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Coral reef health database (Reef Check Australia)

Created 24/06/2025

Updated 24/06/2025

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The Reef Check Australia monitoring program acts as an early warning system for coral community health. Annual surveys provide long-term data that can reveal patterns over time. Trained community volunteers collect quantitative data on the Great Barrier Reef and in the Southeast Queensland coral habitats. Data include substrate percent cover, abundance of key invertebrate species and target fish species. Data on natural and anthropogenic impacts on coral community health are also recorded. The Reef Check method is used which is used in 90 countries world-wide, making these results directly comparable globally. Data units: Quantitative, integer, discrete (e.g number of fish, invertebrates etc). Percentage (e.g. percent coral cover) Categorical (e.g. siltation level: low, medium, high)

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Title Coral reef health database (Reef Check Australia)
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/29a46da3-ab29-4459-9b2a-f9990f54b6d7
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
support@reefcheckaustralia.org
Reference Period 01/02/2024
Geospatial Coverage Australia
Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Coral reef health database (Reef Check Australia)". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/coral-reef-health-database-reef-check-australia1