Publication Date
9-2011
Series Number
Fisheries Research Report No. 221
Publisher
Government of Western Australia Department of Fisheries
ISBN
978-1-921845-25-3
ISSN
1035 - 4549
Abstract
Water temperatures off the south-western coast of Western Australia rose to unprecedented levels during February and March 2011, and this warming event has been termed a “marine heat wave”. While surface temperatures were more than 3°C above the long-term monthly average over an extended area in February 2011, the temperature in some localised areas in coastal waters exceeded the long-term monthly average by 5°C for periods of a day or two in late February/early March
Number of Pages
40
Keywords
Physical oceanography; Water temperature; Heat shock; Temperature effects; Environmental effects; Fish kill; Sublethal effects; Marine organisms; Climatic changes; Leeuwin Current - Western Australia; Western Australia
Disciplines
Aquaculture and Fisheries
Recommended Citation
Pearce, A., Lenanton, R., Jackson, G., Moore, J., Feng, M. and Gaughan, D. 2011. The “marine heat wave” off Western Australia during the summer of 2010/11. Fisheries Research Report No. 222. Department of Fisheries, Western Australia. 40pp.
