Lord Howe Island infaunal diversity

Note: This metadata describes the dataset in accordance with the ANZLIC (Australia New Zealand Land Information Council) Core Metadata Guidelines Version 2.

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Dataset citation

ANZLIC unique identifier: ANZCW0703016184

Title: Lord Howe Island infaunal diversity

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Custodian

Custodian: Geoscience Australia

Jurisdiction: Australia

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Geoscience Australia carried out a marine survey on Lord Howe Island shelf (NSW) in 2008 (SS06_2008) to map seabed bathymetry and characterise benthic environments through colocated sampling of surface sediments and infauna, rock coring, observation of benthic habitats using underwater towed video, and measurement of ocean tides and wave generated currents. Subbottom profile data was also collected to map sediment thickness and shelf stratigraphy. Data and samples were acquired using the National Facility Research Vessel Southern Surveyor. Bathymetric data from this survey was merged with other preexisting bathymetric data (including LADS) to generate a grid covering 1034 sq km. As part of a separate Geoscience Australia survey in 2007 (TAN0713), an oceanographic mooring was deployed on the northern edge of Lord Howe Island shelf. The mooring was recovered during the 2008 survey following a 6 month deployment. Sample diversity indices calculated in PRIMER (version 6) using the species level data from LHI_Infauna_species (27Oct10).csv

ANZLIC search words:

ECOLOGY Biodiversity
MARINE Biodiversity

Spatial domain:

locality map

Geographic extent name: AUSTRALIA EXCLUDING EXTERNAL TERRITORIES - AUS - Australia - Australia

Geographic extent polygon: 158.94 -31.3, 159.4 -31.3, 159.4 -31.9, 158.94 -31.9, 158.94 -31.3,

Note: The format for each Geographic extent name is: Name - Identifier - Category - Jurisdiction (as appropriate) See GEN Register

Geographic bounding box:: North bounding latitude: -31.3 °; South bounding latitude: -31.9 °; East bounding longitude: 159.4 °; West bounding longitude: 158.94 °

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Data currency

Beginning date: Not Known

Ending date: Not Known

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Dataset status

Progress: Complete

Maintenance and update frequency: Not Known

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Access

Stored data format:: DIGITAL - xls Microsoft Excel spreadsheet Excel GDA94

Available format type:: DIGITAL - xls Microsoft Excel spreadsheet Excel GDA94

Access constraints:

This material is released under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia Licence.

Free Data Download

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Data quality

Lineage:

Species level data was imported into PRIMER (v6). The diversity analysis was run to calculate: S = species richness N = abundance d = Margalefs index J = Piellous evenness H = Shannon Weiner

Positional accuracy:

Positions were recorded from the same GPS as was used for the multibeam mapping. The southern surveyor has paired bow and stern thrusters and is very good at staying on station, but the positional accuracy for grabs will decrease with increasing depth.

Attribute accuracy:

This is a derived data from the species data (LHI_Infauna_species (27Oct10).csv). The attribute accuracy is directly depended on the attribute accuracy of the species data.

Logical Consistency:

The material was treated in a consistent fashion and all samples were sorted and all material identified my Matthew McArthur.

Completeness:

All available samples were processed.

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Contact information

Contact organisation: Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia) (GA)
Contact position: Manager Client Services
Mail address: Cnr Jerrabomberra Ave and Hindmarsh Dr
Mail address: GPO Box 378
Locality: Canberra
State: ACT
Country: Australia
Postcode: 2601
Telephone: 02 6249 9966
Facsimile: 02 6249 9960
Electronic mail address: sales@ga.gov.au

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Metadata information

Metadata date: 2013-03-08

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Additional metadata

Metadata reference XHTML: http://www.ga.gov.au/meta/ANZCW0703016184.html

Metadata reference XML: http://www.ga.gov.au/meta/ANZCW0703016184.xml

Authors:McArthur, M.

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