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The implementation of Marine Bioregional Plans, and the ongoing evaluation of the management of the Commonwealth Marine Reserve Network, requires monitoring at a level hitherto unknown in the Australian marine environment, with the notable exception of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. |
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A collaborative initiative to better align research and monitoring efforts with management priorities on the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) will provide a useful framework for monitoring the health of Australia’s marine and coastal ecosystems more broadly, according to researchers from the NERP Marine Biodiversity Hub. |
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Scientists have a new tool for measuring biodiversity and identifying marine diversity ‘hotspots’, thanks to a global survey of reef fish by an international team of more than 150 trained volunteer SCUBA divers working for the non-profit organisation Reef Life Survey. |
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A multi-disciplinary research team working off Lord Howe Island has combined habitat mapping and seabed sampling, including the first description of life in the sediments (infauna) across the Island’s shelf, to better understand and predict which seabed communities occur where, and how they might change in future. |
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A computer-aided project to process and store visual underwater data from around Australia will, for the first time, enable continental-scale analysis of marine ecosystems, according to researchers from the NERP Marine Biodiversity Hub. |
