Provider: All providers | |
IMCRA version 4.0 | |
| Name: | Ribbons |
| Region: | |
| Comments: | http://www.environment.gov.au/node/18075 |
| Area: | 47,804.71 km2 |
| Data aggregated on 2026-04-06 22:00 | |
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 - 391 Deepest: db,Records - 1887 Deepest: db |
| Water quality and chemistry | WQ_C | ■ |
MMP Locations Depth Weighted Avg CMAR Hydrology - link to layer metadata |
Records - 396 Deepest: db,Records - 112 Deepest: db |
| CTD sensor | CTD | ■ |
ARGO profile map - link to layer metadata Completed Realtime Glider Deployments - link to layer metadata RAN CTD data AIMS CTD data CMAR CTD Data Overview (1982 - present) - link to layer metadata AIMS CTD cast summary |
Records - 34 Deepest: db,Records - 319 Deepest: db,Records - 69 Deepest: db,Records - 136 Deepest: db |
| demersal trawl or sled | DT_S | ■ |
CMAR Catch Operations Data overview (1965 to current) - link to layer metadata |
Records - 214 Deepest: db |
| Glider | glider | ■ |
Completed Realtime Glider Deployments - link to layer metadata |
Records - 21 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 - 2 Deepest: db |
| eXpendable BathyThermograph | XBT | ■ |
CMAR XBT profiles - link to layer metadata XBT Profile Data - link to layer metadata |
Records - 6 Deepest: db,Records - 161 Deepest: db |
| turtle nesting locations | TN | ■ | Records - 64 Deepest: db |
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| Zooplankton samples | ZP | ■ |
The Australian Zooplankton Database (1938 onwards) - Data - link to layer metadata |
Records - 30 Deepest: db |
| sediment grab and core samples | SG | ■ |
sediment surface Seabed sediments sampling CSIRO Sediment Sampling |
Records - 412 Deepest: db,Records - 870 Deepest: db,Records - 1 Deepest: db |
| diver visual | DV | ■ |
Reef Life Survey (RLS) Sites (http://reeflifesurvey.com) - link to layer metadata |
Records - 25 Deepest: db |
| midwater acoustics | MW_A | ■ |
MNF singlebeam EK60 38-120 kHz (Southern Surveyor) MNF singlebeam EK60 12kHz (Southern Surveyor) |
Records - 344 Deepest: db |
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Region extents: 143° 02.9' E 16° 46.2' S to 146° 00.5' E 10° 02.5' S
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 | CTD | DT_S | DV | MW_A | OB_ACM | R.A_UV | SG | TN | WQ_C | XBT | ZP | glider |
| 1972 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 1974 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 1975 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 1976 | 11 | |||||||||||
| 1977 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 1978 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 1979 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 1980 | 1 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 1981 | 1 | 13 | ||||||||||
| 1982 | 5 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 1983 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 1984 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1985 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||
| 1986 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 1987 | 16 | 2 | 7 | |||||||||
| 1988 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 26 | ||||||||
| 1989 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 4 | ||||||||
| 1990 | 23 | 10 | 43 | 10 | ||||||||
| 1991 | 9 | 20 | 14 | |||||||||
| 1992 | 1 | 14 | 12 | |||||||||
| 1993 | 2 | 71 | 12 | |||||||||
| 1994 | 4 | 208 | 49 | 5 | ||||||||
| 1995 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 42 | 6 | |||||||
| 1996 | 2 | 3 | 102 | 12 | 15 | 1 | ||||||
| 1997 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 8 | |||||
| 1998 | 2 | 61 | 204 | 2 | 7 | |||||||
| 1999 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||
| 2000 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| 2001 | 4 | 8 | 2 | |||||||||
| 2002 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 2003 | 48 | 14 | 47 | |||||||||
| 2004 | 2 | 50 | 4 | |||||||||
| 2005 | 107 | 19 | 126 | 1 | ||||||||
| 2006 | 1 | 33 | 14 | 1 | ||||||||
| 2007 | 1 | 58 | 2 | 16 | 5 | |||||||
| 2008 | 1 | 22 | 16 | 29 | ||||||||
| 2009 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 7 | ||||||||
| 2010 | 21 | 18 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 21 | ||||||
| 2011 | 7 | 54 | 7 | 8 | ||||||||
| 2012 | 1 | 36 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||
| 2013 | 2 | 7 | 308 | 420 | 2 | |||||||
| 2014 | 9 | 7 | 2 | |||||||||
| 2016 | 2 |