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WAMSI 2 - Dredging Node - Project 4.3 - Corals of the North West of WA:...
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. -
Marine ecological survey of Pukapuka Atoll, Cook Islands
Australian Institute of Marine Science
A marine ecological survey was carried out at Pukapuka Atoll in the Cook Islands in September/October 1986. Initially, the manta tow technique was used to gather baseline... -
Effect of substrate type on population dynamics and growth of coral reef...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
The influence of substrate type on the ecology of the sponges Coscinoderma matthewsi and Hyrtios erecta was examined on the coral reefs at Masig Island and Kodall Island, in... -
Benthic habitat characterisation of Montgomery Reef, Kimberley region,...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
The AIMS towed video system was used to survey the deeper water (between 10 and 53 metres) to the north and south of the reef. The system was flown at approximately 1 metre... -
Decadal changes in turbid-water coral communities at Pandora Reef, Great Barrier Reef
Australian Institute of Marine Science
The extent to which short-term 'losers' (vulnerable to episodic disturbances) can continue to re-establish themselves was examined at Pandora Reef, an inshore shallow turbid-... -
Summer copepod growth, secondary production and egg production, North West...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Growth, secondary production and egg production rates of pelagic copepods near Australia's North West Cape were measured during the austral summers of 1997/1998 and 1998/1999. -
Amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis of asexual and sexual...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) analysis indicates the importance of both asexual and sexual reproduction in the fissiparous holothurian Stichopus chloronotus... -
Patterns of abundance and size of dictyoceratid sponges among neighbouring...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
In December 2004, and September and December 2005, surveys for dictyoceratid sponges were conducted around six neighbouring islands in central Torres Strait: Kabbikane, Keats,... -
Processing of mangrove litter by crabs in north Queensland
Australian Institute of Marine Science
A site near Ingham (LA) and two sites near Townsville (LB and LC) in north Queensland, were chosen for a study of mangrove litter dynamics, between November 1986 and November... -
Recovery of an isolated coral reef system following severe disturbance,...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Benthic Cover Percentage cover of hard corals, soft corals and other benthic groups on the reef slope at Scott Reef and Seringapatam. During most years from 1994 to 2010,... -
Methods for monitoring the health of benthic communities, Ningaloo Reef,...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
This report summarizes field and lab-based activities undertaken during 2009 as part of the Ningaloo recruitment project supported through WAMSI as Project 3.1.2. A solid start... -
Temperature effects on the development and metamorphosis of larvae of...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
In August 2004, an experiment was conducted to test the effects of temperature on larval development and metamorphosis for the solitary coral, Fungia repanda, collected from a... -
AIMS Long-term Monitoring Program: Agents of coral mortality (Great Barrier Reef)
Australian Institute of Marine Science
In 6 sectors of the Great Barrier Reef (Cooktown/Lizard island, Cairns, Townsville, Whitsunday, Swain and Capricorn Bunker) 49 of the key manta tow reefs are designated 'core'... -
Light profiles and coral communities beneath tabulate Acropora corals, Great...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Light profiles beneath tabulate corals on the seaward reef slopes of Rib and Broadhurst Reefs, central Great Barrier Reef, were measured in November 1980. A total of 14 nearly... -
Rapid Ecological Assessment (REA) of coral diversity and the status of coral...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Coral reefs at 51 locations in the Raja Ampat Islands, Papua Province, Indonesia were surveyed in October/November 2002. At 43 of the locations, sites were surveyed at two... -
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 surveys from 21 reef locations, recording 42 species in 23... -
Using settlement collectors to measure settlement intensity of echinoderms...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Net bags containing 100 plastic biospheres were deployed at 6 sites, 300 to 500 m apart, on both the front (windward) and back (leeward) sides of Davies Reef. At each site, two... -
The role of epiphytic periphyton and macroinvertebrate grazers in the...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Studies of epiphytic periphyton and grazing epifauna were carried out at up to 9 sites in the seagrass beds around Santiago Island, Bolinao, Luzon, Philippines between February... -
Baseline coral and benthic cover surveys of Keppel Islands reefs, Great...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
A total of 20 survey sites were chosen using a combination of high resolution aerial photographs and local knowledge, to ensure that all significant reef systems in the central... -
Population genetics of the fissiparous holothurians, Stichopus chloronotus...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
About 50 individuals from each of 5 populations of the fissiparous holothurian species Stichopus chloronotus and 4 populations of Holothuria atra were collected from the Torres...