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Development of trap and drop-line sampling techniques for reef fishes in the...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Modified north west shelf fish traps were used to sample reef fishes at 40-45 m depth along the northern slope (flat habitat) and north-eastern slope (broken habitat) of Rib... -
Calculating larval growth rates from presettlement reef fish collected with...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Light traps were used to collect presettlement fish from Keeper Reef, a midshelf reef and Myrmidon Reef, an outershelf reef on the Great Barrier Reef during the summers of... -
Influence of size and spatial competition on the bioactivity of coral reef...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Size frequency surveys of the sponges Coscinoderma matthewsi, Hyrtios erecta and Ianthella basta (yellow color morph) were conducted at Masig Island, central Torres Strait, in... -
Cross shelf variation in assemblages of Lutjanidae and Lethrinidae in the...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
In March 1993, fish traps were deployed on three reefs located across the continental shelf in the central Great Barrier Reef. One reef was nearshore (Pandora Reef),... -
Benthic cover data from the Galeta Island reef flat, Panama
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Six parallel transects, located 2 m apart were surveyed offshore from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute laboratory on Galeta Island, Panama.Transects consisted of a... -
Abundance, distribution and trophic potential of cryptofauna at Davies Reef,...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
The major groups of motile cryptofauna inhabiting dead coral substrata across a transect at Davies Reef were quantified in terms of abundance, biomass and density.Samples of... -
Trophic significance of herbivorous macroinvertebrates on the central Great...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Populations of herbivorous macroinvertebrates living on dead coral rock substrata were surveyed on three midshelf reefs (Davies Reef, Little Broadhurst Reef and Centipede Reef)... -
Feeding and distribution of predatory gastropods on the Great Barrier Reef
Australian Institute of Marine Science
The distribution, size and diet of predatory gastropods was investigated on 4 reef platforms on the Great Barrier Reef: Low Isles, Green Island, Heron Island and One Tree... -
Variation in the size and abundance of the dictyocerid sponge, Coscinoderma...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Abundance and size of the sponge Coscinoderma matthewsi was surveyed at 5 island groups in November 2006: Ugar (Stephen Island) and Erub (Darnley Island) in eastern Torres... -
The effects of sediments contaminated with antifoulant paint on coral...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
On 2 November 2000, the 184 m cargo ship, Bunga Teratai Satu, ran aground on Sudbury Reef, on the Great Barrier Reef and remained grounded for 12 days. The ship was re-floated... -
Aspects of the life history of the soft coral Efflatounaria sp. on Davies...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Stereophotography was used to study life history characteristics of Efflatounaria sp. at two sites at Davies Reef on the Great Barrier Reef, between December 1980 and June 1982.... -
Competition between alcyonacean and scleractinian corals at Britomart Reef,...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Experiments were performed on Britomart Reef in the central region of the Great Barrier Reef, in a large depression behind the reef crest, 50-60 m in diameter and 11 m deep,... -
Morphology and ichthyotoxicity as defensive strategies in soft corals from...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Three collections of common soft corals were made for an ichthyotoxicity study. Morphological features relating to structural defence against fish predation were also assessed....