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Collation of seagrass meadows data from 1984 - 2014 for the Great Barrier...
This dataset summarises 30 years of seagrass data collection (1984-2014) within the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. The Meadow data describes seagrass at 1,169... -
WAMSI 2 - Kimberley Node - Project 2.2.1 Bio-physical Oceanography of the Kimberley
WAMSI Kimberley Research ProjectsThe Western Australian Government has declared an intention to establish a number of MPAs in the Kimberley region to preserve and manage its... -
Genetic structure of fissiparous populations of Holothuria atra on the Great...
Population genetic structure was studied in two nearshore (Fantome and Great Palm Islands) and two midshelf (Rib and 18-026) reef populations of Holothuria atra on the Great... -
GBR spectral diffuse attenuation coefficient (Kd) of downwelling irradiance...
This dataset contains estimates of diffuse attenuation coefficient (Kd) of downwelling irradiance at different wavelengths (412, 443, 469, 488, 531, 547, 555, 645, 667 and 678... -
Sponge productivity and abundance on the reef flat at Flinders Reef, Coral Sea
Sponge population surveys were conducted in mid-winter (July 1983) at 8 sites along a 1.3 km transect across the reef flat, north of the weather station on Flinders Cay. All... -
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... -
Surveys of Octocoral communities, benthic cover and environmental factors on...
All surveys were carried out by the principal researcher using Rapid Ecological Assessment. The dataset comprises 41 sites.Each site was surveyed with up to 5 transects (usually... -
Age vs. Depth of core BAR 9403 (located off the coast of Sumatra). Age has...
The age with depth of core BAR9403 is calculated through 18O values, which are then correlated with the SPECMAP age-model. Based upon these measurements the age at the deepest... -
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... -
Corals and coral communities of Lord Howe Island, Australia
Ecological and taxonomic surveys of hermatypic scleractinian corals were carried out at approximately 100 sites around Lord Howe Island. Sixty-six of these sites were located on... -
Competition between subspecies of the mangrove Ceriops tagal along a...
The distribution of seedlings of the two subspecies of Ceriops tagal (Ceriops tagal var. tagal and Ceriops tagal var. australis) was measured in relation to soil pore water... -
Tide gauge deployments, Willis Island, Coral Sea (1986-1988)
2 deployments of tide gauges (Aanderaa WLR) were made at Willis Island (-16.083, 150.0). This dataset is a component of the project 'Water Level Variations along the Outer Great... -
Australian Baseline Sea Level Monitoring Project: Cape Ferguson Station
The National Tidal Centre maintains a SEAFRAME (SEA-Level Fine Resolution Acoustic Measuring Equipment) station at Cape Ferguson as part of an array of fourteen standard... -
Effects of herbicide exposure on growth and photosynthetic efficiency of the...
This dataset shows the effects of herbicides (detected in the Great Barrier Reef catchments) on growth rates (from surface area and biomass) and photosynthesis (effective... -
Distribution and abundance of juvenile starfish in the central Great Barrier Reef
The densities of juvenile Acanthaster planci (Crown-of thorns starfish) were sampled at 16 inner mid-shelf reefs of the central Great Barrier Reef during trips in July,... -
Amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis of asexual and sexual...
Amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) analysis indicates the importance of both asexual and sexual reproduction in the fissiparous holothurian Stichopus chloronotus... -
Toxicity of the insecticide imidacloprid to marine larvae of the hermit crab...
This dataset shows the effects of the insecticide imidacloprid on larval development of the hermit crab Coenobita variabilis. Experiments were conducted in 2017. The aim of this... -
Bathymetric Grid of Heard Island - Kerguelen Plateau Region (2005)
This metadata record is a modified child record of an original parent record originating from custodians of data associated with Geoscience Australia (The identifier of the... -
Genetic connectivity in three harvested fish species across the north-west...
The Bonaparte Fish Group (established and facilitated by ConocoPhillips) has identified the need to develop an understanding of the level of connectivity across the Joseph... -
Mangrove forest productivity and biomass accumulation in Hinchinbrook...
In November 1996, three sites were selected along Hinchinbrook Channel, which represented the major forest types and environmental range within the channel. Six plots, each...