AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Australian shelf sediment transport responses to climate change-driven ocean perturbations.

How will Australia's shelf and coastal seabed respond to climatic stress? Climate change is likely to impact ocean circulation, ocean temperature and salinity and sea-level fluctuations. Recent global ocean models have increased in reliability and predictability, with considerable advances in coupling climatic, oceanographic and sedimentary processes. Several models have been successful in reproducing surface sediment transport in both coastal and deep-sea areas. However, studies have yet to attempt a predictive assessment of how climate change influences long-term regional seabed responses. Using a process-based stratigraphic forward model, we have developed a method that could be applied worldwide to assess the impact of climate change-driven ocean perturbations on the seabed. Here, we present results of a fifty-year seabed sediment transport forecast of selected regions of the Australian Shelf. The results depict changes to sediment composition and seabed topography as a consequence of climate change-driven sediment mobility, erosion and carbonate growth. The predicted maximum of seabed changes is around 2m of erosion or accretion over the next fifty years. Most of the near-shore seabed sediments are coarsening due to combined effects of waves and tides. Increasing floods, storms and cyclonic events lead to significant changes to many coral reefs.

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Tags: Perth Canyon, Seabed sediments, australian marine park, climate change, ocean circulation, ocean temperature
Organization: Parks Australia
Endemic or introduced? Phylogeography of Asparagopsis (Florideophyceae) in Australia reveals multiple introductions and a new mitochondrial lineage.

The red seaweed Asparagopsis taxiformis embodies five cryptic mitochondrial lineages (lineage 1–5) introduced worldwide as a consequence of human mediated transport and climate change. We compared globally collected mitochondrial cox2-3 intergenic spacer sequences with sequences produced from multiple Australian locations and South Korea to identify Asparagopsis lineages and to reveal cryptic introductions. We report A. taxiformis lineage 4 from Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia, and the highly invasive Indo-Pacific Mediterranean lineage 2 from South Korea and Lord Howe Island, Australia. Phylogeographic analysis showed a clear haplotype and geographic separation between western Australian and Great Barrier Reef (GBR) isolates belonging to the recently described lineage 5. The same lineage, however, was characterized by a substantial genetic and geographic break between the majority of Australian specimens and Asparagopsis collections from South Solitary Island, Southern GBR, Lord Howe Island, Kermadec Islands, Norfolk Island, New Caledonia and French Polynesia. The disjunct geographic distribution and sequence divergence between these two groups supports the recognition of a sixth cryptic A. taxiformis mitochondrial lineage. As climatic changes accelerate the relocation of biota and offer novel niches for colonization, periodic surveys for early detection of cryptic invasive seaweeds will be critical in determining whether eradication or effective containment of the aliens are feasible.

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Tags: Australian marine parks, Endemic species, Invasive Species, asparagopsis taxiformis, climate change, norfolk, red seaweed
Organization: Parks Australia
Toward a Social Science Research Agenda for Large Marine Protected Areas

Large marine protected areas (LMPAs) are a high-profile trend in global marine conservation. Although the social sciences have become well integrated into marine protected area research and practice, human dimensions considerations have not been an early priority in the development of many LMPAs. This article argues that because LMPAs exhibit unique characteristics in form, function, and/or conceptualization, they warrant a distinct social science research agenda. We outline an agenda for social science research on and for LMPAs in four related themes: scoping of human dimensions, governance, politics, and social and economic outcomes. The article is informed by interviews, participant observation at the 2014 World Parks Congress, a literature review and the authors’ research experiences.  LMPAs are at an early stage in what promises to be a globally significant, long-term project of ocean conservation and governance. There is a timely opportunity to translate relevant insights from decades of social science research to LMPAs and generate new knowledge, where necessary, to give them their best chance at biological and social success.

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Tags: Australian marine parks, large marine protected areas, marine conservation, norfolk
Organization: Parks Australia
City Plan 2014 — QPP Codes — reference

This dataset is available on Brisbane City Council’s open data website – data.brisbane.qld.gov.au. The site provides additional features for viewing and interacting with the data and for downloading the data in various formats.  

Brisbane City Plan 2014 is Brisbane City Council's plan for the future development of Brisbane. Brisbane City Plan 2014 is regularly updated with new or amended information. To stay informed about City Plan, including proposed amendments and to receive other Council planning and development updates, you can register your interest. Select the 'Planning and development box'.   

QPP stands for Queensland Planning Provisions. The QPP codes in this CSV file are used internally by Brisbane City Council.   

The codes are an abbreviation for the long descriptions used in the City Plan 2014 neighbourhood plans, zoning and overlays datasets.   

These codes may not be maintained and may also be discontinued to coincide with future system changes. These codes are not essential to Brisbane City Plan.

QPP stands for Queensland Planning Provisions. The QPP codes in this CSV file are used internally by Brisbane City Council. The codes are an abbreviation for the long descriptions used in the City Plan 2014 neighbourhood plans, zoning and overlays datasets.

These codes may not be maintained and may also be discontinued to coincide with future system changes. These codes are not essential to Brisbane City Plan.  

Metadata descriptions for the resource in this dataset is called Brisbane City Plan 2014 — QPP Codes — reference — metadata — Flag value — CSV.

Tags: brisbane city plan 2014, overlay, planning
Organization: Brisbane City Council
Flexible foraging behaviour in a marine predator, the Masked booby (Sula dactylatra), according to foraging locations and environmental conditions.

Flexible foraging behaviour allows marine predators to exploit shifting prey diversity and adjust to spatio-temporal changes in the distribution of prey. In diving marine predators, the number of dives within a dive bout, distances between dives in a bout and distances between bouts have been related to prey patch size, density of prey patches and prey encounter rates, respectively. In addition, the predictability of prey encounters can be examined by studying individuals' foraging site fidelity. Based on this, we examined in chick-rearing Masked boobies (Sula dactylatra) from Phillip Island (South-west Pacific), Australia, using GPS and depth–acceleration data logger, how these parameters changed over time (two early breeding phases and one late phase over two years) and according to foraging locations and environmental conditions. Results revealed that birds foraged in two distinct areas: over a nearby shallow shelf (“local area”) and over distant deeper waters (“distant area”). Birds searched for prey in the distant area only during the two latest study periods, indicating less favourable foraging conditions within the local area during this time, although persistent higher chlorophyll-a concentrations in the local area were indicative of an upwelling. Our data suggest that birds experienced a trade-off between local and distant trips: although the strong foraging site fidelity within the local area suggests that prey encounters were predictable, smaller dive bouts indicated smaller prey patches, i.e. less prey nearby the colony during the two latest study periods. As a consequence, adults undertook distant trips to forage in larger prey patches, as inferred from larger dive bouts, but distances between these dive bouts were more variable and birds showed no foraging site fidelity, indicating less predictable prey encounters. Local trips presumably allow a high feeding frequency of the chick, while distant trips allow adults to replenish their own body reserves. Observed changes in foraging conditions, although the underlying causes were not determined, appear to be within the eco-physiological limitations of Masked boobies. However, further studies are required to determine the degree of this limitation, especially as changes in the spatio-temporal availability of prey can be expected to increase with global warming and changing oceanic processes.

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This publication was previously made available via the Australian Marine Parks Science Atlas and is provided here to maintain access following the decommissioning of that platform


Tags: Australian marine parks, MARINE PREDATORS, foraging behaviour, masked booby, norfolk, sula dactylatra
Organization: Parks Australia
Population connectivity and the effectiveness of marine protected areas to protect vulnerable, exploited and endemic coral reef fishes at an endemic hotspot

Marine protected areas (MPAs) aim to mitigate anthropogenic impacts by conserving biodiversity and preventing overfishing. The effectiveness of MPAs depends on population connectivity patterns between protected and non-protected areas. Remote islands are endemism hotspots for coral reef fishes and provide rare examples of coral reefs with limited fishing pressure. This study explored population genetic connectivity across a network of protected and non-protected areas for the endemic wrasse, Coris bulbifrons, which is listed as “vulnerable” by the IUCN due to its small, decreasing geographic range and declining abundance. Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and microsatellite DNA (msatDNA) markers were used to estimate historic and contemporary gene flow to determine the level of population self-replenishment and to measure genetic and genotypic diversity among all four locations in the species range (south-west Pacific Ocean)—Middleton Reef (MR), Elizabeth Reef (ER), Lord Howe Island (LHI) and Norfolk Island (NI). MPAs exist at MR and LHI and are limited or non-existent at ER and NI, respectively. There was no obvious differentiation in mtDNA among locations, however, msatDNA revealed differentiation between the most peripheral (NI) and all remaining locations (MR, ER and LHI). Despite high mtDNA connectivity (M = 259–1,144), msatDNA connectivity was limited (M = 3–9) with high self-replenishment (68–93 %) at all locations. NI is the least connected and heavily reliant on self-replenishment, and the absence of MPAs at NI needs to be rectified to ensure the persistence of endemic species at this location. Other endemic fishes exhibit similar patterns of high self-replenishment across the four locations, indicating that a single spatial management approach consisting of a MPA network protecting part of each location could provide reasonable protection for these species. Thus, the existing network of MPAs at this endemic hotspot appears adequate at some locations, but not at all.

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Tags: australian marine parks, endemism, genetic diveristy, marine protected areas, norfolk, overfishing
Organization: Parks Australia
Land Use Code and Rating Category — Definitions — 2024–2025

This dataset is available on Brisbane City Council’s open data website – data.brisbane.qld.gov.au. The site provides additional features for viewing and interacting with the data and for downloading the data in various formats.  

Land use code definitions are used to determine the differential rating categorisation for properties across Brisbane City Council.

The land use code indicates the predominant use for which the property is utilised or adapted to be utilised by virtue of its structure, fixtures and fittings or particular improvements and is an indicator of the property's specific rating criteria.

The land use code is part of the Council's property record held in the core land database and indicates the predominant use for which the property is utilised or adapted to be utilised by virtue of its structure, fixtures and fittings or particular improvements and is an indicator of the property's specific rating criteria.

The primary land use code identifies the predominant use for which the property is utilised and is an indicator of the property’s specific rating category, while the secondary land use code applied where a lesser use is also engaged on the property.

The specific rating criteria are used to identify into which Differential Rating Category a property will be placed in accordance with the annual Resolution of Rates and Charges.

In determining the predominant use, consideration will be given but not limited to the Visual, Spatial and Economic aspects of the land. Area is not the principal basis for determining the predominant use. The predominant use may be determined and applied during the construction phase of a structure and will be identified by its ultimate land use code followed by a secondary land use code of 01.

Rating category definitions are used to determine the rating of properties across Brisbane City Council.

Rating category definitions are contained in the Resolution of Rates and Charges which is the formal resolution that sets out the various rates levied by Council and any associated charges.

Resolution of rates and charges tables are used in identifying the rating categories and charges for rateable properties across Brisbane City Council for the financial year.

Information in this dataset relating to land use code definitions or relating to rating category definitions must be read in conjunction with the Resolution of Rates and Charges section of the Annual Plan and Budget 2024-25. Annual Plan and Budget documents are available on the Brisbane City Council website.

For more information about Brisbane City Council’s budget, please visit www.brisbane.qld.gov.au or phone Council’s Contact Centre on (07) 3403 8888.

Tags: land, land use codes, property, rates, rating category
Organization: Brisbane City Council
Flows in the Tasman front south of Norfolk island.

The Tasman Front is a narrow band of eastward flowing subtropical water crossing the Tasman Sea from Australia to North Cape, New Zealand. It is the link between the two subtropical western boundary currents of the South Pacific, the East Australian Current (EAC) off eastern Australia, and the East Auckland Current (EAUC) off northeastern New Zealand. Here we report the first direct measurements of flow in the Tasman Front from a moored array deployed across gaps in the submarine ridges south of Norfolk Island and hydrographic and ADCP measurements during the deployment and recovery voyages. The mean flow through the array over July 2003 to August 2004 was found to be eastward only in the upper 800 m with a transport of ∼6 Sv. Below 800 m a weak westward mean flow (∼1.5 Sv) was measured, associated with Antarctic Intermediate Water (AAIW). Using sea surface height to account for additional transport south of the moored array results in a total mean eastward transport between Norfolk Island and North Cape, New Zealand of ∼8 Sv, varying between −4 and 18 Sv. The measurements show that the Tasman Front is much shallower than either the EAC or EAUC, both of which extend below 2000 m depth, has less transport than either the EAC or EAUC and has instances of flow reversal. Thus, the Tasman Front is a weaker connection between the EAC and EAUC than the paradigm of a contiguous South Pacific western boundary current system would suggest.

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Tags: Australian marine parks, east auckland current, norfolk, subtropical water, tasman front, the East Australian Current - EAC
Organization: Parks Australia
Asessing the Effectiveness of Tramp Ant Projects to Reduce Impacts on Biodiversity

This review examines six major tramp ant abatement programs funded in part by CfOC, targeting red imported fire ants, electric ants, yellow crazy ants (in Arnhem Land and Christmas Island), African big‑headed ants, and Argentine ants across multiple Australian regions. It evaluates their management and control strategies, biodiversity impacts, and approaches to community engagement. All programs rely heavily on surveillance and toxic baiting, with most aiming for eradication despite operating at spatial scales far larger than typical successful eradications globally. While significant progress has been achieved—such as reduced infestation areas, local eradications, and declining colony detections—none of the programs have yet completed eradication or long-term containment within the evaluated funding period.
The review highlights substantial risks posed by these invasive ants to native biodiversity, including widespread impacts on invertebrates and documented or predicted population declines across multiple taxa. Although some recovery of native species has been observed following control efforts, biodiversity monitoring remains limited across most programs, with insufficient attention to non-target effects and long-term ecological outcomes. Community engagement has proven critical for early detection and containment, particularly in larger eradication programs where public reporting plays a significant role.
Overall, the findings indicate that while tram ant management efforts are appropriate and necessary, their long-term success depends on sustained funding, improved monitoring of biodiversity outcomes, integration of research and adaptive management, and stronger national coordination. The review underscores the importance of early intervention, continuous surveillance, and community participation, and identifies opportunities for expanding abatement efforts to other high-risk infestations.

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Tags: Australian marine parks, Biodiveristy, Invasive Species, Yellow Crazy Ant, community engagement, eradication program, norfolk, tramp ant
Organization: Parks Australia
Limited contemporary gene flow and high self-replenishment drives peripheral isolation in an endemic coral reef fish

Extensive ongoing degradation of coral reef habitats worldwide has lead to declines in abundance of coral reef fishes and local extinction of some species. Those most vulnerable are ecological specialists and endemic species. Determining connectivity between locations is vital to understanding recovery and long-term persistence of these species following local extinction. This study explored population connectivity in the ecologically-specialized endemic three-striped butterflyfish (Chaetodon tricinctus) using mt and msatDNA (nuclear microsatellites) to distinguish evolutionary versus contemporary gene flow, estimate self-replenishment and measure genetic diversity among locations at the remote Australian offshore coral reefs of Middleton Reef (MR), Elizabeth Reef (ER), Lord Howe Island (LHI), and Norfolk Island (NI). Mt and msatDNA suggested genetic differentiation of the most peripheral location (NI) from the remaining three locations (MR, ER, LHI). Despite high levels of mtDNA gene flow, there is limited msatDNA gene flow with evidence of high levels of self-replenishment (≥76%) at all four locations. Taken together, this suggests prolonged population recovery times following population declines. The peripheral population (NI) is most vulnerable to local extinction due to its relative isolation, extreme levels of self-replenishment (95%), and low contemporary abundance.

Tags: Australian marine parks, coral reef, ecological recovery, gene flow, local extinction, norfolk, reef fish, self replenishment
Organization: Parks Australia