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Mapping and Characterisation of Key Biotic and Physical Attributes of the Torres Strait Ecosystem (Epibenthic Sled)

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CSIRO O&A, Information & Data Centre (Point of Contact) Pitcher, Roland (Point of Contact)
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The benthic invertebrate, plant and fish biodiversity of the 50,000 km² area of the Torres Strait Protected Zone and adjacent shelf seabed was sampled by a 200 m tow of a 1.5 m epibenthic sled at 166 sites, representing a wide range of known physical environments, during one 1-month-long voyage on the James Cook University vessel James Kirby. More than 1,550 species/species-equivalent OTUs (operational taxonomic units) were identified. The dataset comprises 8,569 site-by-species records. A pipe-dredge was attached to the sled to collect sediment samples: a 500 ml subsample was processed for particle size and carbonate by Geoscience Australia; another 500 ml subsample was sieved on 1 mm mesh and preserved in 10% Formalin - Rose Bengal solution.

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Site data were specified during the sampling design phase, date/time/position/depth of sampling were recorded from differential GPS and echo-sounder on vessel in the field. All samples were sorted to major phyla on vessel and recorded in a vessel database. Samples were sorted, counted, weighed and identified to species (or OTU equivalent) in laboratories located at Queensland Museum (Brisbane & Townsville), CSIRO (Brisbane), QDPIF (Cairns), and data was entered into laboratory databases. All databases were collated and reconciled into a single database.

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This dataset is an output of the Torres Strait Seabed Mapping & Characterisation Project, a collaboration between the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), the Queensland Museum (QM) and the Queensland Department of Primary Industries & Fisheries (QDPI&F)
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funded by the CRC Torres Strait Program of the Reef Research Centre and the National Oceans Office (NOO). We gratefully acknowledge the support of end-user agencies: Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA), QDPI&F, Queensland Seafood Industry Association (QSIA) and the NOO. We also wish to thank the multi-agency teams and Donald Battersby, Captain, and crew of the RV James Kirby (James Cook University) that contributed to the success of the fieldwork
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the research agencies CSIRO, QM, QDPIF for providing support to the project
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and all the project's team members without whose valuable efforts this project would not have been possible. We thank the Traditional Inhabitants of the Torres Strait Islands, and Papua New Guinea for access to their sea territory's for this research and cooperation in developing an understanding of the marine resources of the Torres Strait Protected Zone and adjacent waters.
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Roland Pitcher & Michael Haywood (CSIRO)
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John Hooper (QM)
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Rob Coles (QDPIF) plus 30 other contributors (see references)

Data time period: 2005-03-23 to 2005-04-19

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Subjects
ANGIOSPERMS (FLOWERING PLANTS) | Animals/Invertebrates | ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES | ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES | Anthozoans/Hexacorals | ANTHOZOANS/HEXACORALS | AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS | Arthropods | ARTHROPODS | Benthic Habitat | BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION | BIOSPHERE | Brown Algae | Cephalopods | CNIDARIANS | CRUSTACEANS | Crustaceans | Decapods | Dredges | EARTH SCIENCE | Echinoderms | Fish | Field Surveys (acquisition and/or analysis) | Green Algae | Global / Oceans | Pacific Ocean | Lizards/Snakes | Macroalgae (Seaweeds) | MACROALGAE (SEAWEEDS) | MOLLUSKS | Mollusks | MONOCOTS | Marine Features (Australia) | Torres Strait, QLD | PLANTS | Plants | Red Algae | Reptiles | REPTILES | Regional Seas | Coral Sea | Sea Anemones | Seagrass | Sponges | Sledges/Sleds | Torres Strait CRC - Mapping and Characterisation of Key Biotic and Physical Attributes of the Torres Strait Ecosystem | Underwater Surveys (acquisition and/or analysis) | biota | environment |

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TS Seabed Mapping Project webpage at CRC Torres Strait (Documentation Link)

uri : https://www.crctorres.com/research/T2-1.html

Identifiers
  • global : 4f51b61b-15c0-452e-8674-5e4e69f5d707
  • Local : Marlin Record Number: 7044
  • Local : Anzlic Identifier: ANZCW0306007044
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