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from CSIRO Marine Research is the Principal Investigator on the Seabed Biodiversity Project. He has been surveying seabed habitats and quantifying seabed biota, using multiple techniques, for more than 15 years. His related work includes population assessments, effects of prawn trawling and subsequent recovery, megabenthos dynamics, analysis and modelling, and information delivery.
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from the Australian Institute of Marine Science leads the 'Maintaining Ecosystem Quality' program and is Task Supervisor for the Seabed Biodiversity Project. At sea, he works 12 hour shifts on the back deck and says this is his toughest but most satisfying assignment because so many people with different skills and affiliations are coming together to solve this huge problem.
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from the Queensland Dept of Primary Industries & Fisheries is a co-investigator on the Seabed Biodiversity Project and is responsible for delivery of prawn species composition and spatial distribution information. Neil has extensive experience leading projects on fish and crustacean biology, ecological physiology and ecosystem modelling..
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is Head of the Biodiversity Program with the Queensland Museum in Brisbane and co-investigator on the Seabed Biodiversity Project. He manages the Museum’s participation in the Seabed project and provides oversight of sponge expertise. More than 1,500 species of sponges have been collected from the Great Barrier Reef region during the past few decades, of which most are still new to science.
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from the Museum of Tropical Queensland is a co-investigator on the Seabed Biodiversity Project. He oversees the identification of various invertebrate groups, specialising in the bryozoan fauna, primarily from the sled samples. Over 150 genera have been recognised from the samples sorted so far. In addition to new records and range extensions, the samples contain taxa previously known from limited material, often collected over 100 years ago. The samples are providing new information about the distribution and habitat of species previously known from a single sampling location.
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is based at the Townsville Campus of the Queensland Museum at the Museum of Tropical Queensland. He participates in trips on RV Lady Basten and is mostly involved in collecting and preserving plant and animal samples from the epibenthic sled. Back on land, Chris identifies and photographs preserved specimens and has a special interest in marine molluscs.
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from the Australian Institute of Marine Science developed the 'video fishing' technique called the Baited Remote Underwater Video System (BRUVS) so that he could sample fish without catching them. BRUVS can be used in previously inaccessible areas and capture some startling footage.
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is Research Officer with the Biodiversity Program at the Queensland Museum in Brisbane. She undertakes primary sorting, assessing and identifying marine invertebrates, as well as develops suitable techniques to document and describe taxa. |
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from the Queensland Dept of Primary Industries & Fisheries is a fisheries technician and contributes to laboratory sorting and identification of prawns sampled by FRV Gwendoline May, and database entry.
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from CSIRO Marine Research is the project’s database manager and applications programmer. He developed software to enter the sample data while the vessels are at sea; from sorting samples in the laboratories; and for analysing videos from the towed camera. Doug also got wet onboard the RV Lady Basten to see what the data really feel like. |
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is Research Officer with the Biodiversity Program at the Queensland Museum in Brisbane. He undertakes sorting and further taxonomic identification of non-scleractinian cnidarians. |
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is Senior Collection Manager with the Biodiversity Program at the Queensland Museum in Brisbane. Steve is responsible for collection acquisition, overseeing sorting, curation and data entry of marine invertebrate collections coming into the laboratories, with special interest in sessile marine invertebrates. |
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is Senior Curator with the Biodiversity Program at the Queensland Museum in Brisbane. Peter specialises in decapod crustaceans (crabs, prawns, lobsters). He has published extensively on the taxonomy of crabs from across the Indo-West Pacific region, and authored a two-volume compilation of Australian Decapoda for the Zoological Catalogue of Australia (2002). Peter identifies and verifies new, rare or previously unidentified crustacean species for the Seabed Biodiversity Project. |
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is a Principal Research Scientist at AIMS. Glenn works on statistical and ecological modelling and design issues, and will be modelling the biological communities and relating then to their physical environments. |
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is Collections Manager, Biodiversity Program, at the Museum of Tropical Queensland in Townsville. She undertakes primary sorting and identification of sled samples, especially bryozoans. Barbara also incorporates specimens into the Queensland Museum collections. |
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is the IT Manager for the CRC Reef Research Centre and works with Stuart Kinninmonth on CRC Reef task knowledge management system. Together they developed the web-based dynamic mapping which showcases the results of this project. |
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from Queensland Department of Primary Industries & Fisheries is the Master of FRV Gwendoline May and responsible for safe operation of the vessel. With extensive experience in the waters of the Great Barrier Reef and adjacent regions, Barry’s skills with gear and at the helm ensure the all-important consistency of the sampling program.
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from CSIRO Marine Research is a Natural Resource Modeller whose skills in computational, mathematical and statistical methods contribute to the survey design, biodiversity characterisation and mapping, and modelling ecosystem/trawl interactions. |
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from the Australian Institute of Marine Science has custom-designed software that reads the tapes from the Baited Remote Underwater Video System (BRUVS) and houses the 'reference library' of images which helps researchers identify fish, and automates the collection of data from tapes. |
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from CSIRO Marine Research is an electronics technician and provides technical support. Karl participates in voyages on RV Lady Basten, operating the towed camera and data acquisition systems, as well as performing maintenance and repairs as needed. |
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from CSIRO Marine Research is an Indigenous Cadet. When on break from her marine biology/arts degree studies at James Cook University, she assists with sorting and identifying epibenthos samples at the Museum of Tropical Queensland.
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from the Queensland Department of Primary Industries & Fisheries is a fisheries biologist and was responsible for collection and primary sorting of penaeid prawns as science officer for the first trip on FRV Gwendoline May. |
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from CSIRO Marine Research has participated on all trips on FRV Gwendoline May. He is responsible for sorting and coordinating the identification of fish samples. Dan has assembled a reference collection and an image library representing more than 1,000 specimens of fishes. |
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from CRC Reef 's communications and extension team manages the Project communications strategy, and writes brochure and website information to keep everyone up-to-date. |
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from CSIRO Marine Research is an Acoustics Engineer and was responsible for acquisition and analysis of the digital echo-sounder data for seabed classification. Scott participated in several voyages on RV Lady Basten, setting-up and operating the data acquisition systems, as well as helping with - and livening up - back-deck operations and sample sorting. |
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from CSIRO Marine Research is a marine ecologist and has participated in several voyages on RV Lady Basten. He is also contributing to the quantitative analyses for benthos characterisation and mapping. |
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from The University of Queensland is doing a PhD on the ecology of sharks and rays. He has participated on all trips on FRV Gwendoline May. |
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is Senior Collection Manager with the Biodiversity Program at the Queensland Museum in Brisbane. Jeff identifies fishes caught in the sled. The sled captures many small, cryptic and burrowing fishes that are not well-known or represented in icthyological collections. So far, he has found numerous extension of ranges and several undescribed fish species. Numerous species, previously thought to be rare in the Great Barrier Reef region, are now known to be relatively common in the habitats sampled by the sled. |
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from the Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRC Reef leads the task called knowledge management system for CRC Reef. He has a keen interest in spatial analysis and, with Tim Donovan, developed the web-based dynamic mapping which showcases the results of this project. |
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from the Queensland Department of Primary Industries & Fisheries is a fisheries biologist and was responsible for collection and primary sorting of penaeid prawns as science officer for the third trip on FRV Gwendoline May. |
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from CSIRO Marine Research is an internationally recognised fish taxonomist and heads the Australian National Fish Collection. He oversees the identification of fish species in the samples, and the reference specimen collection. |
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is a volunteer based at the Museum of Tropical Queensland in Townsville. She is helping with data entry of the taxa identified from the Great Barrier Reef sled samples. |
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from CRC Reef's communications and extension team writes media releases about the Project, and keeps the website up-to-date with the latest news and pictures. |
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from CSIRO Marine Research sorts and identifies epibenthos and bycatch fish samples. She also assists with analysis of fauna seabed captured on video by the towed camera system. Shona is also studying polychaete taxonomy at The University of Queensland. |
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from CSIRO Marine Research analyses spatial patterns in data using Geographic Information Systems, remote sensing and statistical methods. He has developed and applied techniques for bathymetric modelling, survey design and seabed habitat mapping. |
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from the Queensland Department of Primary Industries & Fisheries is a fisheries technician and contributes to laboratory sorting and identification of prawns sampled by FRV Gwendoline May, and database entry. |
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from the Queensland Department of Primary Industries & Fisheries is an experienced fisheries biologist responsible for collection, sorting and identification of prawns sampled by FRV Gwendoline May. She trains other biologists in these tasks and ensures quality control. Cassanda has participated on research voyages on FRV Gwendoline May. |
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is reseach assistant with the Biodiversity Program at the Museum of Tropical Queensland in Townsville. She undertakes primary sorting and identification of samples from the sled, especially bryozoans. |
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from CSIRO Marine Research works on the identification of benthos in the towed underwater video transects and assists with processing and identifying fish and benthos samples. |
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from CSIRO Marine Research is an electronics design engineer and develops electronic and optical fibre systems, instruments, software and firmware to support research. He was involved in the design, construction and commissioning of the systems in the towed cameras used on the project and participated in voyages on RV Lady Basten. |
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from CSIRO Marine Research is an applied mathematician and analyses the digital echo-sounder data for seabed classification. He has worked previously in the Defence Department on radar target identification and aircraft vibration; and at the University of Southern Queensland and the Japan National Aerospace Laboratory on fluid dynamics and optimisation. |
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from CSIRO Marine Research developed the overall concept and design of the towed Drop-Cam system, acquired and assembled many of the components. He also developed the data-acquisition system that is used to operate the camera and record its video and data, as well as the time and location of all survey tasks that occur on the RV Lady Basten. Greg is responsible for operating and maintaining the Drop-Cam and data acquisition systems. |
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from the Australian Institute of Marine Science is responsible for identifying and counting the fishes observed in the video from the BRUVS. Pete has also participated in several voyages on RV Lady Basten.
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from the Australian Institute of Marine Science. Onboard RV Lady Basten Marcus works on collecting, sorting and documenting samples. When not at sea, he works in the lab identifying the fauna collected in the benthic sled samples. |
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is Research Officer with the Biodiversity Program at the Queensland Museum in Brisbane. She undertakes sample sorting, identification and processing of the marine invertebrates. |
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is Research Officer with the Biodiversity Program at the Queensland Museum in Brisbane. Patricia identifies invertebrates collected as bycatch during scientific trawling or benthic sled; and identifies sponges. |
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from CSIRO Marine Research is a spatial ecologist and data coordinator who analyses and maps spatial data using Geographic Information Systems (GIS). He also collates spatial data and information for internet web mapping technologies. |
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from CSIRO Maths and Information Systems is an internationally renowned statistician with interests in Biodiversity and Ecological Sustainability issues. He has guided and contributed to the design of the survey, and leads the development and implementation of methods for analysing and modelling the data to synthesise the best possible understanding of the benthic assemblages on the Great Barrier Reef seabed.
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from CSIRO Marine Resarch is a bycatch biologist, responsible for the field and laboratory logistics and sorting of bycatch. Ted has been at sea on both FRV Gwendoline May and RV Lady Basten, and is identifying the crustacean invertebrates in the samples. |
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from CSIRO Marine Research is a fish taxonomist and helps to identify fish species in the samples and the reference specimen collection. |
