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WAMSI Node 5.2 - BioMolecular Diversity and Partnered Biodiscovery
This project is a three year research initiative focusing marine natural products (fine chemical) discovery and development research in key areas of Western Australian... -
Fine-scale associations between blacklip abalone (Haliotis rubra) and...
The survey comprises two streams of data, including (1) the availability of different attachment sites and (2) the algal composition of abalone attachment sites ('homesites').... -
WAMSI Node 4.2.2b - Establishment of metropolitan fish indicator regions
Vital baseline information on the demersal fish assemblages within the metropolitan area was collected used baited-video stations. The sampling was directed using the knowledge... -
Fish, shark, ray and benthos biodiversity surveys around remote Timor Sea Shoals
Cappo, Heyward, Speare GOALS: To map the benthic habitats, and record the associated fish, shark and ray faunas, of the major clusters of Timor Sea shoals at 3 depth zones :... -
Serpent Project Callister 1 - Habitat mapping
SERPENT - Scientific and Environmental remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Partnership using Existing iNdustrial Technology. This has been a highly successful mission as a result of... -
Perth Long Term Ocean Outlet Monitoring (PLOOM)
The operation of the Wastewater Treatment Plants and the discharge of treated wastewater to the marine environment is conducted under Licence Conditions set by the Department of... -
Theme 2D: Development of new methodologies for measurement of anthropogenic...
Urban cities generate considerable potential for ecological disturbance leading to environmental degradation (Programme 2: Anthropogenic Disturbances of Coastal Habitats). In... -
Management options to minimise formation of urchin barrens: kelp lines -...
Linear video transects (40m total length; 20m into barrens and 20m into kelp from original fixed marker on the benthos) were used to assess changes in kelp growth in several... -
Deep water fish and shark surveys with baited video (BRUVS)
The use of baited videos enabled non-destructive sampling of a vast variety (228 species) of fishes, sharks, rays and sea snakes below the limits of safe SCUBA diving. No... -
Do the assemblages of benthic macroinvertebrates in nearshore waters of...
Benthic macroinvertebrates were sampled seasonally in the subtidal and upper and lower swash zones at two sites in each of six nearshore habitat types on the lower west coast of... -
WAMSI Node 4.4.2 - Captured species assessments - Implications of mobility,...
WAMSI Node 4.4.2 aims to determine how stock structure of key indicator species (dhufish, pink snapper and baldchin groper) in each bioregion interacts with existing spatial... -
Woodside Pluto BRUVS (Baited Remote Underwater Video Systems Sampling Site)...
A field survey was conducted by the Centre for Marine Futures, University of Western Australia (UWA) under contract to Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM) as part of the Woodside Energy... -
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... -
WAMSI Node 4.2.2a - Establishment of indicators for ecosystem based...
There were four key objectives for WAMSI Node 4.2.2a: (1) determination of indicator regions; (2) development of monitoring strategies; (3) Implement a long term monitoring... -
Serpent Project Mutineer 1 - Subsea Field Development
SERPENT - Scientific and Environmental remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Partnership using Existing iNdustrial Technology. A highly successful mission resulted after 8 days of ROV... -
WAMSI Node 4.2.4 - Demersal fish assemblage sampling method comparison and...
In January 2008, stereo-video surveys were conducted in the proposed Capes Marine Park at 3 sites within each of three locations. It appears that the relative composition of the... -
Securing WAs Marine Futures Project - Overall summary
Securing WAs Marine Futures was an NHT II state-wide project, which has mapped marine habitats and biodiversity at eight study locations from the Abrolhos Islands to the... -
Survey of the Marine Biota of the Eastern Kimberley, Western Australia or...
Survey of the Marine Biota of the Eastern Kimberley, Western Australia or Marine Biological Survey of the Eastern Kimberley, Western Australia. To document the marine flora and... -
WAMSI Node 4.5.1 - Review of the social and economic implications of...
This sub-project created a report that outlines the review of the methods for completing social and economic assessments for the use in EBFM, with a particular focus towards... -
Theme 1C: Development of new methodologies of measurement of ecological...
Research is focussed on the processes causing and maintaining patterns of distribution and abundance of animals and plants in coastal habitats (Program 1 - Ecology in Coastal...