Benthic habitats of Yanyuwa Sea Country, Barni - Wardimantha Awara Indigenous Protected Area, Gulf of Carpentaria, Northern Territory, Australia (NESP MaC Project 1.12, JCU & CDU)

Rachel Groom; Catherine Collier; Lauren Firby; Shaun Evans; Stephen Barrett; Luke Hoffman; Chris van der Wetering; Shade Evans; Steven Simon; Stephen Anderson

doi:10.15468/g44u6b

Benthic habitats of Yanyuwa Sea Country, Barni - Wardimantha Awara Indigenous Protected Area, Gulf of Carpentaria, Northern Territory, Australia (NESP MaC Project 1.12, JCU & CDU)

Citation

Groom, R., Carter, A. B., Collier, C., Firby, L., Evans, S., Barrett, S., Hoffman, L., van de Wetering, C., Evans, S., Simon, S., & Anderson, S. (2023). Benthic habitats of Yanyuwa Sea Country, Barni - Wardimantha Awara Indigenous Protected Area, Gulf of Carpentaria, Northern Territory, Australia (NESP MaC Project 1.12, JCU & CDU) [Data set]. eAtlas. https://doi.org/10.26274/V6K5-2F34 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-13.

Description

This dataset summarises benthic surveys in Yanyuwa Sea Country. This data set shows that in Yanyuwa sea country in the Gulf of Carpentaria, that there is significant seagrass along the coastline. The inshore coastline seagrass continues from Rosie Creek to Robinson River, where King Ash Bay and Bing Bong has almost continuous, reasonably dense seagrass meadows. Seagrass cover is present around the north, east and southern intertidal areas of West Island. Around the northern side of Black Islet has seagrass as well as north areas of Skull Island. Watson Island has seagrass areas on the southern and eastern coastlines. Seagrass cover can be found on Centre Island on all sides, particularly on the east and western sides. Vanderlin Island has light seagrass cover mostly towards the southern tip. Species present in these regions include C. serrulate, E. acoroides, H. ovalis, H. uninervis.

Taxonomic Coverages

Geographic Coverages

Yanyuwa Sea Country, Barni - Wardimantha Awara Indigenous Protected Area, Gulf of Carpentaria, Northern Territory, Australia

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Rachel Groom
originator
position: Principal Investigator
Charles Darwin University
email: rachel.groom@cdu.edu.au

Catherine Collier
originator
position: Co investigators
TropWATER, James Cook University

Lauren Firby
originator
position: Co investigators
TropWATER

Shaun Evans
originator
position: Co investigators
li-Anthawirriyarra Sea Ranger Unit, Mabunji Aboriginal Resource Indigenous Corporation

Stephen Barrett
originator
position: Co investigators
li-Anthawirriyarra Sea Ranger Unit, Mabunji Aboriginal Resource Indigenous Corporation

Luke Hoffman
originator
position: Co investigators
TropWATER, James Cook University

Chris van der Wetering
originator
position: Co investigators
TropWATER, James Cook University

Shade Evans
originator
position: Co investigators
li-Anthawirriyarra Sea Ranger Unit, Mabunji Aboriginal Resource Indigenous Corporation

Steven Simon
originator
position: Co investigators
li-Anthawirriyarra Sea Ranger Unit, Mabunji Aboriginal Resource Indigenous Corporation

Stephen Anderson
originator
position: Co investigators
Jungkayi for eastern Vanderlin Island

Rachel Groom
metadata author
position: Principal Investigator
Charles Darwin University
email: rachel.groom@cdu.edu.au

OBIS Australia Node manager
publisher
position: OBIS Australia 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

Rachel Groom
administrative point of contact
position: Principal Investigator
Charles Darwin University
email: rachel.groom@cdu.edu.au