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MARINE & MARITIME 12ATAR

Environmental Management: Management & Research
Marine biodiversity decline is characterised not only by extinctions, but by invasions and hybridisations, populations of species reduced in number, habitats that have been diminished or removed, and ecosystem processes (e.g. cycling of water, nutrients and energy) that have been disrupted.

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SCOPE: Clip from Marine Mania

Marine Debris Project: Scan the beach for marine debris with Dr Denise Hardesty, a Marine Ecologist from CSIRO. Denise reveals how her research is making our oceans a safer place for the creatures that call it home.

Source: TEN Digityal (2014), posted on ClickView, Rated G, [23:41 mins] URL: https://clickv.ie/w/N9Wq

Antarctica Marine Park [BTN clip]

Many countries around the world have teamed up to protect one and a half million square kilometers of the Ross Sea, near Antarctica. The area is described as one of the most pristine on earth and protecting it means fishing, mining and other activities will be banned there.

SOURCE: ABC3 (2016), posted on ClicView, Rated G, [4:03 mins] URL: https://clickv.ie/w/dAWq

Brad Norman - The Stars of the Deep

Marine scientist Brad Norman received a Rolex Award for Enterprise in 2006 to fine-tune his pioneering photo-identification system for whale sharks, the world’s biggest fish. The database contains 75,000 sightings of 12,000 sharks, photographed by 9,000 citizen scientists and researchers all over the world. It is one of the largest datasets of a marine species and emblematic of Rolex’s Perpetual Planet initiative to support those finding ways to protect the natural world.

SOURCE: Rolex (2021), posted on YouTube, [3:24 mins] URL: https://youtu.be/4vVZq_Jq4WI 

Where do Sharks Go?

In this episode of IMOS in MOcean, Dr Michelle Heupel from the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) talks about her research tracking sharks. Michelle describes the surprising results that demonstrated the long-range migration of bull sharks from Sydney Harbour to the Great Barrier Reef. Knowledge of marine animal movements can inform decisions about marine resource management, for example the merits of marine protected areas.

SOURCE: IMOS5395 (2015), Where do Sharks Go?, posted on YouTube, [1:44 mins] URL: https://youtu.be/BTEHiihib8g

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