Realm: Marine
Climate: Tropical
Biome: Tropical coral
Central latitude: -19.413550
Central longitude: 149.044723
Duration: 24 years, from 1992 to 2015

147466 records

249 distinct species

Across the time series Pomacentrus lepidogenys is the most frequently occurring species

Methods

Sites are at least 250 m apart where possible. Within each site. five 50 m transects (paths along which seafloor organisms will be studied) are laid along the reef slope parallel to the reef crest at about 6-9 m depth. Transects are marked with a star picket at each end and with lengths of reinforcing rod at 10 m intervals for full methods see here - http://www.aims.gov.au/docs/research/monitoring/reef/sampling-methods.html Unit of abundance = Occurrence, Unit of biomass = NA

Citation(s)

Sweatman, H.P.A., Cheal, A.J., Coleman, G.J., Delean, S., Fitzpatrick, B.M., Miller, I.R., Ninio, R., Osborne, K., Page, C.M. & Thompson, A.A. (2001) Long-Term Monitoring of the Great Barrier Reef. Status Report Number 5. Available at: http://www.iobis.org/mapper/?dataset=233, accessed 2017.