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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 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 Kimberley and Pilbara hyper-spectral, tri-spectral and aerial photo...
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 2 - Dredging Node - Project 5.2 - Genetic variability of seagrass in...
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 Kimberley tri-colour scanner data - 19th September 2008
On the 19th of September 2008 a tricolour scanner (Airborne Research Australia/AWI Airborne Tri-spectral Scanner System) collected data from part of the Kimberley (Montgomery... -
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 - 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 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 Node - 1.2.6 - Evaluating the impacts of local and...
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... -
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 - 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 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 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 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 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 3.10 - 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.