Project 5.9
Making marine environmental data more assessment-ready
Completed project
Journal article – Project 3.5
Seagrass spatial data synthesis from north-east Australia, Torres Strait and Gulf of Carpentaria, 1983 to 2022
A Carter, S McKenna, MA Rasheed, H Taylor, C van de Wetering, K Chartrand, C Reason, C Collier, L Shepherd, J Mellors, L McKenzie, NC Duke, A Roelofs, N Smit, R Groom, D Barrett, S Evans, R Pitcher, N Murphy, M Carlisle, M David, S Lui, Torres Strait Indigenous Rangers, RG Coles (2024). Seagrass spatial data synthesis from north‐east Australia, Torres Strait and Gulf of Carpentaria, 1983 to 2022. Limnology and Oceanography Letters. 9/1/7-22. https://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.10352.
Journal article
Broadscale reconnaissance of coral reefs from citizen science and deep learning
Lawson CL, Chartrand KM, Roelfsema CM, Kolluru A, Mumby PJ (2024). Broadscale reconnaissance of coral reefs from citizen science and deep learning. bioRxiv. 11.27.625580. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.11.27.625580.
Journal article – Project 3.2
Creating an authorising environment to care for Country
Shields T, Talbot L, Pascoe J, Gilbert J, Gould J, Hunter B, and van Leeuwen S (2025). Creating an authorising environment to care for Country. Conservation Letters. 18: e13075. https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.13075
Fact sheet – Project 5.9
Project 5.9 Information sheet
NESP Marine and Coastal Hub (2025). Making marine environmental data more assessment-ready Information sheet. Project 5.9 Information sheet. Reef and Rainforest Research Centre, Cairns, Queensland.
Technical report – Project 2.4
National Outfall Database: outfall ranking based on 2020/2021 nutrient loads discharge
Rohmana QA, Fischer A and Gemmill J (2023) National Outfall Database: outfall ranking based on 2020/2021 nutrient loads discharge. Report to the National Environmental Science Program. Clean Ocean Foundation and University of Tasmania.
Fact sheet
Marine and Coastal Hub research overview 5: Protected places
Research overview 5: Protected places (2024) National Environmental Science Program.
Technical report – Project 3.20
Blue Carbon in Australia: understanding the opportunity for Indigenous People (2024)
Grace P and Holmes J (2024) Blue Carbon in Australia: understanding the opportunity for Indigenous People. Indigenous Carbon Industry Network Ltd, Cairns Australia.
Technical report – Project 3.10
2023 Dugong Aerial Survey: Mission Beach to Cape York
Cleguer C, Hamel MA, Rankin RW, Langlois L, Edwards C, Marsh H (2024) ‘2023 Dugong Aerial Survey: Mission Beach to Cape York’, JCU Centre for Tropical Water & Aquatic Ecosystem Research Publication 24/43, Townsville. 61pp.
Technical report – Project 3.1
Creating a pipeline for sustainable and inclusive development: A research synthesis for developing new pathways for the northern Australia
Dale AP (2024). Creating a pipeline for sustainable and inclusive development: A research synthesis for developing new pathways for the northern Australia. A joint report for the Cooperative Research Centre for Northern Australia (CRCNA), Townsville and Reef and Rainforest Research Centre (RRRC), Cairns.
Technical report – Project 1.29
Great Reef Census – a case study to integrate citizen science data into research output for marine habitat management
Lawson C. L., Mumby P., Roelfsema C., Chartrand K., Kolluru A., Shi H., Tan A., Yuan Toh Z., Ganesan C., Navindra Kothalawal V., Iyengar A., Senn N., Vozzo B., Uusitalo J. and A. Ridley, 2023. Great Reef Census - a case study to integrate citizen science data into research output for marine habitat management. Report to the Reef and Rainforest Research Centre, Cairns, Queensland.
Journal article – Project 1.13
Seagrass spatial data synthesis from north-east Australia, Torres Strait and Gulf of Carpentaria, 1983 to 2022
Carter A, McKenna S, Rasheed M, Taylor H, van de Wetering C, Chartrand K, Reason C, Collier C, Shepherd L, Mellors J, McKenzie L, Duke N, Roelofs A, Smit N, Groom R, Barrett D, Evans S, Pitcher R, Murphy N, Carlisle M, David M, Lui S, and Coles R. (2023), Seagrass spatial data synthesis from north-east Australia, Torres Strait and Gulf of Carpentaria, 1983 to 2022. Limnol. Oceanogr. Lett. https://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.10352