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NERP TE Project 1.2 - Marine wildlife management in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area, 2011-2014 (JCU)

Created 13/03/2025

Updated 13/03/2025

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The project aims to monitor and study dugongs, dolphins, and turtles along the coast of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area (GBRWHA) by conducting key tasks such as data collection, analysis, and reporting. This project will monitor and study dugongs, dolphins and turtles along the coast of the GBRWHA with the following key tasks:

Determine the distribution and status of inshore dolphins in the northern Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area (GBRWHA) by identifying likely important habitats based on collaboration with Tradition Owners and published information, then conduct line transect surveys (along with biopsy samples) in the Cardwell area (Girringun) and Bathurst Bay (far northern GBR).

Perform aerial surveys of Dugongs from the region from the southern boundary of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area (GBRWHA) to Cooktown (2011/2012) and from Cooktown north in late 2013.

Perform at least two field trips per year between 2011 and 2014 to collect samples of skin (turtle and dugong), feces (dugong) and marine flora (seagrass, algae and mangrove species) to examine foraging dynamics and ecosystem role of green turtles and dugongs in algal and seagrass based ecosystems of the GBRWHA (coastal zone from Bowen to Cardwell).

The project will also work with Traditional Owners to improve conservation of these species of conservation concern and high cultural value.

Change log: 2024-05-29 - added an interactive map link to the eAtlas maps showing the project activity (points and lines).

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Title NERP TE Project 1.2 - Marine wildlife management in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area, 2011-2014 (JCU)
Language eng
Licence notspecified
Landing Page https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/4ca9dfb2-949e-4021-a0b4-351ed9bdf635
Contact Point
CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere
helene.marsh@jcu.edu.au
Reference Period 01/07/2011 - 31/12/2014
Data Portal data.gov.au

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This dataset was originally found on data.gov.au "NERP TE Project 1.2 - Marine wildlife management in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area, 2011-2014 (JCU)". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/nerp-te-project-1-2-marine-wildlife-management-in-the-great-barrier-reef-world-heritage-area-20

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