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Key Ecological Features | |
| Name: | Reefs, cays and herbivorous fish of the Queensland Plateau |
| Region: | Coral Sea |
| Area: | 16,584.99 km2 |
| Data aggregated on 2025-11-21 11:13 | |
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 | ■ |
CSIRO NCMI Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler data - link to layer metadata NOAA drifting buoys (map) |
Records - 29 Deepest: db,Records - 290 Deepest: db |
| turtle nesting locations | TN | ■ | Records - 2 Deepest: db |
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| Water quality and chemistry | WQ_C | ■ |
CMAR Hydrology - link to layer metadata SRS Bio Optical DataBase - link to layer metadata |
Records - 1 Deepest: db,Records - 2 Deepest: db |
| CTD sensor | CTD | ■ |
CMAR CTD Data Overview (1982 - present) - link to layer metadata ARGO profile map - link to layer metadata |
Records - 1 Deepest: db,Records - 17 Deepest: db |
| demersal trawl or sled | DT_S | ■ |
CMAR Catch Operations Data overview (1965 to current) - link to layer metadata |
Records - 3 Deepest: db |
| sediment grab and core samples | SG | ■ | MNF Sediment Sampling sites - all voyages | Records - 1 Deepest: db |
| diver visual | DV | ■ |
Reef Life Survey (RLS) Sites (http://reeflifesurvey.com) - link to layer metadata |
Records - 78 Deepest: db |
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Region extents: 146° 30.9' E 18° 05.9' S to 152° 09.6' E 13° 47.4' S
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 | CTD | DT_S | DV | OB_ACM | TN | WQ_C |
| 1968 | 2 | |||||
| 1975 | 1 | |||||
| 1991 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 1992 | 5 | |||||
| 1994 | 2 | |||||
| 1996 | 35 | |||||
| 1997 | 145 | 2 | ||||
| 1999 | 20 | |||||
| 2000 | 4 | |||||
| 2001 | 1 | |||||
| 2003 | 10 | |||||
| 2005 | 10 | |||||
| 2006 | 10 | 2 | ||||
| 2007 | 22 | |||||
| 2008 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| 2010 | 1 | 20 | ||||
| 2011 | 7 | |||||
| 2012 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| 2013 | 1 | 68 | ||||
| 2014 | 5 | |||||
| 2015 | 1 |