COVID-19 restrictions help understand human impacts on marine life
Integrated Marine Observing System
Published: 17 March 2021
IMOS data shows COVID-19 tourism pauses affected yellowtail kingfish movement but not white sharks. The study highlights acoustic tracking’s value in assessing human impacts on marine life.
Keywords: COVID-19, acoustic tracking, shark behaviour, marine life, IMOS, tourism impact, Australia
IMOS launches our new user-friendly Australian Animal Acoustic Telemetry database web-interface
Integrated Marine Observing System
Published: 30 March 2021
A new web-interface for the IMOS Animal Acoustic Telemetry Database is now live, enhancing data upload, access, and collaboration across Australia’s 784-receiver network and 94M+ detections since 2007.
Keywords: IMOS, acoustic telemetry, animal tracking, marine data, database access, web-interface, Australia
Decades of ocean observations required to help unpick climate risks
Integrated Marine Observing System
Published: 30 March 2021
IMOS-supported XBT profiles along a Hobart–Antarctica route reveal 25 years of significant Southern Ocean warming, highlighting the region’s role in heat storage and global sea level rise risk.
Keywords: IMOS, XBT, Southern Ocean, ocean warming, sea level rise, SURVOSTRAL, long-term monitoring, Hobart, Dumont d’Urville
