Acoustic telemetry data collected under the NERP and NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub projects to monitor threatened euryhaline elasmobranchs. An array of receivers was deployed in the Adelaide River and the Alligator Rivers, primarily the South Alligator River, to track movements, habitat use, and natural mortality. Raw and processed detection data is available in CSV format, with receiver deployment details accessible via the IMOS Animal Tracking Facility.
Use Cases
- Modeling movement patterns and habitat use based on acoustic detection data.
- Estimating natural mortality rates for threatened Glyphis and Pristis species.
- Analyzing spatial-temporal distribution in the Adelaide and Alligator River systems.
- Supporting conservation management strategies for listed and rare elasmobranch species.
Strengths
- Data collected under structured national research programs (NERP and NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub).
- Includes both raw and processed (cleaned) detection data.
- Receiver deployment metadata is available through the authoritative IMOS Animal Tracking Facility.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the specific northern Australian river systems.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network, collected under NERP and NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub projects.
- Collection Method
- Acoustic receiver arrays deployed in river systems.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-06-16 21:18:39.254483; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Northern Australian rivers, specifically the Adelaide River and Alligator Rivers (primarily South Alligator River).