Maps used throughout the Representative Areas Program

  • Surface and Oceanic Currents and Water Depth in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritgae Area - Map showing oceanographic currents and ocean depths.
  • Reef Morphology and Tidal Range in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area - In 1982, Professor David Hopley classified the reefs within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park into ten classes according to their physical shape and level of development. He linked these to the growth of the reefs over geological time-scales – especially the last 10 000 years. Tidal ranges are also shown on this map.
  • Sediment Composition in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area - Map showing the occurrence of calcareous sediments and biota in sediment samples.
  • Regionalisation of Sponge Fauna based upon Classification Analysis - The sponge fauna regionalisation was derived from statistical ‘classification analysis’, which groups sites according to the (sponge) taxa that have been found there. The result divides the Marine Park into 10 regions. The boundaries between some of these regions are more ‘fuzzy’ than others, as indicated on the map.
  • Protecting the reef bioregions in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and World Heritage Area -
  • Protecting the non-reef bioregions in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and World Heritage Area -
  • Coastal Seagrass Meadows (1984-1988) and Deepwater Seagrass Sites (1994-1999) -
  • Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Zoning and Adjacent Conservation Zones (Draft 26-04-02) -
  • Map showing study sites -
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