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GBR Monitoring Program List

The monitoring programs are grouped into seven categories

Water Quality
Marine Wildlife
Fish & Fisheries
Marine invertebrates
Marine Plants
Physical Enviroment
Socio-economic, cultural

For detailed information about a specific monitoring program click on the program titles below.

Water Quality

ID	Title
5	Remote sensing of the marine environment
7	Long-term chlorophyll monitoring
8	Suspended sediment in rivers and nutrient export monitoring
9	Cairns coastal water quality transect
12	Eye on the Reef
16	EPA ambient water quality monitoring
28	Nelly Bay monitoring
40	Townsville Citiwater- water quality monitoring
42	Cairns Water- water quality monitoring
46	Ross River estuary – birds and water quality
48	Waterwatch: Mackay-Whitsunday region
49	Woongarra Marine Park - water quality
51	Mackay mangrove monitoring
54	Sediment and water quality- Townsville Port Authority
59	Pioneer Bay effluent monitoring program
61	SeagrassNet
66	Waterwatch: Wet Tropics
67	Introduced marine species - port surveys
84	Shark Control Program
87	NRM water quality and quantity monitoring program
90	Ross Creek water quality monitoring
92	Queensland Nickel water quality monitoring (Yabulu site)
93	Flood plume monitoring
94	Suspended sediment and bedload monitoring in streams
95	Coral cores
97
98	Water quality and sediment- Cairns Port
100	Herbert River water quality
101	Waterwatch: Burdekin
102	Waterwatch: Fitzroy Basin
103	Waterwatch: Port Curtis
104
105	Sediment and nutrient dynamics - Fitzroy estuary
107	Effects of terrestrial runoff on coastal coral reef communities
108	East Trinity Acid Sulfate Soils remediation
109	Macroinvertebrate, water quality and habitat sampling
111	Introduced marine species - Hay Point
112	Water quality, sediment and biological monitoring- Mackay Port
114	Stream monitoring in the Burdekin catchment
118	Land use impacts on water quality in the Johnstone River catchment
119	Water quality management in the Johnstone River catchment
121	Gladstone Harbour Protection and Enhancement Strategy
122	Water quality event monitoring- Mackay Whitsunday region

Marine Wildlife

ID	Title
1	Marine turtle breeding
2	Marine turtle foraging
3	Marine wildlife stranding and mortality
12	Eye on the Reef
14
33
36	Queensland Coastal Bird Atlas.
37	Brown and masked boobie population monitoring
38	Roseate Tern population monitoring
39	Silvereye population monitoring
46	Ross River estuary – birds and water quality
47	Dugong aerial surveys
52	Queensland wader study
53	Townsville region bird observers
58	Indo-Pacific sea turtle monitoring
62	Brook Islands Pied Imperial Pigeon (PIP) and seabird surveys
75	Michaelmas Cay seabird monitoring
78	Site and nest fidelity of red-tailed tropic birds at Raine Island
80	Dwarf minke whales
81	Coastal dolphins in Australia
84	Shark Control Program
85	Retrieval and necropsy of dead marine wildlife
88	Marine turtle capture in trawl nets
117	Shark movements at Raine Island, Osprey Reef and Batt Reef
120	Central Queensland flatback turtle research
121	Gladstone Harbour Protection and Enhancement Strategy

Fish & Fisheries

ID	Title
12	Eye on the Reef
20	Commercial Fisheries Information System (CFISH)
21	Recreational Fisheries Information System (RFISH)
22	Fisheries long-term monitoring program
32	Australian Underwater Federation spearfishing
41	AIMS long-term monitoring program
45	Ports fisheries habitat monitoring
46	Ross River estuary – birds and water quality
67	Introduced marine species - port surveys
68	Suntag
71	Effects of line fishing experiment
79	Eastern tuna and billfish fishery data collection program
82	Adult reef fish surveys
83	Annual cross-shelf fish recruitment surveys
84	Shark Control Program
86	Soft sediment epibenthos (Central Queensland shelf)
91	Bramble Reef fish surveys
106	Fitzroy - fisheries
108	East Trinity Acid Sulfate Soils remediation
111	Introduced marine species - Hay Point
121	Gladstone Harbour Protection and Enhancement Strategy

Marine invertebrates

ID	Title
11	Coral reef monitoring- Heron Island
12	Eye on the Reef
15	Coral reef community dynamics- Cairns fringing reefs
24	Coral reef community dynamics - Heron Island reef crest
25	Coral reef community dynamics- Lizard Island
26	Coral reef community dynamics- Palm Island Group
27	Coral reef community dynamics- spatial variability
28	Nelly Bay monitoring
34	COTSWATCH/ COTSBASE
35	Fine-scale Crown-of-thorns starfish surveys
41	AIMS long-term monitoring program
42	Cairns Water- water quality monitoring
43	Reef Check Australia
45	Ports fisheries habitat monitoring
46	Ross River estuary – birds and water quality
48	Waterwatch: Mackay-Whitsunday region
50	Woongarra Marine Park - inshore benthic communities
67	Introduced marine species - port surveys
70	Aerial surveys for coral bleaching
71	Effects of line fishing experiment
73	Recovery of coral reef benthos after major vessel groundings.
74	Piper Reef impact site monitoring
77	Extent and severity of coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef.
82	Adult reef fish surveys
83	Annual cross-shelf fish recruitment surveys
86	Soft sediment epibenthos (Central Queensland shelf)
91	Bramble Reef fish surveys
95	Coral cores
99	Introduced marine species - Cairns Port
103	Waterwatch: Port Curtis
107	Effects of terrestrial runoff on coastal coral reef communities
109	Macroinvertebrate, water quality and habitat sampling
111	Introduced marine species - Hay Point
112	Water quality, sediment and biological monitoring- Mackay Port
121	Gladstone Harbour Protection and Enhancement Strategy

Marine Plants

ID	Title
15	Coral reef community dynamics- Cairns fringing reefs
24	Coral reef community dynamics - Heron Island reef crest
25	Coral reef community dynamics- Lizard Island
26	Coral reef community dynamics- Palm Island Group
27	Coral reef community dynamics- spatial variability
28	Nelly Bay monitoring
41	AIMS long-term monitoring program
43	Reef Check Australia
44	Seagrass Watch
45	Ports fisheries habitat monitoring
46	Ross River estuary – birds and water quality
50	Woongarra Marine Park - inshore benthic communities
51	Mackay mangrove monitoring
59	Pioneer Bay effluent monitoring program
61	SeagrassNet
67	Introduced marine species - port surveys
72	Scale insect populations on the pisonia forests of the Capricornia Cays National Park
76	Seagrass monitoring in Shoalwater Bay
86	Soft sediment epibenthos (Central Queensland shelf)
92	Queensland Nickel water quality monitoring (Yabulu site)
107	Effects of terrestrial runoff on coastal coral reef communities
110	Seagrass monitoring - Port of Mourilyan
111	Introduced marine species - Hay Point
112	Water quality, sediment and biological monitoring- Mackay Port
116	Seagrass monitoring- Green Island
121	Gladstone Harbour Protection and Enhancement Strategy

Physical Enviroment

ID	Title
4	Ocean monitoring network
5	Remote sensing of the marine environment
6	Long-term monitoring of sea temperatures
7	Long-term chlorophyll monitoring
9	Cairns coastal water quality transect
10	Southern Great Barrier Reef water temperature
12	Eye on the Reef
17	Storm tide network
18	Waverider buoys
19	Queensland aerial photography
23	Weather stations- remote
29	Weather stations- coastal
30	Weather stations- rainfall
40	Townsville Citiwater- water quality monitoring
42	Cairns Water- water quality monitoring
43	Reef Check Australia
45	Ports fisheries habitat monitoring
48	Waterwatch: Mackay-Whitsunday region
49	Woongarra Marine Park - water quality
53	Townsville region bird observers
54	Sediment and water quality- Townsville Port Authority
60	Hydrographic surveys
61	SeagrassNet
63	Hadley seawater temperature
64	Subtidal sediment pollutant concentrations
65	Australian Baseline Sea Level Monitoring Project
66	Waterwatch: Wet Tropics
80	Dwarf minke whales
84	Shark Control Program
86	Soft sediment epibenthos (Central Queensland shelf)
87	NRM water quality and quantity monitoring program
90	Ross Creek water quality monitoring
94	Suspended sediment and bedload monitoring in streams
95	Coral cores
97
98	Water quality and sediment- Cairns Port
101	Waterwatch: Burdekin
102	Waterwatch: Fitzroy Basin
103	Waterwatch: Port Curtis
106	Fitzroy - fisheries
108	East Trinity Acid Sulfate Soils remediation
109	Macroinvertebrate, water quality and habitat sampling
111	Introduced marine species - Hay Point
112	Water quality, sediment and biological monitoring- Mackay Port
113	Sediment distribution and transport mechanisms, Burdekin region, central GBR lagoon
114	Stream monitoring in the Burdekin catchment
115	Antifoulant compounds in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area
119	Water quality management in the Johnstone River catchment
121	Gladstone Harbour Protection and Enhancement Strategy
122	Water quality event monitoring- Mackay Whitsunday region

Socio-economic, cultural

ID	Title
20	Commercial Fisheries Information System (CFISH)
21	Recreational Fisheries Information System (RFISH)
22	Fisheries long-term monitoring program
31	Environmental Management Charge database
32	Australian Underwater Federation spearfishing
55	Understanding tourist use of the GBRWHA
56	Great Barrier Reef: destination image and competitiveness
57	Understanding public perceptions of the GBR and its management
68	Suntag
69	Recreational vessels in Queensland
71	Effects of line fishing experiment
79	Eastern tuna and billfish fishery data collection program
80	Dwarf minke whales
89	Social assessment of commercial fishers in Queensland
112	Water quality, sediment and biological monitoring- Mackay Port

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