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Key Ecological Features | |
| Name: | Canyons on the eastern continental slope |
| Region: | Temperate east |
| Area: | 5,871.03 km2 |
| Data aggregated on 2025-10-20 15:24 | |
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 - 34 Deepest: db,Records - 1387 Deepest: db |
| multibeam sonar | MBS | ■ |
RV Investigator EM122 multibeam SBP120 sub bottom profiler MNF singlebeam TOPAS sub-bottom profiler |
Records - 97 Deepest: db |
| Water quality and chemistry | WQ_C | ■ |
CMAR Hydrology - link to layer metadata |
Records - 102 Deepest: db |
| Glider | glider | ■ |
Glider deployments - link to layer metadata Completed Realtime Glider Deployments - link to layer metadata |
Records - 8 Deepest: db |
| CTD sensor | CTD | ■ |
Glider deployments - link to layer metadata aatams sattag dm location map - link to layer metadata New Zealand Fur Seal CTD Profiles - link to layer metadata ARGO profile map - link to layer metadata Completed Realtime Glider Deployments - link to layer metadata Australian Fur Seal CTD Profiles - link to layer metadata aatams sattag dm profile map - link to layer metadata aatams sattag dm dive profile map - link to layer metadata RAN CTD data CMAR CTD Data Overview (1982 - present) - link to layer metadata CMAR Towed CTD - link to layer metadata |
Records - 157 Deepest: db,Records - 3 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 - 1 Deepest: db |
| satellite tag | ST | ■ |
aatams sattag dm location map - link to layer metadata New Zealand Fur Seal CTD Profiles - link to layer metadata Australian Fur Seal CTD Profiles - link to layer metadata aatams sattag dm profile map - link to layer metadata aatams sattag dm dive profile map - link to layer metadata |
Records - 130 Deepest: db |
| eXpendable BathyThermograph | XBT | ■ |
CMAR XBT profiles - link to layer metadata XBT Realtime profile - link to layer metadata XBT Profile Data - link to layer metadata |
Records - 8 Deepest: db,Records - 97 Deepest: db |
| Zooplankton samples | ZP | ■ |
SOOP AusCPR zoop trajectory map - link to layer metadata The Australian Zooplankton Database (1938 onwards) - Data - link to layer metadata |
Records - 37 Deepest: db,Records - 9 Deepest: db |
| sediment grab and core samples | SG | ■ |
MNF Sediment Sampling sites - all voyages Seabed sediments sampling |
Records - 1 Deepest: db,Records - 2 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 - 149 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 - 242 Deepest: db |

Region extents: 150° 24.4' E 36° 32.6' S to 154° 23.0' E 24° 41.6' 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 | MBS | MW_A | OB_ACM | SG | ST | WQ_C | XBT | ZP | glider |
| 1938 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1939 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 1940 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 1941 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1958 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 1960 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1962 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 1964 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1965 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 1967 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1972 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1978 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 1979 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 1980 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1981 | 12 | |||||||||||
| 1982 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 1983 | 9 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 1984 | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 1986 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| 1988 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1989 | 6 | 26 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||
| 1990 | 5 | 37 | 3 | |||||||||
| 1991 | 2 | 53 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1992 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||
| 1993 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| 1994 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1995 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 1996 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
| 1997 | 34 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 1998 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 1999 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 2000 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 2001 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 2003 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2004 | 2 | 37 | 1 | |||||||||
| 2005 | 5 | 21 | ||||||||||
| 2006 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 2007 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 2008 | 1 | 10 | 1 | |||||||||
| 2009 | 47 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | ||||||
| 2010 | 39 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | ||||||
| 2011 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | |||||
| 2012 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 2 | 40 | 8 | 8 | 2 | |||
| 2013 | 93 | 17 | 124 | 211 | 90 | 12 | ||||||
| 2014 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| 2015 | 1 | 36 | 46 | 8 | 4 | 4 | ||||||
| 2016 | 4 | 31 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 2 |