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Courageous Cruise 046 Biological Data overview, 1979

Created 25/06/2025

Updated 25/06/2025

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This record describes the datasets obtained on Courageous Cruise 046. The data were obtained from the Great Australian Bight in February and March 1979. Data were obtained from acoustic and trawl surveys for pelagic and demersal fish. The dominant species in the catches included stingaree, Jackass morwong (Nemadactylus macropterus), latchet, and Chinaman leatherjacket (Navon ayraud). Length, numbers, weight and target signal strength were determined. Plankton samples were taken at intervals during the cruise. Photography of the catch from each trawl shot. In addition, approximately thirty seven 35 mm colour transparencies of unidentified, unusual or previously unphotographed fish species. Additional information regarding this dataset is contained in the cruise summary for this voyage.(derived from the cruise report) - Biological Field Data Sheets recorded during this voyage have been scanned to PDF, and are available (to CSIRO Staff) on-line. See the details link under "Stored Media List" (below).

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Title Courageous Cruise 046 Biological Data overview, 1979
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/b70a34d5-a6c2-4bed-9c85-5edce78c7a2e
Contact Point
CSIRO Marlin Data Catalogue
data-requests-hf@csiro.au
Reference Period 25/02/1979 - 12/03/1979
Geospatial Coverage
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Data Source

This dataset was originally found on CSIRO Marlin "Courageous Cruise 046 Biological Data overview, 1979". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://marlin.csiro.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/courageous-cruise-046-biological-data-overview-19791