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Distribution and abundance of pelagic juvenile fish around Grub Reef, central Great Barrier Reef

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

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Two light traps were anchored at each of nine sites around Grub Reef from the 26th February to the 3rd March 1990. Deployment was timed to coincide with the period between the new and first quarter phases of the moon. Sites 1 to 3 were located on the front of the reef, while sites 4 and 5 were located in the channel through the reef. Sites 6 and 7 were located in the central lagoon and sites 8 and 9 were located at the back of the lagoon. At each site, traps were anchored on a common swing mooring, with one trap buoyed to fish 1 metre below the surface and the other buoyed to fish within a few metres of the bottom, when the bottom topography was suitable.Each night, light traps were lit for three intervals (2100-2200, 0000-0100 and 0300-0400 AEST) to counter the unknown effects of tide and time of night on catch rates. Traps were cleared in the morning and catches preserved for later analysis. Fish were separated from the invertebrates, measured and identified to the lowest possible taxonomic resolution. The purpose of this research was to determine the three dimensional abundance of pre-settlement reef fishes during the period just prior to settlement. Fish from the following families were captured during sampling:Clupeidae, Pomacentridae, Pomacentrinae, Monacanthidae, Apogonidae, Mullidae, Blennidae, Holocentridae, Nomeidae, Scombridae, Carangidae, Syngnathidae, Canthigasterinae, Serranidae, Scorpaenidae, Teraponidae, Grammistidae, Chaetodontidae, Bregmacerotidae, Synodontidae, Balistidae.The data set contains some captures from 1989 that were from pilot sampling.

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Title Distribution and abundance of pelagic juvenile fish around Grub Reef, central Great Barrier Reef
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/095753b9-0e36-4efa-84e8-75c54ddab43a
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 "Distribution and abundance of pelagic juvenile fish around Grub Reef, central 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/distribution-and-abundance-of-pelagic-juvenile-fish-around-grub-reef-central-great-barrier-reef1