Hydrographic surveying and nautical charting play a vital role in the safety of navigation in coastal areas, and are thus essential to world maritime commerce. However, the status of hydrographic surveys and nautical charting world-wide is usually quite poor. As a result of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), coastal states will be responsible for surveying and chartin...

In the absence of long term wave data collected at a coastal site of interest, the calculation of wave statistics at a coastal site requires various data sets to be assembled, including temporally and spatially long term representative directional wave data offshore of the site, as well as bathymetric and coastline data. Further, a suitable wave model is required, which is capable of modelling ...

Coastal environment is controlled by a complex interaction of physical, chemical, biological, and geological processes. Physical processes are responsible for controlling the transport and distribution of all dissolved and suspended matters in coastal waters. A comprehensive understanding of these processes is crucial to the design and implementation of management strategies that track ecosyste...

Citation: Sprogis KR, Pollock KH, Raudino HC, Allen SJ, Kopps AM, Manlik O, Tyne JA and Bejder L (2016) Sex-Specific Patterns in Abundance, Temporary Emigration and Survival of Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) in Coastal and Estuarine Waters. Front. Mar. Sci. 3:12. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2016.00012 Sex-Specific Patterns in Abundance, Temporary Emigration and Survival of Indo-Paci...

Citation: Grand MM, Clinton-Bailey GS, Beaton AD, Schaap AM, Johengen TH, Tamburri MN, Connelly DP, Mowlem MC and Achterberg EP (2017) A Lab-On-Chip Phosphate Analyzer for Long-term In Situ Monitoring at Fixed Observatories: Optimization and Performance Evaluation in Estuarine and Oligotrophic Coastal Waters. Front. Mar. Sci. 4:255. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2017.00255 A Lab-On-Chip Phosphate Analyzer...

Citation: Geißler F, Achterberg EP, Beaton AD, Hopwood MJ, Clarke JS, Mutzberg A, Mowlem MC and Connelly DP (2017) Evaluation of a Ferrozine Based Autonomous in Situ Lab-on-Chip Analyzer for Dissolved Iron Species in Coastal Waters. Front. Mar. Sci. 4:322. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2017.00322 Evaluation of a Ferrozine Based Autonomous in Situ Lab-on-Chip Analyzer for Dissolved Iron Species in Coastal ...

sels, are employed as surveillanceorganisms for marine pollutants (artificially produced radionuclides, petroleum hydrocarbons, metals, and chlorinated hydrocarbons used industrially and as biocides in coastal waters). Varying degrees of contamination in US coastal waters have been indicated by the elevated levels of these substances in the soft parts of bivalves. [The Sd® indicates that this p...

Our scientific objectives encompass both empirical and theoretical investigations. Empirical objectives are: 1) develop new instruments and methods for measuring ocean-optical properties, 2) conduct systematic coastal ocean measurements for testing closure and for characterizing optical properties and the processes related to their changes, and 3) perform laboratory experiments to investigate o...

The aim of this work is to introduce the potential of satellite-based remote sensing data to agencies responsible for monitoring and managing water quality in the coastal zone of Western Australia. There exists a knowledge and/or expertise gap between satellite data providers and potential end users. This project aims to close the gap by developing a fundamental management tool that will be geo...