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Towed Video - Benthic survey of West Warrego, Barcoo Bank, Karamea Bank (14-Feb-2007 - 16-Feb-2007 )

Created 18/11/2025

Updated 18/11/2025

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This data consists of 5418 records derived from 6 tows covering 10.421 km at 1.92m resolution, over a depth range of .7 to 50.1 meters. Classification of the benthos and substrate was based on 17 benthic classes and 6 substrate classes. Summary of the primary benthic categories recorded Gorgonians 26.55% Hard Coral 19.17% Macroalgae 24.19% NoBenthos 9.59% Soft Coral 20.46% Summary of substrates recorded Rubble 17.33% NoSub 0.03% Rock 3.24% Sand 7.05% Limestone 48.54% Silt 5.48% SandWaves 1.03% Stone 9.80% SandCoarse 7.47% A custom interface has been developed by AIMS staff for reading Towed Video tapes.

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Title Towed Video - Benthic survey of West Warrego, Barcoo Bank, Karamea Bank (14-Feb-2007 - 16-Feb-2007 )
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/97ec251c-c99b-4201-8323-c0ce40d90987
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
reception@aims.gov.au
Reference Period 14/11/2025
Geospatial Coverage Australia
Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Towed Video - Benthic survey of West Warrego, Barcoo Bank, Karamea Bank (14-Feb-2007 - 16-Feb-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-west-warrego-barcoo-bank-karamea-bank-14-feb-2007-16-feb-2007