Frontal eddies provide an oceanographic triad for favorable larval fish habitat

IM Suthers, A Schaeffer, M Archer… - Limnology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Frontal eddies form on the shoreward edge of boundary currents, on average at weekly
intervals and can last up to several weeks. This duration allows zooplankton production and …

Habitat structural complexity metrics improve predictions of fish abundance and distribution

R Ferrari, HA Malcolm, M Byrne, A Friedman… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Habitat structural complexity influences biotic diversity and abundance, but its influence on
marine ecosystems has not been widely addressed. Recent advances in computer vision …

Subsurface intensification of marine heatwaves off southeastern Australia: the role of stratification and local winds

A Schaeffer, M Roughan - Geophysical Research Letters, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Marine heatwaves (MHWs) are becoming more common with record events occurring
around the world and unprecedented biological impacts including mass mortality and …

On the variability of the East Australian Current: Jet structure, meandering, and influence on shelf circulation

MR Archer, M Roughan, SR Keating… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Given the importance of western boundary currents over a wide range of scales in the
ocean, it is crucial that we understand their dynamics to accurately predict future changes …

Large-scale geographic variation in distribution and abundance of Australian deep-water kelp forests

EM Marzinelli, SB Williams, RC Babcock, NS Barrett… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Despite the significance of marine habitat-forming organisms, little is known about their large-
scale distribution and abundance in deeper waters, where they are difficult to access. Such …

Observed bottom boundary layer transport and uplift on the continental shelf adjacent to a western boundary current

A Schaeffer, M Roughan… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Western boundary currents strongly influence the dynamics on the adjacent continental shelf
and in particular the cross‐shelf transport and uplift through the bottom boundary layer. Four …

Oceanographic conditions associated with white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) habitat use along eastern Australia

KA Lee, PA Butcher, RG Harcourt… - Marine Ecology …, 2021 - int-res.com
Management of species with wide-ranging migrations is a complex issue, made more
challenging when the species is both protected and poses a risk to humans. Understanding …

Impact of mesoscale circulation on the structure of river plumes during large rainfall events inshore of the east Australian current

J Li, M Roughan, C Kerry, S Rao - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Estuarine outflow can have a significant impact on physical and ecological systems in the
coastal ocean. Along southeastern Australia, inshore of the East Australian Current, the shelf …

Sporadic wind-driven upwelling/downwelling and associated cooling/warming along Northwestern Mediterranean coastlines

R Odic, N Bensoussan, C Pinazo… - Continental Shelf …, 2022 - Elsevier
Intermittent wind-driven coastal upwelling and downwelling are ubiquitous processes that
drive a large part of the high frequency variability of coastal hydrography, with potential …

Multi-decadal ocean temperature time-series and climatologies from Australia's long-term National Reference Stations

M Roughan, M Hemming, A Schaeffer, T Austin… - Scientific Data, 2022 - nature.com
Multi-decadal ocean time-series are fundamental baselines for assessing the impacts of
environmental change, however, compiling and quality controlling historic data from multiple …