Great Barrier Reef Research Projects

Proj 1.1: Monitoring status and trends of coral reefs of the Great Barrier Reef

Proj 1.2: Marine wildlife management in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area

Proj 1.3: Characterising the cumulative impacts of global, regional and local stressors on the present and past biodiversity of the Great Barrier Reef

Proj 4.1: Tracking coastal turbidity over time and demonstrating the effects of river discharge events on regional turbidity in the Great Barrier Reef

Proj 4.2: The chronic effects of pesticides and their persistence in tropical waters

Proj 4.3: Ecological risk assessment of pesticides, nutrients and sediments on water quality and ecosystem health - Phase 1

Proj 5.1: Understanding diversity of the Great Barrier Reef: Spatial and temporal dynamics and environmental drivers

Proj 5.2: Experimental and field investigations of combined water quality and climate effects on corals and other reef organisms

Proj 5.3: Vulnerability of seagrass habitats in the Great Barrier Reef to flood plume impacts: light, nutrients, salinity

Proj 6.1: Maximising the benefits of mobile predators to Great Barrier Reef ecosystems: the importance of movement, habitat and environment

Proj 6.2: Drivers of juvenile shark biodiversity and abundance in inshore ecosystems of the Great Barrier Reef

Proj 6.3: Critical seabird foraging locations and trophic relationships for the Great Barrier Reef

Proj 8.1: Monitoring the ecological effects of the Great Barrier Reef zoning plan on mid and outer shelf reefs

Proj 8.2: Do no-take marine reserves contribute to biodiversity and fishery sustainability? Assessing the effects of management zoning on inshore reefs of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park

Proj 8.3: Significance of no-take marine protected areas to regional recruitment and population persistence on the Great Barrier Reef

Proj 9.1: Dynamic vulnerability maps and decision support tools for the Great Barrier Reef

Proj 9.2: Design and implementation of Management Strategy Evaluation for the Great Barrier Reef inshore (MSE-GBR)

Proj 9.3: Prioritising management actions for Great Barrier Reef islands

Proj 9.4: Conservation planning for a changing coastal zone

Proj 10.1: Social and Economic Long Term Monitoring Programme (SELTMP)

Proj 10.2: Socio-economic systems and reef resilience