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Key Ecological Features | |
| Name: | Kangaroo Island Pool, canyons and adjacent shelf break, and Eyre Peninsula upwellings |
| Region: | South-west |
| Area: | 47,730.34 km2 |
| Data aggregated on 2025-09-17 18:03 | |
The following is the list of gear types used within this region. Click on 'gear type' for a detailed report of that gear.
| Gear Type | Code | Map colour | Layers used | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ocean based acoustic current meter | OB_ACM | ■ |
NOAA drifting buoys (map) CSIRO NCMI Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler data - link to layer metadata |
Records - 221 Deepest: db,Records - 2883 Deepest: db |
| multibeam sonar | MBS | ■ | MNF singlebeam TOPAS sub-bottom profiler | Records - 33 Deepest: db |
| Water quality and chemistry | WQ_C | ■ |
CMAR Hydrology - link to layer metadata |
Records - 201 Deepest: db |
| Glider | glider | ■ |
Completed Realtime Glider Deployments - link to layer metadata |
Records - 51 Deepest: db |
| demersal trawl or sled | DT_S | ■ |
CMAR Catch Operations Data overview (1965 to current) - link to layer metadata |
Records - 220 Deepest: db |
| CTD sensor | CTD | ■ |
aatams sattag dm location map - link to layer metadata ARGO profile map - link to layer metadata Completed Realtime Glider Deployments - link to layer metadata aatams sattag dm profile map - link to layer metadata Australian Sea Lion CTD Profiles - link to layer metadata aatams sattag dm dive profile map - link to layer metadata CMAR CTD Data Overview (1982 - present) - link to layer metadata |
Records - 10921 Deepest: db,Records - 81 Deepest: db |
| satellite tag | ST | ■ |
aatams sattag dm location map - link to layer metadata aatams sattag dm profile map - link to layer metadata Australian Sea Lion CTD Profiles - link to layer metadata aatams sattag dm dive profile map - link to layer metadata |
Records - 10862 Deepest: db |
| eXpendable BathyThermograph | XBT | ■ |
CMAR XBT profiles - link to layer metadata |
Records - 11 Deepest: db |
| seagrass | SeaGr | ■ | South Australian Coastal Study Data | Records - 4 Deepest: db |
| Zooplankton samples | ZP | ■ |
SOOP AusCPR zoop trajectory map - link to layer metadata The Australian Zooplankton Database (1938 onwards) - Data - link to layer metadata |
Records - 15 Deepest: db,Records - 1 Deepest: db |
| sediment grab and core samples | SG | ■ |
Seabed sediments sampling CSIRO Sediment Sampling MNF Sediment Sampling sites - all voyages |
Records - 44 Deepest: db,Records - 25 Deepest: db |
| Continuous Plankton Recorder | CPR | ■ |
CPR Plankton Colour Index Survey - link to layer metadata CPR Zooplankton Abundance Survey - link to layer metadata CPR Phytoplankton Abundance Survey - link to layer metadata |
Records - 29 Deepest: db |
| midwater acoustics | MW_A | ■ |
MNF singlebeam EK60 38-120 kHz (Southern Surveyor) MNF singlebeam EK60 12kHz (Southern Surveyor) |
Records - 277 Deepest: db |

Region extents: 133° 09.8' E 36° 54.4' S to 138° 00.0' E 32° 38.7' S Refresh map
Acknowledgements: Background map - Bright Earth e-Atlas Basemap v1.0 (AIMS, GBRMPA, JCU, DSITIA, GA, UCSD, NASA, OSM, ESRI) CC BY
Time series plot (1930 to present) - Y axis is per year
Region data
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| Year | CPR | CTD | DT_S | MBS | MW_A | OB_ACM | SG | ST | SeaGr | WQ_C | XBT | ZP | glider |
| 1939 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1961 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 1962 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 1963 | 11 | ||||||||||||
| 1964 | 18 | ||||||||||||
| 1965 | 30 | ||||||||||||
| 1966 | 7 | 17 | |||||||||||
| 1967 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 1968 | 42 | ||||||||||||
| 1969 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 1970 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 1971 | 14 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 1972 | 112 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 1973 | 25 | ||||||||||||
| 1979 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1980 | 1 | 21 | |||||||||||
| 1981 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 1982 | 15 | ||||||||||||
| 1985 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 1986 | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 1987 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 1989 | 36 | 52 | 1 | 35 | |||||||||
| 1994 | 17 | 193 | 23 | 16 | 5 | ||||||||
| 1998 | 20 | 17 | 20 | ||||||||||
| 2000 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 2001 | 16 | ||||||||||||
| 2002 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 2004 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2006 | 27 | 6 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 2007 | 135 | 6 | 68 | 135 | |||||||||
| 2008 | 8 | 1923 | 37 | ||||||||||
| 2009 | 1566 | 19 | 1566 | ||||||||||
| 2010 | 8334 | 31 | 8334 | ||||||||||
| 2011 | 18 | 447 | 39 | 31 | 394 | 1 | 2 | 51 | |||||
| 2012 | 398 | 48 | 36 | 396 | |||||||||
| 2013 | 2 | 190 | 186 | ||||||||||
| 2014 | 11 | 12 | |||||||||||
| 2015 | 2 | 1 |