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Key Ecological Features | |
| Name: | Cape Mentelle upwelling |
| Region: | South-west |
| Area: | 2,576.48 km2 |
| Data aggregated on 2025-11-26 13:40 | |
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 - 658 Deepest: db,Records - 11 Deepest: db |
| eXpendable BathyThermograph | XBT | ■ |
CMAR XBT profiles - link to layer metadata XBT Profile Data - link to layer metadata |
Records - 11 Deepest: db,Records - 22 Deepest: db |
| multibeam sonar | MBS | ■ | MNF singlebeam TOPAS sub-bottom profiler | Records - 3 Deepest: db |
| Water quality and chemistry | WQ_C | ■ |
CMAR Hydrology - link to layer metadata |
Records - 45 Deepest: db |
| Zooplankton samples | ZP | ■ |
SOOP AusCPR zoop trajectory map - link to layer metadata |
Records - 4 Deepest: db |
| CTD sensor | CTD | ■ |
ARGO profile map - link to layer metadata CMAR CTD Data Overview (1982 - present) - link to layer metadata |
Records - 4 Deepest: db,Records - 47 Deepest: db |
| sediment grab and core samples | SG | ■ |
MNF Sediment Sampling sites - all voyages Seabed sediments sampling |
Records - 7 Deepest: db,Records - 7 Deepest: db |
| demersal trawl or sled | DT_S | ■ |
CMAR Catch Operations Data overview (1965 to current) - link to layer metadata |
Records - 6 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 - 6 Deepest: db |
| midwater acoustics | MW_A | ■ |
MNF singlebeam EK60 38-120 kHz (Southern Surveyor) MNF singlebeam EK60 12kHz (Southern Surveyor) |
Records - 72 Deepest: db |

Region extents: 114° 26.5' E 34° 23.0' S to 114° 52.3' E 33° 31.0' 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 | SG | WQ_C | XBT | ZP |
| 1965 | 2 | |||||||||
| 1966 | 1 | |||||||||
| 1971 | 1 | |||||||||
| 1972 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| 1973 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| 1979 | 1 | |||||||||
| 1982 | 1 | |||||||||
| 1986 | 7 | 7 | ||||||||
| 1987 | 10 | 10 | 3 | |||||||
| 1994 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| 1995 | 3 | 50 | 6 | 1 | 5 | |||||
| 1996 | 1 | 64 | 2 | |||||||
| 2001 | 20 | |||||||||
| 2003 | 5 | 31 | 5 | 5 | ||||||
| 2004 | 2 | |||||||||
| 2005 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| 2006 | 13 | 139 | 5 | 2 | ||||||
| 2007 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |||||||
| 2008 | 2 | |||||||||
| 2009 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||
| 2010 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 2011 | 6 | 56 | ||||||||
| 2012 | 22 | 1 | ||||||||
| 2013 | 44 | 55 | ||||||||
| 2014 | 4 | |||||||||
| 2015 | 3 |