澳大利亚AIMS：2023-2024年度珊瑚礁状况年度总结报告（英文版）（12页）.pdf

1、 Background AIMS acknowledges the Traditional Owners of all the land and sea Countries in which we work,and we pay our respects to their elders past,present and emerging.We honour their continuing culture,knowledge,beliefs and spiritual relationship and connection to Country.We also recognise Aborig

2、inal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Owners of the land and sea Country on which the Australian Institute of Marine Science works and as Australias first scientists.Coral cover remains high while impacts of mass coral bleaching yet to be determined ANNUAL SUMMARY REPORT OF THE

3、GREAT BARRIER REEF CORAL REEF CONDITION 20232024 Published 7 August 2024 In Short This report summarises the condition of coral reefs in the Northern,Central and Southern Great Barrier Reef(GBR)from the Long-Term Monitoring Program(LTMP)surveys of 94 reefs conducted between August 2023 and June 2024

4、(reported as 2024).Over the past 38 years of monitoring by the Australian Institute of Marine Science(AIMS),hard coral cover on reefs of the GBR has decreased and increased in response to cycles of disturbance and recovery.Percent hard coral cover is one standard measure of reef condition recorded b

5、y scientists worldwide,it provides a simple and robust measure of reef health and is used in this report.Other important data,such as diversity or composition of coral assemblages,are collected and reported by LTMP in other ways.Changes in coral cover are qualified with respect to the margin of erro

6、r,defined by 95%credible intervals(CIs).Credible intervals describe the level of uncertainty in the estimates of hard coral cover.Above-average water temperatures(i.e.sea-surface temperature anomalies of 12.5C)occurred on the GBR over the austral summer,peaking in March 2024 and resulting in the fif