Resources
Bainbridge, S.J., Berkelmans, R., Sweatman, H, Weeks, S. (2015) Monitoring the health of Torres Strait Reefs.
© AIMS
Bainbridge, S., Berkelmans, R. (2014) The use of climatologies and Bayesian models to link observations to outcomes; an example from the Torres Strait. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts. [doi: 10.1039/C3EM00675A].
Monitoring the Health of Torres Strait Reefs.
Osborne, K., Miller, I., Johns, K., Jonker, M., Sweatman, H. (2013) Preliminary report on surveys of biodiversity of fishes and corals in Torres Strait.
© Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS)
What is the status of coral reefs in the Torres Strait? This project will survey coral reefs so we have a baseline of coral condition to answer this question and monitor changes in future.The project will also establish an early warning system for coral bleaching.
Find out more about Project 2.3
Red Orbit
02 October 2012
The Great Barrier Reef in Australia is the world’s largest coral reef, and the only living thing on Earth that is visible from space. The Great Barrier Reef is approximately 3000 kilometers long and up to 65 kilometers wide in some places.
According to new research from the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS ), the Great Barrier Reef has lost half of its coral cover in the last 27 years. The research team attributes this loss to storm damage (48%), crown of thorns starfish (42%), and bleaching (10%). Read more