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Mainstreaming resource conservation: the Fiji Locally Managed Marine Area Network and its influence on National Policy Development: 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.

The experience of the Fiji Locally Managed Marine Areas (FLMMA) network provides an illustration of how to mainstream community-based resource management practices that began with local communities, and were in-turn supported by a Government which has witnessed the success of community-based intervention. To improve the success of conservation in the communities and attract attention to its approach, FLMMA formed a learning portfolio. This is a network of projects that use a common strategy to achieve a common end and agree to work together to collect, test and communicate information about the conditions under which the strategy works, to enable the partners to exchange ideas and experiences. The learning portfolio enhances collaboration and also ensures that lessons learnt are shared widely with people in the network. FLMMA is working to increase the effectiveness of conservation and to ensure that the involvement of people in the management of their marine resources is both satisfying and meaningful. 
Modern science is an important part of the FLMMA approach because it is used to demonstrate the effects of the use of traditional resource management practices. Using simple biological, social, and economic monitoring methods, the villagers are collecting impressive results on resources and habitat recovery and the associated social and economic improvements in living conditions. The objectives of improving conservation to protect biodiversity and improve people's living conditions are important features of the kind of community-based resource conservation that is now being undertaken in the Pacific and Asia region. The objectives are also consistent with national policies for inshore fisheries development and global concerns about poverty alleviation. 
The success of community-based conservation in different parts of Fiji has resulted in long-term support from the communities. It has also facilitated the articulation of Government fisheries development policies. The Government has set up a new conservation unit and has formalised its support, and adopted the FLMMA method of involving local community units in the sustainable use of their marine resources. Under FLMMA, the success and combined experiences of conservation practitioners are being used to mainstream resource conservation and influence policy development in Fiji.

Tags: Community based initiatives, Conservation, Fiji Locally Managed Marine Areas, Habitat recovery, Human Dimensions | Population | Population Size, Living conditions, Marine Resources, Resource management, Social and economic improvements, policy development
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Wave action in different intertidal zones on a rocky shore in Victoria

Wave action was measured on 10 sampling occasions from April to October 1987 in the high and low intertidal zones on a rocky shore in Western Port Bay, Victoria. Forty dynamometers (20 in each zone) were deployed on each sampling occasion and left out for 2 tidal cycles (approx. 24 hours). The maximum force that was exerted on the dynamometer within this period was recorded on a spring scale. The force exerted by the waves was directly proportional to water velocity.

Tags: 24 488001, Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Benthic Habitat | rocky intertidal, Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Coastal Habitat, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Population Dynamics, Griffith Point, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Invertebrates | limpet, San Remo, Siphonaria diemenensis, Victoria, Western Port Bay, exerted_force, sea_water_velocity
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Securing WAs Marine Futures Project - Hydroacoustic surveys

Hydroacoustic data were collected by Fugro Survey Pty Ltd, using a multibeam system, and provided us with information on the bathymetry and backscatter (texture) of the seafloor. The team collected over 1400 square kilometres at the eight study locations between April 2006 to February 2007.
Study areas include Abrolhos Islands, Jurien Bay, Rottnest Island, Capes / Geographe Bay, Broke Inlet, Mt. Gardner, Point Ann, Middle Island.

Tags: Oceans | Bathymetry | Seafloor Topography
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Predicting core areas of flatback turtle hatchlings and potential exposure to threats

We used particle tracking forced by an ocean circulation model (ozROMS) to predict the passive dispersal of flatback turtle hatchlings (Natator depressus) from 12 nesting sites off the coast of Western Australia. We used the modelled outputs to calculate the distribution of these &lsquo;virtual hatchlings&rsquo; and infer core areas of hatchlings use over three dispersal phases (1&ndash;4, 10&ndash;15 and 25&ndash;30 days). The core areas of use were located on the continental shelf during all dispersal phases, which provides support for their proposed neritic development. We then calculated the overlap between core areas and two anthropogenic threats to marine turtles which are in-water artificial infrastructure and light pollution. We found that hatchlings were mostly exposed to these threats during their early dispersal. As such, mitigations might be necessary for the conservation of this species and life-stage. The important areas that we define in this study should be validated by field surveys and can be used to guide future management and conservation of this age class and species in the absence of empirical data.      
Output files from particle tracking software (Ichthyop) for each nesting site each year and ESRI shapefiles of the calculated important areas for Day 1 to 4, Day 10 to 15, Day 25 to 30, which consists of the 25%, 50%, 75% and 95% cumulative frequency distribution. Also included are the particle release locations for each site.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
CSIRO-Mk3-6-0 model output prepared for CMIP5 sstClim4xCO2

sstClim4xco2 is an experiment of the CMIP5 - Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5
(http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/cmip5/). CMIP5 is meant to provide a framework for coordinated
climate change experiments for the next five years and thus includes simulations for
assessment in the AR5 as well as others that extend beyond the AR5.
6.2b sstClim4xco2 (6.2b SST Climatology With 4XCO2 Forcing) - Version 1: AMIP-style experiment with control run climatological SSTs and sea ice (as in 6.2a) but with quadrupled 4XCO2 imposed.
Experiment design: http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/cmip5/docs/Taylor_CMIP5_design.pdf
List of output variables: http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/cmip5/docs/standard_output.pdf
Output: time series per variable in model grid spatial resolution in netCDF format
Earth System model and the simulation information: CIM repository
Entry name/title of data are specified according to the Data Reference Syntax
(http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/cmip5/docs/cmip5_data_reference_syntax.pdf)
as activity/product/institute/model/experiment/frequency/modeling realm/MIP table/ensemble
member/version number/variable name/CMOR filename.nc.

Tags: 0399 - Other Chemical Sciences, 0401 - Atmospheric Sciences, 0405 - Oceanography, 0406 - Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience, Atmospheric Sciences, National Computational Infrastructure (NCI), Oceanography, Other Chemical Sciences (Environmental Chemistry), Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
WAMSI Node 5.2 - BioMolecular Diversity and Partnered Biodiscovery

This project is a three year research initiative focusing marine natural products (fine chemical) discovery and development research in key areas of Western Australian biomedicinal strength. The project builds on the recognition that the biodiversity of the States marine flora and fauna elicits significantly higher than expected hit rates in biomedicinal sectors especially 
The project offers a platform for additional collaborative venture into the future assuming legislative reform, sourcing the Biodiversity Library created in Project 1 for as wide a range of sectors as possible.

Tags: Biodiscovery, Human Dimensions | Human Health | Diseases/epidemics, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Habitat, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Invertebrates
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
SAIMOS - Biological and Flow Cytometry data collected from CTD stations in South Australia, in September 2017

Flow cytometry data was collected in September 2017, in waters off South Australia. 
The general purpose of the study is to be able to establish background knowledge on the ecosystem on the continental shelf of South Australia and the impact of upwelling/saline outflow events on microbial communities to ultimately develop a biogeochemical model of the region. Sampling was carried out during cruises conducted on board the RV Ngerin as part of the Southern Australian Integrated Marine System (SAIMOS). During each cruise, the physical, chemical and biological properties of the chlorophyll fluorescence maximum (DCM) layer were investigated. Flow cytometry data has been collected for picophytoplankton, bacteria and viruses.
Six main stations have been sampled over the course of the study, five are located on the 100 m isobath, i.e. RS (35.508S, 136.278E), B2 (35.418S, 136.148E), B3 (35.258S, 136.048E), SAM2CP/B4 (35.168S, 135.418E) and SAM5CB/B5 (35.008S, 135.198E), and one from an offshore station (B1; 36.188S, 136.178E) located southwest of Kangaroo Island. Note that combining the distances between stations (14–25 nautical miles), the average component of the current velocity at middepth along the shelf (0.01 m s21) and the average speed of the vessel (i.e. 9 knots) indicate that different water masses were sampled at each station. Additional samples have on occasion been collected from the National Reference Station (NRS) at Kangaroo Island (35.832S, 136.447E) and the SA Spencer Gulf Mouth Mooring (SAM8SG, 35.25S, 136.690E), where the saline outflow occurs.

Tags: Biosphere | Microbiota | Bacteria, Biosphere | Vegetation | Phytoplankton, IMOS Node | SA-IMOS | Southern Australian Integrated Marine Observing System, Niskin Bottles, Oceans | Bathymetry | Water Depth, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Chlorophyll, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Nitrogen, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Phosphate, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Silicate, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Sea Surface Temperature, Oceans | Ocean Winds | Surface Winds, Picophytoplankton, Virus, amount_of_bacteria_in_sea_water, amount_of_picophytoplankton_in_sea_water, amount_of_virus_in_sea_water, concentration_of_chlorophyll_in_sea_water, depth, depth_of_chlorophyll_maximum, latitude, longitude, mole_concentration_of_nitrogen_in_ammonium_in_sea_water, mole_concentration_of_nitrogen_in_nitrate_and_nitrite_in_sea_water, mole_concentration_of_phosphorus_in_phosphate_in_sea_water, mole_concentration_of_silicate_in_sea_water, sea_surface_temperature, wind_from_direction, wind_speed
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Studies of the hyperbenthic plankton community in Davies Reef lagoon, central Great Barrier Reef

Seasonal and diel variations in community structure and abundance of the hyperbenthic plankton community were investigated in the lagoon of Davies Reef between June 1980 and May 1981.Three replicate sets of diurnal and nocturnal plankton samples were collected from the lagoon floor and from surface, mid and deep strata using an epibenthic trap and plankton nets at depths between 8 and 11m .
 Mysids are a highly visible and characteristic taxa within zooplankton assemblages in coral reef lagoons, which have been under-represented in lagoon plankton samples, due to their ability to escape from traps. The use of an epibenthic trap designed specifically to make use of the mysids' escape response has enabled researchers to provide quantitative data on the seasonal, diel and small-scale spatial variations in the species composition and abundance of the resident epibenthic mysid community.
 While the focus of this study was on mysids, a range of other hyperbenthic plankton taxa were captured. These include gammarids, calanoids, ostracods, harpacticoids, cyclopoids, nematodes, caprellids and cumaceans.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Current meter deployment, Karamea Bank, southern Great Barrier Reef (SGBR Project 1989-1990)

An Aanderaa RCM4s rotary current meter was deployed on a mooring at Karamea Bank (Station CM4) in 50m of water.Deployment Details: Date deployed: 30/8/89 (SGBR1) Date recovered: 23/2/90 (SGBR3)Instrument: RCM4s #4325; Deployment Code: KA11Instrument depth: 18mSampling interval: 60 minutes with 16 revs per count
 This deployment was a component of the SGBR Project 1989-1990.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Patterns of abundance and size of dictyoceratid sponges among neighbouring islands in central Torres Strait (CRC-TS Project: Task Number T1.6a)

In December 2004, and September and December 2005, surveys for dictyoceratid sponges were conducted around six neighbouring islands in central Torres Strait: Kabbikane, Keats, Kodall, Marsden, Masig and Rennel. Most islands were 50 cm.For each transect reef slope and the percentage of consolidated rock and rubble were recorded.
 This study was undertaken to quantify patterns of abundance and size of the more common dictyoceratid sponges among neighbouring islands in central Torres Strait, and thus to examine variation across small spatial scales. The study also investigated the importance of depth in structuring sponge distributions.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Settlement, survival and growth of oysters across the central Great Barrier Reef

Between 1 and 4 October 1985, settlement plates of coral rock were attached to moorings at Myrmidon Reef on the outer shelf, John Brewer Reef on the mid-shelf, Pandora Reef on the inner shelf and in an inshore non-reef habitat at Bowling Green Bay. Two replicate moorings were deployed at each site. At Pandora Reef, moorings were anchored in 15 m of water, approximately 2 km from the reef and about 0.5 km apart, well away from the plume of the reef. Settlement plates were attached 12 m below the surface. At Myrmidon and John Brewer Reefs, moorings were anchored in 60 m and 50 m water depth respectively, and 150 m to 200 m apart. The plates were attached at 15 m. Bowling Green Bay moorings were anchored in a water depth of 12 m, near the mouth of the Haughton River, about 300 m apart and the settlement plates were attached at 8m. All settlement plates were retrieved between 14 and 17 February, 1986 and those to be used to evaluate settlement were immediately bagged and frozen. The remaining plates from John Brewer Reef were transferred to tanks on the research vessel for use in transfer experiments. Cross-shelf differences were studied by transferring a minimum of 8 randomly selected plates from John Brewer Reef to moorings at the other sites, with the return of some plates to John Brewer to control transfer effects. Cross reef and fish predation effects were studied by transferring caged and uncaged plates to the fore reef slope (10 m depth), mid reef flat (5 m) and 3 back reef lagoon sites (5-9 m) at John Brewer Reef. A total of 50 plates were attached to racks, 5 to each rack, 35cm apart, held at a 45° angle and placed in pairs with one rack from each pair caged. Racks were deployed in 5 m of water at the first back reef site. The second back reef site was located in a similar area to the first, but the racks were covered with a layer of branching Acropora to reduce the predation pressure of large fishes. The third back reef site was located on a large sand flat at 9 m depth at least 20 m from the closest hard substratum, to determine whether non-reef fishes are effective predators of oysters. Transplant experiments were retrieved between 14 and 17 April 1986. and individually bagged and frozen. In the laboratory all plates were thawed, cleaned of sediment and dried at 50°C. Oysters were identified and measured using calipers. The condition of oysters (dead or alive) on the reef transplant plates was noted and dead specimens were examined for the presence of gastropod drill holes. Voucher specimens were retained and are housed at the Australian Institute of Marine Science.
 This research was undertaken to evaluate settlement, growth and survivorship patterns of oysters across the continental shelf in the central Great Barrier Reef, independent of possible reef associated effects.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - National Mooring Network - New South Wales (NSW) Bateman's Marine Park 120m (BMP120) Mooring

The NSW Bateman's Marine Park 120m (BMP120) mooring is located at Latitude:36.213 S, Longitude:150.309 E. It was first deployed on 2011-03-29. 
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, 70T, 78T, 86PT, 94T, 102PT.
The BMP moorings are serviced every 6-8 weeks. This mooring was discontinued and removed in April 2014, it was redeployed again shortly afterwards through co-investment from Bega Valley Shire Council.

Tags: Buoys | Moored Buoys, IMOS Platform | BMP120 | Bateman's Marine Park 120m 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
Ningaloo Reef Circulation Study, Western Australia (1997): Directional wave gauge deployment

A WoodsHole Instrument Systems SeaPac 2100 Directional Wave Gauge was deployed on the back of the reef top on the southern reef (Site 10).Deployment details:Site 10: S/N 51035: (-21.816183, 114.07535)Deployed 29/11/97: Recovered 11/12/97. Depth 1.5mSensors: High resolution pressure and current sensorsSampling regime: 20 minute every hour starting on the hour. 0.25 second sampling interval, no averaging.
 These data are a component of the project 'Ningaloo Reef Circulation Study, Western Australia (1997)'.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Effects of sewage effluent on 'outfall' infaunal assemblages.

This experiment tested the effects of secondary treated sewage effluent on infaunal assemblages that were collected 50m from a sewage outfall ('outfall' assemblage). Twelve intact sediment cores were collected from this site on the Western Treatment Plant foreshore (Port Phillip Bay, Victoria) and brought back to the laboratory. Four cores were assigned to each of three treatments, which were no dose of effluent, high dose (7mls effluent per minute) or a 'no escape' treatment. The experiment ran for 13 days in December 1999. Throughout the experimental period, dissolved oxygen levels were measured and animals that migrated from the sediment were collected, counted and identified. At the end of the experiment, infauna remaining in the sediment were counted and identified and the wet weight biomass of each species group was recorded.

Tags: 22 002000, 22 096000, 24 486001, 28 546000, 28 551000, Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Benthic Habitat | soft sediment | mudflat, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Migratory Rates/routes | vertical migration, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Oxygen Demand | hypoxia, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Survival, Biosphere | Zoology | Invertebrates, Capitellidae, Corophiidae, Gammaropsis sp., Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Invertebrates | infauna, Port Phillip Bay, Salinator fragilis, Spionidae, Western Treatment Plant
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Kimberley Benthic Habitat Survey - Video Data

Four locations along the Kimberley coast were video and depth surveyed to describe the substratum type, biohabitat type and the bathymetry of the seabed. Video and depth data was collected between 9 - 29 June 2008 from the vicinity of Gourdon Bay, Quondong – Coulomb Point, Perpendicular Head and Packer Island. Five supplementary transect lines, perpendicular to the shoreline, were also identified between the four locations. These were able to be surveyed when the vessels were in transit.
This video data was analysed to generate substrate and biohabitat distribution maps to be used by the Northern Development Taskforce as part of a selection process to rank the suitability of a range of locations for a proposed common-user liquefied natural gas hub precinct.

Tags: Radiance Or Imagery | Visible Wavelengths | Visible Imagery
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - National Mooring Network - South Australia (SA) Mid-Slope Mooring (SAM3MS)

The SA Mid-Slope Mooring (IMOS platform code: SAM3MS) is one of five South Australian regional moorings designed to monitor particular oceanographic phenomena in coastal ocean waters. The mooring is located at Latitude:-36.15, Longitude:135.90. It was first deployed in February 2011.
This mooring in conjunction with SAM7DS are placed directly along the shelf gradient from NRSKAI to the shelf break.  The purpose of these moorings is to monitor the cross-shelf structure of any currents moving along the shelf break.  They are also used to monitor any uplifted ocean water that may be present during the summer upwelling conditions in the SAIMOS region.
The Mid-Slope Mooring is maintained for 6-8 months each year, during summer/autumn depending on logistics.

Tags: Biosphere | Microbiota | Plankton, Buoys | Moored Buoys, CTD (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth Profilers), Current Meters/Profilers | Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP), Fluorometers, Oceans | Bathymetry | Water Depth, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Alkalinity, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Carbon Dioxide, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Inorganic Carbon, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Nutrients, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Oxygen, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Ocean Currents, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Fluorescence, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Turbidity, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Conductivity, acoustic_backscatter_intensity, adcp_correlation_magnitude, direction_of_sea_water_velocity, eastward_sea_water_velocity, heading, northward_sea_water_velocity, platform_pitch_angle, platform_roll_angle, quality_flag_for_adcp_percentage_good, sea_water_electrical_conductivity, sea_water_pressure, sea_water_speed, sea_water_temperature
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Distribution of nearshore bedforms and effects on sand suspension on low-energy, micro-tidal beaches in SW Australia

Field measurements of bed morphologies, hydrodynamics and sediment suspension were made on 15 low energy (Hsig &lt; 0.50 m) micro-tidal sheltered sandy beaches in SW Australia.

Tags: Oceans | Coastal Processes | Beaches, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Sediment Transport, Oceans | Marine Sediments | Sediment Grain Size
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network