Australian Institute of Marine Science

Australian Institute of Marine Science

 
 

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Reef monitoring

Project information

AIMS Reef Monitoring project provides long-term quantitative data on coral reefs spanning much of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR). Each year, information is gathered on corals, algae, reef fishes from 48 reefs and Crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS) are surveyed on about 100 reefs. 

Sampling design and methods - Program summary


Status reports
Status reports summarise temporal trends on Long-term Monitoring Project (LTMP) survey reefs general trends for geographic sector and the GBR as a whole.

Status reports

-Status report number 1, 1995  
-Status report number 2, 1997  
-Status report number 3, 1998  
-Status report number 4, 2000  
-Status report number 5, 2001  
-Status report number 6, 2003  
-Status report number 7, 2005  
 

 


Standard operational procedures (SOP's)
SOP's are a detailed description of the methods used to collect and process data.

SOP's

 

-SOPS publications index page  html document pdf document

Here you will find a listing of all Standard operational procedures that AIMS has published including the latest revisions.

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Publications
See a list of publications from the reef monitoring group. This includes journals, conference and workshop proceedings, reports, books and a CD ROM. 

C-Nav

 

Coral Navigator CD ROM for identifying reef benthos.
List of publication in journals, conferences and non- technical reports. html document

 

Technical reports
Broadscale surveys of crown-of-thorns starfish along the Great Barrier Reef, 1993-2003 PDF document
Northumberland Island baseline survey  html document
 

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December 18, 2008