Jul 26, 2021 | Fellowships, Reef condition
How will the abundance and diversity of life respond to the overall declining health of the Great Barrier Reef? The drivers of abundance and diversity are complex. They include the availability of food, the availability of shelter, and access to the services provided... 
Feb 11, 2020 | Ecology, Global change, Grants, Reef condition, Research
Assoc. Prof Maria Dornelas (University of St Andrews, Scotland), Assoc. Prof Joshua Madin (University of Hawaii) and fellow collaborators have been making annual visits to LIRS since the early 2000s during which they monitored the changing ecology of coral reef... 
Feb 6, 2020 | Fellowships, Global change, Reef condition, Research
Corals and goby fishes are slowly recovering, less than 3 years after the devastating climatic events that occurred at Lizard Island. While this is great news for Lizard Island, more recovery time is needed. The last 5 years have been rough for the reef, with two... 
Dec 30, 2017 | Observation, Reef condition
2017 – a year of further bleaching and hope for recovery January 2017: Greg Torda’s proposed research on ability of corals to adapt or acclimatise to higher sea temperatures was outlined in Coral recovery – basis for hope. Daniela Ceccareli and Zoe... 
Sep 6, 2017 | Bleaching, Reef condition
Death is the end of growth. But not all corals die when a reef is subject to bleaching conditions. This story is about survivors and a scientist – Kristin Anderson King PhD. Kristen’s research focuses on three important species of branching coral... 
May 24, 2017 | Observation, Reef condition
There is lots to see and study at Lizard Island, despite loss of coral as a result of the 2016 bleaching. The images in this post were captured in Nov-Dec 2016 and Jan 2017. Further bleaching occurred in March 2017, but if you were to visit today you would still find...