18 APIs from Western Australian Marine Science Institution

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18 APIs from Western Australian Marine Science Institution

1. WAMSI 2 - Kimberley Node - Project 2.2.3 - Benthic community production and response to environmental forcing

   Western Australian Marine Science Institution · Updated 2025-09-14

   The goal of Project 2.2.3 was to understand how benthic primary production on fringing reefs in the Kimberley is related to the physical environment (e.g. light, temperature, water motion) as well as…

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2. WAMSI 2 Kimberley Node: Project 1.2.5 Integrating Indigenous knowledge and survey techniques to develop a baseline for dugong (Dugong dugon) management in the Kimberely

   Western Australian Marine Science Institution · Updated 2025-06-23

   Dugongs (Dugong dugon) are listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened species and as other specially protected fauna in WA under Schedule 7 of the Wildlife Conservation (Specially Protect…

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3. WAMSI 2 - Kimberley Node - 1.2.3 - Distribution, abundance, critical habitat and population growth rates of saltwater crocodile populations in the Kimberley region

   Western Australian Marine Science Institution · Updated 2025-06-23

   This project aims to: To count saltwater crocodiles in the Kimberley region; To survey Kimberley waters that have never been surveyed for crocodiles e.g. Drysdale River and Walcott Inlet To calculate…

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4. WAMSI 2 - Kimberley Node - Project 2.2.1 Bio-physical Oceanography of the Kimberley

   Western Australian Marine Science Institution · Updated 2025-06-23

   WAMSI Kimberley Research Projects The Western Australian Government has declared an intention to establish a number of MPAs in the Kimberley region to preserve and manage its unique biodiversity and c…

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5. WAMSI 2 - Kimberley Node - Project 1.1.2 - Key ecological processes in Kimberley benthic communities: recruitment and herbivory, Western Australia

   Western Australian Marine Science Institution · Updated 2025-06-23

   Identify the timing of coral and fish replenishment (recruitment of young) in the Kimberley. Determine the significance and impact of algal and seagrass eating species (herbivores) on the Kimberley ma…

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6. WAMSI 2 - Kimberley Node - Project 2.1.1 - Human use patterns and impacts in the coastal waters of the western Kimberley

   Western Australian Marine Science Institution · Updated 2025-06-23

   Aerial surveys were undertaken throughout the Kimberley for a 12-month period from November 2012 – October 2013. The three main survey areas incorporated into the sampling design were Camden Sound, Da…

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7. WAMSI 2 - Kimberley Node - Project 2.2.2 - Pathways to Production: Biogeochemical Processes in Kimberley Coastal Waters

   Western Australian Marine Science Institution · Updated 2025-06-23

   One of the few remaining pristine coastal environments in the world, the Kimberley is highly valued for its biodiversity, cultural values, tourism and fisheries. The biodiversity of the Kimberley coas…

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8. WAMSI 2 - Kimberley Node - 2.2.4 - Benthic primary productivity: production and herbivory of seagrasses, macroalgae and microalgae - Non-CSIRO

   Western Australian Marine Science Institution · Updated 2025-06-23

   This research addressed seagrass, macroalgal and microalgal abundance, biomass and productivity for the Sunday Island Group (in the Buccaneer Archipelago, Western Australia) and also assessed rates of…

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9. WAMSI 2 - Kimberley Node - Project 2.2.1 Physical oceanographic dynamics in the Kimberley

   Western Australian Marine Science Institution · Updated 2025-06-23

   The physical oceanographic environment of the morphologically complex Kimberley coast is globally unique with deep and narrow inlets and extensive island archipelagos interacting with a macrotidal reg…

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10. WAMSI 2 - Kimberley Node - 1.2.6 - Evaluating the impacts of local and international pressures on migratory shorebirds in Roebuck Bay and Eighty-Mile Beach

    Western Australian Marine Science Institution · Updated 2025-06-23

    The tidal flats of the Kimberley coast support the largest populations of migratory shorebirds in Australia. Eighty Mile Beach and Roebuck Bay are the most important shorebird sites in the region, reg…

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11. WAMSI 2 - Kimberley Node - Project 2.2.6 - Terrestrial-Ocean Linkages - Pawsey

    Western Australian Marine Science Institution · Updated 2025-06-23

    This project aimed to understand how dissolved and particulate material from freshwater systems in the Kimberley are transported by the tides and currents into the coastal marine environment and wheth…

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12. WAMSI 2 - Kimberley Node - 1.3.2 - Climate Change Reef Calcification

    Western Australian Marine Science Institution · Updated 2025-06-23

    The overall objectives of this project are to understand how corals, the key ecosystem engineers on tropical reefs, have adapted and will respond in the future to the extreme variations in physical (e…

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13. WAMSI 2 - Kimberley Node - Project 1.2.2 - Key biological indices required to understand and manage nesting sea turtles along the Kimberley coast

    Western Australian Marine Science Institution · Updated 2025-06-23

    The main components of the project were: - Determine distribution, abundance, seasonality, and the duration and peak of nesting season for Kimberley sea turtles - Collect biological information on key…

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14. 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

    Western Australian Marine Science Institution · Updated 2025-06-23

    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) a…

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15. Surveys of deep water benthic communities using towed video in Ningaloo Marine Park, Western Australia (WAMSI Node 3 Project 1 Subproject 3.1.1)

    Western Australian Marine Science Institution · Updated 2025-06-23

    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 benthic communities in th…

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16. WAMSI 2 – Kimberley Node – Project 2.2.6 - Terrestrial-Ocean Linkages: The role of rivers and estuaries in sustaining marine productivity in the Kimberley

    Western Australian Marine Science Institution · Updated 2025-06-23

    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 of freshwater enter co…

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17. WAMSI 2 - Kimberley Node - Project 1.2.1b - Monitoring of Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) at Pender Bay, southern Kimberley region

    Western Australian Marine Science Institution · Updated 2025-06-23

    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 Kimberley for breeding. G…

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18. WAMSI 2 - Kimberley Node - Project 1.3.1 - Reef Growth and Maintenance

    Western Australian Marine Science Institution · Updated 2025-06-23

    The goal of this project was to gain a regional understanding of the geomorphology of the Kimberley coral reefs, including their interaction with different substrates, morphological patterns, distribu…

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