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Determination of impacts of direct harvest of coral species in Northern Australia
This project aims to investigate the recovery rate of key species of Scleractinian corals over temporal scales. The project focuses on coral species in Northern Territory... -
Total and methyl- mercury analysis of sea ice, seawater, snow, and brine...
Sample collection: Seawater samples were taken from the trace metal rosette system from ten different depths. Seawater samples from just underneath the ice were collected at the... -
Ocean temperatures over time estimated from planktonic foraminifera...
In recent years the term 'enhanced greenhouse effect' has become well known in modern society and yet aspects of this possible 'future climate' are poorly understood. The... -
Coastalwatch: Coastal Condition Monitoring System - Dee Why
Since its launch in 1998, Coastalwatch has become Australia's most popular water sports website, and is consistently ranked in the top eight sporting websites. The site displays... -
NESP TWQ Project 2.2.2 - Impacts of mine-derived pollution on Torres Strait...
This study addresses concerns regarding the impacts of mine-derived pollution on the marine resources of the Torres Strait. Using state of the art procedures, trace metal... -
Australian Coastal Waterways geomorphic habitat mapping (national aggregated product)
This record describes a single aggregated dataset of the geomorphic habitat environment (facies) for Australia's 7 states and territories: New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania,... -
Derwent Estuary Ambient Water Quality monitoring program - Site NTB-5
Site NTB-5 is sampled monthly by Nyrstar Hobart as part of the Derwent Ambient Water Quality monitoring program. Since 2003, ambient water quality monitoring has been carried... -
SAIMOS - Biological and Flow Cytometry data collected from CTD stations in...
Flow cytometry data was collected in October 2008, in waters off South Australia. The general purpose of the study is to be able to establish background knowledge on the... -
Tide gauge deployment, Lady Elliot Island, southern Great Barrier Reef (SGBR...
An Aanderaa WLR was deployed at Lady Elliot Island (Station LE1).Deployment Details: Date deployed: 28/8/89 (SGBR1) Date recovered: 25/2/90 (SGBR3)Instrument: WLR #494Depth:... -
Carbon and nitrogen metabolism in northern Great Barrier Reef sediments
The flow of carbon and nitrogen in sediments of the far northern and northern sections of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) continental shelf was examined. Most of the organic carbon... -
Effects of turbid runoff on the coral communities of Gebe and Gag Islands,...
Surveys of the reefs around Gebe and Gag Islands were undertaken from 27th January to 7th February 1997, using SCUBA. Sites selected for surveys coincided as much as practicable... -
Trophic ecology of coral reefs: the role of oceanographic-to-organism scale...
To link benthic ecology and biological oceanography to elucidate the extent and mechanisms by which coral reefs are nutritionally linked to the surrounding pelagic environment... -
Holocene evolution and accumulation rates for Rodrigues Fringing Reef in the...
Rodrigues is located at latitude 19°43' S and longitude 63°25' E in the Southwest Indian Ocean and features the best developed reefs in the Mascarenes. In 2001 a field... -
Role of Antarctic marine protists in trophodynamics and global change and...
This dataset contains the locations of sampling sites for ASAC project 40 on rotation 2 of the French polar supply ship L'Astrolabe in the 2003/2004 season. Samples were... -
Genetics of two species of soft coral, Sinularia flexibilis and Clavularia...
The genetic structure of 12 reef populations of the soft coral Sinularia flexibilis was studied along the Great Barrier Reef (maximum separation 1300 km). Up to 64 individuals... -
Whale catches in the Southern Ocean, 1931-1980
Season whale catch records for austral summers from 1931/32 to 1979/80. Data have been aggregated into one degree cells centered on the reported position. The dataset covers... -
Satellite Imagery Products: Australian Bureau of Meteorology
The Bureau of Meteorology provides the Australian and international maritime communities with weather forecasts, warnings and observations for coastal waters areas and high seas... -
Phase-shift dynamics of sea urchin overgrazing on nutrified reefs
Shifts from productive kelp beds to impoverished sea urchin barrens occur globally and represent a wholesale change to the ecology of sub-tidal temperate reefs. Although the... -
RV TANGAROA Marine Science Cruise TA1302 (NIWA cruise tan1302) - ship-based CTD data
Oceanographic measurements were collected aboard New Zealand’s National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) research vessel RV Tangaroa, cruise ta1302 (i.e. NIWA... -
Physical, chemical and biological properties of waters over coral reefs at...
Waters associated with the main reef complex at Lizard Island, North Queensland were studied during September 1977 as a component of the second "Lizard Island Metabolic Exchange...