Exposing corals to sediments in the aquarium Facilities at AIMS (SeaSIM)

Inside the SeaSim aquarium facilities of the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS, Townsville, Queensland) showing some of the large (1,500 L) fibreglass tanks used in dredging-related studies. Corals and sponges are placed on a false bottom floor made from fibre reinforced plastic grating at a depth of 50 cm below the surface. Each tank had a perspex window for observations during the experiments. (Image courtesy of AIMS).