Courageous Cruise 052 Biological Data overview, 1979

Created 25/06/2025

Updated 25/06/2025

This record describes the datasets obtained on Courageous Cruise 052. The data were obtained from the Australian North West Shelf in July 1979. Trawls for demersal fish were made over two 48 hour periods and the species studied included Perons threadfin bream (Nemipterus peronii), Brush-tooth Lizard (Saurida undosquamis), Lesser spangled emperor (Lethrinus choerorhynchus), Saddletailed sea perch (Lutjanus malabaricus), Red big eye (Priacanthus macrocanthus) and Painted sweetlip (Plectorhynchus pictus). Length, sex, numbers and age were determined. Temperature observations from an XBT were also obtained.(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).

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Field Value
Title Courageous Cruise 052 Biological Data overview, 1979
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/2cc16012-3e36-4635-9b1e-986ad7ad46ef
Contact Point
CSIRO Marlin Data Catalogue
data-requests-hf@csiro.au
Reference Period 18/07/1979 - 30/07/1979
Geospatial Coverage
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Data Source

This dataset was originally found on CSIRO Marlin "Courageous Cruise 052 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-052-biological-data-overview-19791