Marine heatwave causes unprecedented regional mass bleaching of thermally resistant corals in northwestern Australia

M Le Nohaïc, CL Ross, CE Cornwall, S Comeau… - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract In 2015/16, a marine heatwave associated with a record El Niño led to the third
global mass bleaching event documented to date. This event impacted coral reefs around …

Simmered then boiled: Multi-decadal poleward shift in distribution by a temperate fish accelerates during marine heatwave

KA Smith, CE Dowling, J Brown - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Sillago schomburgkii inhabits coastal waters of south-western Australia, where it occurs over
a wide latitudinal range (22–35° S). The species has occupied this range for at least the past …

The role of hydrodynamics on seed dispersal in seagrasses

L Ruiz-Montoya, RJ Lowe, KP Van Niel… - Limnology and …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Two widely distributed seagrasses in Western Australia with contrasting dispersal strategies
were studied in terms of their physical characteristics and morphology to understand how …

Dynamics of the land–sea breeze system and the surface current response in South-West Australia

S Rafiq, C Pattiaratchi, I Janeković - Journal of Marine Science and …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The land–sea breeze (LSB) system, driven by the thermal contrast between the land and the
adjacent ocean is a widely known atmospheric phenomenon, which occurs in coastal …

[PDF][PDF] The mean state of the Leeuwin current system between North West Cape and Cape Leeuwin

C Pattiaratchi, M Woo - JR Soc. West. Aust, 2009 - academia.edu
West Cape and Cape Leeuwin (21–35 S) are described using findings from past studies as
well as additional field data. The circulation pattern in the study region is dominated by the …

On the significance of wind event frequency for particulate resuspension and light attenuation in coastal waters

F Verspecht, C Pattiaratchi - Continental Shelf Research, 2010 - Elsevier
Wind-induced resuspension of particulate matter was investigated in a shallow coastal
region off southwestern Australia, chosen for its isolation from the complexity of other …

[HTML][HTML] Record high damselfish recruitment at Rottnest Island, Western Australia, and the potential for climate-induced range extension

A Pearce, B Hutchins, A Hoschke, P Fearns - Regional Studies in Marine …, 2016 - Elsevier
Three-decades of observations of tropical fish recruitment on the south coast of Rottnest
Island, Western Australia (WA), have indicated that settlement of two tropical damselfish …

Diurnal sea breezes force near-inertial waves along Rottnest continental shelf, southwestern Australia

H Mihanović, C Pattiaratchi… - Journal of physical …, 2016 - journals.ametsoc.org
Observations of upper-ocean dynamics close to the critical latitude (ratio of the local inertial
to diurnal frequency is 0.94) from a range of platforms (surface currents using HF radar …

The Hillarys Transect (1): seasonal and cross-shelf variability of physical and chemical water properties off Perth, Western Australia, 1996–98

AF Pearce, MJ Lynch, CE Hanson - Continental Shelf Research, 2006 - Elsevier
A 27-month study of the water properties across the continental shelf off Perth, Western
Australia (the “Hillarys Transect”), has provided the first systematic interdisciplinary …

Dense shelf water formation along the south‐west Australian inner shelf

C Pattiaratchi, B Hollings, M Woo… - Geophysical Research …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrological data from a repeated cross‐shore transect obtained using Teledyne Webb
Research Slocum Electric gliders offshore Two Rocks in south‐western Australia over 13 …