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WAMSI Node 3.2.2b - Diversity, abundance and distribution of intertidal invertebrate species in the Ningaloo Marine Park - Small giant clams (Tridacna maxima)

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

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A quantitative pilot study of the composition of the benthic community of macro-invertebrates on intertidal rocky platforms was undertaken to: a) provide detailed information on variation in biodiversity along the length of the Ningaloo Marine Park; and b) determine the appropriate design of a monitoring protocol powerful enough to determine predefined levels of change.
As part of the larger WAMSI Node 3.2.2b study there was specific sampling of small giant clams (Tridacna maxima). Data available includes

Lengths of small giant clams (Tridacna maxima) mapped at 20 sites (3119 rows x 11 columns including identifying information for each length): [WAMSI3.2.2bGiantClams.csv]

GPS readings as UTM values for locations of transects used to map positions of Tridacna maxima (giant clams) (404 rows x 6 columns, including sample identification information): [WAMSI3.2.2bTridacnaUTM.csv]

Shoreward, southern corners of Transect 1 and some others for areas where Tridacna maxima were measured as reported in Research Chapter 4. [WAMSI3.2.2bGiantClams.kmz] Data files come with metadata / descriptions of the column titles and codes.

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Title WAMSI Node 3.2.2b - Diversity, abundance and distribution of intertidal invertebrate species in the Ningaloo Marine Park - Small giant clams (Tridacna maxima)
Language English
Licence Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 3.0 Australia
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/a8ece522-0a49-4145-b42f-895860685502
Remote Last Updated 26/05/2022
Contact Point
Western Australian Marine Science Institution
luke@ivec.org
Reference Period 26/08/2010 - 13/09/2010
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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        ],
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        ],
        [
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        ]
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Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Western Australia Government "WAMSI Node 3.2.2b - Diversity, abundance and distribution of intertidal invertebrate species in the Ningaloo Marine Park - Small giant clams (Tridacna maxima)". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/dataset/wamsi-node-3-2-2b-diversity-abundance-and-distribution-of-intertidal-invertebrate-species-i_c65