Survey of the Marine Fauna of Christmas Island, Indian Ocean

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

Christmas Island intertidal habitat and all subtidal habitats to 20m were surveyed by the Western Australian Museum from 10-24 February 1987. Fauna surveyed included hermatypic corals, molluscs, decapod crustaceans, echinoderms and fishes.

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Title Survey of the Marine Fauna of Christmas Island, Indian Ocean
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/a4cf6183-24e9-4208-8182-8134ac7aec2d
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
jane.fromont@museum.wa.gov.au
Reference Period 10/02/1987 - 24/02/1987
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Survey of the Marine Fauna of Christmas Island, Indian Ocean". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/survey-of-the-marine-fauna-of-christmas-island-indian-ocean