2561 individual polychaetes were collected from 266 sediment samples in the Oceanic Shoals Australian Marine Park between 2009 and 2012. The inventory includes 368 species and 43 families, with new species, genera, and family records for Australia. This dataset provides baseline biodiversity and ecological data for small macrofauna, published by Przeslawski Rachel, Glasby Christopher J., Nichol Scott in 2019.
Use Cases
- Compare polychaete species assemblages across different survey times based on the four marine surveys mentioned.
- Model relationships between polychaete community structure and environmental variables or geomorphology based on the described analysis.
- Analyze ecological patterns at different taxonomic resolutions (species vs. family) based on the inventory's hierarchical data.
- Study the distribution of functional groups (feeding, habitat, mobility) across plains and banks geomorphologies based on the described results.
Strengths
- Includes 2561 individual specimens and 368 identified species, providing a substantial species-level inventory.
- Data spans four marine surveys from 2009 to 2012, offering temporal coverage.
- Contains new species, genera, and family records for Australia (Iospilidae, Lacydoniidae), indicating novel taxonomic contributions.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Freshness should be verified; the underlying research was published in 2019.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Collection Method
- Sediment samples were elutriated (500 μm) to separate macrofauna from four marine surveys.
- Time Range
- 2009 to 2012
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-16 14:51:09.310489; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Oceanic Shoals region, northern Australia (Oceanic Shoals Australian Marine Park)