Oceanic Shoals Marine Reserve Biodiversity Survey Report, 2012

AIMS, Geoscience Australia, UWA, and the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory conducted a marine biodiversity survey in the Oceanic Shoals Commonwealth Marine Reserve in the Timor Sea in 2012. The survey was part of the National Environmental Research Program Marine Biodiversity Hub, specifically Theme 4 - Regional Biodiversity Discovery. Collected data supports ecosystem modeling and the work of the Department of Environment.

Use Cases

• Supporting marine bioregional planning based on the survey's regional biodiversity discovery focus.
• Modeling northern marine ecosystem processes based on the collected biodiversity data.
• Informing departmental environmental work programs based on the survey's stated purpose.

Strengths

• Produced by a consortium of authoritative institutions including AIMS, Geoscience Australia, and the University of Western Australia.
• Explicitly linked to a national research program (NERP Marine Biodiversity Hub) and departmental work programs.

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.

Provenance

Source

Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), Geoscience Australia, University of Western Australia, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory

Collection Method

Marine biodiversity survey conducted in 2012.

Time Range

2012

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-10 17:43:29.007535; freshness should be verified

Geography

Oceanic Shoals Commonwealth Marine Reserve, Timor Sea