: 73-82. documentDigital Time-integrated thermal bleaching thresholds of reefs and their variation on the Great Barrier Reef: Berkelmans RWC (2002) Time-integrated thermal bleaching thresholds of reefs and their variation on the Great Barrier Reef. Marine Ecology Progress Series 229: 73-82. Temperature Loggers Climatology for the GBR region (NESP TWQ 4.2, AIMS) documentDigital Temperature Loggers Climatology for the GBR region (NESP TWQ 4.2, AIMS) HTML Data access via Programming API documentDigital Data access via Programming API HTML Data access using R documentDigital Data access using R HTML Subset and download this data via the Australian Ocean Data Network documentDigital Subset and download this data via the Australian Ocean Data Network HTML Temperature Logger Deployments Data Download [Zip folder size: < 200 KB] documentDigital Temperature Logger Deployments Data Download [Zip folder size: < 200 KB] ZIP Temperature Logger Data Download [zip folder size: > 1 GB] documentDigital Temperature Logger Data Download [zip folder size: > 1 GB] ZIP Snapshot - March 2019 - Old Quality Control process documentDigital Snapshot - March 2019 - Old Quality Control process ZIP Old QC method - applies to data downloaded before March 2019 documentDigital Old QC method - applies to data downloaded before March 2019 PDF aims:temperature_deployment documentDigital AIMS Temperature Logger WMS Layer WMS AIMS Web Site documentDigital HTML AIMS Web Site documentDigital HTML AIMS Web Site documentDigital HTML AIMS Web Site documentDigital HTML Unnamed resource documentDigital License Graphic PNG Unnamed resource documentDigital HTML