Surveys of Octocoral communities, benthic cover and environmental factors on coral reefs of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia (1996 to present)

Katharina Fabricius

doi:10.15468/d0o0fe

Surveys of Octocoral communities, benthic cover and environmental factors on coral reefs of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia (1996 to present)

Citation

Fabricius K (2023): Surveys of Octocoral communities, benthic cover and environmental factors on coral reefs of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia (1996 to present). v1.7. CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure (NCMI) Information and Data Centre (IDC). Dataset/Occurrence. https://www.marine.csiro.au/ipt/resource?r=aims_gbr_octocorals&v=1.7 https://doi.org/10.15468/d0o0fe accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-12.

Description

All surveys were carried out by the principal researcher using Rapid Ecological Assessment. The dataset runs from May 1996: in early 2009 comprising 1636 entries from 180 reef locations, spread relatively evenly along and across the whole Great Barrier Reef (GBR). On each reef 1-3 sites were surveyed with up to 5 transects (usually 200-300m long, 1-3m wide for 10-15 minutes) per site 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 species are 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

Anthozoa
rank: class

Geographic Coverages

Great Barrier Reef

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Katharina Fabricius
originator
position: Principal Investigator
Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS)
PMB No. 3
Townsville
4810
Queensland
AU

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

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

Katharina Fabricius
administrative point of contact
position: Principal Investigator
Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS)
PMB No. 3
Townsville
4810
Queensland
AU