Areas of seabed within the Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve and adjacent Conservation Zone in one hundred metre depth ranges

Brief description

This dataset is a spreadsheet with planimetric areas of the seabed within the Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve and adjacent Conservation Zone. The areas are provided for one hundred metre depth ranges and are given in square kilometres.\nThe areas were calculated for the Wildlife Conservation and Fisheries research group at the Australian Antarctic Division.\nDepth data was sourced from a bathymetric grid of the Kerguelen Plateau by R.J.Beaman of James Cook University, Australia and P.E.O'Brien of Geoscience Australia and published by Geoscience Australia. See a Related URL below for a link to the metadata record describing the bathymetric grid.\nThe Marine Reserve and Conservation Zone boundaries were sourced from the Australian Government Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population, and Communities. See a Related URL below for a link to the department's website.

Full description

VIEW RELATED INFORMATION - Metadata record describing the bathymetric grid