Project 4.23
Environmental DNA for measuring offshore marine biodiversity: what can DNA in water collected from the RV Investigator tell us?
Projects
Completed project
Publications
Fact sheet – Project 4.11
Project 4.11 Information sheet
NESP Marine and Coastal Hub (2024). Improving the health of seagrass and turtles – Pulu-Keeling National Park. Project 4.11 Information sheet. Reef and Rainforest Research Centre, Cairns, Queensland.
Fact sheet – Project 3.5
Project 3.5 Information sheet
NESP Marine and Coastal Hub (2023). Partnerships for seagrass research and protection. Project 3.5 Information sheet. Reef and Rainforest Research Centre, Cairns, Queensland.
Technical report – Project 1.29
Great Reef Census – a case study to integrate citizen science data into research output for marine habitat management
Lawson C. L., Mumby P., Roelfsema C., Chartrand K., Kolluru A., Shi H., Tan A., Yuan Toh Z., Ganesan C., Navindra Kothalawal V., Iyengar A., Senn N., Vozzo B., Uusitalo J. and A. Ridley, 2023. Great Reef Census - a case study to integrate citizen science data into research output for marine habitat management. Report to the Reef and Rainforest Research Centre, Cairns, Queensland.
Technical report – Project 2.7
Relative abundance of the ‘western’ population of southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) from an aerial survey off southern Australia
Smith JN, Double M, Evans K and Kelly N (2023) Relative abundance of the ‘western’ population of southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) from an aerial survey off southern Australia: Final Report on 2022 survey. Report to the National Environmental Science Program. Murdoch University (Lead organisation).
Journal article – Project 2.2
Developing an ocean best practice: a case study of marine sampling practices from Australia
Przeslawski R, Barrett N, Carroll A, Foster S, Gibbons B, Jordan A, Monk J, Langlois T, Lara-Lopez A, Pearlman J, Picard K, PiniFitzsimmons J, van Ruth P and Williams J (2023) Developing an ocean best practice: A case study of marine sampling practices from Australia. Frontiers in Marine Science. Ocean Observation Section. Vol 10 2023. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1173075
Journal article – Project 1.29
Barriers to using UAVs in conservation and environmental management: a systematic review
Walker SE, Sheaves M, and Waltham NJ (2022). Barriers to using UAVs in conservation and environmental management: A systematic review. Environmental Management 71, 1052–1064. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-022-01768-8
Fact sheet – Project 1.29
Project 1.29 Information sheet
NESP Marine and Coastal Hub (2021). Scoping Study: New approaches to marine monitoring. Project 1.29 Information sheet. Reef and Rainforest Research Centre, Cairns, Queensland.
Technical report – Project 1.25
Sawfish bycatch mitigation workshop for northern Australian fisheries
Pillans R, Patterson T, and Donovan A (2022). Sawfish bycatch mitigation workshop for northern Australian fisheries. Report to the Reef and Rainforest Research Centre. Cairns, Queensland.
Fact sheet – Project 1.25
Project 1.25 Information sheet
NESP Marine and Coastal Hub (2021). Sawfish bycatch mitigation workshop for northern Australia fisheries. Project 1.25 Information sheet. Reef and Rainforest Research Centre, Cairns, Queensland.
Fact sheet – Project 1.24
Project 1.24 Information sheet
NESP Marine and Coastal Hub (2021). A pilot study into the movement and dispersal of sawfishes. Project 1.24 Information sheet. Reef and Rainforest Research Centre, Cairns, Queensland.
Technical report – Project 1.20
An inventory of dugong aerial surveys in Australia
Cleguer C and Marsh H 2023. An inventory of dugong aerial surveys in Australia. Report to the National Environmental Science Program. Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research (TropWATER), Report 23/15, James Cook University.
Fact sheet – Project 1.13
Project 1.13 Information sheet
NESP Marine and Coastal Hub (2021). Synthesising three decades of seagrass spatial data from Torres Strait and Gulf of Carpentaria. Project 1.13 Information sheet. Reef and Rainforest Research Centre, Cairns, Queensland.
Technical report – Project 1.12
Mapping critical habitat in Yanyuwa Sea Country
Groom R, Carter A, Collier C, Firby L, Evans S, Barrett S, Hoffmann L, van de Wetering C, Shepherd L, Evans S, Anderson S (2023). Mapping Critical Habitat in Yanyuwa Sea Country. Report to the National Environmental Science Program. Charles Darwin University.
Technical report – Project 1.23
Conservation of Spotted Handfish and their habitats
Lynch TP, Soo L, McEnnulty F and Devine C (2022) Conservation of Spotted Handfish and their habitats - Annual report. Report to the National Environmental Science Program. CSIRO.