Soela Voyage SO 6/85 Biological Data Overview

Created 25/06/2025

Updated 25/06/2025

This record is an overview entry for biological data collected on Soela cruise SO 6/85. This cruise took place in the Coral Sea off northeastern Queensland during 14 November - 28 November 1985, under the leadership of Trevor Ward. Biological data collected on this cruise include samples of crustaceans and fish from more than 80 trawls. 20 new species of crustaceans and about 40 new species of fish were obtained. Sediment samples, photography of bottom types and photography of the common species of crustaceans were also obtained.(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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Additional Info

Field Value
Title Soela Voyage SO 6/85 Biological Data Overview
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/7ab44415-c81c-4c08-9578-3fd8b4157070
Contact Point
CSIRO Marlin Data Catalogue
data-requests-hf@csiro.au
Reference Period 14/11/1985 - 10/12/1985
Geospatial Coverage
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Data Portal CSIRO Marlin

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on CSIRO Marlin "Soela Voyage SO 6/85 Biological Data Overview". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://marlin.csiro.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/soela-voyage-so-6-85-biological-data-overview1