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Key Ecological Features | |
| Name: | Lord Howe seamount chain |
| Region: | Temperate east |
| Area: | 6,250.51 km2 |
| Data aggregated on 2025-11-21 21:31 | |
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 - 2316 Deepest: db,Records - 55 Deepest: db |
| multibeam sonar | MBS | ■ | MNF singlebeam TOPAS sub-bottom profiler | Records - 430 Deepest: db |
| Water quality and chemistry | WQ_C | ■ |
CMAR Hydrology - link to layer metadata |
Records - 44 Deepest: db |
| demersal trawl or sled | DT_S | ■ |
CMAR Catch Operations Data overview (1965 to current) - link to layer metadata |
Records - 71 Deepest: db |
| CTD sensor | CTD | ■ |
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 - 11 Deepest: db,Records - 30 Deepest: db |
| sediment grab and core samples | SG | ■ |
CSIRO Sediment Sampling MNF Sediment Sampling sites - all voyages Seabed sediments sampling |
Records - 14 Deepest: db,Records - 21 Deepest: db |
| diver visual | DV | ■ |
Reef Life Survey (RLS) Sites (http://reeflifesurvey.com) - link to layer metadata |
Records - 33 Deepest: db |
| midwater acoustics | MW_A | ■ |
MNF singlebeam EK60 38-120 kHz (Southern Surveyor) MNF singlebeam EK60 12kHz (Southern Surveyor) |
Records - 690 Deepest: db |

Region extents: 158° 16.0' E 32° 19.9' S to 159° 37.7' E 26° 33.4' 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 | CTD | DT_S | DV | MBS | MW_A | OB_ACM | SG | WQ_C |
| 1958 | 2 | |||||||
| 1960 | 1 | |||||||
| 1965 | 2 | |||||||
| 1975 | 25 | |||||||
| 1976 | 15 | 1 | ||||||
| 1977 | 15 | 1 | ||||||
| 1978 | 1 | |||||||
| 1979 | 1 | |||||||
| 1980 | 1 | |||||||
| 1981 | 1 | |||||||
| 1982 | 1 | |||||||
| 1983 | 1 | |||||||
| 1984 | 1 | |||||||
| 1985 | 1 | |||||||
| 1986 | 1 | |||||||
| 1987 | 1 | |||||||
| 1989 | 1 | |||||||
| 1993 | 1 | |||||||
| 1994 | 1 | |||||||
| 1995 | 8 | |||||||
| 1996 | 1 | |||||||
| 1997 | 1 | |||||||
| 1998 | 180 | |||||||
| 2000 | 1 | |||||||
| 2001 | 3 | |||||||
| 2002 | 2 | |||||||
| 2003 | 16 | 1 | ||||||
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 2005 | 2 | |||||||
| 2006 | 1 | 3 | 25 | |||||
| 2007 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |||||
| 2008 | 2 | 66 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| 2009 | 8 | |||||||
| 2010 | 1 | 22 | ||||||
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 2012 | 1 | |||||||
| 2013 | 5 | 33 | 364 | 689 | 870 |