General

Intertidal areas occur where the oceans and estuaries meet the land, and are delimited by the mean high and low tides. Common intertidal habitats include estuaries, beaches, rocky shores, mangroves, and seagrass beds. Organisms that live in these regions must be able to deal with periodic inundation and exposure and changes in salinity. There is a high species diversity found in intertidal zones, which can be attributed to the varied intertidal micro-habitats and the differing degrees of exposure.

Protocol

The Global Ocean Observing System
http://ioc.unesco.org/goos/
http://www.bom.gov.au/inside/eiab/gcosgoos/

Costs

No standard intertidal monitoring costs available

Case studies

Rocky Intertidal Ecological Monitoring In Channel Islands National Park, California
1982-83
http://www.nature.nps.gov/im/units/chis/reports_pdf/marine/82-85intertidal.pdf

Rocky Reef Watch: a community based monitoring program for intertidal rocky reefs
http://www.widebay.net/wmpme/rrw/

Coastal Water Habitat Monitoring
http://www.coastal.crc.org.au/projects-2003-05.pdf

Woongarra Marine Park Monitoring & Education Project
http://www.amcs.org.au/NEWS/notices/woongarra_mp.htm

CSIRO Techniques for Coastal Monitoring
http://www.csiro.au/index.asp?type=researchProject&xml=relatedResearchProjects&id=Marine_Estuarine%20and%20Coastal_Techniques%20Coastal%20Monitoring&stylesheet=aboutCSIROResearchProject

Generic databases

Marine Science & Ecology Projects 1972-2002
http://www.marinescience.com.au/reports.htm#ecological

National Oceans Office References: Impact from the Ocean/Land Interface
http://www.oceans.gov.au/impacts_ocean/page_005.jsp

People Contacts

Sue Sargent,
Project Officer,
Woongarra Marine Park Monitoring & Education Project,
Ph: 07 4150 5473
Fax: 07 4150 5410
E-mail: s.sargent@burnett.qld.gov.au

Professor A.J.Underwood
Director EICC
Ph: 02 9351 2590
Email: aju@bio.usyd.edu.au

Organisation Contacts

Australian Marine Conservation Society- Bundaberg & District Branch,
Ph: 07 41515473
Fax: 07 41515410
Email: s.sargent@burnett.qld.gov.au
Website: http://www.widebay.net/wmpme/default.htm

Centre for Research on Ecological Impacts of Coastal Cities
http://www.eicc.bio.usyd.edu.au/eicc.html

The Cooperative Research Centre for the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area
CRC Reef Research Centre LTD
Ph: 07 47298400
Fax: 07 47298499
Email: info@crcreef.com
Web: www.reef.crc.org.au

CSIRO Marine Research
GPO Box 1538
Hobart Tasmania 7001
Ph: 03 62325222
Fax: 03 62325000
Reception@marine.csiro.au

FRC Environmental
Ecologists and Environmental Scientists
Ph: 07 32075035
Fax: 07 32075640
Email: info@frc-environmental.com.au

Advanced References

Aarninkhof, S.G.J., Turner, I.L., Dronlers, T.D.T, Caljouw, M. and Nipius, L. (2003). A video-based technique for mapping intertidal beach bathymetry, Coastal Engineering 49 (4) pp 275-289.

Dunaway, Ambrose, Campbell, Engle, Hill, Hymanson and Richards (1998). Establishing a southern California rocky intertidal monitoring network, Taking a Look at California’s Ocean Resources: An Agenda for the Future 2 pp 1278-1294.

Ellis, D.V. (2003). Rocky shore intertidal zonation as a means of monitoring and assessing shoreline biodiversity recovery, Marine Pollution Bulletin 46 (3) pp 305-307.

Hawkins, S.J., Hartnoll. R.G., WIliams, G.A., Azzopardi, P.J. and Burrows, M.T. (1986). Effectiveness of Sampling Strategies for Intertidal Monitoring, Water Science and Technology 18 (4/5) pp 63-72.

Jones, D.A., Plaza, J., Watt, I. and Al Sanei, M. (1998). Long-term (1991-1995) Monitoring of the Intertidal Biota of Saudi Arabia after the 1991 Gulf War Oil Spill, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 36 (6) pp 472-489.

Plant, N.G. and Holman, R.A. (1997). Intertidal beach profile estimation using video images, Marine Geology 140 (1-2) pp 1-24.

Rainey, M.P., Tyler, A.N., Gilvear, D.J., Bryant, R.G. and McDonald, P. (2003). Mapping intertidal estuarine sediment grain size distributions through airborne remote sensing, Remote Sensing of Environment 86 (4) pp 480-490.