Interesting week meeting a number of students, teachers and Marine Biologists staying at the Reef Lodge backpackers before and after their coarse. Seems there is a graduate course program is offered jointly with Reef HQ Aquarium, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (G.B.R.M.P.A.) and Miami University. Here is the overview of the coarse they did over the last week. Interesting group of people. Talking to then it sounds like they had a great week and managed to get to swim in the aquarium as well. Overview One of the seven wonders of the natural world, the Great Barrier Reef lies in the clear blue waters off the northeast coast of Australia. Spanning 14 degrees of latitude, this complex reef system is not only the greatest expanse of coral in the world, it is the Earths largest living structure, a massive, beautiful, and ancient biological phenomenon of bewildering diversity and immense ecological significance. Habitats within the reef mosaic include the coral reefs themselves (some 3,000 individual reefs), sponge gardens, sea grasses, mangroves, continental islands, and coral cays, which together help support a rich assemblage of marine and terrestrial life, including more than 1,500 species of fish, 200 species of birds, six species of sea turtles, whales, dolphins, and dugongs. This graduate course program is offered jointly with Reef HQ Aquarium, Australias National Education Centre for the Great Barrier Reef. Reef HQ Aquarium is a unit of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, which holds responsibility for the management and conservation of the Great Barrier Reef. Located in Townsville, Queensland, Reef HQ Aquarium houses the worlds largest living coral reef exhibit. earthexpeditions.org/australia
Posted on: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 02:32:18 +0000
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