MISA Ecosystem Services Projects
MISA contributes capability funding to the following projects:
Anthropogenic contaminants in Queensland's coastal dolphins: levels and toxicological effects. Key MISA contact: Dr Guido Parra (Flinders University/SARDI).
ARC Linkage on Caulerpa taxifolia phylogeography, ecology and phyisology. Key MISA contact: Dr Fred Gurgel (Adelaide University).
Assessing the impacts of berleying from shark cage-diving operations on the swimming behaviour of the white shark (Carcharodon carcharias). Key MISA contact: Dr Charlie Huveneers (SARDI/Flinders University).
Assessing the impacts of berleying through four-dimensional modelling of the swimming behaviour of white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias). Key MISA contact: Dr David Currie (SARDI).
Assessment of the Thresher Shark (Alopias spp.) vulnerability to the Australian commerical and recreational fisheries. Key MISA contact: Dr Charlie Huveneers (SARDI).
Australian sea lion populations at Seal Bay and the Seal Slide (Kangaroo Island): continuation of the monitoring program. Key MISA contact: A/Prof Simon Goldsworthy (SARDI).
Beyond oceanography: behaviour as a tool to uncover ocean complexity. Key MISA contact: Prof. Laurent Seuront (Flinders Univerisity).
Combining genetics and morphology to resolve a longstanding taxonomic and conservation management issue: How many bottlenose dolphin species are there in Australian waters? Key MISA contact: Dr Guido Parra (Flinders University/SARDI).
Conservation management priorities for little penguin populations in Gulf St Vincent. Key MISA contact: A/Prof: Simon Goldsworthy (SARDI).
Determination of the critical habitats and movement dynamics of the Bronze Whaler (Carcharhinus brachyurus) off southern Australia. Key MISA contact: Paul Rogers (SARDI/Flinders University of South Australia).
Development of a hydrodynamic/biochemical modelling facility. Key MISA contact: A/Prof. John Middelton (SARDI).
Develop a decision based process based on expert knowledge to inform the management of dugongs and coastal dolphins in Northern Australia: the Yanyuwa sea country in the Northern Territory as a case study: Phase 2. Key MISA contact: Dr Guido Parra (Flinders University/SARDI).
Development of a hydrodynamic/biochemical modelling facility. Key MISA contact: A/Prof John Middelton (SARDI).
DNA tags & satellite tracks: shortfin mako shark. Key MISA contact: A/Prof. Simon Goldsworthy (SARDI).
Estimating historical catches from proposed South Australian Marine Park sanctuary zones. Key MISA contact: Dr David Currie (SARDI).
Fine-scale movements of white sharks to assess the impacts of burleying within a Marine Park. Key MISA contact: Dr Charlie Huveneers (SARDI/Flinders University).
Four-dimensional modelling of the swimming behaviour of white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) with inferences to the impacts of burleying and electric repellents. Key MISA contact: Dr Charlie Huveneers (SARDI).
Genetic diversity of calcareous macroalgae and their vulnerability to global climate changes. Key MISA contact: Dr Fred Gurgel (University of Adelaide).
Informing the conservation status of Australian snubfin dolphin by assessing its distribution and abundance in adjacent waters. Key MISA contact: Dr Guido Parra (Flinders University/SARDI).
Interseasonal variation in cohort survival to recruitment in the threatened Australian sea lion: demographic modelling of the Seal Bay population to assist management and recovery of the species. Key MISA contact: A/Prof. Simon Goldsworthy (SARDI).
Live telemetry ocean observing system for the Adelaide desalination plant. Key MISA contact: A/Prof. John Middelton (SARDI).
Maintaining the monitoring of pup production of key Australian sea lions at colonies in South Australia. Key MISA contact: A/Prof Simon Goldsworthy (SARDI).
Marine flora of the AW NRM region and relict species concept. Key MISA contact: Dr Fred Gurgel (Adelaide University).
Modelling the habitat preferences and abundance of coastal dolphins in the Gold Coast region. Key MISA contact: Dr Guido Parra (Flinders Univeristy/SARDI).
PIRSA initiative II: carrying capacity Spencer Gulf: hydrodynamic and biogeochemical measurement modelling and performance monitoring. Key MISA contact: A/Prof. John Middelton (SARDI).
Population size, structure and habitat preferences of common dolphins in South Australia: enhancing the assessment, reduction and mitigation of fisheries operational interactions. Key MISA contact: Dr Guido Parra (Flinders University/SARDI).
Prawn and crab harvest optimisation: a biophysical management tool. Key MISA contact: Dr Cameron Dixon (SARDI).
Providing a safe working environment for marine activities: risk assessment of the efficiency of the Shark Shield. Key MISA contact: Dr Charlie Huveneers (SARDI).
Running the gauntlet: international and domestic protection of the Vulnerable Common Thresher. Key MISA contact: Dr Charlie Huveneers (SARDI).
South Australian Integrated Marine Observing System (SAIMOS)/High Frequency RADAR (HFRADAR) and moorings. Key MISA contact: A/Prof. John Middelton (SARDI).
SIMS/IMOS - Seals as oceaongraphic samplers. Key MISA contact: A/Prof. Simon Goldsworthy (SARDI).
Spatial modelling of cetacean habitat use and abundance - workshop. Key MISA contact: Dr Guido Parra (Flinders University/SARDI).
Structure and subdivision of the Australian sea lion - defining species-wide management units using ecological and genetic information. Key MISA contact: A/Prof. Simon Goldsworthy (SARDI).
Sustainability of the rock lobster resource in south-eastern Australia in a changing environment: implications for assessment and management. Key MISA contact: Dr Adrian Linnane (SARDI).
The role of genetic and social factors in shaping alternate foraging strategies within and among Australia sea lion subpopulations. Key MISA contact: A/Prof. Simon Goldsworthy (SARDI).
Trophodynamics of demeral fish from the Spencer Gulf. Key MISA contact: Dr David Currie (SARDI).
Understanding the residence time and movement patterns or whaler sharks (Carcharhinus sp.) along the Adelaide metropolitan beaches. Key MISA contact: Dr Charlie Huveneers (SARDI/Flinders University).
Using the foraging behaviour or the threatened Australian sea lion to assess habitat quality and inform the zoning of marine parks in South Australia. Key MISA contact: A/Prof. Simon Goldsworthy (SARDI).
You are what you eat - using fatty acid signatures to investigate diet in sharks. Key MISA contact: Dr Charlie Huveneers (SARDI).
Ecosystem Services research results (one page non-technical summaries).