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Long-term Monitoring of Benthic Communities at Ashmore Reef 2016-2017

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

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The Ashmore reef system, near the edge of north-western Australia's continental shelf, is isolated from the mainland and other reef systems by hundreds of kilometres of ocean. Existing studies show that the reef's communities and their distubance regimes differ from those at the Scott Reef and Rowley Shoals systems to the south. Ashmore Reef has vast areas of reef flat and shallow lagoon dominated by hard substrate, rubble, sand, and a low cover of other benthic organisms (e.g. sponges, soft corals, algae). The primary coral habitat is at the outer reef crest and reef slope.

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Field Value
Title Long-term Monitoring of Benthic Communities at Ashmore Reef 2016-2017
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/4d000d20-53d5-4271-b2ba-b33118d69cfa
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
reception@aims.gov.au
Reference Period 04/07/2018
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Long-term Monitoring of Benthic Communities at Ashmore Reef 2016-2017". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/long-term-monitoring-of-benthic-communities-at-ashmore-reef-2016-2017