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Project details
Title: | National Facility External Users: J. Webster (JCU) |
Id: | 2247 |
Acronym: | National Facility User: Webster. J |
Investigator(s): |
Jody Webster
James Cook University - Department of Marine Biology [details]
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Description: | |
Years: |
2007 |
List of surveys that this project was on.
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Survey | Investigator | Description |
SS 07/2007
[details] |
J. Webster (JCU) |
Evolution of drowned shelf edge reefs in the GBR: implications for understanding abrupt climate change, coral reef response and modern deep water
benthic habitats.
Scientific Objectives
- To define the ages of the succession of the shelf edge reefs.
- To define the spatial extent and biological composition of such structures.
- To understand their relationship to past sea levels, how they grew and the cause of their demise.
- To define the composition of the biological communities currently using the dead reefs as growth substrates and habitats.
- To establish a complete data set that will encourage international scientific drilling of the reefs.
Voyage Objectives
- To map four study sites along the Queensland margin where the approximate location of submerged reefs is known.
- To conduct seabed optical ground-truthing using high-resolution underwater stereoscopic video as well as a high-resolution multibeam system mounted on a state-of-the-art AUV.
- To collect dredge rock samples from the tops of the shelf edge reefs.
(Taken from SS07/2007 voyage plan.) |