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The reef monitoring team monitors the condition of reefs in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area, 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.

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 >Capricorn/Bunker and Swain sectors of the Great Barrier Reef

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 >Capricorn/Bunker and Swain sectors of the Great Barrier Reef

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Calm weather was a feature of this field trip and this made surveys of the Capricorn-Bunker and Swain sectors a pleasure.

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-Image 1. Calm weather was a feature of this field trip and this made surveys of the Capricorn-Bunker and Swain sectors a pleasure.
 Photo: AIMS LTM
Latest survey

Manta tow surveys were completed on seven reefs in the Capricorn-Bunker sector and six reefs in the Swain sector of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR).

Detailed surveys for benthic organisms, visual census of fishes and surveys for agents of coral mortality (SCUBA search) were completed on eight reefs in the Capricorn-Bunker sector and four reefs in the Swain sector. Preliminary results of the manta tow and SCUBA search surveys are presented in this report.

 

 

Manta-tow

 

Contact
Dr Hugh Sweatman, Team Leader
Telephone: (07) 4753 4470.
Facsimile: (07) 4772 5852.
Email: h.sweatman@aims.gov.au

 

June 14, 2008

 

  

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