How is the Marine Grade calculated? What is calculated?
The marine grade is calculated from three scores: Coral, Seagrass and Water Quality. Coral is further broken down into the following sub-indicators: proportion of macroalgal [...]
Why have we only just started reporting the marine grade?
The current Great Barrier Reef (GBR) Marine Monitoring Program (MMP) includes measures of Seagrass, Coral, and Water Quality. MMP monitoring of water quality in the [...]
Where do the results come from?
All Marine Monitoring results currently come from Great Barrier Reef (GBR) Marine Monitoring Program (MMP) which is coordinated by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park [...]
What do the scores mean?
The Coral, Seagrass and Water Quality scores are indicators of the health of two of the most important natural and living marine habitats (Coral and [...]
What can affect the scores?
Coral: the health of coral reefs is affected by multiple environmental pressures. These may include poor water quality, high sediment loads, cyclones, elevated seawater temperatures [...]
What is special about the Southern Great Barrier Reef?
The Great Barrier Reef is the planet’s largest coral reef system, and one of the most extraordinary natural wonders. It is a wildlife and diversity [...]
Why is marine reporting important?
Monitoring and reporting the condition of nearshore habitats helps scientists and managers to assess the effects of pressures on these habitats, which allows better management [...]