Scientific publications

Check out our collection of reports, journal articles, multimedia and other publications.

Exploring these resources is a great way to find out more about our parks. Some items listed may be restricted due to publisher copyright conditions.

Recent publications

2024

• Assessment of the 2024 marine heatwave on five reefs in the central Coral Sea Marine Park
• Comparison of juvenile coral assemblages between Australia’s Coral Sea and Great Barrier Reef Marine Parks, 2024
• The Jewel in the Coral Sea - The cultural and ecological significance of Ashmore and Boot Reefs
• Coral Sea Marine Park Coral Reef Health Survey 2023 and 2024

2023

• Coral Sea Marine Park environmental assessment of islands, islets and cays of the southern and central reef systems, 2023
• Norfolk Island Lagoonal Reef Ecosystem Health 2022-23
• Coral Sea Turtle Survey 2022-23
• Differential bleaching susceptibility among coral taxa and colony sizes, relative to bleaching severity across Australia’s Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea Marine Parks
• Assessment of the offshore marine natural values of Australia’s Indian Ocean Territories
• Proposed offshore Key Ecological Features and Biologically Important Areas of Australia’s Indian Ocean Territories
• Related publication: Conservation values in Commonwealth waters of the Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) Island remote Australian territories (2009)

2022

• Our Marine Parks Grants Round 2: Diving into the Deep
• Coral Sea Marine Park Island Watch Summary Report Feb-March 2022
• Coral Sea Marine Park environmental assessment of islands, islets and cays of the southern and central reef systems 2022
• Coral Sea Marine Park Marine Debris Clean-up Voyage 2022
• Coral Sea Marine Park Coral Reef Health survey 2022
• Changes in the incidence of coral injuries during mass bleaching across Australia’s Coral Sea Marine Park
• Tempestichthys bettyae, a new genus and species of ocean sleeper from the central Coral Sea
• Preliminary Report Assessing Norfolk Island Lagoonal Reef Ecosystem health
• Norfolk Marine Park Invasive Marine Species survey

2021

• Ashmore Reef Marine Park Environmental Assessment Report 2021
• Coral Sea Coral Reef Health: In situ measurements of temperature and current flow
• Coral Sea Marine Park Coral Reef Health Survey 2021
• Environmental assessment of islets and cays of Tregrosse and Lihou Reefs, Coral Sea Marine Park, 2021
• Norfolk Island Lagoonal Reef Ecosystem Assessment 2020-2021
• Natural Values of the Inshore Waters of Australia’s Indian Ocean Territories - Christmas & the Cocos (Keeling) Islands
• Vegetation Assessment and Mapping of South Islet (Willis Islets), Coral Sea Marine Park

2020

• Reef Life Survey Assessment of Coral Reef Biodiversity in the North-west marine Parks Network
• Coral reef health in the Coral Sea Marine Park
• Environmental Assessment of the Coringa Islets and Herald Cays in the Coral Sea Marine Park
• Improving the water quality of Emily Bay, Norfolk Island
• Reef Life Survey Assessment of Marine Biodiversity in Geographe Bay