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Surveys of juvenile corals on the Great Barrier Reef using digital photography
The back reef habitats of three outershelf reefs (Ribbon Reef No. 10, at the Cod Hole, Chicken Reef and Turner Cay), one mid-shelf reef (Lizard Island) and one inshore reef... -
The role of coral interactions in maintaining unoccupied substrate in the...
Prior to commencement of the main study, samples of "unoccupied" substrate were collected from less than 2 cm and from greater than 10 cm distant from coral colonies at a depth... -
Tidal export of particulate organic matter from Coral Creek, Hinchinbrook...
Water sampling was carried out at the channel mouth of Coral Creek, Missionary Bay, Hinchinbrook Island to determine the transport and exchange of carbon and nitrogen in... -
The role of nitrate in nitrogen nutrition of the mangrove Avicennia marina...
Seedlings of the mangrove, Avicennia marina, were used in two nitrogen nutrition experiments, carried out at the Australian Institute of Marine Science in a shadehouse, where... -
Acrylate in the scleractinian coral, Acropora millepora, from the Great Barrier Reef
Colonies of the scleractinian coral Acropora millepora were collected from Nelly Bay (Magnetic Island), Orpheus Island and Davies Reef in the central Great Barrier Reef in... -
Population genetics of Marginopora vertebralis (Foraminifera: Miliolidae)...
A study of the population genetics of the foraminiferan, Marginopora vertebralis, from the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) and the Coral Sea was carried out in 1989. Samples were... -
Morphology and ichthyotoxicity as defensive strategies in soft corals from...
Three collections of common soft corals were made for an ichthyotoxicity study. Morphological features relating to structural defence against fish predation were also assessed.... -
Processing of mangrove litter by crabs in north Queensland
A site near Ingham (LA) and two sites near Townsville (LB and LC) in north Queensland, were chosen for a study of mangrove litter dynamics, between November 1986 and November... -
Distribution and abundance of dictyoceratid sponges across Torres Strait...
In July 2004, dictyoceratid sponges were surveyed in the vicinity of two islands in western Torres Strait (Badu Island and Thursday Island (Waiben)) and two islands in eastern... -
Water quality monitoring, Halifax Bay, north Queensland: Dec 2012 - May 2013
Water quality information from Halifax Bay off Townsville was collected from the 20th of December 2012 to the 1st of May 2013 under a contract with GBRMPA.Data was collected... -
Physical processes associated with subsurface intrusions of Coral Sea water...
An array of 15 Aanderaa current meters (C), 4 Aanderaa water level recorders (WLR) and 4 Sea Data temperature-depth recorders (TDR) were deployed in the central Great Barrier... -
Trophic significance of herbivorous macroinvertebrates on the central Great...
Populations of herbivorous macroinvertebrates living on dead coral rock substrata were surveyed on three midshelf reefs (Davies Reef, Little Broadhurst Reef and Centipede Reef)... -
Abundance and size of the sponge, Coscinoderma matthewsi, in central Torres...
In March 2007, November 2007 and May 2008, between 6 and 11 sites were surveyed on the coral reefs at Keats Island and Yorke Islands (Masig Island and Kodall Island), in central... -
A crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci) control program at Grub...
A crown-of-thorns starfish control program was conducted on Grub Reef, a mid-shelf, lagoonal reef in the central Great Barrier Reef. The control site was located on the leeward,... -
Ingestion of ultraplankton by the planktonic larvae of the crown-of-thorns...
Crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS) larvae, from the mass rearing facility at the Australian Institute of Marine Science, were sorted and 600-800 late bipinnaria and early and late... -
The effect of thyroxine on larval development of the crown-of-thorns...
Three experiments were carried out with laboratory reared Acanthaster planci larvae. In all experiments larvae were transferred to culture dishes containing 80 ml of artificial... -
Environmental controls on growth of massive Porites corals from the Great...
Massive Porites colonies were collected from 29 reefs, located along the length and across the width of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) between November 1987 and May 1992. The... -
Seasonal rainfall and runoff promote coral disease on Magnetic Island...
Sites used for this study of the coral disease atramentous necrosis (AN) were located in two adjacent bays, Nelly Bay and Geoffrey Bay, on the south-eastern side of Magnetic... -
Fish and benthic biodiversity at the Point Murat Navy Pier, Exmouth Gulf,...
Fish and benthic surveys were carried out within the environs of the Navy Pier at Exmouth from 9-11 March 1996 and 2-6 April 2001. The benthic community of the pier, dolphins... -
Developing methods for commercially farming bath sponges in the Palm Island...
In August 2005, experimental farming of the sponges Coscinoderma sp. and Rhopaloiedes odorabile commenced at three of the nine islands of the Palm Island group in the central...