Cryptic invertebrate community data for Mercury Passage
The aim of this study is to use artificial boulders in the form of sandstone blocks to investigate the benthic cryptofaunal communities of subtidal rocky reefs; specifically to quantify temporal and spatial patterns, the influence of the sub-block reef profile, and protection from fishing on these animals at locations inside and external to the Maria Island marine reserve in eastern Tasmania.
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Identification info
- Date (Creation)
- 2007-07-03T15:29:00
Principal investigator
Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute (TAFI) - Alexander, Timothy (Postgraduate student)
Private Bag 49
Hobart
TAS
7001
Australia
- Purpose
- Determine the effects of habitat and fishing/MPAs on juvenile and cryptic invertebrate communities.
- Credit
- Edgar, Graham, Associate Professor
- Credit
- Barrett, Neville, Dr
- Credit
- Babcock, Russell, Dr
- Credit
- Haddon, Malcolm, Dr
- Credit
- Johnson, Craig, Professor
- Credit
- Australian Research Council (ARC)
- Status
- Completed
Principal investigator
Point of contact
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania (UTAS) - Edgar, Graham, Assoc/Prof (PhD Supervisor)
IMAS - Taroona
Private Bag 49
Hobart
Tasmania
7001
Australia
- Topic category
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- Biota
Extent
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Temporal extent
- Time period
- 2006-10-01T00:00:00 2007-07-31T00:00:00
Vertical element
- Minimum value
- 4
- Maximum value
- 6
- Identifier
- EPSG::5715
- Name
- MSL depth
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Not planned
Resource format
- Title
- Microsoft Excel (xls)
- Date
- Edition
- 2003
- Global Change Master Directory Earth Science Keywords v.5.3.8
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- Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Invertebrates
- Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Habitat
- Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Reef Habitat
- Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC): Fields of Research
- Keywords (Theme)
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- Shell length - abalone
Resource constraints
- Classification
- Restricted
Resource constraints
- Use limitation
- The data described in this record are the intellectual property of Tim Alexander.
Resource constraints
- Linkage
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License Graphic
- Title
- Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Australia License
- Website
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/au/
License Text
- Other constraints
- The citation in a list of references is: citation author name/s (year metadata published), metadata title. Citation author organisation/s. File identifier and Data accessed at (add http link).
- Other constraints
- Contact researcher for access to data. Data will be available upon publication.
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Environment description
- Uni_file_Id: TAS_TA_20070703_939
- Supplemental Information
- This data is from Chapter 6 (Variation in cryptic invertebrate assemblages with location, microhabitat structure and protection from fishing on subtidal rocky reefs) of the following thesis: Alexander, T. 2010. Responses of temperate mobile macroinvertebrates to reef habitat structure and protection from fishing. PhD thesis, University of Tasmania.
Content Information
- Content type
- Physical measurement
- Name
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Shell length - abalone
- Name
- mm
Distribution Information
- Distribution format
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Microsoft Excel (xls)
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Microsoft Excel (xls)
Distributor
Principal investigator
Resource lineage
- Statement
- Mobile macroinvertebrates (>1 mm) were sampled using two three-month deployments of 300 x 300 x 50 mm pavers used as aggregating devices with a standard sub-paver sampling area. Sub-paver surveys were designed to survey large basal area invertebrates (eg. chitons and abalone) that were under-represented in the artificial crevices. Animals identified in situ and a two dimensional surface profile gauge deployed to characterise the sub-paver refuge shape and volume.
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
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87f894a0-44a5-11dc-8cd0-00188b4c0af8
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Point of contact
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Dataset
- Metadata linkage
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https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/87f894a0-44a5-11dc-8cd0-00188b4c0af8
Point of truth URL of this metadata record
- Date info (Creation)
- 2021-03-31T08:58:37
- Date info (Revision)
- 2021-03-31T08:58:37
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO 19115-3:2018
Overviews
Spatial extent
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E
W
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Associated resources
Not available