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AIMS - LTM Nearshore Corals (OBIS Australia)

Entry ID: AIMS_REEF_LTM

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Summary

Abstract: Surveys of coral species richness were carried out at nearshore reefs of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia in conjunction with surveys of size structure and percentage cover of hard and soft coral communities. Species lists (Presence / Absence) were compiled at 2m and 5m below datum at two sites on 33 reefs between Mackay and Cooktown (latitude 16-23 degrees South) in 2004. The aim of the study ...

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: -16.0

S: -23.35

E: 150.97

W: 145.44

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: H Sweatman, A Thompson, S Delean, J Davidson, S Neale

Dataset Title: AIMS LTM Nearshore Corals (Australian Institute of Marine Science)

Dataset Publisher: Australian Institute of Marine Science

Online Resource: http://www.iobis.org/

Parent DIF

This data set description is a member of a collection. The collection is described in
AIMS_REEF

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2004-01-01

Stop Date: 2004-12-31

Location Keywords

OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN

OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN

Science Keywords

OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY

OCEANS > COASTAL PROCESSES > CORAL REEFS

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA

ELEVATION

OCEANS

Platform

FIELD SURVEYS

LABORATORY

FIELD INVESTIGATION

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Use Constraints This data set conforms to the PICCCBY Attribution License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=ASAC_2201 when using these data.

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia

Data Center URL: http://data.aad.gov.au

Data Center Personnel
Name: DATA OFFICER AADC Phone: +61 3 6232 3244 Fax: +61 3 6232 3351 Email: metadata at aad.gov.au Contact Address: Australian Antarctic Division 203 Channel Highway City: Kingston Province or State: Tasmania Postal Code: 7050 Country: Australia

Personnel

MARTIN RIDDLE

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Phone: +61 3 6232 3573

Fax: +61 3 6232 3351

Email: martin.riddle at aad.gov.au

Contact Address:

Australian Antarctic Division

203 Channel Highway

City: Kingston

Province or State: Tasmania

Postal Code: 7050

Country: Australia

DAVE CONNELL

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Phone: +61 3 6232 3244

Fax: +61 3 6232 3351

Email: dave.connell at aad.gov.au

Contact Address:

Australian Antarctic Division

203 Channel Highway

City: Kingston

Province or State: Tasmania

Postal Code: 7050

Country: Australia

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2011-11-03

Last DIF Revision Date: 2011-11-04

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