Q IMOS: The Queensland Node of the Integrated Marine Observing System. Peter Doherty (AIMS) and Russ Babcock (CSIRO)
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1 Q IMOS: The Queensland Node of the Integrated Marine Observing System Peter Doherty (AIMS) and Russ Babcock (CSIRO)
2 Q-IMOS fixed infrastructure Slope moorings SEC Shelf moorings National Reference Stations real time HF radar real time Satellite dish (SST, OC) Island Research Stations wireless sensor networks real time Reef towers real time Acoustic receivers EAC moorings Lucinda Jetty Coastal Observatory
3 Q-IMOS mobile infrastructure SOOP (& CPR) Gliders AUV
4 IMOS Research Themes Global Energy Budget Global Hydrological Cycle Global Circulation Global Carbon Cycle 1. Multi decadal ocean change Pacific Ocean Indian Ocean Southern Ocean Fluxes Drivers Dynamics Interannual intraseasonal 3. Major boundary currents and inter basin flows East Australian Current (+Tasman Outflow, Flinders Current, Hiri Current) Leeuwin Current Indonesian Throughflow Antarctic Circumpolar Current nutrients microbes plankton nekton apex predators 5. Ecosystem responses productivity, abundance, distribution 4. Continental shelf processes benthic pelagic eddy encroachment upwelling, downwelling cross shelf exchange coastal currents wave climate 2. Climate variability and weather extremes ENSO, IOD, SAM, MJO Cyclones, ECL s
5 A. Ganachaud 1, 2, Bowen M. 3, Brassington G. 4, Cai W. 5, Cravatte S. 2,1, Davis R. 6, Gourdeau L. 1, Hasegawa T. 7, Hill K. 8,9, Holbrook N. 10, Kessler W. 11, Maes C. 1, Melet A. 12,13, Qiu B. 14, Ridgway, K. 15, Roemmich D. 6, Schiller A. 15, Send U. 6, Sloyan B. 15, Sprintall J. 6, Steinberg C. 16, Sutton P. 17, Verron J. 12, Widlansky M. 14,18, Wiles P. 19 (2013) CLIVAR Newsletter
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7 SPICE Community CLIVAR Exchanges No. 58, Vol. 17, No.1, February 2012
8 Waypoints for Sea Glider missions
9 June Oct 2010 (149 days) 22 Oct 2012 (99 days at last surfacing 28 Jan 2013)
10 IMOS Research Themes Global Energy Budget Global Hydrological Cycle Global Circulation Global Carbon Cycle 1. Multi decadal ocean change Pacific Ocean Indian Ocean Southern Ocean Fluxes Drivers Dynamics Interannual intraseasonal 3. Major boundary currents and inter basin flows East Australian Current (+Tasman Outflow, Flinders Current, Hiri Current) Leeuwin Current Indonesian Throughflow Antarctic Circumpolar Current nutrients microbes plankton nekton apex predators 5. Ecosystem responses productivity, abundance, distribution 4. Continental shelf processes benthic pelagic eddy encroachment upwelling, downwelling cross shelf exchange coastal currents wave climate 2. Climate variability and weather extremes ENSO, IOD, SAM, MJO Cyclones, ECL s
11 Mass coral bleaching (1998 and 2002)
12 Q IMOS: 2011 a year of flood and cyclone impacts in North Queensland
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14 Lake Awoonga (Gladstone) overtopping 29 Jan 2013
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17 Crown-of-thorns starfish
18 De ath et al (2012) The 27-year decline of coral cover on the GBR and its causes. PNAS
19 De ath et al (2012) The 27-year decline of coral cover on the GBR and its causes. PNAS
20 OceanMAPS global circulation model OTIS tidal model ACCESS atmospheric model
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23 River exposure ranking showing the importance of discharge from the Daintree River into the section of the shelf where COTS outbreaks are initiated commissioned as part of the Scientific Consensus Statement on Water Quality for ReefPlan. Contribution (%) Ranking normalised against largest contribution (Daintree) River Total Northern Southern Total Northern Southern Barron Russel Mulgrave Johnstone Tully Daintree Herbert Burdekin Normanby Cumulative exposure index from three northern rivers Daintree Russel Mulgrave Burdekin
24 Flood plumes from the Fitzroy, Burnett, and Mary Rivers 29 January 2013
25 Observations Burdekin River plume 29 January 2013 Model Burdekin River plume 29 January 2013
26 IMOS regional moorings provide essential cal/val data for ereefs model since late 2007
27 Oke (2012) Observations and Modelling: Observing System Design and Evaluation (Intraseasonal V0)
28 Q IMOS Observations (TC Yasi) ereefs GBR 4 (TC Yasi)
29 Yongala NRS Real time data streams resume 2013 Palm Passage mooring to provide NRT data in 2013 (additional mooring deployed February)
30 First mission of CSIRO Slocum Glider in GBR December 2012
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32 Heron Island
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34 A. Mantovanelli, M. L. Heron, S. F. Heron, and C. R. Steinberg (2012) Relative dispersion of surface drifters in a barrier reef region. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH, VOL. 117, C11016, doi: /2012jc008106, 2012
35 Hours of trawling effort revealed by vessel monitoring. Source: Queensland Fisheries
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37 NSI Mooring temperature stratification index chlorophyll Maxime Marin, UQ Time (days)
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39 Mooring data C. Lemckert
40 IMOS Research Themes Global Energy Budget Global Hydrological Cycle Global Circulation Global Carbon Cycle 1. Multi decadal ocean change Pacific Ocean Indian Ocean Southern Ocean Fluxes Drivers Dynamics Interannual intraseasonal 3. Major boundary currents and inter basin flows East Australian Current (+Tasman Outflow, Flinders Current, Hiri Current) Leeuwin Current Indonesian Throughflow Antarctic Circumpolar Current nutrients microbes plankton nekton apex predators 5. Ecosystem responses productivity, abundance, distribution 4. Continental shelf processes benthic pelagic eddy encroachment upwelling, downwelling cross shelf exchange coastal currents wave climate 2. Climate variability and weather extremes ENSO, IOD, SAM, MJO Cyclones, ECL s
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43 Across the system now need to recalibrate instruments, characterize against the HPLC results and reprocess NRS phytoplankton pigments
44 ARC Future Fellowship Michelle Heupel (AIMS/JCU) 28 grey reef sharks fitted with transmitters were monitored for 15 months at Heron Island Reef IMOS environmental data were integrated with tracking data to define environmental triggers for movement
45 NERP TE HUB Brad Congdon (JCU)
46 Connectivity 99 km 20 d 12 km 86 km 7 d 36 km 74 km 68 km 8 d Lutjanus argentimaculatus (Mangrove Jack) Blacktip reef shark Tagged (31/3/2010) Left Magnetic Island 4/2/2011, arrived Rib 26/2/2011
47 Connectivity 12 km 36 km 74 km Carcharhinus melanopterus Blacktip reef shark
48 Domeier ML, Speare P (2012) Dispersal of adult Black Marlin (Istiompax indica) from a Great Barrier Reef spawning aggregation. PLoS ONE 7(2): e doi: /journal.pone
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