Exposure of marine megafauna to cumulative anthropogenic threats in north-west Australia by Luciana C. Ferreira, Michele Thums, Scott Whiting, Mark Meekan, Virginia Andrews-Goff, Catherine R. M. Attard, Kerstin Bilgmann, Kerstin Bilgmann, Andrew Davenport, Mike Double, Fabio Falchi, Fabio Falchi, Michael Guinea, Sharyn M. Hickey, Curt Jenner, Micheline Jenner, Graham Loewenthal, Glenn McFarlane, Luciana M. Möller, Brad Norman, Brad Norman, Lauren Peel, Kellie Pendoley, Ben Radford, Ben Radford, Samantha Reynolds, Jason Rossendell, Anton Tucker, David Waayers, Paul Whittock, Phillipa Wilson, Phillipa Wilson, Sabrina Fossette, Sabrina Fossette

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Early human occupation of a maritime desert, Barrow Island, North-West Australia by Veth, P, Ward, I, Manne, T, Ulm, S, Ditchfield, K, Dortch, J, Hook, F, Petchey, F, Hogg, A, Questiaux, D, Demuro, M, Arnold, L, Spooner, N, Levchenko, V, Skippington, J, Byrne, C, Basgall, M, Zeanah, D, Belton, D, Helmholz, P, Bajkan, S, Bailey, R, Placzek, C, Kendrick, P

Extreme seascape drives local recruitment and genetic divergence in brooding and spawning corals in remote north‐west Australia by Jim N. Underwood, Zoe Richards, Oliver Berry, Daniel Oades, Azton Howard, James P. Gilmour

“…We characterized patterns of genetic diversity and connectivity using single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in two reef‐building corals to explore the eco‐evolutionary processes that sustain populations in north‐west Australia. Our sampling focused on the unique reefs of the Kimberley; we collected the broadcast spawning coral Acropora aspera (n = 534) and the brooding coral Isopora brueggemanni (n = 612) across inter‐archipelago (tens to hundreds of kilometres), inter‐reef (kilometres to tens of kilometres) and within‐reef (tens of metres to a few kilometres) scales. …”
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Regional patterns in demersal fish assemblages among subsea pipelines and natural habitats across north-west Australia by Ronen Galaiduk, Ronen Galaiduk, Ben Radford, Ben Radford, Mark Case, Todd Bond, Todd Bond, Michael Taylor, Michael Taylor, Tim Cooper, Tim Cooper, Luke Smith, Luke Smith, Dianne McLean, Dianne McLean

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Genome-wide analysis reveals distinct global populations of pink bollworm (Pectinophora gossypiella) by Paige Matheson, Elahe Parvizi, Jeffrey A. Fabrick, Hamid Anees Siddiqui, Bruce E. Tabashnik, Tom Walsh, Angela McGaughran

“…Its presence in the Ord Valley of North West Australia poses a potential threat to the expanding cotton industry there. …”
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What’s in a name? Research learning outcomes in primary medical education by Colleen Cheek, Richard Hays, Janie Smith

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Characterisation of mineral deposition systems associated with rock art in the Kimberley region of northwest Australia by Helen Green, Andrew Gleadow, Damien Finch

“…This data article contains mineralogical and chemical data from mineral accretions sampled from rock art shelters in the Kimberley region of north west Australia. The accretions were collected both on and off pigment and engraved rock art of varying styles observed in the Kimberley with an aim of providing a thorough understanding of the formation and preservation of such materials in the context of dating [1]. …”
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The Contexts of Indigenous Music Activity in the Kimberley: Pedagogic Models for Aboriginal Music by Peter Dunbar-Hall

“…In relation to Indigenous music activity in the Kimberley region of north-west Australia, four contexts are explained and their potential to provide ways of studying Indigenous music is explored: • Kimberley Indigenous music in relation to national Aboriginal music • music and history • music and place • music and politics While these contexts provide relatively simple ways of structuring pedagogies for Indigenous music, their potential to represent the symbolic levels of music as expression of cultural concerns bay be their real significance in the attempt to utilise Indigenous music in music education.       …”
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Drivers of variation in occurrence, abundance, and behaviour of sharks on coral reefs by E. Lester, T. Langlois, I. Lindgren, M. Birt, T. Bond, D. McLean, B. Vaughan, T. H. Holmes, M. Meekan

“…Abstract Quantifying the drivers of population size in reef sharks is critical for the development of appropriate conservation strategies. In north-west Australia, shark populations inhabit coral reefs that border growing centres of human population, industry, and tourism. …”
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The impact of sea-level rise on tidal characteristics around Australia by A. Harker, A. Harker, J. A. M. Green, M. Schindelegger, S.-B. Wilmes

“…Dissipation from M<span class="inline-formula">₂</span> notably decreases along north-west Australia but is enhanced around New Zealand and the island chains to the north. …”
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Determining the Production and Transport Cost for H2 on a Global Scale by Jason Collis, Reinhard Schomäcker

“…The south-west United States and Mexico, northern Chile, the Middle East and north Africa, south-west Africa, and north-west Australia are identified as the regions with the lowest renewable H2 cost potential, with production costs ranging from 6.7—7.8 €/kg in these regions. …”
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The influence of depth and a subsea pipeline on fish assemblages and commercially fished species. by Todd Bond, Julian C Partridge, Michael D Taylor, Tim F Cooper, Dianne L McLean

“…This is the first published study to use stereo-BRUVs to report on the importance of subsea infrastructure to commercially important fishes over a depth gradient and increases our knowledge of the fish assemblage associated with subsea infrastructure off north-west Australia. These results provide a greater understanding of ecological and fisheries implications of decommissioning subsea infrastructure on the north-west shelf, and will help better inform decision-making on the fate of infrastructure at different depths.…”
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Zooplankton Growth, Respiration and Grazing on the Australian Margins of the Tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans. by A David McKinnon, Jason Doyle, Samantha Duggan, Murray Logan, Christian Lønborg, Richard Brinkman

“…The specific activity of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (spAARS), an index of growth rate, and of the electron transport system (spETS), an index of respiration, was measured in three size fractions (73-150 μm, >150 μm and >350 μm) of zooplankton during five cruises to tropical coastal waters of the Kimberley coast (North West Australia) and four cruises to waters of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR; North East Australia). …”
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Comparing thermal strain in outdoor maintenance and indoor service workers in the mining industry during summer. by Sarah M Taggart, Olivier Girard, Grant J Landers, Ullrich K H Ecker, Karen E Wallman

“…Psycho-physiological parameters, manual dexterity, and cognitive function were assessed in maintenance workers (n = 12) and service workers (n = 12) employed at mine site villages in north-west Australia. Maintenance workers had the freedom to self-select their work intensity and predominantly worked outdoors (33.9±4.2°C, 38±18% RH), whereas service workers had to work to a fixed schedule and worked intermittently indoors (∼64% of work shift; 29.5±3.4°C, 48±8% RH) and outdoors (∼36%; 35.4±4.6°C, 47±21% RH). …”
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Molecular evidence for ten species and Oligo-Miocene vicariance within a nominal Australian gecko species (<it>Crenadactylus ocellatus</it>, Diplodactylidae) by Adams Mark, Oliver Paul M, Doughty Paul

“…</p> <p>Results</p> <p>We identify at least 10 deeply divergent lineages within the single recognised species <it>Crenadactylus ocellatus</it>, including a radiation of five endemic to the Kimberley region of north-west Australia, and at least four known from areas of less than 100 km². …”
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