AIMS images

Footage is available online at

http://www.aims.gov.au/docs/research/biodiversity-ecology/threats/cots.html

And high res footage for this story is available for download until 7 October here – this is a 200 Mb .mov file available to download via YouSENDit.

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LTMP___ProformaPhotos___RAP___200910___KD___KD010___Gannet_Cay~~~066[1] — Horseshoe reef after crown-of-thorns invasion (credit: AIMS Long-term Monitoring Team)

Carter — Healthy reef at Carter Reef (credit: AIMS Long-term Monitoring Team)

Boult — Healthy reef at Boult reef (credit: AIMS Long-term Monitoring Team)

Low_Islands — Health reef at Low Islands (credit: AIMS Long-term Monitoring Team)

22084_CycloneDamage — Damage to Beaver Reef by Cyclone Hamish (credit: AIMS Long-term Monitoring Team)

BeaverReef_COTSdamage — crown-of-thorns damage on Beaver Reef (credit: AIMS Long-term Monitoring Team)

Horseshoe — Horseshoe reef before crown-of-thorns invasion (credit: AIMS Long-term Monitoring Team)

COTS_0703_075a — Population outbreaks of the coral eating starfish Acanthaster planci have been responsible for 42% of the over 50% decline in coral cover on the Great Barrier Reef between 1985 and 2012 (credit: Katharina Fabricius, Australian Institute of Marine Science)

IMG_0058a — MacDonald reef before cyclone damage (credit: Katharina Fabricius, Australian Institute of Marine Science)

Breakge_MacDonlads — MacDonald reef after cyclone damage (credit: Katharina Fabricius, Australian Institute of Marine Science)

GannettCay_V21 217 — crown-of-thorns and cyclone damage (credit: AIMS Long-term Monitoring Team)

Bleaching-Halfway Isl-berkelmans — Bleaching at Halfway Island (credit: Ray Berkelmans, Australian Institute of Marine Science)

Bleaching-North Keppel-berkelmans — Bleaching at North Kepplel (credit: Ray Berkelmans, Australian Institute of Marine Science)