Brief description
Between 2009-2012, Geoscience Australia conducted three surveys to Joseph Bonaparte Gulf and the Timor Sea on the R.V. Solander, in collaboration with the Australian Institute of Science and the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory. The study areas overlapped the Oceanic Shoals Commonwealth Marine Reserve and the carbonate banks and terraces within it. The surveys were conducted as part of the Australian Government's Energy Security Program (2007-2011) and the National Environment Research Program (2011-2015). On the surveys, a benthic sled was deployed to collect biological samples from the seafloor. Samples were sorted onboard according to phylum, photographed and then sent to taxonomists for species-level identifications. This dataset provides a list of all identified sponge species. The associated image catalogue of collected sponges can be accessed here: https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/1216e0f4-099c-49f6-96f7-ed3eadc0cd15Lineage
Maintenance and Update Frequency: asNeededNotes
CreditNational Environmental Research Program (NERP) Marine Biodiversity Hub (funding)
Created: 2019-05-09
Data time period: 2009 to 2012
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(DATA ACCESS (direct file download) - List of all sponge species collected from surveys SOL4934, SOL5117, SOL5650 and SS2012t07)
doi :
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0141813.s003
(RELATED PUBLICATION - Oceanic Shoals CMR fact sheet)
(RELATED PUBLICATION - Sponge biodiversity and ecology of the Van Diemen Rise and eastern Joseph Bonaparte Gulf, northern Australia)
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