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Community composition of reef associated copepods in the lagoon of Davies...
Reef associated zooplankton were sampled at a fixed site in the north of the lagoon of Davies Reef in June, September and December 1989 and April 1990. Three sampling techniques... -
Xenohalacarus longirostris n. sp., (Acari: Halacaridae: Lohmannellinae), a...
A new genus and species of marine mite, Xenohalacarus longirostris n. sp. was described from Chilcott Islet in the Coral Sea. One female, 1 male and 3 deutonymphs were extracted... -
Herbivory and zonation of Sargassum spp. within fringing reefs of the...
A series of transplant and caging experiments, using the macroalgae Sargassum spp., were carried out in Coolgaree (Challenger) Bay, Great Palm Island and Brook Island between... -
Tropical Zooplankton Enzyme (AARS and ETS) Activities From Kimberley Region...
The activity of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase (AARS), an index of growth rate, and of the electron transport system (ETS), an index of respiration, was measured in three size... -
Mangrove zooplankton community structure and copepod egg production in North...
Plankton community composition studies were carried out of the mangrove environments of the Haughton River and in the northern rivers of Queensland (Daintree, McIvor, Lockhart,... -
Heron Island Weather Station installed on Sensor Relay Pole 5
A Vaisala WXT520 integrated weather station has been installed on RP5, a 6m steel pole, which has been installed within the lagoon of Heron Island as part of the sensor network... -
IMOS - AusCPR: Phytoplankton Abundance
The Australian Continuous Plankton Recorder (AusCPR) survey is a joint project of CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere (O&A) and the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) to measure... -
Orpheus Island Deployments of the Facility for the Automated Intelligent...
Sensor network infrastructure was installed at Orpheus Island in the central Great Barrier Reef just north of Townsville, Australia. The infrastructure consists of a base... -
IMOS National Reference Station (NRS) - Total Suspended Solids (TSS) and Secchi Depth
This dataset comprises the measurement of Secchi Depth and Total suspended solids (inorganic and organic components) analysed from samples collected as part of the Integrated... -
Physical Oceanography of Karmt Shoals, Timor Sea (2004): Karmt 100 Mooring
A current meter, a tide gauge and 3 temperature and pressure recorders were attached to the Karmt 100 mooring for the first deployment. The tide gauge was replaced by a... -
IMOS - AusCPR: Biomass Index (mg/m3)
The Australian Continuous Plankton Recorder (AusCPR) survey is a joint project between CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere (O&A) and the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) to... -
Variation in the size and abundance of the dictyocerid sponge, Coscinoderma...
Abundance and size of the sponge Coscinoderma matthewsi was surveyed at 5 island groups in November 2006: Ugar (Stephen Island) and Erub (Darnley Island) in eastern Torres... -
The physical environment of Scott Reef, Western Australia (2003): Scott Cay...
Six instruments were deployed on the Scott Cay West Transect (J). Instruments were deployed along a transect down the reef slope.Code: SCW5; Depth: -2.0m; Instrument: Odyssey;... -
High spatio-temporal variability in Acroporidae settlement to inshore reefs...
Datasets and R-scripts used to test for relationships between patterns of Acroporidae settlement onto tiles and variables including levels of adult Acroporidae cover, turbidity,... -
Persistence of herbicides in seawater. Herbicide concentrations recorded...
This dataset shows the concentrations of multiple herbicides remaining over time in a simulation flask persistence experiment conducted in 2013. The aim of this study was to... -
Physical Oceanography of Karmt Shoals, Timor Sea (2004): CTD Profiles
In April and December 2004, CTD casts were made at both the Karmt 50 and Karmt 100 moorings. This study was undertaken to investigate the distribution of shelf edge upwelling... -
Space as a resource for predatory gastropods on Heron Island Reef, Great Barrier Reef
Data on worm-eating gastropod microhabitat use and abundance within microhabitats were collected along transects located on the Heron Island Reef crest between November 1975 and... -
Calculating larval growth rates from presettlement reef fish collected with...
Light traps were used to collect presettlement fish from Keeper Reef, a midshelf reef and Myrmidon Reef, an outershelf reef on the Great Barrier Reef during the summers of... -
Effects of salinity and vapour pressure on gas exchange and water use in...
Gas exchange measurements were made on exposed sun leaves from 19 mangrove species (10 genera and 8 families) from 9 estuaries in north eastern Australia and Papua New Guinea.... -
Remote sensing surface canopy mapping of Giant Kelp forests in Southern...
Australia's kelp forests are among the most productive and biodiverse ecosystems on the planet. Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) can develop extensive forests and create dense...