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NERP TE Project 6.1 - Maximising the benefits of mobile predators to GBR...
This project will determine the movement and habitat use of large predatory fishes such as sharks and coral trout in reef and coastal environments of the Great Barrier Reef.... -
NERP TE Project 2.1 - Marine turtles and dugongs of Torres Strait, 2011-2014 (JCU)
The project will determine the status of threatened marine (green, hawksbill and flatback) turtles and dugongs in the Torres Strait and threats to these populations. It also... -
NERP TE Project 9.3 - Prioritising management actions for Great Barrier Reef...
This project will develop a cost-effective approach for prioritising management actions across Great Barrier Reef islands to maximise conservation outcomes. The approach will be... -
NERP TE Project 12.1 - Indigenous co-management and biodiversity protection,...
The project seeks to improve understanding of practices that can underpin co-management arrangements for conservation areas, including the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area... -
NERP TE Project 12.2 - Harnessing natural regeneration for cost-effective...
The project will assist decision-makers to more efficiently restore biodiversity to degraded rainforest landscapes by providing new knowledge about the outcomes of lower-cost... -
NERP TE Project 12.3 - Relative social and economic values of residents and...
The Wet Tropics World Heritage Area (WTWHA) is famous for its wildlife, biodiversity and natural beauty, but none of these important assets are bought or sold in the market... -
NERP TE Project 11.2 - Improved approaches for detection of disease and...
This project focuses on improving methods to detect the introduction of exotic animal diseases into the Torres Strait. The researchers will examine the environmental factors... -
NERP TE Project 3.2 - What is a risk? Identifying rainforest refugia and...
This project will map the genetic and phylogenetic diversity of northeast Queensland rainforest plants and fungi with a focus on the mountaintop species, which are regarded as... -
NERP TE Project 10.2 - Socio-economic systems and reef resilience, 2012-2014 (JCU)
This project focuses on relationships between socio-economic systems and the Great Barrier Reef (GBR). It comprises three interrelated activities to investigate:- ...
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NERP TE Project 3.1 - Rainforest Biodiversity: (a) Monitoring; (b) Climate...
This project will act as an integrating focus within the rainforest theme to strategically target research gaps and thereby increase our understanding of the drivers of... -
NERP TE Project 2.2 - Mangrove and freshwater habitat status of Torres...
This project will examine the status, diversity and condition of mangroves and freshwater habitats in the Torres Strait. This will provide a baseline against which future... -
NERP TE Project 13.1 - e-Atlas, 2011-2014 (AIMS)
The e-Atlas is a website and mapping system for presenting environmental research data in an accessible form that promotes greater use of this information. It is also a data... -
NERP TE Project 6.2 - Drivers of juvenile shark biodiversity and abundance...
Sharks play an important role in marine ecosystems but are facing increasing pressure from fishing and other anthropogenic factors. Along the Queensland coast inshore waters... -
NERP TE Project 8.2 - Do no-take marine reserves contribute to biodiversity...
This project is providing a direct assessment of the ecological effects of multiple-use zoning on inshore reefs of the GBRMP. Underwater visual census (UVC) monitoring of fish... -
NERP TE Project 6.3 - Critical seabird foraging locations and trophic...
The program aims to identify key foraging locations and biophysical characteristics for shearwaters and boobies in the GBR and Coral Sea, assess prey availability and its... -
NERP TE Project 4.1 - Tracking coastal turbidity over time and demonstrating...
Turbidity is a measure of water clarity that quantifies the amount of small particles suspended in the water, and is a fundamental environmental parameter influencing coastal... -
NERP TE Project 7.3 - Climate change and the impacts of extreme climatic...
This project investigates in detail the exposure and sensitivity of Wet Tropics animals to extreme climate and weather events, such as heat waves, fires, flooding rain and... -
NERP TE Project 3.2 - What is a risk? Identifying rainforest refugia and...
This project will map the genetic and phylogenetic diversity of northeast Queensland rainforest plants and fungi with a focus on the mountaintop species, which are regarded as... -
NERP TE Project 12.4 - Governance, planning and the effective application of...
This project involved working with a range of stakeholders to identify the most effective governance systems for managing climate change adaptation in the Wet Tropics through... -
NERP TE Project 1.3 - Characterising the cumulative impacts of global,...
This project will investigate how coral communities along the Great Barrier Reef have historically responded to acute (e.g. cyclones) and chronic (e.g. water quality)...