Oceanic Shoals Marine Reserve Biodiversity Survey Report, 2012

The Oceanic Shoals Commonwealth Marine Reserve in the Timor Sea was surveyed in 2012 by a consortium including the Australian Institute of Marine Science and Geoscience Australia. This post-survey report details the activities undertaken to support marine bioregional planning and ecosystem modeling. Data from the survey was collected under the Australian Government's National Environmental Research Program Marine Biodiversity Hub.

Use Cases

• Support marine bioregional planning based on the survey's regional biodiversity discovery focus.
• Model ecosystem processes for northern Australia based on collected biodiversity data.
• Inform departmental work programs for environmental management based on the survey findings.

Strengths

• Report details a multi-institutional survey involving AIMS, Geoscience Australia, and university partners.
• Survey was a key component of a national environmental research program's biodiversity discovery theme.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Marine biodiversity survey conducted by research institutions.

Time Range

2012

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-30 14:04:24.551222; freshness should be verified

Geography

Oceanic Shoals Commonwealth Marine Reserve, Timor Sea, Australia