This data represents research conducted as part of a PhD project on Striped Trumpeter (Latris lineata). Recorded optimal temperatures and lipid levels in diets, protein levels, growth and survival and body composition analysis for post larval striped trumpeter. Also investigated optimal weaning protocol and recorded post larval metamorphosis data.

We investigated the effects of seabird presence and seasonality on ground-active spider community structure (activity-density, family-level richness, age class and sex structure) and composition at the family-level across five short-tailed shearwater breeding islands around south-eastern Tasmania, Australia. Using 75 pitfall traps (15 per island), spiders were collected inside, near and outside seabird colonies on each island, at five different stages of the short-tailed shearwater breeding cycle over a year. 3. Pitfall traps were deployed for a total of 2,674 days, capturing 1,592 spiders from 26 families with Linyphiidae and Lycosidae the most common.

The spatial extent of C. rodgersii "barrens" was estimated by surveying rocky reef habitat with a towed underwater video system. Sampling took place at 13 regions along the east coast of Tasmania, each comprising 3 subsites, this dataset refers to the Maria Island region, and its 3 subsites: Beaching, Bunker and Mistaken Cape.

The state boundary area of the Australia continental shelf (including Lord Howe Island). The coastline is at Lowest Astronomical Tide (LAT) and the shelf break is defined by the 200 m isobath taken from Geoscience Australia's GA 2009 bathymetric dataset.

Data were collected by third-year students on a KSA324 field excursion down the D'Entrecasteaux Channel, on the IMAS vessel Noctiluca. The purpose of the trip was for students to learn how to collect various common types of oceanographic data and work on a research vessel. The study was designed to assess the impact of finfish farming in the Channel on local nutrient levels and water quality. The Tasmanian Environment Protection Authority (EPA) methods for water quality monitoring around finfish farms (Ford 2021, p. 6 – 18) were replicated as closely as possible. The null hypothesis for this study was that, on the 17/04/2023, all measured physico-chemical and biological factors were not significantly above the levels specified by the EPA guidelines (Ford 2021, p. 6 – 18), in any of the four stations measured. These four stations were chosen because they were all further than 35 metres beyond the boundary of any finfish farms’ Lease Area, as specified by the EPA guidelines document (Ford 2021, p. 6). The precise latitudes and longitudes of these stations are as follows: M1 (-43.059295, 147.345047); M2 (-43.056057, 147.291386); M3 (-43.123841, 147.290882); M4 (-43.133534, 147.326519). The dataset includes measurements of temperature, conductivity, oxygen concentration, pH, turbidity, fluorescence and pressure taken by the CTD rosette. Depth, density, practical salinity, absolute salinity and conservative temperature were derived and also included. The dataset also contains bottle sample measurements of oxygen, pH and alkalinity, as well as both the total and dissolved concentrations of ammonia, NOx, nitrite, phosphate and silicate. Chlorophyll concentration, total plankton cell counts, and counts of only Gymnodinium catenatum (a toxic, invasive dinoflagellate) cells were also included in the dataset. The dataset also contains the Secchi depth at each station. Empty cells are indicated by “NA”. ODV data flagging convention was used: 0 = good quality; 1 = unknown quality; 4 = questionable quality; 8 = bad quality. Reference: Ford, W (Director for the Environment Protection Authority) 2021, Environmental Licence No. 9869/3, Environmental Licence under the Environmental Management and Pollution Control Act 1994, pp. 6 – 18.

This polygon spatial dataset describes the benthic habitats likely to occur in marine environments around Gunn Point Peninsula and informs the desktop assessment of the marine biodiversity values for the region. The benthic habitats are inferred from existing information but in most cases require further data collection to validate and refine. Habitat modelling forms the basis of benthic community value assessment for Shoal Bay (Galaiduk et al. 2019). The accompanying report Marine and Coastal Biodiversity Assessment of the Gunn Point Area (2020) forms part of the Mapping the Future Project - Gunn Point. This project has identified land capability, water availability and biodiversity values to support land planning and inform development potential over the Gunn Point area. Reports and maps can be viewed from the webpage: denr.nt.gov.au/land-resource-management/development-opportunities - Development Potential of the Gunn Point Area (2020) - Biodiversity Assessment of the Gunn Point Area (2020) - Groundwater Resources of the Gunn Point Area (2020) - Marine and Coastal Biodiversity Assessment of the Gunn Point Area (2020) - Soil and Land Resources of the Gunn Point Area (2020) - Soil and Land Suitability Assessment for Irrigated Agriculture in the Gunn Point Area (2017) - Vegetation Communities of the Gunn Point Area (2020)

Data were collected from 28 artificial reefs varying in size and supporting different densities of transplanted kelp (Ecklonia radiata). We used rope fibre habitats (RFHs) attached to the benthos of the reefs and destructive sampling of understory algae to collect data on epifaunal invertebrates that naturally colonised the reefs (e.g. secondary productivity, species richness, Shannon diversity). The goal of the research was to understand how kelp structure influences the biodiversity and secondary productivity of epifauna.