Features of the nine National Reference Stations.

aWater samples at Ningaloo are collected by CSIRO and AIMS. IMOS Node: QLD: Queensland; NSW: New South Wales; TAS: Tasmania; SA: South Australia; WA: Western Australia. Marine Reserve Network: GBRMP: Great Barrier Reef Marine Park; TE: Temperate East; SE: South-East; SW: South-West; NW: North-West; N; North. Phytoplankton provinces: GBR: Great Barrier Reef; TN: tropical neritic; TO: tropical oceanic; TS: tropical shelf. Institutes: AIMS: Australian Institute of Marine Science; CSIRO: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation; SARDI: South Australian Research and Development Institute; SIMS: Sydney Institute of Marine Science. Shelf processes: C: currents; CZ: connection zone; E: eddies; M: monsoonal influences; T: tidal influences; U: upwelling. Current systems: EAC: East Australian Current; FC: Flinders Current; HC: Holloway Current; LC: Leeuwin Current; LUC: Leeuwin Undercurrent; NC: Ningaloo Current; ZC: Zeehan Current.Features of the nine National Reference Stations.