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Shallow water fish surveys of the coral reefs of Vanuatu
Australian Institute of Marine Science
The shallow water (<30m) fish communities on the coral reefs of Vanuatu were examined at 23 locations along the 800km length of the country in 1988. Fish communities were... -
Halimeda growth on the Great Barrier Reef
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Growth of the two most common Halimeda species (H. copiosa and H. opuntia) was studied at 4 sites on Davies Reef over 6 tagging periods between February 1981 and February 1982.... -
Settlement, survival and growth of oysters across the central Great Barrier Reef
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Between 1 and 4 October 1985, settlement plates of coral rock were attached to moorings at Myrmidon Reef on the outer shelf, John Brewer Reef on the mid-shelf, Pandora Reef on... -
Nutrient excretion by the coral reef holothurians, Stichopus chloronotus and...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Excretion experiments were conducted at the Lizard Island Research Station on the Great Barrier Reef with the common holothurians Stichopus chloronotus and Holothuria atra,... -
Fish and benthic surveys in intermediate and deeper waters of Ningaloo...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
A total of 18 BRUVS sets were made offshore from Mandu Mandu, Point Cloates and Maud Point in depths ranging from 66-96 metres. Most of the sets were made where the habitats in... -
Saxitoxin in octopi from Cooke Point, Port Hedland, Western Australia
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Octopus (Abdopus) sp. 5 were collected from a reef flat at Cooke Point, Port Hedland in northern Western Australia. The octopi had a body size of between 5-6 cm and tentacle... -
The role of bacteria on surfaces of coralline algae in settlement of...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Field and laboratory experiments were undertaken during the spawning period of Acanthaster planci (November to January) to examine substratum preferences of larvae; and the... -
Detection and quantitation of Saxitoxin and its analogues from strains of...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Fourteen isolates of Anabaena circinalis from various regions of Australia were grown for extraction. Two microtiter plate based bioassays for measuring saxitoxin (STX) and its... -
Herbivory and zonation of Sargassum spp. within fringing reefs of the...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
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... -
Patterns in the distribution of holothurians across the central Great Barrier Reef
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Surveys of the distribution of holothurians were conducted on 2 inshore reefs (Pandora and Phillips), 2 mid-shelf reefs (John Brewer and Rib) and two outer-shelf reefs (Myrmidon... -
Oxygen uptake, ammonia and phosphate excretion and chemical composition of...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Zooplankton were collected from 15 stations in Antarctic waters, adjacent to Wilkes Land in January 1980. The location, type of net used and the sea surface temperature were... -
WAMSI 2 - Dredging Node - Project 6.3 Defining Thresholds and Indicators of...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Project 6.3 - Field surveys: The objective of this work is to provide in situ community level data (major taxa and species, diversity, dominant growth forms, abundance, density... -
BRUVS (TM) - Fish and Benthic survey of Inshore Shoals : Townsville...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
The dataset comprises 997 individuals from 87 species of fishes, sharks, rays and sea snakes observed at 13 sites (Inshore Shoals : Townsville) using 22 baited remote underwater... -
Surveys to locate black jewfish (Protonibea diacanthus) aggregations in...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
A one week pilot survey was conducted along the proposed gas pipeline route within Darwin Harbour, and in search of black jewfish aggregations (Protonibea diacanthus) on a... -
Population genetics (allozymes) of the prawn Penaeus monodon in Australian waters
Australian Institute of Marine Science
A study of the population genetics of the prawn Penaeus monodon in northern and eastern Australian waters. Variations in gene frequencies of allozymes and common proteins... -
Crayfish and octopus surveys, Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia (WAMSI Node 3...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
A series of field trips were made along the entire length of Ningaloo Marine Park (NMP) in May, July, and September 2008. Underwater visual census (UVC) at inner and outer reef... -
Responses of ambon damselfish, a common Great Barrier Reef species, to the...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Pomacentrus amboinensis embryos were exposed experimentally, to a range of concentrations of the organophosphorus insecticide chlorpyrifos and monitored for survival and... -
BRUVS (TM) - Fish and Benthic survey of Rowley Shoals and Scott Reef (WA)...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
The dataset comprises 1299 individuals from 102 species of fishes, sharks, rays and sea snakes observed at 15 sites (Rowley Shoals and Scott Reef (WA)) using 68 baited remote... -
Juvenile fish recruitment surveys, Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia (WAMSI...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
The abundance, species richness and assemblage structure of juvenile fishes was quantified in 2009- 2011 at 20 locations extending from Bundegi to 3-Mile Camp, some 280km of the... -
Respiration rates of copepod larvae and a ciliate from Bowling Green Bay,...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Laboratory experiments were carried out on copepod larvae and a ciliate (Placus sp.), collected from inshore waters in Bowling Green Bay. Surface seawater was collected at the...