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Key Ecological Features | |
| Name: | Carbonate bank and terrace system of the Sahul Shelf |
| Region: | North-west |
| Area: | 41,157.51 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 - 373 Deepest: db,Records - 152 Deepest: db |
| eXpendable BathyThermograph | XBT | ■ |
XBT Profile Data - link to layer metadata |
Records - 6 Deepest: db |
| multibeam sonar | MBS | ■ | MNF singlebeam TOPAS sub-bottom profiler | Records - 24 Deepest: db |
| seabed towed video and stills | S_TV | ■ |
AIMS NERP5650 Digital Stills - link to layer metadata |
Records - 5990 Deepest: db |
| Water quality and chemistry | WQ_C | ■ |
CMAR Hydrology - link to layer metadata MMP Locations Depth Weighted Avg |
Records - 23 Deepest: db,Records - 3 Deepest: db |
| demersal trawl or sled | DT_S | ■ |
Oceanic Shoals Marine Biodiversity Survey - benthos sites - link to layer metadata CMAR Catch Operations Data overview (1965 to current) - link to layer metadata |
Records - 5990 Deepest: 129 db,Records - 32 Deepest: db |
| sediment grab and core samples | SG | ■ |
Marine Coastal Oceanic Shoals Samples - major trace elements Seabed sediments sampling Core data - Indian Ocean |
Records - 34 Deepest: db,Records - 83 Deepest: db,Records - 1 Deepest: db |
| CTD sensor | CTD | ■ |
CMAR CTD Data Overview (1982 - present) - link to layer metadata RAN CTD data AIMS CTD data AIMS CTD cast summary |
Records - 15 Deepest: db,Records - 14 Deepest: db,Records - 7 Deepest: db |
| Continuous Plankton Recorder | CPR | ■ |
CPR Plankton Colour Index Survey - link to layer metadata |
Records - 6 Deepest: db |
| midwater acoustics | MW_A | ■ |
MNF singlebeam EK60 38-120 kHz (Southern Surveyor) MNF singlebeam EK60 12kHz (Southern Surveyor) |
Records - 204 Deepest: db |

Region extents: 125° 00.0' E 14° 52.5' S to 128° 19.9' E 11° 16.6' 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 | WQ_C | XBT |
| 1961 | 2 | ||||||||
| 1967 | 3 | ||||||||
| 1968 | 5 | ||||||||
| 1969 | 2 | ||||||||
| 1970 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1972 | 5 | ||||||||
| 1973 | 3 | ||||||||
| 1979 | 3 | 5 | |||||||
| 1980 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| 1982 | 3 | ||||||||
| 1984 | 8 | ||||||||
| 1987 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||||||
| 1988 | 17 | 1 | |||||||
| 1990 | 2 | ||||||||
| 1992 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| 1993 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1994 | 2 | ||||||||
| 1995 | 37 | ||||||||
| 1996 | 16 | ||||||||
| 1999 | 4 | 79 | 5 | ||||||
| 2000 | 4 | 49 | |||||||
| 2003 | 23 | ||||||||
| 2005 | 1 | 11 | 36 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 2006 | 14 | ||||||||
| 2007 | 4 | ||||||||
| 2008 | 10 | 1 | |||||||
| 2009 | 1 | ||||||||
| 2011 | 6 | ||||||||
| 2012 | 6 | 5990 | 112 | 112 | 36 | ||||
| 2013 | 9 | 92 |