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NESP TWQ Project 5.11 - Improved water quality outcomes from on-farm...
The sugar industry occupies 350,000ha in Reef catchments, applies >55,000t of nitrogen (N) fertilizer annually and is a major contributor of dissolved inorganic nitrogen... -
NESP TWQ Project 2.1.4 - Demonstration and evaluation of gully remediation...
This project will evaluate the cost, effectiveness and biophysical processes of gully remediation options in the Burdekin Region. Sub-surface soil erosion is the major source of... -
Torres Strait Seagrass Mapping Consolidation
Between 2002 and 2014 Torres Strait was surveyed to assess seagrass presence and absence, and biomass (grams dry weight per m2) in the intertidal and subtidal zone. -
NESP TWQ Project 4.13 - Assessing the Gulf of Carpentaria mangrove dieback,...
In early 2016, extensive dieback of mangrove forests was recorded along the southern and western Gulf of Carpentaria coastline. Landsat analysis suggests that 7,400 hectares of... -
NESP TWQ Project 1.3 - A validation of coral geochemical records to...
While coral geochemistry records are widely cited as evidence for increased suspended sediment loads delivered to the Great Barrier Reef since the 1850s, there has been little... -
Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) - MODIS, LPDAAC MOD13Q1 mosaic despiked,...
EVI time series over some land cover types sometimes contain spikes and sharp drops that do not represent biophysical changes on the Earth surfaces. These spikes need to be... -
Subtidal seagrass distribution, 1994 - 1995 (MTSRF-1-1-5, AIMS, Source: QDPI-F)
Pattern of seagrass distribution in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area Seagrasses in waters deeper than 15m in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area adjacent to the... -
NESP TWQ Project 4.8 - ‘Project 25’ – farmers, water quality and on-farm...
Landholder concerns surrounding the credibility of broad-scale water quality monitoring and modelling initiatives in the GBR catchment area is emerging as one of the key cane... -
NERP TE Project 3.3 - Targeted surveys for missing and critically endangered...
This project is conducting surveys of frogs and other vertebrates in ecotonal areas of the Wet Tropics and Eungella. The primary aims are to: (1) assess the current status,... -
Great Barrier Reef dugong distribution and relative density - Spatial model...
This dataset shows a spatial model of the distribution and relative density of dugongs (Dugong dugong) in the Torres Strait region based on an aggregate of 19 years (1986, 1987,... -
NERP TE Project 13.1 - e-Atlas, 2011-2014 (AIMS)
The e-Atlas is a website and mapping system for presenting environmental research data in an accessible form that promotes greater use of this information. It is also a data... -
NESP TWQ Project 5.12 - Scoping land use conversion options for high DIN...
The Reef 2050 Long-Term Sustainability Plan and Reef 2050 Water Quality Improvement Plan 2017-2022 have set ambitious targets for Great Barrier Reef (GBR) water quality... -
Detections from Townsville reefs acoustic receiver array for marine animal...
There are 3 datasets: 1. Acoustic array - this dataset includes a description of the acoustic array deployed on reefs offshore from Townsville. The array was in place from... -
Marine wildlife management in the Northern Great Barrier Reef World Heritage...
This dataset shows a raster spatial model of the distribution and relative density of dugongs (Dugong dugong) in the northern Great Barrier Reef region based on an aggregate of... -
NESP TWQ Project 2.1.8 - Improved water quality outcomes from on-farm...
The sugar industry occupies 350,000ha in Reef catchments, applied 58,000t of nitrogen (N) fertilizer in 2014 and is a major contributor of dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) to... -
NESP MaC Project 3.5 - Supporting regional planning in northern Australia:...
This record provides an overview of the NESP Marine and Coastal Hub study - Project 3.5 – Supporting regional planning in northern Australia: Building knowledge, skills and... -
NESP TWQ Project 3.3.2 - Science evaluation of coastal wetland systems...
State and Federal agencies are funding many GBR wetland system repair projects (Mungalla wetlands $1.2M; Reef Trust/Greening Australia $4M; Restoring Burdekin Coastal Ecosystems... -
Before and after cyclone Yasi MODIS satellite imagery (NERP TE 13.1, eAtlas,...
This collection is a record of MODIS satellite imagery before, during and after severe cyclone Yasi in February 2011. This image series highlights the damage the cyclone makes... -
NERP Torres Strait/GBR environmental conditions reports, including SST,...
The Biophysical Oceanography Group produces monthly oceanographic reports for the eastern Australian coast, including the Torres Strait, which summarise key environmental... -
NERP TE Project 4.3 - Ecological risk assessment of pesticides, nutrients...
This project undertook a scoping study to develop a robust approach that will allow us in Phase 2 to carry out an ecological risk assessment (ERA) of nutrients, fine suspended...