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Coastalwatch: Coastal Condition Monitoring System - Alexander Headland

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
Population turnover in the soft coral genera Sinularia and Sarcophyton on the Great Barrier Reef

Aspects of the life history of 2 common soft coral genera, Sinularia and Sarcophyton were investigated on 360 tagged colonies over 3.5 years. Measurements were carried out at 18 sites on 6 mid- (Centipede, Grub, Yankee) and outer-shelf reefs (Bowl, Coil, Dip) of the Great Barrier Reef and included rates of growth, colony fission, mortality, sublethal predation and algae infection. Photographic monitoring was carried out on [approximately] an additional 500 colonies from 16 genera.High numbers of the crown-of-thorns starfish, Acanthaster planci, had removed most of the hard coral cover on Grub, Yankee and Dip Reefs 5-8 years prior to the study, relieving soft corals from space competition with hard corals. The other 3 reefs in the study were little affected by Acanthaster planci and had high hard coral cover. Three sites were established on the windward sides of each reef at 10m depth, and percent hard and soft coral cover, current and wave exposure and slope angle were recorded. Turnover rates over the 40 month period were recorded as the proportion of colonies which: remained (R), disappeared (D), or appeared new (A). (The term, 'Colony Groups', was used for clusters of colonies in which the fate of individual colonies could not be followed due to high colony density or movement).
 To investigate life history characteristics which might allow the 2 genera to achieve such prominence, and to assess the role of space competition with hard corals in population dynamics.
 Soft coral species:Family Alcyoniidae (Cladiella, Lobophytum, Sarcophyton, Sinularia); Family Asterospiculariidae (Asterospicularia); Family Briareidae (Briareum); Family Clavulariidae (Clavularia); Family Isididae (Isis); Family Nephtheidae (Capnella, Dendronephthya, Lemnalia, Nephthya, Paralemnalia, Stereonephthya); Family Tubiporidae (Tubipora); Family Xeniidae (Efflatournaria, Xenia).

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - National Mooring Network - Queensland and Northern Australia, Kimberley 200m (KIM200) Mooring Platform

The Kimberley 200m mooring (IMOS platform code KIM200) is part of the Kimberley array. It was initially deployed on the 02/02/2012 at (15.76 S, 122.86 E). The site depth is 200m. 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 KIM200 l Kimberley 200m 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
WAMSI Node 4.4.1 - Assessment and monitoring for bycatch composition and abundance

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-separated value (CSV) file. Bycatch is defined as discards only, and does not include by-product which is kept by fishers and sold. 
Within WAMSI Node 4.4.1 the following work was undertaken:
i) Determine the cumulative effect of fisheries on bycatch species, including Threatened, Endangered and Protected species (TEPs), discarded undersize target species, and all other discarded species in the Gascoyne and the West Coast Bioregions; 
ii) Establish a risk analysis of interaction rates between the collective fisheries and bycatch to identify which species, species groups or fisheries require more detailed assessment; and
iii) Identify better ways to quantify fishery - bycatch interactions and therefore increase our ability to understand the risks to particular species or groups within a range of fisheries.

Tags: Agriculture | Agricultural Aquatic Sciences | Fisheries, Biosphere | Zoology | Fish, Oceans | Marine Biology | Fish, capture_rate, collection_method, fishery_name, project_code, project_description, sample_region, section_description, task_description, taxonomic_classification, taxonomic_code, taxonomic_common_name, taxonomic_family_name, taxonomic_group_count, taxonomic_name, year
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Nutrient capital and trace element composition of mangrove forests and soils, Sawi Bay, Thailand

Measurements of nutrient partitioning, storage and flux in differently aged (3, 5 and 25 years) mangrove forests and soils of Rhizophora apiculata in Sawi Bay, southern Thailand.Samples were taken during the wet (October 1999) and dry (April 1999, 2000) monsoon seasons.Elemental analysis was carried out on 3 trees cut from each site: green leaves, live branches, stem and prop roots were each weighed. Soils and fine roots below ground had wet and dry weights measured. Soil and tree samples were further analysed for C, N, Fe, Mn, S, Na, Mg, K, Ca, P, Zn, Cr, Ni, Cu, Co, Pb, Mo, Cd, Hg and As.
 To examaine nutrients and trace elements of porewaters and soils in different aged mangrove forests and intertidal levels of southern Thailand.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Coastal Ocean Temperatures off WA: CSIRO Marine Research - Regional Oceanography

Changes in ocean temperature are of immense importance for global climate studies, marine ecology and fish recruitment, as well as being of interest to recreational swimmers. Because of the Leeuwin Current, water temperatures off Western Australia are some 4°C warmer than those at corresponding latitudes off the west coasts of southern Africa and South America. Water temperature measurements along the Western Australian coast are relatively sparse, although some intensive studies have been undertaken near cities and regional centres, as well as at selected sites important for fisheries. 
Monthly temperature statistics have been compiled for a number of sites along the west coast of Australia, using a variety of data sources. To view monthly average temperature and minimum and maximum recorded at any site, click on the appropriate places on the map via the URL.

Tags: Mean Temperature, Minimum Temperature, Maximum Temperature, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, data parameter temperature (°C), sea_water_temperature
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Southern Calamari (Sepioteuthis australis) acoustic telemetry database

The southern calamari acoustic telemetry data-set includes information on the tagging and tracking of southern calamari on the east coast of Tasmania.  The information includes biological information of tagged squid, deployment information of acoustic receivers and tracking data of squid movement.

Tags: 23 617005, Agriculture | Agricultural Aquatic Sciences | Fisheries, Distance travelled, Mantle length, Movement, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Invertebrates, Sepioteuthis australis, Sex
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - Ocean Gliders - Seaglider deployment off Perth in June 2011 (Perth20110626_2)

The dataset contains temperature, salinity and biological parameters including dissolved oxygen and turbidity data measured by a Seaglider off Perth (Western Australia).
Seaglider data from the oceans around Australia have been collected by the Ocean Gliders Facility (formerly known as the Australian National Facility for Ocean Gliders (ANFOG)), since February 2009 and are ongoing. 
The data are obtained from an onboard suite of instruments which include Seabird-SBE41 CTD (Conductivity, Temperature, Depth), WETLabs BBFL2VMT 3 parameter optical sensor (measuring Chlorophyll-a, CDOM and 650nm Backscatter) and a Seabird-SBE43 dissolved oxygen sensor.

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) | 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
Serpulid worms associated with the protection of Porites coral from crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci) predation on the Great Barrier Reef

A novel mutualistic relationship was observed between the serpulid worm, Spirobranchus giganteus and massive coral colonies of Porites lutea and Porites lobata as a response to Acanthaster planci predation on reefs of the central Great Barrier Reef.Field censuses were carried out at Potter Reef in April and June 1985. This reef, along with many others in the region, had supported large populations of Acanthaster planci (crown-of-thorns starfish) throughout 1983-84. Co-occurrence of the worm with these corals (a = S. giganteus and dead coral; b = no S. giganteus and dead coral; c = S. giganteus and live coral; d = no S. giganteus and live coral); the state of predation (Partial, Total); and the number of colonies (31) with/without worms was recorded.
 To examine the correlation between the worm, S. giganteus and survival of coral polyps on Porites after predation by crown-of-thorns starfish.
 In the study area, the only living polyps on Porites colonies following predation by Acanthaster planci commonly occurred in patches hosting populations of serpulids, or directly below the worms' extended branchial crowns (3 to 5 cm diameter) with evidence of regrowth more than 2 years after predation. Note that Porites polyps were not protected in all cases.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Pilbara Biological Survey Review - Online database

A review of all environmental survey work carried out in the Pilbara biogeographical region (as defined by Environment Australia (2000) in the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia). The review aimed to identify and document all studies on flora, vegetation (encompassing mangroves), vertebrate and invertebrate fauna which have been conducted both on offshore islands as well as the mainland.  this database has been made available through the internet (see online links below)

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Video surveys of long spined sea urchin (Centrostephanus rodgersii) barrens habitat, South Bruny Island, eastern Tasmania

The spatial extent of C. rodgersii "barrens" was estimated by surveying rocky reef habitat with a towed underwater video system. Sampling took place at 13 regions along the east coast of Tasmania, each comprising 3 subsites, this dataset refers to the South Bruny Island region, and its 3 subsites: Mangana Bluff, Bay of Islands and Cape Conella.

Tags: 25 211001, Algal coverage, Centrostephanus rodgersii, Substratum type, Temperate Reef, Urchin barren coverage
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Commensurability of scientific and indigneous ecological knowledge in coastal Melanesia: implications for contempory marine resource management strategies: WORKING PAPER

This record describes, and links to a working paper produced through the Resource Management in Asia-Pacific (RMAP) Program based at The Australian National University in Canberra.

Fundamental ontological differences between scientific and indigenous ecological knowledge systems in coastal Melanesia have resulted in very different conclusions being drawn from similar sets of observations. The same inductive logic may lead both scientists and non-science-trained fishers to conclude that, say, square-tail trout aggregate at a certain phase of the moon in a certain reef passage, but different assumptions derived from disparate ontologies (in this case 'traditional' Melanesian versus scientific) may lead to very different conclusions about why the fish are there. In some cases these differences have significant implications for the way marine resources are exploited, and managed (or not). Examples are presented here of non-scientific ontologies that underpin local beliefs about the biology or ecology of fished organisms that have led to poor management of stocks of these species. The potential for scientific education to 'fill gaps' in indigenous knowledge systems (and vice versa) and thus lead to improved management is discussed in the light of some claims that scientific and traditional knowledge systems are incommensurable. The heuristic value of the purported absence of a (Cartesian) dualistic separation of nature and culture in traditional Melanesian cosmologies (relative to those of industrialised Western cultures) is explored with regard to indigenous conceptions of human agency over resource abundance, and the relevance this has for management and conservation. I also speculate about recent transformations of rural Melanesian ontological frameworks through Western/scientific influences, and the associated differences in knowledge systems between young and old members of society, again with respect to the implications these have for the work of proponents of resource management and biodiversity conservation in the region.

Tags: Agriculture | Agricultural Aquatic Sciences | Fisheries, Biodiversity Conservation, Coastal Melanesia, Human Dimensions | Attitudes,preferences,behavior | Social Behavior, Indigenous Ecological Knowledge, Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Management and Conservation, Marine Resources
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Video surveys of long spined sea urchin (Centrostephanus rodgersii) barrens habitat, eastern Tasmania

The spatial extent of C. rodgersii "barrens" was estimated by surveying rocky reef habitat with a towed underwater video system. Sampling took place at 13 regions along the east coast of Tasmania, each comprising 3 subsites. 
Substrate and habitat type were recorded using video analysis, with 4 categories of urchin barren habitat recognised (see below for definitions).

Tags: 25 211001, Algal species coverage, Centrostephanus rodgersii, Habitat type, Substratum type, Temperate Reef, Urchin barren zone
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Shellfish reef locations

We evaluate the status of shellfish reef ecosystems in Australia including their historical distribution and loss, regulation and management and identify current research priorities, policies and conservation mechanisms that can enable their future protection and repair. Eight species of shellfish were identified as developing complex, three-dimensional reef systems over large scales in intertidal and subtidal areas across tropical, subtropical and temperate Australia. A dramatic decline in the extent and condition of Australia’s shellfish reef ecosystems occurred during the mid-1800s to early 1900s in concurrence with extensive harvesting for food and lime production, habitat modification, disease outbreaks and a decline in water quality. Despite early attempts during the late 1800s to curb over exploitation and repair degraded reefs through protection, primitive aquaculture and enhancement, living examples of shellfish reefs are now rare. Only one Ostrea angasi reef is known to exist that is comparable in size to reefs historically commercially fished, compared to at least 118 previously known locations. Out of the 60 historically fished locations identified for Saccostrea glomerata, only five are known to still contain commercially harvestable sized reefs. The introduced oyster Crasostrea gigas is increasing in reef extent, whilst data on the remaining five reef-building species is limited, preventing a detailed assessment of their current status. Our knowledge of the extent, physical characteristics, biodiversity and ecosystem services of natural shellfish reefs in Australia is extremely limited. 
Australia is well equipped to reverse the decline of shellfish reef ecosystems with a number of state and federal protection laws, international conventions and management mechanisms already in place, all of which can be used to help protect remaining reefs and aid in future recovery. Several restoration projects have recently begun as awareness of historical loss grows amongst the community and groups become motivated to implement repair. As momentum continues to grow, Australia could serve as a long-term model for other regions that may currently have limited understanding of their shellfish reefs ecosystems but wish to work towards their future conservation.
Data to be made publicly available with publication of manuscript by end 2018.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Theme 3B: Restoration of wetlands.

Deterioration of coastal marine and estuarine habitats is inevitable in areas where human development is active. This is particularly the case in New South Wales (and throughout Australia) where a very large proportion of the population live on the edges of the coast-line. To sustain biodiversity and to maintain ecological processes and functions (for its own sake or for anthropocentric, human reasons), it will be necessary, for a very long time, to recreate, rebuild or repair habitats (Programme 3: Restoration of Disturbed Coastal Habitats). The science of restoration of coastal habitats is virtually unknown, and there is no sensible theory or understanding of how to create habitat that develops ecological function and maintains natural biodiversity. 
Many areas of wetlands around Sydney have been destroyed or damaged by urban developments. Many of the remaining areas of salt-marsh and mangrove forest are in poor shape due to reduced tidal flushing or other encroachments by people.
The Centre for Research on Ecological Impacts of Coastal Cities (EICC) has generated many scientific papers and theses from research projects on the restoration of wetland habitats. The link to the URL provided in this record provides a link to this research.

Tags: Coastal Habitats, Ecology, restoration, wetlands
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Seagrass meadows of Hervey Bay and the Great Sandy Strait, Queensland, derived from field surveys conducted 6-14 December, 1998

Approximately 2,362 ±289 km2 of seagrass meadows were mapped in the waters of Hervey Bay and Great Sandy Strait between 6 and 14 December 1998. This was the first comprehensive survey of the Great Sandy region. The survey involved examination of 1,104 field validation points and identified 174 individual meadows. Seagrass extended from the intertidal and shallow subtidal waters to a depth of 32m. Seven species of seagrass were identified (Cymodocea serrulata, Halodule uninervis, Syringodium isoetifolium, Halophila decipiens, Halophila ovalis, Halophila spinulosa and Zostera muelleri) within 22 seagrass meadow/community types. Mapping survey methodologies followed standardised global seagrass research methods for intertidal, shallow subtidal (2‐10m depth) and deep waters (&gt;10m) using both in situ and remote assessments.
View the original metadata record at https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.876714.

Tags: Benthic habitat, Great Barrier Reef, coastal, deep learning, machine learning, reef
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Sedimentation rates on Wistari Reef

Wistari Reef is a lagoonal platform reef, situated on the Tropic of Capricorn, within the Capricorn and Bunker region of the southern Great Barrier Reef. Four core samples were collected from various locations on the reef and radiometerically dated. This allowed sedimentation rates for the Holocene sediments of Wistari Reef to be calculated. The maximum sedimentation rate represents the accumulation that has occurred between the core top date and the core base date; the minimum accretion rate takes only the basal core data into account, thus allowing for bioturbation of the sediments. The biggest maximum rate of accretion was seen at core IC-02, which exhibited an accretion rate of 4.79m/ka. The smallest minimum accretion rate was seen in VC-02 (on a sanded reef flat) with a accretion rate of 0.57m/ka.

Tags: Oceans | Coastal Processes | Coral Reefs, Oceans | Marine Sediments | Sedimentation, accretion_rate, latitude, longitude
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network