Baseline Biological Port Survey - Darwin, March-April 1999

Created 25/06/2025

Updated 25/06/2025

This dataset contains the result of a biological baseline survey of the port region of Darwin, Northern Territory, carried out in March-April 1999 by CSIRO Marine Research Centre for Research on Introduced Marine Pests (CRIMP). Collection methods employed include pylon scrapings, sediment cores, crab traps, plankton nets, and qualitative visual inspection and photographs (both still and video). Voucher specimens have been incorporated into collections of the Northern Territory Museum and CMR, Hobart. Taxonomic groups surveyed include marine invertebrates, fishes, phytoplankton, macroalgae, and marine vegetation. This dataset forms part of a series of Port Surveys conducted by CRIMP over the period 1996 to present.

Files and APIs

This dataset has no data

Additional Info

Field Value
Title Baseline Biological Port Survey - Darwin, March-April 1999
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/3635ebd4-fb07-4776-9e97-0b42fcd390a3
Contact Point
CSIRO Marlin Data Catalogue
Scott.Cooper@csiro.au
Reference Period 25/03/1999 - 04/04/1999
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        130.5,
        -12.5
      ],
      [
        131.0,
        -12.5
      ],
      [
        131.0,
        -12.0
      ],
      [
        130.5,
        -12.0
      ],
      [
        130.5,
        -12.5
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal CSIRO Marlin

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on CSIRO Marlin "Baseline Biological Port Survey - Darwin, March-April 1999". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://marlin.csiro.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/baseline-biological-port-survey-darwin-march-april-1999