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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 runs from May 1996: in early 2009 comprising 1636 entries from 180 reef... -
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 33 entries from 7 reef locations. On each reef 1-3 sites were... -
Assessment of coral reefs in the central Great Barrier Reef and the Coral...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
The benthic cover on reefs from the central Great Barrier Reef and the Coral Sea was surveyed between 1984 and 1985, using the line transect technique. The reefs surveyed were 2... -
Effects of fish grazing and damselfish territoriality on algal community...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
In November 1979, settlement plates made from the coral Pachyseris speciosa, a suitable substratum for algal settlement, were deployed under a series of experimental conditions... -
Fish and benthic surveys around remote Timor Sea Shoals, using baited remote...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
BRUVS (TM) were deployed in 3 depth zones, 20-30 m, 40-60 m and 90-110 m at 3 shoals near Evans Shoal, 6 Karmt shoals and 6 Sahul shoals as well as 4 adjacent sites in 96-100 m... -
Changes in coral reef communities along a gradient of river discharge,...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Change to coral communities along a gradient of increasing exposure to a mud-discharging river in the Enipein Catchment, Pohnpei, Micronesia were quantified by the two principal... -
Reef Plan monitoring of inshore coral reef communities, Great Barrier Reef (RRMMP)
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Monitoring has been carried out on inshore reefs since 2005. Benthic community monitoring program variables: percent cover of benthic organisms (hard corals, soft corals and... -
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... -
Direct determination of organic carbon in modern reef sediments and...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Over 200 modern sediment samples were obtained from nearshore stations in Bowling Green Bay and stations located across the inner and middle shelf regions of the central Great... -
BRUVS (TM) - Fish and Benthic survey of Sahul Shoals 2004-12-03 to 2004-12-18
Australian Institute of Marine Science
The dataset comprises 4873 individuals from 232 species of fishes, sharks, rays and sea snakes observed at 19 sites (Sahul Shoals) using 112 baited remote underwater video... -
Surveys of the marine habitats of southern Melville Bay, Northern Territory,...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Towed underwater video, supported by sophisticated real-time data capture, geo-referencing and classification software (TOWVID) was used to survey and map benthic habitats... -
Quantitative fish and benthic community surveys of the reefs of Malakula...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Replicate line and belt transects of various sizes were used to estimate densities of several groups of marine organisms around Malakula and associated islands in Vanuatu in... -
Fish and benthic biodiversity at the Point Murat Navy Pier, Exmouth Gulf,...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Fish and benthic surveys were carried out within the environs of the Navy Pier at Exmouth from 9-11 March 1996 and 2-6 April 2001. The benthic community of the pier, dolphins... -
Marine and estuarine studies of the Dickson Inlet area, Port Douglas, north...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
This research was undertaken to describe the marine and estuarine environment of Dickson Inlet, Port Douglas and consisted of the following projects: Studies of the hydrology of... -
Effects of the crown-of-thorns starfish, Acanthaster planci, on soft coral...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
The distribution and abundance of soft coral genera on 14 reefs of the central Great Barrier Reef was investigated in relation to reef position, recent history of disturbance,... -
Disturbance by severe tropical cyclone Ingrid in coral reefs of the northern...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Large-scale manta tow reef surveys were conducted on 14 offshore and 18 inshore reefs up to 70 km away from the cyclone's path in May 2005, 6-7 weeks after cyclone Ingrid had... -
Genetics of Sargassum from the Great Barrier Reef
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Allozyme variation was examined in 175 individuals representing 13 putative species of Sargassum (Sargassum aquifolium, S. carpophyllum, S. decurrens, S. fissifolium, S.... -
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... -
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... -
Halimeda composition and biomass along the Great Barrier Reef
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Inter-reefal Halimeda communities from the far north to southern sections of the Great Barrier Reef were sampled: 1013 Van Veen grab samples from 281 stations, and 76 biomass...