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WAMSI Kimberley and Pilbara hyper-spectral, tri-spectral and aerial photo dat...
On the 18th, 19th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd and 25th of September 2008, Jorg Hacker flew parts of the Kimberley (Montgomery Reef, Packer Island, Perpendicular Head, North Head, Gourdon... -
WAMSI Node 4.4.2-1 - Stock structure of West Coast demersal indicator species...
The Western Australian Department of Fisheries has been monitoring the trajectories of a series of drifting buoy releases along the Western Australian continental shelf since...
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WAMSI 2 - Dredging Node - 6.2 - Patterns of Sponge Biodiversity in the Pilbar...
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...
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WAMSI 2 - Dredging Node - Project 5.3 - Natural Dynamics
The Theme 5.3 study was undertaken to improve our understanding of the spatial and temporal patterns in seagrass composition, abundance and reproductive phenology in the Pilbara...
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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 Node 4.4.1 - Assessment and monitoring for bycatch composition and abun...
Through reviewing available fisheries data sets, reports, logbooks and CAES (Catch And Effort Statistics) 3836 bycatch records were identified and are available as a...
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WAMSI 2 - Kimberley Node: Project 2.2.9 Historical reconstructions of water q...
The remote Kimberley coast of north-western Australia is one of the few marine environments domains on earth largely unaffected by human use. However, the region is undergoing...
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WAMSI Node 1.1.3 - Shelf scale primary production and nutrient uptake dynamic...
In May 2007 (the beginning of the seasonal increase in chlorophyll a concentration) we investigated the spatial distribution of primary production. C13 uptake was determined on...
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WAMSI Node 3.2.3 - Biodiversity Assessment, Ecosystem Impacts of Human Usage ...
This project was developed for the Ningaloo Research Program (NRP) to explore the effects of managing recreational fishing, which is perhaps the most important extractive...
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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 - Dredging Node - Project 6.3 Defining Thresholds and Indicators of F...
Project 6.3 - Field surveys: The objective of this work is to provide in situ community level data (major taxa and species, diversity, dominant growth forms, abundance, density...
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WAMSI 2 - Dredging Node - Theme 2 Project 3.4 Development of a Numerical Dred...
In Western Australia (WA), the Environmental Impact Assessment process requires dredging proponents to make scientifically sound predictions of the likely extent, severity, and...
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WAMSI Node 4.3.1b - Trophic interactions in selected south-western Australian...
This study is aimed at identifying the key primary producers, which support abundant fish species with different feeding modes, in a permanently-open (Swan-Canning) and a...
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WAMSI Node 4.3.1a - Trophic interactions - Assessing the ecological impact of...
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...
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WAMSI Node 4.3.1b - Determination of the diets of Snapper and Silver Trevally...
From June 2009, for two years Snapper (Chrysophrys auratus) and Silver Trevally (Pseudocaranx georgianius) stomachs were sampled for their contents to create food webs. An...
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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 Node 4.2.1b - Development and validation of an estuarine health index f...
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...
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WAMSI Node 4.2.3 - Fisheries dependent data and climate - Continuous temperat...
From 1990, continuous (15-minute, 30-minute or hourly) logging of water temperature was conducted at these puerulus (Panulirus cygnus) collector sites: Quobba Pt, Shark Bay...
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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 Node 1.1.2 - Spatial and Seasonal Variability in Microphytobenthos and ...
Despite the apparent importance of microphytobenthos and macroalgal populations as primary producers, primary productivity data and particularly data investigating the controls...
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