Ashmore Reef Marine Park Environmental Assessment 2019 - marine fauna survey
Citation
Keesing, John (2020): Ashmore Reef Marine Park Environmental Assessment 2019. v2. CSIRO. Data Collection. https://doi.org/10.25919/dztz-1h24 accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-13.Description
In early 2019 Parks Australia commissioned CSIRO to undertake a survey of selected marine and terrestrial environmental values at Ashmore Reef Marine Park. Specific foci for the marine component of the survey were to assess the abundance of key invertebrates which have historically been the subject of illegal fishing and over-exploitation (trochus, beche-de-mer and giant clams), and to assess status (cover and health) of key habitat forming benthic assemblages (corals, macroalgae and seagrass).
The terrestrial surveys were undertaken in May 2019 and the marine surveys in June 2019. Details are in the following metadata record https://marlin.csiro.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/269d73f5-1aa2-4e06-9805-1844dd9c7a6a
Access to this collection's metadata and/or data files (if any) are restricted until 31 Dec 2021. The current occurrence records have no abundance values. They will be published at the end of the embargo period.
Additional info
marine, harvested by OBISTaxonomic Coverages
Geographic Coverages
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
John Keesingoriginator
position: Principal Investigator
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere
Crawley
Western Australia
AU
email: John.Keesing@csiro.au
John Keesing
metadata author
position: Principal Investigator
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere
Crawley
Western Australia
AU
email: John.Keesing@csiro.au
OBIS Australia Node manager
publisher
position: OBIS Australia Data Manager
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure Data Centre
Castray Esplande
Hobart
Tasmania
AU
email: obisau@csiro.au
homepage: http://www.obis.org.au
John Keesing
administrative point of contact
position: Principal Investigator
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere
Crawley
Western Australia
AU
email: John.Keesing@csiro.au