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NERP TE Project 2.2 - Mangrove and freshwater habitat status of Torres...
This project will examine the status, diversity and condition of mangroves and freshwater habitats in the Torres Strait. This will provide a baseline against which future... -
NERP TE Project 6.1 - Maximising the benefits of mobile predators to GBR...
This project will determine the movement and habitat use of large predatory fishes such as sharks and coral trout in reef and coastal environments of the Great Barrier Reef.... -
NERP TE Project 8.1 - Monitoring the ecological effects of the Great Barrier...
The rezoning of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (GBRMP) in 2004 increased the number and extent of ‘no-take’ areas within the Park. This project surveys pairs of reefs, one... -
NERP TE Project 2.3 - Monitoring the health of Torres Strait coral reefs,...
This project will conduct a biodiversity assessment of coral communities on Torres Strait reefs to establish a baseline of coral condition and start a longer-term monitoring... -
NERP TE Project 2.1 - Marine turtles and dugongs of Torres Strait, 2011-2014 (JCU)
The project will determine the status of threatened marine (green, hawksbill and flatback) turtles and dugongs in the Torres Strait and threats to these populations. It also... -
NERP TE Project 9.2 - Design and implementation of Management Strategy...
This project will develop a Management Strategy Evaluation (MSE) framework to build understanding of the key human uses and drivers of change in the inshore Great Barrier Reef... -
NERP TE Project 3.2 - What is a risk? Identifying rainforest refugia and...
This project will map the genetic and phylogenetic diversity of northeast Queensland rainforest plants and fungi with a focus on the mountaintop species, which are regarded as... -
NERP TE Project 4.2 - The chronic effects of pesticides and their...
Pesticides, and particularly herbicides from agricultural sources, have been detected in nearshore sites of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) all year round. The actual impact from... -
NERP TE Project 1.2 - Marine wildlife management in the Great Barrier Reef...
The project aims to monitor and study dugongs, dolphins, and turtles along the coast of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area (GBRWHA) by conducting key tasks such as data... -
NERP TE Project 12.2 - Harnessing natural regeneration for cost-effective...
The project will assist decision-makers to more efficiently restore biodiversity to degraded rainforest landscapes by providing new knowledge about the outcomes of lower-cost... -
NERP TE Project 12.1 - Indigenous co-management and biodiversity protection,...
The project seeks to improve understanding of practices that can underpin co-management arrangements for conservation areas, including the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area... -
NERP TE Project 10.2 - Socio-economic systems and reef resilience, 2012-2014 (JCU)
This project focuses on relationships between socio-economic systems and the Great Barrier Reef (GBR). It comprises three interrelated activities to investigate: Resident and... -
NERP TE Project 3.1 - Rainforest Biodiversity: (a) Monitoring; (b) Climate...
This project will act as an integrating focus within the rainforest theme to strategically target research gaps and thereby increase our understanding of the drivers of... -
NERP TE Project 4.4 - Hazard assessment for water quality threats to Torres...
This project involved an assessment of all existing and potential sources of pollution to the Torres Strait marine environment. This was combined with information on water... -
NERP TE Project 5.2 - Experimental and field investigations of combined...
The objective of this project is to assess how management of local stressors such as land runoff can help improve the resilience of coral reefs to global stressors (climate... -
NERP TE Project 5.3 - Vulnerability of seagrass habitats in the GBR to flood...
The Reef Rescue Marine Monitoring Program (RRMMP) has identified that seagrass meadows along the Great Barrier Reef are in a state of decline. This project will undertake... -
NERP TE Project 4.1 - Tracking coastal turbidity over time and demonstrating...
Turbidity is a measure of water clarity that quantifies the amount of small particles suspended in the water, and is a fundamental environmental parameter influencing coastal... -
NERP TE Project 9.1 - Dynamic vulnerability maps and decision support tools...
To support management of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, coral reef managers need decision support tools that can integrate physical and biological information at a variety... -
NERP TE Project 7.1 - Fire and rainforests, 2011-2014 (CSIRO)
Little is known about the impacts of fire on rainforest vegetation or the animals which depend on it. This project will investigate the positive and negative impacts of fire on...