The need: Protecting conservation values in the Commonwealth marine area Commonwealth marine areas are protected as a matter of national environmental significance under the Environment Protection and Biodiversi...
Canyons: identifying connectivity patterns for management Video: Geomorphology - Carnarvon Shelf Flythrough movie showing the bathymetry of Carnarvon shelf, highlighting benthic habitats at P...
Feature: Modelling connectivity Modelling connectivity ABOVE: Simulated larval dispersal in a column of water located near the Gascoyne Commonwealth Marine Reserve (Cape...
Feature: Building a framework for the world’s largest living structure IMAGE: The Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. Image: Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. Establishing an integrated monitoring...
Improving access to information about fish communities in Commonwealth marine reserves Under the Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia (IMCRA v4.0), Australia’s marine environment was classified into bi...
Exploring the origins of Australian marine diversity IMAGE: A fossil of an extinct ray. The maskrays originated after the collision of the Australian and Eurasian plates and their speciati...
First maps of biodiversity across Australia’s seafloor IMAGE: Uroptychus spinirostris is an endemic species of squat lobster that occurs across northern Australia at about 400 m depth. Image...
Collating existing pressure data for the Commonwealth marine area Understanding the pressures on the marine environment and their change over time is an important part of developing and prioritising manag...