The Australian Institute of Marine Science is committed to working with industry partners to generate the baseline research, knowledge and tools to tackle the marine science issues they face, now and into the future.
Our goal is to help them achieve sustainability, reduce environmental risk and increase the value and viability of their business by meeting these challenges head on.
AIMS is developing techniques in coral aquaculture to support large-scale efforts to help reefs recover more quickly from disturbances.
Our investigations extend from breeding coral in aquaria to delivering young corals into the field temporarily and monitoring their survival.
Large numbers of young reef-building corals across multiple species are bred in the AIMS National Sea Simulator. These corals are used in trials to
AIMS has developed a mobile app to help gather information about coral bleaching across northern Australia.
Developed for both in-water and aerial observations, users report sightings of coral bleaching using the tool within the ‘ArcGIS Collector’ app. Simply record the amount of bleaching observed and add additional information. The app will automatically locate your observation on a map and add the bleaching observations to the database.
The app is free, and available for both Android and Apple devices.
