Note on a Radiolarian Rock from Fanny Bay, Port Darwin, Australia

Assimilation of sea-surface temperature into a hydrodynamic model of Port Phillip Bay, Australia

Hydrodynamic models can predict states of interest to the coastal engineer, however, due to uncertainties in the model physics, model parameters, initial conditions, and model forcing data, large errors in prediction often result. To counter this, an ensemble sequential data assimilation scheme has been applied to the Model for Estuaries and Coastal Oceans (MECO), to constrain model predicted w...

Temperature and Humidity Effects on Hospital Morbidity in Darwin, Australia.

BACKGROUND Many studies have explored the relationship between temperature and health in the context of a changing climate, but few have considered the effects of humidity, particularly in tropical locations, on human health and well-being. To investigate this potential relationship, this study assessed the main and interacting effects of daily temperature and humidity on hospital admission rat...

Seagrass Resilience in Port Phillip Bay

Fractionation of sedimentary arsenic from Port Kembla Harbour, NSW, Australia.

The binding of arsenic in sediments of the heavily industrialised Port Kembla Harbour, NSW, Australia, has been investigated. Both dredge and core samples have been used to develop a sieving/sequential extraction (SE) procedure. Dredge samples included oxic surficial and deeper anoxic sediment. The main core sample analysed was 18 cm deep, sliced at 2 cm intervals. Sediment was sieved to three ...

No Detectable Improvement in Compliance to Regulations by “swim-with-dolphin” Operators in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia

This article reports on operator compliance with regulations regarding humans swimming with freeranging bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.) in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia. The objective of this study was to compare if the level of compliance to three conditions (approach type, swim time, and time in proximity to dolphins) in the tour operators’ permits changed after state government co...