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Great Barrier Reef Marine Park | |
| Name: | MPZ31 - Townsville / Whitsunday |
| Region: | |
| Area: | not set |
| Data aggregated on 2026-04-15 08:32 | |
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 - 3737 Deepest: db,Records - 448 Deepest: db |
| Meteorological & SST | MET | ■ |
Cleveland Bay Study Data - link to layer metadata anmn nrs yon dar timeseries map - link to layer metadata |
Records - 34 Deepest: db |
| multibeam sonar | MBS | ■ |
RV Investigator EM122 multibeam SBP120 sub bottom profiler |
Records - 50 Deepest: db |
| Water quality and chemistry | WQ_C | ■ |
MMP Locations Depth Weighted Avg CMAR Hydrology - link to layer metadata ANMN NRS BGC Pigments - link to layer metadata ANMN NRS BGC chemistry map - link to layer metadata ANMN NRS BGC tss secchi map - link to layer metadata |
Records - 941 Deepest: db,Records - 246 Deepest: db,Records - 18 Deepest: db |
| CTD sensor | CTD | ■ |
ARGO profile map - link to layer metadata Completed Realtime Glider Deployments - link to layer metadata CMAR CTD Data Overview (1982 - present) - link to layer metadata RAN CTD data AIMS CTD data AIMS CTD cast summary |
Records - 223 Deepest: db,Records - 196 Deepest: db,Records - 970 Deepest: db,Records - 457 Deepest: db |
| demersal trawl or sled | DT_S | ■ |
CMAR Catch Operations Data overview (1965 to current) - link to layer metadata |
Records - 297 Deepest: db |
| Glider | glider | ■ |
Completed Realtime Glider Deployments - link to layer metadata |
Records - 209 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 - 112 Deepest: db |
| Phytoplankton sample | PP | ■ |
ANMN NRS BGC plankton phytoplankton map - link to layer metadata ANMN NRS BGC Pigments - link to layer metadata ANMN NRS BGC picoplankton map - link to layer metadata |
Records - 14 Deepest: db |
| eXpendable BathyThermograph | XBT | ■ |
CMAR XBT profiles - link to layer metadata XBT Profile Data - link to layer metadata |
Records - 24 Deepest: db,Records - 633 Deepest: db |
| turtle nesting locations | TN | ■ | Records - 45 Deepest: db |
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| Zooplankton samples | ZP | ■ |
SOOP AusCPR zoop trajectory map - link to layer metadata ANMN NRS BGC plankton biomass map - link to layer metadata The Australian Zooplankton Database (1938 onwards) - Data - link to layer metadata |
Records - 33 Deepest: db,Records - 117 Deepest: db |
| sediment grab and core samples | SG | ■ |
Seabed sediments sampling Herbert River Study MNF Sediment Sampling sites - all voyages AIMS - Sediment Mudcore sediment surface |
Records - 739 Deepest: db,Records - 69 Deepest: db,Records - 8 Deepest: db,Records - 958 Deepest: db |
| Continuous Plankton Recorder | CPR | ■ |
CPR Plankton Colour Index Survey - link to layer metadata |
Records - 78 Deepest: db |
| diver visual | DV | ■ |
Reef Life Survey (RLS) Sites (http://reeflifesurvey.com) - link to layer metadata |
Records - 27 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 - 361 Deepest: db |

Region extents: 146° 00.2' E 20° 40.9' S to 150° 34.6' E 17° 40.5' 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 | MET | MW_A | OB_ACM | PP | R.A_UV | SG | TN | WQ_C | XBT | ZP | glider |
| 1968 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| 1970 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| 1973 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| 1975 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| 1976 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| 1978 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| 1979 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| 1980 | 2 | 63 | ||||||||||||||
| 1981 | 1 | 19 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 1982 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| 1983 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1984 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 1985 | 17 | 18 | 9 | |||||||||||||
| 1986 | 3 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 1987 | 29 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| 1988 | 3 | 41 | 3 | 1 | 98 | |||||||||||
| 1989 | 16 | 27 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 1990 | 65 | 33 | 43 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 1991 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 1992 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 24 | 56 | ||||||||||
| 1993 | 8 | 19 | 97 | 260 | 7 | 66 | ||||||||||
| 1994 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 48 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 1995 | 2 | 31 | 72 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 1996 | 5 | 64 | 208 | 95 | ||||||||||||
| 1997 | 30 | 73 | 62 | 35 | ||||||||||||
| 1998 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 43 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1999 | 1 | 41 | 1 | 9 | 63 | |||||||||||
| 2000 | 13 | 4 | 19 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 2001 | 9 | 3 | 27 | |||||||||||||
| 2002 | 15 | 23 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 2003 | 115 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 2004 | 35 | 121 | 3 | 43 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 2005 | 12 | 61 | 21 | 31 | 23 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 2006 | 7 | 62 | 40 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 2007 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 38 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 2008 | 28 | 48 | 26 | 93 | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 2010 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 159 | |||||||
| 2011 | 8 | 28 | 2 | 48 | 26 | 3 | 41 | 1 | 50 | |||||||
| 2012 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 26 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| 2013 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 234 | 324 | 2 | 26 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| 2014 | 48 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 3 | 10 | 10 | |||||||||
| 2015 | 135 | 1 | 23 | 13 | ||||||||||||
| 2016 | 24 | 50 | 127 | 15 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2017 | 1 |