No-take marine reserves increase abundance and biomass of reef fish on...
Williamson DH, Russ GR and Ayling AM (2004) No-take marine reserves increase abundance and biomass of reef fish on inshore fringing reefs of the Great Barrier Reef. Environ. Conservation 31(2):149-159....
View ArticleCoral disease on the Great Barrier Reef.
Willis BL, Page CA and Dinsdale EA (2004) Coral disease on the Great Barrier Reef. In: Coral Health and Disease, Rosenberg E and Loya Y (Eds), Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp 69-104. Link to Full Text or...
View ArticleHigh resolution coral records of rare earth elements in coastal seawater:...
Wyndham, T., McCulloch, M., Fallon, S., and Alibert, C. (2004) High resolution coral records of rare earth elements in coastal seawater: Biogeochemical cycling and a new environmental proxy, Geochimica...
View ArticleRelationships between temperature, bleaching and white syndrome on the Great...
Ban, SS; Graham, NaJ and Connolly, SR (2013). Relationships between temperature, bleaching and white syndrome on the Great Barrier Reef. Coral Reefs. 32(1): 1-12. Link to full text or pdf…
View ArticleDocumentation of the mimic octopus Thaumoctopus mimicus in the Great Barrier...
Coker, DJ (2013). Documentation of the mimic octopus Thaumoctopus mimicus in the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Marine Biodiversity Records. 6: e14. Link to full text or pdf…
View ArticleSubmerged banks in the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, greatly increase...
Harris, P; Bridge, T; Beaman, R; Webster, J; Nichol, S and Brooke, B (2013). Submerged banks in the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, greatly increase available coral reef habitat. ICES Journal of Marine...
View ArticlePalaeoecological evidence of a historical collapse of corals at Pelorus...
Roff, G; Clark, TR; Reymond, CE; Zhao, J-X; Feng, Y; Mccook, LJ; Done, TJ and Pandolfi, JM (2013). Palaeoecological evidence of a historical collapse of corals at Pelorus Island, inshore Great Barrier...
View ArticleA rapid genetic assay for the identification of the most common Pocillopora...
Torda, G; Schmidt-Roach, S; Peplow, LM; Lundgren, P and Van Oppen, MJH (2013). A rapid genetic assay for the identification of the most common Pocillopora damicornis genetic lineages on the Great...
View ArticleSpatial variation in abundance, size and orientation of juvenile corals...
Trapon, ML; Pratchett, MS and Hoey, AS (2013). Spatial variation in abundance, size and orientation of juvenile corals related to the biomass of parrotfishes on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. PLoS...
View ArticleRelationships between temperature, bleaching and white syndrome on the Great...
Ban, SS, Graham, NAJ and Connolly, SR (2013). Relationships between temperature, bleaching and white syndrome on the Great Barrier Reef. Coral Reefs 32(1): 1-12. Link to full text or pdf…
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History’s lesson reveals depth of fish catch decline
Schnappering Cover 1905. T. Welsby. Scientists in Queensland have used historic media to measure the decline in Queensland’s pink snapper fishery, highlighting a drop of almost 90 per cent in catch...
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A glimmer of hope for corals as baby reef-builders cope with acidifying oceans
Staghorn corals. Image:Aurelie Moya While the threat of coral bleaching as a result of climate change poses a serious risk to the future of coral reefs world wide, new research has found that some baby...
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Twice the coral trout in Great Barrier Reef protected zones
Plectropomus maculatus. Image: David WIlliamsonCoral trout in protected ‘green zones’ are not only bigger and more abundant than those in fished ‘blue zones’ of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, but...
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We can fix the Great Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef. Image: Ed Roberts Leading coral reef scientists say Australia could restore the Great Barrier Reef to its former glory through better policies that focus on science, protection...
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Great Barrier Reef marine reserves combat coral disease
Skeletal eroding band on Great Barrier Reef coral. Image courtesy Joleah Lamb. A new and significant role for marine reserves on the Great Barrier Reef has been revealed, with researchers finding the...
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Greater protection needed for Great Barrier Reef’s magnificent table corals
Large reef fish use tabular coral for sun protection on the Great Barrier Reef. Image: James Kerry Scientists at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University say more...
View ArticleHistory’s lesson reveals depth of fish catch decline
Scientists in Queensland have used historic media to measure the decline in Queensland’s pink snapper fishery, highlighting a drop of almost 90 per cent in catch rates since the 19th Century....
View ArticleA glimmer of hope for corals as baby reef-builders cope with acidifying oceans
While the threat of coral bleaching as a result of climate change poses a serious risk to the future of coral reefs world wide, new research has found that some baby corals may be able to cope with the...
View ArticleTwice the coral trout in Great Barrier Reef protected zones
Coral trout in protected ‘green zones’ are not only bigger and more abundant than those in fished ‘blue zones’ of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, but they are also better able to cope with cyclone...
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We can fix the Great Barrier Reef
Leading coral reef scientists say Australia could restore the Great Barrier Reef to its former glory through better policies that focus on science, protection and conservation. In a paper published in...
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