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Heron Island Sensor Relay Pole 5 (RP5)

A series of six 6m steel poles have been installed in the lagoon of Heron Island as part of the sensor network deployment at Heron Island. The poles serve two purposes; their primary purpose is to form the backbone of a wireless network that covers the entire lagoon system and secondly they themselves support a range of sensors mounted onto the pole or leading away from the pole. This pole (RP5) also supports a Vaisala WXT520 weather station.This record is for Sensor Relay Pole 5. The pole is solar powered and routes data from the Sensor Floats and other Sensor Relay Poles back to the Base Station located on Heron Island. The system uses the Campbell Scientific CR1000 loggers and RF411 Spread-Spectrum radios to process and route the data. The poles also can support a range of sensors, this pole also has a simple bottom mounted thermistor using the MEA thermistors as well as a Vaisala WXT520 weather station.The unit will be serviced every six months and will be used in the future for attaching new sets of sensors.
 The pole works primarily as a network repeater, it collects data from other poles and the Sensor Floats and routes it back to the Base Station either directly or via another pole. The poles are spaced approximately every two kilometers with the exception of those closest to the island, the base station on the island is on a 19M tower and so a greater range was found for the first set of poles.Each pole therefore provides a wireless data network in a two kilometer radius, the combination of the six poles provides coverage for the entire lagoon. The height of the base station gives around a five kilometre range around the island itself.The poles are 6M in height constructed from galvanized steel with a solar powered instrument top consisting of a battery unit powered from the solar panels, Campbell CR1000 logger and Campbell RF411 radio. The logger can support a range of interfaces and is suitable for connection to a range of instruments.The initial instrumentation is just a single base mounted MEA thermistor, the intention is to add more instruments as time and opportunity allow.
 Power SupplyBattery Backed (1 x 33Ahr AGM with Solar Regulator), 4 x 5W Solar Panel Supply.Logger Settings - Pakbus Address - 150Logger Setup as router (isRouter = True)SDC7 comms board rate set at 34KSDC7 neighbours range: 1 - 180SDC7 Beacon: 3600Over-Reef RF Network - RF411 attached to the CSIO port of the loggerRadio Settings - Active Interface - Datalogger CSDCSDC Address 7Protocol: Pakbus awareRadio Net Address - 0Hop Sequence - 0Power mode - Retry level - Low

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
NESP TWQ Project 5.13 - Coastal wetland systems repair across GBR catchments – values based causal framework validation, 2019-2020 (JCU)

Conservation and repair of the coastal wetland ecosystems’ in the Great Barrier Reef catchments have come into focus following media converging on the point that the reef health and land use in catchments has been compromised. While on-ground wetland repair investment activities are underway, data to demonstrate water quality and biodiversity return for the investment is not available. Here we continue working with project partners, further contributing to change management practices, consolidate new project partnerships, and road test the Queensland Wetlands Values Based Causal Framework using existing and new data.

Tags: National Environmental Science Programme Tropical Water Quality (NESP TWQ) hub, marine
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Changes in physiological activities and biochemical components of marine zooplankton after capture (Great Barrier Reef)

Specimens of the decapod shrimp, Acetes sibogae australis, were collected along the jetty of the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) and specimens of the copepod, Acartia australis, were collected from Davies Reef lagoon. The copepods were transported in a 20 litre bucket to the AIMS laboratory within six hours. In the laboratory each species was transferred to gently aerated aquaria containing unfiltered sea water collected from the same site as the animals and placed in a constant temperature room (24-25°C).Physiological activities and biochemical components were measured for subsamples of Acetes sibogae australis at 2, 14, 26 and 50 hours after capture. Measurements for subsamples of Acartia australis were made at 6, 14, 26 and 49 hours after capture. Respiration and excretion of ammonia and phosphate were measured using a water bottle method. Twelve replicate bottles containing Acetes sibogae australis were incubated for 2.5-3.5 hours, while 8 replicates bottles containing Acartia australis were incubated for 3.5-4.5 hours. At the end of incubation, separate water samples were siphoned off dissolved oxygen analysis and for ammonia and phosphate analyses.Animals from the incubation bottles were filtered onto GF/C filters and frozen in liquid nitrogen and stored in a freezer until analysed within 24 hours. Half of the filters from each experiment were homogenized in trichloroacetic acid for extraction of adenine nucleotides. ATP was determined by the luciferase-luminescence method, and ADP and AMP by the same method after enzymatic conversion to ATP. The remaining GF/C filters were homogenized in ETS-B solution, and these extracts were used to determine electron transport system (ETS) activity and the concentrations of protein and RNA.
 Laboratory studies were undertaken to investigate the decline in physiological activities, including respiration and excretion rates, of two species of marine zooplankton after capture. The results were used to assess whether capture stress or shortage of food contributed to declines.
 These experiments were a component of the project "The effect of laboratory conditions on the extrapolation of experimental measurements to the ecology of marine zooplankton".

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Heron Island Sensor Relay Pole 1 (RP1)

A series of six 6m steel poles have been installed in the lagoon of Heron Island as part of the sensor network deployment at Heron Island. The poles serve two purposes; their primary purpose is to form the backbone of a wireless network that covers the entire lagoon system and secondly they themselves support a range of sensors mounted onto the pole or leading away from the pole. One pole (RP5) also supports a Vaisala WXT520 weather station.This record is for Sensor Relay Pole 1. The pole is solar powered and routes data from the Sensor Floats and other Sensor Relay Poles back to the Base Station located on Heron Island. The system uses the Campbell Scientific CR1000 loggers and RF411 Spread-Spectrum radios to process and route the data. The poles also can support a range of sensors, this pole also has a simple bottom mounted thermistor using the MEA thermistors.The unit will be serviced every six months and will be used in the future for attaching new sets of sensors.
 The pole works primarily as a network repeater, it collects data from other poles and the Sensor Floats and routes it back to the Base Station either directly or via another pole. The poles are spaced approximately every two kilometers with the exception of those closest to the island, the base station on the island is on a 19M tower and so a greater range was found for the first set of poles.Each pole therefore provides a wireless data network in a two kilometer radius, the combination of the six poles provides coverage for the entire lagoon. The height of the base station gives around a five kilometre range around the island itself.The poles are 6M in height constructed from galvanized steel with a solar powered instrument top consisting of a battery unit powered from the solar panels, Campbell CR1000 logger and Campbell RF411 radio. The logger can support a range of interfaces and is suitable for connection to a range of instruments.The initial instrumentation is just a single base mounted MEA thermistor, the intention is to add more instruments as time and opportunity allow.
 Power SupplyBattery Backed (1 x 33Ahr AGM with Solar Regulator), 4 x 5W Solar Panel Supply.Logger Settings - Pakbus Address - 110Logger Setup as router (isRouter = True)CSDC7 comms board rate set at 34KSDC7 neighbours range: 1 - 180SDC7 Beacon: 3600Over-Reef RF Network - RF411 attached to the CSIO port of the loggerRadio Settings - Active Interface - Datalogger CSDCSDC Address 7Protocol: Pakbus awareRadio Net Address - 0Hop Sequence - 0Power mode - Retry level - Low

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Thermal stratification in a small lagoon in the windward reef flat of Davies Reef, central Great Barrier Reef

Stratification and flushing of a small lagoon in the windward reef flat of Davies Reef in the central Great Barrier Reef was examined in 1980/1981 using three complementary experiments.In the first experiment, salinity-temperature-depth (STD) profiles were taken each 0.5 hr for 2 days (25-27th April, 1980). On the 27th April at low tide (1400hrs), the resident bottom water of the lagoon was marked with fluorescein dye. The dye was sampled with Niskin bottles, at 2m intervals from and including the bottom every 4 hours until the dye could not be detected. STD profiles were taken concurrently. Dye sampling commenced at 1630hrs, to avoid photodegradation, and fluorescence was measured on an Amico-Bowman spectrophotofluorometer. STD and dye experiments were repeated from the 2-5th November, 1980. Rhodomine dye was used on this occasion to allow daylight sampling and dye profiles were taken at 30 minute intervals. In the second experiment, 7 Aanderaa RCM4 current meters were deployed from the 15th June to 15th July 1980, in a vertical string, with a spacing of 2.7m in a position where the water depth was 20m below the reef flat. Temperature, pressure and vector-current profiles were recorded every 10 minutes. This array functioned as a thermistor string, as currents in the lagoon were near the determination limit of the current meters. An additional Aanderaa RCM4 current meter, measuring currents and water temperature was deployed midway between two lagoons, south west of the study site. Wind vectors were accessed from twice daily recordings at the weather station at the Cape Cleveland lighthouse. In the third experiment temperatures at the top and bottom waters of the lagoon were recorded every 10 minutes between the 24th April 1980 and 21st March 1981. Wind measurements were taken from the weather station at the Cape Cleveland lighthouse.
 Experiments were undertaken to gain an understanding of thermal stratification and the trapping of bottom water in reef lagoons on three time scales by: 1. using temperature and dyes to mark diurnal events2. studying currents on the reef flat and stratification in the lagoon for 1 month3. using temperature to infer events from a time series of approximately 1 year

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
BRUVS deployments in Oceanic Shoals Commonwealth Marine Reserve (Timor Sea), Western Australia (NERP)

Stereo-Baited Remote Underwater Video Stations (BRUVS) were deployed and retrieved in targeted shallow seabed environments within the proposed Oceanic Shoals Commonwealth Marine Reserve (CMR) in the Timor Sea. The survey concentrated on shelf habitats (&lt; 200m) of the western part of the Oceanic Shoals CMR and included potential biodiversity hotspots such as pinnacles, banks and shoals. In total, 56 stereo-BRUVS were deployed between 31 and 77 metres for one hour according to a regular random sampling design, with minimum spacing of 400 m to ensure independence among samples. This yielded 56 hours of video footage which was subsequently analysed and all species and their relative abundances recorded.
 The Marine Biodiversity Survey of the proposed Oceanic Shoals Commonwealth Marine Reserve (CMR) in the Timor Sea was a research collaboration between the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), Geoscience Australia (GA), University of Western Australia (UWA) and the Museum &amp; Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MGNT). The survey was undertaken between 12 September and 6 October 2012 on the AIMS Research Vessel, RV Solander, and formed part of the National Environmental Research Program (NERP) Marine Biodiversity Hub Theme 4: Regional Biodiversity Discovery to Support Marine Bioregional Plans.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
RAN CTD Profile Data - HMAS PALUMA ProjectID: HI526PAL_M From: 2013-05-06 To: 2013-05-08

This dataset contains quality controlled vertical profiles of pressure, temperature and salinity measured by a Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) probe. The dataset contains 12 CTD profiles (casts) obtained during RAN Hydrographic Survey cruise HI526PAL_M from HMAS PALUMA.
The CTD was manufactured by Applied Microsystems Limited and is the "Micro CTD" model. This CTD type is referred to operationally as the MVP200_CTD. This CTD is fitted with a 4 electrode platinized conductivity cell, thermistor temperature sensor and a semiconductor strain gauge pressure sensor.
The CTD sensors are calibrated at the manufacturer Applied Microsystems Limited on a 12-18 month schedule. The CTD temperature sensor is calibrated against 'Hart' temperature standards. The pressure sensor is calibrated using 'Budenburg Deadweight' standards. The conductivity sensor is calibrated using 'Hart' temperature standards and seawater samples of known conductivity.
The CTD sensors are mounted to a fish-shape probe. The probe is controlled by an electric winch (MVP200 type). For downcasts the fish is allowed to free-fall (winch is in 'free-wheel' mode) under its own weight at about 2-3 ms-1 and then is winched back. Data is recorded in downcast and usually in upcast direction at a sampling rate of 25 Hz. The downcast data is of higher quality because sensors encounter undisturbed seawater that flows through the nose of the fish. On the upcast the fish is flipped around (tail first) and the sensors in the nose encounter disturbed flow from the fish tail.
This type of CTD is prone to a phenomenon called 'salinity spiking' caused by a mismatch between the response times of the temperature and conductivity sensor. Data undergoes a salinity de-spiking routine to correct for this. See the history metadata for further details on the salinity de-spiking process.
Raw CTD pressure data is not always monotonic due to transient up/down motion of winch/ship. Raw pressure data is subsetted to give a monotonic (increasing) sequence and then linearly interpolated to 1 decibar pressure intervals. Data is then flagged with quality control flags after visual inspection and comparison to average climatology and historical CTD casts.

Tags: Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Salinity, sea_water_practical_salinity, sea_water_temperature
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Determining the grainsize of sediment with increasing depth in core GC14, located in the Capricorn Channel

A gravity core (GC14) was collected from a depth of 2004 mbsl within the Capricorn Channel, southern Great Barrier Reef (GBR). Samples were separated into different size fractions to determine the % of each grainsize at each sample depth. Although not overly accurate, the information is correlated with analyses of other parameters to impart clues to the environmental changes within the core. The smallest size fraction (&lt;100µm) dominates at all depths. There are small peaks in the coarser grained material at the bottom of the core which relate to pteropod layers in the sediment.

Tags: Oceans | Marine Sediments | Sediment Grain Size, core_depth, grainsize_size_category
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Physical Oceanography of Karmt Shoals, Timor Sea (2004): Karmt 50 Mooring

A current meter and 4 temperature and pressure recorders were attached to the Karmt 50 mooring for both deployments.Deployment 1:Date Deployed: 22/01/2004Date Recovered: 01/04/2004Instruments Deployed on Mooring:Depth: 5m; Instrument: SBE39; Serial #: 0920; Sensors: TemperatureDepth: 10m; Instrument: SBE39; Serial #: 0759; Sensors: Temperature, pressureDepth: 25m; Instrument: Nortek Aquadopp; Serial #: 880; Sensors: Velocity, temperature, pressureDepth: 35m; Instrument: SBE39; Serial #: 0930; Sensors: TemperatureDepth: 45m; Instrument: SBE39; Serial #: 0926; Sensors: TemperatureDeployment 2:Date Deployed: 02/04/2004Date Recovered: 04/12/2004Instruments Deployed on Mooring:Depth: 5m; Instrument: SBE39; Serial #: 0920; Sensors: TemperatureDepth: 10m; Instrument: SBE39; Serial #: 0917; Sensors: TemperatureDepth: 25m; Instrument: Nortek Aquadopp; Serial #: 880; Sensors: Velocity, temperature, pressureDepth: 35m; Instrument: SBE39; Serial #: 0930; Sensors: TemperatureDepth: 45m; Instrument: SBE39; Serial #: 0926; Sensors: Temperature
 This study was undertaken to investigate the distribution of shelf edge upwelling phenomena, a potentially significant attribute of the Oceanic Shoals bioregion.
 This study was a component of the project "Biodiversity and the factors controlling it, for selected habitats in the Timor Sea region", which seeks to integrate data from biodiversity surveys, chemistry, oceanography and geology to understand the processes that sustain the biota of the region.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Reef Life Survey (RLS): Global reef fish dataset

[This data has been superseded by a synthesised global dataset which includes additional ecological data contributed by non-RLS entities (National Reef Monitoring Network). Please visit the corresponding NRMN Collection (IMOS - National Reef Monitoring Network Sub-Facility - Global off-transect species observations || Global reef fish abundance and biomass) for the most current version of this data. See "Downloads and Links" section below.]
This dataset contains records of bony fishes and elasmobranchs collected by Reef Life Survey (RLS) divers along 50m transects on shallow rocky and coral reefs, worldwide. Abundance information is available for all records found within quantitative survey limits (50 x 5 m swathes during a single swim either side of the transect line, each distinguished as a Block), and out-of-survey records are identified as presence-only (Method 0). Although surveys are undertaken as part of monitoring programs at particular locations (mostly in Australia), this dataset contains does not include repeat surveys of sites.

Tags: Community Ecology, Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology), Temperate Reef, Tropical Reef
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Coastalwatch: Coastal Condition Monitoring System - Currumbin

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
IMOS - Ocean Gliders - Seaglider deployment in Tasmania off Bicheno (April - June 2009)

The dataset contains temperature, salinity and biological parameters like for example dissolved oxygen and turbidity data measured by a Seaglider in the region of Bicheno (Tasmania).
The Ocean Gliders Facility (formerly known as the Australian National Facility for Ocean Gliders (ANFOG)), located at the University of Western Australia manages Seagliders to monitor the boundary currents surroundings Australia.
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, Seaglider, States, Territories (Australia) | Tasmania, 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
Hoga coral reef benthic community transect data

Coral community transect data collected concurrent with coral disease surveys in in the vicinity of Hoga Island in the Wakatobi Marine National Park, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Three replicate 20 m transects were collected by divers in each of reef flat, crest and slope habitats in 2005 (four sites, point intersect transect data), 2007, 2010 and 2011 (all six sites, line intersect transect data).
For further detail see:
Haapkylä, J., A. S. Seymour, J. Trebilco, and D. Smith. 2007. Coral disease prevalence and coral health in the Wakatobi Marine Park, south-east Sulawesi, Indonesia. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK 87:403.
Haapkylä, J., R. Unsworth, A. Seymour, J. Melbourne-Thomas, M. Flavell, B. Willis, and D. Smith. 2009. Spatio-temporal coral disease dynamics in the Wakatobi Marine National Park, South-East Sulawesi, Indonesia. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 87:105–115.
Haapkylä, J., J. Melbourne-Thomas, and M. Flavell. 2015. The association between coral communities and disease assemblages in the Wakatobi Marine National Park, south-eastern Sulawesi, Indonesia. Marine and Freshwater Research.

Tags: algal cover, coral cover, coral reef community, reef health, scleractinia
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Smothering effects by marine snow on coral reef organisms, Great Barrier Reef

A preliminary study on the effects of marine snow on organisms of the Great Barrier Reef was carried out experimentally in the laboratory.A 15 cm branch of Acropora sp. (from a coastal reef near Cairns) was cut into 20 pieces less than 1 cm and positioned in groups of four on slides and exposed to sedimentation in tanks with different water regimes: coastal water (contained some marine snow), offshore water (no marine snow detected), nearshore water (no marine snow detected).
 To test the short-term effects of deposition of TEP-enriched muddy marine snow and sediments on the survival of small reef associated organisms, by exposing them to sediments with and without TEP-enrichment.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network