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Key Ecological Features | |
| Name: | West Tasmania Canyons |
| Region: | South-east |
| Area: | 13,550.21 km2 |
| Data aggregated on 2025-10-15 08:44 | |
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 - 144 Deepest: db,Records - 996 Deepest: db |
| multibeam sonar | MBS | ■ |
SBP120 sub bottom profiler MNF singlebeam TOPAS sub-bottom profiler |
Records - 6 Deepest: db |
| Water quality and chemistry | WQ_C | ■ |
CMAR Hydrology - link to layer metadata |
Records - 62 Deepest: db |
| Glider | glider | ■ |
Completed Realtime Glider Deployments - link to layer metadata |
Records - 14 Deepest: db |
| demersal trawl or sled | DT_S | ■ |
CMAR Catch Operations Data overview (1965 to current) - link to layer metadata |
Records - 24 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 |
Records - 55 Deepest: db,Records - 47 Deepest: db |
| eXpendable BathyThermograph | XBT | ■ |
XBT Profile Data - link to layer metadata CMAR XBT profiles - link to layer metadata |
Records - 10 Deepest: db,Records - 2 Deepest: db |
| seabed towed video and stills | S_TV | ■ |
MNF Video Tows CSIRO O&A towed video camera |
Records - 9 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 - 6 Deepest: db,Records - 1 Deepest: db |
| sediment grab and core samples | SG | ■ |
Seabed sediments sampling MNF Sediment Sampling sites - all voyages |
Records - 7 Deepest: db,Records - 1 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 - 31 Deepest: db |
| midwater acoustics | MW_A | ■ |
MNF singlebeam EK60 38-120 kHz (Southern Surveyor) MNF singlebeam EK60 12kHz (Southern Surveyor) |
Records - 109 Deepest: db |

Region extents: 142° 08.5' E 44° 01.9' S to 145° 55.7' E 39° 10.4' 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 |
| 1955 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1961 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1972 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1973 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1978 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1980 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 1982 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 1984 | 4 | 1 | 10 | |||||||||
| 1985 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 1987 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1988 | 6 | 8 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1989 | 14 | |||||||||||
| 1991 | 4 | 21 | 4 | |||||||||
| 1992 | 10 | |||||||||||
| 1993 | 10 | |||||||||||
| 1994 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
| 1995 | 10 | 14 | 9 | |||||||||
| 1996 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 1997 | 13 | 82 | 13 | |||||||||
| 1998 | 34 | |||||||||||
| 1999 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 2000 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 2001 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2004 | 6 | 400 | 8 | 6 | 6 | |||||||
| 2005 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||
| 2006 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| 2007 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 2 | ||||||||
| 2008 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 2009 | 2 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 2010 | 16 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 14 | |||||||
| 2011 | 15 | 1 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| 2012 | 4 | 29 | 24 | 1 | ||||||||
| 2013 | 1 | 68 | 49 | |||||||||
| 2014 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 2015 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 2016 | 1 |