Oceanic Shoals Marine Reserve Biodiversity Survey Report, 2012

A post-survey report details a 2012 marine biodiversity survey in the Oceanic Shoals Commonwealth Marine Reserve in the Timor Sea. The survey was conducted by the Australian Institute of Marine Science, Geoscience Australia, the University of Western Australia, and the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory. Data was collected to support marine bioregional planning and ecosystem process modeling for the Australian Government's National Environmental Research Program.

Use Cases

• Supporting marine bioregional planning based on survey findings mentioned in the description
• Modeling northern Australian marine ecosystem processes based on collected biodiversity data
• Informing departmental work programs for environmental management based on the survey report

Strengths

• Report is associated with a multi-institutional survey involving AIMS, Geoscience Australia, and universities.
• Survey was a key component of the Australian Government's National Environmental Research Program Marine Biodiversity Hub.

Limitations

• Data is presented as a report (HTML, DOCX, PDF); underlying structured data files are not directly accessible.
• Row count and column-level documentation for any underlying data are unknown.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Marine biodiversity survey conducted by research institutions.

Time Range

2012

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-16 09:43:44.763427; freshness should be verified

Geography

Oceanic Shoals Commonwealth Marine Reserve, Timor Sea, Australia