Search Results - Australian Marine Complex
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Geomorphic classification of coral reefs in the north-western Australian shelf
Published 2016“…Coral reefs occur extensively along the northwest Australian continental shelf in the Kimberley Bioregion (KIM), forming major geomorphic features along and just off the coast. …”
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Sea surface temperatures of the Leeuwin Current in the Capes region of Western Australia: potential effects on the marine biota of shallow reefs
Published 2009“…The Leeuwin and Capes Currents have been shown to influence marine assemblages along the Western Australian coast. …”
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Provenance history of the Bangemall Supergroup and implications for the Mesoproterozoic paleogeography of the West Australian Craton.
Published 2008“…However, this extensive dataset provides a provenance history of the Bangemall Supergroup, which is here integrated with paleocurrent data which indicates that all source areas were located within the Mesoproterozoic West Australian Craton, with the main source area for the northern Bangemall Supergroup being the Gascoyne Complex and southern Pilbara Craton. …”
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A summary of oil and gas exploration in the Great Australian Bight with particular reference to southern bluefin tuna
Published 2018“…The data presented in this study, however, represent a first step towards understanding oil and gas exploration within a defined region of the Australian marine environment, and provide important context for exploring the potential impact of such activities on a commercially important top order predator of the GAB ecosystem.…”
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Topographic determinants of mobile vertebrate predator hotspots: current knowledge and future directions
Published 2014“…Despite being identified as a driver of mobile predator aggregations (hotspots) in both marine and terrestrial environments, topographic complexity has long remained a challenging concept for scientists to visualise and a difficult parameter to estimate. …”
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Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Applied to Shallow Coastal Waters
Published 2015“…A shallow water reflectance model was developed for application to optical remote sensing in highly diverse and complex coastal environments. A numerical inversion scheme, based on analytical parameterisation, was applied to airborne hyperspectral imagery collected over two regions of the Western Australian coastline; Jurien Bay and the Ningaloo Marine Park. …”
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Shallow water sound propagation over a layered calcarenite seafloor: an exercise in benchmarking various models
Published 2013“…Although there is a large body of work investigating and modelling the characteristics of underwater sound propagation over a layered elastic seafloor, there are still difficulties associated with modelling complex shallow water environments like the Australian shelf. …”
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A study of the behavioural response of whales to the noise of seismic air guns: design, methods and progress
Published 2013“…These include the need to obtain an adequate sample size with the necessary controls and to measure the range of variables likely to affect the observed response. Analysis is also complex. Well designed experiments are complex and logistically difficult, and thus expensive. …”
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Biodiversity and biogeography of zooxanthellate corals in Australasia revisited based on new data from the Kimberley
Published 2024“…The Kimberley Marine Region is a vast stretch of complex eastern Indian Ocean seascape spanning approximately six degrees of latitude and eight degrees of longitude. …”
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Harnessing model-based group decision support systems for more effective stakeholder engagement: Reflections from the field
Published 2025“…These process outcomes provide policy-makers with insights into the complexities of perceived issues and opportunities associated with offshore decommissioning and an approach that enables a nuanced understanding of these and related grand challenges to be incorporated into marine policy.…”
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Spanning the Boundary between Climate Science and Local Coastal Communities: Opportunities and Challenges
Published 2013“…Climate science is complex and sometimes controversial. One of the challenges for coastal adaptation is spanning the boundary between the technical scientists and other stakeholders including local communities and decision-makers. …”
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Upper Jurassic of the Barrow sub-basin: sedimentology, sequence stratigraphy and implications for reservoir development
Published 1991“…This resulted in active rifting in the Barrow Sub-basin and ultimately led to the separation of the Indian and Australian plates during Valanginian time.Upper Jurassic synrift sediments in the eastern Barrow Sub-basin consist of detached basin floor fan complexes, channelised and canyon fed fan systems, slump deposits, prograding outer shelfal to slope deposits and deep marine claystones. …”
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Long-term monitoring of soundscapes and deciphering a usable index: Examples of fish choruses from Australia
Published 2016“…Fish choruses are a perfect example, contributing significantly to marine biological noise and are used here as an analogue for variations in soundscapes. …”
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Development and evaluation of fish eDNA metabarcoding assays facilitate the detection of cryptic seahorse taxa (family: Syngnathidae)
Published 2020“…Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding methods have demonstrated their potential as noninvasive techniques for the monitoring and conservation of marine fishes, including rare and endangered taxa. …”
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Quaternary onset and evolution of Kimberley coral reefs (Northwest Australia) revealed by high-resolution seismic imaging
Published 2016“…© 2016 Elsevier Ltd.The inner shelf Kimberley Bioregion of Northwest Australia is characterised by a macrotidal setting where prolific coral reefs growth as developed around a complex drowned landscape and is considered a biodiversity "hotspot". …”
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