Data sets

Access data sets, publications and real-time data to enhance your research at Heron Island Research Station.

Maps, field data, remote sensing data and more.

Habitat maps

Descriptor	Date	Geographic area	Website
Depth LAT derived from airborne hyperspectral imagery (1m x 1m)	2004	Heron Reef	Pangaea
Depth mean sea level derived from Sentinel 2 imagery up to 20m	2020	GBR, including Heron Reef	Reef Authority
Depth unknown datum, derived from Sentinel 2 imagery up to 15m	2020	Global, including Heron Reef	Allen Coral Atlas
Great Barrier Reef non-cyclonic and on-reef wave model predictions	2015	GBR, including Heron Reef	UQ eSpace

Descriptor	Date	Geographic area	Website
Benthic composition and photos, annually, 3000+ photos per survey year	2019–2025	Heron Reef flat and slope	UQ eSpace
Benthic composition annually, 3000+ photos per survey year	2002–2018	Heron Reef flat and slope	Pangaea
Benthic photoquadrat annually, 3000+ photos per survey year	2002–2018	Heron Reef flat and slope	Pangaea
Coral health: coral health chart readings indicate colour scores and coral types	2002 onwards	Heron Reef	CoralWatch
Substrate, invert, fish and impacts based on Reef Check protocol, annually for 10 dive transects, seven snorkel transects	2011 onwards	Heron Reef	Reef Check Australia

Descriptor	Date	Geographic area	Website
CASI airborne hyperspectral imagery (1m x 1m)	2004	Heron Reef	Pangaea
Sentinel 2 Imagery (10m x 10m)	2020	GBR, including Heron Reef	Reef Authority
Satelite imagery Planet Dove (5m x 5m) globally 2018, 2019,2020 processed imagery	2018–2020	Global, including Heron Reef	Allen Coral Atlas
Spectral reflectance and chlorphyll values for benthic micro algae	2011	Heron Reef lagoon	Pangaea
Spectral reflectance library of selected biotic and abiotic coral reef features	various	Heron Reef flat	Pangaea
Spectral reflectance library of coral reef and seagrass communities	various	Heron Reef slope	Pangaea

weather icon

The Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) provides the latest weather and oceanographic observations.

data icon

AIMS contains a range of other research data tools for reef and coral research.

This is a full literature review conducted for student learning and future research, from a range of databases:

UQ library
UQ espace
Google Scholar
Web of Science
Scopus
Pangaea
Trove (National Library)
Thesis repositories:
- UQ
- Griffith University
- James Cook University
- Queensland University of Technology.

The research publications were derived using key words:

ask question icon

If a publication is missing from the resource list, or you have relevant publicly accessible data to share, please get into touch: