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IMOS - National Mooring Network - New South Wales (NSW) Bateman's Marine Park 90m (BMP090) Mooring

The NSW Bateman's Marine Park 90m (BMP090) mooring is located at Latitude:36.19 S, Longitude:150.23 E. It was first deployed on 2011-03-30. 
It is one of two moorings deployed near Narooma, southern NSW, to capture the variability of the shelf waters, poleward of the East Australian Current (EAC) separation point. The location, adjacent to Bateman's Marine Park (BMP), was chosen for its proximity to other IMOS activities (AATAMS line and AUV survey sites), the availability of suitable vessels for servicing, and to minimise the risk of mooring loss due to commercial fishing. 
Instrumentation, position in the water column and sampling regime are consistent with other NSW IMOS moorings. The mooring consists of AQUAtech 520T and 520PT AQUAloggers at nominal 8m spacing through the water column, sampling at 5 minute time intervals. Nominal heights above seabed of the instruments and quantities measured are: 6PT, 14T, 22T, 30T, 38PT, 46T, 54PT, 62T, 70PT.
The BMP moorings are serviced every 6-8 weeks. This mooring was discontinued and removed in April 2014.

Tags: Buoys | Moored Buoys, IMOS Platform | BMP090 | Bateman's Marine Park 90m Mooring, Marine Features (Australia) | East Australian Current, Oceans | Bathymetry | Water Depth, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Ocean Currents, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Ecological effects of introduced sessile marine invertebrates.

Manipulative field experiments were used to investigate the effects of the ascidians Botryllus schlosseri and Ascidiella aspersa and the bryozoan Bugula neritina on sessile invertebrate assemblages. Experiments were conducted on perspex plates suspended from Workshops Jetty, Williamstown, Victoria. All 3 introduced species affected the abundance of sessile marine invertebrates, but the effects were varied and not always negative or concentrated on native species. B. neritina increased the abundance of native species, A. aspersa increased the abundance of introduced species and B. schlosseri decreased the abundance of both native and introduced species. This research shows that effects of some introduced species are highly variable and do not conform to typical ideas that exist for introduced species.

Tags: 20 331002, 20 331013, 35 033006, Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Benthic Habitat, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Community Structure, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Species Recruitment, Biosphere | Zoology | Invertebrates, Botryllus schlosseri, Bugula dentata, Bugula neritina, Human Dimensions | Environmental Impacts, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Invertebrates, Port Phillip Bay, Williamstown, Workshops Jetty
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Biophysical resource assessment of the Canning Coast, WA including Roebuck Bay, Lagrange Bay and Eighty Mile Beach

This record is derived from DEC Marine Policy Branch Endnote library and spatially referenced SIER Database.

Tags: Management, Marine Features (Australia) | Eighty Mile Beach, WA, Marine Features (Australia) | Roebuck Bay, WA, Resource Assessment
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Coffin Bay CTD Data 22 September 1998

Ten samples were collected at Coffin Bay using a conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) device on 22nd September 1998, for analysis of water temperature and salinity data.

Tags: Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Salinity, depth, sea_water_salinity, sea_water_temperature
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
2016 SoE Marine Chapter - State and Trends - Introduced species

The Marine chapter of the 2016 State of the Environment (SoE) report incorporates multiple expert templates developed from streams of marine data. This metadata record describes the Expert Assessment "The state and trends of non-indigenous/non-endemic species – number and abundance of introduced species". The full Expert Assessment, including figures and tables (where provided), is attached to this record. Where available, the Data Stream(s) used to generate this Expert Assessment are accessible through the "On-line Resources" section of this record.

DESCRIPTION OF ECOLOGICAL PROCESS FOR EXPERT ASSESSMENT
There are over 250 introduced marine plants and animals established in Australian waters (see marine pests.gov.au). Some have hitch-hiked to Australian waters on the hulls of vessels of all types from yachts to commercial ships, or in their ballast water. Others have been introduced to support local aquaculture, with the aquarium industry another vector. Some species are listed on the National Introduced Marine Pest Information System and are assessed under the ‘Number and abundance of NIMPIS-listed species’ assessment. This assessment covers those species not currently on the list.
DATA STREAM(S) USED IN EXPERT ASSESSMENT
This assessment is based on peer-review papers and reports as well as information on the marine pests website: see http://www.marinepests.gov.au.

2016 SOE ASSESSMENT SUMMARY [see attached Expert Assessment for full details]
• 2016 •
Assessment grade: Good
Assessment trend: Unclear
Confidence grade: Limited evidence or limited consensus
Confidence trend: Evidence or consensus too low to make an assessment
Comparability: Grade and trend are comparable to the 2011 assessment
• 2011 •
Assessment grade: Good
Assessment trend: Unclear
Confidence grade: Limited evidence or limited consensus
Confidence trend: Evidence or consensus too low to make an assessment

CHANGES SINCE 2011 SOE ASSESSMENT
The 2016 assessment is similar to the 2011 assessment. With very little information on most species abundances and no long-term monitoring of populations with which clear trends could be determined it was considered appropriate to assign a trend of ‘unclear’.

Tags: expert assessment, introduced species, marine pest
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - South-East Queensland 400m (SEQ400) Mooring Platform

The South-East Queensland 400m mooring (IMOS platform code SEQ400) is part of the East Australian Current (EAC) array. It was initially deployed on the 24/03/2012 at (27.33 S, 153.88 E). The site depth is 404m. This mooring was decommissioned in June 2013.
Observations of currents, temperature, pressure and conductivity are measured.
In conjunction with the SEQ200 mooring and the North Stradbroke Island National Reference Station (NRS NSI), this mooring forms the inshore component of the the EAC mooring array. The East Australian Current (EAC) is the major western boundary current of the south Pacific Ocean. It plays a critical role in the ocean re-distribution of global heat from the equator to the midand- high latitudes. The EAC is relatively stable north of Brisbane, but as the current moves south 2-3 large eddies are pinched off every year. These eddies frequently move onto the continental shelf and close inshore and influence the local circulation patterns. At prominent coastal features the EAC moves away from the coast, driving upwelling which draws nutrient-rich water from a depth of 200m or more. 
Management of this mooring is undertaken by staff from the National Reference Station (North Stradbroke and Maria Island).

Tags: Buoys | Moored Buoys, CTD (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth Profilers), Current Meters/Profilers | Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP), IMOS Platform | SEQ400 | South-East Queensland 400m Mooring, IMOS Sub-Facility | ANMN-NRS | National Reference Stations, Marine Features (Australia) | East Australian Current, Oceans | Bathymetry | Water Depth, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Ocean Currents, Oceans | Ocean Pressure | Water Pressure, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Conductivity, Oceans | Salinity/density | Salinity, sea_water_electrical_conductivity, sea_water_pressure, sea_water_speed, sea_water_temperature
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
WAMSI Node 3.2.1 - Diversity, abundance and habitat utilisation of sharks and rays - Offshore / longline survey data

Longline fishing was used to survey elasmobranchs outside the reef and was carried out from the Western Australia Fishery Department vessel RV ‘Naturaliste’.  
A total of 111 longline sets were made between Three Mile Camp towards the southern extremity
of the Marine Park, to northeast of the Muiron Islands outside the northern limits of the Park; the distribution of these sets are shown in the thumbnail.
Of these 111 sets, 17 were in sanctuary zones and  94 in non-sanctuary zones (in the thumbnail picture the hatched areas are sanctuary zones).

Tags: Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Range Changes, sharks, rays, fishing
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Microbial aspects of biofilm in a larval rearing tank of the ornate rock lobster, Panulirus ornatus

Fiberglass microscope slides were systematically distributed within a 5000 L larval rearing tank during a standard rearing attempt to assess biofilm development.Culture-based counts of bacterial densities were measured over 24 days for 2 media types, TCBS and Marine Agar (MA).Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analyses of cell densities was carried out. SEM images revealed changes in dominant morphologies of bacterial populations. Succession of microbial species during biofilm development was tracked using denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) profiling of bacterial 16S rRNA genes in combination with statistical ordination analysis. Partial and complete 16S rDNA sequences of bacterial isolates were obtained using the primers 27f, 63f, 339f, 907r, 1387r, 1492r. Sequencing of re-amplified DGGE bands was performed with the 1392r primer (only sequences affiliated with a- and g-Proteobacteria were retrieved). Sequences were aligned to the closest relatives in the NCBI database using the BLAST algorithm.Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) identified a-Proteobacteria as being numerically abundant in the biofilm.
 To evaluate if the biofilm is a reservoir for potentially pathogenic bacteria that cause mass larval mortalities.
 Trends between the DGGE profiles, SEM and plating on MA were analysed in the paper outlined in 'Lineage'.Identification of isolates derived from day 24 biofilm samples (and accession numbers): Vibrio alginolyticus (AY332566); V. campbellii (AY738126); V. harveyi (AY264924); V. harveyi (AY750578); Shewanella algae (AB205581).Phylogenetic identity of dominant bands from the DGGE bacterial profile of biofilm samples (and database accession number):Bacterium K2-11 (AY345438); Erythrobacter sp. (AB094461); Loktanella agnita (AY682198); Marine bacterium (AF388307); Marinobacterium jannaschii (AB006765); Oceanospirillum sp. (AJ302699); Rhodobacteraceae bacterium (AY962292); Uncultured agrobacterium (AF194391); Uncultured bacterium (AY845232); Uncultured gamma-proteobacterium (AJ318111); Vibrio harveyi (AY264924); Vibrio harveyi (AY264933); ¿-proteobacterium JC2042 (AY207502).

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - National Mooring Network - Queensland and Northern Australia, Kimberley 400m (KIM400) Mooring Platform

The Kimberley 400m mooring (IMOS platform code KIM400) is part of the Kimberley array. It was initially deployed on the 03/02/2012 at (15.93 S, 123.55 E). The site depth is 396m. This mooring array was discontinued, and this mooring removed in August 2014.
Mooring Designs replicate where possible similar instrumentation to the Shelf ITF moorings. Observations of currents, temperature and salinity are collected throughout the array with the coastal mooring also observing optical water quality parameters of fluorescence and turbidity. 
The Kimberley array, in combination with the Pilbara array and the ITF Array will help determine the influence of the Indonesian Throughflow on the currents along the Northwest shelf  and as well as processed driving cross shelf exchange. 
The Kimberly line will help document the southward flowing seasonal Holloway shelf current (thought to be connected to the Indonesian Throughflow). The Kimberly coast is characterised by high freshwater inputs, leading to a cross shelf density gradient.  The cross shelf arrays will allow variability in the  gradient of density and the resultant gravitational currents to be determined.

Tags: Buoys | Moored Buoys, CTD (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth Profilers), Current Meters/Profilers | Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP), IMOS Platform l KIM400 l Kimberley 400m Mooring, Marine Features (Australia) | Indonesian Throughflow, Oceans | Bathymetry | Water Depth, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Oxygen, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Ocean Currents, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Conductivity, Oceans | Salinity/density | Salinity, sea_water_salinity, sea_water_speed, sea_water_temperature
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Parent record: Datasets relating to core MD002361 (shelf edge offshore Western Australia)

We must understand the natural cycles of the oceans to understand the evolution of our climate through geological time. Core MD 002361 was obtained in 2000 off the coast of Sumatra (113.477166 E, 22.082 S). By investigating the properties and components of this core we are able to reveal some information regarding past oceanographic and climatic systems. Information obtained or inferred from the core include the isotopic composition of oxygen and carbon through time, an age vs. depth profile of the core (revealing sedimentation rates), the relative abundance of planktonic foraminifera over time, and estimates of historical sea-surface temperatures. The core description highlights the stark contrast between glacial and interglacial periods with 1-1.5m bands of red clay indicating interglacial periods, alternating with the 1-1.5m bands of light grey foraminifera sand deposited during the glacial periods.

Tags: Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Population Dynamics, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Sea Surface Temperature, Paleoclimate | Ocean/lake Records | Isotopes
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
AIMS Long-term Monitoring Program: Agents of coral mortality (Great Barrier Reef)

In 6 sectors of the Great Barrier Reef (Cooktown/Lizard island, Cairns, Townsville, Whitsunday, Swain and Capricorn Bunker) 49 of the key manta tow reefs are designated &#39;core&#39; survey reefs and are also surveyed using the scuba search technique. Where possible, three or more reefs in each sector have been selected in each of three positions across the continental shelf: inshore, mid-shelf and outer shelf.
Results of scuba searches for juvenile Crown-of-Thorns Starfish (COTS), Acanthaster cf. solaris, and the mollusc Drupella. Observations have been obtained since October 1989 and are ongoing.
Data includes counts of COTS and Drupella, coral feeding scars caused by COTS and Drupella, and the outbreaking status of COTS and Drupella. Also recorded are the percentage of bleached coral and the number of corals affected by disease. Diseases identified are: white syndrome, black band, skeletal eroding band and brown band. Any scar of unknown origin is also recorded.
Information is also recorded about the reef environment of each survey (e.g. reef slope, substratum at reef base) and its benthic community (dominant benthic group, dominant hard coral, dominant coral life form).
To facilitate causes of coral mortality including juvenile and adult  Crown-of-Thorns Starfish (COTS), Acanthaster cf. solaris, and the mollusc Drupella.
To assess the amount of coral bleaching and disease.
Bleaching is recorded as a percentage of the total hard coral cover: 0=absent, 0+ = individual colonies, -1= 1-5%, +1= 6-10%, 2=11-30%, 3=31-50%, 4 =51-75%, 5=76-100%

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Derwent Estuary Recreational Water Quality monitoring program -Little Howrah

Little Howrah monitoring site is collected as part of the Derwent Beach Watch program. Derwent Beach Watch is a collaborative program between councils and state government that tests water quality at 18 swimming sites around the estuary during summer months. 
Water samples are collected each Tuesday from the start of December to the end of March and analysed for the faecal indicator bacteria Enterococci (Enteralert method) at the Public health Lab. Because the samples must be cultured, it takes several days to publish the results.

Tags: Derwent Estuary, Hydrolab Vertical Profiler, Oceans | Salinity/density | Salinity, Oceans | Water Quality | Contaminants, Oceans | Water Quality | Ph, Oceans | Water Quality | Turbidity, Oceans | Water Quality | Water Temperature, Water Quality Monitoring, sea_water_salinity, sea_water_temperature
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
The physical environment of Scott Reef, Western Australia (2003): Mooring S10 (E)

Seven instruments were deployed on mooring S10 (E)Depth: 5m; Instrument: Odyssey; Serial #: 6531; File Name: S10i7tDepth: 7.5m; Instrument: Odyssey; Serial #: 6533; File Name: s10i6tDepth: 10m; Instrument: Odyssey; Serial #: 6535;Depth: 15m; Instrument: SBE39; Serial #: 1052; File Name: s10i4tDepth: 20m; Instrument: S4; Serial #: 632; File Name: S10i3uvDepth: 25m; Instrument: SBE39; Serial #: 1051; File Name: S10i2tDepth: 40m; Instrument: SBE16; Serial #: 2126; File Name: S10i1ct
 This deployment was a component of the "Physical Environment" sub-project of the project "Biological and Physical Environment at Scott Reef 2003"

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - Ocean Gliders - Slocum glider deployment in Western Australia off Two Rocks (January-February 2010)

The dataset contains temperature, salinity and biological parameters like for example dissolved oxygen and turbidity data measured by a Slocum glider in the region of Two Rocks (Western Australia).
The Ocean Gliders Facility (formerly known as the Australian National Facility for Ocean Gliders (ANFOG)), manages Slocum gliders to be deployed on the continental shelf.
The variables available in this dataset are:
Temperature, salinity, conductivity, density, pressure, chromophoric dissolved oxygen matter, dissolved oxygen, fluorescence and backscatter coefficient at 660nm.

Tags: CTD (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth Profilers), Coloured Dissolved Organic Matter (CDOM), Countries | Australia, Fluorometers, Glider, IMOS Node | Bluewater and Climate, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Chlorophyll, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Oxygen, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Suspended Solids, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Ocean Currents, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Fluorescence, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Turbidity, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Conductivity, Slocum Glider, States, Territories (Australia) | Western Australia, concentration_of_coloured_dissolved_organic_matter, fluorescence_in_sea_water, mass_concentration_of_oxygen_in_sea_water, sea_water_electrical_conductivity, sea_water_pressure, sea_water_salinity, sea_water_temperature, volumetric_backscatter_coefficient
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Coastalwatch: Coastal Condition Monitoring System - Main Beach, Gold Coast

Since its launch in 1998, Coastalwatch has become Australia's most popular water sports website, and is consistently ranked in the top eight sporting websites. The site displays live vision from over 90 coastal locations around Australia and overseas. It also provides daily surf reports, swell forecasting, weather information and news; as well as video, photographic and editorial content. 
Coastalwatch has also developed a Coastal Conditions Monitoring System, which utilises the camera network to make a significant contribution to safer coastal use and more efficient and cost effective coastal management.  To this end, Coastalwatch has partnered with Surf Life Saving Australia and Surfing Australia; and supports Volunteer Rescue organisations, community groups, and charities such as SurfAid International and the Surfrider Foundation Australia.  
Coastalwatch is committed to bringing the coast to all Australians and overseas visitors, and becoming the premier reference site for all coastal user groups. With this in mind, Coastalwatch is dedicated to assisting with sound coastal zone research and management through the use of all its resources.

Tags: Oceans | Coastal Processes | Beaches, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Erosion, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Intertidal Zone, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Longshore Currents, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Shoreline Displacement, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Shorelines, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Tidal Height, Oceans | Ocean Waves | Wave Frequency, Oceans | Ocean Waves | Wave Height
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
The Fishery Biology and Population Dynamics of the pale octopus (Octopus pallidus)

The data was collected from 2 years of field sampling from the commerical octopus (Octopus pallidus) fishery in NW Tasmania in Bass Strait. The data consists of morphological, reproductive and ageing information.

Tags: Age, Agriculture | Agricultural Aquatic Sciences | Fisheries, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Life History, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Population Dynamics, Clutch size, Dorsal mantle length, Egg size, Growth, Growth rate, Head width, Octopus pallidus, Reproductive organs weight, Reproductive stage, Seasonal effects, Sex, Stylet length, Stylet weight, Stylet width, Total weight, Ventral mantle length
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - Ocean Gliders - Slocum glider deployment along the coast of New South Wales (May - June 2011)

The dataset contains temperature, salinity and biological parameters like for example dissolved oxygen and turbidity data measured by a Slocum glider along the coast of New South Wales.
The Ocean Gliders Facility (formerly known as the Australian National Facility for Ocean Gliders (ANFOG)), manages Slocum gliders to be deployed on the continental shelf.
The variables available in this dataset are:
Temperature, salinity, conductivity, density, pressure, chromophoric dissolved oxygen matter, dissolved oxygen, fluorescence and backscatter coefficient at 660nm.

Tags: CTD (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth Profilers), Coloured Dissolved Organic Matter (CDOM), Countries | Australia, Fluorometers, Glider, IMOS Node | Bluewater and Climate, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Chlorophyll, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Oxygen, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Suspended Solids, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Ocean Currents, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Fluorescence, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Turbidity, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Conductivity, Slocum Glider, States, Territories (Australia) | New South Wales, concentration_of_coloured_dissolved_organic_matter, fluorescence_in_sea_water, mass_concentration_of_oxygen_in_sea_water, sea_water_electrical_conductivity, sea_water_pressure, sea_water_salinity, sea_water_temperature, volumetric_backscatter_coefficient
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network