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Report on the Habitat Classification Of Seabed Areas Of Torres Strait, Northern Australia 1997

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The marine benthic habitats of seabed areas between the reefs of Torres Strait were classified with data collected on epibenthos abundance, seagrass presence or absence, substrate type and water depth from 1984 to 1989 at 984 sites in an 12,347 square km study area in central Torres Strait. An idex of habitat diversity, calculated as the variety of distinct habitats within a 10 x 10 km window passed over the study area indicated that the areas with highest diversity of habitats were among the reefs and islands that formed two bands; one from Cape York to Buru Island, and the other from Cape York to Daru Island that included the Warrior reef complex. Refer to the compiled report: Long BG and Taranto TJ. (1997) Habitat Classification Of Seabed Areas Of Torres Strait, Northern Australia. CSIRO Division of Marine Research, QLD, Australia.

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Field Value
Title Report on the Habitat Classification Of Seabed Areas Of Torres Strait, Northern Australia 1997
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/689d9451-1f01-48a8-9843-da4275e9c8b0
Contact Point
CSIRO Marlin Data Catalogue
data-requests-hf@csiro.au
Reference Period 01/01/1997 - 01/01/1997
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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This dataset was originally found on CSIRO Marlin "Report on the Habitat Classification Of Seabed Areas Of Torres Strait, Northern Australia 1997". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://marlin.csiro.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/report-on-the-habitat-classification-of-seabed-areas-of-torres-strait-northern-australia-19971