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Sea-floor microbes may be affected by ailing shrimp in acidified oceans - UWA - 0 views

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    Disrupting just one process in the important relationship between microbes and bigger plants and animals that live in ocean floor sediment may have knock-on effects that could reduce the productivity of coastal ecosystems, according to international research published online yesterday in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.
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New study reveals hidden impact of marine heatwaves - @UWA - 0 views

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    A new study by an international team of researchers including The University of Western Australia reveals the worst marine heatwave ever recorded off Western Australia was responsible for a massive loss of genetic diversity in underwater forests.
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Plant roots key to water movement and wetland restoration - UWA - 0 views

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    A groundbreaking study has revealed the critical role of plant roots in enhancing water movement through wetland soils, offering valuable insights for ecosystem restoration and water management in coastal and saline wetlands in Western Australia.
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Sharks need a safe place too - @uwanews - 0 views

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    After analysing more than 2000 hours of coastal shark sightings, researchers from The University of Western Australia and other collaborators have warned that habitats important for juvenile shark survival are not adequately protected.
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Where have the largest whale sharks gone? - @aims_gov_au @uwanews - 0 views

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    Researchers from The University of Western Australia and the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) have raised concerns about the whereabouts of the world's biggest whale sharks after finding that the largest sharks observed in recent years were smaller than those recorded more than a decade ago.
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    Researchers from The University of Western Australia and the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) have raised concerns about the whereabouts of the world's biggest whale sharks after finding that the largest sharks observed in recent years were smaller than those recorded more than a decade ago.
Jérôme OLLIER

Marine heatwave proves devastating to Shark Bay dolphins - @uwanews - 0 views

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    A study by an international team of marine researchers, including The University of Western Australia, has found dolphin survival and reproductive rates suffered a significant decline following a 2011 marine heatwave affecting around 1,000km of Western Australia's coastline.
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Shark bite-off rates revealed at Ningaloo - @uwanews - 0 views

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    In a world first, researchers at The University of Western Australia have quantified the number of shark bite-offs of recreationally caught fish in the Ningaloo region.
Jérôme OLLIER

Dolphin name game reveals complex relationships - @uwanews - 0 views

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    Researchers from The University of Western Australia have discovered male bottlenose dolphins can retain individual vocal labels, or "names", to help recognise friends and rivals in their social network, much like humans.
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New data reveals significance of Perth super storm - @uwanews - 0 views

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    Two drifting wave buoys deployed along the coast of Western Australia by researchers at The University of Western Australia have highlighted the significance of Perth's recent super storm, recording massive waves along 1000km of WA's coastline.
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Tracking the tailbeats of a tiger shark - @uwanews - 0 views

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    Although tiger sharks have a reputation as swift and fierce predators, new research by The University of Western Australia, Australian Institute of Marine Science and MURDOCH University has revealed that they actually prefer life in the slow lane.
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Complex marine forests collapsing into flat turf seascapes - @uwanews - 0 views

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    An international study led by The University of Western Australia has found that temperate marine ecosystems dominated by marine forests are collapsing into flattened seascapes of short turf algae across the globe.
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Rare hammerhead sharks found in south-west waters - @uwanews - 0 views

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    A new study by researchers at The University of Western Australia has found a critically endangered species of hammerhead shark in Perth metropolitan waters, further south than previously recorded.
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Humpback whale nursery hotspot detected - UWA - 0 views

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    Marine biologists from The University of Western Australia have recommended protection measures for a humpback whale nursery ground in the Exmouth Gulf in Western Australia's Pilbara region.
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Drones offer new perspective on vulnerable tide-exposed coral reefs - @uwanews - 0 views

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    A new study has used drone technology and cutting-edge analytical methods for the first time to map the intertidal coral reefs of the Rowley Shoals off the Kimberley coast of Western Australia.
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New study finds overfishing of sharks may have already impacted our coral reefs - uwanews - 0 views

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    A study by marine biologists at The University of Western Australia has found that fishing by Indonesian shark hunters may have resulted in changes to fish communities on a major reef off Western Australia's North-West coast.
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Meet the WA scientists racing to stop fatal shark attacks - news.com.au - 0 views

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    Meet the WA scientists racing to stop fatal shark attacks.
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WA corals reveal changes to ocean currents and temperatures - CORALCOE - 0 views

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    A new study published in the international journal Nature Communications has revealed how Western Australia's coral reefs have been affected by changing ocean currents, rising sea surface temperatures and sea level variability.
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Corals track strongest Indian Ocean current over 334 years - CORALCOE - 0 views

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    Natural variations in the warming and cooling cycles of the globally important Agulhas ocean current core region have been revealed in a new study of a Madagascar corals led by The University of Western Australia including researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies and published in Nature Scientific Reports.
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Northwest seagrass in a world of its own (in the lab) - @WAMSInews - 0 views

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    In the second part of our report into measuring the effects of light reduction and sediment burial to determine the capacity for northwest seagrasses to withstand change, we move from the field to the lab for some surprising results.
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    In the second part of our report into measuring the effects of light reduction and sediment burial to determine the capacity for northwest seagrasses to withstand change, we move from the field to the lab for some surprising results.
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