Marine Seismic Survey Impacts on Fish and Invertebrates in the Gippsland Basin

Australian Ocean Data Network presents research on the potential impacts of low-frequency sound from marine seismic surveys on marine fauna. The study involves six components including sound modelling, monitoring, benthic community assessment, and analysis of fisheries catch data. The project was developed in response to stakeholder concerns about an April seismic survey in the Gippsland Basin.

Use Cases

• Modeling underwater sound propagation based on sound source and water column characteristics mentioned in the description.
• Assessing fish avoidance behavior based on acoustic tagging data mentioned in the description.
• Analyzing changes in benthic communities based on Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) survey data mentioned in the description.
• Evaluating correlations between seismic survey activity and fisheries catch data mentioned in the description.
• Studying neurological responses in invertebrates to low-frequency sound emissions mentioned in the description.

Strengths

• Study involves six distinct methodological components, including sound modelling and fisheries catch analysis.
• Research addresses a specific real-world event: an April seismic survey in the Gippsland Basin.
• Platform tags indicate the dataset includes audio and video file formats.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au, focusing on Australian waters.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

The study involves sound modelling, sound monitoring with moored hydrophones, benthic community assessment using an AUV, bivalve assessment using dredging, fish avoidance behavior using acoustic tagging, and analysis of fisheries catch data.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 05:45:46.086589; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Gippsland Basin, Australia