Region: Queensland
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Marine Microplastics
Marine microdebris is comprised of anthropogenic solid waste, specially microplastics, smaller than 5mm in length, indivertibly or intentionally disposed in marine environments. Their ubiquitous presence and levels are predicted to increase. The IMOS Marine Microplastics sub-Facility has been established to assess temporal and spatial variations of this contamination to better inform environmental management and policy.…
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Microbial Coastal Sampling
IMOS Coast Sampling provides a network of coastal microbial observatories located in coastal water of the Great Barrier Reef (Queensland), Botany Bay (New South Wales), and Port Philip Bay (Victoria). Why it’s important Coastal environments are highly dynamic, influenced by both natural processes and anthropogenic activity and represent locations in which environmental microbial and planktonic…
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Great Barrier Reef Genomic Database
The Great Barrier Reef (GBR) Genomic Database sets to establish a searchable database of 10 000 microbial genomes, transcriptomic and associated environmental data from samples collected within the Great Barrier Reef. Microorganisms play a fundamental role in the functioning and stability of coral reefs and often first to respond to changes in the environment. The…
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Marine Microbiome Initiative
The Australian Microbiome Initiative is a national bio-resource, providing a central database of microbial diversity, developed in association with Bioplatforms Australia. Water samples from several depths are collected from IMOS National Reference Stations and the Southern Ocean Time Series mooring in the sub-Antarctic Zone, establishing a time-series of the marine microbial and planktonic communities in Australian coastal and…
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Surface Waves
Surface Waves provides oceanic wave data and wave products using satellite remote sensing. The key aims of Surface Waves is to calibrate and distribute surface ocean wave data from both current and next-generation satellite missions, supporting ongoing and emerging research and industry and service operations in Australia. The efficiency of and high-quality data produced by…
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Remote Sensing Collections
Remote Sensing Collections is a data management activity, developed to improve access to satellite remote sensed marine products and as such does not directly deploy instruments. The primary focus of Remote Sensing Collections is sea surface temperature and ocean colour products, but also assists the other Satellite Remote Sensing sub-Facilities, facilitating data availability and facilitate…