NORFANZ Biological Survey, Tasman Sea, Australia - New Zealand 2003

Alan Williams

doi:10.15468/l8quuq

NORFANZ Biological Survey, Tasman Sea, Australia - New Zealand 2003

Citation

NORFANZ - biodiversity survey 2003, Norfolk Ridge and Lord Howe Rise https://doi.org/10.15468/l8quuq accessed via GBIF.org on 2021-01-15.

Description

Biological survey data (species IDs and catch compositions) collected during the NORFANZ voyage on the Norfolk Ridge and Lord Howe Rise in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand, in May-June 2003. The NORFANZ voyage was a collaboration between multiple Australian and New Zealand agencies including CSIRO, Australian museums and NIWA. Fourteen seamount and slope sites were sampled, 10 on the Norfolk Ridge and 4 on the Lord Howe Rise. A total of 168 operations were completed, including 144 trawl-sled-dredge shots, in depths ranging from less than 100 m to over 2000 m. Gear types included bottom trawls, midwater trawl, beam trawl, epibenthic sleds, and rock and pipe dredges. The dataset contains records of 1,622 macroinvertebrate species or provisional species units in 15 phyla, and 582 fish species in 122 families, and is expected to include a significant percentage of species new to science. Accompanying these survey data are photographs and, in some cases, voucher specimens which are held in institutions in Australia and New Zealand.

Additional info

marine, harvested by OBIS

Taxonomic Coverages

Geographic Coverages

Ocean and Sea Regions, [Australia], Coral Sea Ocean and Sea Regions, [Australia], Tasman Sea

Bibliographic Citations

Williams A, Gowlett-Holmes K, Althaus F (2006) 'Biodiversity survey of the seamounts and slopes of the Norfolk Ridge and Lord Howe Rise (NORFANZ). Final Report to the National Oceans Office, April 2005.' CSIRO Marine Research, Hobart, Tas. -

Contacts

Alan Williams
originator
position: Scientist
CSIRO
CSIRO - Castray Esplanade
Hobart
7000
TAS
AU
Telephone: +61 3 6232 5449
email: Alan.Williams@csiro.au

metadata author
position: Data Officer
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere
GPO Box 1538
Hobart
7001
TAS
AU
Telephone: +61 3 9545 2176
email: OBISAU@csiro.au
homepage: https://research.csiro.au/oa-idc/

Dave Watts
publisher
position: OBIS Australia Data Manager
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere
GPO Box 1538
Hobart
7001
TAS
AU
Telephone: +61 3 9545 2176
email: OBISAU@csiro.au
homepage: http://www.obis.org.au

administrative point of contact
position: Data Officer
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere
GPO Box 1538
Hobart
7001
TAS
AU
Telephone: +61 3 9545 2176
email: OBISAU@csiro.au
homepage: https://research.csiro.au/oa-idc/