Research Procedures
Overview
 Location
of sites
General
site layout
Mosaic
of a site
Layout of sites
Yonge
Lizard
Island
Myrmidon
John
Brewer
Rib
Pandora
Nelly
Bay
Example displays
Lizard
Island
1
Lizard
Island
2
2001-02 bleaching
event
Nelly
1
Nelly
2
Other Examples
Lizard
island through time
Zoom
in on a coral
Image libraries
 General
reef images
Time
series images
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In 1980, thirty
permanent photographic sites were established on the Great Barrier
Reef by Dr Terry Done from the Australian Institute of Marine Science. Since 1980 the
sites have been photographed annually to document
fine-scale changes to the reef environment in a variety of habitats
over an extended period of time.
The sites have been impacted by a number of disturbances including crown-of-thorns
starfish, bleaching and cyclones. Analysis of the images reveals information
about the extent and long term effect of each disturbance. Other aspects
of the coral reef such as community type, diversity, succession, spatial
interaction, species growth rate and resilience can be explored.
The sites were photographed using 2 cameras to produce a stereo or 3-D
image. Utilising 3-D software it is possible to make accurate measurements
of individual corals, create spatial maps and track the fate of selected
corals through time. This web site does not allow 3-D viewing and analysis,
however the images for each site can be viewed and selected using a variety
of searches.
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