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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... -
Environmentally induced variation in diterpene composition of the sponge...
In February 1983, fragments of approximately 50 ml volume were cut in situ from the dorsal surface region (<2 cm) of a single specimen of Rhopaloeides odorabile at Davies... -
The hydrodynamic regime at John Brewer Reef, Great Barrier Reef: Mooring...
Three Aanderaa RCM current meters and a S4 current meter were attached to mooring CM1, located north west of John Brewer Reef and in the free stream. The mooring was deployed in... -
Patterns in the distribution of soft corals across the central Great Barrier Reef
Surveys of soft corals were conducted on 11 inner-shelf, mid-shelf, outer-shelf and Coral Sea reefs between November 1980 and November 1981. The reefs surveyed were Havannah... -
Using biomarkers to determine dispersion and cycling of organic matter from...
In January 2000, two sediment trap arrays consisting of five stainless steel cylinders (1 m long and 10 cm diameter) fitted into a weighted aluminium frame were deployed for 48... -
Variability and long-term change in the demography of the sponge...
Demographic surveys of the sponge, Rhopaloeides odorabile, were conducted across the continental shelf in the central Great Barrier Reef during January and February 2005 using... -
Natural growth, population dynamics and optimal harvest regime for...
At Kodall North and Masig North, adjacent to the farming studies, four 5 x 5 m permanent quadrats were set up at a depth of 10-12 m. Kodall North and Masig North are... -
The Helix Experiment: Helix Reef physical oceanography, Great Barrier Reef:...
A tide gauge (TDR) was deployed at the northern end of Helix Reef.Deployment Details:Code: HLX01Instrument: TDR #145Date Deployed: 26/10/1983Date Recovered: 21/05/1984 This TDR...