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Recruitment of sponges and other sessile organisms in central Torres Strait,...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
A study of recruitment of marine invertebrates around Masig Island and Marsden Island, in central Torres Strait commenced in November 2006 and ended in November 2008.Terracotta... -
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,... -
Ingestion of ultraplankton by the planktonic larvae of the crown-of-thorns...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS) larvae, from the mass rearing facility at the Australian Institute of Marine Science, were sorted and 600-800 late bipinnaria and early and late... -
WAMSI 2 - Dredging Node - Project 4.4 - Defining Thresholds and Indicators...
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. -
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.... -
CReefs Australia - Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef
Australian Institute of Marine Science
The CReefs Australia project is a collection of a variety of taxa from three locations: Ningaloo Reefs in Western Australia, and Heron and Lizard Islands off the coast of... -
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... -
Mangrove species diversity and zonation in northern Australia
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Transects were established in tidal forests in a series of embayments, rivers and islands between the tip of Cape York and Hinchinbrook Island. The transects were distributed so... -
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... -
Competition between corals and algal turf along a water quality gradient in...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
The three sites chosen to study competition between algal turfs and coral were located on the reef slope of the fringing reefs at Goold Island, and Coolgaree Bay and Cannon Bay... -
Halimeda composition and biomass across the central Great Barrier Reef
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Halimeda communities from six reefs of the central Great Barrier Reef (Broadhurst Reef, Davies Reef, Flinders Reef, Myrmidon Reef, Pandora Reef and Rib Reef) were sampled to... -
Population genetics of the mangrove Rhizophora stylosa in northern Australia
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Starch gel electrophoresis was used to examine genetic variation in five widely separated populations of the mangrove Rhizophora stylosa Griff. Shoots containing leaves and well... -
Seagrass communities of Vanuatu
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Seagrass surveys were undertaken at 60 localities in Vanuatu during March/April 1988. Generally, surveys were carried out in the same localities chosen for coral and fish... -
Population genetics and taxonomy of the green alga, Caulerpa from the...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Allozyme variation was examined in 7 species and 4 varieties of Caulerpa sampled from the central Great Barrier Reef region. The species examined were: Caulerpa racemosa, (vars... -
Identity and diversity of zooxanthellae, Palau, Micronesia
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Four to five transects were video recorded at both 3 and 10 m depths at the 3 reefs (Oikull Reef, a platform reef; Taoch Bay, a fringing reef; and 'Heliofungia Lake', a karst... -
Rapid Ecological Assessment (REA) of coral biodiversity and reef health in...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Fringing reefs at 19 locations in the Tigak Islands and 17 locations around Manus Island in the northern Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea were surveyed in August/September 2006.... -
Reproduction of Halimeda species from the Great Barrier Reef
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Reproduction of 17 species of Halimeda from a range of sites on the Great Barrier were studied in situ and experimentally in the laboratory: 202 fertility events were monitored...