Species composition of demersal fish fauna of Southeast Gulf of Carpentaria - 1985, 1986

Created 25/06/2025

Updated 25/06/2025

This dataset series comprises fish species composition data collected during the trawl and bottom sediment survey carried out in April 1985 and April 1986. This data was collected and used to compare fish abundance for this region with the pre-trawling surveys done by Munro between 1963 and 1965. Sediment samples were collected during the 1986 survey.

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Title Species composition of demersal fish fauna of Southeast Gulf of Carpentaria - 1985, 1986
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/e99aeb5d-0a07-4dc2-b531-f91fa11b3c24
Contact Point
CSIRO Marlin Data Catalogue
Margaret.Miller@csiro.au
Reference Period 01/04/1985 - 01/04/1986
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Data Portal CSIRO Marlin

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on CSIRO Marlin "Species composition of demersal fish fauna of Southeast Gulf of Carpentaria - 1985, 1986". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://marlin.csiro.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/species-composition-of-demersal-fish-fauna-of-southeast-gulf-of-carpentaria-1985-1986