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Acoustic tracking of sharks and fish on reefs of the Capricorn Bunker Group, southern Great Barrier Reef

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

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Presence information for sharks and fish fitted with acoustic transmitters on Heron Island and One Tree Island reefs and Sykes Reef. Transmitter life ranges from 12-30 months. Transmitters report depth data to indicate position of the animal in the water column.To date transmitters have been deployed in: grey reef, blacktip reef, whitetip reef, tiger, hammerhead and weasel sharks and common coral trout, red throat emperor, spangled emperor and red emperor in this region. To monitor the presence and movement of fish and elasmobranch species within and between reefs in the Capricorn Bunker Group of reefs. These data are collected in conjunction with the AATAMS facility within IMOS and as such are part of a broader national framework. Data from this research is also housed in the AATAMS data repository and publicly available on line.

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Title Acoustic tracking of sharks and fish on reefs of the Capricorn Bunker Group, southern Great Barrier Reef
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/2aeb97cd-257d-4536-83f8-a5cd8ebbae20
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
reception@aims.gov.au
Reference Period 28/08/2019
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    151.95,
    -23.47
  ],
  "type": "Point"
}
Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Acoustic tracking of sharks and fish on reefs of the Capricorn Bunker Group, southern Great Barrier Reef". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/acoustic-tracking-of-sharks-and-fish-on-reefs-of-the-capricorn-bunker-group-southern-great-barr