Sharks, giant trevally, coral trout and other large reef predators present a challenge to reef managers. Their mobility complicates estimates of population status, which makes assessment of man-made and natural changes hard to define.
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- Laws protecting the Great Barrier Reef to be introduced next week, Queensland Premier says - Thu 28th May 2015
- Let’s get serious about protecting wildlife in a warming world - Thu 28th May 2015
- We’ve only monitored a fraction of the Barrier Reef’s species - Thu 28th May 2015
- Great Barrier Reef: warmer waters helping coral-eating starfish thrive - Fri 13th Feb 2015
- You are what you eat—if you're a coral reef fish - Wed 17th Dec 2014
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- Project 1.1 'Monitoring status and trends of coral reefs of the Great Barrier Reef' (5)
- Project 1.2 'Marine wildlife management in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area' (2)
- Project 10.2 'Socio-economic systems and reef resilience' (1)
- Project 11.1 'Building resilient communities for Torres Strait futures' (2)
- Project 11.2 'Improved approaches for detection of disease and prevention of spread in Torres Strait' (1)
- Project 13.1 'e-Atlas for the Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait' (1)
- Project 2.1 'Marine turtles and dugongs of the Torres Strait' (4)
- Project 2.2. 'Mangrove and freshwater habitat status of Torres Strait islands' (1)
- Project 2.3 'Monitoring the health of Torres Strait coral reefs' (3)
- Project 3.1 'Rainforest Biodiversity' (1)
- Project 3.3 'Targeted surveys for missing and critically endangered rainforest frogs in ecotonal areas, and assessment of whether populations are recovering from disease' (1)
- Project 4.2 'The chronic effects of pesticides and their persistence in tropical waters' (2)
- Project 4.3 'Ecological risk assessment of pesticides, nutrients and sediments on water quality and ecosystem health - Phase 1' (2)
- Project 4.4 'Hazard assessment for water quality threats to Torres Strait marine waters, ecosystems and public health' (1)
- Project 5.2 'Experimental and field investigations of combined water quality and climate effects on corals and other reef organisms' (1)
- Project 5.3 'Vulnerability of seagrass habitats in the Great Barrier Reef to flood plume impacts: light, nutrients, salinity' (1)
- Project 6.2 'Drivers of juvenile shark biodiversity and abundance in inshore ecosystems of the Great Barrier Reef' (1)
- Project 7.2 'Invasive species risks and responses in the Wet Tropics' (1)
- Project 7.3 'Climate change and the impacts of extreme climatic events on Australia's Wet Tropics biodiversity' (1)
- Project 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' (2)
- Project 8.3 'Significance of no-take marine protected areas to regional recruitment and population persistence on the Great Barrier Reef' (1)
- Project 9.3 'Prioritising management actions for Great Barrier Reef islands' (1)
- Project 9.4 'Conservation planning for a changing coastal zone' (1)
