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Australian Marine Parks | |
| Name: | Coral Sea Habitat Protection Zone (Seamounts) (IUCN IV) |
| Region: | Coral Sea |
| Comments: | This reserve was originally proclaimed on 17 November 2012. There are NO CHANGES ON THE WATER until the Coral Sea Commonwealth Marine Reserve Management Plan comes into effect. Australia's network of Australian Marine Parks (revised 2014-03-28) http://www.environment.gov.au/fed/catalog/search/resource/details.page?uuid=%7B2E8DD19C-1B93-4D90-BD1C-128DDC4A2998%7D |
| Area: | 85,507.07 km2 |
| Data aggregated on 2025-11-13 07:28 | |
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 - 2245 Deepest: db,Records - 729 Deepest: db |
| eXpendable BathyThermograph | XBT | ■ |
XBT Profile Data - link to layer metadata CMAR XBT profiles - link to layer metadata |
Records - 38 Deepest: db,Records - 45 Deepest: db |
| multibeam sonar | MBS | ■ | MNF singlebeam TOPAS sub-bottom profiler | Records - 63 Deepest: db |
| Water quality and chemistry | WQ_C | ■ |
MMP Locations Depth Weighted Avg CMAR Hydrology - link to layer metadata |
Records - 2 Deepest: db,Records - 243 Deepest: db |
| CTD sensor | CTD | ■ |
ARGO profile map - link to layer metadata RAN CTD data AIMS CTD data AIMS CTD cast summary CMAR CTD Data Overview (1982 - present) - link to layer metadata |
Records - 137 Deepest: db,Records - 10 Deepest: db,Records - 3 Deepest: db,Records - 136 Deepest: db |
| sediment grab and core samples | SG | ■ |
MNF Sediment Sampling sites - all voyages Seabed sediments sampling |
Records - 1 Deepest: db,Records - 8 Deepest: db |
| diver visual | DV | ■ |
Reef Life Survey (RLS) Sites (http://reeflifesurvey.com) - link to layer metadata |
Records - 40 Deepest: db |
| midwater acoustics | MW_A | ■ |
MNF singlebeam EK60 38-120 kHz (Southern Surveyor) MNF singlebeam EK60 12kHz (Southern Surveyor) |
Records - 1120 Deepest: db |
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Region extents: 154° 03.0' E 24° 29.9' S to 155° 57.0' E 17° 54.0' 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 | DV | MBS | MW_A | OB_ACM | SG | WQ_C | XBT |
| 1962 | 1 | |||||||
| 1965 | 3 | |||||||
| 1968 | 6 | |||||||
| 1969 | 3 | |||||||
| 1979 | 3 | |||||||
| 1980 | 28 | |||||||
| 1981 | 21 | |||||||
| 1982 | 9 | |||||||
| 1983 | 36 | |||||||
| 1984 | 4 | |||||||
| 1985 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| 1986 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| 1987 | 5 | |||||||
| 1988 | 20 | |||||||
| 1989 | 6 | 1 | ||||||
| 1990 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 1991 | 15 | 5 | 15 | 20 | ||||
| 1992 | 54 | 649 | 53 | 20 | ||||
| 1993 | 55 | 743 | 54 | |||||
| 1994 | 4 | |||||||
| 1995 | 39 | |||||||
| 1996 | 43 | |||||||
| 1997 | 42 | |||||||
| 1999 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| 2000 | 62 | |||||||
| 2002 | 5 | |||||||
| 2003 | 9 | |||||||
| 2004 | 7 | 7 | ||||||
| 2005 | 40 | 1 | ||||||
| 2006 | 6 | 88 | ||||||
| 2007 | 3 | 226 | ||||||
| 2008 | 2 | 50 | ||||||
| 2009 | 7 | 33 | ||||||
| 2010 | 12 | 10 | ||||||
| 2011 | 20 | |||||||
| 2012 | 2 | 63 | 1120 | 44 | ||||
| 2013 | 21 | 40 | ||||||
| 2014 | 21 | |||||||
| 2015 | 2 |