Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) - Surveys of Octocoral communities, benthic cover and environmental factors on coral reefs of Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea (2002)

Katharina Fabricius

doi:10.15468/odr7jv

Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) - Surveys of Octocoral communities, benthic cover and environmental factors on coral reefs of Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea (2002)

Citation

Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS). 2009, Surveys of Octocoral communities, benthic cover and environmental factors on coral reefs of Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea, https://apps.aims.gov.au/metadata/view/303e9209-722b-4636-98d0-6a33d72e1015, accessed dd-mmm-yyyy https://doi.org/10.15468/odr7jv accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-20.

Description

All surveys were carried out by the principal researcher using Rapid Ecological Assessment. The dataset comprises 41 sites. Each site was surveyed with up to 5 transects (usually 200-300m long, 1-3m wide for 10-15 minutes) at pre-defined depths (1-3m, 3-8m, 8-13m, 13-18m and reef flat). Species recorded: octocorals (soft corals, gorgonians, sea fans, sea whips, sea pens, leather corals, arborescent octocorals, blue coral, stoloniferans), black and wire coral. Note that taxa were recorded mostly at generic level.

Taxa have been matched to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). This dataset was sourced on July 2018 from the original DiGIR dataset at OBIS and updated to reflect changes in the OBIS data requirements.

Additional info

marine, harvested by iOBIS

Taxonomic Coverages

Geographic Coverages

Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Katharina Fabricius
originator
position: Principle Investigator
Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS)
PMB No. 3
Townsville
4810
Queensland
AU
homepage: http://www.aims.gov.au

Data Manager
metadata author
position: AIMS Data Centre
Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS)
PMB No. 3
Townsville
4810
Queensland
AU
homepage: http://www.aims.gov.au

OBIS Australia Node manager
publisher
position: OBIS Australia Node manager
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure Data Centre
PO Box 1538
Hobart
7001
Tasmania
AU
Telephone: +61 (3) 6232 5062
email: obisau@csiro.au
homepage: http://www.obis.org.au

Katharina Fabricius
administrative point of contact
position: Principle Investigator
Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS)
PMB No. 3
Townsville
4810
Queensland
AU
homepage: http://www.aims.gov.au