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WAMSI Pilbara tri-colour scanner data - 25th September 2008
Western Australian Marine Science Institution
On the 25th of September 2008 a tricolour scanner (Airborne Research Australia/AWI Airborne Tri-spectral Scanner System) collected data from an area near Karratha (Regnard Bay).... -
WAMSI1 - Node 1.1.3 - Marmion Benthic Survey 2007
Western Australian Marine Science Institution
In May-June 2007, an "autumn bloom cruise" was conducted on the National Marine Facility, Southern Surveyor, led by Peter Thompson. The voyage was conducted in three legs, with... -
WAMSI 2 Kimberley Marine Research Program: Project 1.1.2 Key Ecological...
Western Australian Marine Science Institution
Herbivory is a key ecological process that sustains food webs, and can regulate the biomass of primary producers in an ecosystem. It has long been hypothesized that rates of... -
WAMSI Node 3.5 - Biological oceanography - Tissue and gut samples from...
Western Australian Marine Science Institution
During May 2007 and May and Nov 2008 a total of 305 individuals from 46 fish species were collected with line or spear under the approval of the Department of Environment and... -
WAMSI Node 1.1 - Marmion Lagoon CTD and Mooring Measurement Program(July...
Western Australian Marine Science Institution
The Science Plan for WAMSI Node 1 Project 1 characterised the south west Australian marine coastal and shelf ecosystem structure and function. Mooring progam An array of... -
WAMSI Node 4.2.1b - Development and validation of an estuarine health index...
Western Australian Marine Science Institution
This project (WAMSI Node 4.2.1b) aimed to develop an index for assessing the health of the Swan Estuary, based on fish assemblage characteristics. The index incorporates a suite... -
WAMSI Node 4.3.1a - Trophic interactions - Assessing the ecological impact...
Western Australian Marine Science Institution
This study aims to use closed areas to examine the potential for the western rock lobster fishery to impact ecosystem structure, function, diversity, productivity and habitats... -
Monitoring of Humpback Whales in the Pender Bay, Kimberley region, Western...
Western Australian Marine Science Institution
Four years of independent and shore-based humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) surveys in the remote Kimberley region were collected. Systematic shore-based surveys were... -
WAMSI Node 4.2.4 - Demersal fish assemblage sampling method comparison and...
Western Australian Marine Science Institution
In July 2006, stereo-video surveys were conducted at six sites within two locations adjacent to two no-take areas, Mandu and Osprey. This video from WAMSI 3.2 and Ben... -
WAMSI Kimberley aerial photo data - 21st September 2008
Western Australian Marine Science Institution
On the 21st of September 2008 a Canon EOS 1Ds took 283 photos from a plane flown by Jorg Hacker - (Airborne Research Australia). These were taken over part of the Kimberley... -
WAMSI 2 - Dredging Node - 6.2 - Patterns of Sponge Biodiversity in the...
Western Australian Marine Science Institution
The objective is to synthesize published information on sponge distributions and biodiversities in North-West Australia, with an additional focus on extracting data from Western... -
WAMSI Kimberley aerial photo data - 18th September 2008
Western Australian Marine Science Institution
On the 18th of September 2008 a Canon EOS 1Ds took 730 photos from a plane flown by Jorg Hacker - (Airborne Research Australia). These were taken over part of the Kimberley... -
WAMSI 2 - Kimberley Node - 1.3.2 - Climate Change Reef Calcification
Western Australian Marine Science Institution
The overall objectives of this project are to understand how corals, the key ecosystem engineers on tropical reefs, have adapted and will respond in the future to the extreme... -
WAMSI 2 - Dredging Node - 2/3 - 2 - Plume Characteristics (Field) - Field Trip 1
Western Australian Marine Science Institution
3D plume mapping was conducted over a 10 day period at Chevron’s Wheatstone dredging operation near Onslow Western Australia. Dredge plumes created by a cutter suction dredge... -
WAMSI Node 3.4.2 - Characterisation of Geomorphology and Sedimentology of...
Western Australian Marine Science Institution
The overall aim of this project was to determine the geomorphological and sedimentary characteristics (biological and physical) of the Ningaloo Reef and shelf, and to identify... -
WAMSI 2 - Kimberley Node - Project 2.2.6 - Terrestrial-Ocean Linkages - Pawsey
Western Australian Marine Science Institution
This project aimed to understand how dissolved and particulate material from freshwater systems in the Kimberley are transported by the tides and currents into the coastal... -
WAMSI 2 - Kimberley Node - Project 2.1.2 - Human values and aspirations for...
Western Australian Marine Science Institution
The aims of the project are: Describe and analyse the social values of people associated with the coastal waters of the western Kimberley, especially Indigenous community... -
WAMSI Node 3.2.2c - Spatial variation in algal-herbivore interactions on the...
Western Australian Marine Science Institution
The process of herbivory is particularly intense in coral-reef ecosystems, where herbivorous fishes play a key role in promoting the resilience of coral reefs by mediating... -
WAMSI Node 3.2.1 - Diversity, abundance and habitat utilisation of sharks...
Western Australian Marine Science Institution
Elasmobranchs were tagged with acoustic tags and subsequently monitored with acoustic receivers (Vemco VR2, VR2W and VR3) moored on the seabed that constitute the Ningaloo Reef... -
WAMSI 2 - Kimberley Node - 1.2.6 - Evaluating the impacts of local and...
Western Australian Marine Science Institution
The tidal flats of the Kimberley coast support the largest populations of migratory shorebirds in Australia. Eighty Mile Beach and Roebuck Bay are the most important shorebird...