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Physical and coupled ecological processes within Australia’s northwest reef ecosystems

Physical and coupled ecological processes within Australia’s northwest reef ecosystems. Professor Ryan Lowe WAMSI North West Marine Science Symposium 21 Feb 2013. Continuing and new reef research programs in the NW region.

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Physical and coupled ecological processes within Australia’s northwest reef ecosystems

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  1. Physical and coupled ecological processes within Australia’s northwest reef ecosystems Professor Ryan Lowe WAMSI North West Marine Science Symposium 21 Feb 2013

  2. Continuing and new reef research programs in the NW region • Aim: To assess the role that physical processes (e.g., waves, tides and extremes) play in regulating reef ecology in the NW • Ningaloo (wave-dominated) • Pilbara (waves and tides; cyclones) • Kimberley (tide-dominated) Pilbara reefs

  3. Ningaloo Reef • Continuing programs started 5+ years ago focused on the southern and middle sections (14 journal articles, support from ARC and WAMSI 1) • Extensive physical studies (field and modelling) • New work:ARC Future Fellowship project (2012-2016) and NCB (2013-2016) Hydrodynamic models Temperature anomalies

  4. ARC Super Science Scheme (2011-2014) Community production calcification-driven biogeochemical changes Zhang et al., JGR, 2012 Falter et al., PLoS One, 2013 Also nutrient dynamics… Zhang et al. (2011), Ecological Modelling

  5. Physical and biogeochemical processes in Kimberley macrotidal reefs Elevated lagoon Reef terrace (Napo Cayabyab)

  6. Physical processes and drivers of reef community productivity ARC Future Fellowship (2012-16) and WAMSI Kimberley (2013-15)

  7. Pilbara region • NCB project (2013-2016) - Physical monitoring programs and numerical modelling (fine-scale connectivity, thermal heating, biogeochemistry) • WAMSI Dredging Science (2013-2015) - Sediment transport, deposition and resuspension processes in reefs and other sensitive coastal environments

  8. Current collaborators on these reef projects PhD Students: Andrew Pomeroy, Mark Buckley, Renee Gruber, Napo Cayabyab UWA OI: Jim Falter, Greg Ivey, Zhenlin Zhang, Malcolm McCulloch, Gary Kendrick, Marco Ghisalberti, Carlos Duarte CSIRO: Graham Symonds AIMS: Richard Brinkman International:Ap van Dongeren, DanoRoelvink

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