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Key Ecological Features | |
| Name: | Continental Slope Demersal Fish Communities |
| Region: | North-west |
| Area: | 33,182.04 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 | ■ |
NOAA drifting buoys (map) CSIRO NCMI Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler data - link to layer metadata |
Records - 112 Deepest: db,Records - 2723 Deepest: db |
| multibeam sonar | MBS | ■ | MNF singlebeam TOPAS sub-bottom profiler | Records - 74 Deepest: db |
| Water quality and chemistry | WQ_C | ■ |
CMAR Hydrology - link to layer metadata MMP Locations Depth Weighted Avg |
Records - 129 Deepest: db,Records - 10 Deepest: db |
| demersal trawl or sled | DT_S | ■ |
CMAR Catch Operations Data overview (1965 to current) - link to layer metadata |
Records - 85 Deepest: db |
| CTD sensor | CTD | ■ |
RAN CTD data AIMS CTD data CMAR CTD Data Overview (1982 - present) - link to layer metadata CMAR Towed CTD - link to layer metadata AIMS CTD cast summary Completed Realtime Glider Deployments - link to layer metadata |
Records - 41 Deepest: db,Records - 150 Deepest: db,Records - 30 Deepest: db,Records - 31 Deepest: db |
| Glider | glider | ■ |
Completed Realtime Glider Deployments - link to layer metadata |
Records - 31 Deepest: db |
| eXpendable BathyThermograph | XBT | ■ |
XBT Profile Data - link to layer metadata CMAR XBT profiles - link to layer metadata |
Records - 107 Deepest: db,Records - 11 Deepest: db |
| seabed towed video and stills | S_TV | ■ | MNF Video Tows | Records - 4 Deepest: db |
| Zooplankton samples | ZP | ■ |
SOOP AusCPR zoop trajectory map - link to layer metadata |
Records - 4 Deepest: db |
| sediment grab and core samples | SG | ■ |
AIMS - Sediment Mudcore sediment surface Seabed sediments sampling MNF Sediment Sampling sites - all voyages |
Records - 18 Deepest: db,Records - 76 Deepest: db,Records - 6 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 - 24 Deepest: db |
| midwater acoustics | MW_A | ■ |
MNF singlebeam EK60 38-120 kHz (Southern Surveyor) MNF singlebeam EK60 12kHz (Southern Surveyor) |
Records - 93 Deepest: db |

Region extents: 113° 40.1' E 22° 14.0' S to 123° 46.2' E 11° 46.4' 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 | CPR | CTD | DT_S | MBS | MW_A | OB_ACM | SG | S_TV | WQ_C | XBT | ZP | glider |
| 1960 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1961 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 1964 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 1966 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1967 | 10 | |||||||||||
| 1968 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 1971 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1972 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1973 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 1974 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1976 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 1978 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 1982 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 1984 | 22 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 1987 | 12 | 32 | 13 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1988 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 5 | ||||||||
| 1989 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1991 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 1992 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 1993 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||
| 1994 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 1995 | 8 | 252 | 1 | 6 | 1 | |||||||
| 1996 | 14 | 305 | 18 | 13 | ||||||||
| 1998 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 1999 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 12 | ||||||||
| 2000 | 18 | 14 | 18 | 9 | ||||||||
| 2001 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 2002 | 9 | 10 | 8 | |||||||||
| 2003 | 3 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 2004 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 2005 | 8 | 16 | 51 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | |||||
| 2006 | 33 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 2007 | 2 | 37 | 23 | 67 | 1 | 6 | ||||||
| 2008 | 2 | 25 | 4 | |||||||||
| 2009 | 6 | 1 | 8 | |||||||||
| 2010 | 21 | 31 | 1144 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 31 | |||||
| 2011 | 3 | 1 | 66 | 7 | ||||||||
| 2012 | 1 | 93 | 13 | 1 | ||||||||
| 2013 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 2014 | 37 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 2015 | 1 |