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Key Ecological Features | |
| Name: | Commonwealth marine environment surrounding the Recherche Archipelago |
| Region: | South-west |
| Area: | 9,487.16 km2 |
| Data aggregated on 2025-11-25 16:48 | |
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 - 251 Deepest: db,Records - 40 Deepest: db |
| eXpendable BathyThermograph | XBT | ■ |
CMAR XBT profiles - link to layer metadata |
Records - 1 Deepest: db |
| Water quality and chemistry | WQ_C | ■ |
CMAR Hydrology - link to layer metadata |
Records - 20 Deepest: db |
| Zooplankton samples | ZP | ■ |
The Australian Zooplankton Database (1938 onwards) - Data - link to layer metadata SOOP AusCPR zoop trajectory map - link to layer metadata |
Records - 4 Deepest: db,Records - 1 Deepest: db |
| CTD sensor | CTD | ■ |
CMAR CTD Data Overview (1982 - present) - link to layer metadata ARGO profile map - link to layer metadata |
Records - 21 Deepest: db,Records - 1 Deepest: db |
| sediment grab and core samples | SG | ■ |
MNF Sediment Sampling sites - all voyages Seabed sediments sampling |
Records - 3 Deepest: db,Records - 16 Deepest: db |
| demersal trawl or sled | DT_S | ■ |
CMAR Catch Operations Data overview (1965 to current) - link to layer metadata |
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 - 10 Deepest: db |
| midwater acoustics | MW_A | ■ |
MNF singlebeam EK60 38-120 kHz (Southern Surveyor) MNF singlebeam EK60 12kHz (Southern Surveyor) |
Records - 48 Deepest: db |

Region extents: 121° 25.0' E 34° 40.5' S to 124° 24.9' E 33° 28.6' 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 | MW_A | OB_ACM | SG | WQ_C | XBT | ZP |
| 1971 | 2 | ||||||||
| 1979 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1980 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1981 | 2 | ||||||||
| 1982 | 2 | ||||||||
| 1992 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1993 | 3 | ||||||||
| 1994 | 7 | 65 | 7 | 1 | |||||
| 1995 | 6 | 3 | |||||||
| 1996 | 18 | ||||||||
| 1998 | 5 | ||||||||
| 2001 | 9 | ||||||||
| 2006 | 8 | 72 | 8 | ||||||
| 2007 | 7 | ||||||||
| 2008 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| 2010 | 3 | 8 | |||||||
| 2011 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 1 | |||||
| 2012 | 17 | 22 | |||||||
| 2013 | 25 | 32 |