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WAMSI 2 Kimberley Node: Project 1.2.5 Integrating Indigenous knowledge and su...
Dugongs (Dugong dugon) are listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened species and as other specially protected fauna in WA under Schedule 7 of the Wildlife... -
WAMSI 2 - Kimberley Node - Project 2.2.8 - Knowledge Integration and Manageme...
This record describes the WAMSI KMRP Project 2.2.8: Knowledge Integration and Management Strategy Evaluation (MSE) Modelling of the Kimberley Region. The project explores the...
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WAMSI 2 – Kimberley Node – Project 2.2.6 - Terrestrial-Ocean Linkages: The ro...
Terrestrial landscapes and coastal marine environments are linked by the rivers that flow between them. This is particularly true in the Kimberley, where each year large amounts...
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WAMSI 2 - Kimberley Node - Project 2.2.6 - Terrestrial-Ocean Linkages - Pawsey
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...
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WAMSI 2 - Kimberley Node - 2.2.4 - Benthic primary productivity: production a...
This research addressed seagrass, macroalgal and microalgal abundance, biomass and productivity for the Sunday Island Group (in the Buccaneer Archipelago, Western Australia) and...
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WAMSI 2 - Kimberley Node - Project 2.2.3 - Benthic community production and r...
The goal of Project 2.2.3 was to understand how benthic primary production on fringing reefs in the Kimberley is related to the physical environment (e.g. light, temperature,...
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WAMSI 2 - Kimberley Node - Project 2.2.2 - Pathways to Production: Biogeochem...
One of the few remaining pristine coastal environments in the world, the Kimberley is highly valued for its biodiversity, cultural values, tourism and fisheries. The...
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WAMSI 2 - Kimberley Node - Project 2.1.1 - Human use patterns and impacts in ...
Aerial surveys were undertaken throughout the Kimberley for a 12-month period from November 2012 – October 2013. The three main survey areas incorporated into the sampling...
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WAMSI 2 - Kimberley Node - Project 2.2.1 Physical oceanographic dynamics in t...
The physical oceanographic environment of the morphologically complex Kimberley coast is globally unique with deep and narrow inlets and extensive island archipelagos...
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WAMSI 2 - Kimberley Node - Project 2.2.1 Bio-physical Oceanography of the Kim...
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...
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WAMSI 2 - Kimberley Node - Project 2.1.2 - Human values and aspirations for c...
The aims of the project are: Describe and analyse the social values of people associated with the coastal waters of the western Kimberley, especially...
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WAMSI 2 - Kimberley Node - 1.2.4 - Relative abundance, population genetic str...
This WAMSI 2 project complements wider research programs which aim to increase our understanding of the distribution, abundance and population connectivity of Australian snubfin...
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WAMSI 2 - Kimberley Node - Project 1.3.1 - Reef Growth and Maintenance
The goal of this project was to gain a regional understanding of the geomorphology of the Kimberley coral reefs, including their interaction with different substrates,...
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WAMSI 2 - Kimberley Node - 1.3.2 - Climate Change Reef Calcification
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...
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WAMSI 2 - Kimberley Node - 1.2.6 - Evaluating the impacts of local and intern...
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...
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WAMSI 2 - Kimberley Node - 1.2.3 - Distribution, abundance, critical habitat ...
This project aims to: To count saltwater crocodiles in the Kimberley region; To survey Kimberley waters that have never been surveyed for crocodiles e.g. Drysdale River and...
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WAMSI 2 - Kimberley Node - Project 1.2.1b - Monitoring of Humpback Whales (Me...
Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) migrate annually along the coast of Western Australia (WA) from their summer Antarctic feeding grounds to warm tropical waters in the...
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WAMSI 2 - Kimberley Node - Project 1.2.2 - Key biological indices required to...
The main components of the project were: - Determine distribution, abundance, seasonality, and the duration and peak of nesting season for Kimberley sea turtles - Collect...
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Surveys of deep water benthic communities using towed video in Ningaloo Marin...
A total of 365 towed video transects were completed in the 2006/2007 surveys. The sampling has identified a vast array of habitats and will be used for broad scale mapping of...
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WAMSI 2 - Dredging Node - 2/3 - 2 - Plume Characteristics (Field) - Field Trip 1
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...
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