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Australian Connectivity Interface
Quick guide
The Australian Connectivity Interface or Aus-ConnIe has been developed as a tool for environmental scientists and managers to investigate the large-scale patterns of spatial connectivity around Australia. Specifically, it provides the user with an estimate of the probability that any two regions are connected by modelled ocean circulation over a specified dispersion period. It is expected to find applications in areas such as larval dispersion and recruitment studies, and the development of scenarios and risk assessments for contaminant dispersion.
To operate the user must select:
(i) A region of interest on the map (resolution = 0.5°).
(ii) Whether the selected region represents a source region from which particles disperse (probability of going to other areas) or a sink region into which particles arrive (probability of coming from other areas).
(iii) The year and month(s) on which the connectivity statistics will be based.
(iv) The dispersion period (10, or 20 days for monthly or 30, 40, 60 or 80 days for quarterly).
(v) Whether the connectivity probabilities are based only on the particle distribution at the end of the dispersion period (after lifetime), or on all the particle distributions that occur over the dispersion period (within lifetime).
Outputs are in the form of maps showing land masses, the 200 m depth contour, and the probability distribution for the user specified source or sink (resolution = 0.5°)."
A paper on 'Marine connectivity patterns around the Australian continent' has been published in Environmental Modelling & Software:
Condie, S.A., Waring, J., Mansbridge, M.L., Cahill, M.L., 2005, Marine connectivity patterns around the Australian continent, Environ. Model. & Softw. 20, 1149-1157.
