Victoria
Victoria’s marine environment is a productive and energic temperate zone, being the eastern extent of the carbonate-rich Great Southern Reef, extending across the now flooded Bass Strait Landbridge, to the silicious dominated Gippsland Basin. It is exposed along its southern edge to the Southern Ocean and the globally critical Bonney Upwelling.
The eastern part of Victoria is seasonally dynamic due to the southward movement of the subtropical convergence zone, and East Australian current.
Daniel Ierodiaconou, Deakin University
IMOS’ sustained ocean observing infrastructure in Victoria
Ships of Opportunity
National Mooring Network
Coastal Wave Buoys
Marine Microplastics
Argo Floats
Ocean Gliders
Satellite Remote Sensing
Animal Tracking
Biomolecular Observing
The Victorian marine science community has used IMOS observations to produce
199
Journal Articles
79
Reports
58
Projects
28
Data Products
17
Postgraduate Projects
Victorian institutional users of IMOS observations
17
Government Departments & Research Agencies
13
Research Collaboration & Non-government
17
Industry & Services
8
Universities
Victorian partnerships
Deakin University and The University of Melbourne are associate participants with IMOS.
Critical node partners include the Environmental Protection Authority, Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action, Monash University, Gippsland Ports and TT-Line Company.