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0000-0002-9632-1567
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Australian Institute of Marine Science
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Publisher: Wiley
Date: 26-09-2011
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 10-1997
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Date: 02-1998
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 04-10-2021
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2006
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 08-2013
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 30-03-2011
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Date: 28-08-2017
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 18-05-2020
DOI: 10.3390/BIOMIMETICS5020021
Abstract: Amidst the inter-related challenges of climate change, resource scarcity, and population growth, the built environment must be designed in a way that recognises its role in shaping and being shaped by complex social and ecological systems. This includes avoiding the degradation of living systems in the design and construction of buildings and infrastructure, as well as enhancing the built environment’s resilience to disturbance by those systems. This paper explores the potential for biomimetic place-based design (BPD) to inform resilient and regenerative built environment outcomes by learning from local ecosystems. One recognised hurdle is the upfront resourcing required to establish the biomimetic knowledge base for each project. However, conducting BPD projects at-scale (i.e., city or region) can improve the method’s value-proposition by better leveraging upfront research efforts, design concepts, and strategies. This research identifies existing barriers to the widespread adoption of BPD and presents an action framework for capability-building across industry, government, and academia to enable application at-scale. Drawing on findings from workshops in the USA and Australia, it creates a resource for colleagues looking to apply BPD in a city or region and offers next steps for research and development.
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Date: 28-08-2017
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 05-2019
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Date: 2000
DOI: 10.1071/MF99046
Abstract: Two-dimensional numerical simulations of the response of the coastal waters of Sydney, south-eastern Australia, to idealized upwelling-favourable winds are presented. The spin up of the upwelling circulation is investigated, in particular the structure of the nearshore circulation. The intensity of the final upwelling state is found to be strongly linked to the activation of the return flow through the bottom boundary layer, which is also related to the strength of imposed alongshore pressure gradients. Results from a simulation of upwelling forced by a deep-ocean alongshore-current jet also show the final upwelling state to be weak in comparison with upwelling states produced by the action of the local wind stress. Bottom boundary layer shut-down in the presence of such a forcing jet is also discussed. A simulation of a real upwelling event was also performed and good agreement was found between the simulation and observations from a field experiment performed during summer 1994 in the Sydney coastal ocean.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 05-2012
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2015
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 05-08-2016
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2020
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 07-10-2021
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 2002
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 05-2010
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Date: 27-10-2020
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-2000
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 02-2009
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 03-2007
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2007
Publisher: Inter-Research Science Center
Date: 04-06-2013
DOI: 10.3354/AEI00068
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Date: 06-05-2021
DOI: 10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0250870
Abstract: The health and condition of the world’s reefs are in steep decline. This has triggered the development of fledgling micro-scale coral reef restoration projects along many reef coastlines. However, it is increasingly recognised that the scale and productivity of micro-scale coral gardening projects will be insufficient to meet the growing global threats to reefs. More recently, efforts to develop and implement restoration techniques for application at regional scales have been pursued by research organisations. Coral reefs are mostly located in the unindustrialised world. Yet, most of the funding, and scientific and engineering method development for larger-scale methods will likely be sourced and created in the industrialised world. Therefore, the development of the emerging at-scale global reef restoration sector will inevitably involve the transfer of methods, approaches, finances, labour and skills from the industrialised world to the unindustrialised world. This opens the door to the industrialised world negatively impacting the unindustrialised world and, in some cases, First Nations peoples. In Western scientific parlance, ecological imperialism occurs when people from industrialised nations seek to recreate environments and ecosystems in unindustrialised nations that are familiar and comfortable to them. How a coral reef ’should’ look depends on one’s background and perspective. While predominately Western scientific approaches provide guidance on the ecological principles for reef restoration, these methods might not be applicable in every scenario in unindustrialised nations. Imposing such views on Indigenous coastal communities without the local technical and leadership resources to scale-up restoration of their reefs can lead to unwanted consequences. The objective of this paper is to introduce this real and emerging risk into the broader reef restoration discussion.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 06-03-2009
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 02-2005
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2009
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 06-2006
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2016
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 02-2022
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2007
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 11-2019
DOI: 10.3390/BIOMIMETICS4040073
Abstract: Complex systems challenges like those facing 21st-century humanity, require system-level solutions that avoid siloed or unnecessarily narrow responses. System-level biomimicry aims to identify and adopt design approaches that have been developed and refined within ecosystems over 3.8 billion years of evolution. While not new, system-level biomimetic solutions have been less widely applied in urban design than the ‘form’ and ‘process’ level counterparts. This paper explores insights from a selection of system-level case studies in the built environment, using meta-analysis to investigate common challenges and priorities from these projects to support knowledge-sharing and continued development in the field. Using a grounded research approach, common themes are distilled, and findings presented regarding success and barriers to implementation and scaling. Considering the findings, and drawing on complex adaptive systems theory, the paper posits opportunities to facilitate broader implementation and mainstreaming of system-level biomimetic design approaches in the built environment.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 11-2013
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 03-2001
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Date: 2000
DOI: 10.1071/MF99180
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2000
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 07-04-2015
Publisher: Inter-Research Science Center
Date: 2003
DOI: 10.3354/MEPS248109
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2015
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 07-04-0012
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 02-2012
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 10-05-2019
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 08-2021
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Date: 30-11-2022
DOI: 10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0273325
Abstract: While coral reefs in Australia have historically been a showcase of conventional management informed by research, recent declines in coral cover have triggered efforts to innovate and integrate intervention and restoration actions into management frameworks. Here we outline the multi-faceted intervention approaches that have developed in Australia since 2017, from newly implemented in-water programs, research to enhance coral resilience and investigations into socio-economic perspectives on restoration goals. We describe in-water projects using coral gardening, substrate stabilisation, coral repositioning, macro-algae removal, and larval-based restoration techniques. Three areas of research focus are also presented to illustrate the breadth of Australian research on coral restoration, (1) the transdisciplinary Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program (RRAP), one of the world’s largest research and development programs focused on coral reefs, (2) interventions to enhance coral performance under climate change, and (3) research into socio-cultural perspectives. Together, these projects and the recent research focus reflect an increasing urgency for action to confront the coral reef crisis, develop new and additional tools to manage coral reefs, and the consequent increase in funding opportunities and management appetite for implementation. The rapid progress in trialling and deploying coral restoration in Australia builds on decades of overseas experience, and advances in research and development are showing positive signs that coral restoration can be a valuable tool to improve resilience at local scales (i.e., high early survival rates across a variety of methods and coral species, strong community engagement with local stakeholders). RRAP is focused on creating interventions to help coral reefs at multiple scales, from micro scales (i.e., interventions targeting small areas within a specific reef site) to large scales (i.e., interventions targeting core ecosystem function and social-economic values at multiple select sites across the Great Barrier Reef) to resist, adapt to and recover from the impacts of climate change. None of these interventions aim to single-handedly restore the entirety of the Great Barrier Reef, nor do they negate the importance of urgent climate change mitigation action.
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 08-03-2023
DOI: 10.3390/RESOURCES12030037
Abstract: Environmental sustainability priorities for infrastructure development have traditionally focused on aspects including minimising negative impacts in areas such as water and air quality, erosion control, bio ersity and waste management, both in compliance and voluntary frameworks. Associated project performance priorities have focused on avoiding damage beyond ‘pre-project baselines’. In contrast, ‘best practice’ regenerative performance requires infrastructure project outcomes that not only avoid damage but contribute positively to social and ecological systems. For such best practice to become mainstream, industry frameworks, standards and rating schemes must evolve. However, there is limited knowledge regarding ‘how’ regenerative performance could be encouraged as a business-as-usual infrastructure expectation. This paper therefore explores the potential for a benchmarking methodology called Ecological Performance Standards (EPS) as a transformed approach to facilitate the mainstreaming of regenerative performance expectations. Three research workshops (Phoenix, AZ, USA Sydney and Brisbane, Australia) were undertaken to investigate the potential for this methodology in infrastructure applications. Mapping was undertaken to align the EPS process steps with associated infrastructure lifecycle phases. Research findings include the synthesis of key opportunities for capturing EPS within infrastructure sustainability rating schemes to leverage current efforts and pivot towards regenerative performance. The authors present a comprehensive matrix mapping 18 ecosystem services against the Infrastructure Sustainability (IS) Rating Scheme credits and categories, summarising where ecosystem services are addressed within the current scheme. The authors conclude the presence of significant opportunities for a new ‘business-as-usual’ for infrastructure through the integration of regenerative performance benchmarking.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 08-1997
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2008
Publisher: Inter-Research Science Center
Date: 1999
DOI: 10.3354/MEPS178001
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 06-2010
DOI: 10.1038/465685C
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 16-02-2015
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 05-2015
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Date: 16-01-2009
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 10-2016
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 16-11-2009
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 12-05-2011
Abstract: Plagányi, É. E., Weeks, J. S., Skewes, T. D., Gibbs, M. T., Poloczanska, E. S., Norman-López, A., Blamey, L. K., Soares, M., and Robinson, W. M. L. 2011. Assessing the adequacy of current fisheries management under changing climate: a southern synopsis. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 68: 1305–1317. Climate change is likely to have a significant impact on both target and non-target marine stocks worldwide, with the concomitant need for management strategies capable of sustaining fishing in future. We use several southern hemisphere fisheries to highlight the likely impacts of climate change at a range of levels, from in idual to population responses, as well as ecosystem ramifications. Ex les span polar (Antarctic krill fishery), temperate (west coast pelagic fishery, abalone and rock lobster), and tropical (Torres Strait rock lobster) commercially important fisheries. Responses of these fisheries to either past observed environmental changes or projected future changes are used to deduce some anticipated implications of climate change for fisheries management, including economic impacts and governance considerations. We evaluate the effectiveness of current single-species assessment models, management strategy evaluation approaches and multispecies assessment models as future management tools to cope with likely climate-related changes. Non-spatial stock assessment models will have limited ability to separate fishery effects from the impacts of climate change. Anthropogenic climate change is occurring at a time-scale relevant to current fisheries management strategic planning and testing. Adaptive management frameworks (with their feedback loops) are ideal for detecting and adapting to changes in target stocks.
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Date: 15-03-2023
DOI: 10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0282668
Abstract: Production of cultivated resources require additional planning that takes growth time into account. We formulate a mathematical programming model to determine the optimal location and sizing of growth facilities, impacted by resource survival rate as a function of its growth time. Our method informs strategic decisions regarding the number, location, and sizing of facilities, as well as operational decisions of optimal growth time for a cultivated resource in a facility to minimize total costs. We solve this facility location and sizing problem in the context of coral aquaculture for large-scale reef restoration using a two-stage algorithm and a linear mixed-integer solver. We assess growth time in a facility in terms of its impact on survival (post-deployment) considering growth quantity requirements and growth facility production constraints. We explore the sensitivity of optimal facility number, location, and sizing to changes in the geographic distribution of demand and cost parameters computationally. Results show that the relationship between growth time and survival is critical to optimizing operational decisions for grown resources. These results inform the value of data certainty to optimize the logistics of coral aquaculture production.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 08-2012
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Date: 28-08-2017
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 20-06-2011
DOI: 10.1002/IEAM.200
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2009
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 08-2013
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 10-2004
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 03-2006
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2013
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 12-2001
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 12-2000
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Date: 1997
DOI: 10.1071/MF97035
Abstract: A numerical simulation of the East Australian Current (EAC) has been used to investigate the nutrification of shelf waters at Jervis Bay, south-eastern Australia, prior to the massive coccolithophorid bloom that was first observed on 16 December 1992. The simulation suggests that a small cold-core eddy developed between the continental slope at Jervis Bay and the EAC jet further offshore during 7 and 14 December 1992. This unstable cold-core eddy is likely to have uplifted cold, nutrient-rich water onto the Jervis Bay shelf, and this upwelling, in combination with upwelling-favourable winds, probably transported nutrients from the deep ocean to the entrance of the bay.
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