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Project details
| Title: | Trophodynamic Modelling: An applied tool for ecosystem based fisheries management on the Central WA Coast |
| Id: | 2195 |
| Acronym: | P - Trophodynamic Modelling |
| Investigator(s): | Russ Babcock
CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere - Floreat [details] |
| Description: | The project will build on the improved understanding of underlying ecosystem function in coastal habitats of the Central West Coast Region of Western Australia, provided through SRFME-funded field-based collaborative projects. These studies will provide information on the use of critical habitats, and habitat linkages through animal movements (ontogenetic habitat shifts, migration) and passive transport of organic matter. Diet, food sources, habitat dependencies of key trophic groups and key species will also be quantified. The modeling component of this work, which is the subject of this application, will provide a tool for integrating all these strands of information. There are three central objectives within the modeling project: 1. Develop ecosystem models that will enable us to make predictions of how the coastal ecosystem, including important species such as rock lobster and coastal finfish, may respond to variation in fishing 2. Develop ecosystem models that will enable us to make predictions of how the coastal ecosystem, including important species such as rock lobster and coastal finfish, may respond to variation in environmental factors (such as Leeuwin Current variations, changes in prevailing weather patterns that may be affected by climate changes). 3. Use the ecosystem model to compare and evaluate the relative merits of a range of potential Ecosystem Based Management Strategies, including both traditional fisheries management measures and spatial management measures including MPAs. Models will be calibrated and tested against observations of ecological trends in the various management zones of the Jurien Bay Marine Park. |
| Years: | 2005 to 2009 |
There are no surveys directly linked to this project.