Heron Island Research Station

Data sets

Access Heron Reef data sets to enhance your research at Heron Island Research Station.

Heron Island data sets
Habitat maps
DescriptorDateGeographic areaWebsite
Geomorphic and benthic, highest detail2007Heron ReefPangaea
Benthic composition2021GBR, including Heron ReefGBRMPA
Geomorphic zonation2021BGR, including Heron ReefGBRMPA
Geomorphic and benthic2021Global, including Heron ReefAllen Coral Atlas
Physical attributes
DescriptorDateGeographic areaWebsite
Depth LAT derived from airborne hyperspectral imagery (1m x 1m)2004Heron ReefPangaea
Depth mean sea level derived from Sentinel 2 imagery up to 20m2020GBR, including Heron ReefGBRMPA
Depth unknown datum, derived from Sentinel 2 imagery up to 15m2020Global, including Heron ReefAllen Coral Atlas
Great Barrier Reef non-cyclonic and on-reef wave model predictions2015GBR, including Heron ReefUQ eSpace
Field data
DescriptorDateGeographic areaWebsite
Benthic composition annually, 3000 photos per survey year2002 onwardsHeron Reef flat and slopePangaea
Benthic photoquadrat annually, 3000 photos per survey year2002 onwardsHeron Reef flat and slopePangaea
Coral health: coral health chart readings indicate colour scores and coral types2002 onwardsHeron ReefCoralWatch
Substrate, invert, fish and impacts based on Reef Check protocol, annually for 10 dive transects, seven snorkel transects2011 onwardsHeron ReefReef Check Australia
Remote sensing data
DescriptorDateGeographic areaWebsite
CASI airborne hyperspectral imagery (1m x 1m)2004Heron ReefPangaea
Sentinel 2 Imagery (10m x 10m)2020GBR, including Heron ReefGBRMPA
Satelite imagery Planet Dove (5m x 5m) globally 2018, 2019,2020 processed imagery2018-20Global, including Heron ReefAllen Coral Atlas
Spectral reflectance and chlorphyll values for benthic micro algae2011Heron Reef lagoonPangaea
Spectral reflectance library of selected biotic and abiotic coral reef featuresvariousHeron Reef flatPangaea
Spectral reflectance library of coral reef and seagrass communitiesvariousHeron Reef slopePangaea

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