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Australian Marine Parks 2018 | |
| Name: | Wessel Habitat Protection Zone (IUCN IV) |
| Region: | North |
| Comments: | http://www.environment.gov.au/fed/catalog/search/resource/details.page?uuid=%7BCD8877F3-8C39-4A20-A53F-070FBEE5AF3C%7D |
| Area: | 3,810.93 km2 |
| Data aggregated on 2026-01-05 19:24 | |
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 - 3 Deepest: db,Records - 13 Deepest: db |
| multibeam sonar | MBS | ■ | MNF singlebeam TOPAS sub-bottom profiler | Records - 12 Deepest: db |
| Water quality and chemistry | WQ_C | ■ |
CMAR Hydrology - link to layer metadata |
Records - 7 Deepest: db |
| Zooplankton samples | ZP | ■ |
The Australian Zooplankton Database (1938 onwards) - Data - link to layer metadata |
Records - 3 Deepest: db |
| demersal trawl or sled | DT_S | ■ |
CMAR Catch Operations Data overview (1965 to current) - link to layer metadata |
Records - 14 Deepest: db |
| sediment grab and core samples | SG | ■ |
CSIRO Sediment Sampling Seabed sediments sampling |
Records - 1 Deepest: db,Records - 4 Deepest: db |
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Region extents: 136° 49.0' E 12° 25.0' S to 137° 15.0' E 11° 00.7' 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 | DT_S | MBS | OB_ACM | SG | WQ_C | ZP |
| 1968 | 2 | |||||
| 1969 | 3 | |||||
| 1970 | 2 | |||||
| 1972 | 1 | |||||
| 1973 | 1 | |||||
| 1975 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 1976 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| 1977 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 1982 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 1984 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 1985 | 3 | |||||
| 1987 | 3 | |||||
| 1990 | 1 | |||||
| 1999 | 10 | |||||
| 2005 | 12 | |||||
| 2012 | 3 |