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Microbial lipids from a nearshore sediment core from Bowling Green Bay,...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Sediment samples were collected from 2 sites in Bowling Green Bay, a shallow coastal embayment located between Townsville and the Burdekin River delta in the central Great... -
Baseline coral and benthic cover surveys of Keppel Islands reefs, Great...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
A total of 20 survey sites were chosen using a combination of high resolution aerial photographs and local knowledge, to ensure that all significant reef systems in the central... -
Coral growth characteristics of massive Porites, Misima Island, Papua New Guinea
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Colonies of massive Porites corals were collected in March 1994 from 10 transects established by Natural Systems Research (NSR) Environmental Consultants on the fringing reefs... -
Export of nutrients and suspended sediment from the Herbert River catchment,...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Water samples were collected by both AIMS and CSIRO in the Herbert River catchment 10-15 days before the Cyclone Sadie flood. During the flood event, the John Row Bridge was the... -
Coral and fish community structure and reef structure across Heron Island...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
In 1977, a 2.3 km long transect was established across Heron Island reef in the southern Great Barrier Reef. The transect was located about 1 km to the east of the island,... -
Hydrocarbons in surface sediments from the north Queensland coast and Great...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Reef sediments were collected from the lagoons of Feather Reef, Gilby Reef and Potter Reef on 7-8 February 1986, about 5 days after Cyclone Winifred had passed through the... -
A crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci) control program at Grub...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
A crown-of-thorns starfish control program was conducted on Grub Reef, a mid-shelf, lagoonal reef in the central Great Barrier Reef. The control site was located on the leeward,... -
Distribution and abundance of dictyoceratid sponges across Torres Strait...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
In July 2004, dictyoceratid sponges were surveyed in the vicinity of two islands in western Torres Strait (Badu Island and Thursday Island (Waiben)) and two islands in eastern... -
The effect of thyroxine on larval development of the crown-of-thorns...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Three experiments were carried out with laboratory reared Acanthaster planci larvae. In all experiments larvae were transferred to culture dishes containing 80 ml of artificial... -
Canopy leaf area index and litterfall in stands of the mangrove Rhizophora...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Sampling was carried out in monocultures of Rhizophora apiculata aged 6, 9, 10, 12, 21 and 36 years in three mixed shrimp farming-mangrove forestry enterprises (Tam Giang 3,... -
Survival rates of juvenile crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci) at...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Predator exclusion experiments, using laboratory reared juvenile crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci), were carried out in an area of dead coral rubble on the leeward... -
Seasonal rainfall and runoff promote coral disease on Magnetic Island...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Sites used for this study of the coral disease atramentous necrosis (AN) were located in two adjacent bays, Nelly Bay and Geoffrey Bay, on the south-eastern side of Magnetic... -
Patterns in the distribution of soft corals across the central Great Barrier Reef
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Surveys of soft corals were conducted on 11 inner-shelf, mid-shelf, outer-shelf and Coral Sea reefs between November 1980 and November 1981. The reefs surveyed were Havannah... -
Patterns in the distribution of larval and pelagic juvenile fishes in the...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
The distribution of larval and pelagic juvenile fish was investigated along 2 cross shelf transects in the central Great Barrier Reef (GBR) lagoon, during October to December... -
Coral communities at Scott Reef and Rowley Shoals, Western Australia
Australian Institute of Marine Science
In August/September 1993, surveys of coral community composition and structure were carried out at Scott Reefs (North Scott Reef and South Scott Reef) and two reefs in the... -
Settlement, survival and growth of oysters across the central Great Barrier Reef
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Between 1 and 4 October 1985, settlement plates of coral rock were attached to moorings at Myrmidon Reef on the outer shelf, John Brewer Reef on the mid-shelf, Pandora Reef on... -
Nutrient excretion by the coral reef holothurians, Stichopus chloronotus and...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Excretion experiments were conducted at the Lizard Island Research Station on the Great Barrier Reef with the common holothurians Stichopus chloronotus and Holothuria atra,... -
Fish and benthic surveys in intermediate and deeper waters of Ningaloo...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
A total of 18 BRUVS sets were made offshore from Mandu Mandu, Point Cloates and Maud Point in depths ranging from 66-96 metres. Most of the sets were made where the habitats in... -
Saxitoxin in octopi from Cooke Point, Port Hedland, Western Australia
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Octopus (Abdopus) sp. 5 were collected from a reef flat at Cooke Point, Port Hedland in northern Western Australia. The octopi had a body size of between 5-6 cm and tentacle... -
Herbivory and zonation of Sargassum spp. within fringing reefs of the...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
A series of transplant and caging experiments, using the macroalgae Sargassum spp., were carried out in Coolgaree (Challenger) Bay, Great Palm Island and Brook Island between...