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Current state and trends of outbreaks of disease, introduced species and pest species
Outbreaks of disease
The incidence of coral disease may be increasing in some areas.
- Links between mass coral bleaching and coral disease outbreaks
- Coral disease on the Great Barrier Reef
- Thermal stress and coral cover as drivers of coral disease
- Black band disease on the Great Barrier Reef
- Biosecurity Queensland probes factor behind groper deaths
- Cryptosporidium infection in a dugong
- Toxoplasmosis in Indo-Pacific humpbacked dolphins
- The occurrence of Cutaneous Fibropapillomas in Marine Turtles in Queensland
Outbreaks of crown-of-thorns starfish
It appears that human impacts have increased the frequency and severity of crown-of-thorns starfish outbreaks.
- What constitutes a crown-of-thorns starfish outbreak?
- What constitutes a crown-of-thorns outbreak II?
- Nutrient inputs and outbreaks of crown-of-thorns starfish
- Crown-of-thorns starfish in the Great Barrier Reef
- Patterns of crown-of-thorns starfish outbreaks
[790Kb] - A review of possible causes and consequences of crown-of-thorns starfish outbreaks
- Regulation of crown-of-thorns starfish by fish predators
- Growth and recruitment of crown-of-thorns starfish
- Feeding and nutrition of crown-of-thorns larvae
- e-ATLAS Large-scale manta tow surveys of densities of crown of thorns starfish and benthic cover by the AIMS LTMP
Indroduced species
The occurrence of introduced marine species adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef Region is increasing.
- Australian priority marine pests
- Marine pest information sheets
- Asian green mussels in Cairns harbour
Other outbreaks
Outbreaks of other species, such as algal blooms, may indicate the ecosystem is under increasing pressure.
- Blooms of the cyanobacterium Lyngbya majuscula
- A bloom of Lyngbya majuscula in Shoalwater Bay, Queensland, Australia: An important feeding ground for the green turtle
- Blooms of 'Golden Noodle' algae on the Great Barrier Reef
- Nitrogen fixation by Trichodesmium in central and northern Great Barrier Reef
- Growth rates of outbreak populations of Drupella at Ningaloo Reef
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Whale of a time
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Important milestone
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What you can do
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Report marine strandings
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