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Cross shelf distribution and abundance of larval fishes in the Northern Section of the Great Barrier Reef

Created 24/06/2025

Updated 24/06/2025

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Light traps were drifted at approximately 10 kilometre intervals both along a 100 km transect across the Great Barrier Reef north of Lizard Island from the mainland into the Coral Sea, and along a 50 km transect south of Lizard Island from the mainland to the edge of the continental shelf. More than 1000 samples of fish and zooplankton were taken and fish identified to species level. Additional traps were anchored around Lizard Island, Eagle Island, Linnett Reef, Martin Reef, Day Reef and fished at the same time. Sampling was done monthly during the summer of 1995-96.

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Field Value
Title Cross shelf distribution and abundance of larval fishes in the Northern Section of the Great Barrier Reef
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/4dd0b71b-91da-4ae4-b57f-87a2aad40070
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
reception@aims.gov.au
Reference Period 20/11/2017
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Cross shelf distribution and abundance of larval fishes in the Northern Section of the Great Barrier Reef". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/cross-shelf-distribution-and-abundance-of-larval-fishes-in-the-northern-section-of-the-great-ba1