Australian Museum Lizard Island Research Station

A world-leading supplier of on-reef facilities for coral reef research and education.

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Dr Anne Hoggett
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24/11/21

About the research station and its facilities

About LIRS

An overview of Lizard Island Research Station.

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Facilities

See what LIRS has to offer in support of research and education.

Accommodation
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Resources for Lizard Island

Sources of information about Lizard Island and LIRS

Field Guide
Environmental data
Publications
Reports
EMP

Eligibility, bookings, costs, forms

Visits to the Lizard Island Research Station must be booked well in advance directly with LIRS.

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Early stage trip planning

This section outlines the things that need consideration well before your visit to LIRS starts.

Permits
Diving & snorkelling
Boating
Travel
Freight

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Later stage trip planning

Things that need to be done and considered in the weeks leading up to your trip

Barge schedule
Ordering food
Things to bring
Biosecurity

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Fellowships & Grants

Lizard Island Fellowships

Fellowships are offered annually for PhD students and for early career researchers thanks to support from the Lizard Island Reef Research Foundation.

Doctoral fellowships
Postdoctoral fellowships

Stylasterid coral research at Lizard Island

Lizard Island Research Grants

Lizard Island Research Grants support important and often time-sensitive coral reef research projects thanks to the support of the Lizard Island Reef Research Foundation.

2022 grants open
Closed research grant themes
Honour roll

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Related blogs

Scaleworms (Family Polynoidae) are polychaetes that often live in association with other animals. This one, photographed during the workshop, is on a starfish and remains unidentified.

News from LIRS: Outcomes of the Polychaete Workshop eight years on

Each month, a selected blog from Lizard Island Reef Research Foundation (LIRRF) is featured at the AM. LIRRF supports scientific research & education at the AM’s Lizard Island Research Station on the Great Barrier Reef. For this month, we feature: Outcomes of the Polychaete Workshop eight years on.

18 November 2021

Small fish find shelter among the branches of live coral.

News from LIRS: The rise and fall of turf-algae empires

Each month, a selected blog from Lizard Island Reef Research Foundation is featured at the AM. For biodiversity month, we feature the rise and fall of turf-algae empires.

17 September 2021

Kyle completing coral surveys on Loomis Reef, March 2021.

News from LIRS: Deconstructing coral colonies

Each month, a selected blog from Lizard Island Reef Research Foundation is featured at the AM. For this month, we feature Deconstructing Coral Colonies.

19 August 2021

A beautiful crypobenthic fish shot close-up.

News from LIRS: a tale of two ichthyophiles: Simon & Chris’ story

Each month, a selected blog from Lizard Island Reef Research Foundation is featured at the AM. For this month, we feature a tale of two ichthyophiles.

18 June 2021

Some of the new solar panels on the roof of the Kalkhoven Wing and the aquarium

News from LIRS: Solar power upgrade - towards zero

Each month, a selected blog from Lizard Island Reef Research Foundation is featured at the AM. For this month, we feature the solar power upgrade at LIRS.

19 July 2021

In mid-February 2021, most of these corals are in various stages of bleaching.

News from LIRS: 2021 Coral bleaching at Lizard Island

Each month, a selected blog from Lizard Island Reef Research Foundation will be featured at the AM. For this inaugural month, we feature the 2021 Coral bleaching at Lizard Island blog, by Dr Anne Hoggett.

22 April 2021

Professor Andrew Hoey from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University rolls out a transect tape on the shallow reef crest. This work involved visual surveys of conspicuous fishes and corals to assess their diversity

Bridging the DNA barcode gap: field sampling of fishes in East Australia

Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding provides a new tool to monitor biodiversity in our oceans but the greatest challenge that it faces is a lack of DNA barcode reference libraries. Natural history museums are best placed to come to the rescue in the near future.

Underwater photograph of the reef at Lizard Island Research Station

Deck the halls, the corals are spawning!

A scene of utter devastation a few years earlier, this resilient Lizard Island reef is now on the way to recovery. Having experienced two good consecutive summers, the corals have been growing rapidly.

Stylaster coral - family Stylasteridae, Crypthelia sp.

Lace corals around Lizard Island

Due to over exploitation for economic uses, stylasterids are considered threatened with extinction. After 33 dives to 29 sites around Lizard Island and the outer reef, Dr Daniela Pica preliminarily identified the presence of up to 11 species.