From CSIRO Marlin
JSON format icon JSON RDF format icon RDF ISO19115-3 XML

Courageous Cruise 048 Biological Data overview, 1979

Created 25/06/2025

Updated 25/06/2025

JSON format icon JSON RDF format icon RDF ISO19115-3 XML

This record describes the datasets obtained on Courageous Cruise 048. The data were obtained from the Great Australian Bight and off SW Western Australia in April 1979. Four hydrological transects and two XBT transects were carried out. Trawls for pelagic fish were made and the species caught included Pilchard (Sardinops sagax), bonito (Sarda orientalis), Southern Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus maccoyi) and Blue Mackerel (Scomber australasicus).(derived from the cruise report) - Biological Field Data Sheets recorded during this voyage have been scanned to PDF, and are available (to CSIRO Staff) on-line. See the details link under "Stored Media List" (below).

Files and APIs

Additional Info

Field Value
Title Courageous Cruise 048 Biological Data overview, 1979
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/82cdfd4e-5ad6-4856-bd12-8b6609e3b2dc
Contact Point
CSIRO Marlin Data Catalogue
data-requests-hf@csiro.au
Reference Period 12/04/1979 - 17/04/1979
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        114.0,
        -35.5
      ],
      [
        122.0,
        -35.5
      ],
      [
        122.0,
        -33.0
      ],
      [
        114.0,
        -33.0
      ],
      [
        114.0,
        -35.5
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal CSIRO Marlin

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on CSIRO Marlin "Courageous Cruise 048 Biological Data overview, 1979". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://marlin.csiro.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/courageous-cruise-048-biological-data-overview-19791