WAMSI Research Conference 2015
The partners of the Western Australian Marine Science Institution are delivering two of the largest marine research programs in Australia, alongside a raft of other important research.
At the 2015 Research Conference (30th March - 1st April 2015) WAMSI partners and affilates came together to discuss the progress and latest findings from over 50 projects.
Location: State Library of Western Australia, Perth.
Click here to view the conference schedule.
Conference Proceedings (Abstracts)
Format
- Day 1 (AM) Opening addresses, a summary of progress and future directions by the WAMSI partnership
- Day 1 (AM) Presentations on other key WA marine research programs
- Day 1 (PM) and Day 2 (AM) Dredging Science Node – The end of stage 1: synthesis of contemporary knowledge on dredging impacts and presentations on each of the projects
- Day 2 (PM) and Day 3 (AM/PM) Kimberley Marine Research Program – Mid-program summary review and findings and presentation on each project
- Day 3 (PM) 12.15 - 1pm Special Event: Launch of the Blueprint for Marine Science 2050 by Hon. Colin Barnett MLA, Premier of Western Australia and Minister for Science; Chair of the Independent Blueprint Steering Committee E/Prof Alistar Robertson and WAMSI Chair Naomi Brown.
Audio of presentations
Launch of the Blueprint for Marine Science 2050 (1 April 2015)
- Naomi Brown, WAMSI Chair - Blueprint for Marine Science introduction
- E/Prof Alistar Robertson, Independent Chair Blueprint Steering Committee
- Premier and Science Minister Colin Barnett launches Blueprint for Marine Science 2050
Day 1 (March 30, 2015)
Session: Opening and keynote presentations
- Patrick Seares, WAMSI CEO - WAMSI - summary of progress and future directions (presentation slides)
- Paul Vogel, EPA Chairman - Keynote presentation - Building a Science Knowledge base for Environmental Impact Assessment (presentation slides)
- Hon Donna Faragher MLC, Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier, Minister for State Development, Science - Opening the 2015 WAMSI Research Conference
- Peter Klinken, Chief Scientist o Western Australia - Keynote presentation - Science priorities for Western Australia
Session 2
- Shaun Gregory, Woodside Energy, Senior Vice Pres. Science and Technology - Keynote Presentation - an industry perpective on strategic marine science. (presentation slides)
- Patrick Seares, WAMSI CEO - Initiatives to improve collaboration on information, wildlife and estuaries.
- Margaret Byrne, Department of Parks and Wildlife - The role of science in conservation management. (presentation slides)
- Michael Marnane, Chevron - Management based on science: Applying learnings from Gorgon to the Chevron Wheatsone dredging program. (presentation slides)
- Bruce Elliot, GBRMPA - A QLD perpective on outcomes focused research for both dredging and marine park management. (presentation slides)
Session 3: Dredging Node - Introduction and themes 2 and 3 (generation and transport of dredge plumes)
- Ray Masini, OEPA - Dredging Science Node Overview (presentation slides)
- Tim Green, BMT JFA Consultants - Invited speaker: Dredging 101 (presentation slides)
- Graham Symonds, CSIRO - Theme 2/3 overview, Generation and transport of dredge plumes. (presentation slides)
- Des Mills, Marine Environmental Reviews - Generation and release of sediments by hydraulic dredging (presentation slides)
- Ryan Lowe, UWA - Redefining sediment transport models over sensitive benthic habitats (presentation slides)
- Peter Fearns, Curtin - The light environment in turbid waters (presentation slides)
- Graham Symonds, CSIRO - Modelling dredging generated sediment plumes. (presentation slides)
Session 4: Dredging Node - Themes 5 & 6 (seagrass and sponges)
- Ian Le Provost, Environmental Consultant Association - Invited Speaker: Consultant's perpective on WAMSI Dredging Science Node (presentation slides)
- Paul Lavery, ECU - Theme 5 overview: Defining thresholds of primary producer response to dredge pressures (presentation slides)
- Kathryn McMahon, ECU - Genetic variability, seasonal dynamics and recovery mechanisms of tropical seagrasses - update on field programs in northwest Australia. (presentation slides)
- John Statton, UWA - Deriving pressure-response relationships of tropical seagrasses to dredge pressures - a laboratory approach (presentation slides)
- Nicole Webster, AIMS - Theme 6 overview, Defining thresholds of filter feeder response to dredge pressures (presentation slides) (video 1) (video 2)
- Muhammad Abdul Wahab, AIMS - Observations from pre-dredgings surveys of filter feeders at Onslow (presentation slides)
- Brian Strethlow, UWA/AIMS - Indentifying, characterising and quantifying the effects of dredging on sponges (Porifera) (presentation slides) (video)
- Mari-Carmen Pineda, AIMS - Deriving pressure-response relationships of sponges to dredge pressures - a laboratory approach. (presentation slides)
Day 2 (March 31, 2015)
Dredging Node - Themes 4 & 7 (corals and coral reproduction windows)
- Luke Smith, Woodside - Invited Speaker: Industry perpective on WAMSI Dredging Science
- Ross Jones, AIMS - Theme 4 Overview, Dredging and Corals (presentation slides)
- Alan Duckworth, AIMS - Specific and interactive effects of total suspended solids, light attenuation and sediment deposition on adult corals (presentation slides)
- Rebecca Fisher, AIMS - Turning data into management recommendations: Predicting coral mortality based on water quality during dredging (presentation slides)
- James Whinney, JCU - Measuring sediment deposition during dredging programs: development of an in situ deposition sensor (presentation slides) (video)
- Clair Stark, JCU - Measuring sediment deposition during dredging programs: modelling approaches (presentation slides)
- Andrew Negri, AIMS - Theme 7 Overview, Effects of dredging on coral reproduction (presentation slides)
- James Gilmour, AIMS - Review of coral reproduction in WA and current state of knowledge (presentation slides) (video)
- Gerard Ricardo, AIMS - Laboratory experimentation on the effects of dredging on fertilisation, larval development and settlement of corals (presentation slides) (video 1) (video 2)
Session 2: Dredging Node themes 8 & 9 (environmental windows for finfish and other organisms)
- Wayne Young, Pilbara Ports Authority - Invited Speaker: Dredging in the Pilbara - Ports perspective (presentation slides)
- Euan Harvey, Curtin - Theme 8 Overview, Effects of dredging related pressures on critical ecological processes for finfish (presentation slides)
- Gary Kendrick, UWA - Theme 9 Overview, Effects of dredging related pressures on critical ecological processes for other organisms (presentation slides)
Session 3: Kimberley Node - Understanding the history and the habitats of the Kimberley
- Stuart Field, DPaW - Kimberley Node Overview (presentation slides)
- Barry Wilson - Invited Speaker: The Kimberley Environment (presentation slides)
- Lindsay Collins, Curtin - Geomorphology (presentation slides)
- Andrew Heyward, AIMS - Benthic Biodiversity (presentation slides)
- (video 1) (Video 2)
- Luke Edwards, WAMSI - Data Management (presentation slides)
- Mick O'Leary, Curtin - Use of LIDAR in the Kimberley (presentation slides)
Session 4: Kimberley Node - Physical processes and primary productivity - Feeding the System
- Greg Ivey, UWA - Oceanography (presentation slides)
- Matt Hipsey, UWA - Biochemistry (presentation slides)
- Andy Revill, CSIRO - Land-sea Linkages (presentation slides)
- Ryan Lowe, UWA - Primary production (presentation slides)
- Gary Kendrick and Renae Hovey, UWA - Seagrass and mapping productivity (presentation slides)
Day 3 (April 1, 2015)
Session 1: Kimberley Node - Managing marine resources and values
- Tom Hatton, Invited Speaker: Western Australia's Kimberley marine parks and WAMSI
- Daniel Oades, KLC - Invited Speaker: Partnering with Indigenous communities (presentation slides)
- Lynnath Beckley, Murdoch - Patterns of human use (presentation slides)
- Jennifer Strickland-Munro, Murdoch - Social values and aspirations (presentation slides)
- Albert Wiggan, Nyul Nyul Rangers - Indigenous knowledge (presentation slides)
- Fabio Boschetti, CSIRO - Management strategy evaluation (presentation slides)
Session2: Kimberley Node - Ecological processes and change in the Kimberley
- Mat Vanderklift, CSIRO - Key ecological processes (presentation slides)
- Ming Feng, CSIRO - Climate Change (presentation slides)
- Verena Schoepf, UWA - Calcification (presentation slides)
- John Keesing, CSIRO - Sediment records (presentation slides)
- Oliver Berry, CSIRO - Connectivity (presentation slides)
Session 3: Kimberley Node - Marine fauna and developing long term monitoring and research
- Brett Molony, DoF - Invited Speaker: Fisheries research in the Kimberley (presentation slides)
- Scott Whiting, DPaW - Marine Turtles (presentation slides)
- Michele Thums, AIMS - Humback Whale (presentation slides)
- Andy Halford, DPaW - Crocodiles (presentation slides)
- Mat Vanderklift, CSIRO - Dugongs (presentation slides)
- Lars Bejdar, Murdoch - Dolphins (presentation slides)
- Danny Rogers, AWSG - Shorebirds (presentation slides)
- Peter Fearns, Curtin - Remote Sensing (presentation slides)
- Kim Friedman, DPaw - Invited Speaker: WAMMP - KMRP research informing long term monitoring (presentation slides)
- Patrick Seares, WAMSI, Close of conference and closing remarks