NESP MB Project A13 - Estimation of population abundance and mixing of southern right whales in the Australian and New Zealand regions
This record provides an overview of the scope and research output of NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub Project A13 - "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 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 will provide, for the first time, an abundance estimate of the total Australian population of southern right whales. It will also investigate the connectedness of whales that utilise breeding areas on the eastern, southern and western coasts of Australia. Information provided by this project will allow the Australian government to better evaluate progress made against the Conservation Management Plan for southern right whales and ensure conservation efforts for the species are effectively coordinated at the regional level.
Planned Outputs
• Data summaries for populating models used to estimate abundance and connectivity
• An estimate of population abundance at the national scale and associated uncertainty
• An evaluation of movement and spatial mixing across southern Australia
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Identification info
- Date (Creation)
- 2019-02-21
Resource provider
- Credit
- Karen Evans (CSIRO), Mike Double (AAD), Rachael Alderman (Tas DPIWE), Emma Carroll (University of St Andrews), Claire Charlton, Rob Harcourt (Macquarie University), Jen Jackson (British Antarctic Survey), Mandy Watson (Vic DELWP)
- 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
- 2018-04-01 2020-03-30
- 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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- population abundance
- population structure
- population recovery
- population status
- Keywords (Taxon)
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- Southern right whale
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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NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub Project A13 webpage
- OnLine resource
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Department of the Environment and Energy NESP website
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
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d39cce6c-5417-4c8b-90ff-ad9b1ab2f14c
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Point of contact
- Parent metadata
Type of resource
- 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)
- 2019-02-21T12:58:34
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO 19115-3:2018