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Data is now available for download from the AIMS Long Term Monitoring Program and the Marine Monitoring Programs.

How to access and use Coral Reef data for your research - Friday May 10, Moreton Island Note: This workshop is now finished, however, the training manuals and resources are available for download below. This workshop aimed to assist the scientific community to discover, access, download, use and understand the potential of the data being collected by a number of agencies on and around Coral Reefs. This includes IMOS and AIMS long term monitoring environmental and ecological data sets. Since 2007, IMOS has been routinely operating a wide range of observing equipment throughou

This presentation provides an introduction to the concepts needed by content editors of eAtlas.

Sponge taxonomy is difficult and challenging, it requires adequate laboratory facilities, experience and time, which are often not available.

Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs) in Australia are voluntarily dedicated by Indigenous groups on Indigenous owned or managed land or sea country.

Ocean currents are known to be the major mechanism by which the values across the entire northeast Australian seascape are both defined and connected. For example, by facilitating dispersal of larvae and particles (Wolanski, 2016) or the propagation of climate features (e.g. marine heatwaves that can cause coral bleaching).

Scientists provide a detailed review of what is known about the Gifford Marine Park

Scientists provide a detailed review of what is known about the Geographe Marine Park

Fine scale bathymetry information is available for the Gifford Marine Park

Fine scale bathymetry information is available for the Perth Canyon Marine Park

Fine scale bathymetry information is available for the Geographe Marine Park

Explore the seafloor features of the Perth Canyon Marine Park

Explore the seafloor features of the Geographe Marine Park

Scientists provide a detailed review of what is known about the Perth Canyon Marine Park

Hard corals are foundational species on coral reefs. Through the production of calcium carbonate skeletons, hard corals create the physical substrate and three-dimensional structure that supports the vast diversity of organisms that comprise coral reef ecosystems.

Humpback whales are iconic megafauna that play a significant role in the northeast Australian seascape in ecological, cultural and economic contexts.

Tiger sharks have a worldwide distribution and although tending to be concentrated in tropical waters are also commonly found in temperate waters (Pepperell, 2010).

Mangroves are part of a mosaic of coastal habitats with coral reefs and seagrasses that sustain a diversity of organisms and a variety of industries (e.g. fisheries and tourism). They also protect the coastline against erosion and storms when adequately inter-connected. Typically, mangroves and saltmarshes are located along the shore or on islands, and tidal estuaries are suitable for mangrove forests, saltmarshes and saltpans to grow, providing important feeding grounds for shorebirds, dugongs, turtles, dolphins, fish, molluscs, crustaceans, sharks and rays.

In the past 50 years, four waves of crown-of-thorns starfish outbreaks have had a major impact on the many reefs that make up the Great Barrier Reef. These began in 1962, 1979, 1993 and 2009 with each wave lasting about 15 years

Macrolgae, commonly called seaweeds, are marine plants that photosynthesize, but reproduce without flowers (seagrasses are an example of a marine flowering plant). Macroalgae are visible to the naked eye (in contrast to microalgae), and generally grow attached to the seabed or reef substrate.