Abundances of benthic invertebrate species in the CEAMARC region 2007/08

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

Percent-cover estimates from forward facing still-images collected during the benthic trawls of the 2007/08 CEAMARC voyage (raw data-set here: https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/CEAMARC_CASO_200708_V3_IMAGES). All fauna in the bottom third of each image was scored to the lowest taxonomic resolution possible. The images originate from 32 transects, but were split by their lon-lat-position within a spatial grid of environmental variables into 41 sites. This dataset contains: (1) - species/ morphotypes identified to the highest taxonomic resolution possible - broader taxonomic classification (phylum/class) - each species mobility, feeding-type and body-shape if possible - average abundances in percent-cover at each site (2) - the mean longitude of all images aggregated per site - the mean latitude of all images aggregated per site - the number of images scored per site

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Title Abundances of benthic invertebrate species in the CEAMARC region 2007/08
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/bc51bc24-ba1d-4bf8-a19b-5f9545ec451c
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
metadata@aad.gov.au
Reference Period 22/12/2007 - 19/01/2008
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        136.62598,
        -67.3737
      ],
      [
        147.17285,
        -67.3737
      ],
      [
        147.17285,
        -64.88627
      ],
      [
        136.62598,
        -64.88627
      ],
      [
        136.62598,
        -67.3737
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Abundances of benthic invertebrate species in the CEAMARC region 2007/08". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/abundances-of-benthic-invertebrate-species-in-the-ceamarc-region-2007-08