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Derelict fishing line on fringing reefs of inshore groups of the GBR,...
This dataset consists of site means of the density of derelict fishing line, the percent cover of major benthic categories on fringing coral reefs of the Keppel, Whitsunday and... -
NERP TE Project 1.1 - Monitoring status and trends of coral reefs of the...
This project will continue a unique data set that documents long-term trends in coral reef communities of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR). In 2012-13 and 2014-15 the LTMP will... -
NESP TWQ Project 5.4 - Deriving ecologically relevant targets to meet...
This project derived Ecologically Relevant Targets (ERTs) for sediment loads for the Burdekin basin and provided the seagrass desired state across the Great Barrier Reef (GBR)... -
Persistence of glyphosate in seawater. Glyphosate concentrations recorded...
This dataset shows the concentrations of the herbicide glyphosate remaining over time in a simulation flask persistence experiment conducted in 2013. Glyphosate degradation... -
Photosynthetic and growth responses in three tropical seagrass species to...
This dataset consists of one data file (spreadsheet) from a 2 week aquarium experiment manipulating pH (pCO2) changes and measuring photosynthetic and growth responses of three... -
Dugong and Turtle seagrass habitats in the North-West Torres Strait
This dataset describes seagrass at 34 individual meadows from surveys of Dugong and Turtle habitats in the North-West Torres Strait for November 2015 and January 2016. The data... -
NESP TWQ Project 2.2.1 - Identifying the water quality and ecosystem health...
Runoff from the Fly River in Papua New Guinea influences water quality conditions in the Torres Strait (TS) region however the extent and frequency of this influence, and the... -
COTS Initiation Zone Polygon 2016 (Accelerated Partnership, AIMS)
This dataset corresponds to a shapefile that defines the COTS initiation zone for use in the evaluation of the merit of investment in surveillance and cull and reducing... -
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...