The 5500-km-long boundary flow off western and southern Australia

The Sounds of Fish off Cape Naturaliste, Western Australia

INTRODUCTION Around Australia numerous species of fish produce sound, individually, in small groups or as part of a chorus [1-5]. A chorus is formed when sounds from individual callers overlap, with a signifi cant increase above background levels (>3 dB re 1 μPa) for prolonged periods, using an equipment averaging time of one second [2]. A discontinuous chorus accounts for calls which do not ov...

Off-Label Use of Ondansetron in Pregnancy in Western Australia

AIMS Nausea and vomiting of pregnancy is the most common medical condition in pregnancy. There is an increasing trend to prescribe ondansetron although its safety for use in pregnancy has not been established. METHODS Exposed pregnancies were all births in Western Australia, 2002-2005, where the mother was dispensed ondansetron under the Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, compared wit...

Western Australia , Perth , WA , Australia

We have recently suggested that numerosity is a primary sensory attribute, and shown that it is strongly susceptible to adaptation. Here we use the Method of Single Stimuli to show that observers can extract a running average of numerosity of a succession of stimuli to use as a standard of comparison for subsequent stimuli. On separate sessions observers judged whether the perceived numerosity ...

Tropical Cyclones over Western Australia , the Leeuwin Current and Southern Annular Mode

Significant impact guidelines for the vulnerable western ringtail possum (Pseudocheirus occidentalis) in the southern Swan Coastal Plain, Western Australia

Introduction This paper provides background to EPBC Act Policy Statement 3.10 – Significant impact guidelines for the vulnerable western ringtail possum (Pseudocheirus occidentalis) in the southern Swan Coastal Plain, WA, hereafter referred to as the policy statement. This background paper provides the biological and ecological context to the policy statement, including the habitat areas, signi...