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Perturbation of persistent foraminiferal assemblages by elevated land runoff...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
A total of 11 sediment cores were collected from inshore fringing reefs adjacent to 7 islands in the Whitsunday Islands Group, Queensland. The cores were collected from three... -
Role of zooxanthellae in the thermal tolerance of corals, Great Barrier Reef
Australian Institute of Marine Science
The acclimatization potential of Acropora millepora was investigated through transplantation and experimental manipulation. Twenty-two colonies were sourced from each of a cool... -
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... -
Environmental determinants of faunal ecology in estuarine and low-wooded...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Three trips were made to Cape York to sample fish in estuarine and low-wooded island mangrove habitats:Trip 1 (December 1995): Jacky Jacky Creek, Olive River, Lockhart River,... -
Smothering effects by marine snow on coral reef organisms, Great Barrier Reef
Australian Institute of Marine Science
A preliminary study on the effects of marine snow on organisms of the Great Barrier Reef was carried out experimentally in the laboratory. A 15 cm branch of Acropora sp. (from a... -
Predation on coral larvae by corals from the Great Barrier Reef
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Gametes from colonies of the coral Acropora tenuis (from Magnetic Island) and from Acropora millepora (from Davies Reef) were collected after spawning in tanks. Colonies of... -
Measurement of filtering rates of the salp, Thalia democratica, from the...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Measurements of the feeding rates of a salp, Thalia democratica, were made using an experimental perspex chamber deployed during 12 dives off Cape Cleveland, in the Great... -
Levels of organochlorine pesticides in corals, fish and molluscs from the...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Corals, fish and molluscs were collected from twenty inner marginal shelf reefs of the Great Barrier Reef between September 1976 and June 1977. The reefs sampled were Yonge... -
Genetics of two species of soft coral, Sinularia flexibilis and Clavularia...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
The genetic structure of 12 reef populations of the soft coral Sinularia flexibilis was studied along the Great Barrier Reef (maximum separation 1300 km). Up to 64 individuals... -
Effects of irradiance, flow, and colony pigmentation on the temperature...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
The study consisted of laboratory and field components. Under laboratory conditions, the temperature of standardized individual color chart fields submerged in seawater was... -
Abundance and size of the sponge, Coscinoderma matthewsi, in central Torres...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
In March 2007, November 2007 and May 2008, between 6 and 11 sites were surveyed on the coral reefs at Keats Island and Yorke Islands (Masig Island and Kodall Island), in central... -
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... -
Surveys to locate juvenile crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci) on...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
In 1989, reefs in the central GBR were surveyed to locate high density populations of larger (5-15 cm) juvenile crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci). Preliminary... -
Growth increments in otoliths of two species of damselfish from the southern...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Two species of damselfish, Pomacentrus mollucensis and Pomacentrus wardi, from the One Tree Reef lagoon on the southern Great Barrier Reef, were examined to assess determination... -
Consumption of mangrove litter by the crabs Sesarma messa and Sesarma...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Leaf characteristics, which may be relevant to food preferences, were determined using 10 senescent leaves from each of the species to be used in experiments (Avicennia marina,... -
Nutrient partitioning and storage, nutrient use efficiency and below-ground...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
The data were used to examine 3 different aspects of nutrient dynamics of mangrove forests in the arid coastal zone of north Western Australia: Below-ground decomposition;... -
Litter fall data from mangroves in estuaries in northern Queensland
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Litter fall data were collected from the estuaries of the Daintree River, Barron River, Crystal Creek and two sites in the Mackay area (McCready's Creek and Mount Bassett). Six... -
Molecular approach to biomedicinals from photosymbionts of marine invertebrates
Australian Institute of Marine Science
A phylogenetic tree was generated that illustrates the affiliation of the partial 16S rRNA gene sequence from a clone of the uncultured cyanobacterium symbiont of the sponge... -
Zooplankton, planktivorous fish and currents at Davies Reef, Great Barrier Reef
Australian Institute of Marine Science
On each sampling date (10-18 August, 10-18 September, 1-9 November, 1-4 December 1976, and 18-23 May 1977) during the 2-3 h of peak flow of the ebb and flood tides, fine-scale... -
Diversity of zooxanthellae in octocorals
Australian Institute of Marine Science
146 samples belonging to 69 genera (114 species) from 20 families of octocorals were collected. Fresh octocoral samples were collected from the eastern Pacific coast during...