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WAMSI 2 - Kimberley Node - Project 2.2.2 - Pathways to Production:...
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... -
WAMSI 2 Kimberley Marine Research Program: Project 1.1.2 Key Ecological...
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 2 - Dredging Node - 3.1.1 - Review of Plume Characteristics
Predicting the distribution and fate for suspended sediment plumes associated with dredge operations may be achieved by advanced hydrodynamic modelling (REFS). The accuracy of... -
WAMSI 2 - Kimberley Node - Project 2.1.2 - Human values and aspirations for...
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 2 - Kimberley Node - Project 1.2.2 - Key biological indices required...
The main components of the project were: - Determine distribution, abundance, seasonality, and the duration and peak of nesting season for Kimberley sea turtles - Collect... -
WAMSI Node 5.1 - Western Australia marine Bioresources Library (WAMBL)
The Western Australian Museum has teamed with the Australian Institute of Marine Science, and the Western Australian Marine Science Institution, to establish a marine... -
WAMSI Node 3.2.1 - Diversity, abundance and habitat utilisation of sharks...
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 Node 3.10 - Assessment of Coastal Groundwater dynamics and linkages...
This WAMSI project was carried out between March 2008 and March 2010 project and had 5 general objectives: To characterise the western coastal geological and aquifer structure;... -
WAMSI Node 4.2.3 - Fisheries dependent data and climate - Continuous...
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... -
WAMSI 2 - Kimberley Node: Project 2.2.9 Historical reconstructions of water...
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... -
WAMSI Node 3.2.1 - Diversity, abundance and habitat utilisation of sharks...
Two types of platform transmitter terminals (PTTs) were used, Wildlife Computers (Redmond, USA) smart position or temperature transmitting tag (SPOT4 or SPOT5) and SPLASH tags. -
WAMSI 2 - Kimberley Node - Project 2.2.8 - Knowledge Integration and...
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... -
WAMSI Node 2.1 - Dynamics and predictability of the Indo-Pacific Ocean as a...
The Predictive Ocean Atmosphere Model for Australia (POAMA) is a state-of-the-art seasonal to inter-annual seasonal forecast system based on a coupled ocean/ atmosphere model... -
WAMSI 2 - Kimberley Node - 1.2.4 - Relative abundance, population genetic...
This WAMSI 2 project complements wider research programs which aim to increase our understanding of the distribution, abundance and population connectivity of Australian snubfin... -
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 - Theme 2 Project 3.4 Development of a Numerical...
In Western Australia (WA), the Environmental Impact Assessment process requires dredging proponents to make scientifically sound predictions of the likely extent, severity, and... -
WAMSI 2 - Dredging Node - Project 6.1 - Defining Thresholds and Indicators...
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 3.4.2 - Characterisation of Geomorphology and Sedimentology of...
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 - Dredging Node - 6.2 - Patterns of Sponge Biodiversity in the...
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 Node 3.5 - Biological oceanography - Tissue and gut samples from...
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...