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Research Highlights Report 2017/18 Research Highlights Report 2017/18 “Desalination, wave energy, algae biofuel research, ocean nourishment and aquaculture are just some of the ocean- based solutions in which we are involved to safely and sustainably provide critical resources for human development, water, food, energy and bio-resources. In 2019 we are continuing to build on these achievements, most recently as part of the Blue Economy CRC.” Professor Peter Veth - UWA Oceans Institute Director Contents 02 34 Timeline Collaboration a. KISSME team sets sail! b. Matariki workshops cover marine extremes 04 c. MOU with Deltares to lead Executive Summaries to increased collaboration d. Sharing knowledge with Zhejiang University h. Seagrass Restoration Network 08 launched i. UWA collaboration investigating Highlights marine ecosystems on the North West Shelf a. New Chairs in Offshore j. Global warming and recurrent Engineering and Geotechnics mass bleaching of corals b. RV Sonne expedition k. Local and international c. Open Day success collaboration d. Robson and Robertson awards e. Batavia mysteries unfold with discovery of mass grave f. The ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hub for Offshore 44 Floating Facilities at UWA Conferences and Events g. A story of Sammy, sharks, a blue l. UN Ocean Conference planet and green seas m. In The Zone: The Blue Zone h. Tagging tiger sharks in Ningaloo Conference i. Whale sharks don’t like to venture n. The WAMSI Research Conference too far from home - Kimberley Marine Research j. Postdoctoral researchers put Program scholarships to great use for our oceans k. The oral history of our ocean environment l. Dolphin name games 48 m. Engineering a winning strategy Media and Outreach for the Rottnest Swim n. The rise of turfs – flattening of a. Free resource for schools kelp forests b. OI members talking Tedx o. Great Southern Reef to lose huge c. All that glitters definitely not gold seaweed habitat to ocean warming p. Coral reefs protect coasts from severe storms 54 q. The great debate – plastic versus metal water bottles Publications r. Fish at home on subsea oil and a. 2017 Publications gas pipelines b. 2018 Publications OBJECTIVES Timeline 2017 JANUARY APRIL UNESCO IOC PPO Conference held at An MOU signed with Stichting The Honourable Craig Laundy, IOMRC, attended by 80 international Delatares to increase collaboration on Assistant Minister for Industry, scientists in marine and climate a broad range of research topics, in Innovation and Science and Senator research. particular related to coastal dynamics, Linda Reynolds visit IOMRC and the IO water quality modelling and offshore to hear about the latest research MARCH engineering. collaborations and view the world Dr Taryn Foster awarded the 2016 class marine research facilities. Virginia Chadwick Award. Dr Foster’s MAY research focuses on how high-latitude OI member Professor Jessica Meeuwig Professor Phil Watson appointed the corals in WA will respond to climate nominated for WA Australian of EMI Shell Chair in Offshore Engineering. change stressors such as warmer the Year. waters and ocean acidification. Dr Jade Lindley sponsored by the US JUNE State Department to join their International Visitors Leadership The OI partnered with the US 3200 people step on board the Program – 2017’s theme being Consulate General in Perth to screen German Research Vessel RV Sonne, Strategic and Economic Issues for the Our Rising Oceans as part of the Our when an open day was held whilst the Indian Ocean Region. Oceans film showcase – an initiative vessel was docked at Fremantle Port. between the US Department of State, SEPTEMBER the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film OI member, former OFFshore Hub Festival, DC Environmental Film Director and former Shell EMI Chair in After more than 7000km of travel and Festival and Blue Ocean Film Festival. Offshore Engineering Professor David 11 months in the water, the Challenger White elected a Fellow of the Royal Ocean Glider successfully recovered Institute of Naval Architects (RINA). off the Sri Lankan Coast. AUGUST OCTOBER IOMRC Crawley formally opened by In The Zone, WA’s premier forum on the Federal Education and Training questions of regional significance, Minister, Senator Simon Birmingham, featuring a range of speakers from with UWA Vice Chancellor Dawn academia, government and industry Freshwater and key executives and held in Perth. The event focused on VIPs from across UWA and the IOMRC the maritime realm: ‘In the Zone: The partnership in attendance. Blue Zone Conference’. 2 The University of Western Australia OBJECTIVES 2018 JANUARY FEBRUARY MAY Representatives from the OI attend Marine Megafauna Movement Dr Fraser Bransby appointed the the Understanding Flooding on Analytical Program (MMMAP) Forum Fugro Chair in Geotechnics. Reef-lined Island Coasts Workshop in 2018 held in the IOMRC Auditorium, Honolulu. The workshop was showcasing key research in the Dr Verena Schoepf joins other organized by the US Geological marine megafauna movement and researchers to from UWA Research Survey, Deltares Institute providing networking opportunities for an evening of science at Rosie Netherlands, National Oceanic and to generate future collaborations. O’Grady in Northbridge, with her topic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) OI member Dr Ana Sequeira from the – Coral reefs in WA. and included participants from Australian Institute of Marine Science, CSIRO, New Zealand National was among the speakers. NOVEMBER Institute of Water and Atmosphere OI PhD student Todd Bond takes out (NIWA), The Pacific Community Fiji, Book launch for Oceans Safety, Marine the prize for best student talk at the University of San Diego, University of Health and the Blue Economy, edited Marine Alliance for Science and Cantabria, IHE Delft Institute for Water by Erika Techera and Gundula Winters. Technology (MASTS) annual science Education, Stanford University and meeting in Scotland. University of Hawaii. MARCH The OI participates in the Australian DECEMBER OI members Chari Pattiaratchi and Oil & Gas Exhibition and Conference. Perth Fish, a free book resource for Ems Wijeratne team up with primary and secondary school University of Tasmania’s Roger OI and ARC Centre of Excellence for students launched by fish ecologists Proctor to develop a map that easily Coral Reef Studies (Coral CoE) alumni Dr Dianne McLean and Research explains where the ocean currents Renee Gruber awarded a 2017 Virginia Assistant Michael Taylor. flow around Australia. Chadwick Award for her publication in Limnology and Oceanography. The OI’s Anna Cresswell features in the Western Australian Museum’s Ningaloo Dome Experience. Image: Joan Costa oceans.uwa.edu.au 3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY EXECUTIVE Executive Summary In 2019, the Oceans Institute is driving to pursue large projects that utilise the initiatives in two new and important full breadth of our inter-disciplinary focus areas, ocean plastics and skills, working closely with industry, seascapes, the latter encompassing government and community partners integrated cultural studies of marine and constantly extending our reach. catchments. The latter is something that, as a marine archaeologist with Assisting with this is our role as a key a significant marine focus, I have player in the Southern Hemisphere’s been involved in first-hand for over most ambitious interdisciplinary 30 years, including working on the marine partnership, the Indian Ocean marine heritage of the Aru Islands, Marine Research Centre (IOMRC) – a The UWA Oceans Institute is now Timor Leste, Torres Strait, Dampier dynamic and high-level research in its ninth year and entering a Archipelago and collaboratively on partnership bringing together CSIRO, new phase of development and some of the Kimberley archipelagos. the Australian Institute of Marine growth. The Institute is unique My work across northern Australia and Science (AIMS) and the Western in bringing together research the Western Desert has been carried Australian Department of Fisheries, along with our own researchers staff and students from across a out closely with Traditional Owners and infrastructure. It includes the range of disciplines, all focused recording occupational histories, refurbished Watermans Bay Marine on providing solutions to the ethno-economic, dietary many challenges facing the Centre, the Indian Ocean’s first seawater and settlement behaviours. world’s oceans. facility for broad marine research. My ongoing work on the Montebello Desalination, wave energy, algae UWA recognises the potential for and Barrow Islands with a wide range biofuel research, ocean nourishment ocean research to deliver significant of ecologists, dating and marine and aquaculture are just some socioeconomic benefits locally and scientists, established the earliest of the ocean-based solutions in globally. Through the Oceans Institute, evidence for coastal occupation of which we are involved to safely and the University is responding to the Aboriginal people at 50,000 years ago sustainably provide critical resources national imperative, as articulated by and the systematic use of a broad for human development, water, food, the Australian Research Council, that suite of maritime resources through energy and bio-resources. In 2019 university research shouldn’t only be periods of significantly fluctuating we are continuing to build on these internationally acknowledged through sea-levels and changing climate. The achievements, most recently as part peer review, but should also have a of the Blue Economy CRC. integrated human-marine perspectives tangible
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