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...Rosemary K. Steinberg [email protected] Opinion: Missing half the picture, focus on scleractinian corals during bleaching events has left critical knowledge gaps in our understanding of reef-scale bleaching and recovery Rosemary K. Steinberg1 1School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie...

...Morgan S. Pratchett; Bethan J. Lang; Samuel Matthews ABSTRACT Outbreaks of the Pacific Crown-of-thorns Starfish Acanthaster cf. solaris are a major contributor to the sustained loss of coral, and the long-term degradation of Australia's Great Barrier Reef. There is a major imperative to reverse...

..., Canberra. Comments on the "Managing Multiple Use in the Coastal Zone - A review of the Great Barrier Reef Park Authority" by J. F. Whitehouse, 1993. Commonwealth of Australia 1993 Reviewed by Pat Hutchings Vice-President of the Australian Coral Reef Society A review of the Great Barrier Reef Marine...

... of the species by increasing the availability of suitable habitat through habitat modification or creation and, where necessary, translocating individuals into these habitat areas. Apparently suitable habitat for this species had been created at Long Reef Golf Course in the northern Sydney suburb of Collaroy. We...

...Dayana Chadda-Harmer; Maria Byrne; Shawna A. Foo ABSTRACT Climate change is the primary threat to coral reefs, causing catastrophic coral mortality on a global scale. Stressors such as ocean acidification limit calcium carbonate availability needed to build skeletons. A wealth of research has shown...

...D A Damodaran ABSTRACT Reef forming bivalves like mussels and oysters have undergone massive declines due to many factors including increasing habitat loss. Bivalves provide important ecosystem functions and services that include increasing biodiversity and providing sustenance and cultural...

...Arthur White; Graham Pyke Translocations involving the endangered Green and Golden Bell Frog Litoria aurea have been under way in the Greater Sydney area since 1993. Case studies for four of these translocations are presented; the translocation sites being at Botany, Marrickville, Long Reef...

... research to be of the highest standard and encouraged curators to undertake field work. Many took advantage of the One Tree Island field station Frank established in 1965 on the southern Great Barrier Reef (GBR) and later at Lizard Island Research Station (LIRS) established in 1973. Frank was instrumental...

... et al.. 1991; Reid 2021; Kingsford and Byrne 2023; Stelling-Wood et al.. 2023) and in supporting endangered species and ecological communities. These include, Posidonia australis, remnant oyster reefs and migratory birds that forage for invertebrates and roost around Taren Point (RAMSAR wetland...

... (Director, Threatened Species Commissioner's Office) - Tackling feral cats. Morgan Pratchett (James Cook University) - Should we and could we eradicate coral eating Crown-of-Thorns Starfish from Australia's Great Barrier Reef? Joy Becker and Paul Hick (University of Sydney) - An epidemiologic model of koi...

... and applications of drones for monitoring jellyfish Claire E Rowe and Shane T Ahyong 626 Opinion: Missing half the picture, focus on scleractinian corals during bleaching events has left critical knowledge gaps in our understanding of reef-scale bleaching and recovery Rosemary K. Steinberg 631 Biomineralisation...

... include artificial reefs (Ramm et al. 2021), spatially heterogeneous habitat tiles that increase biodiversity settling onto man-made structures such as harbour walls (Bishop et al. 2022), and fish pods (Sydney Institute of Marine Science 2024), among many others. 2025 AuZstoraolilaongist volume 44 (2...

...-ordinator of the MSc program in Tropical Ecology, a very popular course at JCU. In 1989 she became the Chairman of the Great Barrier Reef Consultative Committee, which provides support to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, and again this is an ongoing role. She was Chair of the Queensland Marine...

...Celmara Pocock Both scientists and holidaymakers once enjoyed riding on the backs of turtles while at the Great Barrier Reef. In spite of the widespread popularity of turtle riding, the practice disappeared into obscurity in the second part of the twentieth century. This paper unveils...

... point. The other study sites included: Windarra Bank, located 16 km east of Mooball; Wilsons Reef, located 2 km south-west of Julian Rocks; Lennox Head Moat located at the southern extreme of Seven Mile Beach, Lennox Head and Belongil Creek, located two km west of Byron Bay township. A total of 530 fish...

... they are in terrestrial systems. Marine artificial habitat structures are relatively widely used and have been applied to recreate a large range of habitat functions. Marine structures include artificial reefs (Ramm et al. 2021), spatially heterogeneous habitat tiles that increase biodiversity settling onto man-made...