eAtlas Data Catalogue
GBR - Hard coral biodiversity surveys of the Great Barrier Reef - Spatial interpolation - 1994 - 2001 (MTSRF 1.1.5, AIMS)
The purpose of this study was to quantify patterns in scleractinian biodiversity, and in the cover of the main benthos groups, on the Great Barrier Reef. Taxonomic surveys of hard corals conducted on 110 reefs (599 transects) of the GBR between 1994 and 2001. Surveys are based on rapid ecological assessments (taxonomic inventories based on swim surveys) conducted at two depth zones (deep and shallow), typically at two sites per reef. The data are abundance estimates of each species. Richness is calculated based on reef-averaged data.
The data set also contains visual estimates of the cover of the main benthos groups such as hard corals, soft corals, macroalgae and crustose coralline algae.
As part of the Reef Atlas project (now the eAtlas) the coral observations were interpolated over the whole GBR by Glenn De'ath using Generalized Additive Models with a Quasipoisson fit. This produced a gridded version of the dataset and is available as a KML and ASCII Grid file (WGS84).
Data Units:
- Abundance estimates of each species: 6-point rating (absent, rare, uncommon, common, abundant, dominant);
- Richness: number of species per reef;
- Cover of benthos groups: 6-point rating: 0 = none recorded; 1 = 1–10; 2 = 11–30; 3 = 31–50; 4 = 51–75; 5 = 76–100
References:
- Devantier LM, De'ath G, Done TJ, Turak E (1998). Ecological assessment of a complex natural system: A case study from the Great Barrier Reef. Ecological Applications, 8, 480-496
- Fabricius KE, De’ath G, McCook L, Turak E & Williams DMc (2005) Changes in algal, coral and fish assemblages along water quality gradients on the inshore Great Barrier Reef. Marine Pollution Bulletin 51: 384–398
- Devantier L, De'ath G, Done T, Turak E, Fabricius K (2006) Species richness and community structure of reef-building corals on the nearshore Great Barrier Reef. Coral Reefs 25:329-340
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Identification info
- Date (Publication)
- 2009-01-28
- Cited responsible party
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Role Organisation Name Telephone Delivery point City Administrative area Postal code Country Electronic mail address Principal investigator Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) Done, Terry J. Voice facsimile Townsville Queensland 4810 Australia Collaborator DeVantier, Lyndon, Dr Voice facsimile Collaborator Turak, Emre, Mr Voice facsimile Collaborator Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) Fabricius, Katharina, Dr Voice PMB No. 3, Townsville MC Townsville Queensland 4810 Australia k.fabricius@aims.gov.au Collaborator Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) De'ath, Glenn, Dr Voice PMB No. 3, Townsville MC Townsville Queensland 4810 Australia g.death@aims.gov.au
- Point of contact
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Role Organisation Name Telephone Delivery point City Administrative area Postal code Country Electronic mail address Point of contact Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) Done, Terry J. Voice facsimile Townsville Queensland 4810 Australia
- Spatial representation type
- Grid
- Topic category
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- Biota
Extent
Extent
- Description
- Great Barrier Reef (inshore reefs), Australia
Temporal extent
- Time position
- 1994-01-01T00:00:00
- Time position
- 2001-12-31T00:00:00
- Keywords (Theme)
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- marine
Resource constraints
- Use limitation
- Copyright remains with the data owners.
- Access constraints
- Copyright
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Distribution Information
- OnLine resource
- View source data metadata - AIMS record
- OnLine resource
- Water quality guidelines for the Great Barrier Reef (Article)
- OnLine resource
- Legacy eAtlas Web Mapping Service (WMS) (AIMS)
- OnLine resource
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ea:Hard_Corals_Species-Richness-Numeric
Hard Corals - Species richness
- OnLine resource
- Interactive map of this dataset
Metadata constraints
- Linkage
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http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/3.0/au/88x31.png
License Graphic
- Title
- Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License
- Cited responsible party
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Role Organisation Name Telephone Delivery point City Administrative area Postal code Country Electronic mail address
- Website
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/
License Text
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
- urn:uuid/b6c63843-0925-44d1-a94a-1b7d7125dddb
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Contact
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Role Organisation Name Telephone Delivery point City Administrative area Postal code Country Electronic mail address Point of contact Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) eAtlas Data Manager Voice facsimile PRIVATE MAIL BAG 3, TOWNSVILLE MAIL CENTRE Townsville Queensland 4810 Australia e-atlas@aims.gov.au
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Dataset
- Metadata linkage
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https://eatlas.org.au/data/uuid/b6c63843-0925-44d1-a94a-1b7d7125dddb
Point of truth URL of this metadata record
- Date info (Creation)
- 2015-07-01T16:29:49
- Date info (Revision)
- 2023-09-18T07:53:24
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO 19115-3:2018
