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Key Ecological Features | |
| Name: | Shelf rocky reefs |
| Region: | Temperate east |
| Area: | 1,991.84 km2 |
| Data aggregated on 2025-11-04 19:25 | |
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 - 10 Deepest: db,Records - 1458 Deepest: db |
| multibeam sonar | MBS | ■ |
RV Investigator EM122 multibeam SBP120 sub bottom profiler MNF singlebeam TOPAS sub-bottom profiler |
Records - 36 Deepest: db |
| Water quality and chemistry | WQ_C | ■ |
CMAR Hydrology - link to layer metadata |
Records - 43 Deepest: db |
| Glider | glider | ■ |
Completed Realtime Glider Deployments - link to layer metadata |
Records - 17 Deepest: db |
| CTD sensor | CTD | ■ |
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 Australian Fur Seal CTD Profiles - link to layer metadata Completed Realtime Glider Deployments - link to layer metadata aatams sattag dm profile map - 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 - 50 Deepest: db,Records - 23 Deepest: db |
| demersal trawl or sled | DT_S | ■ |
CMAR Catch Operations Data overview (1965 to current) - link to layer metadata |
Records - 2 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 - 27 Deepest: db |
| eXpendable BathyThermograph | XBT | ■ |
XBT Realtime profile - link to layer metadata XBT Profile Data - link to layer metadata CMAR XBT profiles - link to layer metadata |
Records - 12 Deepest: db,Records - 6 Deepest: db |
| Current meter at moorings | CM_M | ■ |
ABOS currents map - link to layer metadata |
Records - 2 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 - 1 Deepest: db,Records - 20 Deepest: db |
| sediment grab and core samples | SG | ■ | Seabed sediments sampling | Records - 11 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 - 126 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 - 168 Deepest: db |

Region extents: 150° 16.6' E 36° 24.1' S to 154° 00.2' E 24° 43.8' 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 | CM_M | CPR | CTD | DT_S | MBS | MW_A | OB_ACM | SG | ST | WQ_C | XBT | ZP | glider |
| 1939 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1962 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1965 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1967 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 1968 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 1970 | 5 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 1971 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 1972 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 1978 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 1981 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 1982 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 1983 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 1984 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 1987 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1989 | 7 | 20 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||
| 1990 | 9 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1991 | 1 | 22 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 1992 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 1993 | 10 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1994 | 34 | ||||||||||||
| 1997 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 1998 | 3 | 35 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| 1999 | 5 | 26 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 2000 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2001 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2002 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2004 | 1 | 15 | |||||||||||
| 2006 | 11 | ||||||||||||
| 2007 | 1 | 254 | |||||||||||
| 2008 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2009 | 42 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |||||||||
| 2010 | 38 | 14 | 182 | 3 | 6 | 14 | |||||||
| 2011 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| 2012 | 31 | 1 | 23 | 81 | 21 | 5 | |||||||
| 2013 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 109 | 118 | 6 | 1 | ||||||
| 2015 | 1 | 13 | 21 | 2 | |||||||||
| 2016 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 1 |