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Temperate Australian quantitative spatial and temporal abundance data for rocky reef biota (biodiversity): new Tasmanian MPAs

Created 13/03/2025

Updated 13/03/2025

The data is quantitative abundance of fish and megafaunal invertebrates and algal % cover derived from transect based counts at a wide range of locations across Temperate Australia. The methods are described in detail in Edgar and Barrett (1997). Primarily the data are derived from transects at 5 m depth and/or 10 m depth at each site surveyed. Methods were initially developed for research on temporal changes following protection in Tasmanian MPAs (Maria Is, Tinderbox, Ninepin Point, Governor Island). Further research has collected data in Tasmania, in MPA planning surveys (e.g. St Helens, Waterhouse Region, Low Head, Lillico Beach, Rocky Cape), an oil spill assessment (Low Head), and in studies and surveys in new Tasmania MPAs (Port Davey and the Kent Group). The data represented by this record was collected in the Kent Group. In many cases the dataset involved temporal replication (year scale).

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Title Temperate Australian quantitative spatial and temporal abundance data for rocky reef biota (biodiversity): new Tasmanian MPAs
Language eng
Licence notspecified
Landing Page https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/4283e3c3-b30b-450c-bf4f-5e72253455e1
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CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere
Neville.Barrett@utas.edu.au
Reference Period 06/03/2019
Geospatial Coverage {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[147.0, -39.6], [147.6, -39.6], [147.6, -39.3], [147.0, -39.3], [147.0, -39.6]]]}
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This dataset was originally found on data.gov.au "Temperate Australian quantitative spatial and temporal abundance data for rocky reef biota (biodiversity): new Tasmanian MPAs". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/temperate-australian-quantitative-spatial-and-temporal-abundance-data-for-rocky-reef-biota-biod9

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