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Workshop on Coral Sea Transboundary Collaboration |
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Friday, 29 March 2013 22:33 |
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Australia and New Caledonia share a maritime boundary in the Coral Sea where their Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) meet. Australia and New Caledonia have signed a Coral Sea Declaration of Intention which aims to improve scientific collaboration and apply a cross border approach to the area. A Workshop on Coral Sea Transboundary Collaboration was held in Brisbane 25-26 March 2013, bringing together 36 marine scientists and government staff from both countries to discuss transboundary interests and issues. |
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Kongsberg multibeam workshop in Deakin University |
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Wednesday, 09 January 2013 15:53 |
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Deakin University in Warnambool, Victoria, has a 10 metre research vessel, MV Yolla, which also has a Kongsberg EM3002 multibeam swath system used for seabed mapping surveys in shallow coastal waters. It will soon have as a replacement the Kongsberg EM2040C multibeam, the first of its kind in Australia. These state-of-the-art multibeam echosounders provide dense bathymetry (depth) data for visualising the seafloor in 3D, and also include backscatter (seabed texture) and water column (fish, seeps) data. |
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Underwater landslides discovered off the Great Barrier Reef |
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Wednesday, 19 December 2012 08:48 |
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An extensive undersea mapping program of the Australian coast has revealed some surprises about the deep Great Barrier Reef, including a dense network of submarine canyons, the remains of numerous undersea landslide scarps where large parts of the continental slope have given way, and some areas which may be prone to future underwater landslides. The research, published in the latest edition of the journal Natural Hazards, was undertaken by Angel Puga-Bernabeu, from the University of Granada in Spain, Dr Jody Webster from the University of Sydney and Dr Robin Beaman from James Cook University. |
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Predictive modelling of submerged coral reefs |
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Friday, 02 November 2012 18:14 |
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Coral reef communities occurring in deeper waters have received little research effort compared to their shallow-water counterparts, and even such basic information as their location and extent are currently unknown throughout most of the world. In a scientific article published in the journal PLOS ONE, habitat suitability modelling is used to predict the distribution of deep-water coral reef communities on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. |
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Searching for a new end to the Great Barrier Reef |
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Thursday, 26 April 2012 13:39 |
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James Cook University’s Robin Beaman will lead a joint JCU/University of Sydney research voyage to test whether long-term climate change could see the Great Barrier Reef head south. Dr Beaman’s team will use multibeam mapping and rock dredging equipment onboard the Marine National Facility vessel RV Southern Surveyor, to investigate Gardner Bank near Fraser Island, to determine if it could become an extension of the Great Barrier Reef. |
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