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WAMSI 2 - Kimberley Node - 1.2.4 - Relative abundance, population genetic structure and acoustic monitoring of Australian snubfin and humpback dolphins in regions within the Kimberley

This WAMSI 2 project complements wider research programs which aim to increase our understanding of the distribution, abundance and population connectivity of Australian snubfin (Orcaella heinsohni) and humpback (Sousa sahulenis) dolphins, including the development of new research and monitoring methods. 
In this project, we: 
(i) collected genetic samples from snubfin and humpback dolphins at selected locations in the Kimberley and assessed the connectivity between these and previously sampled populations elsewhere in north-western Australian waters; 
(ii) collected boat-based sightings and photo-identification data to assess the relative abundance of snubfin and humpback dolphins at selected locations in the Kimberley region; and, 
(iii) investigated the application of passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) as an effective technique for monitoring these species, including: characterisation of the underwater soundscape of two Kimberley locations; and, the collection of data on the acoustic repertoire and vocalisation rates of snubfin and humpback dolphins. 
Our results provide managers and policy-makers with valuable data on the relative importance of several sites within the Kimberley region to snubfin and humpback dolphins, along with an improved understanding of the connectivity of populations and the appropriate geographic scales at which to manage them. We have shown that PAM provides a method of effectively detecting snubfin and humpback dolphins in high-use areas, and have increased the information base from which to further develop PAM towards more quantitative and species-specific monitoring of these dolphins.
Our collaborative approach included training and participation by Yawuru, Bardi-Jawi, Dambimangari and Balanggarra Traditional Owners, and a Marine Park Joint Management team. This has resulted in an improved understanding and capacity of relevant local land and sea managers to collect data on these poorly-understood species within remote areas, and laid the foundation for ongoing research in the Kimberley region.

Tags: Biopsy sample data, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Population Dynamics, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Range Changes, Biosphere | Zoology | Mammals, Passive acoustic monitoring data, Relative abundance
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Peel-Harvey Estuarine System Overview

A CD-ROM and webpage were created to consolidate information and data about the Peel-Harvey Estuarine System in south-western Australia. The CD-ROM has an ISBN: 0-86905-791-X.  The CD-ROM and webpage contain the same information.

Tags: Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Estuarine Habitat, Human Dimensions | Habitat Conversion/Fragmentation | Eutrophication, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Estuaries, Oceans | Water Quality | Nutrients
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Parent record: Flow patterns within Jervis Bay: Winter deployment of current meters

This record describes components of the 'Jervis Bay Baseline Studies' project conducted by the Department of Defence, CSIRO and Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA). The initial aims of the project were to obtain current and wind observations from Jervis bay over a six week period in order to detail the wind driven circulation and provide a data set for comparison with the numerical modelling work being simultaneously undertaken. However, after this initial experiment it became clear that there were significant currents in the bay that are not simply related to direct wind forcing. Therefore, alternative mechanisms for driving the flow had to be investigated, through the measurement programs and data analysis, as well as through numerical modelling. The result was a series of approximately six separate experiments aiming to define the water circulation around the bay and through the bay entrance, to gain an understanding of the processes that drive the currents, and to investigate the influence of stratification on the nature of the currents.
The second of these six experiments concentrated on the flow patterns within the bay during the winter months, when the waters are only weakly thermally stratified. This winter mooring program was run as two deployments of current meters, from 10th July to 30th August and from 12th September to 30th October 1990, along with a meteorological station measuring winds and atmospheric pressure at Governor Head. [Given that this meteorological data bridges all six experiments, the data collected is described in a separate metadata record and will not be considered further.] 
Two moorings were maintained with each deployment. In the first deployment (10/7/90 - 30/8/90) the south-central mooring contained 3 current meters and the northeast mooring 2 current meters. The second deployment (12/9/90 - 30/10/90) repeated the south-central mooring but the northeast mooring was moved south from near Green Point to off Honeymoon Bay.
As this is a parent record, no data is available to download. A pdf outlining the structure and hierarchy of metadata records relating to this project is available through this record. Also available is a pdf of a published working paper documenting this experiment and the results. There are four subsidiary records that directly relate to this parent, through which the data is provided (see hierarchical tree): 
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Tags: Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Ocean Currents, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Salinity, Oceans | Tides | Tidal Currents
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - Ocean Radar Facility

The Ocean Radar (formerly known as the Australian Coastal Ocean Radar Network (ACORN)) facility comprises a coordinated network of HF radars delivering real-time, non-quality controlled and delayed-mode, quality controlled surface current data into a national archive. 
Based on experience in Europe and the USA, deployment of these radars is expected to make a profound change to coastal ocean research in Australia. HF radar provides unprecedented time-resolved surface current maps over the monitoring sites for physical and biological ocean research. 
Deployment of the radars is in support of regional nodes where there is a range of identified questions concerned with boundary currents and associated eddies and their interactions with shelf water and topography. In turn these are linked to productivity, connectivity of biological populations and phenomena such as coral bleaching and diseases. It provides a basis for applied research in wave prediction and offers test sites for hydrodynamic modelling. 
The equipment comprises long-range WERA and medium-range WERA systems and long-range SeaSonde systems, and associated spares and transport infrastructure. An existing system that was installed by James Cook University in the Capricorn/Bunker region around Heron Island on the Great Barrier Reef was integrated into the network. An HF radar acquisition by a consortium led by South Australian Research and Development Institute in South Australia was also integrated into the network.

Tags: Atmosphere | Atmospheric Winds | Surface Winds, Doppler Frequency, IMOS Facility | Ocean Radar, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Coral Reefs, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Eddies, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Ocean Currents, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Upwelling, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Wind-driven Circulation, Oceans | Ocean Waves | Sea State, Oceans | Ocean Waves | Significant Wave Height, Oceans | Ocean Waves | Swells, Oceans | Ocean Waves | Wave Frequency, Oceans | Ocean Waves | Wave Length, Oceans | Ocean Waves | Wave Period, Oceans | Ocean Waves | Wave Spectra, Oceans | Ocean Waves | Wave Speed/direction, Oceans | Ocean Waves | Wind Waves, Oceans | Ocean Winds | Surface Winds, Physical Oceanography, Radiance Or Imagery | Radio Wave | Radio Wave, SeaSonde (CODAR) HF Radar | Amplitude Direction Finding, WERA HF Radar | Phased Array
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - National Mooring Network - Queensland and Northern Australia Capricorn Channel (GBRCCH) Mooring

The QLD Capricorn Channel Mooring (IMOS Platform Code: GBRCCH) is one of five moorings, offshore from Gladstone in Queensland, Australia at Latitude: -22.408, Longitude: 151.993 (approximate, adjustments with each deployment).
The mooring’s sensors are adjusted and potentially change with each deployment, below is an example from 2010:
- SBE19Plus CTD
- RDI Workhorse ADCP
- 3x SBE39 temperature recorders
- 2x WetLabs Water Quality Meters

Tags: Biosphere | Microbiota | Plankton, Buoys | Moored Buoys, CTD (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth Profilers), Current Meters/Profilers | Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP), Fluorometers, IMOS Platform | GBRCCH | Capricorn Channel Mooring, 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, moles_of_oxygen_per_unit_mass_in_sea_water, optical_backscattering_coefficient, sea_water_pressure, sea_water_speed, sea_water_temperature
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Regional fish recruitment and benthic habitat surveys, Great Barrier Reef

Fish recruitment was surveyed in 5 regions of the Great Barrier Reef, located between 16°S and 24°S, in April of 1985, 1986 and 1987. Five reefs were surveyed in four regions (Cairns, Townsville, Whitsundays and Swains) and 7 reefs were surveyed in the Capricorn-Bunker region. Within each region, reefs separated by distances of several km to tens of km were sampled. These reefs had been originally selected in 1984 as presenting a consistent reef slope habitat, to minimise habitat differences amongst reefs.The oblique reef slopes of these 27 reefs were sampled. At each of 3 haphazardly-chosen locations, 8 transects (40 x 2m) were laid out parallel to the reef crest, within a depth zone of 5 to 8 m. The transect length was then swum and the new recruits of a selected list of species counted.In addition, the benthos occurring at each 1m interval along each transect was recorded in order to characterize the benthic habitat.
 This research was undertaken to investigate spatial and temporal variability in fish recruitment on the Great Barrier Reef.
 The reefs surveyed were:Cairns Region; Arlington Reef, Hastings Reef, Michaelmas Cay, Moore Reef and Thetford ReefTownsville Region; Davies Reef, John Brewer Reef, Lodestone Reef, Rib Reef and Wheeler ReefWhitsundays Region; Reef No. 19-131, Reef No. 19-138, Reef No. 20-104, Hook Island and Showers ReefSwains Region; Reef No. 21-583, Chinaman Reef, Dicks Reef, Horseshoe Reef and Sanctuary ReefCapricorn-Bunker Region; Fairfax Island, Fitzroy Reef, Heron Island, Lady Musgrave Island, LLewellyn Reef, One Tree Island and Wistari Reef

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Oceanica’s Perth Coastal Waters Imagery 2004

High resolution (0.5m) rectified aerial photography of Perth Metropolitan coastal waters between Two Rocks and Singleton, extending 6 km offshore and including all of Owen Anchorage and Cockburn Sound. Photography was undertaken during favourable atmospheric and oceanographic conditions, allowing excellent light penetration through the water column, yielding high quality imagery of benthic habitats in the region.  This was undertaken 12th March 2004.

Tags: aerial, orthophotograph, coastal, marine
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Heron Island Sensor Relay Pole 3 (RP3)

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 3. 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 - 130Logger 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
AIMS Photo Transects - Yonge Reef Coral Communities From 1981 To 2007

Starting in the early 1980s, thirty-two permanent photographed sites were established by AIMS to learn about the dynamic behavior of coral communities in the full variety of reef-zones from sheltered nearshore reefs in turbid waters through to the slopes and surf zones of outer reefs, each of which has its own distinctive assemblage of corals.  With allied field studies, it was established that in the last two decades of the 20th Century, GBR coral communities exhibited substantial resilience (in terms of restoration of prior percent cover and composition) following disturbances such as floods, crown-of-thorns starfish and cyclone-generated waves. There is presently little basis for setting resilience targets for coral reefs, especially in relation to the great variety of environmental settings and reef-types within the Great Barrier Reef.  This project will help scientists provide a much stronger evidence base for the setting of targets and evaluating contemporaneous changes compared to more benign years of late last century.
Eight photo-stations were established at Yonge Reef in 1981. This reef, visited during the historic 1928-29 Great Barrier Reef Expedition, is named after the expedition&rsquo;s leader Sir Maurice Charles Yonge.  https://www.jcu.edu.au/library/specials/yonge-collection
Yonge Reef is a 7 km long ribbon reef east of Lizard Island.  Its reef flat is exposed at extreme low tides, and its morphology is a product of prolific coral growth on its margins, intertidal flats and slopes.  The photo-stations sample coral communities in reef flats and slopes on both eastern and western margins of the reef.  
The photo-stations were established at depths ranging from 2 to 39 metres.  There are eight photo-stations, each comprising 3 &ndash; 4 overlapping rows of stereo-pairs, and each photographed up to 19 years between 1981 and 2007.  Access to the sites was extremely weather and tide dependent, which accounts for differences among the sites in their frequency of visitation.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
RAN CTD Profile Data - HMAS LEEUWIN ProjectID: HI446(C)LEE_H From: 2009-02-04 To: 2009-02-05

This dataset contains quality controlled vertical profiles of pressure, temperature and salinity measured by a Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) probe. The dataset contains 2 CTD profiles (casts) obtained during RAN Hydrographic Survey cruise HI446(C)LEE_H from HMAS LEEUWIN. 
The CTD was manufactured by Falmouth Scientific and is the "2-inch Micro CTD" model. This CTD type is referred to operationally as the HS_CTD. This CTD is fitted within an inductive type conductivity cell, a platinum thermometer and silicon pressure sensor.
The CTD temperature sensor is calibrated on the ITS-90 temperature scale against a master CTD using a controlled temperature bath. The pressure sensor is calibrated using a Druck Pressure Calibrator. The conductivity sensor is calibrated in a temperature controlled bath against seawater samples of known conductivity.
The HS_CTD is lowered and raised by a hand winch sampling at a rate of 1.83 Hz. Data files were recorded in the downcast and upcast direction but most data is from downcasts due to higher quality. 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 and converted to netCDF format files. 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
Endofauna differences between two temperate marine sponges from southwest Australia

The endofaunal assemblages associated with two species of sponge from the family Chalinidae (Haliclona sp. 1 and Haliclona sp. 2) were studied at four locations (Bremer Bay, Hamelin Bay, Rottnest Island, and Jurien Bay) during the Australian summer (December-March) of 2005/2006.  The volume of each sponge was determined using underwater stereo camera, endofauna were counted and weighed and internal space of each host sponge was measured.

Tags: 10 099000, Biosphere | Zoology | Sponges, Haliclona sp., endofauna, sponge
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Draft - WAMSI 2 - Dredging Node - 2/3 - 3 - Transport Processes (Lab)

This sub-project 'Transport Processes' - 2/3 - 3 aims to build on ‘conventional’ knowledge and formulations of sediment transport over open (bare) sandy beds, to develop new transport formulations applicable to a broad range of bottom types. 
The objectives of sub-project (2/3).3 are therefore to; 
1) Develop new fundamental empirical relationships of sediment deposition and erosion rates applicable to a range of habitat types (e.g. coral reefs, seagrasses, etc.) as function of local hydrodynamics (waves and currents), physical properties of the sediment and bottom roughness/canopy characteristics.
2) Provide direct field measures of sediment fluxes, settlement and resuspension rates (both natural and dredge-generated) under real hydrodynamic forcing.
3) Incorporate new sediment transport routines applicable to a range of habitat types (developed in (1) and (2), within a community (open source) hydrodynamic and sediment transport model such as Delft3D or ROMS. In the future this new module could then easily be incorporated into any existing model.
This metadata focussed specifically on lab experiments, so excludes objective 2.

Tags: ADV, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Sediment Transport, canopy arrays, laboratory tests, microPro, sediment bed, sediment transport, shear stress
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Great Sandy Marine Park benthic habitat 2019

An indicative map of the various benthic (sea floor) habitats that occur in the Great Sandy Marine Park (GSMP) was developed in 2019 to support a comprehensive review of the GSMP zoning plan and day to day management of the marine park. GSMP is a Queensland state marine park that extends from Baffle Creek in the north to Double Island Point in the south and includes the tidal waters of Hervey Bay, the Great Sandy Strait and Tin Can Bay and waters seaward to three nautical miles.
The habitat map was the outcome of a benthic habitat mapping project in the initial stages of the zoning plan review, that applied the Queensland intertidal and subtidal ecosystem classification scheme to identify and map the marine park’s habitat types.
The marine park’s habitat types were derived from “The intertidal and subtidal habitat mapping for Central Queensland” dataset which provides seascape scale ecosystem mapping for Central Queensland state waters extending from the mouth of the Fitzroy River down to Double Island Point. Each ecosystem type is based on information about eight biophysical attributes that drive ecosystem type: benthic depth, inundation, energy magnitude, consolidation, substrate composition, sediment texture, terrain morphology and structural macrobiota. For further information about this dataset see the Wetlandinfo website https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/
An expert panel was convened to assist GSMP project staff in identifying a broad list of ecological attributes or characteristics and the different combinations of these, that would most likely determine the types of benthic habitats likely to occur in GSMP. These were further refined to identify marine park habitat types specifically for marine park management. The final marine park typology and map of 23 habitat types, was refined throughout the zoning plan review process due to newly available data, expert input and local knowledge.
View the original metadata record at https://qldspatial.information.qld.gov.au/catalogue/custom/viewMetadataDetails.page?uuid=%7BCA73B01A-1391-4701-98CB-B72E5FB54845%7D

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
OSU Buoy Group: Drake Passage current 1977-78

Data from moorings that were in place for at least 6 months in deep water and include meteorological data, pressure records and temperature records gathered by the Oregon State University (OSU) Buoy Group over a span of more than 35 years. In addition, included are a number of electronic (i.e., browser-formatted) data reports.
This dataset relates to current meter records from the 3rd year phase of the 5 year OSU/TAMU experiment.
Other links available on this site will take you to the collection of data reports, an historical retrospective of the Buoy Group and instructions on how to download the data for the following:

Atlantic Ocean data
Pacific Ocean data
Indian Ocean data
Southern Ocean data 
Electronic data reports
History of the Group
How to use this disk


Tags: Buoy world ocean, Deep water mooring, Oceans | Bathymetry | Water Depth, Oceans | Ocean Pressure | Sea Level Pressure, Oceans | Ocean Pressure | Water Pressure, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Sea Surface Temperature, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Conductivity, Oceans | Salinity/density | Salinity, SOUTHERN OCEAN, beam_attenuation_coefficient, direction_of_sea_water_velocity, sea_water_electrical_conductivity, sea_water_pressure, sea_water_speed, sea_water_temperature, sea_water_u_velocity, sea_water_v_velocity
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network