James CookPhoto: ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef StudiesThe ARC Centre of Excellence for It is the largest single institutional Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority in Coral Reef Studies undertakes world- contributor to the Global Coral Reef Townsville, Australia.leading integrated research for sustain- Targeted Research Program, funded by According to ISI Essential Science In-able use and management of coral reefs. the World Bank, and is an Institutional dicators, four of the ARC Centre’s ma-Funded in July 2005 under the Austra- Member of the Resilience Alliance. The jor research partners rank in the top 20 lian Research Council (ARC) Centres of Centre of Excellence has strong links institutions world-wide for citations for Excellence program this prestigious re- to the Census of Marine Life project, coral reef science with JCU ranking 1st search centre is headquartered at James and to coral reef management agen- (among 1644 institutions in 103 coun-Cook University (JCU), Australia. The cies worldwide, particularly the Great tries).ARC Centre is a partnership with JCU, the Australian Institute of Marine Sci-ence (AIMS), the Australian National University (ANU), the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRM-PA), the University of Queensland (UQ) and the University of Western Australia (UWA).The ARC Centre of Excellence ce-ments Australia’s leading contribution to coral reef sciences and fosters stron-ger collaborative links between the ma-jor partners and 24 other leading institu-tions in nine countries. Collectively, the ARC Centre creates the world’s largest concentration of coral reef scientists.The ARC Centre of Excellence takes a leading role in multi-national research, focusing its efforts on three research ar-eas: People and Ecosystems, Ecosystem Ph: (714) 546-3478 | www.secoseals.com | sales@secoseals.comDynamics: Past, Present and Future and Responding to a changing world.www.marinetechnologynews.comMarine Technology Reporter 49MTR #6 (34-49).indd 49 7/22/2016 12:05:02 PM