Soela Voyage SO 5/84 Biological Data Overview

Created 25/06/2025

Updated 25/06/2025

This record is an overview entry for biological data collected on Soela cruise SO 5/84. This cruise took place in east and northwest Tasmanian waters and eastern Bass Strait during 9 October - 5 November 1984, under the leadership of G. Harris and Stephen Blaber. Biological data collected on this cruise include ichthyoplankton data. Demersal and pelagic fish samples, the most significant species caught were Lampanyctodes hectoris, Brama brama, Lepidopus caudatus and Trachurus declivis. Small numbers of blue grenadier. Juvenile fish and large numbers of invertebrate samples. Productivity measurement data from a number of stations. Representatives of all invertebrate taxa were preserved for calorific analyses. Large numbers of larval fish were noted in most samples. 1000 photographs of the bottom, fish and invertebrates. Ling from fish trap deployment.(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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Title Soela Voyage SO 5/84 Biological Data Overview
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/dc3e8ea5-4bc5-4b8d-aa42-98b7aa617e1e
Contact Point
CSIRO Marlin Data Catalogue
Stephen.Blaber@csiro.au
Reference Period 09/10/1984 - 05/11/1984
Geospatial Coverage
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Data Source

This dataset was originally found on CSIRO Marlin "Soela Voyage SO 5/84 Biological Data Overview". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://marlin.csiro.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/soela-voyage-so-5-84-biological-data-overview1