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.
This image of the mumbararr whipray was taken during a 2015 trial assessment in PNG for the Turtle excluder Device (TED) and Bycatch Reduction Device (BRD).
by PNG National Fisheries Authority
A typical AUV image showing mid-shelf reef ledges within the Flinders Marine Park (depth 60 metres). This image indicates the sedimentary rock type that appears to form the majority of the reef habitat in the cross shelf region of this part of the coastal zone. Of particular note is the clear iron-rich nature of this particular outcrop. Also of note is that such overhanging reef-ledges are a typical characteristic of the shallow dipping sedimentary rock type in this area, reflecting bedding planes between the sedimentary layers. While they are a characteristic feature, such "ledges" only represent a very small fraction of the overall mapped "reef" habitat yet are likely to be most important for many of the fish species and lobsters that need the ledges as habitat. The remaining reef area appears to be very flat low-profile reef with little refuge space available.
by IMOS, Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies
Reef Life Survey volunteer diver conducting underwater visual census survey of marine life, Lord Howe Island Marine Park, New South Wales. The Reef Life Survey program is a volunteer network of highly trained divers, and is a product of the CERF Major Projects funding that facilitated a cost-effective citizen science contribution to inventory and monitoring of shallow water marine environments. The RLS program has been further facilitated within the NERP Hub, describing biodiversity patterns at a national and global scale, as well as providing critical baseline data from areas such as the new Coral Sea Marine Park, from Ashmore Reef, the Great Barrier Reef,and other Australian Marine Parks such as the Cod Grounds.
by Reef Life Survey
This whale shark was photographed in the Ningaloo Marine Park off Western Australia. Whale sharks are the worlds biggest fish. The name whale shark arose because they are as big as a whale (recorded up to 18 metres) and also filter feed much like many whales. However, whale sharks breath via gills, and have cartilage instead of bone, which makes them a true shark. The Ningaloo Marine Park is a well known for the whale sharks that visit the region from the months of March to July each year. There is still a lot to learn about whalesharks and where they go when they are not at Ningaloo.
by Wayne Osborne
A seascape impacted by bottom-trawling where only relatively small, flexible and more resilient corals remain (1118 metres depth). Slow coral growth rates means recovery of these ecosystems is expected to be protracted; little change was observed over a decade during a CSIRO study.
by CSIRO
White seawhip (Junceella fragilis) with schooling fish on a reef in Arnhem Marine Park.
by Reef Life Survey
A coral reef community in Coral Sea Marine Park. Still image taken as part of underwater visual census of marine life for the Reef Life Survey program. The Reef Life Survey program is a volunteer network of highly trained divers, and is a product of the CERF Major Projects funding that facilitated a cost-effective citizen science contribution to inventory and monitoring of shallow water marine environments. The RLS program has been further facilitated within the NERP Hub, describing biodiversity patterns at a national and global scale, as well as providing critical baseline data from areas such as the Coral Sea Marine Park, from Ashmore Reef, the Great Barrier Reef, and other Australian Marine Parks such as the Cod Grounds.
by Reef Life Survey