This product (i.e. an Access database and csv files) contains data (longitude, latitude and physical data) that explains the predicted spatial patterns of benthic habitats for demersal fish and benthic invertebrates in the NMR. Predicted patterns for habitats represent point data on a 0.01 decimal degree grid covering most of the NMR (approximately 400,000 square km).
This product (i.e. Access data base) contains data (longitudes, latitude and biodiversity attribute variables) that describes the predicted spatial patterns of biodiversity categories based on species richness and evenness of demersal fish in the NWMR. This product provides predictions for total species abundance, species richness and species evenness and estimates of uncertainty for demersal fish. The predicted patterns are represent as point data arranged on a 0.1 degree grid (~ 1.2 km2) covering depths 50-1500 metres in the NWMR
This product (i.e. Access data base) contains data (longitudes, latitude and biodiversity attribute variables) that describes the predicted spatial patterns of biodiversity categories based on species richness and evenness of demersal fish in the NMR. This product provides predictions for total species abundance, species richness and species evenness and estimates of uncertainty for demersal fish. The predicted patterns are represent as point data arranged on a 0.1 degree grid (~ 1.2 km2) covering depths 50-1500 metres in the NMR
This record contains data collected at a total of 30 stations on an unknown vessel, off the coast of Darwin. The samples were collected from September 09-15 2013 as part of the National Environmental Research Program. The data can be used for Ocean Colour sensor validation. Parameters measured include Total Suspended Particulate Matter (TSM), including the organic and inorganic fractions; the absorption coefficients of the particulate and dissolved components of the water column and the phytoplankton pigment concentration and composition.
This record contains data collected at a total of 45 stations on an unknown vessel, off the coast of Darwin. The samples were collected from March 28-April 4 2012 as part of the National Environmental Research Program. The data can be used for Ocean Colour sensor validation. Parameters measured include Total Suspended Particulate Matter (TSM), including the organic and inorganic fractions; the absorption coefficients of the particulate and dissolved components of the water column and the phytoplankton pigment concentration and composition.
The O&A Trajectory data set includes data collected during the voyages of Australia's Marine National Facility and CSIRO marine research vessels. Trajectory data typically consists of undulating CTD track point data. The subset extracted for MARVL contains data on the continental shelf as defined by the 200 metre depth contour from the 2012 Bathymetric dataset merged (spatial union) with the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in the Australian Maritime Boundary dataset (http://www.ga.gov.au/metadata-gateway/metadata/record/gcat_63565) available from Geosciences Australia (GA). This subset of the data contains 867,617 position records from 14 voyages and includes water temperature, pressure, water depth, fluorescence and salinity (derived) and spans from 1995 to the present. The full data set is held in the O&A Information & Datacentre Data Warehouse, which currently holds over 3,124,509 position records from 31 voyages collected since 1988. This data includes water temperature, pressure, water depth, fluorescence, salinity (derived), oxygen, eco chloro, eco cdom and eco bp. Individual metadata records have been created for each research voyage.