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From data.gov.au WAMSI Kimberley tri-colour scanner data - 18th September 2008
On the 18th of September 2008 a tricolour scanner (Airborne Research Australia/AWI Airborne Tri-spectral Scanner System) collected data from part of the Kimberley (Montgomery... -
From data.gov.au WAMSI 2 - Dredging Node - Theme 8 - Effects of dredging related pressures on...
Theme 8 was conducted in 2 phases - Project 8.1 and 8.2. The objective of Project 8.1 was to review existing literature on the impacts of dredging on critical environmental... -
From data.gov.au WAMSI 2 - Kimberley Node - Project 1.2.1b - Monitoring of Humpback Whales...
Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) migrate annually along the coast of Western Australia (WA) from their summer Antarctic feeding grounds to warm tropical waters in the... -
From data.gov.au WAMSI 2 - Dredging Node - Project 7.5 - Effects of Dredging Related...
Data will be in the form of a report, which will be a secured (printable, non-editable), searchable, Portable Document Format (PDF) showing the results of the experiments.... -
From data.gov.au WAMSI Node 1.1.3 - Shelf scale primary production and nutrient uptake...
In May 2007 (the beginning of the seasonal increase in chlorophyll a concentration) we investigated the spatial distribution of primary production. C13 uptake was determined on... -
From data.gov.au WAMSI Node 3.2.3 - Biodiversity Assessment, Ecosystem Impacts of Human Usage...
This project was developed for the Ningaloo Research Program (NRP) to explore the effects of managing recreational fishing, which is perhaps the most important extractive... -
From data.gov.au WAMSI 2 Kimberley Node - Project 1.4 - Remote Sensing in support of marine...
The Kimberley region is vast, remote and difficult and expensive to access and carry out field work in. Remote sensing technologies can provide cost effective methods to gather... -
From data.gov.au WAMSI Node 3.2.1 - Diversity, abundance and habitat utilisation of sharks...
Two types of platform transmitter terminals (PTTs) were used, Wildlife Computers (Redmond, USA) smart position or temperature transmitting tag (SPOT4 or SPOT5) and SPLASH tags. -
From data.gov.au WAMSI 2 - Dredging Node - 3.1.1 - Review of Plume Characteristics
Predicting the distribution and fate for suspended sediment plumes associated with dredge operations may be achieved by advanced hydrodynamic modelling (REFS). The accuracy of... -
From data.gov.au WAMSI 2 - DREDGING NODE - PROJECT 4.4 Continuous in situ monitoring of...
Data will be in the form of a report, which will be a secured (printable, non-editable), searchable, Portable Document Format (PDF) showing the results of the analyses. The... -
From data.gov.au WAMSI 2 - Dredging Node - 3.3 - Transport Processes (Field)
This sub-project 'Transport Processes' - Project 3.3 aims to build on ‘conventional’ knowledge and formulations of sediment transport over open (bare) sandy beds, to develop new... -
From data.gov.au WAMSI 2 - Dredging Node - Project 2.2 - Estimating dredge source terms – a...
The aim of this project was to review the contemporary practice of estimating the primary source term contributions (in the context of Environmental Impact Assessment) for the... -
From data.gov.au WAMSI 2 - Dredging Node - Project 6.4 - Defining Thresholds and Indicators...
Project 6.4 - Laboratory experiments: Determine relative responses of benthic filter feeders to elevated sediment deposition, TSS and light reduction in controlled laboratory... -
From data.gov.au WAMSI Node 1.1.1 - Downscaled hydrodynamic models
This work describes the physical oceanography at successively smaller scales, from that of the eastern Indian Ocean, to the shelf from NW Cape to Cape Leeuwin, down to the... -
From data.gov.au WAMSI 2 - Dredging Node - Project 4.2 - Defining Thresholds and Indicators...
Data is in the form of a Microsoft Access database, showing the original data together with site information (GPS coordinates), date collected. Data is also in the form of a... -
From data.gov.au WAMSI 2 - Kimberley Node - Project 1.5 - Kimberley Indigenous Saltwater...
The Kimberley Indigenous Saltwater Science Project (KISSP) has produced a range of documents that seek to build capacity for collaborative management of Kimberley Saltwater... -
From data.gov.au WAMSI Pilbara hyper-spectral data - 25th September 2008
On the 25th of September 2008 a hyper-spectral scanner (AISA+ Airborne Hyperspectral System from Specim - Spectral Imaging Ltd.) collected data from near Karratha (Regnard Bay).... -
From data.gov.au WAMSI Node 3.2.2b - Diversity, abundance and distribution of intertidal...
A quantitative pilot study of the composition of the benthic community of macro-invertebrates on intertidal rocky platforms was undertaken to: a) provide detailed information on... -
From data.gov.au WAMSI 2 – Kimberley Node – Project 2.2.6 - Terrestrial-Ocean Linkages: The...
Terrestrial landscapes and coastal marine environments are linked by the rivers that flow between them. This is particularly true in the Kimberley, where each year large amounts... -
From data.gov.au Surveys of deep water benthic communities using towed video in Ningaloo...
A total of 365 towed video transects were completed in the 2006/2007 surveys. The sampling has identified a vast array of habitats and will be used for broad scale mapping of...