A central feature of the MTSRF Research Programme is its ability
to link and integrate research activity and information across the
geographical region and across the full scope of scientific
disciplines, thus promoting the development of useful solutions to
complex and interrelated issues facing the North Queensland
region. An overview of the structure of the MTSRF
Research Programme can be found in the MTSRF Research section
of this website.
Publications and other deliverables available for download can
be sought below via the relevant Program level.
Theme 1: Status of the Ecosystems:
Understanding the Condition, Trend and Interdependencies of
Environmental Assets of North Queensland
Program
1: Status and Trends of Species and Ecosystems in the Great
Barrier Reef
Project 1.1.1:
Identification of indicators and thresholds of concern for
ecosystem health on a bioregional scale for the Great Barrier
Reef
Project 1.1.2:
Condition and trend of the GBR ecosystem: Indicators, thresholds of
potential concern, and ecological influence of GBR Zoning Plan on
mid and outer shelf reefs
Project 1.1.3:
Condition, trend and risk in coastal habitats: Seagrass
indicators, distribution and thresholds of potential concern
Project 1.1.4:
Dating and mapping historical changes in GBR coral communities
Project 1.1.5:
Atlas of Australia's Tropical Lands and Seas (e-Atlas)
Program
2: Status and Trends of Species and Ecosystems in the Wet
Tropics Rainforests
Project 1.2.1a:
Continuation: Identification Skills Workshops –
Australian Tropical Rain Forest Plants (Status and trends of
biodiversity and ecosystem services)
Project 1.2.1b:
Biodiversity monitoring for climate change
Project 1.2.1c:
Status and trends of biodiversity and ecosystem services: State of
the Environment reporting and gap filling
Project 1.2.1d:
Insect Diversity
Program
3: Torres Strait – Status, Use and
Trends
Project 1.3.1:
Traditional knowledge systems and climate change in the
Torres Strait
Project 1.3.2:
Ecological role and potential economic value of sponges to
the Torres Strait
Project 1.3.3:
Livelihood benefits of co-management of hand collectable fisheries
in the Torres Strait
Project 1.3.4:
Communication, community engagement and enhanced delivery
Project 1.3.5:
Reporting ecosystem health in the Torres Strait
Program
4: Species and Communities of Conservation
Concern
Project 1.4.1:
Condition trends and projected futures of marine species of
conservation concern
Project 1.4.2:
Sustainable use of marine species of conservation concern
Project 1.4.3:
Rainforest threatened species and communities and ecosystem
processes
Theme
2: Risks and Threats to the Ecosystems: Understanding Causes,
Impacts and Mitigation Options for Specific Threats, and
Understanding and Measuring the Underpinning Factors Supporting
Resilience
Program
5: Climate Change – Understanding the Threat, Ecosystem
Impacts and Mitigation
Project 2.5i.1:
Hydrodynamics at the whole-of-GBR scale
Project 2.5i.2:
Early warning and assessment system for thermal stress on the Great
Barrier Reef
Project 2.5i.3:
Resilience to climate change
Project 2.5i.4:
Tools to support resilience-based management in the face of
climate change
Project 2.5ii.1:
Regional climate projections for tropical rainforest
Project 2.5ii.2:
Climate change: Scaling from trees to ecosystems
Project 2.5ii.3:
Understanding climate change threat to ecosystems and
ecological processes
Project 2.5ii.4:
Impacts of climate change on biodiversity
Program
6: Understanding Threats and Impacts of Invasive Pests on
Ecosystems
Project 2.6.1:
Understanding threats and impacts of invasive pests on the Great
Barrier Reef
Project 2.6.2:
Identification and impact of invasive pests in the Wet Tropics
rainforests
Theme
3: Halting and Reversing the Decline of Water Quality
Program
7: Halting and Reversing the Decline of Water
Quality
Project 3.7.1:
Marine and estuarine indicators and thresholds of concern
Project 3.7.2:
Connectivity and risk: tracing materials from the upper catchment
to the reef
Project 3.7.3:
Freshwater indicators and thresholds of concern
Project 3.7.4:
Wetlands and floodplains: Connectivity and hydro-ecological
function
Project 3.7.5:
(Includes Project 3.7.6) Socio-economic constraints to and
incentives for the adoption of land use and management options for
water quality improvement
Project 3.7.7:
Analysis and synthesis of information for reporting credible
estimates of loads for compliance against targets and tracking
trends in loads
Theme
4: Sustainable Use and Management
Program
8: Sustainable Use and Management of Marine Resources of the
Great Barrier Reef
Project 4.8.1:
Resilience and connectivity
Project 4.8.2:
Influence of the Great Barrier Reef Zoning Plan on inshore habitats
and biodiversity, of which fish and corals are indicators
Project 4.8.3:
Evaluation of the resiliency of key inter-reefal fish specie
Project 4.8.4:
Evaluation of the impacts from industry and community uses on
inshore biodiversity
Project 4.8.5:
Incorporating stakeholders and their values, knowledge and
aspirations in the care and development of the Great Barrier Reef
Marine Park
Project 4.8.6:
Analysis of recreational and tourism use and impact on the Great
Barrier Reef for managing sustainable tourism
Project 4.8.7:
Forecasting risk of exposure to irukandji
Program
9: Sustainable Use, Planning and Management of Tropical
Rainforest Landscapes
Project 4.9.1:
Indigenous Landscapes of the World Heritage Area
Project 4.9.2:
Sustainable nature based tourism: planning and management
Project 4.9.3:
Impacts of urbanisation on North Queensland environments:
management and remediation
Project 4.9.4:
Integrating ecology, economics and people in forest and
landscapes
Project 4.9.5:
Restoring tropical forest landscapes
Project 4.9.6:
Strategic natural resource management and land use
planning
Project 4.9.7:
Objective (a) Understanding and enhancing community resilience:
Science and management integration project
Project 4.9.7:
Objective (b) Understanding and enhancing social resilience:
science and management integration project for catchment-regional
scale
Project 4.9.7:
Objective (c) Understanding and enhancing community resilience:
science and management integration project
Theme
5: Enhancing Delivery
Project
5.10: Enhancing Delivery of the MTSRF
Project 5.10.1:
Communication tools for MTSRF Projects
Project 5.10.2:
Communication, engagement and enhanced delivery for tourism
operators in the Wet Tropics Rainforests
Project 5.10.3:
Communication, community engagement and enhanced delivery for
Indigenous knowledge of the MTSRF Region
