National Environmental Research Program Tropical Ecosystems hub (NERP TE)

The NERP (National Environmental Research Program) Tropical Ecosystems Hub was a regional research program that existed between July 2011 and December 2014. Its purpose was to find solutions for current issues of importance to three iconic environmental assets of North Queensland: namely the ecosystems and people of the Wet Tropics Bioregion, the Great Barrier Reef, and the Torres Strait. This site captures the data products generated by the 38 research projects associated with this program.

More information about the hub can be found at the Department of Environment's NERP site and the NERP TE Hub administrator website.

Projects

Populations of herbivorous fish
NERP TE Project 1.1 - Monitoring status and trends of coral reefs of the Great Barrier Reef (AIMS)
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Dugong
NERP TE Project 1.2 - Marine wildlife management in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area (JCU)
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Coral dating
NERP TE Project 1.3 - Characterising the cumulative impacts of global, regional and local stressors on the present and past biodiversity of the GBR (UQ)
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Hawksbill turtle
NERP TE Project 2.1 - Marine turtles and dugongs of the Torres Strait (JCU)
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Aerial survey
NERP TE Project 2.2 - Mangrove and freshwater habitat status of Torres Strait islands (JCU)
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Environmental conditions and satellite observations
NERP TE Project 2.3 - Monitoring the health of Torres Strait coral reefs (AIMS)
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White-lipped Treefrog
NERP TE Project 3.1 - Rainforest Biodiversity (JCU)
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Canopy of Leptospermum wooroonooran trees
NERP TE Project 3.2 - What is at risk? Identifying rainforest refugia and hotspots of plant genetic diversity in the Wet Tropics and Cape York Peninsula (JCU)
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The armoured mist frog, rediscovered in North Queensland
NERP TE Project 3.3 - Targeted surveys for missing and endangered rainforest frogs in ecotonal areas, and assessment of whether populations are recovering from disease (JCU)
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Spectacled Flying Fox
NERP TE Project 3.4 - Monitoring of key vertebrate species (CSIRO)
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Flood plume MODIS satellite image
NERP TE Project 4.1 - Tracking coastal turbidity over time and demonstrating the effects of river discharge events on regional turbidity in the GBR (AIMS)
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Preparation of herbicides for persistence experiments
NERP TE Project 4.2 - The chronic effects of pesticides and their persistence in tropical waters (AIMS)
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NERP TE Project 4.3 - Ecological risk assessment of pesticides, nutrients and sediments on water quality and ecosystem health - Phase 1 (CSIRO)
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Torres Strait water quality
NERP TE Project 4.4 - Hazard assessment for water quality threats to Torres Strait marine waters, ecosystems and public health (JCU)
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Mapping diversity of corals of the GBR
NERP TE Project 5.1 - Understanding diversity of the Great Barrier Reef: Spatial and temporal dynamics and environmental drivers (AIMS)
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Corals mounted on Lego blocs, at AIMS
NERP TE Project 5.2 - Combined water quality-climate effects on coral and other reef organisms (AIMS)
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Seagrass meadow
NERP TE Project 5.3 - Vulnerability of seagrass habitats in the Great Barrier Reef to changing coastal environments (JCU)
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Release of a red throat emperor
NERP TE Project 6.1 - Maximising the benefits of mobile predators to GBR ecosystems: the importance of movement, habitat and environment (AIMS)
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Tagged Great Hammerhead
NERP TE Project 6.2 - Drivers of juvenile shark biodiversity and abundance in inshore ecosystems of the Great Barrier Reef (JCU)
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Masked Booby
NERP TE Project 6.3 - Critical seabird foraging locations and trophic relationships for the Great Barrier Reef (JCU)
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Wilting turkey bush
NERP TE Project 7.1 - Fire and Rainforests (CSIRO)
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Collecting samples of invasive Miconia calvescens at El Arish
NERP TE Project 7.2 - Invasive species risks and responses in the Wet Tropics (CSIRO)
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Example of an animal distribution map
NERP TE Project 7.3 - Climate change and the impacts of extreme climatic events on Australia’s Wet Tropics biodiversity (JCU)
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Coral trout
NERP TE Project 8.1 - Monitoring the ecological effects of GBR zoning plan on mid and outer shelf reefs (AIMS)
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Bar-cheek coral trout
NERP TE Project 8.2 - Assessing the ecological effects of management zoning on inshore reefs of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (JCU)
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Dispersal of coral trout larvae
NERP TE Project 8.3 - Significance of no-take marine protected areas to regional recruitment and population persistence on the GBR (JCU)
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Conceptual resilience model
NERP TE Project 9.1 - Dynamic vulnerability maps and decision support tools for the Great Barrier Reef (AIMS)
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Seagrass
NERP TE Project 9.2 - Design and implementation of Management Strategy Evaluation for the Great Barrier Reef inshore (CSIRO)
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Brown boobies
NERP TE Project 9.3 - Prioritising management actions for Great Barrier Reef islands (JCU)
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NERP TE Project 9.4 - Conservation planning for a changing coastal zone (JCU)
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Grazier
NERP TE Project 10.1 - SELTMP
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Great catch
NERP TE Project 10.2 - Socio-economic systems and reef resilience (JCU)
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Mer Island
NERP TE Project 11.1 - Building resilient communities for Torres Strait futures (CSIRO)
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Studying disease vectors
NERP TE Project 11.2 - Improved approaches for the detection and prevention of wildlife diseases in the Torres Strait (JCU)
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Warming ceremony
NERP TE Project 12.1 - Indigenous co-management and biodiversity protection (CSIRO)
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Passive restoration
NERP TE Project 12.2 - Harnessing natural regeneration for cost-effective rainforest restoration (Griffith University, UQ)
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Cassowary
NERP TE Project 12.3 - Relative social and economic values of residents and tourists in the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area (JCU)
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Rainforest canopy
NERP TE Project 12.4 - Governance, planning and the effective application of emerging ecosystem service markets: climate change adaptation and landscape resilience (JCU)
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e-Atlas front page
NERP TE Project 13.1 - eAtlas (AIMS)
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