A synthesis of physical and biological information for the Lord Howe Rise region in the Tasman Sea. The dataset covers a large area of 1.95 million km², spanning tropical to cool temperate latitudes, and includes data from surveys such as TAN0713 and NORFANZ. It was published by Geoscience Australia Data and was last updated in May 2026.
Use Cases
- Modeling species distribution patterns based on the described differences between raised and subdued bathymetric features.
- Analyzing latitudinal gradients in demersal fish communities mentioned in the description.
- Studying the influence of substrate and depth-related variables on biological assemblages.
- Assessing regional-scale biogeography (100s of kilometres) in a national and global context as described.
Strengths
- Covers a large spatial area of 1.95 million km².
- Integrates physical and biological data from multiple surveys, including TAN0713 and NORFANZ.
- Describes a topographically complex region with both soft sediment basins and raised features like seamounts.
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- The description notes limited spatially-replicated studies and no time-series data for most of the region.
Provenance
- Source
- Geoscience Australia Data
- Collection Method
- Synthesis of information from physical surveys and biological data collections, including the TAN0713 and NORFANZ surveys.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-14 09:35:46.864226; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Lord Howe Rise region, Tasman Sea (18.4°S to 40.3°S)