Minister for Science and the Environment

Parliament House, Canberra A.C.T. 2600 Telephone 726050

MARINE SCIENCE RESEARCH GRANTS

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Grants totalling $2 million have been approved for  projects involving marine science and technology research on  the Great Barrier Reef, Bass Strait and other areas.

The Minister for Science and the Environment, Mr David Thomson, announced the grants following recommendÂ­ ation by the Funding Panel of the Australian Marine Sciences  and Technologies Advisory Committee.

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.  Some 95 grants totalling $1.9 million would cover various research projects on physical oceanography, coastal  engineering, geosciences, marine biology and environmental  pollution in the Great Barrier Reef region, Bass Strait and

other areas.

45 of the projects involved research on the Great  Barrier Reef.

The Minister said that $100 000 would be granted  to the Great Barrier Reef Island Research Stations of Heron  Island, Lizard Island, Orpheus Island and One Tree Island.  He said the grants would help provide necessary scientific

equipment at the Stations and assist enlarged research Â·   programs made possible by increased research funding for  "marine science.

Mr Thomson said that the funds allocated for  marine science research had been increased five-fold since  last year. This demonstrated increased national interest  in our marine responsibilities and in the preservation and

better understanding of the marine area around Australia.

A list of grants is attached.

For further information:

Ms Shirley Dryden  Executive Officer  Marine Science Grants

Telephone (062) 83 2542

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MARINE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES GRANTS - 1980/81

UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY

INVESTIGATOR : Mr B.V. Hamon, Department of Geology and Geophysics,   University of Sydney

PROJECT TITLE : Climatology of ocean surface temperature fronts in  Tasman and Coral Seas

AMOUNT OF GRANT :  $11 500

INVESTIGATOR : Dr A.W.D. Larkum, School of Biological Sciences,   University of Sydney

PROJECT TITLE : One Tree Reef Research Project: Phytoplankton development in a discrete reef system

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $36 947

INVESTIGATOR : Dr A.W.D. Larkum, Biological Sciences, University of  Sydney

PROJECT TITLE : Primary productivity of benthic algal communities in  Port Jackson

AMOUNT OF GRANT $2 800

INVESTIGATOR : Dr P.F. Sale, School of Biological Sciences,  University of Sydney

PROJECT TITLE : One Tree Reef Research Project: Factors influencing recruitment in Coral Reef Fishes

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $19 410

INVESTIGATOR : Dr R.E. Thresher, Department of Zoology, University:of  Sydney

PROJECT TITLE : Comparative Ethology, Ecology and Social Behaviour of  Sexually Monomorphic and Dimorphic Reef Fishes

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $3 279

INVESTIGATOR : Associate Professor L.D. Wright, Department of  Geography, University of Sydney

PROJECT TITLE : Near-bottom and sub-surface current motions in  contrasting Australian inner continental shelf  environments

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $36 500

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Associate Professor D.N. Foster,  Water Research  Laboratory, University of N.S.W. ,

Towards Design Criteria for Overtopped Breakwaters

:  $20 500

Mr B.R. Hodgson, Department of Zoology, University of  New South Wales

Seasonal variation of the surface macro-zooplankton in  coastal and reef waters at Heron Island, Queensland

:  $3 100

Professor K.C. Marshall, Department of Microbiology,  University of New South Wales

Sorption of bacteria to coral reef sediment  particulates

:  $6 774

Dr J.H.F. Middleton, Faculty of Science, University of  New South Wales

Ocean Dynamics of the Great Barrier Reef Lagoon

:  $13 760

Dr J.H.F. Middleton, Professor V.T. Buchwald, Dr W.D.  McKee, Department of Mathematics, University of New  South Wales

Tides on the Southern Barrier Reef

:  $26 000

NEW ENGLAND

Dr D.J. Woodland, Department of Zoology, University of  New England

Revision of the Tropical Indo-Pacific Fish Family  Siganidae (Publication)

AMOUNT OF GRANT $2 600

UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE

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Professor C.D. Ellyett, Department of Physics,   University of Newcastle

Wide area thermal radiation scanning of ocean from  aircraft

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $6 866

MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY'

INVESTIGATOR : Professor J.L. Davies, School of Earth Sciences,   Macquarie University

PROJECT TITLE : Nearshore sediment regimes, Bass Strait Coast of Tasmania

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $14 899 .  .

INVESTIGATOR : Professor F.H. Talbot, Centre for Environmental Studies, Macquarie University

PROJECT TITLE : Assessment of some life history parameters of a herbivorous coral reef fish, Centropyge bicolor

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $1 463

eINVESTIGATOR : Professor F.H. Talbot, Centre for Environmental Studies, Macquarie University

PROJECT TITLE : Population biology of some small predatory coral reef fishes Ã¢ÂÂ

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $4 240

INVESTIGATOR : Associate Professor J.J. Veevers, Dr B.D. Johnson, School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University

PROJECT TITLE : The extent of continental North West Australia

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $29 629

AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM

INVESTIGATOR : Dr E. Frankel, Dr P. Hutchings, Australian Museum

PROJECT TITLE : Bioerosion of coral substrate

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $14 848

INVESTIGATOR : Dr B. Goldman, Australian Museum

PROJECT TITLE : Distribution of fish larvae and current flow in the  vicinity of a coral reef, Northern Great Barrier Reef

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $30 625

INVESTIGATOR : Professor H. Talbot, Dr Barry Goldman, Department of  Environmental Studies, Australian Museum

PROJECT TITLE : Behaviour, age and growth determinations of larval  coral reef fishes

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $21 950

INVESTIGATOR : Dr W.B. Rudman, Australian Museum

PROJECT TITLE : Studies on the opisthobranch family Chromodoridae  (Mollusca) in the Indo West Pacific

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $13 420

RIVERINA COLLEGE OF ADVANCED EDUCATION

INVESTIGATOR : Dr K.G. McKenzie, School of Applied Science, Riverina  College of Advanced Education

PROJECT TITLE : Ostracoda: Banks Strait and the South Pacific

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $2 040 '

AUSTRALIAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION

INVESTIGATOR : Dr M. Ahsanullah, Environmental Science Division,  Australian Atomic Energy Commission

PROJECT TITLE : Lethal and sublethal effects of temperature, salinity  and heavy metals on the survival, growth and multiple  generation of an amphipod and a polychaete species

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $10 000

INVESTIGATOR : Mr B. Campbell,  Nuclear Hydrology, Australian Atomic  Energy Commission

PROJECT TITLE : Rates of sediment accumulation and coastal  progradation along the Great Barrier Reef province

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $4 660

INVESTIGATOR : Dr T.M. Florence, Department of Chemical Technology,  Australian Atomic Energy Commission

PROJECT TITLE : The Toxicity of Different Chemical Forms of Some heavy Metals towards Marine Organisms

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $14 000

ROCHE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MARINE PHARMACOLOGY

INVESTIGATOR : Mr P.N. Alderslade, Roche Research Institute of Marine  Pharmacology

PROJECT TITLE : Port Jackson Project: Taxonomy and distribution of the soft corals and gorgonians of Port Jackson

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $7 500

PRIVATE NEW ,SOUTH WALES

INVESTIGATOR : Dr P.T. Treloar, Lawson and Treloar P/L NSW

PROJECT TITLE : Determination of Offshore Wave Spectra Directional Information using recording x-y current meters

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $19 350

UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE

INVESTIGATOR : Dr G.T. Kraft, Dr R. Wetherbee, Department of Botany, University of Melbourne

PROJECT TITLE : The taxonomy, distribution and phylogeny of marine algae for Eastern Australian Islands and the Great  Barrier Reef

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $15 190

INVESTIGATOR : Mr M.A.H. Marsden, Dr L. Thomas, Department of Geology, University of Melbourne

PROJECT TITLE : Dynamic processes controlling sediment mobility and dispersal patterns in western Bass Strait

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $38 480

INVESTIGATOR : Dr F. Millis, Dr H. J. flavor, Department of  Microbiology, University of Melbourne

PROJECT TITLE : Bacterial degradation of aromatic hydrocarbons,   including polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, in a  coral reef system

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $17 505

INVESTIGATOR : Dr J.D. Smith, School of Chemistry, University of  Melbourne ,

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PROJECT TITLE : Heavy metals and radionuclides in organisms of Bass  Strait

.  AMOUNT OF GRANT : $11 800

INVESTIGATOR : Dr J.D. Smith, Dr J. Bagg, Department of Industrial  Science, University of Melbourne

PROJECT TITLE : Polycyclic aromatic Hydrocarbon distribution in the  Great Barrier Reef Ecosystem

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $22 854

INVESTIGATOR : Dr L. Thomas, Department of Geology, University of  Melbourne .

PROJECT TITLE : Electromagnetic Measurement of Bass Strait Current  Fluxes

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $3 950

o INVESTIGATOR : Dr G.F. Watson, Department of Zoology, University of  Melbourne

PROJECT TITLE : Ecology and distribution of the zooplankton of Bass  Strait

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $15 410

MONASH UNIVERSITY

INVESTIGATOR : Dr B.M. A1lender, Dr M.N. Clayton, Dr G.A.M. Scott,  Department of Botany, Monash University

PROJECT TITLE : Study of the Kelp Durvillaea Potatorum in Bass Strait

Am o u n t  of g r a n t  : $17 144 Â·

INVESTIGATOR : Dr L.A. Frakes,  Dr K.A.W. Crook, Dr P.J. Cook,  Department of Earth Sciences, Monash University

PROJECT TITLE : Australian involvement in ocean margins drilling - A  workshop

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $2 000

INVESTIGATOR : Dr J.B. Hinwood, Dr D.R. Blackman, Dr G. Lleonart,   Department of Mechanical Engineering, Monash University

PROJECT TITLE : Wave Prediction in the Southern Ocean and Bass Strait

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $49 324

INVESTIGATOR : ,Dr A.P. Kershaw, Department of Geography, Monash  University

PROJECT TITLE : The history of Mangrove Swamps on Hinchinbrook Island,  North-east Queensland

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $6 052

LA TROBE UNIVERSITY

INVESTIGATOR : Ms J.V. Ibrahim, School of Biological Sciences, La  Trobe University .

PROJECT TITLE : A study of the ecology/biology of the commercial  scallop (Pec ten alba Tate) in Port Phillip Bay

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $7 000

INVESTIGATOR : Professor J.S. Waid, Department of Microbiology, La  Trobe University

PROJECT TITLE : Survey of Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in  Australian coastal waters .

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $32 068

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF VICTORIA

INVESTIGATOR : Dr G. Poore, Dr M. Gomon, DrC.C. Lu, Department of  Zoology, National Museum of Victoria

PROJECT TITLE : Analysis of the Marine Fauna ofÂ° Bass Strait

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $12 560

INVESTIGATOR : Dr B.J. Smith, Division of Zoology, National Museum of  Victoria

PROJECT TITLE : A Taxonomic-Ecological  (Porifera) inhabiting  Australia  J

Survey of the Sponges  the Continental Shelf of South

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $26 507

VICTORIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES

INVESTIGATOR : Mr M.A.H. Marsden, Victorian Institute of Marine  Sciences

PROJECT TITLE : Vertical structure of current and density in Bass  Strait .

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $10 200

INVESTIGATOR : Mr M.A.H. Marsden, Dr C.B. Fandry,  Victorian Institute of Marine Sciences .

PROJECT TITLE : Tidal and current phenomena and circulation in Bass Strait

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $39 325

INVESTIGATOR : Mr J. Thompson, Dr S. Murray-Smith, Victorian Institute of Marine Sciences

PROJECT TITLE : Bass Strait Marine Data Base

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $10 125

UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND

INVESTIGATOR : Professor C.J. Apelt, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Queensland

PROJECT TITLE : Modelling the Tides of the Coral Seaway

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $13 319

INVESTIGATOR : Dr G.T. Barnes, Department of Chemistry, University of  Queensland

PROJECT TITLE : The permeation of gases through oil films on water

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $15 928

INVESTIGATOR : Dr M.R. Gourlay, Department of Civil Engineering,  University of Queensland

PROJECT TITLE : The Effect of Sediment Characteristics upon Beach  Profiles and Surf Zone Hydraulics .

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $10 968

INVESTIGATOR : Dr T.S. Hail stone, Department of Zoology, University  of Queensland

PROJECT TITLE : Taxonomy and Ecology of Benthic Invertebrates from  Heron Island, Queensland

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $7 640

INVESTIGATOR : Dr G.R. Orme, Dr J.R. Hails, Department of Geology and  Mineralogy, University of Queensland

PROJECT TITLE : Inter-University Investigation of Sedimentation, Water  Movement, and the Evolution and Maintenance of Shelf  Characteristics in the Northern Great Barrier Reef  Province

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $120 000

INVESTIGATOR : Professor G.E.C. Sargent, Department of Geology and  Mineralogy, University of Queensland

PROJECT TITLE : Sub-surface seismic source/detector vehicle for  optimisation of acoustic coupling and reduction of  Sea-air interface interference

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $36 442

INVESTIGATOR : Professor B. Zerner, Department Biochemistry,  University of Queensland

PROJECT TITLE : On the Mechanism Of Calcification of Corals

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $26 114

JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY OF NORTH QUEENSLAND

INVESTIGATOR : Mr R.A. Birtles, Associate Professor M. Pichon,  Professor C. Burdon-Jones, Department of Marine  Biology, James Cook University of North Queensland

PROJECT TITLE : Analysis of data of Epibenthic fauna

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $12 500 Ã¢ÂÂ

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INVESTIGATOR : Dr Ing. H. Bock, Department of Civil & Systems  Engineering, James Cook University

PROJECT TITLE : Engineering Properties of Coral Reefs

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $5 400

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INVESTIGATOR : Professor C. Burdon-Jones, Dr F. Thomas,  Department of  Chemistry, James Cook University

PROJECT TITLE : Monitoring pollutants in the Great Barrier Reef  Province

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $34 882

INVESTIGATOR Dr J.C. Coll, Department of Chemistry and  Biochemistry, James Cook University of North Queensland

PROJECT TITLE : The importance of soft corals in reef ecology: A  chemical and biological study

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $16 800

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INVESTIGATOR : Dr R.F. Hartwick, Dr N.E. Milward, Department of  Marine Biology, James Cook University

PROJECT TITLE : Ecology and migratory pathways of the larvae of  commercially important fish and decapod species in the  Continental Shelf Zone of the Great Barrier Reef

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $38 135

INVESTIGATOR : Dr M.L. Heron, Department of Physics, James Cook  University

PROJECT TITLE : Surface Current Mapping by Coastal Ocean Surface Radar

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $20 440

INVESTIGATOR : Associate Professor D. Hopley, Department of  Geography, James Cook University

PROJECT TITLE : Geomorphology of the central Great Barrier Reef -  evolution, present processes and mapping by remote  sensing

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $22 572

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INVESTIGATOR : Associate Professor M. Pichon, Department of Marine  Biology, James Cook University

PROJECT TITLE : Dynamics of coral reef communities dominated by the  genus Acropora

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $15 830

INVESTIGATOR : Dr I.R. Price, Department of Botany, James Cook  University .

PROJECT TITLE : Systematic survey of the turf algal flora of coral  reefs in NE Queensland

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $9 392

INVESTIGATOR : Professor K.P. Stark, Dr R.J. Sobey, Department of  Civil and Systems Engineering James Cook University

PROJECT TITLE : Hydrodynamic studies of water movements within the - Barrier Reef Region

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $23 960 .

GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY

INVESTIGATOR : Dr D.W. Connell, Mr G.J. Miller, School of Australian  Environmental Studies, Griffith University

PROJECT TITLE : Study of background concentrations of existing  hydrocarbon levels in the Great Barrier Reef ecosystem  to establish baseline data on pollution

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $16 969

QUEENSLAND MUSEUM

INVESTIGATOR : Dr L.R.G. Cannon, Dr G.B. Goeden, Queensland Museum

PROJECT TITLE : Preliminary biological mapping of the inter-reef  regions of the Great Barrier Reef using bottom  dwelling fishes and large invertebrates (macrobenthos)  as indicators of community types

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $19 000

QUEENSLAND INSTITUTE. OF TECHNOLOGY

INVESTIGATOR : Dr K.R. Martin, Department Applied Geology, Queensland  Institute of Technology

PROJECT TITLE : Trace Element Geochemistry of Skeletal Carbonates and  Carbonate Sediments from the Great Barrier Reef

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $3 160

UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE

INVESTIGATOR : Dr J.C. Fanning, Dr J.K. Ling, Department of  Pathology, University of Adelaide

PROJECT TITLE : Environmental factors inducing changes in the  reproductive cycle of the Australian Sea Lion,  Neophoca cinerea - a threatened species

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $7 950

INVESTIGATOR : Dr B.J. Noye, Department of Applied Mathematics,  University of Adelaide

PROJECT TITLE : Numerical prediction of tide and weather induced  water-level variations and currents in the Gulf of  Carpentaria

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $20 858

INVESTIGATOR : Professor H.B.S. Womersley, Department of Botany,  University of Adelaide

PROJECT TITLE : The phenology and productivity of three dominant  Southern Australian Phaeophyta in Gulf St Vincent

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $5 511

INVESTIGATOR : Professor H.B.S. Womersley, Department of Botany, University of Adelaide .

PROJECT TITLE : Preparation of taxonomic monographs on selected families of Rhodophyta (red algae), contributing  towards a "Marine Flora of Southern Australia"

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $21 238

FLINDERS UNIVERSITY

INVESTIGATOR : Professor G.W. Lennon, School of Earth Sciences,  Flinders University

PROJECT TITLE : Permanent committee on tides and mean sea level, tides and mean sea level laboratory

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $17 697

INVESTIGATOR : Professor G.W. Lennon, School of Earth Sciences,  Flinders University

PROJECT TITLE : The South Australian Gulfs as Inverse Estuaries

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $38 144

INVESTIGATOR : Professor G.W. Lennon, School of Earth Sciences,  Flinders University

PROJECT TITLE : The Tides of Torres Strait

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $29 137

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SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM Â·

INVESTIGATOR : Mr C.J.M. Glover, The South Australian Museum

PROJECT TITLE : Fish Fauna Survey of South Australian coastal and offshore waters

AMOUNT OF GRANT $13 500

UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA

INVESTIGATOR : Professor J. Imberger, Department of Civil  Engineering, University of Western Australia

PROJECT TITLE : Dynamic Response to Coastal Waters on the North-West  Shelf .

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $39 500

INVESTIGATOR : Dr J. Kuo, Electron Microscopy Centre, University of  Western Australia

PROJECT TITLE : An Anatomical Study on Australian Seagrasses

Am o u n t of g r a n t  : $13 930

INVESTIGATOR : Dr B.W. Logan, Department of Geology, University of  Western Australia

PROJECT TITLE : Quantitative Modelling, Sediment Transport System,  Perth Sector, Rottnest Shelf

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $63 920

MURDOCH UNIVERSITY

INVESTIGATOR : Dr W.D. Scott, Dr T.J. Lyons, School of Environmental  and Life Sciences, Murdoch University

PROJECT TITLE : Development and Movement of Tropical Cyclones in the  North West of Australia

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $15 350

WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM

INVESTIGATOR : Dr R.W. George, Western Australian Museum

PROJECT TITLE : Fiddler Crabs (Uca) in tropical mangroves of Australia  and an assessment of their value as "indicator  species" in conservation and management of mangrove  communities

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $1 600

PRIVATE WESTERN AUSTRALIA

INVESTIGATOR : Dr R.K. Steedman, 384 Rokeby Road, SUBlACO W.A. 6008

PROJECT TITLE : Publication of North West Shelf physical oceanographic  data

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $10 000

UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA .  .  .

INVESTIGATOR : Professor D.H. Green, Dr R.A. Duncan, Department of  Geology, University of Tasmania

PROJECT TITLE : Geochronology and Geochemistry of the Tasman Sea  Seamounts

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $4 500 .

AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

INVESTIGATOR : Dr Allan R. Chivas, Mr Paul Aharon, Dr John M.  Chappell, Research School of Earth Sciences,  Australian National University

PROJECT TITLE : Stable isotope study of palaeoclimate and  environmental geochemistry of the Great Barrier Reef

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $16 318

INVESTIGATOR : Dr K.A.W. Crook, Department of Geology, Australian  National University

PROJECT TITLE : Sedimentological and geochemical factors affecting  growth and maintenance of reefs in the central and  northern Great Barrier Reef

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $10 272

INVESTIGATOR : Dr R.E. Summons, Professor C.B. Osmond, Department of  Environmental Biology* Australian National University

PROJECT TITLE : Biochemical Ecology of Algal-Invertebrate Associations  of the Great Barrier Reef

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $12 341

INVESTIGATOR : Dr T. Torgersen, Dr A.R. Chivas, Research School of  Earth Sciences, Australian National University

PROJECT TITLE : Environmental Geochemistry and climatic Response of  Sediments and Coral, 10Â°-20Â°S

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $35 517 ' '

BUREAU OF MINERAL RESOURCES

INVESTIGATOR : Dr Peter J. Davies, Department of National Development  and Energy, Bureau of Mineral Resources

PROJECT TITLE : Factors affecting growth and maintenance of reefs in  the central Great Barrier Reef

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $50 000

INVESTIGATOR : Dr P.J. Davies, Mr J.B. Willcox, Bureau of Mineral  Resources ACT

PROJECT TITLE : Inter-reefal studies to investigate the geological  development of the Central Great Barrier Reef

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $110 500

CSIRO

INVESTIGATOR : Dr P.G. Baines, Division of Atmospheric Physics, CSIRO

PROJECT TITLE : Tidal mixing versus thermal stratification in Bass  Strait

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $4 200

INVESTIGATOR : Mr Jack Barrett, Division of Plant Industry, CSIRO

PROJECT TITLE : Chlorophyll a, cj,C2 , - carotenoid-protein  Complexes of Brown Seaweeds

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $8 500

INVESTIGATOR : Dr John Bauld, Ms Lyn A. Chambers,:  Baas Becking  Geobiological Laboratory CSIRO

PROJECT TITLE : Production and Fate of Organic Carbon in Benthic  Marine Cyanobacterial Mats

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $12 950

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Mr B.A. Carbon, Dr H. Allison, Division of Land  Resources Management, CSIRO

Nearshore Coastal -Dynamics

$20 000

Dr G. Cresswell, Dr J. Church, Division of Fisheries  and Oceanography, CSIRO

Physical oceanographic Studies of the Western Coral  Sea and its Relation to the Great Barrier Reef and  East Australian Current

$78 717

Dr C.B. Fandry, Numerical Meteorology Research Centre,   CSIRO

Mathematical Model of Water Circulation iri Bass Strait

$10 000 Â·

Dr D.L.B. Jupp, Division of Land Use Research, CSIRO

Remote sensing by LANDSAT as support for management of  the Great Barrier Reef

$16 330

Dr A.D. MeEwan, Atmospheric Physics, CSIRO

Bass Strait Dropsonde Study

$8 565

Mr D.J. Tranter, Division of Fisheries and  Oceanography, CSIRO

Distribution and abundance of planktonic copepods in  warm-core eddy 1 1  J" and surrounding waters

$17 350 .

ISLAND RESEARCH STATIONS

INVESTIGATOR : One Tree Island Research Station, University of Sydney

PROJECT TITLE : Special support for research at One Tree Island

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $9 000

INVESTIGATOR Heron Island Research Station, University of Queensland

PROJECT TITLE : Special support for research at Heron Island

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $70 500

INVESTIGATOR : Lizard Island Research Station, Australian Museum

PROJECT TITLE : Special support for research at Lizard Island

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $11 000

INVESTIGATOR : Orpheus Island Research Station, James Cook University  of North Queensland

PROJECT TITLE : Special support for research at Orpheus Island

AMOUNT OF GRANT : $9 500

