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CSIRO, Benthic Plant Invertebrate and Fish Biodiversity, Great Barrier Reef, Northeast Australia, 2003-2006
Citation
CSIRO - Great Barrier Reef seabed biodiversity study 2003-2006. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/3396

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Description
Dataset containing the benthic invertebrate, plant and fish biodiversity data from an intensive survey of the Great Barrier Reef conducted over the period 2003-2006. more

This dataset contains the benthic invertebrate, plant and fish biodiversity data from an intensive survey of the Great Barrier Reef seabed using benthic sleds and prawn trawls over the period 2003-2006, a collaboration between CSIRO Marine Research (CMR) and the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS). The original dataset, provided by OBIS-Australia, contains all distribution records. The dataset in OBIS Seamap is a subset of the original dataset, only containing marine mammal, seabird and/or sea turtle records.

Scope
Themes:
Biology > Benthos, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity, Biology > Fish, Biology > Invertebrates, Biology > Mammals, Biology > Plants, Biology > Reptiles
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, I, Pacific

Geographical coverage
I, Pacific [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage
10 December 2003 - 25 November 2005

Related datasets
Published in:
OBIS-Australia: Australian Ocean Biodiversity Information System
OBIS-SEAMAP: Spatial Ecological Analysis of Megavertebrate Populations, more

Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Data collection
Metadatarecord created: 2012-11-19
Information last updated: 2015-05-20
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