Condition of rocky reef communities around Tasmania: invertebrate surveys, Australia (1992-1995 and 2006-2007)

Brief description

The data is the quantitative abundance of megafaunal invertebrates derived from underwater visual census methods involving transect counts at rocky reef sites around Tasmania. This data forms part of a larger dataset that also surveyed fish abundance and algal cover for the area. The aggregated dataset allows examination of changes in Tasmanian shallow reef floral and faunal communities over a decadal scale - initial surveys were conducted in 1992-1995, and again at the same sites in 2006-2007. The originating metadata record http://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/metadata.show?uuid=9aee213b-ab23-4321-9994-f7db2f6b2e78 contains project details, additional contacts and on-line resources.