Brief description
Benthic organisms were surveyed annually on fixed sites in one habitat on each of 47 selected core survey reefs from 1993 to 2005 in 6 regions throughout the Great Barrier Reef (GBR). Surveys were undertaken at 3 sites per reef, with 5x50m transects surveyed per site. \n \nIn 2004 a new zoning plan was implemented in the Great Barrier reef Marine Park and in 2006 the pattern of surveys was changed. The original set of reefs (47) are surveyed in odd years (e.g. 2007) and a different set (56 reefs) are surveyed in even years. The new set consists of paired reefs (one no-take, and one open to fishing) surveyed to assess the effects of rezoning. The paired reefs are near Cairns and Innisfail, Townsville, Mackay, the Swain Reefs and the Capricorn-Brunker group. \n \nFrom 1993 to 2006 video transects were recorded and sub-sampled at 200 points per sample. The program was modified in 2007 to allow collection of data from single frames shot at 1m intervals along each transect using a digital still camera. \n \nBenthic groups recorded are: Abiotic; Hard coral; Soft coral; Coralline algae; Macro algae; Turf algae; Sponge; Other; Indeterminate.\n To annually monitor the cover of benthic organisms, reef fish abundance and crown-of-thorns starfish populations on various reefs of the Great Barrier Reef. \n \nThe program has been designed to track changes in reef communities over time across sub-regions of the GBR.\n Parameters: Percentage cover of different substrate types and benthic organisms (particularly corals), identified to benthic group or lifeform level. Data on reef fish abundance and diversity are collected at the same sites and times.\nLineage
Maintenance and Update Frequency: asNeededNotes
CreditSweatman, H P A
Modified: 14 01 2023
Long-Term Monitoring Program Annual Summary Report of Coral Reef Condition 2021/2022
uri :
https://www.aims.gov.au/monitoring-great-barrier-reef/gbr-condition-summary-2021-22
Long-Term Monitoring Program Annual Summary Report of Coral Reef Condition 2020/2021
uri :
https://www.aims.gov.au/reef-monitoring/gbr-condition-summary-2020-2021
latest annual update of the coral cover trend in the Great Barrier Reef (July 2021)
uri :
https://apps.aims.gov.au/reef-monitoring/reefs
Data summarised by broad benthic groups
uri :
https://apps.aims.gov.au/metadata/download/10.25845/5c09bc4ff315c/ltmp_hc_sc_a_by_site.zip
AIMS long-term reef monitoring program
uri :
http://www.aims.gov.au/docs/research/monitoring/reef/sampling-methods.html
NERP TE Project 1.1 - Monitoring status and trends of coral reefs of the Great Barrier Reef: NERP TE Project 1.1 - Monitoring status and trends of coral reefs of the Great Barrier Reef
uri :
http://eatlas.org.au/nerp-te/gbr-aims-reef-monitoring-status-trends-1-1
NERP TE Project 8.1 - Monitoring the ecological effects of GBR zoning plan on mid and outer shelf reefs: NERP TE Project 8.1 - Monitoring the ecological effects of GBR zoning plan on mid and outer shelf reefs
uri :
http://eatlas.org.au/nerp-te/gbr-aims-monitoring-zoning-mpa-mid-outer-shelf-reefs-8-1
Subset of this data collected as part of the NERP TE 8.1 project on the paired zoning reefs.: Subset of this data collected as part of the NERP TE 8.1 project on the paired zoning reefs.
uri :
https://data.aims.gov.au/data-download/ltmp-exports/nerp_ltmp_coral_zoning.csv
Subset of this data collected as part of the NERP TE 1.1 project on the standard set of reefs.: Subset of this data collected as part of the NERP TE 1.1 project on the standard set of reefs.
uri :
https://data.aims.gov.au/data-download/ltmp-exports/nerp_ltmp_coral_standard.csv
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