Sentences with phrase «reef studies surveyed»

Scientists from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies surveyed 83 reefs in March at the height of the 2016 bleaching event.

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Researchers who conducted months of aerial and underwater surveys of the 2,300 - kilometer (1,400 - mile) reef off Australia's east coast found that around 35 percent of the coral in the northern and central sections of the reef are dead or dying, said Terry Hughes, director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University in Queensland streef off Australia's east coast found that around 35 percent of the coral in the northern and central sections of the reef are dead or dying, said Terry Hughes, director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University in Queensland streef are dead or dying, said Terry Hughes, director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University in Queensland stReef Studies at James Cook University in Queensland state.

A 2016 aerial survey of the northern Great Barrier Reef lead by Professor Terry Hughes from JCU's Center of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies showed that 90 per cent of reefs in some of these areas were severely bleached.

As part of the study, the researchers conducted extensive surveys of fish and their habitats at multiple sites across the Great Barrier Reef.

«We surveyed more than 80,000 corals around the Whitsunday Islands for six different diseases that commonly harm reef corals around the world,» says study lead author, Dr Joleah Lamb from the Coral CoE.

The scientists, from Cornell University, the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University, and elsewhere, surveyed 159 reefs from eight Asia - Pacific regions between 2011 and 2014, including reefs off the coast of Myanmar, Thailand, Indonesia, and Australia.

The aerial survey techniques used in this study were employed consistently in all four bleaching events on the Great Barrier Reef: 1998, 2002, 2016 and 2017.

Terry Hughes, director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies (CoralCoE) at James Cook University in Queensland, said: «We measured the condition of surviving corals as part of our extensive underwater surveys of Australia's worst - ever bleaching event.

Dr Hugo Harrison from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies spent the past month with colleagues surveying coral bleaching at 21 sites across seven reefs in the Coral Sea Commonwealth Marine Reserve.

Diving and aerial surveys of 84 reefs by scientists with the ARC Center of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University in Australia — the same researchers who recently documented at least some bleaching at 93 percent of individual reefs — have found that a striking 35 percent of corals have died in the northern and central sectors of the rReef Studies at James Cook University in Australia — the same researchers who recently documented at least some bleaching at 93 percent of individual reefs — have found that a striking 35 percent of corals have died in the northern and central sectors of the reefreef.

Professor Terry Hughes is the Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, and was aboard for those aerial surveys in 2016 and 2017.

After a study last month revealed that the Great Barrier Reef was suffering a coral bleaching event for the second consecutive year, scientists have completed an aerial survey of the reef offering more evidence of the environmental catastrophe that is currently taking plReef was suffering a coral bleaching event for the second consecutive year, scientists have completed an aerial survey of the reef offering more evidence of the environmental catastrophe that is currently taking plreef offering more evidence of the environmental catastrophe that is currently taking place.

Extreme heat in 2016 damaged Australia's Great Barrier Reef much more substantially than initial surveys indicated, according to ongoing studies that have tracked the health of the coral treasure.

The new study finds that 94 percent of surveyed coral reefs have experienced a severe bleaching event since the 1980s.

«Most of the losses in 2016 have occurred in the northern, most - pristine part of the Great Barrier Reef,» said Professor Terry Hughes, director of the Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies based at James Cook University, who undertook extensive aerial surveys at the height of the bleaching.