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title: ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University open data
resource: https://publicdata.au/cth/arc-centre-of-excellence-for-coral-reef-studies-james-cook-university/
jurisdiction: Australian Government
catalogue_read: 2026-09-28
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# ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University open data

ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University lists 11 datasets on data.gov.au. 11 of them have an open licence and a file or API we can read.

## On the portals

- [Benthic cover and fish density on fringing reefs of inshore island groups of the GBR, 1999 – 2014 (NERP 8.2, JCU)](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/benthic-cover-and-fish-density-on-fringing-reefs-of-inshore-island-groups-of-the-gbr-1999-2014-3) (XLS; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2023-08-15)
- [Benthic cover and fish density on fringing reefs of inshore island groups of the GBR, 1999 ¿ 2014 (NERP 8.2, JCU)](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/benthic-cover-and-fish-density-on-fringing-reefs-of-inshore-island-groups-of-the-gbr-1999-2014-) (XLS; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2023-08-11)
- [Benthic cover and fish density on fringing reefs of inshore island groups of the GBR, 1999 – 2014 (NERP 8.2, JCU)](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/benthic-cover-and-fish-density-on-fringing-reefs-of-inshore-island-groups-of-the-gbr-1999-2014-1) (XLS; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2023-08-11)
- [Benthic cover and fish density on fringing reefs of inshore island groups of the GBR, 1999 – 2014 (NERP 8.2, JCU)](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/benthic-cover-and-fish-density-on-fringing-reefs-of-inshore-island-groups-of-the-gbr-1999-2014-7) (XLS; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2023-08-11)
- [Benthic cover and fish density on fringing reefs of inshore island groups of the GBR, 1999 – 2014 (NERP 8.2, JCU)](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/benthic-cover-and-fish-density-on-fringing-reefs-of-inshore-island-groups-of-the-gbr-1999-2014-6) (XLS; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2023-08-11)
- [Benthic cover and fish density on fringing reefs of inshore island groups of the GBR, 1999 – 2014 (NERP 8.2, JCU)](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/benthic-cover-and-fish-density-on-fringing-reefs-of-inshore-island-groups-of-the-gbr-1999-2014-5) (XLS; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2023-08-11)
- [Benthic cover and fish density on fringing reefs of inshore island groups of the GBR, 1999 – 2014 (NERP 8.2, JCU)](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/benthic-cover-and-fish-density-on-fringing-reefs-of-inshore-island-groups-of-the-gbr-1999-2014-4) (XLS; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2023-08-11)
- [Benthic cover and fish density on fringing reefs of inshore island groups of the GBR, 1999 – 2014 (NERP 8.2, JCU)](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/benthic-cover-and-fish-density-on-fringing-reefs-of-inshore-island-groups-of-the-gbr-1999-2014-2) (XLS; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2023-08-11)
- [Benthic cover and fish density on fringing reefs of inshore island groups of the GBR, 1999 – 2014 (NERP 8.2, JCU)](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/benthic-cover-and-fish-density-on-fringing-reefs-of-inshore-island-groups-of-the-gbr-1999-2014-8) (XLS; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2023-08-11)
- [Biological records for National Park islands in the Southern Great Barrier Reef (NERP TE 9.3, JCU)](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/biological-records-for-national-park-islands-in-the-southern-great-barrier-reef-nerp-te-9-3-jcu) (PDF, SHP; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2023-08-11)
- [Derelict fishing line on fringing reefs of inshore groups of the GBR, 2007-2009 (NERP 8.2, JCU)](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/derelict-fishing-line-on-fringing-reefs-of-inshore-groups-of-the-gbr-2007-2009-nerp-8-2-jcu) (XLS; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2023-08-11)

Full list: https://publicdata.au/cth/arc-centre-of-excellence-for-coral-reef-studies-james-cook-university/catalogue.json