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WAMSI Node 4.2.4 - Demersal fish assemblage sampling method comparison and po...
The principal goal of this research was to investigate the most efficient, cost-effective and meaningful way of describing the structure and biodiversity of seabed habitats... -
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... -
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... -
WAMSI Kimberley tri-colour scanner data - 21st September 2008
On the 21st of September 2008 a tricolour scanner (Airborne Research Australia/AWI Airborne Tri-spectral Scanner System) collected data from part of the Kimberley (Packer Island... -
WAMSI 2 - Dredging Node - Project 5.2 - Genetic variability of seagrass in NW...
The aims of this study for the WAMSI Dredging Science Program were: To establish fundamental knowledge on the genetic diversity of seagrass meadows; and if this varies among... -
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,... -
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... -
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... -
WAMSI Kimberley hyper-spectral data - 21st September 2008
On the 21st of September 2008 a hyper-spectral scanner (AISA+ Airborne Hyperspectral System from Specim - Spectral Imaging Ltd.) collected data from part of the Kimberley... -
WAMSI Node 4.5.3 - Pilot socio-economic assessment of commercial and recreati...
This sub-project addresses the question what are the initial and longer term (2 years) economic and social values generated under the changed management arrangements associated... -
WAMSI Kimberley aerial photo data - 18th September 2008
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 - Dredging Node - 3.3 - Transport Processes (Field)
This sub-project 'Transport Processes' - Project 3.3 aims to build on ‘conventional’ knowledge and formulations of sediment transport over open (bare) sandy beds, to develop new... -
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... -
WAMSI Node 4.4.2-2b - Genetic (microsatellite) determination of the stock str...
The aim of the research is to use microsatellite markers to elucidate the stock structures of Pink snapper (Pagrus auratus) and Baldchin groper (Choerodon rubescens) in Western... -
WAMSI 2 - Dredging Node - 3.2.1 - Plume Characteristics (Field) - Field Trip 2
3D plume mapping was conducted over a 10 day period at Chevron’s Wheatstone dredging operation near Onslow Western Australia. Dredge plums created by a cutter suction dredge... -
WAMSI 2 - Dredging Node - Project 6.1 - Defining Thresholds and Indicators of...
Project 6.1 - Literature review: A review that will synthesize the available scientific literature on the effects of dredging-related pressures on sponge communities using... -
WAMSI Node 6.3 - Ocean Gliders - Western Australian Integrated Marine Observa...
Australian National Ocean Glider Facility (ANFOG) has Slocum gliders (operate at max. depth of 200m and max. endurance of 30 days) and Seagliders (operate max. depth of 1000m... -
WAMSI 2 - DREDGING NODE - PROJECT 4.4 Continuous in situ monitoring of sedime...
Data will be in the form of a report, which will be a secured (printable, non-editable), searchable, Portable Document Format (PDF) showing the results of the analyses. The... -
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... -
WAMSI 2 - Dredging Node - Project 4.3 - Corals of the North West of WA: bioge...
Data will be in the form of a report, which will be a secured (printable, non-editable), searchable, Portable Document Format (PDF) showing the results of the analyses. The...