Soela Voyage SO 5/85 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 5/85. This cruise took place in waters off the Tasmanian coast, Bass Strait, Victorian, New South Wales and Queensland coasts during 12 September - 9 October 1985, under the leadership of Barry Bruce and Brian Griffiths. Biological data collected on this cruise include Blue Grenadier larvae from Sandy Cape to Storm Bay. Samples of ripe Blue Grenadier males. Taxonomic specimens from a deep shot to a depth of 1250 m north of Sandy Cape. Some specimens including a frill shark, two small seven gill sharks and two Schedophilus huttoni from the 12 demersal shots for MSL. One dogfish, and one trevalla sample. Seabird observation data and bird census at Cato Island. Biological oceanography data from temperate and subtropical waters.(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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Field Value
Title Soela Voyage SO 5/85 Biological Data Overview
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/2bee8ebe-5f02-4ae8-acc3-6a2438cb5555
Contact Point
CSIRO Marlin Data Catalogue
data-requests-hf@csiro.au
Reference Period 13/09/1985 - 09/10/1985
Geospatial Coverage
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Data Source

This dataset was originally found on CSIRO Marlin "Soela Voyage SO 5/85 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-5-85-biological-data-overview1