Latest Cruise Reports
Prior to Cyclone Yasi coral cover at Rib Reef was showing good signs of recovery from an earlier crown-of-thorns starfish outbreak. In the pictured location, large numbers of recovering tabulate corals and other benthic organisms had been removed by wave action during Cyclone Yasi leaving a scoured and relatively featureless substratum, dominated by turf algae. Photo: AIMS LTMP
The reef monitoring team monitors the condition of reefs in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage, a program that has been ongoing for more than a decade. The team is also involved in the development of refined survey methods and enhanced reporting for reefs in Australia and globally. This research team is expanding into inshore monitoring and provides monitoring services to external clients such as Environment Australia.
Report on surveys of the Capricorn-Bunker, Swain and Pompey sectors of the Great Barrier Reef
Report on reef surveys in the Townsville and Cape Upstart sectors of the Great Barrier Reef
Report on reef surveys in the Pompey and Whitsunday sectors of the Great Barrier Reef
Report on surveys of the Cairns sector of the Great Barrier Reef
Report on surveys of reefs in the Cooktown - Lizard Island sector.
Report on surveys of the Townsville and Innisfail sectors of the Great Barrier Reef
Report on surveys of the Pompey and Whitsunday sectors of the Great Barrier Reef
Report on surveys of the Capricorn-Bunker, Swain and Pompey sectors of the Great Barrier Reef
Report on surveys of the Cooktown-Lizard Island, Cairns and Innisfail sectors of the Great Barrier Reef
Report on reefs in the Swains sector of the Great Barrier Reef
Report on reef surveys in the Innisfail, Townsville and Cairns (part) sectors of the Great Barrier Reef
Report on reef surveys in the Pompey and Whitsunday sectors of the Great Barrier Reef
Cairns sectors of the Great Barrier Reef
Capricorn/Bunker and Swain sectors of the Great Barrier Reef
Latest surveys
Our survey updates can now be viewed in GoogleMaps. Follow this link:http://data.aims.gov.au/monmap3/cruisereport.jsp?cruise=KG
Contact
Dr Hugh Sweatman , Team Leader
Telephone: (07) 4753 4470.
Facsimile: (07) 4772 5852.
Email: h.sweatman@aims.gov.au
