Commonwealth marine reserves are areas established under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Act 1999 (EPBC Act) to help conserve Australia’s spec...
Video: Geomorphology - Carnarvon Shelf
Flythrough movie showing the bathymetry of Carnarvon shelf, highlighting benthic habitats at Point Cloates. The ba...
Many animals and plants live attached to the seabed where they form benthic habitats used by a diversity of other species.
These habitats can be affected by ...
The Australian Government has identified 58 Commonwealth Marine Reserves (CMRs) and 54 Key Ecological Features (KEFs) in Australia’s Commonwealth marine are...
IMAGE: Acoustic and satellite tagging were used to trace White Shark movement patterns, identify habitats, examine growth rates and explore population stru...
IMAGE: A seastar among deepwater corals at 1115m water depth in the Huon CMR, part of the South-east Commonwealth Marine Reserves Network. Image: CSIRO.
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The Flinders Commonwealth Marine Reserve (CMR) east of Tasmania’s Cape Barren Island stretches some 600 kilometres and covers an area of 27,000 km2.
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The Tasman Fracture Commonwealth Marine Reserve (CMR) is the southernmost CMR of the continental Australian CMR network. It has been established for more than s...
Parts of the Freycinet Commonwealth Marine Reserve (CMR) east of Tasmania were opportunistically mapped by the Marine Biodiversity Hub during transit voyages be...
