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WAMSI Node 4.2.4 - Demersal fish assemblage sampling method comparison and...
Department of Planning (Western Australia)
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... -
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WAMSI 2 - Kimberley Node - Project 1.1.3 - Ecological connectivity of...
Department of Planning (Western Australia)
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... -
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WAMSI 2 - Dredging Node - Project 5.5.4 - Defining thresholds and indicators...
Department of Planning (Western Australia)
Objectives of Project 5.5 are to: (1) determining the pressure:response relationships that relate the effects of dredging-generated sediments on tropical primary producers, (2)... -
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Kimberley Mound Springs Aquatic Invertebrates
Department of Planning (Western Australia)
Results of sampling aquatic invertebrates occurring in organic mound springs of the Kimberley Region. These were sampled between 1993 (Stuart Halse Victoria Bonaparte Study... -
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WAMSI 2 - Kimberley Node - Project 2.2.1 Bio-physical Oceanography of the Kimberley
Department of Planning (Western Australia)
WAMSI Kimberley Research Projects The Western Australian Government has declared an intention to establish a number of MPAs in the Kimberley region to preserve and manage its... -
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WAMSI - Montgomery Reef Heritage Assessment
Department of Planning (Western Australia)
A range of physical, chemical and biological data was collected during four approximately week- long trips from June to September 2008. Two temperature- pressure loggers... -
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WAMSI Node 1.1.2 - Spatial and Seasonal Variability in Microphytobenthos and...
Department of Planning (Western Australia)
Despite the apparent importance of microphytobenthos and macroalgal populations as primary producers, primary productivity data and particularly data investigating the controls... -
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WAMSI 2 - Dredging Node - Project 5.5.3 - Defining thresholds and indicators...
Department of Planning (Western Australia)
Objectives of Project 5.5 are to: (1) determining the pressure:response relationships that relate the effects of dredging-generated sediments on tropical primary producers, (2)... -
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WAMSI Node 4.2.4 - Demersal fish assemblage sampling method comparison and...
Department of Planning (Western Australia)
The principal goal of this research was to investigate the most efficient, cost-effective and meaningful way of describing the structure and biodiversity of seabed habitats... -
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WAMSI 2 - Dredging Node - 3.2.1 - Plume Characteristics (Field) - Field Trip 2
Department of Planning (Western Australia)
3D plume mapping was conducted over a 10 day period at Chevron’s Wheatstone dredging operation near Onslow Western Australia. Dredge plums created by a cutter suction dredge... -
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WAMSI 2 - Dredging Node - Theme 2 Project 3.4 Development of a Numerical...
Department of Planning (Western Australia)
In Western Australia (WA), the Environmental Impact Assessment process requires dredging proponents to make scientifically sound predictions of the likely extent, severity, and... -
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WAMSI 2 - Dredging Node - Project 5.4 - Recovery mechanisms
Department of Planning (Western Australia)
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... -
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WAMSI 2 - Kimberley Node - Project 1.2.1a - Modelling the movement and...
Department of Planning (Western Australia)
Modeling the movement and spatial distribution of humpback whales in the Nearshore waters of the Kimberley. This project will directly address this need by collating and... -
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WAMSI 2 - Kimberley Node - Project 2.2.7 Climate modelling
Department of Planning (Western Australia)
In this project (Kimberley Marine Research Project 2.2.7), historical data and numerical models have been used to identify the climate sensitivity of the Kimberley coast... -
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WAMSI Kimberley tri-colour scanner data - 22nd September 2008
Department of Planning (Western Australia)
On the 22nd of September 2008 a tricolour scanner (Airborne Research Australia/AWI Airborne Tri-spectral Scanner System) collected data from part of the Kimberley (Coulomb... -
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WAMSI Node 4.3.1b - Trophic interactions in selected south-western...
Department of Planning (Western Australia)
This study is aimed at identifying the key primary producers, which support abundant fish species with different feeding modes, in a permanently-open (Swan-Canning) and a... -
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WAMSI 2 - Kimberley Node - 1.2.3 - Distribution, abundance, critical habitat...
Department of Planning (Western Australia)
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... -
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WAMSI Node 4.2.2b - Establishment of metropolitan fish indicator regions
Department of Planning (Western Australia)
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... -
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WAMSI 2 Kimberley Node: Project 1.2.5 Integrating Indigenous knowledge and...
Department of Planning (Western Australia)
Dugongs (Dugong dugon) are listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened species and as other specially protected fauna in WA under Schedule 7 of the Wildlife... -
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WAMSI Node 4.4.1 - Assessment and monitoring for bycatch composition and abundance
Department of Planning (Western Australia)
Through reviewing available fisheries data sets, reports, logbooks and CAES (Catch And Effort Statistics) 3836 bycatch records were identified and are available as a comma-...