Western Australia's relative abundance of 23 commercially exploited pelagic fish species is mapped on a 0.5-degree spatial grid. The data covers the period 1997-2006 and is derived from an analysis of commercial landings by the Sea Around Us Project. Details are published in Bouchet et al., 2017, in Global Ecology and Biogeography.
Use Cases
- Mapping species abundance hotspots based on the 0.5-degree spatial grid
- Analyzing temporal trends in pelagic fish populations based on the 1997-2006 time range
- Assessing the relative contribution of different species based on the provided catch percentage breakdown
Strengths
- Covers a 10-year time period (1997-2006)
- Includes percentage contributions for 23 distinct fish species
- Spatially mapped on a 0.5-degree grid
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
Provenance
- Source
- Sea Around Us Project
- Collection Method
- Derived from an analysis of commercial landings
- Time Range
- 1997-2006
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-06-16 23:42:05.694317; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- Western Australia