AIMS Long-term Monitoring Program: Crown-of-thorns starfish and benthos Manta Tow Data, Great Barrier Reef, Australia (1983 - present)

64 'key' reefs in 11 sectors of the Great Barrier Reef (Cape Grenville, Princess Charlotte Bay, Cooktown/Lizard Island, Cairns, Innisfail, Townsville, Cape Upstart, Whitsunday, Pompey Complex, Swain and Capricorn Bunker) are annually surveyed for crown-of-thorns starfish using the manta tow technique. An additional 117 reefs from the sectors (excluding the Whitsunday, Swain and Capricorn-Bunker sectors) are scheduled for survey every third year ('cycle' reefs). This data is a subset for the NERP TE project. The full dataset is described at https://apps.aims.gov.au/metadata/view/5bb9a340-4ade-11dc-8f56-00008a07204e

Citation: Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS). (2015), AIMS Long-term Monitoring Program: Crown-of-thorns starfish and benthos Manta Tow Data (Great Barrier Reef), https://doi.org/10.25845/5c09b0abf315a, accessed 24-Jul-2020.

Published: June 20, 2022 at 04:34

URL: https://www.marine.csiro.au/ipt/resource?r=aims_ltmp_cots