Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) - Surveys of Octocorals in the Rowley Shoals Marine Park and the Mermaid Reef National Marine Nature Reserve, Western Australia (2007)

Katharina Fabricius

doi:10.15468/pgtpoq

Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) - Surveys of Octocorals in the Rowley Shoals Marine Park and the Mermaid Reef National Marine Nature Reserve, Western Australia (2007)

Citation

Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS). 2009, Surveys of octocorals in the Rowley Shoals Marine Park and the Mermaid Reef National Marine Nature Reserve, Western Australia, https://apps.aims.gov.au/metadata/view/0f32ffe0-3dad-11dd-ad1b-00008a07204e, accessed dd-mmm-yyyy https://doi.org/10.15468/pgtpoq accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-06-16.

Description

Octocoral biodiversity was surveyed at eighteen sites across all three Rowley Shoals (Mermaid, Clerke and Imperieuse Reefs). At each site, transects commenced at ~20m depth and ascended gradually, finishing at ~5m depth over a horizontal distance of ~300m. All octocorals encountered were identified (so far as possible in the field), most were photographed and selected samples were taken of new observations for later taxonomic analysis.

Taxa have been matched to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). This dataset was sourced on July 2018 from the original DiGIR dataset at OBIS and updated to reflect changes in the OBIS data requirements.

Additional info

marine, harvested by iOBIS

Taxonomic Coverages

Geographic Coverages

Rowly Shoals

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Katharina Fabricius
originator
position: Principle Investigator
Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS)
PMB No. 3
Townsville
4810
Queensland
AU
homepage: http://www.aims.gov.au

Data Manager
metadata author
position: AIMS Data Centre
Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS)
PMB No. 3
Townsville
4810
Queensland
AU
email: adc@aims.gov.au
homepage: http://www.aims.gov.au

OBIS Australia Node manager
publisher
position: OBIS Australia Node manager
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure Data Centre
PO Box 1538
Hobart
7001
Tasmania
AU
Telephone: +61 (3) 6232 5062
email: obisau@csiro.au
homepage: http://www.obis.org.au

Katharina Fabricius
administrative point of contact
position: Principle Investigator
Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS)
PMB No. 3
Townsville
4810
Queensland
AU
homepage: http://www.aims.gov.au