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Condition of rocky reef communities around Tasmania: invertebrate surveys
The data is the quantitative abundance of megafaunal invertebrates derived from underwater visual census methods involving transect counts at rocky reef sites around Tasmania.... -
Zooplankton and hydrology of inshore coastal waters of South-Eastern...
Zooplankton samples were collected at inshore coastal waters of south eastern Tasmania, between the years 1971 and 1972. Three stations were selected to cover the... -
Condition of rocky reef communities around Tasmania: algal surveys
The data is the percent algal cover derived from underwater visual census methods involving transect counts at rocky reef sites around Tasmania. This data forms part of a larger... -
Top-down sea urchin overgrazing overwhelms bottom-up nutrient stimulation of...
Biogenic marine habitats are increasingly threatened by a multitude of human impacts, and temperate coasts in particular are exposed to progressively more intense and frequent... -
Statistically downscaled Australian continental shelf sea surface temperatures
The Oliver and Holbrook (Journal Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 2014), or OH14, data set provides spatially and temporally homogeneous measurements of sea surface... -
Surveys of giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) areal coverage on the South and...
This record describes an aggregated data product compiled from a number of different surveys of Macrocystis surface cover in Tasmanian waters, spanning 1950 to 2019. Some... -
Growth and age across range extension region of Centrostephanus rodgersii in...
The barrens-forming sea urchin Centrostephanus rodgersii has undergone poleward range extension to eastern Tasmania. This data compares growth, morphology, reproductive... -
Reproductive potential of the long spined sea urchin Centrostephanus...
Recent poleward range expansion of the barrens-forming sea urchin Centrostephanus rodgersii (Diadematidae) from mainland Australia to Tasmania, has emphasized the need to... -
Surveys of long spined sea urchin (Centrostephanus rodgersii) and barrens...
Quantitative surveys were undertaken at four sites in the Kent Group, north eastern Tasmania (southern and northern shores of East Cove at Deal Island, Winter Cove at Deal... -
A pilot management program to maximise Tasmania's Sea Urchin (Heliocidaris...
The main aim of this research program was to determine the potential for reducing the density of urchins to encourage the return of seaweeds and an improvement in urchin roe... -
Community assembly in marine macrofauna communities
Community assembly in macrofauna communities developed in artificial kelp holdfasts was monitored at 1-month intervals over a 13 month period using a sampling design that used... -
Abundance and distribution of coastal, inshore zooplankton in the Huon...
Mesozooplankton community composition and structure were examined throughout the D’Entrecasteaux Channel, Huon Estuary and North West Bay, Tasmania, from November 2004 to... -
Impacts of the Northern Pacific Seastar (Asterias amurensis) and European...
This study compared the individual and combined effects of two introduced marine species in SE Tasmania - the northern Pacific seastar (Asterias amurensis) and the European... -
Assessing the biodiversity and degradation of human-impacted estuaries in...
Water quality and biological data was collected from four tide-dominated river estuaries indicative of catchments with varying levels of human impacts to: 1) assess draft... -
NERP Marine Biodiversity Hub, Theme 1 - Flinders Commonwealth Marine Reserve...
The Flinders CMR AUV survey was a pilot study undertaken in June 2013 as part of the National Marine Biodiversity Hub's National monitoring, evaluation and reporting theme. The... -
Video surveys of long spined sea urchin (Centrostephanus rodgersii) barrens...
The spatial extent of C. rodgersii "barrens" was estimated by surveying rocky reef habitat with a towed underwater video system. Sampling took place at 13 regions along the east... -
Video surveys of long spined sea urchin (Centrostephanus rodgersii) barrens...
The spatial extent of C. rodgersii "barrens" was estimated by surveying rocky reef habitat with a towed underwater video system. Sampling took place at 13 regions along the east... -
Stock assessment of Macrocystis pyrifera beds at varying locations on...
Surveys were conducted as part of an assessment of the Macrocystis pyrifera (Linnaeus) C. Agardh 1820 beds on the east coast of Tasmania by the Commonwealth Scientific and... -
Biodiversity and degradation of estuaries in North-Western Tasmania: Detention River
Water quality and biological data was collected from four tide-dominated river estuaries indicative of catchments with varying levels of human impacts to: 1) assess draft... -
Physical and chemical parameters of several oyster growing areas in...
Physical and chemical parameters at five Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) growing areas in Tasmania - Pittwater, Pipeclay Lagoon, Little Swanport, Georges Bay and Simpsons Bay...