Biodiversity symposium

July 2009

Strategic research on how climate change, human use and new pressures and uses affect the marine environment is beginning to bring results.

Increased populations, water runoff, changed ocean temperatures, fishing, larvae dispersion and climate change came under the spotlight at a Western Australian Marine Science Institution symposium in Perth.

CSIRO’s Wealth from Oceans Project researchers carry out most of the eight projects, most covering the effects of activities which have a significant impact on the environment.

Eddies, water circulation in lagoons, nutrient changes, new marine species and the interim results of how kelp communities - which play a criticial role in marine food webs and fisheries – were also discussed.

More than 100 people attended.