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Researchers from Project D1 of the Marine Biodiversity Hub of the National Environmental Science Programme present this interactive map-based summary of where RAN bathymetry data exists in the Commonwealth Marine Reserves of the N and NW regions.
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Researchers from Project D1 of the Marine Biodiversity Hub of the National Environmental Science Programme present this interactive map-based summary of where high resolution bathymetry data exists in the Commonwealth Marine Reserves of the N and NW regions.
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Researchers from Project D1 of the Marine Biodiversity Hub of the National Environmental Science Programme present this interactive map-based summary of where sponges are known to exist in the Commonwealth Marine Reserves of the N and NW regions.
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Researchers from Project D1 of the Marine Biodiversity Hub of the National Environmental Science Programme present this interactive map-based summary of where soft corals are known to exist in the Commonwealth Marine Reserves of the N and NW regions.
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Researchers from Project D1 of the Marine Biodiversity Hub of the National Environmental Science Programme present this interactive map-based summary of where seabirds are known to exist in the Commonwealth Marine Reserves of the N and NW regions.
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Researchers from Project D1 of the Marine Biodiversity Hub of the National Environmental Science Programme present this interactive map-based summary of where sea turtles are known to exist in the Commonwealth Marine Reserves of the N and NW regions.
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Researchers from Project D1 of the Marine Biodiversity Hub of the National Environmental Science Programme present this interactive map-based summary of where polychaetes are known to exist in the Commonwealth Marine Reserves of the N and NW regions.
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Researchers from Project D1 of the Marine Biodiversity Hub of the National Environmental Science Programme present this interactive map-based summary of where pelagic sharks & rays are known to exist in the Commonwealth Marine Reserves of the N and NW regions.
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Researchers from Project D1 of the Marine Biodiversity Hub of the National Environmental Science Programme present this interactive map-based summary of where pelagic fish are known to exist in the Commonwealth Marine Reserves of the N and NW regions.
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Researchers from Project D1 of the Marine Biodiversity Hub of the National Environmental Science Programme present this interactive map-based summary of where molluscs are known to exist in the Commonwealth Marine Reserves of the N and NW regions.
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Researchers from Project D1 of the Marine Biodiversity Hub of the National Environmental Science Programme present this interactive map-based summary of where marine mammals are known to exist in the Commonwealth Marine Reserves of the N and NW regions.
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Researchers from Project D1 of the Marine Biodiversity Hub of the National Environmental Science Programme present this interactive map-based summary of where hard corals are known to exist in the Commonwealth Marine Reserves of the N and NW regions.
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Researchers from Project D1 of the Marine Biodiversity Hub of the National Environmental Science Programme present this interactive map-based summary of where demersal sharks and rays are known to exist in the Commonwealth Marine Reserves of the N and NW regions.
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Researchers from Project D1 of the Marine Biodiversity Hub of the National Environmental Science Programme present this interactive map-based summary of where demersal fish are known to exist in the Commonwealth Marine Reserves of the N and NW regions.
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Researchers from Project D1 of the Marine Biodiversity Hub of the National Environmental Science Programme present this interactive map-based summary of where brittle stars are known to exist in the Commonwealth Marine Reserves of the N and NW regions.
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Selection of benthic creatures collected at Lynher Bank, NW Australia

In partnership with the Western Australian Department of Parks and Wildlife, Western Australian Marine Science Institution scientists on the Australian Institute of Marine Science vessel RV Solander recently spent 15 days in the field collecting data to help determine what flatback sea turtles in north-western Australia eat.

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Orca predation
Discover how the food web is structured in the Bremer Marine Park
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Nesting flatback turtle.  Photo by Phillipa Wilson.

Flatback sea turtles (Natator depressus) are endemic to northern Australia and one of only two sea turtle species that are not distributed globally (7 species in total). Nesting occurs only on tropical Australian beaches, many in NW Australia’s remote Kimberley region.

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North Ashmore Reef 2017
Ashmore Reef corals faced heat waves in 2016 and 2017 and escaped with relatively little damage, despite unusually warm ocean temperatures in 2016 causing extensive coral bleaching and the death of corals on many reefs across the world.
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Shear stress on the seabed in the Oceanic Shoals CMR and beyond
Water flowing along the sediments (mud, sand, gravel, rocks) that make up the ocean floor can move them (sediment transport) given sufficient energy (shear stress).