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Environmentally influenced variability in the morphology of Cinachyrella australiensis (Carter 1886)

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

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This study examines populations of Cinachyrella australiensis across a range of habitats from three sites within Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia to assess the potential influence environmental factors may have on sponge morphological variability. Seven environmental variables were measured at each site on a monthly basis: conductivity, pH, turbidity, dissolved oxygen, water temperature, salinity and water flow. Ten sediment samples were collected haphazardly from each reef and specific attributes of the sponges were recorded to test their correlation with particular environmental variables along with spicule dimensions (length, shaft width and head width) and morphological characteristics.

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Title Environmentally influenced variability in the morphology of Cinachyrella australiensis (Carter 1886)
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/1d5cbb2f-cf16-4ab3-8328-e880b3cc735b
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
Justin.McDonald@fish.wa.gov.au
Reference Period 01/01/1999 - 31/12/2000
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Environmentally influenced variability in the morphology of Cinachyrella australiensis (Carter 1886)". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/environmentally-influenced-variability-in-the-morphology-of-cinachyrella-australiensis-car-18861