CSIRO, Cruise SS200510, Benthic Biodiversity, Western Australia, 2005
Citation
CSIRO - Southern Surveyor voyage SS 10/2005, benthic biodiversity of the deep continental shelf and slope in Australia's SW region https://doi.org/10.15468/e55wrd accessed via GBIF.org on 2021-03-03.Description
These data were collected as part of a study on the benthic biodiversity of the deep continental shelf and slope in Australia's south west region. The scientific objectives for the survey were split across two voyages (SS07/2005 for leg 1 and SS10/2005 for leg 2). The first leg was to map and visually survey (video) the upper continental slope (and at selected sites transects from the outer shelf to the mid-slope) at regular intervals of 1deg latitude; the second leg was to targeted sample the surveyed locations to document the benthic biodiversity. Epibenthic megafauna was sampled in 123 stations using the epibenthic sled Sherman and a beamtrawl at roughly 1 degree intervals from Bald Island in southern WA to Barrow Island (northern WA), at 100 and 400m depth; additional depths (200m, 700m 1000m) were sampled at targeted 'transect sites'.Additional info
marine, harvested by OBISTaxonomic Coverages
Geographic Coverages
Ocean and Sea Regions, [Australia], Great Australian Bight
Ocean and Sea Regions, [Australia], Indian Ocean
Ocean and Sea Regions, [Australia], NE Indian Ocean
Ocean and Sea Regions, [Australia], Shark Bay
Ocean and Sea Regions, [Australia], Southern Ocean
Ocean and Sea Regions, [Australia], Western Australia - South Coast
Bibliographic Citations
- Williams, A., Althaus, F., Dunstan, P.K., Poore, G.C.B., Bax, N.J., Kloser, R.J., McEnnulty, F.J., 2010. Scales of habitat heterogeneity and megabenthos biodiversity on an extensive Australian continental margin (100-1,100 m depths). Marine Ecology. -
- McEnnulty, F.R. ed. 2011. Deepwater Megabenthos of south-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 80: 1-191. -
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position: Data Officer
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere
GPO Box 1538
Hobart
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TAS
AU
Telephone: +61 3 9545 2176
email: OBISAU@csiro.au
homepage: https://research.csiro.au/oa-idc/