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Coastal Shelfs 0-200m | |
| Name: | 40-200 m North-West shelf |
| Region: | North-west |
| Area: | not set |
| Data aggregated on 2025-11-05 09:19 | |
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 - 16522 Deepest: db,Records - 1100 Deepest: db |
| multibeam sonar | MBS | ■ | MNF singlebeam TOPAS sub-bottom profiler | Records - 518 Deepest: db |
| demersal remote underwater video | D_BRUV | ■ |
AIMS Glomar Shoal BRUVS 2013 AIMS Rankin Bank BRUVS 2013 AIMS - Ningaloo BRUVS WAMSI - link to layer metadata AIMS Barracouta East BRUVS 2013-04 |
Records - 314 Deepest: db |
| Water quality and chemistry | WQ_C | ■ |
CMAR Hydrology - link to layer metadata SRS Bio Optical DataBase - link to layer metadata MMP Locations Depth Weighted Avg |
Records - 1054 Deepest: db,Records - 1 Deepest: db,Records - 100 Deepest: db |
| CTD sensor | CTD | ■ |
AIMS CTD cast summary RAN CTD data AIMS CTD data Glider deployments - link to layer metadata 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 CMAR Towed CTD - link to layer metadata |
Records - 215 Deepest: db,Records - 1438 Deepest: db,Records - 21 Deepest: db,Records - 865 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 - 10763 Deepest: 129 db,Records - 2463 Deepest: db |
| Glider | glider | ■ |
Glider deployments - link to layer metadata Completed Realtime Glider Deployments - link to layer metadata |
Records - 17 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 - 42 Deepest: db |
| eXpendable BathyThermograph | XBT | ■ |
CMAR XBT profiles - link to layer metadata XBT Profile Data - link to layer metadata |
Records - 97 Deepest: db,Records - 1040 Deepest: db |
| seabed towed video and stills | S_TV | ■ |
MNF Video Tows AIMS NERP5650 Digital Stills - link to layer metadata |
Records - 9 Deepest: db,Records - 10763 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 - 24 Deepest: db,Records - 6 Deepest: db |
| sediment grab and core samples | SG | ■ |
Seabed sediments sampling MNF Sediment Sampling sites - all voyages Marine Coastal Oceanic Shoals Samples - major trace elements AIMS - Sediment Mudcore sediment surface Core data - Indian Ocean |
Records - 1429 Deepest: db,Records - 121 Deepest: db,Records - 58 Deepest: db,Records - 37 Deepest: db,Records - 3 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 - 287 Deepest: db |
| diver visual | DV | ■ |
Reef Life Survey (RLS) Sites (http://reeflifesurvey.com) - link to layer metadata |
Records - 2 Deepest: db |
| midwater acoustics | MW_A | ■ |
MNF singlebeam EK60 38-120 kHz (Southern Surveyor) MNF singlebeam EK60 12kHz (Southern Surveyor) |
Records - 1076 Deepest: db |

Region extents: 112° 13.7' E 27° 42.6' S to 128° 42.9' E 11° 13.4' 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 | DV | D_BRUV | MBS | MW_A | OB_ACM | R.A_UV | SG | S_TV | WQ_C | XBT | ZP | glider |
| 1960 | 11 | ||||||||||||||
| 1961 | 18 | ||||||||||||||
| 1962 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| 1963 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| 1964 | 30 | ||||||||||||||
| 1965 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 1966 | 12 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 1967 | 306 | 110 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 1968 | 59 | 144 | |||||||||||||
| 1969 | 88 | ||||||||||||||
| 1970 | 62 | ||||||||||||||
| 1971 | 34 | 10 | |||||||||||||
| 1972 | 41 | ||||||||||||||
| 1973 | 71 | 7 | |||||||||||||
| 1974 | 44 | ||||||||||||||
| 1976 | 8 | 21 | |||||||||||||
| 1977 | 7 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 1978 | 89 | 46 | |||||||||||||
| 1979 | 88 | 39 | |||||||||||||
| 1980 | 102 | 33 | |||||||||||||
| 1982 | 202 | 73 | |||||||||||||
| 1983 | 398 | 41 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 1984 | 17 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 1985 | 20 | ||||||||||||||
| 1986 | 9 | 89 | 9 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 1987 | 81 | 95 | 156 | 76 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 1988 | 1 | 100 | 34 | 3 | 39 | ||||||||||
| 1989 | 84 | 3 | 40 | ||||||||||||
| 1990 | 109 | 19 | 36 | ||||||||||||
| 1991 | 87 | 72 | |||||||||||||
| 1992 | 5 | 5 | 26 | ||||||||||||
| 1993 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 93 | |||||||||||
| 1994 | 1 | 44 | 1 | 44 | |||||||||||
| 1995 | 47 | 78 | 1528 | 27 | 36 | 5 | |||||||||
| 1996 | 53 | 1367 | 2 | 31 | 38 | ||||||||||
| 1997 | 15 | 85 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 1 | |||||||||
| 1998 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1999 | 24 | 541 | 1 | 45 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 2000 | 56 | 31 | 2 | 48 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 2001 | 22 | ||||||||||||||
| 2002 | 1 | 5 | 16 | ||||||||||||
| 2003 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 11 | |||||||||||
| 2004 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 2005 | 6 | 48 | 153 | 27 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 36 | |||||||
| 2006 | 7 | 171 | 281 | 33 | 14 | 3 | |||||||||
| 2007 | 12 | 58 | 48 | 57 | 9 | 1 | 23 | ||||||||
| 2008 | 327 | 189 | 188 | 145 | |||||||||||
| 2009 | 1 | 49 | 55 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2010 | 141 | 12 | 41 | 64 | 3 | 24 | 12 | ||||||||
| 2011 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3615 | 56 | 3 | 56 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| 2012 | 126 | 1 | 10763 | 389 | 453 | 33 | 58 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| 2013 | 5 | 2 | 78 | 34 | 681 | 364 | 150 | 2 | 10 | ||||||
| 2014 | 32 | 12 | 49 | ||||||||||||
| 2015 | 159 |