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A project documenting the geomorphology of Australia's near-pristine estuaries to establish environmental baselines. The Australian Ocean Data Network published this information, which was last updated in April 2026. It serves as a reference for assessing human impacts on similar ecosystems.
The project provides benchmark information on Australia's near-pristine estuaries. It was created by the Australian Ocean Data Network to support natural resource management, with the dataset last updated in April 2026.
Geoscience Australia, AIMS, and the Northern Territory Government produced a report on marine abiotic patterns in Darwin-Bynoe Harbour. This document is the second of three reports from a four-year collaborative habitat mapping program funded by the Ichthys LNG Project offset funds. The analysis provides a scientific baseline of physical environments for the region.
One report from a four-year collaborative habitat mapping program in the Darwin and Bynoe Harbour region. The analysis was conducted by Geoscience Australia, the Australian Institute of Marine Science, and the Northern Territory Government Department of Environment and Natural Resources, with funding from the INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project. The report was last updated in April 2026.
A review document from the Australian Ocean Data Network examines the use of abiotic variables as surrogates for patterns in marine benthic biodiversity. It focuses on how these variables relate to ecological processes and their measurement at management-relevant scales. The document was last updated in April 2026.
A review examines the use of abiotic variables as surrogates for patterns in benthic marine assemblages. The work was published by the Australian Ocean Data Network and was last updated in April 2026. It addresses the need to manage biodiversity at multiple scales where direct biological data is limited.
Seven of the ten identified Key Ecological Features (KEFs) are located in the deep sea, an area where biodiversity data is scarce. The dataset documents ten KEFs, including Wallaby Saddle and the Cuvier Abyssal Plain, identified by the Australian Department of the Environment to support marine bioregional planning. Geoscience Australia conducted the habitat heterogeneity investigation using its habitat mapping expertise.
Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) data collected during the RV Investigator voyage IN2024_V05 from November 13 to December 12, 2024. The data were acquired using three RDI Ocean Surveyor ADCPs (38kHz, 75kHz, 150kHz) in narrowband mode and processed using the UHDAS and CODAS systems. The voyage, titled 'Multi-year: Untangling the causes of change over 25 years in the southeast marine ecosystem,' departed from and returned to Hobart.
A 2019 map updated to reflect the 2018 Australia/Timor-Leste Maritime Boundaries Treaty details enforcement zones for Australian fisheries. It was produced for the Australian Fisheries Management Authority by the Australian Ocean Data Network to assist in maritime boundary enforcement. The map uses icons to communicate fishing restrictions to Indonesian fishermen in the Timor and Arafura Seas.
Line-Point-Intercept surveys quantitatively document benthic cover at coral reef sites across the Pacific Ocean. The data consists of counts of benthic elements like live coral, algae, and other sessile invertebrates along transects, collected by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Surveys were conducted from 2005 to 2012, with sampling intervals changing from 50 cm to 20 cm after 2008.
Annual shoreline surveys from 2013 to 2018 at Midway Atoll's Eastern, Spit, and Sand Islands recorded debris accumulation. NOAA's Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center conducted surveys on fixed 300-meter segments, collecting items >10 cm and recording GPS waypoints for large debris. Total debris weight and survey area were recorded for each segment to calculate accumulation rates.
Annual in-water surveys from 1999 to 2021 at reefs, atolls, and islands in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands were conducted by NOAA's Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center. Two survey methods, tow and swim surveys, were used to locate debris larger than 0.012 cubic meters, recording descriptive information and GPS waypoints. Debris was removed when safe, and the volume and weight of removed loads were estimated and recorded.
Vertical profiles of water column conductivity, temperature, pressure, salinity, and density result from near-shore shallow water CTD casts. These surveys were conducted by NOAA's Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center during missions to the Pacific Remote Island Areas from 2014 to 2023. Data were collected to a maximum depth of 30 meters and processed using Sea-Bird Scientific or RBR software and the R package 'oce'.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration benthic habitat imagery from stratified random surveys across the Pacific Remote Island Areas since 2014. The data result from photo-quadrat surveys along transects conducted as part of Rapid Ecological Assessment surveys for corals and fish. A stratified random sampling design was employed, encompassing reef and hard bottom habitats in the 0-30 meter depth range.
546 survey sites across the Hawaiian Archipelago were assessed for coral bleaching from October 02 to November 18, 2015. The data provide survey-level metrics on percent live coral cover and the percentages of coral unbleached, partially, and fully bleached. This dataset was compiled by the Hawaii Coral Bleaching Collaborative from multiple institutions including NOAA Fisheries, Hawaii DLNR, and The Nature Conservancy.
American Samoa's coral reef ecosystems are monitored through shallow water Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) profiles collected by NOAA's Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center. The data result from near-shore casts at select sites during missions in 2015, 2018, and 2023, providing vertical profiles of conductivity, temperature, pressure, salinity, and water density to a maximum depth of 30 meters. Data processing was performed using Sea-Bird Scientific or RBR Ruskin software and the R package 'oce'.
Benthic habitat imagery from photo-quadrat surveys conducted by NOAA's Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center. The surveys are part of the National Coral Reef Monitoring Program across the Hawaiian Archipelago in 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019, and 2024. A stratified random sampling design was employed across reef and hard bottom habitats in the 0-30 meter depth range.
NOAA towed-diver surveys recorded the number, size, and species of large-bodied fishes (> 50 cm) in Hawaiian coral reefs. Data were collected in 2016 by the Coral Reef Ecosystem Program using a standardized 50-minute towed-diver method. Observations are segmented into 10 5-minute intervals across approximately 2–3 km of reef habitat.
The Marianas Archipelago is the geographic scope for this dataset of large-bodied fish surveys conducted by the NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program since 2014. Data were collected using a towed-diver method, recording fish species, counts, and sizes within visually estimated transects. The dataset is maintained by the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center and archived at the National Centers for Environmental Information.
Towed-diver surveys of large-bodied fishes (> 50 cm) conducted by the NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program since 2014. Data were collected in the Pacific Remote Island Areas by the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Coral Reef Ecosystem Program. Observations include the number, size, and species of fish within a visually estimated transect during 50-minute surveys.