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Preliminary assessment of fish and coral communities on reefs of the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia

Created 24/06/2017

Updated 09/10/2017

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The Dampier Archipelago, which lies offshore from the Pilbara region, is comprised of 42 islands, islets and rocks. Twenty-five of the islands are included within a marine reserve managed by the Department of Conservation and Land Management. A number of significant marine based industries (petroleum production, iron ore export, solar salt extraction) operate within or adjacent to the Dampier Archipelago. Port development and maintenance has involved the removal of over 28 million m3 of dredge spoil within the Dampier region (Chittleborough, 1983).

During this initial AIMS survey of coral and fish communities within the Dampier Archipelago, 24 sites, chosen to be representative of the diverse range of habitats in the region, were visited. At each site, fish and coral communities were quantitatively sampled. Visual surveys at the sites indicate that many sites had been subjected to significant recent storm damage. Large massive coral colonies were overturned and previously luxuriant Acropora beds were reduced to rubble banks.

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Title Preliminary assessment of fish and coral communities on reefs of the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia
Language English
Licence Other
Landing Page https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/cf295008-d709-488c-82c4-9a257c1b4c0e
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Australian Institute of Marine Science
adc@aims.gov.au
Geospatial Coverage {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[116.403833, -20.663333], [116.848833, -20.663333], [116.848833, -20.351667], [116.403833, -20.351667], [116.403833, -20.663333]]]}
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