Central Great Barrier Reef shark nursery area survey (NERP TE 6.2, JCU), Australia (2011-2014)

Simon Simpfendorfer

doi:10.15468/hejecc

Central Great Barrier Reef shark nursery area survey (NERP TE 6.2, JCU), Australia (2011-2014)

Citation

Simpfendorfer S (2020): Central Great Barrier Reef shark nursery area survey (NERP TE 6.2, JCU), Australia (2011-2014). v1.4. CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere. Dataset/Occurrence. https://www.marine.csiro.au/ipt/resource?r=jcu_gbr_reef_shark_nursery&v=1.4 https://doi.org/10.15468/hejecc accessed via GBIF.org on 2020-11-19. accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-01-19.

Description

This dataset contains the catch data from seasonal gillnet and longline surveys of shark nursery areas in the Central Section of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (2011-2014). Sampling occurred seasonally in nine bays along ~ 400 km of the tropical north Queensland coastline: Rockingham, Halifax, Cleveland, Bowling Green, Upstart, Abbott, Edgecumbe, Woodwark/Double and Repulse Bays. Of these nine bays, five were sampled regularly, the others (in italics) were sampled only once as part of a broader survey. Sampling sites were dominated by silty substrates, and mudflat and/or mangrove-lined foreshores. Between October 2011 and November 2013 eight rounds of fisheries-independent surveys were undertaken to collect data on the shark community across the study region. Within each bay sampling occurred randomly within sixteen 0.9 km wide strips running perpendicular to the shore. Two groups of eight strips were placed within each bay to spread the sampling across different habitat types and management zones (i.e. gill-net fishing allowed and gill-net fishing prohibited) where possible. During each round, each bay was sampled over four days allowing for two days of sampling in each group of strips. The bays vary in size and so the relative proportion of area sampled varied between bays.

Additional info

marine, harvested by iOBIS

Taxonomic Coverages

Geographic Coverages

Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Simon Simpfendorfer
originator
position: Principle Investigator
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University
Townsville
4811
Queensland
AU

Simon Simpfendorfer
metadata author
position: Principle Investigator
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University
Townsville
4811
Queensland
AU

Dave Watts
publisher
position: OBIS Australia Node manager
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere
PO Box 1538
Hobart
7001
Tasmania
Telephone: +61 (3) 6232 5062
email: dave.watts@csiro.au
homepage: http://www.obis.org.au

Simon Simpfendorfer
administrative point of contact
position: Principle Investigator
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University
Townsville
4811
Queensland
AU

Dave Watts
technical point of contact
email: dave.watts@csiro.au