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Lizard Island Research Station 2017

Lizard Island Field Guide

Easy access to photos and information about the enormous diversity of life on the northern Great Barrier Reef for your mobile device or desktop.

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Sidespot Goatfish

Environmental data

This section includes:

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GBROOS monitoring
LIRS monitoring
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Lizard Island Research Station 2017

Lizard Island - Annual Activity Reports

We publish a report about activities at Lizard Island Research Station annually.

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Lizard Island library shelves

Lizard Island scientific publications

Scientific publications based on research at Lizard Island Research Station.

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Lizard Island Research Station 2017

Environmental Management Plan

LIRS operates its aquarium system, moorings, pipelines and vessels under permit from GBRMPA and according to an approved Environmental Management Plan.

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Lizard Island Research Station 2017

Lizard Island Research Station video update

This video shows the state of the reef at Lizard Island in April 2020 and outlines events during the past decade that have affected it - Crown-of-Thorns Starfish outbreaks, cyclones and coral bleaching.

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Applications for the 2022 round of Postdoctoral Fellowships have closed. Information about 2023 fellowships will be posted in August 2022.

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There is no medical doctor stationed on Lizard Island, but Lizard Island Research Station has highly qualified first aiders with access to medical equipment, supplies and advice for emergencies.

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Artist-in-Residence Janet Laurence has created a new work inspired by the Australian Museum’s coral collection and Lizard Island Research Station.

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Watch a short animation that explains what greenhouses gases are, where they come from and why they can be a big problem.

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Impacts of climate change on the Great Barrier Reef

Watch Dr Anne Hoggett and Dr Lyle Vail share their observations of recent bleaching and coral recovery around Lizard Island.

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Capturing climate change

Engage with our online exhibition Capturing Climate Change and discuss the causes and effects of, and solutions to, climate change.

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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.

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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
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Lizard Island Field Guide

Easy access to photos and information about the enormous diversity of life on the northern Great Barrier Reef for your mobile device or desktop.

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Lizard Island Research Station and Cyclone Ita

Friday 11 April, 2014 Sydney, NSW.

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The Australian Museum respects and acknowledges the Gadigal people as the First Peoples and Traditional Custodians of the land and waterways on which the Museum stands.

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