CSIRO Survey TT200801 - ROV Jason cruise tn228: South and East of Tasmania
Citation
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure (NCMI) Information and Data Centre (IDC): CSIRO Survey TT200801 - ROV Jason cruise tn228: South and East of Tasmania https://doi.org/10.15468/cdnigp accessed via GBIF.org on 2020-11-19. accessed via GBIF.org on 2021-05-09.Description
The TT 01/2008 survey was a follow up survey to the SS 01/2008 to sample beds of high quality live, sub-fossil and fossil corals off SE Tasmania, and to document and sample the communities in depths up to 4000 m using the deep-diving Remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Jason. 16 dives were completed in or close to areas in the South-east Commonwealth Marine Reserves; the ROV Jason spent almost 400 hours underwater, took over 36000 photographs and 300 hours of video of the deep-reef, and collected over 1000 biological specimens, most new to science. The focus of the survey was collection of fossil corals (Desmophyllum sp.), description of habitats at depth between 700 and 4000 m depth and establishing two long-term monitoring sites in the Huon CMR (settlement plates). It explored and sampled on the near vertical slice in the earth's crust, known as the Tasman Fracture Zone, which drops from approximately 2000 metres to over 4000 metres. Jason was used to collect video, high definition still images (mosaiced images) and selective samples of fossil corals and invertebrate fauna.Additional info
marine, harvested by iOBISTaxonomic Coverages
Geographic Coverages
South-east Commonwealth Marine Reserves, Tasmania, Australia
Bibliographic Citations
- Biodiversity and Conservation Ecology of the Deep Ocean Environments within the Huon and Tasman Fracture Commonwealth Marine Reserves. A study of the biodiversity, conservation ecology and potential threats to deep reef assemblages within the Huon and Tasman Fracture Commonwealth Marine Reserves Ronald Thresher, Alan Williams, Karen Gowlett-Holmes (2009) Final Report to the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts -
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Franzis Althausoriginator
position: Scientist
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere
Castray Esplanade
Hobart
7000
Tasmania
AU
Telephone: +61 3 6232 5059
email: franzis.althaus@csiro.au
Franzis Althaus
metadata author
position: Scientist
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere
Castray Esplanade
Hobart
7000
Tasmania
AU
Telephone: +61 3 6232 5059
email: franzis.althaus@csiro.au
Dave Watts
publisher
position: OBIS Australia Node Manager
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere
GPO Box 1538
Hobart
7001
Tasmania
AU
Telephone: +61 3 6232 5062
email: dave.watts@csiro.au
homepage: http://www.obis.org.au
Franzis Althaus
administrative point of contact
position: Scientist
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere
Castray Esplanade
Hobart
7000
Tasmania
AU
Telephone: +61 3 6232 5059
email: franzis.althaus@csiro.au