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NESP MB Project A13 - Estimation of population abundance and mixing of southern right whales in the Australian and New Zealand regions, 2018-2020 (CSIRO)
This record provides an overview of the scope and research output of the NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub project "Estimation of population abundance and mixing of southern right whales in the Australian and New Zealand regions". For specific data outputs from this project, please see child records associated with this metadata.
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A comprehensive understanding of the population abundance and degree of spatial connectivity of southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) in Australian waters is currently lacking. This limits assessments of the species recovery and understanding of the nature and degree of difference between the south-eastern and south-western Australian populations.
This project brought together existing photo-identification datasets, including records held in the Australian Right Whale Photo-Identification Catalogue (ARWPIC), to support a national assessment of southern right whale population dynamics and connectivity. It estimated total Australian population abundance, investigated links between whales using breeding areas along the eastern, southern and western coasts of Australia, and assessed future data collection needs for ongoing monitoring.
The project supported evaluation of progress against the Conservation Management Plan for southern right whales and contributed to more coordinated conservation planning for the species at regional and national scales.
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- Date (Creation)
- 2019-02-21
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- Purpose
- To integrate southern right whale photo-identification datasets to estimate national population abundance and spatial connectivity between Australian breeding areas, supporting ongoing monitoring and conservation planning for the species.
- Credit
- This project is funded by the Australian Government Department of Climate Agriculture, Water and Energy (DAWE) through the NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub. In addition to NESP (DAWE) funding, this project is matched by an equivalent amount of in-kind support and co-investment from project partners and collaborators.
- Status
- Completed
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- Biota
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Temporal extent
- Time period
- 2018-04-01 2020-03-30
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Not planned
- Keywords (Project)
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- National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine Biodiversity Hub
- Keywords (Theme)
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- population abundance
- population structure
- population recovery
- population status
- Southern right whale
- Keywords (Taxon)
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- Eubalaena australis
Resource constraints
- Classification
- Unclassified
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- Linkage
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- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- Website
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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- UTF8
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- OnLine resource
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Final Project Report
Evans K., Charlton, C., Townsend, A., Watson, M., Carroll, E., Double, M., Upston, J., Carlyon, K., Alderman, R. (2021). Estimation of population abundance and mixing of southern right whales in Australian and New Zealand regions. Report to the National Environmental Science Program, Marine Biodiversity Hub and CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere.
- OnLine resource
- Project page on NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub website
- OnLine resource
- Australian Government NESP MB Hub website
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
- urn:uuid/d39cce6c-5417-4c8b-90ff-ad9b1ab2f14c
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
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- Parent metadata
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- Resource scope
- Field session
- Name
- MB Hub Project A13
- Metadata linkage
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https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/d39cce6c-5417-4c8b-90ff-ad9b1ab2f14c
Point of truth URL of this metadata record
- Date info (Creation)
- 2019-02-21T12:58:34
- Date info (Revision)
- 2026-06-01T12:09:14
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO 19115-3:2018
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