Q‐IMOS: The Queensland Node of the Integrated Marine Observing System

Peter Doherty (AIMS) and Russ Babcock (CSIRO) Q-IMOS fixed infrastructure

Slope moorings Shelf moorings SEC National Reference Stations –real time

HF radar –real time

Satellite dish (SST, OC)

Island Research Stations – wireless sensor networks – real time

Reef towers –real time

Acoustic receivers

EAC moorings

Lucinda Jetty Coastal Observatory Q-IMOS mobile infrastructure

•SOOP (& CPR) •Gliders •AUV IMOS Research Themes

Global Energy Budget Pacific Ocean Global Hydrological Cycle Indian Ocean Global Circulation Southern Ocean Global Carbon Cycle 1. Multi‐decadal ocean change

Fluxes Interannual Drivers intraseasonal Dynamics 3. Major 2. Climate boundary 5. Ecosystem responses productivity, abundance, distribution variability currents and weather extremes and inter‐basin flows nutrients microbes plankton benthic nekton ENSO, IOD, SAM, MJO East Australian Current pelagic (+Tasman Outflow, Flinders apex predators Cyclones, ECL’s Current, Hiri Current) Leeuwin Current Indonesian Throughflow Antarctic Circumpolar 4. Continental Current shelf processes eddy encroachment upwelling, downwelling cross shelf exchange coastal currents wave climate A. Ganachaud1, 2, Bowen M.3, Brassington G.4, Cai W.5, Cravatte S.2,1, Davis R. 6, Gourdeau L.1, Hasegawa T. 7, Hill K.8,9, Holbrook N.10, Kessler W. 11, Maes C.1 , Melet A.12,13, Qiu B.14, Ridgway, K.15, Roemmich D. 6, Schiller A.15, Send U. 6, Sloyan B.15, Sprintall J.6, Steinberg C.16, Sutton P. 17, Verron J.12, Widlansky M.14,18, Wiles P. 19 (2013) CLIVAR Newsletter

SPICE Community CLIVAR Exchanges No. 58, Vol. 17, No.1, February 2012 Waypoints for Sea Glider missions 22 Oct 2012 (99 days at June‐Oct 2010 (149 days) last surfacing 28 Jan 2013) IMOS Research Themes

Global Energy Budget Pacific Ocean Global Hydrological Cycle Indian Ocean Global Circulation Southern Ocean Global Carbon Cycle 1. Multi‐decadal ocean change

Fluxes Interannual Drivers intraseasonal Dynamics 3. Major 2. Climate boundary 5. Ecosystem responses productivity, abundance, distribution variability currents and weather extremes and inter‐basin flows nutrients microbes plankton benthic nekton ENSO, IOD, SAM, MJO East Australian Current pelagic (+Tasman Outflow, Flinders apex predators Cyclones, ECL’s Current, Hiri Current) Leeuwin Current Indonesian Throughflow Antarctic Circumpolar 4. Continental Current shelf processes eddy encroachment upwelling, downwelling cross shelf exchange coastal currents wave climate Mass coral bleaching (1998 and 2002) Q‐IMOS: 2011 –a year of flood and cyclone impacts in North Queensland

Lake Awoonga (Gladstone) overtopping 29 Jan 2013

Crown-of-thorns starfish De’ath et al (2012) The 27-year decline of coral cover on the GBR and its causes. PNAS 109 179955 De’ath et al (2012) The 27-year decline of coral cover on the GBR and its causes. PNAS 109 179955 OceanMAPS global circulation model OTIS tidal model ACCESS atmospheric model

River exposure ranking showing Contribution (%) Ranking the importance of discharge normalised against largest contribution from the Daintree River into the (Daintree) section of the shelf where COTS River Total Northern Southern Total Northern Southern outbreaks are initiated – Barron 52.1 0.6 51.5 4 6 2 commissioned as part of the Russel‐Mulgrave 59.5 18.1 41.4 2 2 4 Scientific Consensus Statement Johnstone 28.9 6.7 22.2 6 4 6 on Water Quality for ReefPlan. Tully 57.5 16.1 41.3 3 3 5 Daintree 100.0 44.6 55.4 1 1 1 Herbert 6.9 0.5 6.4 7 7 7 Burdekin 48.9 4.1 44.7 5 5 3 Normanby 0.0 0.0 0.0 8 8 8

Cumulative exposure index from three northern rivers

Daintree Russel‐Mulgrave Burdekin Flood plumes from the Fitzroy, Burnett, and Mary Rivers 29 January 2013 Model Burdekin River plume 29 January 2013

Observations Burdekin River plume 29 January 2013 IMOS regional moorings provide essential cal/val data for eReefs model since late 2007 (Intraseasonal V0)

Oke (2012) Observations and Modelling: Observing System Design and Evaluation Q‐IMOS Observations (TC Yasi) eReefs GBR 4 (TC Yasi) Yongala NRS –Real time data streams resume 2013 Palm Passage mooring to provide NRT data in 2013 (additional mooring deployed February) First mission of CSIRO Slocum Glider in GBR – December 2012

Heron Island

A. Mantovanelli, M. L. Heron, S. F. Heron, and C. R. Steinberg (2012) Relative dispersion of surface drifters in a barrier reef region. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH, VOL. 117, C11016, doi:10.1029/2012JC008106, 2012 Hours of trawling effort revealed by vessel monitoring. Source: Queensland Fisheries

NSI Mooring temperature

stratification index

chlorophyll

Time (days) Maxime Marin, UQ

Mooring data C. Lemckert IMOS Research Themes

Global Energy Budget Pacific Ocean Global Hydrological Cycle Indian Ocean Global Circulation Southern Ocean Global Carbon Cycle 1. Multi‐decadal ocean change

Fluxes Interannual Drivers intraseasonal Dynamics 3. Major 2. Climate boundary 5. Ecosystem responses productivity, abundance, distribution variability currents and weather extremes and inter‐basin flows nutrients microbes plankton benthic nekton ENSO, IOD, SAM, MJO East Australian Current pelagic (+Tasman Outflow, Flinders apex predators Cyclones, ECL’s Current, Hiri Current) Leeuwin Current Indonesian Throughflow Antarctic Circumpolar 4. Continental Current shelf processes eddy encroachment upwelling, downwelling cross shelf exchange coastal currents wave climate

Across the system now need to recalibrate instruments, characterizeNRS againstphytoplankton the HPLC results pigments and reprocess ARC Future Fellowship – Michelle Heupel (AIMS/JCU) • 28 grey reef sharks fitted with transmitters were monitored for 15 months at Heron Island Reef • IMOS environmental data were integrated with tracking data to define environmental triggers for movement NERP TE HUB Brad Congdon (JCU) Connectivity

12 km 99 km 20 d 86 km 36 km 7 d

68 km 8 d 74 km Lutjanus argentimaculatus (Mangrove Jack) Blacktip reef shark Tagged (31/3/2010) Left Magnetic Island 4/2/2011, arrived Rib 26/2/2011 Connectivity

12 km

36 km

74 km

Carcharhinus melanopterus Blacktip reef shark Domeier ML, Speare P (2012) Dispersal of adult Black Marlin (Istiompax indica) from a Great Barrier Reef spawning aggregation. PLoS ONE 7(2): e31629. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0031629