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Sensors 2012, 12, 9711-9748; doi:10.3390/s120709711 OPEN ACCESS sensors ISSN 1424-8220 /journal/sensors Article SEMAT — The Next Generation of Inexpensive Marine Environmental Monitoring and Measurement Systems Jarrod Trevathan 1,*, Ron Johnstone 2, Tony Chiffings 3, Ian Atkinson 4, Neil Bergmann 5, Wayne Read 4, Susan Theiss 2, Trina Myers 4,6 and Tom Stevens 7 1 School of Information and Communication Technology, Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD 4111, Australia 2 School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4067, Australia; E-Mails: r.johnstone@.au (R.J.); s.theiss@.au (S.T.) 3 Environmental Research Centre, Sohar University, Sohar 311, Sultanate of Oman; E-Mail: tchiffings@.om 4 eResearch Centre, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia; E-Mails: ian.atkinson@.au (I.A.); wayne.read@.au (W.R.); trina.myers@.au (T.M.) 5 School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, University of Queensland, Brisbane QLD 4067, Australia; E-Mail: n.bergmann@.au 6 Discipline of Information Technology, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia 7 Marine Geophysics Laboratory, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia; E-Mail: tom.stevens@.au * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: j.trevathan@.au; Tel.: +61-7-373-550-46; Fax: +61-7-373-556-719. Received: 23 April 2012; in revised form: 10 May 2012 / Accepted: 2 July 2012 / Published: 18 July 2012 Abstract: There is an increasing need for environmental measurement systems to further science and thereby lead to improved policies for sustainable management. Marine environments are particularly hostile and extremely difficult for deploying sensitive measurement systems. As a consequence the need for data is greatest in marine environments, particularly in the developing economies/regions. Expense is typically the most significant limiting fa