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Biology and biodiversity Middle Reef - Coral Status and Trends (1993-2009) (AIMS LTMP) NERP-TE Project 3.2 - What is at risk? Identifying rainforest refugia and hotspots of plant genetic diversity in the Wet Tropics and Cape York Peninsula (JCU) NERP-TE Project 5.1 - Understanding diversity of the Great Barrier Reef: Spatial and temporal dynamics and environmental drivers (AIMS) NERP-TE Project 7.3 - Climate change and the impacts of extreme climatic events on Australia’s Wet Tropics biodiversity (JCU) NERP-TE Project 9.4 - Conservation planning for a changing coastal zone (JCU) NERP-TE Project 12.1- Indigenous co-management and biodiversity protection (CSIRO) NERP-TE Project 13.1 - e-Atlas (AIMS) Rainforest Expansion in Far North Queensland: A preliminary analysis of the Windsor and Carbine Tablelands (MTSRF Transition Project T28) What is Biodiversity? Climate and weather A Synthesis of Climate Change and Coastal Science to Support Adaptation in the Communities of the Torres Strait (MTSRF Synthesis Report) GBR - Bleaching Risk Output Reports (UQ) Habitat refugia and climate change adaptation of rainforest species in Australia's wet tropics NERP-TE Project 2.3 - Monitoring the health of Torres Strait coral reefs (AIMS) NERP-TE Project 7.3 - Climate change and the impacts of extreme climatic events on Australia’s Wet Tropics biodiversity (JCU) Rainforest Expansion in Far North Queensland: A preliminary analysis of the Windsor and Carbine Tablelands (MTSRF Transition Project T28) Traditional Knowledge is Facilitating Climate Change Adaptation in Torres Strait (MTSRF Synthesis Report) Climate change A community survey of climate change and the Great Barrier Reef A Synthesis of Climate Change and Coastal Science to Support Adaptation in the Communities of the Torres Strait (MTSRF Synthesis Report) GBR - DNA analysis to better understand thermal tolerance in corals (AIMS) Habitat refugia and climate change adaptation of rainforest species in Australia's wet tropics NERP-TE Project 2.2 - Mangrove and freshwater habitat status of Torres Strait islands (JCU) NERP-TE Project 3.2 - What is at risk? Identifying rainforest refugia and hotspots of plant genetic diversity in the Wet Tropics and Cape York Peninsula (JCU) NERP-TE Project 7.3 - Climate change and the impacts of extreme climatic events on Australia’s Wet Tropics biodiversity (JCU) NERP-TE Project 9.4 - Conservation planning for a changing coastal zone (JCU) NERP-TE Project 11.1 - Building resilient communities for Torres Strait futures (CSIRO) Predictive tools for white syndromes in Northern Australia: targeting monitoring and informing management Rainforest Expansion in Far North Queensland: A preliminary analysis of the Windsor and Carbine Tablelands (MTSRF Transition Project T28) Traditional Knowledge is Facilitating Climate Change Adaptation in Torres Strait (MTSRF Synthesis Report) Coral reefs Coral reef health database GBR - Basic water quality of Cockle Bay, Magnetic Island (JCU) GBR - DNA analysis to better understand thermal tolerance in corals (AIMS) GBR - Large-scale manta tow surveys of densities of crown of thorns starfish and benthic cover by the AIMS LTMP Impacts of a severe tropical cyclone on inshore and offshore coral reefs Improved understanding of biophysical and socio-economic connections between catchment and reef ecosystems: Wet and Dry Tropics case studies (MTSRF Synthesis Report) Middle Reef - Coral Status and Trends (1993-2009) (AIMS LTMP) NERP-TE Project 1.1 - Monitoring status and trends of coral reefs of the Great Barrier Reef (AIMS) NERP-TE Project 1.3 - Characterising the cumulative impacts of global, regional and local stressors on the present and past biodiversity of the GBR (UQ) NERP-TE Project 2.3 - Monitoring the health of Torres Strait coral reefs (AIMS) NERP-TE Project 5.1 - Understanding diversity of the Great Barrier Reef: Spatial and temporal dynamics and environmental drivers (AIMS) NERP-TE Project 5.2 - Combined water quality-climate effects on coral and other reef organisms (AIMS) NERP-TE Project 6.1 - Maximising the benefits of mobile predators to GBR ecosystems: the importance of movement, habitat and environment (AIMS) NERP-TE Project 8.1 - Monitoring the ecological effects of GBR zoning plan on mid and outer shelf reefs (AIMS) NERP-TE Project 8.2 - Assessing the ecological effects of management zoning on inshore reefs of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park NERP-TE Project 8.3 - Significance of no-take marine protected areas to regional recruitment and population persistence on the GBR (JCU) NERP-TE Project 9.1 - Dynamic vulnerability maps and decision support tools for the Great Barrier Reef (AIMS) R Tools for Generating Maps and Spatial Modelling Reef fish life history Reef Rescue Marine Monitoring Program - Condition of inshore coral reefs on the Great Barrier Reef Relationship between corals and fishes on the Great Barrier Reef The Coral Sea The Great Barrier Reef Today Thresholds of major pollutants with regard to impacts on instream and marine ecosystems (MTSRF Synthesis Report) Diseases Coral reef health database GBR - Benthic communities, juvenile corals and sources of coral mortality on the Great Barrier Reef (AIMS LTMP) Long Term Monitoring of the Great Barrier Reef, Status Report no. 8 (AIMS LTMP) Middle Reef - Coral Status and Trends (1993-2009) (AIMS LTMP) NERP-TE Project 3.3 - Targeted surveys for missing and endangered rainforest frogs in ecotonal areas, and assessment of whether populations are recovering from disease (JCU) NERP-TE Project 11.2 - Improved approaches for the detection and prevention of wildlife diseases in the Torres Strait (JCU) Predictive tools for white syndromes in Northern Australia: targeting monitoring and informing management Fishing GBR - Green zone contribution to the larval recruitment of three fish species in blue zones (JCU) Influence of zoning (closure to fishing) on fish communities of the Great Barrier Reef (BRUVS) NERP-TE Project 8.1 - Monitoring the ecological effects of GBR zoning plan on mid and outer shelf reefs (AIMS) NERP-TE Project 10.1 - Social and economic long-term monitoring program (JCU) Reef fish life history Fishing and harvest GBR - Green zone contribution to the larval recruitment of three fish species in blue zones (JCU) Impacts of the 2004 Rezoning of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park on Commercial Line, Trawl and Charter Fishers Influence of zoning (closure to fishing) on fish communities of the Great Barrier Reef (BRUVS) NERP-TE Project 6.3 - Critical seabird foraging locations and trophic relationships for the Great Barrier Reef (JCU) NERP-TE Project 8.1 - Monitoring the ecological effects of GBR zoning plan on mid and outer shelf reefs (AIMS) NERP-TE Project 9.2 - Design and implementation of Management Strategy Evaluation for the Great Barrier Reef inshore (CSIRO) NERP-TE Project 10.2 - Socio-economic systems and reef resilience (JCU) Reef fish life history Traditional Knowledge is Facilitating Climate Change Adaptation in Torres Strait (MTSRF Synthesis Report) Freshwater systems Improved understanding of biophysical and socio-economic connections between catchment and reef ecosystems: Wet and Dry Tropics case studies (MTSRF Synthesis Report) MTSRF Water Quality Program: Synthesis and Highlights (PowerPoint Presentation Slides) NERP-TE Project 3.3 - Targeted surveys for missing and endangered rainforest frogs in ecotonal areas, and assessment of whether populations are recovering from disease (JCU) NERP-TE Project 4.1 -Tracking coastal turbidity over time and demonstrating the effects of river discharge events on regional turbidity in the GBR (AIMS) Thresholds of major pollutants with regard to impacts on instream and marine ecosystems (MTSRF Synthesis Report) Geographic features Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea Geomorphic Features (3DGBR, JCU, MTSRF 2.5i.1) NERP-TE Project 3.1 - Rainforest Biodiversity (JCU) NERP-TE Project 5.1 - Understanding diversity of the Great Barrier Reef: Spatial and temporal dynamics and environmental drivers (AIMS) R Tools for Generating Maps and Spatial Modelling Rainforest Expansion in Far North Queensland: A preliminary analysis of the Windsor and Carbine Tablelands (MTSRF Transition Project T28) Human use and economics Community attitudes, knowledge, perceptions and use of the Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Area in 2007 Improved understanding of biophysical and socio-economic connections between catchment and reef ecosystems: Wet and Dry Tropics case studies (MTSRF Synthesis Report) MTSRF Water Quality Program: Synthesis and Highlights (PowerPoint Presentation Slides) NERP-TE Project 4.4 - Hazard assessment for water quality threats to Torres Strait marine waters, ecosystems and public health (JCU) NERP-TE Project 9.1 - Dynamic vulnerability maps and decision support tools for the Great Barrier Reef (AIMS) NERP-TE Project 9.3 - Prioritising management actions for Great Barrier Reef islands (JCU) NERP-TE Project 10.2 - Socio-economic systems and reef resilience (JCU) NERP-TE Project 12.1- Indigenous co-management and biodiversity protection (CSIRO) NERP-TE Project 12.2 - Harnessing natural regeneration for cost-effective rainforest restoration (Griffith University) NERP-TE Project 12.3 - Relative social and economic values of residents and tourists in the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area (JCU) Invasive species Introduced species in the Great Barrier Reef NERP-TE Project 7.2 - Invasive species risks and responses in the Wet Tropics (CSIRO) NERP-TE Project 11.2 - Improved approaches for the detection and prevention of wildlife diseases in the Torres Strait (JCU) Jellyfish of the GBR Forecasting risk of exposure to dangerous jellyfish Jellyfish of the Great Barrier Reef Mangroves Improved understanding of biophysical and socio-economic connections between catchment and reef ecosystems: Wet and Dry Tropics case studies (MTSRF Synthesis Report) NERP-TE Project 2.2 - Mangrove and freshwater habitat status of Torres Strait islands (JCU) QLD - Queensland Coastal Wetlands (Mangroves, saltpans, samphire) (DEEDI) Marine water quality GBR - Indicators of marine water quality - Benthic foraminifera (AIMS) GBR - Pesticide monitoring of the inshore Great Barrier Reef by the Reef Water Quality Marine Monitoring Program (EnTox UQ) Improved understanding of biophysical and socio-economic connections between catchment and reef ecosystems: Wet and Dry Tropics case studies (MTSRF Synthesis Report) MTSRF Water Quality Program: Synthesis and Highlights (PowerPoint Presentation Slides) NERP-TE Project 4.1 -Tracking coastal turbidity over time and demonstrating the effects of river discharge events on regional turbidity in the GBR (AIMS) NERP-TE Project 4.4 - Hazard assessment for water quality threats to Torres Strait marine waters, ecosystems and public health (JCU) Optimising Water Quality and Impact Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Programs (MTSRF Synthesis Report) Reef Plan Marine Monitoring Program - Project - Inshore water quality monitoring (AIMS) Reef Rescue Marine Monitoring Program - Inshore Water Quality of the Great Barrier Reef Reef Rescue Marine Monitoring Program - Project - Assessment of terrestrial run-off entering the Great Barrier Reef (ACTFR-JCU) Reef Rescue Marine Monitoring Program - Project - Remote Sensing of Water Quality (CSIRO) Thresholds of major pollutants with regard to impacts on instream and marine ecosystems (MTSRF Synthesis Report) Oceanography A Synthesis of Climate Change and Coastal Science to Support Adaptation in the Communities of the Torres Strait (MTSRF Synthesis Report) GBR - Bleaching Risk Output Reports (UQ) NERP-TE Project 6.3 - Critical seabird foraging locations and trophic relationships for the Great Barrier Reef (JCU)	Physical environment and geography A Synthesis of Climate Change and Coastal Science to Support Adaptation in the Communities of the Torres Strait (MTSRF Synthesis Report) NERP-TE Project 3.1 - Rainforest Biodiversity (JCU) NERP-TE Project 5.1 - Understanding diversity of the Great Barrier Reef: Spatial and temporal dynamics and environmental drivers (AIMS) NERP-TE Project 6.1 - Maximising the benefits of mobile predators to GBR ecosystems: the importance of movement, habitat and environment (AIMS) NERP-TE Project 9.1 - Dynamic vulnerability maps and decision support tools for the Great Barrier Reef (AIMS) NERP-TE Project 9.4 - Conservation planning for a changing coastal zone (JCU) R Tools for Generating Maps and Spatial Modelling Rainforest Expansion in Far North Queensland: A preliminary analysis of the Windsor and Carbine Tablelands (MTSRF Transition Project T28) Traditional Knowledge is Facilitating Climate Change Adaptation in Torres Strait (MTSRF Synthesis Report) Rainforests Climate refugia for rainforests: Maximum temperature of the warmest period Habitat refugia and climate change adaptation of rainforest species in Australia's wet tropics Mission Beach - Habitat Quality PDF Atlas (JCU) Mission Beach - Habitat quality, canopy cover, tenture type (6 months after cyclone Larry) (JCU) NERP-TE Project 3.1 - Rainforest Biodiversity (JCU) NERP-TE Project 3.2 - What is at risk? Identifying rainforest refugia and hotspots of plant genetic diversity in the Wet Tropics and Cape York Peninsula (JCU) NERP-TE Project 3.3 - Targeted surveys for missing and endangered rainforest frogs in ecotonal areas, and assessment of whether populations are recovering from disease (JCU) NERP-TE Project 7.1 Fire and Rainforests (CSIRO) NERP-TE Project 7.2 - Invasive species risks and responses in the Wet Tropics (CSIRO) NERP-TE Project 7.3 - Climate change and the impacts of extreme climatic events on Australia’s Wet Tropics biodiversity (JCU) NERP-TE Project 12.2 - Harnessing natural regeneration for cost-effective rainforest restoration (Griffith University) NERP-TE Project 12.4 - Governance, planning and the effective application of emerging ecosystem service markets: climate change adaptation and landscape resilience (JCU) Rainforest Expansion in Far North Queensland: A preliminary analysis of the Windsor and Carbine Tablelands (MTSRF Transition Project T28) Resilience and ecosystem health measures Climate refugia for rainforests: Maximum temperature of the warmest period Drivers of change in seagrasses of the northern Great Barrier Reef GBR – Drivers of change in seagrasses of the Great Barrier Reef (JCU) Improved understanding of biophysical and socio-economic connections between catchment and reef ecosystems: Wet and Dry Tropics case studies (MTSRF Synthesis Report) Middle Reef - Coral Status and Trends (1993-2009) (AIMS LTMP) NERP-TE Project 5.1 - Understanding diversity of the Great Barrier Reef: Spatial and temporal dynamics and environmental drivers (AIMS) NERP-TE Project 8.1 - Monitoring the ecological effects of GBR zoning plan on mid and outer shelf reefs (AIMS) NERP-TE Project 8.3 - Significance of no-take marine protected areas to regional recruitment and population persistence on the GBR (JCU) NERP-TE Project 9.1 - Dynamic vulnerability maps and decision support tools for the Great Barrier Reef (AIMS) Optimising Water Quality and Impact Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Programs (MTSRF Synthesis Report) Predictive tools for white syndromes in Northern Australia: targeting monitoring and informing management Reef fish life history Reef Rescue Marine Monitoring Program - Condition of inshore coral reefs on the Great Barrier Reef Thresholds of major pollutants with regard to impacts on instream and marine ecosystems (MTSRF Synthesis Report) Seafloor R Tools for Generating Maps and Spatial Modelling The Coral Sea Seagrass Drivers of change in seagrasses of the northern Great Barrier Reef GBR – Drivers of change in seagrasses of the Great Barrier Reef (JCU) Improved understanding of biophysical and socio-economic connections between catchment and reef ecosystems: Wet and Dry Tropics case studies (MTSRF Synthesis Report) NERP-TE Project 5.3 - Vulnerability of seagrass habitats in the Great Barrier Reef to changing coastal environments (JCU) Optimising Water Quality and Impact Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Programs (MTSRF Synthesis Report) QDPI-F Composite Inshore Seagrass GIS Data 1984 - 2007 Reef Rescue Marine Monitoring Program - Project - Inshore Seagrass monitoring program (DEEDI) Subtidal seagrass distribution (QDPI-F) Thresholds of major pollutants with regard to impacts on instream and marine ecosystems (MTSRF Synthesis Report) Shipping NERP-TE Project 4.4 - Hazard assessment for water quality threats to Torres Strait marine waters, ecosystems and public health (JCU) NERP-TE Project 10.1 - Social and economic long-term monitoring program (JCU) Socio-economy A community survey of climate change and the Great Barrier Reef A Synthesis of Climate Change and Coastal Science to Support Adaptation in the Communities of the Torres Strait (MTSRF Synthesis Report) Community attitudes, knowledge, perceptions and use of the Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Area in 2007 GBR - Effects of the 2004 Great Barrier Reef rezoning on recreational fishers (JCU) Impacts of the 2004 Rezoning of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park on Commercial Line, Trawl and Charter Fishers MTSRF Water Quality Program: Synthesis and Highlights (PowerPoint Presentation Slides) NERP-TE Project 9.1 - Dynamic vulnerability maps and decision support tools for the Great Barrier Reef (AIMS) NERP-TE Project 9.2 - Design and implementation of Management Strategy Evaluation for the Great Barrier Reef inshore (CSIRO) NERP-TE Project 9.4 - Conservation planning for a changing coastal zone (JCU) NERP-TE Project 10.1 - Social and economic long-term monitoring program (JCU) NERP-TE Project 10.2 - Socio-economic systems and reef resilience (JCU) NERP-TE Project 11.1 - Building resilient communities for Torres Strait futures (CSIRO) NERP-TE Project 12.1- Indigenous co-management and biodiversity protection (CSIRO) NERP-TE Project 12.3 - Relative social and economic values of residents and tourists in the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area (JCU) NERP-TE Project 12.4 - Governance, planning and the effective application of emerging ecosystem service markets: climate change adaptation and landscape resilience (JCU) Species of conservation concern Habitat refugia and climate change adaptation of rainforest species in Australia's wet tropics NERP-TE Project 1.2 - Marine wildlife management in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area (JCU) NERP-TE Project 2.2 - Mangrove and freshwater habitat status of Torres Strait islands (JCU) NERP-TE Project 2.3 - Monitoring the health of Torres Strait coral reefs (AIMS) NERP-TE Project 3.2 - What is at risk? Identifying rainforest refugia and hotspots of plant genetic diversity in the Wet Tropics and Cape York Peninsula (JCU) NERP-TE Project 6.1 - Maximising the benefits of mobile predators to GBR ecosystems: the importance of movement, habitat and environment (AIMS) NERP-TE Project 11.2 - Improved approaches for the detection and prevention of wildlife diseases in the Torres Strait (JCU) R Tools for Generating Maps and Spatial Modelling The Coral Sea Threats and risk assessment MTSRF Water Quality Program: Synthesis and Highlights (PowerPoint Presentation Slides) NERP-TE Project 1.1 - Monitoring status and trends of coral reefs of the Great Barrier Reef (AIMS) NERP-TE Project 1.2 - Marine wildlife management in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area (JCU) NERP-TE Project 1.3 - Characterising the cumulative impacts of global, regional and local stressors on the present and past biodiversity of the GBR (UQ) NERP-TE Project 2.1 - Marine turtles and dugongs of the Torres Strait (JCU) NERP-TE Project 4.4 - Hazard assessment for water quality threats to Torres Strait marine waters, ecosystems and public health (JCU) NERP-TE Project 7.1 Fire and Rainforests (CSIRO) NERP-TE Project 7.2 - Invasive species risks and responses in the Wet Tropics (CSIRO) NERP-TE Project 8.3 - Significance of no-take marine protected areas to regional recruitment and population persistence on the GBR (JCU) NERP-TE Project 9.1 - Dynamic vulnerability maps and decision support tools for the Great Barrier Reef (AIMS) Optimising Water Quality and Impact Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Programs (MTSRF Synthesis Report) Thresholds of major pollutants with regard to impacts on instream and marine ecosystems (MTSRF Synthesis Report) Traditional Knowledge is Facilitating Climate Change Adaptation in Torres Strait (MTSRF Synthesis Report) Tourism A visitor monitoring survey: the case of the Great Barrier Reef tourism industry Community attitudes, knowledge, perceptions and use of the Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Area in 2007 Impacts of the 2004 Rezoning of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park on Commercial Line, Trawl and Charter Fishers NERP-TE Project 10.1 - Social and economic long-term monitoring program (JCU) NERP-TE Project 10.2 - Socio-economic systems and reef resilience (JCU) NERP-TE Project 12.3 - Relative social and economic values of residents and tourists in the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area (JCU) No pictures, no memory: capturing image-taking behaviour on the Great Barrier Reef Non-nature based tourists in the tropical North Reef tourism first yearly report: November 2006 - October 2007. Quarterly patterns of reef tourism on the Great Barrier Reef - Northern, Central and Whitsundays Areas Reef Tourism: An analysis of the competitiveness of the Great Barrier Reef as a tourist destination Successful interpretation in Great Barrier Reef tourism: Dive in or keep out of it? Welcome to the Wet Tropics: the importance of weather in reef tourism Water quality GBR - Lagoon water quality data (AIMS) GBR - Pesticide monitoring of the inshore Great Barrier Reef by the Reef Water Quality Marine Monitoring Program (EnTox UQ) Improved understanding of biophysical and socio-economic connections between catchment and reef ecosystems: Wet and Dry Tropics case studies (MTSRF Synthesis Report) MTSRF Water Quality Program: Synthesis and Highlights (PowerPoint Presentation Slides) NERP-TE Project 1.3 - Characterising the cumulative impacts of global, regional and local stressors on the present and past biodiversity of the GBR (UQ) Optimising Water Quality and Impact Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Programs (MTSRF Synthesis Report) R Tools for Generating Maps and Spatial Modelling Reef Rescue Marine Monitoring Program (RRMMP) - Overview Reef Rescue Marine Monitoring Program - Inshore Water Quality of the Great Barrier Reef Thresholds of major pollutants with regard to impacts on instream and marine ecosystems (MTSRF Synthesis Report) Water quality guidelines for the Great Barrier Reef Water quality of the Great Barrier Reef: spatial and seasonal patterns Wetlands Improved understanding of biophysical and socio-economic connections between catchment and reef ecosystems: Wet and Dry Tropics case studies (MTSRF Synthesis Report) MTSRF Water Quality Program: Synthesis and Highlights (PowerPoint Presentation Slides) QLD - Queensland Coastal Wetlands (Mangroves, saltpans, samphire) (DEEDI) Thresholds of major pollutants with regard to impacts on instream and marine ecosystems (MTSRF Synthesis Report)