Data
Water temperatures were measured using reversing thermometers at 10 m depth intervals between the surface and 40 m at irregular intervals between December 1978 and June 1986.

Acknowledgements
Norm Dyson, Gary Critchley, Bob Griffiths (CSIRO Marine Research).

Publications
Pearce,A.F., R.J.Griffiths, K.Suber & B.Griffiths (in prep). Variability of coastal water properties off Western Australia: the CSIRO coastal station network. CSIRO Marine Laboratories Report, in preparation.

Pearce,A.F. (1997). The Leeuwin Current and the Houtman Abrolhos Islands. In: Wells F. E. (editor), The marine flora and fauna of the Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia. Proceedings of the 7th International Marine Biology Workshop, Western Australian Museum, Volume 1,11-46.