Do the assemblages of benthic macroinvertebrates in nearshore waters of Western Australia vary among habitat types, zones and seasons?

Created 24/06/2025

Updated 24/06/2025

Benthic macroinvertebrates were sampled seasonally in the subtidal and upper and lower swash zones at two sites in each of six nearshore habitat types on the lower west coast of Australia in summer and spring of 2000. The habitat types, were distinguished quantitatively using values for a suite of seven statistically selected enduring environmental characteristics

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Title Do the assemblages of benthic macroinvertebrates in nearshore waters of Western Australia vary among habitat types, zones and seasons?
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/7bdbb337-5f8c-4d36-9708-9668f0f1bc6a
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Australian Ocean Data Network
michelle@oceanvision.com.au
Reference Period 01/01/2000 - 01/01/2000
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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Do the assemblages of benthic macroinvertebrates in nearshore waters of Western Australia vary among habitat types, zones and seasons?". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/do-the-assemblages-of-benthic-macroinvertebrates-in-nearshore-waters-of-western-australia-vary-1