Dive into our Winter 2018 Newsletter to learn about how we're expanding our engagement with Queensland's marine users to SPOT, LOG and MAP species in this iconic region, and to also access a free-to-downlaod poster of ocean temperature changes that have occurred in south-eastern Australia over the past 24 years. You'll also find fascinating articles about the hottest topics in marine science, from ocean heatwaves to artificial reefs.
Redmap’s Queensland chapter has been operational since our national launch in 2012, but today we announced our intent to enhance our engagement with Queensland’s marine users to better understand the changes that are occurring in one of the world’s most iconic marine environments. Read on to learn more about what was announced at the formal launch held at James Cook University in Townsville today, and to also see our revised …
Sightings of yellowtail kingfish in Tasmanian waters have been regularly logged with Redmap since the program began. These records are particularly valuable because they indicate that kingfish from eastern Australia could be on the move south, suggesting that some dedicated scientific research may be necessary to get to the bottom of what’s going on.
In this article, PhD student and kingfish project leader Curtis Champion describes recently published findings that …
Jorge E. Ramos is a marine biologist with a PhD in Natural and Physical Sciences from the University of Tasmania. His PhD project focused on examining the life-history characteristics, genetics and population dynamics of the range extending common Sydney octopus (Octopus tetricus).
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Searching for patterns in the genetics of range-shifting animals can help us to understand why some animals, and not others, are shifting where they live …
Just as floods, cyclones and droughts are considered extreme weather events on land, extreme climatic events also occur in the ocean. Work being undertaken by the Marine Heatwaves International Working Group has resulted in the development of a formal definition and classification system for these extreme marine events, allowing for global patterns in their occurrence and duration to be assessed.
Artificial reefs are commonly deployed off coastlines around the world to restore degraded marine habitats and provide new fishing opportunities, but they also provide an opportunity to put a little art into the ocean.
A suite of manuals that describe best practises for collecting data from the marine environment have been created and made publicly available by the team at the Marine Biodiversity Hub, National Environmental Science Program.
Decoration, display, warning, deception, camouflage…. colour is an important feature for fishes.
Two landmark experiments have gone beyond the laboratory to show how entire coral reef communities are being affected by ocean acidification in the wild!
Rachel Kelly is a PhD student in the Centre for Marine Socioecology at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies. Her research focuses on the social acceptability of human activities that involve the marine environment. Here she introduces us to the concept of ‘social licence’ and discusses why it’s an important component of how communities interact with the marine realm.
