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WAMSI 2 - Kimberley Node - Project 2.2.8 - Knowledge Integration and...
Western Australian Marine Science Institution
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 2 - Kimberley Node - Project 1.3.1 - Reef Growth and Maintenance
Western Australian Marine Science Institution
The goal of this project was to gain a regional understanding of the geomorphology of the Kimberley coral reefs, including their interaction with different substrates,... -
WAMSI 2 - Kimberley Node - Project 2.2.3 - Benthic community production and...
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 4.1 - Applying the EBFM framework
WAMSI Node 4.1 focussed on: 1) developing a means (mechanisms and processes) of integrating Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management (EBFM) into “mainstream” fisheries management,... -
WAMSI 2 – Kimberley Node – Project 2.2.2 Pathways to production:...
Western Australian Marine Science Institution
KSN Project 2.2.2 provides key information on the oceanographic and biological forcing associated with nutrient supply that determines the near-shore productivity of the... -
WAMSI 2 - Kimberley Node - Project 2.2.4 Benthic primary productivity,...
Western Australian Marine Science Institution
Primary producers play significant roles in coastal processes and ecological function. These roles include provision of habitat, stabilising substrates and provision of a food... -
WAMSI Node 4.2.4 - Demersal fish assemblage sampling method comparison and...
Western Australian Marine Science Institution
The sub-tropical Houtman Abrolhos Islands and associated reefs are located approximately 60 km offshore from the mid-west coast of Western Australia on the edge of the... -
WAMSI 2 - Kimberley Node - Project 1.2.1b - Monitoring of Humpback Whales...
Western Australian Marine Science Institution
Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) migrate annually along the coast of Western Australia (WA) from their summer Antarctic feeding grounds to warm tropical waters in the... -
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 1.5 - Kimberley Indigenous Saltwater...
Western Australian Marine Science Institution
The Kimberley Indigenous Saltwater Science Project (KISSP) has produced a range of documents that seek to build capacity for collaborative management of Kimberley Saltwater... -
WAMSI 2 – Kimberley Node – Project 2.2.6 - Terrestrial-Ocean Linkages: The...
Western Australian Marine Science Institution
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... -
Surveys of deep water benthic communities using towed video in Ningaloo...
Western Australian Marine Science Institution
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 4.4.2-2b - Genetic (microsatellite) determination of the stock...
Western Australian Marine Science Institution
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 - Kimberley Node - 1.2.4 - Relative abundance, population genetic...
Western Australian Marine Science Institution
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 2 - Kimberley Node - Project 1.2.2 - Key biological indices required...
Western Australian Marine Science Institution
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 - Kimberley Node: Project 2.2.9 Historical reconstructions of water...
Western Australian Marine Science Institution
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 2 Kimberley Marine Research Program: Project 1.1.2 Key Ecological...
Western Australian Marine Science Institution
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 3.5 - Biological oceanography - Tissue and gut samples from...
Western Australian Marine Science Institution
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... -
WAMSI Node 4.2.4 - Demersal fish assemblage sampling method comparison and...
Western Australian Marine Science Institution
In July 2006, stereo-video surveys were conducted at six sites within two locations adjacent to two no-take areas, Mandu and Osprey. This video from WAMSI 3.2 and Ben... -
WAMSI 2 - Kimberley Node - 1.3.2 - Climate Change Reef Calcification
Western Australian Marine Science Institution
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...