CSIRO, Cruise SS200510, Benthic Biodiversity, Western Australia, 2005

Alan Williams

doi:10.15468/e55wrd

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 OBIS

Taxonomic 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. -

Contacts

Alan Williams
originator
position: Pricincipal Investigator
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere
CSIRO - Castray Esplanade
Hobart
7000
TAS
AU
Telephone: +61 3 6232 5449
email: Alan.Williams@csiro.au

metadata author
position: Data Officer
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere
GPO Box 1538
Hobart
7001
TAS
AU
Telephone: +61 3 9545 2176
email: OBISAU@csiro.au
homepage: https://research.csiro.au/oa-idc/

Dave Watts
publisher
position: OBIS Australia Data Manager
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere
GPO Box 1538
Hobart
7001
TAS
AU
Telephone: +61 3 6232 5062
email: OBISAU@csiro.au
homepage: http://www.obis.org.au

administrative point of contact
position: Data Officer
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere
GPO Box 1538
Hobart
7001
TAS
AU
Telephone: +61 3 9545 2176
email: OBISAU@csiro.au
homepage: https://research.csiro.au/oa-idc/