AMPS Atlas
This is a compilation of all the images in this Atlas. To access images from particular marine parks, navigate to the image gallery on each marine park page.
Still image from AUV of a mid-shelf reef ledge at 60 metres depth in the Flinders Marine Park showing lobster antennae, butterfly perch (both associated with the ledge feature), sponges and the usual biogenic matrix.
by IMOS, Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies
A dense school of barber perch, Caesioperca rasor, in Tasmania.
by Rick Stuart-Smith
AUV image of reef habitat at Forty Acres Reef in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Image shows an array of sponges, including cup sponge.
by NERP
Coral observered during nearshore habitating within Norfolk Marine Park
by Kellie Pendoley
Deposits of Tasmania's mineral emblem, Crocoite, on a seamount peak adjacent to the Huon Marine Park (1202 metres depth). This rare lead-chromate crystal is known only from terrestrial mines, prominently in western Tasmania.
by CSIRO
In September 2016 the Hub facilitated the deployment of the IMOS AUV "Sirius" in the Freycinet Marine Park. The mission involved re-surveying a range of locations previously visited within the Marine Park to examine temporal patterns in the cover of benthic invertebrate fauna and benthic fishes. These included surveys on Joe's reef, an isolated granite bommie of 200 metres length, rising 20 metres above the seabed in 80 metres of water, and known to contain a significant cover of black corals.
by Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies, NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub
Monitoring sites were surveyed along permanent transect lines, photographed at 1 metre intervals
by AIMS
Diver swimming over coral reef
by Aaron Chai, University of Queensland
An Eastern Rock Lobster (Sagmariasus verreauxi) foraging on a deep reef within the Huon Marine Park. Note the white coloration on the lobster, a typical feature of lobsters on deep shelf reefs in Tasmanian coastal waters. It is only when lobsters forage in shallower water that they attain their typical red colouration, a result of the higher abundance of carotinoid pigments in the marco- and encrusting algal assemblages which upon consumption will accumulate in the lobster's exoskeleton. Lobsters are regularly seen in AUV imagery from the Huon Marine Park.
by Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies
Foreign fishing vessel with sea cucumber cargo and tug.
by Parks Australia
Giant basket sponge (Xestospongia testudinaria) on reef in Carpentaria Marine Park
by Reef Life Survey
Reef animals including gorgonians at Carpentaria Reef, Carpentaria Marine Park
by Reef Life Survey
Reef animals including gorgonians at Carpentaria Reef, Carpentaria Marine Park
by Reef Life Survey
This image of a Gould's squid (arrow squid/dart squid/Nototodarus gouldi) was taken by an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) during a survey in the Freycinet Marine Park. Gould's squid are a schooling species that inhabit coastal and nearshore waters, preferring shallow reef, sand and seagrass habitats on the continental shelf. Gould's squid are typically light-brownish pink to brick red in colour, but like other cephalopods they can change the colour of their skin in the blink of an eye. This allows them to either mimic the colours of their surrounding environment and render themselves almost invisible to predators, or alternatively give themselves a colour or pattern that makes them stand out.
by Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies