Fish Chorus Recordings from the Kimberley, 2004-2010

Long-term sea noise monitoring from 2004, with a key site sampled from 2006 to 2010, records calling fish choruses in the Kimberley region. The dataset, provided by Parks Australia, captures daily, lunar, and seasonal periodicity in fish calls, with specific choruses linked to feeding and reproduction. This record was previously available via the Australian Marine Parks Science Atlas.

Use Cases

• Analyzing daily and seasonal periodicity in marine bioacoustics based on long-term noise logger recordings.
• Modeling lunar-linked behavioral patterns based on the described chorus activity cycles.
• Investigating acoustic niche partitioning based on the description of time separation between overlapping fish choruses.
• Studying the correlation between specific fish choruses and biological activities like feeding or reproduction.

Strengths

• Long-term data collection spanning from 2004, with a specific site monitored from 2006 to 2010.
• Records show coupled daily, lunar, and seasonal trends, providing multi-scale temporal analysis potential.
• Data highlights specific biological correlations, such as a chorus linked to nocturnal planktivorous fish feeding.

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 data_gov_au, focusing solely on the Kimberley region.

Provenance

Source

Parks Australia, referencing a source publication.

Collection Method

Recorded by sea-noise loggers set in the Kimberley region under Industry and Defence funding.

Time Range

Monitoring since 2004, with a key site sampled from 2006 to 2010.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-16 23:04:46.080191; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Kimberley region, Australia, specifically Scott Reef southern lagoon and nearshore areas.