Maintaining Ecosystem Quality
(Program C)

Program Leader: Dr Peter Doherty (AIMS )
Program objectives
PROJECTS	LEADER
Biodiversity: status and trends (C1)	Dr P Doherty (AIMS)
Climate change and coral bleaching (C4)	Dr J Lough (AIMS)
Irukandji research (C6)

BIODIVERSITY: STATUS & TRENDS (C1)	DR PETER DOHERTY (AIMS)
TASK	TASK LEADER	TASK ASSOCIATE
Measuring the success of conservation strategies to protect scleractinian corals on the GBR (A2.1.3S)	PGS Ms E Dinsdale (JCU)	Dr P Marshall (GBRMPA)
Seabed biodiversity on the continental shelf of the GBRWHA (C1.1.2)	Dr Roland Pitcher (CSIRO)	Steering committee: Dr P Doherty (AIMS), Mr B Ehrke (QSIA), Mr V Veitch (SUNFISH), Dr D Huber (GBRMPA), Dr B Kerrigan (DPI&F), Dr V Nelson (NOO), Mr D Souter (QSIA), Dr D Williams (CRC Reef).
Long-term monitoring of coral reefs of the GBRWHA (C1.2)	Dr H Sweatman (AIMS)	Dr D Wachenfeld (GBRMPA)
Population biology and biogeography of Caribbean and Indo-Pacific reef fishes (C1.6)	Prof H Choat (JCU)	3rd Party Contract
Western Pacific Seagrass Project - Packard Foundation (C1.8)	Dr R Coles (DPI&F)	3rd Party Contract
Coral ID project (C1.10)	Dr C Veron (AIMS)	3rd Party Contract
Sponge aquaculture for Indigenous communities (C1.11)	Dr C Battershill (AIMS)	3rd Party Contract
Research and monitoring initiative for Commonwealth Marine Protected Areas - biodiversity surveys: Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs Nature Reserve (C1.12c)	Mr W Oxley (AIMS)	3rd Party Contract
Status of nearshore reefs of the Great Barrier Reef 2003-04 (C1.14)	Dr Hugh Sweatman (AIMS)
Research and Monitoring Strategy for the Commonwealth's Temperate Marine Protected Areas (C2.13)	Mr W Oxley (AIMS)	3rd Party Contract

CLIMATE CHANGE & CORAL BLEACHING (C4)	DR JANICE LOUGH (AIMS)
TASK	TASK LEADER	TASK ASSOCIATE
Regional dynamics in the marine climate GBRWHA (C3.1)	Dr J Lough (AIMS)	Dr P Marshall (GBRMPA)
Long-term monitoring of sea temp at PCQ ports (C3.1.1)	Dr R Berkelmans (AIMS)	Ms S Trimarchi (PCQ)
Climatic and oceanographic change from high-resolution records in large fossil Porites, Magnetic Island, Queensland (C4.1S)	PGS Mr S Lewis (JCU)	Dr J Lough (AIMS)
Shade as a protective measure during bleaching (C4.2)	Prof O Hoegh-Guldberg (UQ)

IRUKANDJI RESEARCH (C6)
TASK	TASK LEADER	TASK ASSOCIATE
Identification of Cubomedusae responsible for Irukandji syndrome using molecular and morphological characters (C6.1)	Dr M Van Oppen (AIMS)	3rd Party Contract
Irukandji syndrome: definition, physiological progression and optimal treatment (C6.2)	Dr J Seymour (JCU)	3rd Party Contract
The collection of Irukandji jellyfish from onshore and offshore coastal Queensland for taxonomy and toxinology research (C6.3)	Dr P Fenner (SLSQ)	3rd Party Contract
Characterisation of the Irukandji venom proteins (C6.5)	Prof J Burnell (JCU)
Aquaculture of Irukandji jellyfishes to supply the needs of research and education (C6.6)	Ms L Gershwin (JCU)

AFMA = Australian Fisheries Management Authority

AIMS = Australian Institute of Marine Science

AMPTO = Association of Marine Park Tourism Operators

CSIRO = Commonwealth Scientific and industrial Research Organisation

GBR = Great Barrier Reef

GBRMPA = Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority

GBRWHA= Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area

JCU = James Cook University

PCQ = Ports Corporation of Queensland

PGS = Postgraduate Student

SLSQ - Surf Life Saving Queensland

UQ = The University of Queensland

Program Leader: Dr Peter Doherty (AIMS )