CARTER REEF

Carter (No. 14-137) is an outer shelf ribbon reef with an area of 13.7 sq.km. AIMS Sector - Cooktown / Lizard Island

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Back
Flank 1
Front
Flank2


Reef Name

Broadscale surveys
Last Survey 23 October 2012
First Survey 1986
Number of years surveyed 21
COTS outbreak status Not Outbreaking
Last outbreaking year None recorded

Fixed sites on NE Flank Current Year 10 year range GBR mean
Hard Coral cover in 2011 42% 45% 23%
Number of fish species in 2011 80 78 64

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