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The role of coral interactions in maintaining unoccupied substrate in the...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Prior to commencement of the main study, samples of "unoccupied" substrate were collected from less than 2 cm and from greater than 10 cm distant from coral colonies at a depth... -
Variability and long-term change in the demography of the sponge...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
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... -
Smothering effects by marine snow on coral reef organisms, Great Barrier Reef
Australian Institute of Marine Science
A preliminary study on the effects of marine snow on organisms of the Great Barrier Reef was carried out experimentally in the laboratory. A 15 cm branch of Acropora sp. (from a... -
Acrylate in the scleractinian coral, Acropora millepora, from the Great Barrier Reef
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Colonies of the scleractinian coral Acropora millepora were collected from Nelly Bay (Magnetic Island), Orpheus Island and Davies Reef in the central Great Barrier Reef in... -
Predation on coral larvae by corals from the Great Barrier Reef
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Gametes from colonies of the coral Acropora tenuis (from Magnetic Island) and from Acropora millepora (from Davies Reef) were collected after spawning in tanks. Colonies of... -
Genetics of the silver-lipped pearl oyster Pinctada maxima populations in...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
A total of 1737 Pinctada maxima samples were collected from eight distinct populations, six in Australia and two in Indonesia. The Australian populations were sampled from... -
WAMSI 2 - Dredging Node - Project 7.1 - Effects of Dredging Related...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Data will be in the form of a report, which will be a secured (printable, non-editable), searchable, Portable Document Format (PDF) showing the results of the analyses. -
Levels of organochlorine pesticides in corals, fish and molluscs from the...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Corals, fish and molluscs were collected from twenty inner marginal shelf reefs of the Great Barrier Reef between September 1976 and June 1977. The reefs sampled were Yonge... -
Rapid Ecological Assessment (REA) of scleractinian coral diversity on...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Zooxanthellate scleractinian corals were surveyed at 66 sites in the Solomon Islands in 2004, using "Rapid Ecological Assessment" (REA) methods. Surveys were conducted using... -
Mangrove fish, zooplankton and forest epifauna at Dickson Inlet, Port...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Three areas in Dickson Inlet were sampled intensively in the wet season (16-18 March 1989) and the dry season (24-27 October 1989) during daylight hours. The first area (FRONT)... -
Polyp bail-out in the scleractinian coral, Seriatopora hystrix, from the...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Colonies of the coral, Seriatopora hystrix, were collected monthly from Britomart Reef and Davies Reef between November 1979 and June 1981 for a study of seasonality in... -
Checklist of corals from the Daintree Reefs, Great Barrier Reef
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Scleractinian corals were recorded from the fringing reefs offshore from the Daintree National Park during a three day study in November 1985. The field study was supplemented... -
Assessment of the impact of a cooling water outfall on fish communities in...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Baited Remote Underwater Video Stations (BRUVS (TM)) were used to non-destructively sample fish within and outside southern Melville Bay towards the end of the dry season (2-6... -
Luminescent lines in massive Porites corals from the Great Barrier Reef as...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Massive Porites colonies were collected from 1 reef in the Coral Sea and 29 reefs located along the length and across the width of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR), between November... -
Genetics of two species of soft coral, Sinularia flexibilis and Clavularia...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
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... -
Abundance and size of the sponge, Coscinoderma matthewsi, in central Torres...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
In March 2007, November 2007 and May 2008, between 6 and 11 sites were surveyed on the coral reefs at Keats Island and Yorke Islands (Masig Island and Kodall Island), in central... -
Coral surveys of Arnhem Land, Northern Territory
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Coral communities were surveyed at 15 sites across northern Arnhem Land in 2003. Assessments were made using the following methods: 1. making collections and records using SCUBA... -
Feeding on sponge exudates by a holothuroid at Davies Reef, Great Barrier Reef
Australian Institute of Marine Science
In the lagoon at Davies Reef, the substrate was cleared around a large specimen of the sponge, Ianthella basta located at a depth of 20m. All specimens of the holothuroid,... -
Surveys to locate juvenile crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci) on...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
In 1989, reefs in the central GBR were surveyed to locate high density populations of larger (5-15 cm) juvenile crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci). Preliminary... -
Growth increments in otoliths of two species of damselfish from the southern...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Two species of damselfish, Pomacentrus mollucensis and Pomacentrus wardi, from the One Tree Reef lagoon on the southern Great Barrier Reef, were examined to assess determination...