Seabed Habitats of Flinders Commonwealth Marine Reserve, Northeast Tasmania  


Authors / CoAuthors

Nichol, S.L. | Siwabessy, P.J.W. | Atkinson, I.

Abstract

Flythrough movie showing the bathymetry, seabed habitats and biota of the outer continental shelf within the Flinders Commonwealth Marine Reserve (CMR), offshore from Flinders Island northeast Tasmania. The bathymetric image is derived from multibeam sonar collected by Geoscience Australia in 2012 using a 30 kHz Simrad EM3002 system on RV Challenger. Videos and seabed images were collected by the University of Tasmania and CSIRO as part of the same field program. Key features on the shelf bathymetry include low profile reefs, flat sandy seabed and the heads of two submarine canyons. The reefs provide hard substrate for sponge gardens whereas the sand flats are mostly barren. The two submarine canyons are sites of local upwelling, and attract large schools of Tasmanian Striped Trumpeter. The Flinders CMR is a study site for the Marine Biodiversity Research Hub, funded through the National Environmental Research Program (NERP). ..

Product Type

nonGeographicDataset

eCat Id

76891

Contact for the resource

  Custodian

EGD  

  Owner

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)  

  Custodian

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)  
Cnr Jerrabomberra Ave and Hindmarsh Dr GPO Box 378
Canberra
ACT
2601
Australia

Keywords

  • MultimediaFlythrough
( Theme )
  • bathymetry
( Theme )
  • continental shelf
( Theme )
  • marine biodiversity
( Theme )
  • 3D model
( Theme )
  • NERP Marine Biodiversity Hub
( Theme )
  • marine
( Theme )
  • NERP
  • AU-TAS
Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC)
  • Marine Geoscience
  • Published_Internal

Publication Date

2013-01-01T00:00:00

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Australian Government Security ClassificationSystem    

Classification - unclassified

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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence    

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Use - license

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Purpose

Maintenance Information

notPlanned

Topic Category

oceans

Series Information

Lineage

Flythrough is a compilation of bathymertry data collected and processed (gridded) by Geoscience Australia, with video and stills photographs provided by University of Tasmania and CSIRO.

Parent Information

Extents

[-40.62, -40.3, 148.6, 148.82]

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Spatial Resolution

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Flythrough is a compilation of bathymertry data collected and processed (gridded) by Geoscience Australia, with video and stills photographs provided by University of Tasmania and CSIRO. NERP Marine Biodiversity Hub 148.6 148.9 -40.62 -40.3