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Key Ecological Features | |
| Name: | Upwelling off Fraser Island |
| Region: | Temperate east |
| Area: | 12,768.24 km2 |
| Data aggregated on 2025-09-17 18:03 | |
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 - 3568 Deepest: db,Records - 89 Deepest: db |
| multibeam sonar | MBS | ■ |
RV Investigator EM122 multibeam SBP120 sub bottom profiler MNF singlebeam TOPAS sub-bottom profiler |
Records - 290 Deepest: db |
| Water quality and chemistry | WQ_C | ■ |
CMAR Hydrology - link to layer metadata SRS Bio Optical DataBase - link to layer metadata |
Records - 74 Deepest: db,Records - 4 Deepest: db |
| CTD sensor | CTD | ■ |
ARGO profile map - link to layer metadata CMAR CTD Data Overview (1982 - present) - link to layer metadata RAN CTD data |
Records - 13 Deepest: db,Records - 38 Deepest: db,Records - 30 Deepest: db |
| demersal trawl or sled | DT_S | ■ |
CMAR Catch Operations Data overview (1965 to current) - link to layer metadata |
Records - 9 Deepest: db |
| remote or autonomous underwater video | R.A_UV | ■ |
AUV Deployments - link to layer metadata IMOS - Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) Facility - link to layer metadata IMOS - Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) Facility trajectory map - link to layer metadata |
Records - 3 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 - 22 Deepest: db,Records - 409 Deepest: db |
| Current meter at moorings | CM_M | ■ |
ABOS currents map - link to layer metadata |
Records - 2 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 - 72 Deepest: db,Records - 5 Deepest: db |
| sediment grab and core samples | SG | ■ | Seabed sediments sampling | Records - 104 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 - 285 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 - 1576 Deepest: db |

Region extents: 153° 11.8' E 27° 59.2' S to 153° 56.4' E 24° 29.9' 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 | CM_M | CPR | CTD | DT_S | MBS | MW_A | OB_ACM | R.A_UV | SG | WQ_C | XBT | ZP |
| 1938 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 1939 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 1960 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1962 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1966 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1968 | 13 | |||||||||||
| 1969 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1970 | 27 | |||||||||||
| 1972 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 1975 | 9 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 1978 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 1979 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 1980 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 1981 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 1982 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 1983 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 1989 | 8 | 51 | 8 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1990 | 9 | 115 | 9 | 8 | ||||||||
| 1991 | 1 | 8 | 74 | 1 | 10 | |||||||
| 1992 | 54 | 13 | ||||||||||
| 1993 | 20 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 1994 | 1 | 11 | ||||||||||
| 1995 | 12 | |||||||||||
| 1996 | 14 | 20 | ||||||||||
| 1997 | 2 | 25 | ||||||||||
| 1998 | 225 | 1 | 17 | |||||||||
| 1999 | 4 | 61 | 2 | 23 | ||||||||
| 2000 | 7 | 13 | ||||||||||
| 2001 | 4 | 51 | 4 | 13 | ||||||||
| 2002 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 2003 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 10 | ||||||||
| 2004 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 14 | ||||||||
| 2005 | 4 | 11 | ||||||||||
| 2006 | 5 | 16 | 8 | |||||||||
| 2007 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 17 | ||||||||
| 2008 | 1 | 21 | 20 | |||||||||
| 2009 | 89 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 15 | |||||||
| 2010 | 89 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 15 | |||||||
| 2011 | 45 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 8 | |||||||
| 2012 | 57 | 7 | 54 | 580 | 453 | 3 | 19 | 8 | ||||
| 2013 | 5 | 178 | 943 | 1173 | 5 | 14 | ||||||
| 2014 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 14 | ||||||||
| 2015 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 6 | 20 | 12 | |||||
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 35 | 1 | 5 |