1. Overview of Node Region, science/observational plan 2. Issue from revision of Node Plan 3. Impediments 4. Science opportunities Gab Collaborative

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1 1. Overview of Node Region, science/observational plan 2. Issue from revision of Node Plan 3. Impediments 4. Science opportunities Gab Collaborative Research Program (Tim Ward)

2 SAIMOS region, biomes, science plan Cape Arid Central-western GAB Eastern GAB Gulfs White shark Australian gannet Smooth hammerhead Barracouta NZ fur seals Common dolphin 5 Aust sea lion Bottlenose dolphin Little penguin Terns Petrels Shags & cormorants Whaler sharks Common thresher shark School shark FRDC 2009/046 Carrying capacity of Spencer Medium pisc fish Gulf: Jack/yellowtail hydrodynamic mackerel and Sardine Port Jackson shark biogeochemical measurement modelling and performance monitoring Other squids SAIMOS 5-10 year plan provide data streams to determine: 4 Aust herring Snapper Gulls Gummy shark King George whiting - spatial/temporal SAIMOS Cape variation Arid in physical to Cape oceanographic Otway conditions, Other demersal sharks Skipjack trevally Rays & skates Red mullet Silverbelly Medium crust fish Medium mollusc fish shelf/slope currents, cycles of upwelling/downwelling, model for Medium fisheries echino and Degens/Rough influence aquaculture leatherjacket Small crust fish of Garfish boundary Biomes currents differ and in oceanographic 3 Rock lobster climate variability conditions, but Blue swimmer crab Western king prawn - how connectivity variation influences between connectivity them influences and nutrient enrichment nutrients, SAO crustaceans in the Farmed SBT Farmed kingfish Black abalone Greenlip abalone four productivity marine biomes and ecosystem dynamics 2 Other large crabs/bugs - Influence of variation in physical oceanography, nutrient enrichment and connectivity between marine biomes on ecosystem dynamics, 1 Macroalgae Seagrass Fish farm feed foodweb structure and key biological process from microbe to plankton to apex predators Giant cuttlefish FRDC 2011/205Spencer Gulf Research Initiative: development Syngnathids of an ecosystem SB tuna Southern calamary Aust salmon Snook Yellowtail kingfish Anchovy Hebivorous macrobenthos Sand-zoobenthos feeders Blue mackerel Small mobile DDF crustaceans Bonney Coast Octopus Sprats Gelatinous zooplankton Small mobile ZF crustaceans Small polychaete fish Fish larvae Large carn Cape zooplanktonotway Sand crab Meiofauna Sessile epifauna Polychaetes DDF Phytoplankton Planktonic microflora Benthic microflora Detritus DOM water column Detritus POM sediment Small herb zooplankton Discards

3 NCRIS 2013 Mooring Biological Station Passive acoustic observatory NRS Slocum glider Sea glider Radar AATAMS biologging apex predators AATAMS receivers

4 Issues arising from Node Plan revision A lot of redundancy and repetition Stommel diagrams all lifted from NSIP delete? Structure of Node Plans much repetition each theme is repeated in the science background section, the required observation section and the platforms required to deliver observations section. Why not have have details on the required observations and platforms to immediately follow the science background and questions? Tables - to have both individual section tables for required observations and platforms and then two summary tables that repeat the individual section sub-tables makes for increased redundancy. Why not just have two tables? Issues around co-investment in node/facility if organisations priorities change How do we make sure smaller projects have the equipment they need Integration of biological and oceanographic data across platforms/facilities Incorporation of Bonney coast research.

5 Impediments to uptake Time and capabilities to integrate across facilities GAB Collaborative Research Program provides additional capacity and capability to integrate and undertake analyses of many Node data sets General Accessibility of data and promotion of use and uptake (e.g. PhD students) Node neighbour collaboration and integration Victoria, south coast WA

6 Science opportunities 1) GAB Research Program (hydrodynamic ocean modeling and validation using IMOS data; 3-4 shelf glider missions (Albany to K.I.), bio-geochemical sampling and modelling; identification of hot spots of ecological activity predator movements; improvement and enhanced availability of IMOS Ocean Colour products, assessment of spatial and temporal variation in food web dynamics using IMOS data) [ ] 2) Assimilating SAROM Model and validation against all SAIMOS data to be developed through PhD of Hugo Basto de Oliveirer [ ] 3) Sardine FRDC Project: identification of sardine distributions using biophysical IMOS Ocean Colour data [ ] 4) Spencer Gulf mouth frontal zone. Enhanced sampling (over SAIMOS) and analysis using YODA CTD yo-yo probe and TurboMap (biophysical microstructure free fall probe). Equipment to be provided by Tokyo University of Mar. Sci. and Technology and with an exchange PhD student through Flinders University. [ ]. 5) PhD student through SARDI/Flinders University examining spatial and temporal variation in primary productivity in the Great Australian Bight, enhancing SAIMOS sampling and data collection [ ] 6) Monitoring of white shark residency and movement off southern Australia [ ] 7) Bronze whalers and dusky sharks tagged, investigating drivers of ecological connectivity between coastal shelves and GSV/SG also looking at cross-jurisdictional management of commercially important shark species via WA&SA tagged sharks (provided equipment is available) [ ] 8) Oyster industry, understanding drivers of variation in primary and secondary productivity and issues associated with ocean acidification (FRDC application [ ]