A 2012 marine biodiversity survey in the Oceanic Shoals Commonwealth Marine Reserve in the Timor Sea. The report details activities 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 ecosystem modeling and the work of the Department of Environment.
Use Cases
- Modeling marine ecosystem processes for northern Australia based on survey biodiversity data.
- Supporting marine bioregional planning based on regional biodiversity discovery.
- Establishing environmental baselines for the Timor Sea region based on survey findings.
Strengths
- Report is associated with the Australian Government's National Environmental Research Program Marine Biodiversity Hub.
- Survey involved multiple authoritative institutions including Geoscience Australia and the Australian Institute of Marine Science.
Limitations
- Data is presented as a report (HTML, DOCX, PDF); underlying structured data files are not directly described.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- Geoscience Australia Data
- Collection Method
- Marine biodiversity survey conducted in 2012.
- Time Range
- 2012
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03-25 19:23:43.307367; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Oceanic Shoals Commonwealth Marine Reserve, Timor Sea