WAMSI Research 2006–2011

About the Program

From 2006-2011, over 250 researchers across disciplines ranging from oceanography, fisheries science and marine ecology, worked on more than 85 projects which led to achievements, including:

New discoveries of deepwater sponges off the iconic Ningaloo Reef;
A ten-fold increase in our understanding of the habitats, as well as the physical and biological processes occurring at Ningaloo Marine Park;
Development of a Tourism Destination Model for the Ningaloo Coast which will be a valuable aid in tourism planning;
Enabling the state-wide adoption of a broad scale, holistic fisheries management system (Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management) for all WA fisheries;
Increased understanding about the effects of climate variability on the Western Rock Lobster to help ensure its ongoing sustainable management;
Establishment of a WA Marine Bioresources Library and encouraging the drafting of legislation to enhance the State’s capability in managing biodiscovery and biotechnology research and investment;
Improved understanding of the oceanographic processes on coastal infrastructure and offshore structures in the North-West Shelf;
Improved understanding of how projected climate variability will impact the natural and man-made built environment as a result of sea level rise, storm surges and wave climates;
Detailed climatic and ocean current modelling leading to more accurate predictions of the effects of the Leeuwin Current on the marine environment; and
Detailed understanding of the marine ecosystems off the Perth Metropolitan Region.

Through the work of its 16 partners, WAMSI has successfully completed highly relevant, strategic, multidisciplinary research that has increased the understanding of WA’s marine environment; delivering better science to help inform decision making on some of the big picture, complex multi-sectoral issues facing Governments, industry and communities.

Program Management

Name: Dr Steve Blake
Project Role: Program Leader
Contact: info@wamsi.org.au

Name: Dr Cam Sim, Dr Kelly Waples, Ms Selina Cranley
Project Role: Science Coordinators
Contact: info@wamsi.org.au

Projects and Reports

Select from all projects within this program, or filter by theme below.

All 40 /1. Western Australian Marine Ecosystem Research 4 /2. Climate Processes, Predictability and Impacts 4 /3. Ningaloo Marine Research 18 /4. Sustainable Marine Ecosystems 6 /5. Marine Biodiscovery, Biotechnology and Aquaculture 4 /6. Ocean Science for Offshore and Coastal Engineering 4

1.0 Synthesis: Western Australian Marine Ecosystem Research

Characterise the southwest Australian marine coastal and shelf ecosystem structure, function and response to pressures.

1.1 Southwest Coastal Biochemistry

Models developed to explore influences on benthic habitats.

1.2 Coastal ecosystem characterisation

An assessment of the importance of physical forcing and ecological interactions among key functional groups.

1.3 Benthic habitat surveys of potential LNG hub locations in the Kimberley

Rapid assessment of the marine benthic communities within four locations along the Kimberley coast.

2.0 Synthesis: Climate processes, predictability and impacts

Strategic climate change research in the Indian Ocean and the sub-Antarctic Southern Ocean, upwind from WA in the westerly air-streams.

2.1 Dynamics and predictability of the Indo-Pacific Ocean

Understanding and predicting large-scale variation and change of the ocean-climate and its impact with the continental shelf.

2.2 Dynamics and impacts of the Leeuwin Current

Oceanography, multidecadal trends and quantitative heat budgets in the warming regions of the eastern Indian Ocean.

2.3 Oceanic Conditions at Ningaloo Reef

Understanding and predicting large scale variation and change of ocean-climate.

3.0 Synthesis: Managing and Conserving the Marine Estate

An intense program of collaborative research that produced an unprecedented wealth of knowledge about the iconic Ningaloo area.

3.1 Ningaloo Deepwater Communities

Benthic habitats and biologit communities in the waters deeper than 20 metres beyond the fringing reef.

3.1.2 Methods of monitoring the health of coral and fish

Coral and fish recruitment and cost effective methods that may be developed to monitor recruitment.

3.1.3 Stock assessment of lobster and octopus

The status of lobster and octopus, along the length of the Ningaloo Marine Park during 2008-9.

3.1.4 Population monitoring protocols for whale sharks

review and development of new protocols for genetic analysis of whale sharks at Ningaloo Reef.

3.2.1 Diversity, abundance and habitat of sharks and rays

Characterising the diversity, abundance and spatial dynamics of sharks and rays within different habitats and zones in the Ningaloo Marine Park.

3.2.2 Effectiveness of zoning for biodiversity conservation

Assessmento of the effectiveness of sanctuary zones in the lagoon system in protecting biodiversity and coral reef health.

3.2.2b Intertidal invertebrate species

Diversity, abundance and distribution of intertidal invertebrate species.

3.2.2c Trophic effects through herbivory at Ningaloo Reef

Variation in biodiversity along the length of the Ningaloo Marine Park.

3.2.3 Management Strategies for line fishing

An Evaluation of Management Strategies for line fishing in the Ningaloo Marine Park

3.4.1 Reef Morphology and Growth History

Reef Morphology and Growth History of the Ningaloo the reef system.

3.4.2 Characterisation of Geomorphology and Sedimentology

How ancestral features influence present day geomorphic structure of the reef and shelf.

3.5 Oceanographic processes

Characterisation and modelling of oceanographic processes.

3.8 North West Marine Research Inventory

Metadatabase of completed, current and planned marine and coastal research in State and Commonwealth waters of Western Australia between Kalbarri to the Northern Territory border.

3.10 Coastal Groundwater and Linkages

Assessment of Coastal Groundwater and Linkages with Ningaloo Reef.

Student Projects

Facts sheets on policy, manta ray and stingray student projects.

CSIRO Ningaloo Collaboration Cluster

Additional research conducted as a strategic collaboration.

Impact and Lessons Learned

Factors that influenced knowledge exchange among conservation scientists and decision makers.

4.0 Synthesis: Sustainable Marine Ecosystems

Development of Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management (EBFM).

4.1 Applying the Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management (EBFM) Framework

Developing a means of integrating EBFM into mainstream fisheries management.

4.2 Assessment of Marine Communities and the Impact of Anthropogenic Influences

Quantitative methods to assess the status of the community structure, biodiversity and key habitats within West Coast Bioregion priority ecosystems.

4.3 Trophic interactions and ecosystem modelling

Develop a better understanding of the broader potential anthropogenic impacts on ecosystems in the West Coast Bioregion.

4.4 Captured species assessments

To examine stock structure, connectedness and risk to indicator species of the West Coast Demersal Scalefish Fishery

4.5 Socio-economic implications

Implications of the modelling results for understanding the way in which existing restrictions have affected fisher behaviour.

5.0 Summary: Marine Biodiscovery, Biotechnology and Aquaculture

Enhance marine, microbial, chemical and biomedical sciences.

5.1 Western Australia Marine Bioresources Library (WAMBL)

A table linked to the Western Australian Museum marine invertebrates collections database.

5.2 BioMolecular Diversity and Partnered Biodiscovery

Identify and study valuable lead compounds from Western Australia’s marine biodiversity

5.3 Microbial Quorum Sensing

Investigate ecological aspects of the formation and activity of quorum quenching compounds.

6.0 Summary: Ocean Science for Offshore and Coastal Engineering

Enhance engineering design and operations through understanding and prediction of the physical oceanographic processes over the vast regions of operations.

6.1 Offshore and coastal engineering and the effects of climate change

Determine how the coast on the southwest of Australia will respond to the combined action of waves, storm surges and mean sea level rise under climate change.

6.2 Impact of Internal Waves on Offshore Engineering

Providing a comprehensive understanding and predictive capability of the tidal motions and tidally driven internal wave climatology on the Australian North West Shelf.

6.3 Ocean Glider Deployment as part of WAIMOS

Temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, fluorescence, turbidity and CDOM data from the West Australian shelf and slope waters between Dampier and Fremantle.

Symposia

Symposium	A Changing Climate
Abstracts	End of WAMSI 1 Conference
Presentations	End of WAMSI 1 Conference
Symposium	Kimberley Symposium RSWA and WAMSI
Symposium	Monitoring For Action
Symposium	Young Career Researchers Symposium

Research Articles

2018

Cvitanovic C, van Puttena EI, Hobday AJ, Mackay M, Kelly R, McDonald J, Waples K, Barnesh P (2018) Building trust among marine protected area managers and community members through scientific research: Insights from the Ningaloo Marine Park, Australia. Marine Policy doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2018.04.010

2016

Cvitanovic C, McDonald J, Hobday A.J., (2016) From science to action: Principles for undertaking environmental research that enables knowledge exchange and evidence-based decision-making Journal of Environmental Management 2016, 183(3), 864; doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.09.038

2014

Bosserelle, C. (2014). Morphodynamics and sand transport on perched beaches.

Cerutti-Pereyra F., Thums M., Austin C. M., Bradshaw C. J. A., Stevens J. D., Babcock R. C., Pillans R. D., Meekan M. G. (2014) Restricted movements of juvenile rays in the lagoon of Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia – evidence for the existence of a nursery. Environ Biol Fish 97, 371–383. .doi.org/10.1007/s10641-013-0158-y

Haigh, I. D., Wahl, T., Rohling, E. J., Price, R. M., Pattiaratchi, C., Calafat, F. M., & Dangendorf, S. (2014). Timescales for detecting a significant acceleration in sea level rise. Nature Communications, 5, 11pp. [4635]. doi.org/10.1038/ncomms4635

Haigh, I.D., MacPherson, L.R., Mason, M.S, Wijeratne E.M.S., Pattiaratchi C, Crompton R.P., George S (2014) Estimating present day extreme water level exceedance probabilities around the coastline of Australia: tropical cyclone-induced storm surges. Clim Dyn 42, 139–157. doi.org/10.1007/s00382-012-1653-0

Little R, Thebaud O, Fulton B. 2014. Evaluation of management strategies in Ningaloo Marine Park, Western Australia. International Journal of Sustainable Society (IJSSOC), Vol. 6, No. 1/2, 2014 DOI:10.1504/IJSSOC.2014.057892

Metcalf, S.J., Dambacher, J.M., Rogers, P., Hall, N., Loneragan, N. and Gaughan, D.J. Identifying key dynamics and ideal governance structures for successful ecological management. Environmental Science & Policy (2014) doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2013.07.005

2013

Evans-Illidge, E. A., Logan, M., Doyle, J., Fromont, J., Battershill, C. N., Ericson, G., Wolff, C. W., Muirhead, A., Kearns, P., Abdo, D., Kininmonth, S., & Llewellyn, L. (2013). Phylogeny drives large scale patterns in Australian marine bioactivity and provides a new chemical ecology rationale for future biodiscovery. PloS one, 8(9), e73800. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0073800

Wise, B.S. and Fletcher, W.J. Determination of cost effective techniques to monitor recreational catch and effort in Western Australian demersal finfish fisheries. Final report to the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation for Project – 2005/034. Fisheries Research Report No. 245, 2013

2012

Berry, O., England, P., Fairclough, D., Jackson, G. and Greenwood, J. (2012) Microsatellite DNA analysis and hydrodynamic modelling reveal the extent of larval transport and gene flow between management zones in an exploited marine fish (Glaucosoma hebraicum). Fisheries Oceanography, 21 (4). pp. 243-254. doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2419.2012.00623.x

Bosserelle, C., Pattiaratchi, C. & Haigh, I. (2012) Inter-annual variability and longer-term changes in the wave climate of Western Australia between 1970 and 2009. Ocean Dynamics 62, 63–76. doi.org/10.1007/s10236-011-0487-3

Fairclough, D.V., Edmonds, J.S., Jackson, G., Lenanton, R.C.J., Kemp, J., Molony, B.W., Keay, I.S.,

Crisafulli, B.M. and Wakefield, C.B. (2013) A comparison of the stock structures of two exploited demersal teleosts, employing complementary methods of otolith element analysis. Journal of Experimental

Marine Biology and Ecology, 439 . pp. 181-195. doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2012.10.023

Gallop, S.L., Verspecht, F. & Pattiaratchi, C.B. (2012) Sea breezes drive currents on the inner continental shelf off southwest Western Australia. Ocean Dynamics 62, 569–583. doi.org/10.1007/s10236-011-0515-3

Haigh, Ivan & Wijeratne, Ems & MacPherson, Leigh & Mason, Matthew & Pattiaratchi, Charitha & Crompton, Ryan & George, Steve. (2012). Estimating present day extreme total water level exceedance probabilities around the coastline of Australia. SESE report. 177. ISBN: 978-0-9871939-2-6

Little, L.R., Berry, O, Molony, B, A management simulation model for dhufish in the westcoast demersal scalefish fishery : a report for project 4.4.3-3 Western Australian Marine Science Institution. (2012). https://trove.nla.gov.au/version/182859534

Lowe RJ, Ivey G, Brinkman RM and Jones NL (2012) Seasonal circulation and temperature variability near the North West Cape of Australia. Journal of Geophysical Research doi.org/10.1029/2011JC007653

Summerfield, J. (2012). A search for quorum quenching compounds in marine bacteria of the Perth metropolitan area.

2011

Beger M, Babcock R, Booth DJ, Bucher D, Condie SA, Creese B, Cvitanovic C, Dalton SJ, Harrison P, Hoey A, Jordan A, Loder J, Malcolm H, Purcell SW, Roelfsema CM, Sachs P, Smith SDA, Sommer B, Stuart-Smith R, Thomson D, Wallace CC, Zann M and Pandolfi JM (2011). Research challenges to improve the management and conservation of subtropical reefs to tackle climate change threats. Ecological Management and Restoration Vol. 12: 7-10. doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-8903.2011.00573.x

Bluteau, C., Jones, N., & Ivey, G. (2011). Estimating turbulent kinetic energy dissipation using the inertial subrange method in environmental flows. LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY-METHODS, 9, 302-321. doi.org/10.4319/lom.2011.9.302

Bluteau, C. E., Jones, N. L., and Ivey, G. N. ( 2011), Dynamics of a tidally‐forced stratified shear flow on the continental slope, J. Geophys. Res., 116, C11017, doi:10.1029/2011JC007214.

Collins, L.B. 2011: Reef Structure. In: David Hopley (ed.) Encyclopedia of Modern Coral Reefs, Springer.

Collins, L.B. 2011: Western Australian Reefs. In: David Hopley (ed.) Encyclopedia of Modern Coral Reefs, Springer.

Cook K and Vanderklift MA (2011). Depletion of predatory fish by fishing in a temperate reef ecosystem leads to indirect effects on prey, but not to lower trophic levels. Marine Ecology Progress Series 432: 195-205. doi.org/10.3354/meps09155

Evans, R. and Molony, B. W. 2011. Pilot evaluation of the efficacy of electronic monitoring on a demersal gillnet vessel as an alternative to human observers. Fisheries Research Report No. 221. Department of Fisheries, Western Australia. 16 pp.

Fairclough, D. V., Lenanton, R. C. J and Jackson, G. 2011. Rapid and cost-effective assessment of connectivity among assemblages of baldchin groper Choerodon rubescens(Labridae), using laser ablation ICP-MS analysis of sagittal otoliths. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 403:46– 53. doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2011.04.005

Fletcher, W.J., Shaw, J., Gaughan, D.J. and Metcalf, S.J. (2011) Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management case study report – West Coast Bioregion. Fisheries Research Report No. 225. Department of Fisheries, Western Australia. 116pp.

Gallop, Shari & Bosserelle, Cyprien & Pattiaratchi, Charitha & Eliot, Ian. (2011). Hydrodynamic and morphological response of a perched beach during sea breeze activity. Journal of Coastal Research. SI64. 75-79.

Gallop, S.L., Bosserelle, C., Pattiaratchi, C.B., Eliot, I., (2011). Hydrodynamic and morphological response of a perched beach during sea breeze. Proceedings of the 11th International Coastal Symposium ICS 22 2009 Szczecin, Poland. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue 64, pp. 75–79.

Gallop, S. L., Bosserelle, C., Pattiaratchi, C., & Eliot, I., (2011). Rock topography causes spatial variation in the wave, current and beach response to sea breeze activity. Marine Geology, 290, 29–40. doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2011.10.002

Gardner, M.J., Chaplin, J.A. & Shaw, K.M. Development and characterisation of novel microsatellite loci for the baldchin groper (Choerodon rubescens) and cross-amplification in seven other labrid species. Conservation Genet Resour 3, 461–466 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12686-010-9379-y

Haigh, I.D., Eliot, M., Pattiaratchi, C., (2011). Global influences of the 18.61 year nodal cycle and 8.85 year cycle of lunar perigee on high tidal levels, J. Geophys. Res., 116, C06025, doi.org/10.1029/2010JC006645

Hall, N.G. and Wise, B.S. (2011). Development of an ecosystem approach to the monitoring and management of Western Australian fisheries. FRDC Report – Project 2005/063. Fisheries Research Report No. 215. Department of Fisheries, Western Australia. 112pp.

Hassler CS, Djajadikarta JR, Doblin MA, Everett JD, Thompson PA (2011). Characterisation of water masses and phytoplankton nutrient limitation in the East Australian Current separation zone during spring 2008. Deep-Sea Research II 58: 664-677. doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.06.008

Ivey, G. (2011). Tides and Internal Waves on the Continental Shelf. In A. Schiller, & G. B. Brassington (Eds.), Operational Oceanography in the 21st Century (Vol. 1, pp. 225-235). (Operational Oceanography in the 21st Century). Dordrecht: Springer. doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0332-2

Keesing .K, Irvine TR, Alderslade P, Clapin G, Fromont J, Hosie A, Huisman J, Phillips J, Naughton KM, Marsh LM, Slack-Smith S, Thomson D, and Watson J. (2011). Marine benthic flora and fauna of Gourdon Bay and the Dampier Peninsula in the Kimberley region of north-western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 94: 285-301 (Kimberley Special issue).

Keesing JK, Graham F, Irvine T, and Crossing R. (2011) Synchronous aggregated pseudocopulation of the sea star Archaster angulatus Muller and Troschel, 1842 (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) and its reproductive cycle in south-western Australia. Marine Biology 158: 1163-1173. doi.org/10.1007/s00227-011-1638-2

Lawrence JM, Keesing JK, and Irvine TR (in press) (2011). Population characteristics and biology of two populations of Archaster angulatus (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) in different habitats off the central-western Australian coast. Journal of the Marine Biological Association UK doi.org/10.1007/s00227-011-1638-2

Lozano-Montes HM, Loneragan NR, Babcock RC, and Jackson J (2011). Using trophic flows and ecosystem structure to model the effects of fishing in the Jurien Bay Marine Park, temperate Western Australia Marine and Freshwater Research. 62:1-11.

Metcalf, S. J., Pember, M. B., and Bellchambers, L. M. (2011) Identifying indicators of the effects of ﬁshing using alternative models, uncertainty, and aggregation error. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsr050.

Metcalf, S. J., Pember, M. B. and Bellchambers, L. M. 2011. Identifying indicators of the effects of fishing using alternative models, uncertainty, and aggregation error. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 68: 1417–1425. doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsr050

Pattiaratchi C, Hollings B, Woo M, and Welhena T (2011). Dense shelf water formation along the south‐west Australian inner shelf. Geophysical Research Letters38, L10609, doi:10.1029/2011GL046816.

Rayson, P., M. Meuleners, G.N. Ivey, N. Jones and G. Wake (2011a) Field and numerical study of the internal tide dynamics in the Browse Basin, Australian North West Shelf. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 116: C01016. doi.org/10.1029/2009JC005881

Rayson, M, N. L. Jones, G.N. Ivey and O.B. Fringer (2011b) Internal hydraulic jump formation in a deep water, continuously stratified unsteady channel flow, Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium on Stratified Flows, Rome, August 2011

Rivers DO, Kendrick GA, and Walker DI (2011). Microsites play an important role for seedling survival in the seagrass Amphibolis antarctica. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 401: 29-35.

Rousseaux C, Thompson P, Greenwood J, and Descy JP. Diel vertical migration of dinoflagellates as a mechanism to decrease the impact of microzooplankton grazing. Marine and Ecology Progress Series.

Taebi S, Lowe RJ, Pattiaratchi C, Ivey G, Symonds G and Brinkman RM (2011) Nearshore circulation in a tropical fringing reef system. Journal of Geophysical Research 116:C02016. doi.org/10.1029/2010JC006439

Thompson PA, Wild-Allen K, Lourey M, Rousseaux C, Waite AM, Feng M and Beckley LE. Nutrients in an oligotrophic boundary current: Evidence of a new role for the Leeuwin Current. Progress in Oceanography, doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2011.02.011

2010

Babcock RC, Shears NT, Alcala AC, Barrett NS, Edgar GJ, Lafferty KD, McClanahan TR and Russ GR (2010). Decadal Trends in Marine Reserves: differential rates of change for direct and indirect effects. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (USA). 107(43): 18256–18261.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0908012107

Bluteau, C., Jones, N., Ivey, G., & Pattiaratchi, C. (2010). Bottom boundary layer dynamics in an internal wave generation zone. In G. D. Mallinson, & J. E. Cater (Eds.), 17th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (pp. Paper 079). Auckland, New Zealand: University of Auckland.

Boschetti F, de la Tour A, Fulton, E., Little LR. 2010. Interactive modelling for natural resource management. Environmental Modelling & Software 25, 1075-1085. doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2010.02.009

Caputi N, Melville-Smith R, de Lestang S, Pearce A, and Feng M (2010). The effect of climate change on the western rock lobster (Panulirus cygnus) fishery of Western Australia. Canadian Journal of Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences 67:85-96.doi.org/10.1139/F09-167

Craig PD (2010). Imposed and inherent scales in cellular automata models of habitat. Ecological Modelling 221: 2425-2434. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.07.011

Collins, Lindsay B. 2010. Controls on Morphology and Growth History of Coral Reefs of Australia’s Western Margin, in Morgan, W.A. et al (ed), SEPM Special Publication 95: Cenozoic Carbonate Systems of Australasia. pp. 195-217. USA: Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM). ISBN 9781565763029

Denuelle A and Dunbabin M. (2010). Kelp Detection in Highly Dynamic Environments Using Texture Recognition. Proceedings of the 2010 Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation, ACRA 2010.

Evans, R. and Molony, B. W. 2010. Ranked Risk Assessment for Bycatch in Multiple Fisheries: a Bioregional Risk Assessment Method. Fisheries Research Report No. 212. Department of Fisheries, Western Australia. 88pp.

Feng M, Slawinski D, Beckley L, Keesing J (2010) Retention and dispersal of shelf waters influenced by interactions of ocean boundary current and coastal geography. Marine and Freshwater Research 61: 1259–1267.doi.org/10.1071/MF09275

Feng M and Wild-Allen K (2010). The Leeuwin Current. P197-210. In: K-K. Liu, L. Atkinson, R. Quinones and L. Talaue-McManus (Eds.) Carbon and Nutrient Fluxes in Continental Margins: A Global Synthesis. IGBP Book Series. Springer, Berlin. 744 pp.

Feng M, McPhaden M.J., Lee T. Decadal variability of the Pacific subtropical cells and their influence on the southeast Indian Ocean. Geophysical Research Letters (2010) doi.org/10.1029/2010GL042796

Fletcher W.J., Shaw J, Metcalf S.J. Gaughan D.J. (2010) An Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management framework: the efﬁcient, regional-level planning tool for management agencies. Marine Policy doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2010.04.007

Fletcher, W.J., Gaughan, D.J., Metcalf, S.J. and Shaw, J. (in press). Using a regional level, risk based

framework to cost effectively implement Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management (EBFM). In: 26th Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium Ecosystems 2010: Global Progress on Ecosystem-based Fisheries Management. DOI: 10.4027/gpebfm.2012.07

Forehead HI, Thompson PA, (2010). Microbial communities of subtidal shallow sandy sediments change with depth and wave disturbance, but nutrient exchanges remain similar. Marine Ecology Progress Series Vol. 414: 11-26.doi.org/10.3354/meps08734

Gartner A, Lavery PS, McMahon K, Brearley A, Barwick H (2010). Light reductions drive macroinvertebrate changes in Amphibolis griffithii seagrass habitat. Marine Ecology Progress Series Vol. 401: 87–100. doi.org/10.3354/meps08367

Greenwood J. (2010). Evidence that increased nitrogen efflux from wave-influenced marine sediment enhances pelagic phytoplankton production on the inner continental shelf of Western Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research. 61, 625-632. doi.org/10.1071/MF09236

Hendon, H.H., Wang, G. Seasonal prediction of the Leeuwin Current using the POAMA dynamical seasonal forecast model. Clim Dyn 34, 1129–1137 (2010). doi.org/10.1007/s00382-009-0570-3

Johansson CL, Bellwood DR, Depczynski M (2010) Sea urchins, macroalgae and coral reef decline: a functional evaluation of an intact reef system, Ningaloo, Western Australia. Mar Ecol Progr Ser 414: 65-74 doi.org/10.3354/meps08730

Lim, K. W., Ivey, G., & Jones, N. (2010). Experiments on the generation of internal waves over continental shelf topography. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 663, 385-400. doi.org/10.1017/S002211201000354X

Metcalf, S.J., Moyle, K. and Gaughan, D.J. (2010) Qualitative analysis of recreational fisher response and the ecosystem impacts of management strategies in a data-limited situation. Fisheries Research, 106 (3). pp. 289-297. doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2010.08.008 Metcalf, S.J. (2010) Qualitative models to complement quantitative ecosystem models for the analysis of data-limited marine ecosystems and fisheries. Reviews in Fisheries Science, 18 (3). pp. 248-265. doi.org/10.1080/10641262.2010.505670

Smale DA, Kendrick GA, Wernberg T (2010) Assemblage turnover and taxonomic sufficiency of subtidal macroalgae at multiple spatial scales. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2009.11.013

Smale DA, Kendrick GA, Waddington KI, Van Niel KP, Meeuwig JJ, Harvey ES (2010) Benthic assemblage composition on subtidal reefs along a latitudinal gradient in Western Australia. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2009.10.016

Symonds G, Zhong L, and Mortimer N. Effects of wave exposure on circulation in a temperate reef environment. Journal of Geophysical Research. doi.org/10.1029/2010JC006658

Thompson PA, Bonham P, Waite AM, Clementson LA, Cherukuru N, Hassler C, and Doblin MA (2011). Contrasting oceanographic conditions and phytoplankton communities on the east and west coasts of Australia. Deep-Sea Research II58: 645–663. doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.10.003

Thomson D. (2010). Range extension of the hard coral Goniopora norfolkensis (Veron & Pichon 1982) to the south-east Indian Ocean. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 93:115-117.

Thomson DP and Frisch AJ (2010). Extraordinarily high coral cover on a nearshore, high-latitude reef in south-west Australia. Coral Reefs 29:923-927. doi.org/10.1007/s00338-010-0650-1

Twiggs EJ, and Collins LB 2010. Development and demise of a fringing coral reef during Holocene environmental change. Marine Geology 275, 20-36. doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2010.04.004

Vanderklift MA and Wernberg T. (2010). Stable isotopes reveal a consistent consumer-diet relationship across hundreds of kilometres. Marine Ecology Progress Series 403: 53-61. doi.org/10.3354/meps08484

Wilson, SK, Depczynski M, Fisher R, Holmes TH, O’Leary RA, Tinkler P (2010) Habitat associations of juvenile fish at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia: the importance of coral and algae. PloS One 5 (12): e15185. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0015185

2009

Burridge CP, England PR (2009) Tri‐ and tetranucleotide microsatellites in dhufish Glaucosoma hebracium (Perciformes). Molecular Ecology Resources doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02508.x

Caputi N, de Lestang S, Feng M, and Pearce AF (2009). Seasonal variation in the long-term warming trend in water temperature off the Western Australian coast. Marine and Freshwater Research 60: 129-139.doi.org/10.1071/MF08199

Dambacher, J.M., Gaughan, D.J.,Rochet, M-J., Rossignol, P.A. and Trenkel, V.M.(2009) Qualitative Modelling and Indicators of Exploited Ecosystems. Fish and Fisheries 10(3): 305-322. doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-2979.2008.00323.x

Dambacher J, Gaughan D, Rochet MJ, Rossignol P, Trenkel V (2009) Qualitative modelling and indicators of exploited ecosystems. Fish and Fisheries doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-2979.2008.00323.x

Feng M. (2009). Eddy induced cross-shelf phytoplankton transport along the downwelling coast off Western Australia. Journal of Tropical Oceanography 28(5): 6-10. doi: 10.11978/j.issn.1009-5470.2009.05.006

Feng M, Waite AM, and Thompson PA (2009). Climate variability and ocean production in the Leeuwin Current system off the west coast of Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 92: 67-81.

Feng, M., Weller, E. and Hill, K. (2009) The Leeuwin Current. In A Marine Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Report Card for Australia 2009 (Eds. E.S. Poloczanska, A.J. Hobday and A.J. Richardson), NCCARF Publication 05/09, ISBN 978-1-921609-03-9

Greenwood J. (2009). Shallow water dissolution of settling calcite at station ALOHA. Limnology and Oceanography, 54 (5), 1420-1424. doi.org/10.4319/lo.2009.54.5.1420

Hanson CE, McLaughlin MJ, Hyndes GA, and Strzelecki J (2009). Selective uptake of prokaryotic picoplankton by a marine sponge (Callyspongia sp.) within an oligotrophic coastal system. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 84: 289-297. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2009.05.019

Hendon, H.H., Wang, G. Representation and prediction of the Indian Ocean dipole in the POAMA seasonal forecast model. RMetS (2009). https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.370

Holbrook, N.J., Davidson, J., Feng, M., Hobday, A.J., Lough, J.M., McGregor, S. and Risbey, J.S. (2009) El Niño-Southern Oscillation. In A Marine Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Report Card for Australia 2009 (Eds. E.S. Poloczanska, A.J. Hobday and A.J. Richardson), NCCARF Publication 05/09, ISBN 978-1-921609-03-9.

Keesing JK. and Irvine TR (in press). Aspects of the biology of an abundant spatangoid urchin, Breynia desoriin the Kimberley region of north-western Australia. Echinoderms in a Changing World (Proceedings of the 13th International Echinoderm Conference, Australia, 5-9 January 2009) Balkema Press

Li F, Griffiths CM, Dyt CP, Weill P, Feng M, and Jenkins C (2009). Multigrain seabed sediment transport modelling for the southwest Australian Shelf. Marine and Freshwater Research 60: 774-785. doi.org/10.1071/MF08049

Limbourn AJ, Babcock RC, Johnston DJ, Nichols PD, and Knott B (2009). Spatial and temporal variation in lipid and fatty acid profiles of western rock lobster pueruli at first settlement: Biochemical indicators of diet and nutritional status. Marine and Freshwater Research. 60:810-823. doi.org/10.1071/MF08244

Lourey MJ and Kirkman H (2009). Short lived dissolved nitrate pulses in a shallow Western Australian coastal lagoon. Marine and Freshwater Research 60: 1068-1080. doi.org/10.1071/MF08298

Metcalf, S.J., Gaughan, D.J. and Shaw, J. 2009. Conceptual models for Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management (EBFM) in Western Australia. Fisheries Research Report No. 194. Department of Fisheries, Western Australia. 42p

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Thompson PA, Jameson I, and Blackburn SI (2009). The influence of light quality on akinete formation and germination in the toxic cyanobacterium Anabaena circinalis. Harmful Algae 8: 504–512. doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2008.10.004

Van Gastel, P., G.N. Ivey, M. Meuleners and O. Fringer (2009) The variability of the large-amplitude internal wave field on the Australian North West Shelf. Cont. Shelf Res., 29:1373-1383 doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2009.02.006

Vanderklift MA, Lavery PS, and Waddington KI (2009). Intensity of herbivory on kelp by fish and sea urchins varies between inshore and offshore reefs. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 376: 203-211. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps07811

Viera, S., Schirmer, J. and Loxton, E. (2009). Social and economic evaluation methods for fisheries: a review of the literature. Fisheries Research Contract Report 21, Department of Fisheries Government of Western Australia, pp. 90.

2008

Cassata L, Collins LB, 2008. Coral reef communities, habitats, and substrates in and near Sanctuary Zones of Ningaloo Marine Park. Journal of Coastal Research: Vol. 24, No. 1 pp. 139–151. https://doi.org/10.2112/05-0623.1

England PR, Phillips J, Waring JR, Symonds G, and Babcock R (2008). Modelling wave-induced disturbance in highly biodiverse marine macroalgal communities: support for the Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis. Marine and Freshwater Research 59: 515–520. doi.org/10.1071/MF07224

Feng M, Biastoch A, Böning C, Caputi N and Meyers G (2008). Seasonal and interannual variations of upper ocean heat balance off the west coast of Australia. J. Geophys. Res. 113: C12025, doi:10.1029/2008JC004908. doi.org/10.1029/2008JC004908

Greenwood J and Soetaert K (2008). Interannual variability in the seasonal cycle of chlorophyll in the Leeuwin Current off the southwest Western Australian coast. Journal of Marine Research 66(3): 373-390. doi.org/10.1357/002224008786176043

Irvine T, Keesing J, D’Adamo N, Aquarone MC, and Adams S (2008). West-Central Australian Shelf LME. In: K. Sherman and G. Hempel (Eds.) The UNEP Large Marine Ecosystem Report: A perspective on changing conditions in LMEs of the world’s Regional Seas. UNEP Regional Seas Report and Studies No. 182. United Nations Environment Programme. Nairobi, Kenya. p 321-336.

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Kleczkowski M, Babcock RC, and Clapin G (2008). Density and size of reef fishes in and around a temperate marine reserve. Marine and Freshwater Research. 59:165-176.doi.org/10.1071/MF07093

Paterson HL, Feng M, Waite AM, Gomis D, Beckley LE, Holliday D, and Thompson PA (2008). Physical and chemical signatures of a developing anti-cyclonic eddy in the Leeuwin Current, Eastern Indian Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research 113: C07049. doi.org/10.1029/2007JC004707

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