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WAMSI 2 - Dredging Node - Project 5.4 - Recovery mechanisms
The objective of Project 5.4 was to determine whether recovery of seagrass in the Pilbara following disturbance is by sexual (recruitment from seeds) or asexual (vegetative... -
WAMSI 2 - Dredging Node - Project 4.2 - Defining Thresholds and Indicators...
Data is in the form of a Microsoft Access database, showing the original data together with site information (GPS coordinates), date collected. Data is also in the form of a... -
WAMSI Node 4.2.3 - Fisheries dependent data and climate - Overview
The important role of the marine environment in recruitment and catches of a number of Western Australian commercial fisheries has long been recognised. This project is... -
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 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... -
Crayfish and octopus surveys, Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia (WAMSI Node 3...
A series of field trips were made along the entire length of Ningaloo Marine Park (NMP) in May, July, and September 2008. Underwater visual census (UVC) at inner and outer reef... -
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... -
WAMSI Node 6.1 - Offshore and coastal engineering and the effects of climate...
WAMSI Node 6.1 deals with the modelling of past and future sea level / storm surge and waves. Western Australia is vulnerable to climate change impacts which may alter the... -
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 Node 1.1.1 - Downscaled hydrodynamic models
This work describes the physical oceanography at successively smaller scales, from that of the eastern Indian Ocean, to the shelf from NW Cape to Cape Leeuwin, down to the... -
WAMSI1 - Node 1.1.3 - Marmion Benthic Survey 2007
In May-June 2007, an "autumn bloom cruise" was conducted on the National Marine Facility, Southern Surveyor, led by Peter Thompson. The voyage was conducted in three legs, with... -
WAMSI 2 - Dredging Node - Project 3.1.3 - Numerical modelling of dredge...
In this review, we synthesize the current knowledge on several key processes for sediment transport modelling, and standard practice of sediment transport modelling around the... -
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 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 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... -
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... -
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 4.5.2 - Modelling Recreational Fishing Behaviour
A model of recreational fisher behaviour for the West Coast Demersal fishery was developed in which fishers optimize fishing time per trip and the number of trips per year... -
WAMSI Kimberley hyper-spectral data - 18th September 2008
On the 18th of September 2008 a hyper-spectral scanner (AISA+ Airborne Hyperspectral System from Specim - Spectral Imaging Ltd.) collected data from part of the Kimberley... -
WAMSI 2 - Kimberley Node - Project 1.1.3 Ecological Connectivity
Reproduction and recruitment underlie the maintenance of biological communities. For most marine organisms the ocean environment provides the potential for widespread dispersal...