Not all reefs are rocky: new map sharpens focus on functional reefs across southern Australia

Mar 26, 2025

The map shows the likely presence of ‘functional reef’ across 10–200 metre ocean depths between Western Australia’s Shark Bay and the Victoria-New South Wales border. It was developed in a Marine and Coastal Hub project led by the Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) at the University of Tasmania and the University of Western…