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Surveys were conducted as part of an assessment of the Macrocystis pyrifera (Linnaeus) C. Agardh 1820 beds on the east coast of Tasmania by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industry Research Organization (CSIRO) Division of Fisheries seaweed program in the early 1950's. Surveys were conducted because of interest in the Macrocystis beds as a source of alginates. Surveys were done between 1950 and mid 1953. The paper was published in 1954.Lineage
Statement: Actual surveys not conducted by the author of the paper (AB Cribb). Description of technique for surveys not included in the paper. Presumably, the mapping was done from a boat using line of sight. Craig Sanderson scanned and registered copies of the maps taken from the published papers and digitised the outlines of the beds as presented in the paper using Mapinfo.Created: 2005-01-10
Modified: 10 01 2005
Data time period: 1950-01-01 to 1953-12-31
text: westlimit=143.5; southlimit=-44; eastlimit=149; northlimit=-39.2
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DATA ACCESS - Macrocystis stock assessment (areal extent) 1953 in Shapefile format (SHAPE-ZIP)
MAP - Macrocystis stock assessment (areal extent) 1950-53 (imas:Macrocystis_areal_extent_1953)
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