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Coastalwatch: Coastal Condition Monitoring System - Kings Beach, Caloundra

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
Biophysical Environment: Fringing Reef Ocean to Organism Nutrient Fluxes - a multi-disciplinary, multi-scale approach (REEFLUX)

Ningaloo Reef was one location for the (REEFLUX) project -  Biophysical Environment: Fringing Reef Ocean to Organism Nutrient Fluxes - a multi-disciplinary, multi-scale approach

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Moulting and body shrinkage in the Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba

Euphausia superba were collected from the Antarctic Ocean during the cruise by RV Kaiyo-Maru in January 1980, and were transported to the Australian Institute of Marine Science laboratories at Townsville in February 1980.Specimens of Euphausia superba were maintained in a cold room at -0.5°C (0 to -1.0°C) under continuous subdued light (Specimens were checked daily for moults, which were then preserved with a few drops of buffered formalin (40%) in seawater. The exopodite length of the moult uropod was later measured. Changes in body wet weight or length were then tracked by applying allometric equations derived from specimens sacrificed at the end of experiments. Preserved moults were later rinsed in distilled water to remove formalin and salts, and were dried in a desiccator over silica gel at room temperature to obtain dry weights. Fresh moults, collected from stock specimens were used for analysis of carbon and nitrogen using a elemental analyser (Perkin Elmer, model 240) with acetanilide as standard.In another experiment, conducted over a period of 211 days, using the same temperature, light and seawater conditions described above, 15 Euphausia superba of various sizes were maintained individually in sea water filtered through a HA Millipore filter, 0.45µm pore size (starved). Two control groups of 15 individuals each were fed, ad libitum, an artificial pet fish food (Tetra Marin) and frozen copepods (Calanus finmarchicus) or a mixture of microalgae (Dunaliella tertiolecta and Phaeodactylum tricornutum). During the experiment, handling of specimens was minimised to avoid possible damage. Changes in body wet weight were tracked as described above.At the end of the experiment, physiological rates (oxygen uptake, ammonia excretion, inorganic phosphate excretion, dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) excretion, dissolved organic phosphate (DOP) excretion) were measured by a water bottle method, where individual specimens were placed into 250 to 1000 ml glass bottles filled with the filtered sea water for 24 h in the dark at -0.5°C. Dissolved oxygen, ammonia, and inorganic phosphate were measured by Winkler titration, phenolhypochlorite, and molybdate methods, respectively. DON and DOP were determined by a UV irradiation method.The individuals were weighed (wet weight) and freeze-dried for the determination of dry weight and analyses of elemental composition (C, N, P). The analyses of C and N were made with an elemental analyzer (Perkin Ebner, Model 240) using acetanilide as standard. Determination of P was made by the molybdate method after digestion of samples in 50% (v/v) H2SO4 for 1 hour at ~ 100°C followed by neutralization with KOH.
 Laboratory experiments were undertaken to examine the relationship between different feeding regimes and/or body sizes and moulting in the krill, Euphausia superba. Experiments were also carried out to determine whether cessation of feeding could be a possible over-wintering mechanism for this species.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Lizard Island Sensor Relay Pole 2 (RP2)

A 6m galvanized pole has been deployed in the eastern part of the lagoon in behind Seabird Islet. The Relay Pole has three functions. The first is to propagate the wireless network through which the buoys talk and so it forms part of the network backbone talking directly to Relay-Pole 1. The second function is that a vaisala WXT520 weather station is mounted on the top and so this pole provides above water met observations. These include air temperature, humidity, air pressure, wind speed and direction and rainfall.The third function is that a sensor string is attached to the pole, the sensor string runs through a channel in Seabird Islet across the exposed seaward reef flat to the reef crest and then down the reef slope to around 20m. This gives a profile down the reef slope and gives readings of the water coming onto the reef complex.The pole has two Campbell Scientific loggers (one for the weather station, one for the sensors), spread-spectrum radio and 2.4/5 GHz 802.11 wireless for communicating with the base station (located at the workshop near the Research Station). The sensor string as of August 2010 has a SeaBird SBE37 at the end of the sensor string (around 230m out from the pole), and two SeaBird SBE39's located at teh reef crest and down at the start of the reef slope.The unit will be serviced every six months and will be used in the future for attaching new sets of sensors.
 The Pole is part of a larger deployment at Lizard Island consisting of four buoys and two relay-poles being deployed as part of the GBROOS Project. The design looks to measure the water within the lagoon as well as water impinging onto the reef and potentially any upwelling or movement of warm water that may cause thermal stress such as coral bleaching. The Relay Pole serves to form the network backbone using 2.4/5 GHz 802.11 wireless and Campbell 900 MHz spread spectrum radio's to communicate. The pole talks directly to RP1 on Plafrey Island which in urn talks to the base station at the research station. The pole also talks to buoys in its immediate range.The pole also houses a Vaisala WXT520 weather station and has an inductive modem / coupler that attaches inductive instruments to the pole. The inductive cable / sensor string runs east around Seabird Islet across the reef flat, down the reef crest into the reef front to around 20m.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Oceanographic Drivers of Bleaching in the GBR: from observations to predictions (NESP TWQ 4.2, AIMS)

This project seeks to understand how local, regional and global oceanographic and meteorological processes influence the severity and spatial variability of thermally driven coral bleaching for the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) and Torres Strait. All available relevant environmental observations of the recent bleaching events will be gathered to be more easily discoverable to researchers and managers via a gateway/summary webpage. The data will be used to assess how well the eReefs models are modelling the recent warming during bleaching events and then analyse the reasons behind the variations of bleaching response. 3D versions of remotely sensed bleaching products by NOAA and BoM will be produced and a seasonal prediction capability for marine heatwaves will be developed.
The research is structured in three main components:
1 &ndash; Summary of oceanographic conditions during the 2015-17 bleaching years
2 &ndash; Hydrodynamics of bleaching and improved predictions
3 &ndash; Improved seasonal predictions of marine heatwaves in the GBR
This project is funded by the National Environment Science Program&#39;s Tropical Water Quality Hub

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Particulate organic carbon data in Antarctic waters

The aim of the project was to determine the particulate organic carbon concentration in coastal polynyas and off-shelf sites south of the Polar Front. Data is collected from the CTD deployed at various stations. This record descripbes three datafiles.
(1) POC_data: station, pressure, temperature, conductivity, salinity, PAR, total beam attenuation coefficients (c), attenuation by particles (cp), site, particulate organic carbon concentration (from optical measurements), rho, longitude and latitude.
(2) Ammonium: station, pressure, site, ammonium, latitude, longitude
(3) POC_PON_ratio: site, depth, particulate organic carbon concentration (measured) particulate organic nitrogen concentration (measured), C:N ratio.

Tags: Niskin bottle deployed from CTD, Photosynthetically active radiation (PAR)
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Secondary Sediment Cell Boundary

Sediment cells are spatially discrete areas of the coast within which marine and terrestrial landforms are likely to be connected through processes of sediment exchange, often described using sediment budgets. They include areas of sediment supply (sources), sediment loss (sinks), and the sediment transport processes linking them (pathways). Sediment transport pathways include both alongshore and cross-shore processes, and therefore cells are best represented in two-dimensions. They are natural management units with a physical basis and commonly cross jurisdictional boundaries. Further information can be found at the following website: http://www.transport.wa.gov.au/imarine/coastal-erosion-and-stability.asp

Tags: DoT, Downloadable Data, WA, australia, beach, beachface, blowout, cell, change, coast, coastal, coastal access, coastal engineering, department of transport, development, drift, dune, dynamic, ecosystem, foreshore, littoral, management, marine, movements, ocean, planning, protection, sand, sea, sediment, shift, shoreline, transport, vegetation, water, waterline, western australia, year
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Wind statistics at Governor Head Meteorological Station, Jervis Bay in October 1990

This dataset is a component of the 'Jervis Bay Baseline Studies' project conducted by the Department of Defence, CSIRO and the Australian Defence Force Academy.
The meteorological station (35.133S, 150.762E) recorded winds and atmospheric pressure at Governor Head (Jervis Bay). The site is several hundred metres inland of 50m high cliffs and is 63m above sea-level.
This record provides wind statistics for October 1990. Five datasets are included here representing different times of the day: 0000-0545, 0600-1145, 1200-1745 and 1800-2345. Individual measurements have been converted so that trends of wind speed and direction can be seen for the time period in question. The fifth dataset incorporates all the wind data collected irrespective of time providing a monthly summary. The station initially recorded wind data at 15 minute intervals.
This is one of thirty-six child records that relate to the parent, 629051e0-2b7b-11dd-a343-00188b4c0af8. A pdf outlining the structure and hierarchy of all metadata records relating to the 'Jervis Bay Baseline Studies' project is available to download through this record. Meteorological data was collected to investigate wind forced circulation in Jervis Bay, NSW.

Tags: Atmosphere | Atmospheric Winds | Surface Winds, date, time, wind_from_direction, wind_speed
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Coral reefs acclimatized to elevated carbon dioxide concentrations at natural Co2 seeps in Papua New Guinea

The study is based on field investigations of clear-water coral reefs and seagrass communities around three cool volcanic seeps of  ~99% CO2 gas, and at three adjacent control sites with similar geomorphology, seawater temperature and salinity, that fringe the D&#39;Entrecastraux Islands, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.
Co2 has been streaming from the seabed for over 70 years (likely much longer), resulting in localised acidified conditions:
seeps (pCO2 ,500 to 900 ppm, pHTotal 7.8 &amp;ndash; 7.9)

adjacent control areas (pCO2 ,390 ppm,pHTotal ,8.0 &amp;ndash; 8.05)

Field surveys were conducted from 2010 to characterise seawater chemistry and ecological and physiological conditions in coral reefs control sites and seeps. See Fabricius et al. (2011) for further details.
Environmental parameters (measured: pH, dissolved inorganic carbon, total alkalinity, salinity, and temperature; calculated with CO2SYS software: pCO2 and aragonite saturation state) were obtained across a 4-year period (2010&ndash;2013) at 1&ndash;5 m depth in both control and seep sites.
A total of 433 colonies were sampled from six species of scleractinian coral: Acropora millepora, Pocillopora damicornis, Seriatopora hystrix, Poritescylindrica, massive Porites sp. and Galaxea fascicularis. Favites pentagona was the only species that occurred in moderate abundance at the extreme seep site and 10 colonies were sampled from the Upa-Upasina seep.
DNA sequencing and statistical analysis was conducted, see Noonan et al. (2013)
Samples of A. millepora, G. fasciularis, P.damicornis, and massive Porites. Analysis were analyised for skeletal porosity, bulk density and micro-density as described in the paper Prada et.al (2021), led by the team at the University of Bologna, Italy.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Derwent Estuary Recreational Water Quality monitoring program.

The Derwent Estuary Recreational Water Quality monitoring program is a joint monitoring initiative between the Derwent Estuary Program (DEP), six Councils (Brighton, Clarence, Derwent Valley, Glenorchy, Hobart and Kingborough), the Tasmanian Department of Health and Human Services, and the EPA Division (Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment). The program commenced in 1987. Up to 40 sites have been monitored around the Derwent estuary. These sites are categorised as either swimming sites or environmental sites. Swimming sites are designated beaches and other sites where significant number of people swim or engage in primary contact activities on a regular basis. These site are part of the Beach Watch monitoring program. Environmental sites include bays, coves and other environmental sites that provide an overall picture of water quality in the Derwent estuary. These sites are part of the Bay Watch monitoring program and include: 
•   Bays and coves that are frequently used for water based activities and/or have foreshore parks. 
•   Areas with potentially significant sewage, stormwater or other pathogens sources;
•   Several clean sites in the upper and middle estuary to provide context; 
•   Sites associated with major swimming events. 
Water samples are collected weekly during the months of December through to March. Public health glass bacterial sample bottles are used to collect water samples. These samples are analysed for the faecal indicator bacteria Enterococci at the Public health Laboratory using the Enteralert method which provides 24hour confirmed results. A complete description of the program is available in the "State of the Derwent Estuary 2009" report as well as on the DEP website (links below).

Tags: Derwent Estuary, HydroLab vertical profiler, Oceans | Salinity/density | Salinity, Oceans | Water Quality | Contaminants, Oceans | Water Quality | Ph, Oceans | Water Quality | Turbidity, Oceans | Water Quality | Water Temperature, True Colour, Water Quality Monitoring
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
NESP TWQ Project 1.10 - Identification, impacts, and prioritization of emerging contaminants present in the Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait marine environments, 2015-2015 (AIMS)

Increased human activities in the GBR and Torres Strait regions are expected to increase the sources and diversity of contaminants in their marine environments. Here, we will (i) determine the presence and locations of emerging contaminants based on monitoring data and the types of human activities present, and (ii) prioritize the identified emerging contaminants based on their potential risk to these marine environments. Based on the list of priority emerging contaminants, we will develop and recommend key areas of research to inform management and policy decisions that will maintain and improve the condition of the marine environments in the GBR and Torres Strait regions.

Tags: National Environmental Science Programme Tropical Water Quality (NESP TWQ) hub, marine
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Ecosystem engineering actions of Wedge-tailed Shearwaters, Puffinus pacificus on Rottnest Island, Western Australia

The Wedge-tailed Shearwater (Puffinus pacificus) is an ecosystem engineer: it physically modifies habitat, by burrow nesting, in a manner that modulates resource flows and other species within nesting colony ecosystems.  My work explores the ecosystem engineering actions of Wedge-tailed Shearwaters on Rottnest Island, Western Australia.  I have approached this by (1) describing and quantifying the physical impact of these engineers (soil displacement), and (2) describing and quantifying the effects that these actions have on three major ecosystem components: the soil, the vascular plants, and the vertebrate fauna.  Significant differences between colony and adjacent, non-colony areas were recorded in all areas of the study.

Tags: 40 041045, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Primary Production, Biosphere | Vegetation | Vegetation Species, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Birds, Puffinus pacificus, burrowing-nesting seabirds, zoogeomorphology
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
WAMSI Kimberley tri-colour scanner data - 23rd September 2008

On the 23rd of September 2008 a tricolour scanner (Airborne Research Australia/AWI Airborne Tri-spectral Scanner System) collected data from Broome to Port Hedland (along the coastline).  The bands collected were red, green, near infra-red (NIR) (wavelengths ~450nm to ~825nm)
Flight lines are shown in the thumbnail above.  Further information and data is available via the contacts below.

Tags: Tri-colour Scanner
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Oxygen production in the hydrozoan, Millepora on the Great Barrier Reef

Samples of gas from freshly broken branches of the hydrozoan, Millepora tenella were collected from Britomart Reef. The gas was collected underwater by breaking branches under an inverted glass funnel connected to a separatory funnel. The gas was then transferred underwater to pre-rinsed 5 ml Teflon septum glass vials with only minute amounts of seawater included in the sample. Samples were refrigerated immediately after extraction.Analyses were carried out at the Queensland Government Chemical Laboratories in Brisbane using a Hewlett-Packard 5840 gas chromatograph fitted with a thermal-conductivity detector. The gas analysed contained oxygen, nitrogen, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and methane.Millepora fronds covering a vertical projection area of about 50 cm² were broken out of larger colonies and placed inside plastic bags. At the same depth, the bagged corals were placed on a plywood board and hammered to break up the coral and release trapped gases. Gas was extracted from the bags with a hypodermic syringe and gas volumes read underwater. Thin sections of Millepora tenella skeleton were produced to examine the internal structure of the coral. Scanning electron micrographs were also taken to examine the extent and location of algal borings within the skeleton of Millepora tenella. Data on algal boring were compared with data for Stylophora pistillata, a scleractinian coral with a similar branching habit.
 This research was initiated to investigate the source and composition of gases released from freshly broken branches of several species of the hydrozoan, Millepora.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
RAN CTD Profile Data - HMAS LEEUWIN ProjectID: HI500LEE_M From: 2011-08-30 To: 2011-09-27

This dataset contains quality controlled vertical profiles of pressure, temperature and salinity measured by a Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) probe. The dataset contains 61 CTD profiles (casts) obtained during RAN Hydrographic Survey cruise HI500LEE_M from HMAS LEEUWIN.
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