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Long-Term Monitoring of Shallow-Water Coral and Fish Communities at Scott Reef, Annual Report 2008 Appendix F21 Gilmour et al. 2009b Long-term Monitoring of Shallow-water Coral and Fish Communities at Scott Reef, Annual Report 2008 BROWSE FLNG DEVELOPMENT Draft Environmental Impact Statement EPBC 2013/7079 November 2014 SRRP Project 1 Annual Report 2009 Long-term monitoring of shallow-water coral and fish communities at Scott Reef Gilmour JP, Travers MJ, Underwood JN, McKinney DW, Meekan MG, Gates EN, Fitzgerald KL, O’Leary R PRODUCED FOR WOODSIDE ENERGY LIMITED as agent for the BROWSE JOINT VENTURE PARTNERS PERTH 2009 Report No. SRRP-RP-RT-032 SRRP PROJECT 1: ANNUAL REPORT 2009 Final: 30 March 2009 Australian Institute of Marine Science PMB No 3 UWA Oceans Institute (M096) PO Box 41775 Townsville MC Qld 4810 35 Stirling Hwy Crawley WA 6009 Casuarina NT 0811 This report should be cited as: Gilmour JP, Travers MJ, Underwood JN, McKinney DW, Meekan MG, Gates EN, Fitzgerald KL O‟Leary R(2009) Long-term monitoring of shallow-water coral and fish communities at Scott Reef. AIMS SRRP Annual Report September 2009- Project 1. AIMS Document No SRRP-RP-RT-032. Project 1 Report to the Browse Joint Venture Partners. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville. 228pp. Revision History Draft Rev A 30 September 2009 Draft Ref B 15 January 2010 Final Rev 0 24 February 2010 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The authors wish to acknowledge Kylie Cook, Kim Brooks, Janelle Eagle, Andrew Heyward, Jamie Oliver, and the Master and crew of the RV Solander for their contributions to this project. © Copyright .Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) and Woodside Energy Ltd [2009] All rights are reserved and no part of this document may be reproduced, stored or copied in any form or by any means whatsoever except with the prior written permission of AIMS and WEL DISCLAIMER While reasonable efforts have been made to ensure that the contents of this document are factually correct, AIMS does not make any representation or give any warranty regarding the accuracy, completeness, currency or suitability for any particular purpose of the information or statements contained in this document. To the extent permitted by law AIMS shall not be liable for any loss, damage, cost or expense that may be occasioned directly or indirectly through the use of or reliance on the contents of this document. SRRP-RP-RT-032 February 2010 Rev 0 SRRP PROJECT 1: ANNUAL REPORT 2009 Contents List of Figures ................................................................................................................................................. iv List of Tables.................................................................................................................................................. vii 1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 1 1.1. Background and Scope of work ................................................................................................ 1 1.1.1. Structure of this report ........................................................................................................ 1 2. Status of Scott Reef............................................................................................................................... 2 2.1. About this report ......................................................................................................................... 2 2.1.1. Structure of this chapter ...................................................................................................... 2 2.2. Scott Reef Overview ................................................................................................................... 2 2.3. Status of Scott Reef - 2009 ........................................................................................................ 4 2.3.1. Disturbances in 2009 ............................................................................................................ 4 Box 1. Disturbances to coral reefs: the slippery slope to slime? ................................................... 6 2.3.2. Status of coral communities ................................................................................................ 7 2.3.3. Status of fish communities ................................................................................................. 11 2.4. Research Programs at Scott Reef ........................................................................................... 17 2.4.1. AIMS Scott Reef Research Program (SRRP) ................................................................. 17 2.4.2. Project 1: shallow water coral and fish communities ................................................. 18 Project 1.1 Long-term monitoring of coral and fish communities ...................................... 18 Project 1.2 Birth, growth and survival of corals ...................................................................... 18 Project 1.3 Coral and fish genetics ............................................................................................. 19 Project 1.4 Coral reproduction and recruitment.................................................................... 19 2.4.3. Project 1: research highlights ............................................................................................ 20 Project 1.1 Long-term monitoring of coral and fish communities ...................................... 20 Project 1.2 Birth, growth and survival of corals ...................................................................... 24 Box 2. How and why coral communities change: birth, growth and survival ........................... 26 Project 1.3 Connectivity of coral and fish among reef populations in north-western Australia ............................................................................................................................................ 30 Box 3. Population connectivity among coral atolls of north-west Australia ............................. 33 Project 1.4 Reproduction and settlement of corals ............................................................... 34 Box 4. Biannual spawning by corals off north-west Australia ....................................................... 35 2.5. Publication of Research Outcomes ........................................................................................ 38 2.5.1. Scientific journal articles .................................................................................................... 38 2.5.2. Postgraduate research projects........................................................................................ 38 2.5.3. Presentations and conferences ......................................................................................... 38 2.6. References.................................................................................................................................... 39 3. Update of SRRP 1 sub-projects........................................................................................................ 47 3.1. Scales and frequencies of disturbance to coral communities: recovery following catastrophic bleaching and periodic cyclones in north-west Australia ....................................... 47 Introduction...................................................................................................................................... 47 Methods............................................................................................................................................. 50 Results ............................................................................................................................................... 52 Discussion ......................................................................................................................................... 63 SRRP-RP-RT-032 i February 2010 Rev 0 SRRP PROJECT 1: ANNUAL REPORT 2009 References ........................................................................................................................................ 68 Appendices ....................................................................................................................................... 72 3.2. Climate induced disturbance effects on coral reef fish communities at an isolated atoll system in the north-east Indian Ocean ..................................................................................... 77 Introduction...................................................................................................................................... 77 Materials and Methods .................................................................................................................. 78 Results ............................................................................................................................................... 83 Discussion ...................................................................................................................................... 107 References ..................................................................................................................................... 111 Appendix ........................................................................................................................................ 116 3.3. Demographic analysis of coral populations: contrasting life histories, stage classes and disturbance regimes .....................................................................................................................
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