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Effect of farming method, explant size and environment on the success of...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Sponges were experimentally farmed at three sites in the Yorke Islands: Kodall Island North, Masig Island East and Masig Island North. Sites were located on the leeward side of... -
Chemosensory tracking of scent trails by the planktonic shrimp, Acetes...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Acetes sibogae australis, a planktonic sergestid shrimp was collected at night with light traps suspended about 2 m deep in the harbour off Townsville, north Queensland, as well... -
Direct determination of organic carbon in modern reef sediments and...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Over 200 modern sediment samples were obtained from nearshore stations in Bowling Green Bay and stations located across the inner and middle shelf regions of the central Great... -
Growth and salt balance in two species of mangroves from north Queensland in...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Mature propagules of two mangrove species, Avicennia marina and Rhizophora stylosa, were collected at Cape Ferguson, north Queensland in February 1981 and transferred to a... -
Fish and benthic biodiversity at the Point Murat Navy Pier, Exmouth Gulf,...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Fish and benthic surveys were carried out within the environs of the Navy Pier at Exmouth from 9-11 March 1996 and 2-6 April 2001. The benthic community of the pier, dolphins... -
Recruitment of sponges and other sessile organisms in central Torres Strait,...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
A study of recruitment of marine invertebrates around Masig Island and Marsden Island, in central Torres Strait commenced in November 2006 and ended in November 2008.Terracotta... -
Response of herbivorous fish to crown-of-thorns-starfish, Acanthaster...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Three adjacent pairs of reefs, located in the central region of the Great Barrier Reef were chosen for this study. One reef of each pair had been impacted by a crown-of-thorns... -
Physical processes associated with subsurface intrusions of Coral Sea water...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
An array of 15 Aanderaa current meters (C), 4 Aanderaa water level recorders (WLR) and 4 Sea Data temperature-depth recorders (TDR) were deployed in the central Great Barrier... -
Ingestion of ultraplankton by the planktonic larvae of the crown-of-thorns...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS) larvae, from the mass rearing facility at the Australian Institute of Marine Science, were sorted and 600-800 late bipinnaria and early and late... -
Identification of carotenoids in four species of copepods from the Great Barrier Reef
Australian Institute of Marine Science
The main carotenoids of four species of copepods found in the Great Barrier Reef were separated by chromatographic techniques including reversed-phase HPLC and identified using... -
Developing methods for commercially farming bath sponges in the Palm Island...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
In August 2005, experimental farming of the sponges Coscinoderma sp. and Rhopaloiedes odorabile commenced at three of the nine islands of the Palm Island group in the central... -
Water quality monitoring, Halifax Bay, north Queensland: Dec 2012 - May 2013
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Water quality information from Halifax Bay off Townsville was collected from the 20th of December 2012 to the 1st of May 2013 under a contract with GBRMPA.Data was collected... -
Larval duration and growth in two species of damselfish from the Great Barrier Reef
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Light traps were used to sample presettlement larval fishes simultaneously at Lizard Island and Davies Reef, located 500 km apart on the Great Barrier Reef (GBR). At Lizard... -
Population genetics and microbial analysis of the Dictyoceratida sponge,...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
During the central and eastern Torres Strait survey in November 2006, tissue samples of 10 individuals of the sponge Coscinoderma matthewsi were collected from 5 island groups:... -
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... -
The role of coral interactions in maintaining unoccupied substrate in the...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Prior to commencement of the main study, samples of "unoccupied" substrate were collected from less than 2 cm and from greater than 10 cm distant from coral colonies at a depth... -
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,... -
Variation in assemblages of Lutjanidae and Lethrinidae among mid-continental...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Surveys of fish in the families Lutjanidae and Lethrinidae were carried out on three midshelf reefs (Rib Reef, John Brewer Reef and Lodestone Reef) in the central Great Barrier... -
Acrylate in the scleractinian coral, Acropora millepora, from the Great Barrier Reef
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Colonies of the scleractinian coral Acropora millepora were collected from Nelly Bay (Magnetic Island), Orpheus Island and Davies Reef in the central Great Barrier Reef in... -
Nutrient data from rivers discharging into the Great Barrier Reef lagoon
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Nutrient data was obtained from the lower reaches and estuaries of 23 rivers discharging into the Great Barrier Reef lagoon. Wet season time series were measured in five rivers...