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WAMSI 2 - Kimberley Node - Project 2.2.1 Bio-physical Oceanography of the Kimberley

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

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WAMSI Kimberley Research Projects The Western Australian Government has declared an intention to establish a number of MPAs in the Kimberley region to preserve and manage its unique biodiversity and conservation values. The WAMSI science plan for physical and biological oceanography in the Kimberley is focused on the southern designated MPA area (Camden Sound) to support physical and biogeochemical process model development. This metadata record describes observational data collected in support of the observational requirements for WAMSI KMRP Projects: 2.2.1 - Physical oceanographic dynamics in the Kimberley 2.2.2 -Pathways to Production : Biogeochemical Processes in the Kimberley Region 2.2.6 - Terrestrial-Ocean Linkages: the role of rivers and estuaries in sustaining marine productivity in the Kimberley. Primary data sources are: Moored ADCPs Moored Temperature salinity loggers Underway Thermosalinograph CTD casts The purpose of the data are to assist in quantifying key physical and biological oceanographic processes in nearshore waters of the coastal Kimberley under wet and dry season conditions to: 1. better define seasonal ranges in properties and rates in Collier Bay as a basis for identifying potential climate-related changes, 2. better define marine productivity and seasonal forcing processes 3. acquire oceanographic and biogeochemical information necessary to develop system models. Detailed descriptions of science plans for each of the above listed projects is available from the project specific WAMSI II Science Project Plans.

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Field Value
Title WAMSI 2 - Kimberley Node - Project 2.2.1 Bio-physical Oceanography of the Kimberley
Language English
Licence Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 3.0 Australia
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/23bdc626-7e70-48a8-863c-37c616476576
Remote Last Updated 26/05/2022
Contact Point
Western Australian Marine Science Institution
adc@aims.gov.au
Reference Period 03/05/2018
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Western Australia Government "WAMSI 2 - Kimberley Node - Project 2.2.1 Bio-physical Oceanography of the Kimberley". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/dataset/wamsi-2-kimberley-node-project-2-2-1-bio-physical-oceanography-of-the-kimberley_7616