The dispersal of benthic marine invertebrates by kelp rafts in the Southern Ocean

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

Metadata record for data expected from ASAC Project 2163 See the link below for public details on this project. Records of observations of kelp rafts passing within 50 m of one side of the vessel over replicated periods of 1 hour. Data collected over subantarctic latitudes only. Records include: size, species, presence/absence of holdfast, latitude and longitude, ship speed.

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Title The dispersal of benthic marine invertebrates by kelp rafts in the Southern Ocean
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/47c161ca-7050-4bc5-b70d-5d26fb837a7d
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
metadata@aad.gov.au
Reference Period 30/01/1985 - 23/12/2000
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        150.0,
        -53.0
      ],
      [
        159.0,
        -53.0
      ],
      [
        159.0,
        -45.0
      ],
      [
        150.0,
        -45.0
      ],
      [
        150.0,
        -53.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "The dispersal of benthic marine invertebrates by kelp rafts in the Southern Ocean". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/the-dispersal-of-benthic-marine-invertebrates-by-kelp-rafts-in-the-southern-ocean