Surveys of Macrocystis pyrifera (giant kelp) on the East Coast of Tasmania, Australia (1954 1999)

doi:10.15468/7svkfe

Surveys of Macrocystis pyrifera (giant kelp) on the East Coast of Tasmania, Australia (1954 1999)

Citation

(2023): Surveys of Macrocystis pyrifera (giant kelp) on the East Coast of Tasmania, Australia (1954 1999). v1.11. CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure (NCMI) Information and Data Centre (IDC). Dataset/Occurrence. https://www.marine.csiro.au/ipt/resource?r=macrocystis_pyrifera_surveys&v=1.11 https://doi.org/10.15468/7svkfe accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-13.

Description

Surveys were conducted as part of an assessment of the Macrocystis pyrifera beds on the east coast of Tasmania by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industry Research Organisation (CSIRO) Division of Fisheries seaweed program in the early 1950's. Surveys were conducted because of interest in the Macrocystis beds as a source of alginates. Surveys were done between 1950 and mid 1953. The paper was published in 1954. In 1965, there was a survey of the extent of Macrocystis pyrifera beds in the vicinity of the Mercury Passage, east coast of Tasmania. The 1986 survey was used to establish stock levels. In 1999, aerial s surveys were conducted to establish Macrocystis bed boundaries.

The data has been downloaded from https://listdata.thelist.tas.gov.au/opendata/ on March 2020 There are 5 datasets titled Macrocystis pyrifera survey.

Additional info

marine, harvested by OBIS

Taxonomic Coverages

Macrocystis angustifolia
common name: Giant kelp rank: species
Macrocystis pyrifera
common name: Giant kelp rank: species

Geographic Coverages

Tasmania

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

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Seacare
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position: Custodian
Seacare
PO Box 878
Sandy Bay
7004
Tasmania
AU
Telephone: +61 (03)62233510
email: craigs@postoffice.utas.edu.au
homepage: http://www.thelist.tas.gov.au