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Key Ecological Features | |
| Name: | Commonwealth marine environment surrounding the Houtman Abrolhos Islands |
| Region: | South-west |
| Area: | 4,666.29 km2 |
| Data aggregated on 2026-04-19 12:00 | |
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 - 8 Deepest: db,Records - 1087 Deepest: db |
| multibeam sonar | MBS | ■ |
RV Investigator EM122 multibeam MNF singlebeam TOPAS sub-bottom profiler |
Records - 76 Deepest: db |
| Water quality and chemistry | WQ_C | ■ |
CMAR Hydrology - link to layer metadata |
Records - 52 Deepest: db |
| CTD sensor | CTD | ■ |
RAN CTD data ARGO profile map - link to layer metadata CMAR CTD Data Overview (1982 - present) - link to layer metadata CMAR Towed CTD - link to layer metadata |
Records - 2 Deepest: db,Records - 1 Deepest: db,Records - 58 Deepest: db |
| demersal trawl or sled | DT_S | ■ |
CMAR Catch Operations Data overview (1965 to current) - link to layer metadata |
Records - 16 Deepest: db |
| remote or autonomous underwater video | R.A_UV | ■ |
IMOS - Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) Facility - link to layer metadata IMOS - Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) Facility trajectory map - link to layer metadata |
Records - 15 Deepest: db |
| eXpendable BathyThermograph | XBT | ■ |
XBT Profile Data - link to layer metadata CMAR XBT profiles - link to layer metadata |
Records - 63 Deepest: db,Records - 13 Deepest: db |
| seabed towed video and stills | S_TV | ■ | MNF Video Tows | Records - 6 Deepest: db |
| Zooplankton samples | ZP | ■ |
SOOP AusCPR zoop trajectory map - link to layer metadata |
Records - 2 Deepest: db |
| sediment grab and core samples | SG | ■ |
Seabed sediments sampling MNF Sediment Sampling sites - all voyages |
Records - 17 Deepest: db,Records - 3 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 - 11 Deepest: db |
| midwater acoustics | MW_A | ■ |
MNF singlebeam EK60 38-120 kHz (Southern Surveyor) MNF singlebeam EK60 12kHz (Southern Surveyor) |
Records - 132 Deepest: db |

Region extents: 113° 20.8' E 29° 11.6' S to 114° 16.3' E 28° 04.0' 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 | R.A_UV | SG | S_TV | WQ_C | XBT | ZP |
| 1964 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 1967 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1968 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1970 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1973 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 1974 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 1975 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 1987 | 14 | 25 | 14 | 2 | ||||||||
| 1990 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1991 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 1992 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 1993 | 14 | |||||||||||
| 1994 | 14 | |||||||||||
| 1995 | 4 | 53 | 3 | 9 | ||||||||
| 1996 | 15 | 164 | 12 | 4 | 5 | |||||||
| 1999 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 2000 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 2001 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 2002 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 2003 | 13 | 52 | 13 | 1 | ||||||||
| 2004 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 2005 | 4 | 16 | 33 | 293 | 3 | 6 | ||||||
| 2007 | 2 | 89 | ||||||||||
| 2010 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| 2011 | 4 | 40 | 132 | 335 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| 2013 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 2014 | 2 | 3 | 15 |