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Reef monitoring
Reef
issues
This section
contains a collection of material about Crown-of-thorns
starfish (COTS), coral bleaching,
coral disease, and any other issues based discussions.
Crown-of-thorns Starfish
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The
reef monitoring project studies crown-of-thorns
distribution and densities on approximately 100
reefs annually. Results are reported in the
survey updates following each trip and in the
annual status report. |
The most recent
summary on patterns of Crown- of- thorns occurrence and a list of reefs with high
densities of starfish.
 COTS
status
The
animation summaries the pattern of COTS on the
GBR from 1985 - 2001
Crown-of-thorns animation
This
article has a summary of the relationship
between COTS and their prey (coral) based on
data collected by the reef monitoring project.
Predator/prey
interaction
Part
of AIMS online reference collection this article
answers many common questions about COTS by Dr. Peter Moran.
Crown-of-thorns
starfish - questions and answers
Coral
Bleaching
The
reef monitoring project records bleaching
information in broadscale surveys, scuba search and
from video transects.
Coral bleaching ordered
by year.
Coral
bleaching index
A
summary of change in hard coral cover on 50
reefs surveyed by the reef monitoring project
following the 1998 bleaching event.
Broadscale
impacts of coral bleaching on GBR survey reefs
(1997-99)
Broadscale
effects of bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef
(2001-2003)
Coral
Disease
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Incidence
of coral disease are recorded in SCUBA search
surveys by the reef monitoring team. |
An
article that summarises results from reef
monitoring surveys and biological background on
coral disease.
Coral diseases on the Great Barrier Reef
The
following links show examples of coral disease.
 Great
Barrier
Reef faces new threat
from coral
disease
- media release
Pristine
reefs affected by coral disease
Survey
update (January-February 2001)
Survey
update (August 2001)
Survey
update (July-August 2002)
December 18, 2008
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