NESP MB Project A8 - Exploring the status of Western Australia’s sea snakes
This record provides an overview of the scope and research output of NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub Project A8 - "Exploring the status of Western Australia’s sea snakes". For specific data outputs from this project, please see child records associated with this metadata.
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All sea snakes are listed marine species under the EPBC Act and three Australian endemic species are listed as Critically Endangered or Endangered, and as such are a national conservation priority. This project examines existing data from the northwest marine region to define sea snake relative abundance and distribution patterns, including within CMRs, to refine species status. Synthesis of existing data will be useful to DOE, DPaW, Parks Australia and others. This analysis will help establish baseline data, guide future research, define abundance in and use of CMRs and refine EPBC listings and recovery plans.
Planned Outputs
• A report outlining the presence and relative abundance of sea snakes in northwestern Australia with a focus on reef and shoal habitats including identification of BIAs or key habitats where possible. Research and management priorities will be highlighted.
• Presentation of results to key stakeholders and end users
• Presentation of recommendations at scientific conferences
• Communication of findings to the broader community via social media
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Identification info
- Date (Creation)
- 2016-03-23
Resource provider
- Purpose
- This project will take advantage of already collected data to define the species range and distribution of key sea snake species in the northwest marine region. These data will also be used to examine relative abundance between habitats and identify any habitat preferences or association (where possible) to help refine the status of these listed species. This approach will provide a significant advance on the current state of knowledge and provide guidance for future research and management requirements for these species. Project outcomes will include exploration of data gaps and potential expansion of genetic stock structure analysis as well as confirmation of species identification and distribution.
- Credit
- Michelle Heupel (AIMS)
- Credit
- National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine Biodiversity Hub
- Credit
- Department of the Environment and Energy, Australian Government
- Credit
- In addition to NESP (DoE) funding, this project is matched by an equivalent amount of in-kind support and co-investment from project partners and collaborators.
- Status
- On going
Principal investigator
- Topic category
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- Oceans
Extent
Temporal extent
- Time period
- 2016-02-01 2016-12-31
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
- Keywords (dataSource)
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- National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine Biodiversity Hub
- Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC): Fields of Research
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- Conservation and Biodiversity
- Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology)
- Keywords (Theme)
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- NW marine region
- conservation
- management
- Keywords (Taxon)
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- sea snake
Resource constraints
- Classification
- Unclassified
Resource constraints
- Use limitation
- The data collections described in this record are funded by the Australian Government Department of the Environment and Energy (DoEE) through the NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub.
Resource constraints
- Linkage
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License Graphic
- Title
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- Website
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
License Text
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Content Information
- Content type
- Physical measurement
Distribution Information
- Distribution format
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- OnLine resource
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Department of the Environment and Energy NESP website
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
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7be029e5-afbd-431e-975a-2c03987b367c
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Point of contact
- Parent metadata
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Field session
- Name
- MB Hub Project A8
- Metadata linkage
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https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/7be029e5-afbd-431e-975a-2c03987b367c
Point of truth URL of this metadata record
- Date info (Creation)
- 2018-12-18T15:57:18
- Date info (Revision)
- 2018-12-18T15:57:18
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO 19115-3:2018