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2016 SoE Land Native and exotic plants in Australia
Data comparing the scale of plant introductions to Australia to native flora, and the size of the potential pool of future weed species. This data has been provided by Rod... -
Spongihalacarus longiscutus, a new genus and species of marine mite (Acari:...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
A new genus and species of marine mite, Spongihalacarus longiscutus n. sp. was described from Great Keppel Island. A single female specimen was extracted from "sponge weed",... -
Corals and coral communities of Lord Howe Island, Australia
Australian Institute of Marine Science
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... -
Microphytobenthos community production at Great Palm Island, Great Barrier Reef
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Production of the microphytobenthos community on a nearshore coral reef in Cannon Bay, Great Palm Island was measured over 7 trips between February 1996 and February 1997.... -
Sediment patch selectivity in tropical sea cucumbers on the Great Barrier Reef
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Five species of aspidochirotide holothurians, (Holothuria atra, Holothuria edulis, Holothuria nobilis [now whitmaei], Stichopus chloronotus and Stichopus variegatus) were... -
Assessing the effects of changes in Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Zoning...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Towed video (Towvid) surveys were undertaken in February/March 2007 and August/September 2007 on two pairs of discrete deepwater shoals in the mid-shelf section of the southern... -
Towed Video - Benthic survey of Karamea Bank, West Warrego, Barcoo Bank...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
This data consists of 5418 records derived from 6 tows covering 10.421 km at 1.92m resolution, over a depth range of 50.1 to .7 meters. Classification of the benthos and... -
Rapid Ecological Assessment (REA) of coral biodiversity and reef health in...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
In 2002, the fringing reefs at eighteen locations around the six major islands and associated islets in the Banda Islands were surveyed. At each site, the reef was assessed by... -
Coral associations on submarine terraces in the Bahamian Region
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Benthic communities on coral reefs at locations in Florida, the Bahamas, the Turks and Caicos Islands and Haiti were surveyed in October 1972. This survey supplemented the... -
Benthic habitat characterisation of Montgomery Reef, Kimberley region,...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
The abundance and distribution of benthic organisms and communities at both broad and fine scales were surveyed at Montgomery Reef in March and July 2009. Due to the logistical... -
Video sampling of coral reef benthos at Davies Reef and John Brewer Reef,...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Five video belt transects were recorded on the reef flats of Davies and John Brewer Reefs in the central Great Barrier Reef during September 1988, and resampled concurrently by... -
Surveys of Octocoral communities, benthic cover and environmental factors on...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
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... -
Mangrove litter fall data from Hinchinbrook Island and northern Cape York,...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Mangrove litter collections were made over three years from March 1975 to June 1978. Most litter collection sites were situated in Missionary Bay, Hinchinbrook Island. Stations... -
Rapid Ecological Assessment (REA) of fringing reefs in the Whitsunday...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
A rapid assessment technique was chosen to survey fringing reefs at 40 locations within the Whitsunday Management Area between August 1994 and May 1995. At each location,... -
Feeding ecology and trophic role of sea urchins in seagrass communities...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Surveys of seagrass communities and sea urchins were undertaken at 5 sites on the reef flat around Santiago Island, Bolinao, Luzon, Philippines, between October and December... -
Carbon and nutrient cycling in seagrass meadows, Sulawesi, Indonesia
Australian Institute of Marine Science
The study was conducted in 3 seagrass beds in Awerange Bay during the dry season (September 2006) and the wet season (March 2007). Densities of seagrass (shoots m-2) and... -
Shallow water benthic community surveys of the coral reefs of Vanuatu
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Surveys of benthic composition and reef condition were conducted at 139 sites in 35 locations in Vanuatu in 1988. Survey sites were located in the vicinity of the following... -
Surveys of fish-habitat associations in the region offshore from James Price...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Baited Remote Underwater Video Stations (BRUVS (TM)) were deployed in coastal waters between Quondong Point and Coulomb Point, to sample demersal and semi-demersal fishes,... -
Temporal and spatial distribution of phytoplankton in waters of the Great...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Phytoplankton were identified and relative abundance estimated in water samples collected between 1975 and 1977 in the central Great Barrier Reef and the Coral Sea. Three reefs... -
AIMS Long-term Monitoring Program: Video and Photo Transects (Great Barrier Reef)
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Benthic organisms were surveyed annually on fixed sites in one habitat on each of 47 selected core survey reefs from 1993 to 2005 in 6 regions throughout the Great Barrier Reef...