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Acoustic tracking of sharks and fish on reefs of the Capricorn Bunker Group, southern Great Barrier Reef

Created 12/03/2025

Updated 12/03/2025

Presence information for sharks and fish fitted with acoustic transmitters on Heron Island and One Tree Island reefs and Sykes Reef. Transmitter life ranges from 12-30 months. Transmitters report depth data to indicate position of the animal in the water column.To date transmitters have been deployed in: grey reef, blacktip reef, whitetip reef, tiger, hammerhead and weasel sharks and common coral trout, red throat emperor, spangled emperor and red emperor in this region. To monitor the presence and movement of fish and elasmobranch species within and between reefs in the Capricorn Bunker Group of reefs. These data are collected in conjunction with the AATAMS facility within IMOS and as such are part of a broader national framework. Data from this research is also housed in the AATAMS data repository and publicly available on line.

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Title Acoustic tracking of sharks and fish on reefs of the Capricorn Bunker Group, southern Great Barrier Reef
Language eng
Licence notspecified
Landing Page https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/901a038b-686d-4ba2-8c9e-f7fe89bdf9ca
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CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere
reception@aims.gov.au
Reference Period 28/08/2019
Geospatial Coverage {"type": "Point", "coordinates": [151.95, -23.47]}
Data Portal data.gov.au

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This dataset was originally found on data.gov.au "Acoustic tracking of sharks and fish on reefs of the Capricorn Bunker Group, southern Great Barrier Reef". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/acoustic-tracking-of-sharks-and-fish-on-reefs-of-the-capricorn-bunker-group-southern-great-barr

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