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  • Marine heatwaves are extreme events that can have profound and lasting impacts on marine species. Field observations have shown seaweeds to be highly susceptible to marine heatwaves, but the physiological drivers of this susceptibility are poorly understood. Furthermore, the effects of marine heatwaves in conjunction with ocean warming and acidification are yet to be investigated. To address this knowledge gap, we conducted a laboratory culture experiment in which we tested the growth and physiological responses of Phyllospora comosa juveniles from the southern extent of its range (43 - 31° S) to marine heatwaves, ocean warming and acidification. We used a "collapsed factorial design" in which marine heatwaves were superimposed on current (today's pH and temperature) and future (pH and temperature projected by 2100) ocean conditions. Responses were tested both during the heatwaves, and after a seven-day recovery period. Heatwaves reduced net photosynthetic rates in both current and future conditions, while respiration rates were elevated under heatwaves in the current conditions only. Following the recovery period, there was little evidence of heatwaves having lasting negative effects on growth, photosynthesis or respiration. Exposure to heatwaves, future ocean conditions or both caused an increase in the degree of saturation of fatty acids. This adjustment may have counteracted negative effects of elevated temperatures by decreasing membrane fluidity, which increases at higher temperatures. Furthermore, P. comosa appeared to down-regulate the energetically expensive carbon-concentrating mechanism (CCM) in the future conditions with a reduction in δ13 C values detected in these treatments. Any saved energy arising from this down-regulation was not invested in growth and was likely invested in the adjustment of fatty acid composition. This adjustment is a mechanism by which P. comosa and other seaweeds may tolerate the negative effects of ocean warming and marine heatwaves through benefits arising from ocean acidification.

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    The datasets contain summaries of Northern Territory logbook data on catch and effort distribution for commercial fisheries in state marine and estuarine waters. The logbook data has been recorded and submitted to NT Department of Agriculture and Fisheries by commercial fishers. The data are aggregated to produce summaries of total catch and effort by fishery at a 1 degree resolution where 5 boats or more operate. For areas where less than 5 boats operate the data is shown as confidential. The data was mapped using 5 year - financial year periods; 2003/04 to 2007/08, 2008/09 to 2012/13, 2018/19 to 2022/23, and 1 year; 2022/23.

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    This resource is a map of Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander body (RATSIB) is a body recognised by the Commonwealth under s 203AD of the NTA to represent native title holders and persons who may hold native title and to consult with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons within a specified area. The statutory functions of RATSIBs are detailed in Part 11 Division 3 of the NTA and include: a) facilitation and assistance to prepare and progress native title applications and negotiation of future act processes; b) certification of native title applications and applications for registration of an ILUA; c) resolution of disputes between constituents; d) notification to persons who hold or may hold native title in the area of notices that relate to land and water in the RATSIB area; and e) agreement making to be a party to ILUAs as appropriate in its specified area. Provides a spatial representation of native title matters, related to custodial statutory functions associated with Registers in support of the Native Title Act 1993.

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    This resource is a map of Custodial geospatial data held by the National Native Title Tribunal (NNTT) consists of those datasets necessary to contribute to the statutory functions associated with Registers and other information, in support of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth). Provides a spatial representation of native title matters, related to custodial statutory functions associated with Registers in support of the Native Title Act 1993.

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    This resource is a map of Custodial geospatial data held by the National Native Title Tribunal (NNTT) consists of those datasets necessary to contribute to the statutory functions associated with Registers and other information, in support of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth). Whilst these datasets do not form part of the statutory registers, they enable the visualisation and ability to search on these matters. Provides a spatial representation of native title matters, related to custodial statutory functions associated with Registers in support of the Native Title Act 1993.

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    This dataset consists of hyperspectral particulate absorption, particulate attenuation, and the first order (calculated) scatter coefficient from a Wetlabs Absorption and Attenuation Sensor (ACS). Data was collected from October 8th to November 1st 2023 aboard the RV Investigator (IN2023_V06). This voyage focused on sampling mesoscale eddies and across frontal features in a strong ecologically significant west boundary current, the East Australian Current (EAC). Throughout the cruise, the sensors continuously measured surface waters through the ships underway system, measuring 87 wavelengths (from 400-735 nm, with ~3 nm spacing) at a rate of 25 times per second. The data was later binned to 30 second intervals and aligned with the ships underway system (data for this can be found here: https://www.marine.csiro.au/data/trawler/survey_details.cfm?survey=IN2023_V06). Further information on the methodology for data acquisition and cleaning of the ACS data can be found in Mears et al., 2026.

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    This resource is a map of Custodial geospatial data held by the National Native Title Tribunal (NNTT) consists of those datasets necessary to contribute to the statutory functions associated with Registers and other information, in support of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth). Provides a spatial representation of native title matters, related to custodial statutory functions associated with Registers in support of the Native Title Act 1993. Before an act is done, which may affect native title, a Government party must issue a notice under s 29 of the NTA ("s 29 notice" or "future act notice"). The notice provides details of the proposed act and specifies a date ("notification date") from which persons have either 3 or 4 months to object to the act or become a native title party with rights to negotiate about the doing of the act. The NNTT holds information on all current and historical future act notices. Future act notices for acts that are not yet finalised are referred to as "current" and include notices where: (a) less than 6 months has passed from the notification date of the notice; (b) the act is the subject of a "future act application" under s 75 of the NTA; or (c) the act is not an act attracting the expedited procedure (ss 32 and 237 of the NTA).

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    This resource is a map of the Duration of Marine Heatwaves and comes from from a simulation that uses the multi-model mean forcings from RCP8.5 projection to drive an ocean eddy-resolving model (OFAM3). Insights for Warming and Acidification Increased frequency and duration of marine heatwaves increase the likelihood of more frequent and severe coral bleaching events. Tasman Sea approaches a permanent marine heatwave state by GWL3. Great Barrier Reef and Ningaloo Reef will experience annual conditions for extreme bleaching by GWL3. Acidity at GWL3: Southern Ocean surface waters south of 60S will drop below an annual mean aragonite saturation state of 1. Values above 1.0 are required to produce calcareous shells or skeletons optimally. Values below 1 are considered corrosive, and skeletons and shells may be subject to dissolution. The ocean environment will become more stressful for marine organisms and ecosystems. The references for the simulations are: Feng, M., Zhang, X., Oke, P., Monselesan, D., Chamberlain, M. A., Matear, R. J., & Schiller, A. (2016). Invigorating ocean boundary current systems around Australia during 19792014: As simulated in a near-global eddy-resolving ocean model. Journal Of Geophysical Research-Oceans. Hayashida, H., Matear, R. J., & Strutton, P. G. (2020). Background nutrient concentration determines phytoplankton bloom response to marine heatwaves. Global Change Biology, 26(9), 48004811. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15255 Hayashida, H., Matear, R. J., Strutton, P. G., & Zhang, X. (2020). Insights into projected changes in marine heatwaves from a high-resolution ocean circulation model. Nature Communications, 11(1), 19. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18241-x Matear, R. J., Chamberlain, M. A., Sun, C., & Feng, M. (2015). Climate change projection for the western tropical Pacific Ocean using a high-resolution ocean model: Implications for tuna fisheries. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 113(0), 2246. Matear, R. J., Chamberlain, M. A., Sun, C., & Feng, M. (2013). Climate change projection of the Tasman Sea from an Eddy-resolving Ocean Model. Journal Of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 118(6), 29612976. Zhang, X., Oke, P. R., Feng, M., Chamberlain, M. A., Church, J. A., Monselesan, D., et al. (2016). A near-global eddy-resolving OGCM for climate studies. Geoscientific Model Development Discussions. Diagnostics The key ocean diagnostics are displayed according to Global Warming Levels (GWLs) using the 20 year period that define a given GWL. The key ocean diagnostics are: 1. Sea Surface Temperature monthly climatology 2. Surface Aragonite Saturation State monthly climatology 3. Surface pH monthly climatology 4. Intensity of Marine Heatwave 5. Duration of Marine Heatwave 6. NPP monthly climatology (N mol/m^2/s) 7. Degree Heating Weeks (average of the annual maximum value dhw_amax, maximum (dhw_max) and minimum (dhw_max) annual value over GWL period 8. Bottom Temperature 9. Full ocean depth temperature (note simulation used restoring to T and S below 2000m)10. Magnitude of Bottom Stress (bmf) 10. Bottom aragonite saturation state Data/confidence Confidence: high confidence in the direction of change, medium confidence in the magnitude of change and low confidence in the ecological consequence of the changes. (consistent with IPCC AR6) Limitation: ocean simulations that are not well suited for representing the high-resolution dynamics and features of the Australian coastal areas. https://github.com/AusClimateService/hazard_ocean/blob/main/README.md

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    The Blue Economy CRC has commissioned a team of experts from CSIRO to support the collation of data and produce sets of maps as inputs to the Futures of Seafood study State of Play (Work Package 1). The study team greatly appreciate the efforts taken by jurisdictional governments to supply the data, and the ongoing engagement on the production of these maps. The team is now finalising the jurisdictional map sets and is seeking final review of the data. Once reviewed, these maps will be included in the Futures of Seafood outputs that will be available on https://futuresofseafood.com.au/

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    The purpose of this study is to evaluate performance of seven different SMB estimates by using GPS vertical deformation timeseries. Data contain the information on elastic displacements at GPS sties in Antarctica from 1979 to 2022, derived from seven SMB products namely RACMO2.4p1 (11 km spatial resolution, monthly temporal resolution), RACMO2.3p2 (27 km, monthly), a downscaled version of RACMO2.3p2 (2 km, monthly), MAR v3.11 (35 km, monthly), GEMB (10 km, monthly), HIRHAM5 (12.5 km, monthly) and MERRA-2 (12.5 km, 5 days). We generated the SMB mass variability time series spanning 1980-2022 by first computing, for each SMB model, the SMB anomalies from the long-term mean SMB computed over 1980-2022. The resulting SMB anomalies were cumulatively summed, detrended, and bilinearly interpolated onto a common regular grid of 2 km resolution. A uniform land mask (Mosaic of Antarctica version 2), defining the extent of the grounded ice sheet (including the offshore islands), was applied to the grid after resampling to the same 2 km resolution. We computed elastic displacements derived from each of these SMB models by converting the detrended SMB mass anomalies at each location and time into arrays of cylinders defined with 1 km radius and a height representing the equivalent ice mass. These arrays were subsequently input into the Regional ElAstic Rebound calculator (REAR, v1.5), adopting the Preliminary Reference Earth Model (PREM) to compute the elastic loading displacements in a centre-of-solid Earth (CE) reference frame at each GPS site location.