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Project details
| Title: | Looking for Karenia: a multi-disciplinary approach to HAB species identification |
| Id: | 2664 |
| Investigator(s): | Ruth Eriksen
CSIRO Environment [details] |
| Description: | Detection of Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) species in Australian marine waters is dependent on complimentary sampling and analysis methods that combined, provide information on diversity, ecology, toxicology, and phenology of causative species. The CAPSTAN voyage IN2026_T02 provides an opportunity to extend routine sampling at the IMOS National Reference Station, Bonney Upwelling and AusCPR transects for HAB detection. By sampling the phytoplankton community using a novel method developed onboard RVI for the SEA-MES voyages ("CHUMBUCKET") we will be able to correlate community composition by microscopy with allied measurements planned as part of CAPSTAN (AusCPR, eDNA, underway sensors, remote sensing etc). These measurements will contribute to several observation programs in the region, to enhance our understanding of this complex genus of dinoflagellates, and the broader phytoplankton community composition. |
| Years: | 2026 |
List of surveys that this project was on.
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| Survey | Investigator | Description |
|---|---|---|
| IN2026_T02 [details] |
Pier van der Merwe | The Collaborative Australian Postgraduate Sea Training Alliance Network (CAPSTAN) is a maritime education and training initiative of CSIRO, the University of Tasmania’s Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) and the Australian and New Zealand International Scientific Drilling Consortium (ANZIC). The Program is supported by grants of sea time on RV Investigator (RVI) from the CSIRO Marine National Facility and through funding from the Australian Government’s National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS). There are no specific scientific objectives for this voyage, however the CAPSTAN platform aims to: • Develop and provide an effective vessel‐based tertiary education experience involving national stakeholders and post-graduate students, by pooling national tertiary teaching expertise and personnel resources. • Develop a national curriculum to standardise teaching protocols/methods and learning outcomes in conjunction with the new data collection equipment and facilities of the CSIRO research vessel RVI, the Integrated Marine Observatory System and external stakeholders, and. • Provide and test a multi‐disciplinary research‐based teaching module for marine science postgraduates with opportunities for student mobility and national network development. In addition to CAPSTAN’s core training objectives, this multidisciplinary voyage will explore: 1. Repeat sampling and survey of selected sites in the Bremer Canyon Region that were examined during the first Capstan voyage in 2017. 2. Oceanographic properties offshore of a persistent harmful algal bloom (HAB) in SA coastal waters. 3. Underwater Cultural Heritage (UCH) Surveys 4. Collection of samples for the AusCPR program using the Continuous Plankton Recorder. |