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Great Barrier Reef Marine Park | |
| Name: | MPZ30 - Cairns / Cooktown |
| Region: | |
| Area: | not set |
| 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 - 4000 Deepest: db,Records - 243 Deepest: db |
| multibeam sonar | MBS | ■ | SBP120 sub bottom profiler | Records - 3 Deepest: db |
| Water quality and chemistry | WQ_C | ■ |
MMP Locations Depth Weighted Avg SRS Bio Optical DataBase - link to layer metadata CMAR Hydrology - link to layer metadata |
Records - 801 Deepest: db,Records - 4 Deepest: db,Records - 168 Deepest: db |
| CTD sensor | CTD | ■ |
ARGO profile map - link to layer metadata Completed Realtime Glider Deployments - link to layer metadata anfog rt trajectory map - link to layer metadata Realtime Glider Deployments - link to layer metadata RAN CTD data AIMS CTD data AIMS CTD cast summary CMAR CTD Data Overview (1982 - present) - link to layer metadata |
Records - 369 Deepest: db,Records - 628 Deepest: db,Records - 520 Deepest: db,Records - 94 Deepest: db |
| Glider | glider | ■ |
Completed Realtime Glider Deployments - link to layer metadata anfog rt trajectory map - link to layer metadata Realtime Glider Deployments - link to layer metadata |
Records - 339 Deepest: db |
| demersal trawl or sled | DT_S | ■ |
CMAR Catch Operations Data overview (1965 to current) - link to layer metadata |
Records - 171 Deepest: db |
| remote or autonomous underwater video | R.A_UV | ■ |
AUV Deployments - link to layer metadata IMOS - Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) Facility trajectory map - link to layer metadata |
Records - 6 Deepest: db |
| eXpendable BathyThermograph | XBT | ■ |
XBT Profile Data - link to layer metadata CMAR XBT profiles - link to layer metadata |
Records - 233 Deepest: db,Records - 38 Deepest: db |
| turtle nesting locations | TN | ■ | Records - 9 Deepest: db |
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| Zooplankton samples | ZP | ■ |
The Australian Zooplankton Database (1938 onwards) - Data - link to layer metadata SOOP AusCPR zoop trajectory map - link to layer metadata |
Records - 56 Deepest: db,Records - 4 Deepest: db |
| sediment grab and core samples | SG | ■ |
sediment surface MNF Sediment Sampling sites - all voyages Seabed sediments sampling |
Records - 219 Deepest: db,Records - 15 Deepest: db,Records - 431 Deepest: db |
| diver visual | DV | ■ |
Reef Life Survey (RLS) Sites (http://reeflifesurvey.com) - link to layer metadata |
Records - 33 Deepest: db |
| Continuous Plankton Recorder | CPR | ■ |
CPR Plankton Colour Index Survey - link to layer metadata |
Records - 18 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 - 277 Deepest: db |

Region extents: 144° 56.5' E 17° 52.9' S to 147° 17.0' E 14° 18.3' 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 | DV | MBS | MW_A | OB_ACM | R.A_UV | SG | TN | WQ_C | XBT | ZP | glider |
| 1963 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 1966 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 1968 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 1972 | 7 | |||||||||||||
| 1973 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 1974 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1975 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 1977 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 1978 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 1979 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 1980 | 28 | |||||||||||||
| 1981 | 20 | |||||||||||||
| 1982 | 10 | |||||||||||||
| 1983 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1985 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 1986 | 14 | 14 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1987 | 20 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 1988 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 49 | |||||||||
| 1989 | 34 | 42 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 1990 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 12 | |||||||||
| 1991 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 1992 | 3 | 33 | 13 | |||||||||||
| 1993 | 24 | 24 | 95 | 24 | ||||||||||
| 1994 | 47 | 65 | 88 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 1995 | 3 | 2 | 94 | 3 | 13 | |||||||||
| 1996 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 51 | 2 | |||||||||
| 1997 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 9 | ||||||||
| 1998 | 14 | 58 | 25 | |||||||||||
| 1999 | 14 | 41 | 3 | 19 | 10 | |||||||||
| 2000 | 11 | 18 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 2001 | 7 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 2002 | 2 | 12 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 2003 | 108 | 3 | 107 | |||||||||||
| 2004 | 6 | 33 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| 2005 | 1 | 20 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||
| 2006 | 1 | 30 | 23 | |||||||||||
| 2007 | 1 | 39 | 6 | 1 | 8 | |||||||||
| 2008 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 41 | ||||||||||
| 2009 | 23 | 3 | 17 | 11 | ||||||||||
| 2010 | 25 | 33 | 41 | 12 | 4 | 59 | ||||||||
| 2011 | 177 | 26 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 174 | ||||||||
| 2012 | 2 | 77 | 345 | 10 | 2 | |||||||||
| 2013 | 18 | 2 | 178 | 263 | 12 | 2 | 4 | |||||||
| 2014 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 2015 | 4 | 13 | 106 | |||||||||||
| 2016 | 3 | 22 | 1 |