Brief description
Dive surveys were conducted in 2014 and the same sites resurveyed annually until 2022 (excluding 2021), to establish a baseline and monitor the status of the critically endangered spotted handfish (Brachionichthys hirsutus) population. This dataset is a summary of all surveys season 2014 to 2022 (excluding 2021) in which the 11 sites across the Derwent Estuary and D'Entrecasteaux Channel were assessed. The data describes the search effort (transect length, swathed area) and counts of handfish observed on each transect, including size measurements (total length) and depth records for each sighted fish.Lineage
Maintenance and Update Frequency: annuallyNotes
CreditCSIRO
UTAS
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (Funding)
Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment (Funding)
National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine Biodiversity Hub (Funding)
National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine and Coastal Hub (Funding)
Data time period: 2014-02-28 to 2022-11-03
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(SUPPLEMENTARY DATA - Summary population statistics 1998 - 2019)
Lynch, Tim; Green, Mark; Wong, Lincoln; Bessell, Tyson; Cooper, A. J.; Valentine, J; Barrett, Neville; Ross, Jeff; McEnnulty, Felicity; Foster, Scott. Assessment of conservations actions for the critically endangered spotted handfish (Brachionichthyidae), following curation of data collected by multiple investigators into a long-term time-series. Journal for Nature Conservation. 2022; 69(126237):1-12. doi:10.1016/j.jnc.2022.126237 (Associated Publication)
doi :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2022.126237
Wong LSC, Lynch TP, Barrett NS, Wright JT, Green MA, Flynn DJH (2018) Local densities and habitat preference of the critically endangered spotted handfish (Brachionichthys hirsutus): Large scale field trial of GPS parameterised underwater visual census and diver attached camera. PLoS ONE 13(8): e0201518. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0201518 (Associated Publication)
doi :
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0201518
Lynch, T., Green, M. & Davies, C. Diver-towed GPS to estimate densities of a critically endangered fish. Biological Conservation 191 (2015): 700-706. (Associated Publication)
doi :
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2015.08.009
Lynch, Tim; Green, Mark; Davies, Claire. Diver towed GPS increases both statistical power to estimate densities and functionality to observe behaviours of sparsely distributed spotted handfish (Brachionichthys hirsutus, Lacépède 1804). Biological Conservation. 2015; 191(1 1):700-706. doi:102.100.100/91758 (Associated Publication)
doi :
https://doi.org/102.100.100/91758
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- DOI : 10.25959/6PYW-AK
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