Belt transect surveys to monitor benthic community structure at selected research and control sites, east coast Tasmania, Australia (2008-2011)

Craig Johnson

doi:10.15468/q4e657

Belt transect surveys to monitor benthic community structure at selected research and control sites, east coast Tasmania, Australia (2008-2011)

Citation

Johnson C (2023): Belt transect surveys to monitor benthic community structure at selected research and control sites, east coast Tasmania, Australia (2008-2011). v1.9. CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure (NCMI) Information and Data Centre (IDC). Dataset/Samplingevent. https://www.marine.csiro.au/ipt/resource?r=urchin_barrens_macroalgae_invert_surveys&v=1.9 https://doi.org/10.15468/q4e657 accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-19.

Description

Belt transect surveys (50m) were used to monitor the benthic community structure through time at experimental (lobster additions/ research reserve sites or abalone diver urchin culls) and control sites in eastern Tasmania. Measures of percentage cover of key algal guilds, percentage of reef grazed by sea urchins, number of sea urchins (Centrostephanus rodgersii, Heliocidaris erythrogramma), Abalone (Haliotis Rubra), Rock lobsters (Jasus edwardsii) and type of substratum were recorded.

Source data, descriptions and additional information from http://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/metadata.show?uuid=6654433b-b0c1-43a2-92c6-76734fd6355e

Additional info

marine, harvested by iOBIS

Taxonomic Coverages

Geographic Coverages

East coast of Tasmania, Australia

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Craig Johnson
originator
position: Principal Investigator
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Private Bag 129
Hobart
7001
Tasmania
AU
Telephone: +61 3 6226 2582
email: Craig.Johnson@utas.edu.au

IMAS Data Manager
metadata author
position: Data Manager
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Private Bag 129
Hobart
7001
Tasmania
AU
email: imas.datamanager@utas.edu.au

OBIS Australia Node manager
publisher
position: OBISAU Data Manager
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure Data Centre
Castray Esplande
Hobart
7000
Tasmania
AU
email: obisau@csiro.au
homepage: http://www.obis.org.au

Craig Johnson
administrative point of contact
position: Principal Investigator
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Private Bag 129
Hobart
7001
Tasmania
AU
Telephone: +61 3 6226 2582
email: Craig.Johnson@utas.edu.au