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Chagos Archipelago - Bertarelli Program in Marine Science

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 18/11/2025

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This data set is derived from a project that seeks to understand the status and resilience of the key communities of coral reef fishes that underpin the ecology of the British Indian Ocean Territory (Chagos Archipelago) Marine Protected Area. It is funded by the Bertarelli Program in Marine Science (Bertarelli Foundation) and represents a collaboration between AIMS, Lancaster University, and Stanford University. The data are collected on annual field expeditions to the Chagos Archipelago. The data are primarily fish specimen biological characteristics (collected by spearfishing), whereby otoliths from specimens are actively being used for biochronological reconstructions of growth histories. The research program also used a series of shallow water (<10m) BRUVS deployments in March 2019 to obtain a comprehensive spatial survey of sharks and other predatory fish species.

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Title Chagos Archipelago - Bertarelli Program in Marine Science
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/54c24a5c-7d91-44cc-8892-e535262753bb
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
reception@aims.gov.au
Reference Period 12/03/2025
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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  "coordinates": [
    72.10735788140425,
    -5.375835372959491
  ],
  "type": "Point"
}
Data Portal Data.gov.au