AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
WAMSI 2 - Dredging Node - 3.1.2 - Review of Transport Processes

A common feature of many coastal systems is the presence of large and complex bottom roughness (or canopies) on the seafloor that are formed by a wide range of different marine communities, including seagrasses, coral reef organisms and mangroves. These canopies impose substantial drag forces on the coastal flows generated by waves and currents, resulting in substantial modifications to the mean and turbulent flow structure adjacent to the seafloor. As a consequence, the transport of both natural and dredging-derived sediments (which are closely coupled to the hydrodynamics), including rates of sediment deposition and suspension, can be dramatically altered in these environments.
Presently, mechanistic models of sediment transport in the presence of submerged canopies are severely lacking, with only a limited number of mostly qualitative studies providing any insight into these dynamics. New observations of sediment transport within environments such as coral reefs and seagrass meadows are thus critically needed to 1) provide the missing quantitative insight needed to better understand these processes
2) incorporate these dynamics into new predictive sediment transport formulations applicable to these environments, and 
3) finally embed these dynamics in process-based numerical models that can eventually be applied by coastal engineers to enable predictions. Without this fundamental information, it is, for example, presently impossible to predict the fate and impact of sediment dredging plumes on these often sensitive environments with any degree of confidence.
In this review we summarize the current state of knowledge and gaps in the various components required to predict sediment transport in coral reef and vegetated canopies, including:
• The hydrodynamic interactions of currents and waves with submerged canopies, including the influence on bed stresses (Section 2)
• The traditional approaches and models used to predict nearbed sediment transport in the coastal ocean (Section 3)
• Existing observations of sediment transport within aquatic vegetation and over coral reefs (Section 4)
• Measurement techniques and challenges for quantifying and monitoring nearbed sediment fluxes (Section 5), and
• Prospects for upscaling these dynamics with numerical models to improve predictions of the transport and fate of natural and dredging-derived sediments in these environments (Section 6)

Organization: Western Australian Marine Science Institution
WAMSI Node 4.2.3 - Fisheries dependent data and climate - Continuous temperature loggers at puerulus collector sites (Western Rock Lobster)

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 South Passage, Port Gregory 
Rat Island, Dongara - 7 Mile Beach, Green Head (offshore), Jurien, Lancelin, Alkimos, Marmion Lagoon,  Warnbro Sound, Cape Mentelle.  Detailed locations are available for download.  
Annual Excel spreadsheets are created containing the hourly data for all the sites, with monthly statistics at the end of the file.

Organization: Western Australian Marine Science Institution
WAMSI Node 4.3.1b - West Coast demersal food web

The aim of WAMSI Node 4.3.1b aim was to identify data gaps in the west coast demersal food web and identify key trophic components.
This involved data collection from 48 published studies and reports covering 61 species/groups were examined to develop a qualitative model including variables from commercially and recreationally important species, prey, predators and primary producers.

Organization: Western Australian Marine Science Institution
WAMSI 2 - Dredging Node - Project 7.4 - Effects of Dredging Related Pressures on Critical Ecological Processes for Coral - DEVELOPMENT STUDIES, Western Australia

Data will be in the form of a report, which will be a secured (printable, non-editable), searchable, Portable Document Format (PDF) showing the results of the experiments. 
Development studies (Project 7.4): Little is known of the sensitivity of floating coral embryos and the early development of swimming coral larvae to elevated suspended particulates observed during dredging operations. The objective of Project 7.4 is to examine if larval development of corals gametes is affected by water quality conditions that can occur during dredging programs. Larval development experiments will be conducted with two broadcast spawning species and involve examining development success in response to a realistic range of TSS concentrations and PSDs over an incubation period of several days. Experiments will involve multiple TSS concentrations spanning the range that can occur during dredging programs (see project 7.2) and with a range of different particle size distributions and sediment types. Experiments will be conducted each year (for 3 consecutive years) during the coral spawning period (October - December of 2013, 2014, and 2015).

Organization: Western Australian Marine Science Institution
WAMSI Node 4.5.2 - Modelling Recreational Fishing Behaviour

A model of recreational fisher behaviour for the West Coast Demersal fishery was developed in which fishers optimize fishing time per trip and the number of trips per year conditional on fishing opportunities, constraints on fishing and the opportunity cost of their time.  To develop this model surveys were conducted and past surveys analysed. Specifically;


a statistical analysis of a baseline data base which is prior to recent stock and rules changes in the fishery (2003 survey). 


a statistical analysis of a telephone survey of recreational fishers carried out in the 2009/10 fishing season. The survey was carried out in April/May 2010 by West Coast Field Services in a stratified random sample from the new recreational fishing licence database; and


a final survey and statistical analysis using a telephone survey of recreational fishers in the 2010/11 fishing season. Survey was from January/February/March 2011 by West Coast Field Services.



Organization: Western Australian Marine Science Institution
WAMSI 2 - Dredging Node - Project 5.5.2 - Defining thresholds and indicators of primary producers - Seagrass pressure-response relationships - Experiment 2

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) examine the pathways, rates and timeframes of recovery from impacts and; 
(3) identify and examine the effects of key environmental variables on the pressure:response relationships and recovery.
Specifically Experiment 2 will be studying "Effect of different intensity &amp; duration of sediment deposition on seagrasses (Laboratory and Field Experiment)"
Cymodocea serrulata and Halodule uninervis seagrass species.  Following worksheets in "Experiment 2 - Burial" spreadsheet: 
- Biomass individual species
- Biomass all species combined
- Growth
- Morphology
- Nutrients
- Photophysiology
- Carbohydrates

Organization: Western Australian Marine Science Institution
Crayfish and octopus surveys, Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia (WAMSI Node 3 Project 3.1.3)

A series of field trips were made along the entire length of Ningaloo Marine Park (NMP) in May, July, and September 2008. Underwater visual census (UVC) at inner and outer reef sites within both recreational and sanctuary zones (SZ) were undertaken from North West Cape SZ to the Turtle SZ at the southern end of NMP. In total, 132 lobsters from five species were counted from 265 transects and 18 separate locations (58 sites) along the entire coast of the NMP. 
Sub-tidal surveys on snorkel and SCUBA were used for octopus surveys and were done simultaneously with lobster surveys. In addition to these, inter-tidal surveys were conducted in December 2008 providing total coverage of octopus habitat across a reef profile. In total, just 28 octopus from a single species (Octopus cyanea) were counted from 410 transects (265 subtidal and 145 inter-tidal) and 59 separate sites along the entire coast of the NMP. 
The specific objectives of this project were: 
1) A report on stock status for targeted invertebrate species along the length of Ningaloo Marine Park including octopus and lobster. 
2) A characterization of habitats associated with high numbers of targeted species. 
3) A comparison of stock abundance in relation to differing levels of visitor access. 
In addition, a further 6 related questions had been put forward as important to the management of the NMP: 
1) What is the species diversity of invertebrates at representative habitats in the NMP? 
2) What is the relative abundance of these species and how do they compare with the 'natural' abundance of these species on comparable reefs? 
3) How does the abundance of these species change over a gradient of historical and human pressure? 
4) Are current fishing regulations appropriate? 
5) What should management targets be? 
6) What species should be monitored regarding these species?

Organization: Western Australian Marine Science Institution
Approximate fibre location information sources

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development worked with the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer to conduct an audit of Western Australia's telecommunications infrastructure in 2017.
One aspect of this project identified the approximate location of the optic fibre in the state.  This information was collated from a number of sources. This spreadsheet provides a list of the reference sources. 

Tags: infrastructure, telecommunication
Organization: Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
WAMSI 2 - Dredging Node - Project 9.1 - Effects of dredging related pressures on critical ecological processes for other organisms

Dredging is a common activity used for the development of marine infrastructure. It involves the physical removal of sediment from a dredged area in order to increase depth to allow for shipping, the laying of underwater pipelines and other port related developments. Dredging has significant effects on the marine environment, particularly the benthos, with direct and indirect impacts on marine flora and fauna. It is the key goal of dredging operations to reduce all potential impacts of dredging to acceptable levels.  
Two workshops were held: 
First from 29th – 30th November 2013 at CSIRO Floreat and the second from 22nd - 23rd September 2014 at CSIRO Floreat.
The objectives of Workshops I &amp; II were as follows:
* identify the timing of critical ecological processes in tropical and temperate ecosystems with a focus on non-coral and non-fish biota (seagrasses, seaweeds, sponges, ascidians, bryozoans, molluscs, echinoderms, crustaceans and non-coral cnidarians);
* identify environmental windows for critical ecological processes identified in Objective 1. This will be achieved by compiling information on the timing of reproduction, release of propagules and recruitment for these organisms, as well as the temporal and spatial scales of reproduction and recruitment events;
* identify potentially critical periods (environmental windows) and locations when mitigating scheduling and processes could be employed to reduce the impact of dredging on non-coral and non-fish biota;
* review the state of knowledge regarding potential effects of dredge-related sediments and other dredge-related pressures on these key ecological processes; and
* identify the potential for invasive species to become established.
The data product for this project is final report (.pdf).

Organization: Western Australian Marine Science Institution
Improving Coastal Dune Monitoring & Management - Floreat Beach Dunes Survey by RPAS (‘drone’) - 2018 to 2022

Project Overview
Cambridge Coastcare (‘CCC’), a Western Australian coastal community organisation, contracted OmniDrone, an Australian ‘drone’ operator, in mid-2021 to perform an aerial survey by drone of limited sections of Floreat Beach on Perth’s Indian Ocean coastline, as a continuing part of CCC’s ‘Improving Coastal Dune Monitoring &amp; Management’ project. This project’s primary objectives were…

To assess the suitability of drone-deployed systems for illustrating and accurately quantifying the changing topography of beach dunes, and…
To report on the sand erosion and accretion changes for the Floreat Beach dunes over the period 2018 to 2022.

CCC obtained a WA Government grant to undertake this project under the Government’s ‘CoastWest’ coastal management initiative. This report, along with the considerable survey data and imagery acquired over the period, is the final deliverable per the terms of that grant.
This document reports on aerial surveys of Floreat Beach undertaken by ‘drone’ (more formally, ‘RPAS – Remotely Piloted Aircraft System’) conducted by drone operators ‘RemSense’, ‘OmniDrone’ and then ‘GeoCue’, sequentially over the period 2018 to 2022.
This report compares the findings across the 2018 to 2022 surveys at discrete sections of Floreat Beach, to illustrate and quantify dune erosion and accretion differences for these beach sections. 

Tags: LiDAR, PDF, Report, beach, beachface, blowout, change, coast, coastal, coastline, contours, drift, drone, dune, erosion, foreshore, habitat, management, marine, movements, orthomosaic, photogrammetry, pointcloud, protection, restoration, sand, shoreline, uav, vegetation, wa
Organization: Cambridge Coastcare
WAMSI 2 - Dredging Node - Project 7.2 - Effects of Dredging Related Pressures on Critical Ecological Processes for Coral - SYNCHRONY REVIEW, Western Australia

Project 7.2 Synchrony Review: The objective of this component is to identify the degree of synchrony of coral spawning in WA and whether there is temporal and spatial variation in the timing of spawning and whether there are any differences in spawning synchrony between turbid-water (typically inshore) and clearwater (typically offshore) coral communities. Spawning patterns in WA will be contrasted with spawning pattern in the GBR as part of this review. The purposes of the review is to allow the development of a protocol/procedure for assessing coral community reproductive output over the course of a year - i.e. how to collect and examine corals in the field (and sample corals for inspection under a microscope) and assess when coral spawning will occur. The protocol will also outline how to use this information (in combination with survey techniques) to produce a Coral Spawning Environmental Window Index to assess when coral spawning is likely to occur at a location and the significance of the spawning window given the local community composition (i.e. the risk of not observing the spawning window). 
A review will be conducted of reproductive process of corals in WA and will involve collating and interpreting all available information in scientific literature with a view to describing the current state of knowledge. Significant amounts of relevant information on the reproductive status of corals have been collected during several large scale dredging projects (associated with identifying when multi-specific mass spawning of corals may occur and when dredging should cease under the ministerial conditions). Some of this data is publically available (and has already been collated under the WAMSI Dredging Science Node Theme 1), but data collected during dredging programs will reside with the owners (the dredging proponents). Attempts will be made to access this data via Theme 1 of the Dredging Science Node and ultimately to synthesize this information and incorporate it into the review. Development of the protocol is a desktop exercise and will be informed by the reviews.

Organization: Western Australian Marine Science Institution
Vegetation Complex Prioritisation for the Perth and Peel Regions Scheme Areas – 2020 vegetation extent

This dataset categorises the 2020 native vegetation extent mapping by the conservation priority of vegetation complexes in the Perth and Peel Region Schemes areas, considering the potential retention and protection status of vegetation complexes. The potential retention is based on vegetation complex extent by land use categories in the Metropolitan Region Scheme and the Peel Region Scheme as in 2016. 

Organization: Western Australian Local Government Association
Historical Crown Allotment - Crown Allotment Conversion Table

Data formerly available through the Historical Crown Allotment Enquiry search function in Landgate's Land Enquiry System (LEN). Primarily used a resource to assist in identifying historical crown allotment information in Western Australia.
Contains historical information related to

Crown Lease numbers
Land Act numbers
Date of last change
Over Under Indicator
Status

The state is divided into many different areas called Land Districts and Town site Allotments. These parcels are created under the Land Act but have links with the Transfer of Land Act parcels. These Land District and Town site allotment areas are themselves subdivided into parcels.
This data is for historic search purposes only. Refer to current titles and surveys for legal purposes.
 © Western Australian Land Information Authority (Landgate). Use of Landgate data is subject to Personal Use License terms and conditions unless otherwise authorised under approved License terms and conditions. 

Tags: allotment, conversion, crown, survey
Organization: Landgate
WAMSI Node 4.2.3 - Fisheries dependent data and climate - Overview

The important role of the marine environment in recruitment and catches of a number of Western Australian commercial fisheries has long been recognised. This project is establishing a centralised database of relevant oceanographic and meteorological data off the Western Australian coastline in a consistent format to assist in establishing links between fisheries and the environment. The data are being acquired both from external sources (e.g. CSIRO, Bureau of Meteorology) and from internal Fisheries data collected over the years.

Organization: Western Australian Marine Science Institution
WAMSI 2 - Dredging Node - Project 6.1 - Defining Thresholds and Indicators of Filter-feeder Response to Dredging Related Pressures - LITERATURE REVIEW, Western Australia

Project 6.1 - Literature review: A review that will synthesize the available scientific literature on the effects of dredging-related pressures on sponge communities using contemporary knowledge of the water quality conditions that occur during dredging projects. Sponges have been targeted due to their significance as benthic habitat formers in WA, whilst recognizing that other components of the filter feeder communities (e.g. ascidians) require examination once more funding becomes available. 
The objective is to summarize and critically assess all available information on the effects of dredging-related impacts on sponges in context to a contemporary understanding of related impacts. We will provide a detailed synthesis on the state of knowledge that will facilitate the identification of the most significant gaps in knowledge, assist research planning and enable us to place experimental and field data into a larger context for predictions about pressure responses. This review will be based on scientific papers, but also on unpublished literature such as project reports and grey literature.

Organization: Western Australian Marine Science Institution
PBS Tandem Drive Quad Axle Network 3.2 Intersections

RAV Network information periodically changes with additions or removal of data and users should confirm that information is current and accurate. The RAV Network Road Tables and RAV Mapping Tool can be found on the Main Roads Western Australia website, refer Hyperlink below.https://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/heavy-vehicles/Main Roads Open Data: Restricted Access Networkshttps://portal-mainroads.opendata.arcgis.com/pages/hvs-networksUpdate Frequency: WeeklySpatial Coverage: Western AustraliaLegalYou are accessing this data pursuant to a Creative Commons (Attribution) Licence which has a disclaimer of warranties and limitation of liability. You accept that the data provided pursuant to the Licence is subject to changes. Main Roads WA website is the official and current source of RAV Network data.Pursuant to section 3 of the Licence you are provided with the following notice to be included when you Share the Licenced Material and when you Share your Adapted Material: The Commissioner of Main Roads is the creator and owner of the data and Licenced Material, which is accessed pursuant to a Creative Commons (Attribution) Licence, which has a disclaimer of warranties and limitation of liability. Main Roads WA website is the official and current source of RAV Network data.Licensinghttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode

Tags: HVS, PBS Tandem Drive Networks, PBS Tandem Drive Quad Axle Lvl 2, RAV
Organization: Main Roads Western Australia
WAMSI 2 - Dredging Node - Project 5.5.4 - Defining thresholds and indicators of primary producers - Seagrass pressure-response relationships - Experiment 4

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) examine the pathways, rates and timeframes of recovery from impacts and; 
(3) identify and examine the effects of key environmental variables on the pressure:response relationships and recovery.
Specifically Experiment 4 will be studying "The interactive effects of light reduction and sediment burial on seagrasses (Laboratory Experiment)"

Organization: Western Australian Marine Science Institution
WAMSI - Montgomery Reef Heritage Assessment

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 sampling at 30 s intervals (SBE39, Seabird Electronics) were deployed from 27 June 2008 to 26 August 2008 near Champagney and MacIntyre Islands in 23 m and 22.7 m of water, respectively.
Hydrographic surveys of temperature, salinity (SBE19plus, Seabird Electronics) , turbidity and chlorophyll a fluorescence via repeated boat-based transects were completed over the Camden Sound/ Montgomery Reef area during four approximately week-long trips:

Trip 1: 27/06/08 – 02/07/08;
Trip 2: 31/07/08 – 04/08/08;
Trip 3: 25/08/08 – 29/08/08 and;
Trip 4: 17/09/08 – 22/09/08. 

The total number of casts collected was approximately 200.

Organization: Western Australian Marine Science Institution
Perth Metro (summer 2022) capture dates index

The Landgate Perth Metro aerial mosaics cover approx. 9,400sqkm and in the summer, are typically captured over several days - weather permitting. Occasionally smoke from bushfires can interrupt the program.
For these reasons, the use of a singular 'capture date' for metro captures as indicated in the SLIP index layers is potentially misleading and can be inaccurate.
When referenced to the aerial mosaic, this dataset can assist users in identifying the actual capture date over a specific area of interest - if required. It is a thematic record of the photo centres of each frame that are used in the creation of the mosaic and provides an indication (within approx 100m) of the capture date.

Tags: Perth Metro summer 2022, Summer 2022, capture dates, capture dates index, capture index, photo centres
Organization: Landgate