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Geomorphology and Habitats of the Carnarvon Shelf

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Flythrough movie showing the bathymetry of Carnarvon shelf, highlighting benthic habitats at Point Cloates. The bathymetric image is derived from multibeam sonar collected in 2008 using a 300 kHz Simrad EM3002 system on RV Solander. Key features on the shelf include a prominent ridge at 60 m water depth and a complex area of smaller ridges and mounds across the inner shelf. The ridges and mounds provide hard substrate for diverse coral and sponge communities. The Carnarvon shelf is a study site for the Marine Biodiversity Research Hub, funded through the Commonwealth Environment Research Facilities (CERF) programme. Survey work was carried out as a collaboration between Geoscience Australia and the Australian Institute of Marine Science. Further information is provided in GA Record 2009/02.

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Title Geomorphology and Habitats of the Carnarvon Shelf
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/44529e1d-4fd7-4ee3-b5d9-b61f380db1c1
Contact Point
Geoscience Australia
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Reference Period 20/04/2018
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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