Environmental research, maps and data for tropical Australia
Recent articles
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Published on20 May 2019
Data is now available for download from the AIMS Long Term Monitoring Program and the Marine Monitoring Programs. -
Published on23 November 2018
Understanding the management and governance of Australia’s vast coastline can be complex.
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Published on29 June 2017
Interactive map displays stereo-video imagery collected for the Barossa Environmental Baseline Study 2015, Western Australia. Click on the map below (i.e.
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Published on17 May 2017
Environment Australia is tasked with managing the networks of Commonwealth Marine Reserves (
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Published on15 December 2016
Environment Australia is tasked with managing the networks of Commonwealth Marine Reserves. This is particularly challenging in the remote and poorly known N and NW regions. Researchers from Australia's NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub's D1 project highlight five key environmental variables that may help predict biodiversity patterns across these regions.
Recent datasets
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20 May 2019
This dataset consists of one data file from 3 year water quality monitoring program conducted across the Russell-Mulgrave catchment (south of Cairns). Data is the result of discrete ‘grab’ samples analysed at TropWATER JCU laboratory for nutrients and sediments. Modified on
20 May 2019
This dataset consists of a single data file from a 2 year real-time water quality monitoring program (RTWQM) conducted across the Russell-Mulgrave catchment (south of Cairns). Modified on
20 May 2019
The climatology of the GBR temperature loggers is based on the hourly registers from loggers with 10 or more years of data, up to 2012 and for "Slope" and "Flat" locations on the reef.
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20 May 2019
This dataset documents the spatial and temporal variability of resuspension events and sediment dynamics at seven Great Barrier Reef Lagoon inshore locations using continuous logger data (10 min sampling intervals) over 2 ½ years and analysed the quantity of sediment collect Modified on
16 May 2019
This dataset consists of three data files (spreadsheets) from a two month aquarium experiment manipulating pCO2 and light, and measuring the physiological response (photosynthesis, growth, protein and pigment content) of the adult and juvenile stages of two specie