Connectivity of North East Australia's Seascape

The Great Barrier Reef was listed as a World Heritage Area because it is of Outstanding Universal Value. This website highlights the connectivity of these world heritage values between the Great Barrier Reef with the surrounding regions: the Coral Sea, Torres Strait and Hervey bay. Maps showing the connections between these regions were developed as part of NESP TWQ 3.3.3 using expert elicitation. View all the maps in the connectivity map gallery.

Note: This site is still in development. Topics with preview images (no maps) link to articles discussing the connectivity of the value. Those with maps thumbnails correspond to articles still under development.

Ocean currents

Upwelling and circulation

Coral Reefs

Crown of thorns starfish connectivity

Crustose coralline algae

Hard Corals

Macroalgae

Estuaries and tidal habitats

Mangrove and saltmarsh

Seagrass

Mainland & Islands

Casuarina connectivity

Pisonia

Tree heliotrope connectivity

Inter-reefal habitats

Halimeda

Highly mobile adults

Broad-barred (grey) mackerel

Seabirds and shorebirds

Spanish mackerel

Tiger shark

Yellowfin tuna

The following are still in development:
Longfin & Shortfin Eels
Red-spot king prawn
Brown tiger prawn
Eastern king prawns
Great White Shark
Australian blacktip shark (C. tilstoni)
Common black tip shark (C. limbatus)
Coral trout (Plectropomus leopardus)
Red throat emperor