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Mapping and Characterisation of Key Biotic and Physical Attributes of the Torres Strait Ecosystem (Epibenthic Sled)

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The benthic invertebrate, plant and fish biodiversity of the 50,000 km² area of the Torres Strait Protected Zone and adjacent shelf seabed was sampled by a 200 m tow of a 1.5 m epibenthic sled at 166 sites, representing a wide range of known physical environments, during one 1-month-long voyage on the James Cook University vessel James Kirby. More than 1,550 species/species-equivalent OTUs (operational taxonomic units) were identified. The dataset comprises 8,569 site-by-species records. A pipe-dredge was attached to the sled to collect sediment samples: a 500 ml subsample was processed for particle size and carbonate by Geoscience Australia; another 500 ml subsample was sieved on 1 mm mesh and preserved in 10% Formalin - Rose Bengal solution.

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Title Mapping and Characterisation of Key Biotic and Physical Attributes of the Torres Strait Ecosystem (Epibenthic Sled)
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/17f57b55-0a16-4d2e-a34a-8c95a26deb37
Contact Point
Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML)
Roland.Pitcher@csiro.au
Reference Period 23/03/2005 - 19/04/2005
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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