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Towed Video - Benthic survey of Conway Shoal, East Warrego, Barcoo Bank, Karamea Bank, Long Shoal, Hamilton Island, HardGround, West Warrego, ZoneBoundary (30-Jul-2007 - 10-Aug-2007 )

Created 17/11/2025

Updated 17/11/2025

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This data consists of 14936 records derived from 36 tows covering 31.51 km at 2.11m resolution, over a depth range of 4.0 to 499.0 meters. Classification of the benthos and substrate was based on 17 benthic classes and 6 substrate classes. Summary of the primary benthic categories recorded Filter feeders 0.35% Gorgonians 48.90% Hard Coral 22.25% Macroalgae 6.70% NoBenthos 21.03% Soft Coral 0.74% Summary of substrates recorded Rubble 16.72% NoSub 0.04% Rock 15.12% Sand 27.04% Limestone 21.57% SandWaves 2.02% Stone 8.63% SandCoarse 8.82% A custom interface has been developed by AIMS staff for reading Towed Video tapes.

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Title Towed Video - Benthic survey of Conway Shoal, East Warrego, Barcoo Bank, Karamea Bank, Long Shoal, Hamilton Island, HardGround, West Warrego, ZoneBoundary (30-Jul-2007 - 10-Aug-2007 )
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/952af745-8aa8-4859-989c-41652c9f18f7
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
reception@aims.gov.au
Reference Period 14/11/2025
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Towed Video - Benthic survey of Conway Shoal, East Warrego, Barcoo Bank, Karamea Bank, Long Shoal, Hamilton Island, HardGround, West Warrego, ZoneBoundary (30-Jul-2007 - 10-Aug-2007 )". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/towed-video-benthic-survey-of-conway-shoal-east-warrego-barcoo-bank-karamea-bank-long-shoa-2007