Biodiversity of marine fauna on the Central West Coast, Western Australia

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

The WA Museum with funding from Strategic Research Fund for the Marine Environment (SRFME) focused on documenting the fauna of the Central West Coast, Western Australia, specifically the diversity of fishes, molluscs, crustaceans, echinoderms, scleractinian corals and sponges. The specific locations were Jurien Bay and Green Head localities with a focus on the Jurien Bay Marine Park, and Cervantes to the South and Dongara to the North.

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Title Biodiversity of marine fauna on the Central West Coast, Western Australia
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/ecfc9e17-e3b5-4324-a606-557f74e2d49b
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
jane.fromont@museum.wa.gov.au
Reference Period 27/04/2005 - 16/03/2006
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Biodiversity of marine fauna on the Central West Coast, Western Australia". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/biodiversity-of-marine-fauna-on-the-central-west-coast-western-australia