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NESP TWQ Project 4.13 - Assessing the Gulf of Carpentaria mangrove dieback,...
In early 2016, extensive dieback of mangrove forests was recorded along the southern and western Gulf of Carpentaria coastline. Landsat analysis suggests that 7,400 hectares of... -
NESP TWQ Project 4.2 - Oceanographic drivers of bleaching in the GBR: from...
This project seeks to understand how local, regional and global oceanographic and meteorological processes influence the severity and spatial variability of thermally driven... -
NESP TWQ Project 2.3.3 - Building Indigenous livelihood and comanagement...
This project supports Indigenous co-management and livelihoods by scoping and developing culturally-appropriate ecosystem services (ES) products focused on water quality. Local... -
NESP TWQ Project 3.8 - Towards an integrated monitoring program: identifying...
This project addresses a series of critical initial steps required to develop a cost-effective integrated monitoring program. First, environmental, social and economic elements... -
NESP TWQ Project 2.2.1 - Identifying the water quality and ecosystem health...
Runoff from the Fly River in Papua New Guinea influences water quality conditions in the Torres Strait (TS) region however the extent and frequency of this influence, and the... -
NESP TWQ Project 4.4 - The traits of corals that survived recent bleaching...
The past two years have seen unprecedented coral bleaching on the GBR but the consequences on biodiversity and genetic diversity are not yet known. This project will address the... -
NESP TWQ Project 2.1 - Assessing the cumulative impacts of climatic...
The Keppel Islands, southern GBR, suffered successive climatic disturbance events (coral bleaching, flood plumes) between 2006 and 2013. Long-term monitoring at 26 sites... -
NESP TWQ Project 3.7 - Monitoring the effects of zoning on coral reefs and...
This project describes the activities of the AIMS long-term program to monitor the effects of zoning on coral reef communities in the period July-October 2015. In that period... -
NESP TWQ Project 1.8 - Sub-catchment scale monitoring, modelling and...
Design of a pilot sub-catchment scale monitoring, modelling and extension program, based on end-user workshop, existing risk assessments, monitoring and modelling programs, for... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
NESP TWQ Project 4.8 - ‘Project 25’ – farmers, water quality and on-farm...
Landholder concerns surrounding the credibility of broad-scale water quality monitoring and modelling initiatives in the GBR catchment area is emerging as one of the key cane... -
NESP TWQ Project 3.9 - Indigenous capacity building and increased...
This project intends to facilitate targeted consultations with key individuals and institutions (i.e. Torres Strait Regional Authority, GBR TO’s and Land Councils, etc.) to seek... -
NESP TWQ Project 5.8 - What’s really damaging the Reef? Tracing the origin...
Recent research has shown that only a portion of the fine sediment fraction delivered from rivers draining into the Great Barrier Reef Lagoon (GBRL) reaches coral reefs and... -
NESP TWQ Project 3.12 - Development of an offset financial contribution...
This project will progress an approach for incorporating environmental offsets into the Reef Trust through development of a prototype calculator to assist potential approval... -
NESP TWQ Project 2.1.6 - From exposure to risk: novel experimental...
Understanding cumulative impacts from multiple stressors will be critical for successful management of the GBR under the Reef2050 Plan. The project will produce experimental...