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Strategic Research Fund for the Marine Environment (SRFME) Strategic Research Fund for the Marine Environment (SRFME) Final report December 2006 v o l u m e o n e Edited by John K. Keesing and John N. Heine CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research © Copyright Strategic Research Fund for the Marine Environment 2006 This book may be used for research or individual study and educational purposes. Properly acknowledged quotations may be made, but enquiries regarding the republication of any material or requests for additional copies of this report should be addressed to: Strategic Research Fund for the Marine Environment CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Private Bag 5 Wembley 6913 AUSTRALIA Full copies of this report may also be downloaded from www.srfme.com.au National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication data: Strategic Research Fund for the Marine Environment (SRFME) : final report. Vol. 1, The SRFME initiative and SRFME collaborative linkages program. ISBN 1 921061 90 1 1. CSIRO - Appropriations and expenditures. 2. Marine sciences - Research - Western Australia - Finance. 3. Marine resources - Research - Western Australia - Finance. I. Keesing, John K. II. Heine, John N. III. CSIRO. 354.5709941 Published by Strategic Research Fund for the Marine Environment, CSIRO, Australia For bibliographic purposes, this report may be cited either as an entire volume, eg.: Keesing J.K. and Heine, J.N. (2006). Strategic Research Fund for the Marine Environment Final Report. Volume 1: the SRFME initiative and collaborative linkages program 260p. Strategic Research Fund for the Marine Environment, CSIRO, Australia. or where referring to specific sections we would encourage the following form of citation; eg. Goldberg, N. (2006). Ecological and historical processes maintaining macroalgal diversity in the Recherche Archipelago, Western Australia. pp 22 - 28. In: Keesing J.K. and Heine, J.N. (Eds). Strategic Research Fund for the Marine Environment Final Report. Volume 1: the SRFME initiative and collaborative linkages program 260p. Strategic Research Fund for the Marine Environment, CSIRO, Australia. P r e f a c e The Strategic Research Fund for the Marine Environment (SRFME) was established as a joint venture by the Western Australian State Government and the CSIRO in 2001 with the aims of building capability and capacity in marine science in Western Australia through the reestablishment of CSIRO’s marine research capability and the training of postgraduate students, facilitating strong collaboration among the Western Australian marine science community, and conducting strategic research that is of benefit to Western Australia. These two volumes comprise the Final Report of SRFME. Volume 1 outlines the establishment of SRFME, the development of its research framework and research portfolio as well as its structure and governance in chapter 1 and details the SRFME Collaborative Linkages Program which was comprised of a set of PhD Scholarship Projects (chapter 2), SRFME Collaborative Projects (chapter 3) and SRFME State Linkage Projects (chapter 4). Volume 1 also introduces the SRFME Core Projects (chapter 5) and concludes with a list of publications arising from SRFME (chapter 6). Volume 2 of the SRFME Final Report comprises an overview summary (chapter 1), followed by detailed chapters on the scientific research conducted in the areas of physical oceanography (chapter 2), coastal and continental shelf pelagic community structure (chapter 3), coastal and continental shelf biogeochemistry and modelling (chapter 4), coastal benthic ecosystem structure and dynamics (chapters 5 and 6) and concludes with a description of the data archiving systems and the interactive data and model output visualisation software developed in SRFME (chapter 7). A list of acknowledgements to the many people who have contributed to the success of SRFME is included elsewhere in this final report, but I would like to make special mention of a few in particular, whose support to me in my role as SRFME Research Director has been invaluable. I would like to thank Dr Nan Bray (CSIRO) and Dr Sue Meek (WA Government) who had the vision to develop and establish SRFME, and subsequent senior people in the WA State Government; Dr Bruce Hobbs, and CSIRO; Dr Greg Ayers, John Gunn, Dr Tony Haymet, Tim Moltmann, Dr John Parslow, Dr Ian Poiner and Craig Roy who all provided tremendous support. I would also like to thank other members of the SRFME Joint Venture Management Committee and Technical Advisory Committee, especially Dr Ray Masini, Peter Millington, Phillip Murray, Linda Penny and Dr Chris Simpson for their support and advice, CSIRO project Leaders; Dr Russ Babcock, Dr Peter Craig, and Dr Tony Koslow for their excellent science leadership, Lucy Kay for her tireless work for SRFME and John Heine for producing the final report. Dr John Keesing Research Director Strategic Research Fund for the Marine Environment 31 December 2006 v o l u m e o n e i i i SRFME Volume 1- text final.indd 3 5/02/2007 2:46:10 PM i v S R F M E final report 2 0 0 6 F o r e w o r d v o l u m e o n e v Acknowledgements Many people have contributed to the establishment and management of SRFME and the development of its research portfolio. Many more have participated in the many research projects funded by SRFME. In addition to the SRFME research teams, SRFME PhD students and their supervisors whose names are listed with their contributions to each of the chapters of this volume of the SRFME Final Report, we thank the following people who have contributed to the SRFME Joint Venture in a number of ways over the period of 2000 to 2006. Kim Anderson, Department of Industry and Resources James McLaughlin, CSIRO Simon Allen, CSIRO Dr Mike Mackie, Department of Fisheries Dr Greg Ayers, CSIRO Dr Ray Masini, Department of the Environment Arthur Banks, CSIRO Dr Sue Meek, Department of Commerce and Trade Louise Bell, CSIRO Peter Millington, Department of Fisheries Pru Bonham, CSIRO Dr Des Mills, Department of the Environment Dr Bernard Bowen, Chairman Marine Research Taskforce Don Michel, CSIRO Dr Nan Bray, CSIRO Toni Moate, CSIRO Dr Alan Butler, CSIRO Tim Mangan, CSIRO Dr Ed Butler, CSIRO Tim Moltmann, CSIRO Dr Nick Caputi, Department of Fisheries Michael Mulligan, Geraldton Port Authority Gary Carroll, CSIRO Phillip Murray, Celine Chan, CSIRO Department of the Premier and Cabinet Graham Cobby, Department of Industry and Resources Tim O’Sullivan, CSIRO Ian Cook, CSIRO Angela Palmer, CSIRO Dr Scott Condie, CSIRO Dr John Parslow, CSIRO Jeff Cordell, CSIRO Val Pearce, CSIRO Richard Craddock, Lindsay Pender, CSIRO Department of Industry and Resources Dr Jim Penn, Department of Fisheries Dr George Cresswell, CSIRO Ms Linda Penny, Lea Crosswell, CSIRO Department of the Premier and Cabinet Dr Nick D’Adamo, Ron Plashke, CSIRO Department of Conservation and Land Management Dr Ian Poiner, CSIRO Carl Davies, CSIRO Jane Pollock, CSIRO Peter Dunn, CSIRO Pam Powell, CSIRO Siobhan Duffy, CSIRO Dr Andrew Revill John Gunn, CSIRO Craig Roy, CSIRO Peter Green, CSIRO Dr Keith Sainsbury, CSIRO Kim Grey, CSIRO Dr Cameron Sim, Department of the Environment Michael Harrison, CSIRO Dr Chris Simpson, Department of Conservation and Dr Tony Haymet, CSIRO Land Management Dr Chad Hewitt, CSIRO Dirk Slawinski, CSIRO Dr Bruce Hobbs, Dr Peter Thompson, CSIRO Department of the Premier and Cabinet Paul Tzaikos, Department of Industry and Technology Dr John Huisman, Murdoch University Dr Paul Vogel, Tennille Irvine, CSIRO Department of Environment and Water Neale Johnston, CSIRO Bernadette Waugh, CSIRO Lucy Kay, CSIRO Dr Paul Wellings, CSIRO Hiski Kippo, CSIRO Dr Fred Wells, WA Museum Mark Lewis, CSIRO Dr Kate Wilson, CSIRO Craig McCauley, CSIRO Dr Jackie Zanetti, CSIRO v i S R F M E final report 2 0 0 6 Contents - volume one P r e f a c e i i i F o r e w o r d v Foreword by the Hon Alan Carpenter MLA v Acknowledgements v i Executive summary x i C H A P T E R 1 1 1. INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 About SRFME 1 1.1.1 Role and Purpose of SRFME 1 1.1.2 Background to SRFME 1 1.2 Structure and Governance of SRFME 2 1.2.1 SRFME Joint Venture Management Committee 2 1.2.2 SRFME Technical Advisory Committee 4 1.2.3 SRFME Research Director and Project Leaders 4 1.3 The SRFME Framework and Research Portfolio Structure 4 1.3. The SRFME Framework 4 1.3.2 SRFME Research Portfolio Structure 6 1.4 Collaborative Linkages Program 6 1.4.1 SRFME PhD Scholarships 7 1.4.2 SRFME Collaborative Research Projects 7 1.4.3 State Linkage Projects 7 1.5 SRFME Core Projects 7 1.5.1 Development of the SRFME Core Projects 8 1.5.2 Biophysical Oceanography Core Project 8 1.5.3 Coastal Ecosystems and Biodiversity Core Project 8 1.5.4 Integrated Modelling Core Project 8 v o l u m e o n e v i i C H A P T E R 2 9 2. COLLABORATIVE LINKAGES PROGRAM: PhD PROJECTS 9 2.1 SRFME PhD Scholarship Program 9 2.2 SRFME PhD Projects, Students, and Affiliations 9 2.2.1 Responses of the seagrass Posidonia sinuosa to light reduction: A mechanistic approach 10 2.2.2 Detached macrophyte accumulations in surf zones: significance of macrophyte type and volume in supporting secondary production 17 2.2.3 Ecological and historical processes maintaining macroalgal diversity in the Recherche Archipelago, Western Australia 22 2.2.4 Biogeochemical processes in sea grass sediment 29 2.2.5 The development and validation of algorithms for remotely sensing case II waters 36 2.2.6 Spatial, temporal and biogeochemical dynamics of submarine groundwater discharge in a semi-enclosed coastal basin 43 2.2.7 Remotely sensing seasonal and interannual oceanic primary production for Western Australian waters 51 2.2.8 Ichthyoplankton assemblage structure in coastal, shelf and slope waters off south-western Australia 57 2.2.9 Microzooplankton off south west Western Australia: Their spatial and temporal variations and impact of phytoplankton 64 2.2.10 Diurnal variations in physical processes & phytoplankton response 70 2.2.11 Comparisons between benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages in estuarine and nearshore marine habitats 78 2.2.12 The ecology and biogeochemistry of sandy sediments in the warm temperate coastal waters of Western Australia 85 C H A P T E R 3 9 1 3.
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