From CSIRO Marlin
JSON format icon JSON RDF format icon RDF ISO19115-3 XML

The growth, mortality, movements and nursery habitats of red-legged banana prawns (<em>Penaeus indicus</em>) in the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf

Created 25/06/2025

Updated 25/06/2025

JSON format icon JSON RDF format icon RDF ISO19115-3 XML

During October to December 1997, estuarine habitats in the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf (JBG) were beam trawled to determine the distribution of juvenile red-legged banana prawns, Penaeus indicus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) and white banana prawns, Penaeus merguiensis (de Mann, 1888). In total 229 beam-trawls at 185 sites were performed, mostly over a 100 m path (3 min duration) between Pearce Point (north of the Victoria River) and just west of the King George River (including Cambridge Gulf). A Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver was used to verify site location. During October to December 1998, three of the rivers that were sampled in 1997 were intensively re-sampled to confirm the gulf-wide distribution of P. indicus and P. merguiensis and to investigate the microhabitat use of P. indicus. Sample sites were chosen from previously-sampled and new sites in Forsyth Creek (eastern Joseph Bonaparte Gulf), the Lyne River (Cambridge Gulf), and the Berkeley River (western Joseph Bonaparte Gulf). A total of 249 trawls were done at 21 sites, mostly over 100 m. Salinity, temperature, secchi, tide and sediment samples were also collected.

Files and APIs

Additional Info

Field Value
Title The growth, mortality, movements and nursery habitats of red-legged banana prawns (<em>Penaeus indicus</em>) in the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/c83d4bc7-c946-41ed-b08a-5b9d93e9a644
Contact Point
CSIRO Marlin Data Catalogue
Rob.Kenyon@csiro.au
Reference Period 01/10/1997 - 24/12/1998
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        127.0,
        -15.0
      ],
      [
        130.0,
        -15.0
      ],
      [
        130.0,
        -13.0
      ],
      [
        127.0,
        -13.0
      ],
      [
        127.0,
        -15.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal CSIRO Marlin

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on CSIRO Marlin "The growth, mortality, movements and nursery habitats of red-legged banana prawns (<em>Penaeus indicus</em>) in the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://marlin.csiro.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/the-growth-mortality-movements-and-nursery-habitats-of-red-legged-banana-prawns-empenaeus-indic