Mapping and Characterisation of Key Biotic and Physical Attributes of the Torres Strait Ecosystem (Prawn Trawl)

Created 12/10/2024

Updated 12/10/2024

The mobile invertebrate and fish biodiversity of the 50,000 km² area of the Torres Strait Protected Zone and adjacent shelf seabed was sampled by a 1 km tow of a 8 fthm otter trawl (single high-flying Florida Flyer) at 148 sites, representing a wide range of known physical environments, during one 1-month-long voyage on the QDPIF vessel Gwendoline May. About 1,550 species/species-equivalent OTUs (operational taxonomic units) were identified. The dataset comprises 11,325 site-by-species records.

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Title Mapping and Characterisation of Key Biotic and Physical Attributes of the Torres Strait Ecosystem (Prawn Trawl)
Language eng
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Landing Page https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/4614e3f3-f0d2-4288-a2de-ba3c85746cd7
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Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML)
Roland.Pitcher@csiro.au
Reference Period 08/01/2004 - 01/02/2004
Geospatial Coverage {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[141.3, -10.9], [144.1, -10.9], [144.1, -9.1], [141.3, -9.1], [141.3, -10.9]]]}
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