Oceanic Shoals Commonwealth Marine Reserve - Opportunistic visual surveys of marine megafauna
Opportunistic visual surveys were conducted in transit to, and within, the Oceanic Shoals Commonwealth Marine Reserve (CMR) in the Timor Sea during September and October 2012 onboard the RV Solander.
This resource comprises species lists and estimated counts of marine mammals, sea snakes, seabirds, sea turtles and other large wildlife encountered during the voyage.
The Oceanic Shoals Commonwealth Marine Reserve survey was undertaken as an activity within the Australian Government's National Environmental Research Program Marine Biodiversity Hub and was the key component of Research Theme 4 - Regional Biodiversity Discovery to Support Marine Bioregional Plans. Hub partners involved in the survey included the Australian Institute of Marine Science, Geoscience Australia, the University of Western Australia, Museum Victoria and the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory. Data acquired during the survey included: multibeam sonar bathymetry and acoustic backscatter; sub-bottom acoustic profiles; physical samples of seabed sediments, infauna and epibenthic biota; towed underwater video and still camera observations of seabed habitats; baited video observations of demersal and pelagic fish, and; oceanographic measurements of the water column from CTD (conductivity, temperature, depth) casts and from deployment of sea surface drifters. Further information on the survey is available in the post-survey report published as Geoscience Australia Record 2013/38: Nichol, S.L., Howard, F.J.F., Kool, J., Stowar, M., Bouchet, P., Radke, L.,Siwabessy, J., Przeslawski, R., Picard, K., Alvarez de Glasby, B., Colquhoun, J., Letessier, T. & Heyward, A. 2013. Oceanic Shoals Commonwealth Marine Reserve (Timor Sea) Biodiversity Survey: GA0339/SOL5650 - Post Survey Report. Record 2013/38. Geoscience Australia: Canberra. (GEOCAT #76658).
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Identification info
- Date (Creation)
- 2016-09-23
Owner
- Credit
- National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine Biodiversity Hub
- Status
- On going
Principal investigator
Principal investigator
- Topic category
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- Biota
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Temporal extent
- Time period
- 2012-09-12 2012-10-06
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
Resource format
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- Microsoft Excel
- Date
- Edition
- 2016
- Keywords (Theme)
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- BIODIVERSITY MONITORING
- OPPORTUNISTIC COUNTS
- Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords Version 8.0
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- EARTH SCIENCE | BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION | ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES | FISH
- EARTH SCIENCE | BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION | ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES | FISH | SHARKS/RAYS/CHIMAERAS
- EARTH SCIENCE | BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION | ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES | REPTILES
- EARTH SCIENCE | OCEANS | MARINE ENVIRONMENT MONITORING
- EARTH SCIENCE | BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION | ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES | FISH | RAY-FINNED FISHES
- EARTH SCIENCE | BIOSPHERE | ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS | SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS | ENDANGERED SPECIES
- EARTH SCIENCE | BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION | ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES | MAMMALS | CETACEANS
- EARTH SCIENCE | BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION | ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES | MAMMALS | CETACEANS | TOOTHED WHALES
- Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC): Fields of Research
- AODN Platform Vocabulary
- AODN Discovery Parameter Vocabulary
Resource constraints
- Classification
- Unclassified
Resource constraints
- Use limitation
- The data described in this record are the intellectual property of the University of Western Australia
- Use limitation
- This record is hosted by the Institute of Marine Science (IMAS), University of Tasmania (UTAS) on behalf of UWA.
Resource constraints
- Linkage
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- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- 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
- Data was sourced from the NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub – the Marine Biodiversity Hub is supported through funding from the Australian Government’s National Environmental Science Program (NESP), administered by the Department of the Environment (DOE).
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Content Information
Distribution Information
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CSV
- OnLine resource
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NESP:NESP_D1_OceanicShoals_OpportunisticMegafauna
MAP - Opportunistic visual surveys of marine megafauna
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REPORT - GA0339/SOL5650 Post-Survey Report
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NESP_D1_OceanicShoals_OpportunisticMegafauna
This OGC WFS service returns the data in subsettable CSV format.
- OnLine resource
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NESP Project D1 [ANDS RDA record]
Resource lineage
- Statement
- Opportunistic scan surveys for air-breathing vertebrates were carried out both within, and in transit between, sampling areas. Whenever possible, radial distances and absolute bearings to sightings were measured using compass-fitted Bushnell 7x50 reticle binoculars, and the animals’ locations inferred from the known height of the viewing platform (top deck of the vessel RV Solander, 7 m above water line), time-stamped computer records of the ship’s GPS coordinates and established trigonometry theory. Group size, group composition (if identifiable), and dominant behaviours were logged for each species.
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Metadata
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99208235-d68e-4039-bf77-362549a7aa48
- 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/99208235-d68e-4039-bf77-362549a7aa48
Point of truth URL of this metadata record
- Date info (Creation)
- 2020-09-10T08:46:31
- Date info (Revision)
- 2020-09-10T08:46:31
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO 19115-3:2018