Albatross Bay Adult Prawn Data 1986-1992

Created 25/06/2025

Updated 25/06/2025

Adult prawn species, size, sex, reproductive stage, moult stage, and parasites were measured at 20 stations in Albatross Bay, Gulf of Carpentaria. Sampling was carried out monthly, around the new moon period, between March 1986 and May 1992. The projects objectives were: - To carry out a trawl survey of prawn species distribution, size distribution, population density and reproductive status in the study area - To carry our sampling for larval prawns at selected stations. - To sample for phytoplankton species composition and chlorophyll a levels at selected stations.

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Additional Info

Field Value
Title Albatross Bay Adult Prawn Data 1986-1992
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/3c36c438-d79f-4dee-836d-f0d97987d248
Contact Point
CSIRO Marlin Data Catalogue
data-requests-hf@csiro.au
Reference Period 01/03/1986 - 01/04/1992
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Data Portal CSIRO Marlin

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on CSIRO Marlin "Albatross Bay Adult Prawn Data 1986-1992". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://marlin.csiro.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/albatross-bay-adult-prawn-data-1986-1992