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Marine Parks (LGATE-238)
Marine Parks are established in areas which have been recognised as having important ecological values, and/or also for public recreation and are Managed by the Department of... -
Marine Nature Reserves (LGATE-237)
Republished with a redefined set of attributes, Marine Nature Reserves are areas set aside for the protection of habitat and wildlife, and the preservation of features of... -
Marine Management Areas (LGATE-236)
Republished with a redefined set of attributes, Marine Management Areas (created under the CALM Act 1984) are areas set aside for the management and protection of the marine... -
Temporary Notice to Mariners (DOT-034)
Notices to mariners and chart corrections are issued to advise mariners of permanent changes to nautical charts issued by the Department of Transport. WA temporary notices to... -
Marine and Harbour Areas (LGATE-235)
Republished with a redefined set of attributes, Marine and Harbour Areas are proclaimed areas of both land and water under the Marine and Harbours Act 1981 is vested in The... -
Atlantis Marine Park 1985 (LGATE-270)
Part of a collection of WA's iconic theme parks from the 1980s. Many of these sites are still around today, but are either bigger, laying in ruins or modified versions of their... -
Marine and Harbours Act Areas (DOT-003)
Areas declared under the Marine and Harbours Act 1981. Polygon dataset forming part of DoT's Marine Administrative Boundaries captured for the purposes of the CFM Information... -
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 5.4 - (PhD) Quorum quenching compounds from marine bacteria
Antibiotic resistance is of enormous concern in disease control and is one of the factors driving the search for new strategies for controlling bacterial growth. Quorum sensing... -
WAMSI Node 6.3 - Ocean Gliders - Western Australian Integrated Marine...
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 - Kimberley Node - 1.4 - Remote sensing in support of marine...
The goal of this project is to quantify the reliability of remotely sensed turbidity products for use in the Kimberley region. There are two specific objectives. 1: Analyze... -
WAMSI 2 Kimberley Node - Project 1.4 - Remote Sensing in support of marine...
The Kimberley region is vast, remote and difficult and expensive to access and carry out field work in. Remote sensing technologies can provide cost effective methods to gather... -
WAMSI 2 - Kimberley Node - Project 1.1.3 - Ecological connectivity of...
The overarching objective is to infer the routine distances of dispersal and patterns of connectivity among key populations within the Kimberley. Nine sub-projects will address... -
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 Node 3.2.2b - Diversity, abundance and distribution of intertidal...
A quantitative pilot study of the composition of the benthic community of macro-invertebrates on intertidal rocky platforms was undertaken to: a) provide detailed information on... -
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... -
Surveys of deep water benthic communities using towed video in Ningaloo...
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... -
WAMSI Node 3.2.2b - Diversity, abundance and distribution of intertidal...
A quantitative pilot study of the composition of the benthic community of macro-invertebrates on intertidal rocky platforms was undertaken to: a) provide detailed information on... -
WAMSI 2 – Kimberley Node – Project 2.2.6 - Terrestrial-Ocean Linkages: The...
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... -
WAMSI Node 3.2.2c - Spatial variation in algal-herbivore interactions on the...
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...