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Key Ecological Features | |
| Name: | Ancient coastline at 90-120m depth |
| Region: | South-west |
| Area: | 45,347.24 km2 |
| Data aggregated on 2025-12-29 22:04 | |
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 - 2310 Deepest: db,Records - 196 Deepest: db |
| multibeam sonar | MBS | ■ | MNF singlebeam TOPAS sub-bottom profiler | Records - 37 Deepest: db |
| Water quality and chemistry | WQ_C | ■ |
CMAR Hydrology - link to layer metadata |
Records - 221 Deepest: db |
| Glider | glider | ■ |
Glider deployments - link to layer metadata Completed Realtime Glider Deployments - link to layer metadata |
Records - 94 Deepest: db |
| demersal trawl or sled | DT_S | ■ |
CMAR Catch Operations Data overview (1965 to current) - link to layer metadata |
Records - 306 Deepest: db |
| CTD sensor | CTD | ■ |
Glider deployments - link to layer metadata aatams sattag dm location map - link to layer metadata ARGO profile map - link to layer metadata Completed Realtime Glider Deployments - link to layer metadata aatams sattag dm profile map - link to layer metadata Australian Sea Lion CTD Profiles - link to layer metadata aatams sattag dm dive profile map - link to layer metadata CMAR CTD Data Overview (1982 - present) - link to layer metadata CMAR Towed CTD - link to layer metadata |
Records - 4734 Deepest: db,Records - 179 Deepest: db |
| satellite tag | ST | ■ |
aatams sattag dm location map - link to layer metadata aatams sattag dm profile map - link to layer metadata Australian Sea Lion CTD Profiles - link to layer metadata aatams sattag dm dive profile map - link to layer metadata |
Records - 4636 Deepest: db |
| eXpendable BathyThermograph | XBT | ■ |
CMAR XBT profiles - link to layer metadata XBT Profile Data - link to layer metadata |
Records - 7 Deepest: db,Records - 26 Deepest: db |
| seagrass | SeaGr | ■ | South Australian Coastal Study Data | Records - 3 Deepest: db |
| seabed towed video and stills | S_TV | ■ |
MNF Video Tows CSIRO O&A towed video camera |
Records - 5 Deepest: db |
| Zooplankton samples | ZP | ■ |
SOOP AusCPR zoop trajectory map - link to layer metadata |
Records - 12 Deepest: db |
| sediment grab and core samples | SG | ■ |
CSIRO Sediment Sampling MNF Sediment Sampling sites - all voyages Seabed sediments sampling |
Records - 32 Deepest: db,Records - 76 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 - 15 Deepest: db |
| midwater acoustics | MW_A | ■ |
MNF singlebeam EK60 18-333 kHz (RV Investigator) MNF singlebeam EK60 38-120 kHz (Southern Surveyor) MNF singlebeam EK60 12kHz (Southern Surveyor) |
Records - 253 Deepest: db |

Region extents: 113° 16.3' E 36° 29.6' S to 137° 05.2' E 27° 39.9' 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 | ST | S_TV | SeaGr | WQ_C | XBT | ZP | glider |
| 1961 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 1962 | 7 | |||||||||||||
| 1963 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 1964 | 11 | |||||||||||||
| 1965 | 12 | 19 | ||||||||||||
| 1966 | 69 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 1967 | 63 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1968 | 27 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 1969 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 1970 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 1971 | 22 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 1972 | 8 | |||||||||||||
| 1973 | 17 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1974 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 1975 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 1976 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 1978 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 1979 | 23 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 1980 | 6 | 14 | ||||||||||||
| 1981 | 18 | |||||||||||||
| 1982 | 17 | |||||||||||||
| 1985 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 1986 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 1987 | 15 | 3 | 14 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 1988 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 1989 | 5 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1990 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 1991 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 1992 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 1993 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 1994 | 19 | 202 | 12 | 15 | 2 | |||||||||
| 1995 | 14 | 40 | 15 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 1996 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 1998 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 2000 | 2 | 7 | 38 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 2001 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 2002 | 4 | 20 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 2003 | 27 | 2 | 24 | |||||||||||
| 2004 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 2005 | 3 | 25 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| 2006 | 27 | 5 | 235 | 2 | 16 | |||||||||
| 2007 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 2008 | 3 | 15 | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | 798 | 8 | 797 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 2010 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 3462 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 25 | ||||||
| 2011 | 4 | 250 | 1 | 39 | 54 | 182 | 2 | 1 | 68 | |||||
| 2012 | 196 | 55 | 45 | 195 | 1 | |||||||||
| 2013 | 156 | 188 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 2014 | 5 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 2015 | 2 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 2016 | 3 |