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Courageous Cruise 051 Biological Data overview, 1979

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Updated 25/06/2025

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This record describes the datasets obtained on Courageous Cruise 051. The data were obtained from the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf in June and July 1979. Trawls for demersal fish were made and the species studied included long nosed tripple spine (Trixiphicththyus weber), Blue spot trevally (Caranx bucculentus), Brush-tooth Lizard (Saurida undosquamis), Lesser spangled emperor (Lethrinus choerorhynchus), Saddletailed sea perch (Lutjanus malabaricus), Red big eye (Priacanthus macrocanthus) and Painted sweetlip (Plectorhynchus pictus). Length, sex, numbers and age were determined. Two hydrological transects plus XBT observations were also carried out.(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 051 Biological Data overview, 1979
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/fa48ef5b-5cf1-4b29-b3c0-6979adaabf4b
Contact Point
CSIRO Marlin Data Catalogue
data-requests-hf@csiro.au
Reference Period 23/06/1979 - 08/07/1979
Geospatial Coverage
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Data Source

This dataset was originally found on CSIRO Marlin "Courageous Cruise 051 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-051-biological-data-overview-19791