Reef Life Survey (RLS) aims to improve biodiversity conservation and the sustainable management of marine resources. This is achieved by coordinating surveys of rocky and coral reefs using scientific methods. The ultimate goal of RLS is to improve coastal stewardship.
This information is used to track changing ecosystems, allowing managers and scientists to better understand how human society affects the marine environment, and to identify better ways forward to reduce threats.
The Marine Biodiversity Hub is a collaborative partnership supported through funding from the Australian Government, administered by the Department of the Environment.
The Marine Biodiversity Hub will research Australian oceans and marine environments, including temperate coastal water quality and marine species, with funding of $23.88 million through the University of Tasmania, led by Professor Nic Bax.
Southern Ocean and Antarctic marine ecosystems are unique both in terms of environmental conditions and biological characteristics.
Marine systems face pressures from a range of sources including pollution, fishing, invasive species and, not least, a changing climate. Accordingly, the importance of managing ecosystems and their associated biodiversity is recognised by the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources.
Integral to our ability to manage biodiversity and predict how it may be affected by future scenarios, is a robust understanding of current patterns in the spatial distribution of biodiversity and how these patterns relate to environmental drivers.
Senior Research Fellow
Professor of marine ecology and conservation science, Graham Edgar, is studying the impacts of human society on the marine environment.…
Recent studies have primarily involved investigation over time of large-scale human impacts on marin…
Research Fellow
Over the past 20 years, my research and engagement in collaborative projects have contributed widely to our understanding of the biodiversity and ecology of tem…
Projects within the NERP Marine Biodiversity Hub include 1)exploring appropriate methods to describe…
Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr Hill's research spans a range of applied marine ecology topics including; ectoxicology, quantifying human impacts, modelling biodiversity and developing mon…
Quantification and prediction of marine biodiversity at a range of geographical and ecological scale…
Research Fellow
Dr Rick Stuart-Smith is a research fellow with the Ecology and Biodiversity group in the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies and in the NESP Marine Biodi…
NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub, National monitoring, evaluation and reporting team…
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