Temperate Australian quantitative spatial and temporal abundance data for rocky reef biota (biodiversity): Batemans Bay (NSW)

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

The data is quantitative abundance of fish and megafaunal invertebrates and algal % cover derived from transect based counts at a wide range of locations across Temperate Australia. The methods are described in detail in Edgar and Barrett (1997). Primarily the data are derived from transects at 5 m depth and/or 10 m depth at each site surveyed. Methods were initially developed for research on temporal changes following protection in Tasmanian MPAs (Maria Is, Tinderbox, Ninepin Point, Governor Island). The data represented by this record was collected in MPA studies and surveys interstate, and was collected from Batemans Bay (NSW). In many cases the dataset involved temporal replication (year scale).

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Title Temperate Australian quantitative spatial and temporal abundance data for rocky reef biota (biodiversity): Batemans Bay (NSW)
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/3a550dc8-1f1e-4ba8-8e70-8af45dc19c85
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
Neville.Barrett@utas.edu.au
Reference Period 31/03/2021
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Temperate Australian quantitative spatial and temporal abundance data for rocky reef biota (biodiversity): Batemans Bay (NSW)". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/temperate-australian-quantitative-spatial-and-temporal-abundance-data-for-rocky-reef-biota-biod16