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Faunal Surveys of The Rowley Shoal, Scott Reef and Seringapatam Reef: North- western Australia.

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

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The Rowley Shoals, Scott Reef and nearby Seringapatam Reef form a series of large emergent shelf atolls arising from depth of between 300 and 700m along the edge of the broad continental shelf about 260km from mainland north-western Australia. The Rowley Shoals have been described as morphologically the most perfect examples of shelf atolls in Australian waters and appear to represent three distinct stages of atoll formation. Experiencing oceanic water conditions, but with a semi-diurnal tidal range of at least 4.5m, these atolls exhibit an unusual, If not unique, combination of physical environmental and geomorphological characteristics. These are described as a background to the faunal inventories presented in subsequent parts of this publication

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Title Faunal Surveys of The Rowley Shoal, Scott Reef and Seringapatam Reef: North- western Australia.
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/9ebf9e78-cf08-4955-bfb7-0ada64aff274
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
clay.bryce@museum.wa.gov.au
Reference Period 01/07/1982 - 01/01/1986
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Faunal Surveys of The Rowley Shoal, Scott Reef and Seringapatam Reef: North- western Australia.". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/faunal-surveys-of-the-rowley-shoal-scott-reef-and-seringapatam-reef-north-western-australia