Data Trawler - Survey Details

Conference paper

• Ross, A., Williams, A., Talukder, A., Parr, J., Trefry, C., Kempton, R., Stalvies, C., Schinteie, R., Ezzy, A., Kulpecz, A., Schaefer, C., Rarey, P. (2018) Insights into the Great Australian Bight gained through marine geology and benthic ecology studies. AJ17240. APPEA 2018 Conference and Exhibition, 14-17th May, 2018, Adelaide, Australia.    

Dataset

• Appleyard, Sharon; Ward, Robert; Pogonoski, John; Graham, Alastair; Last, Peter; Deagle, Bruce; & Holmes, Bronwyn (2024): Marine fishes (from Australia) COI barcode reference library. v2. CSIRO. Data Collection.     10.25919/8haz-aa91

• Ross, Andrew; Williams, Alan; Boyd, Matt; Nau, Amy; Edwards, Stuart; Heaney, Bernadette; Navidad, Cisco; Taylor, Charlie; Plunkett, Tom (2022): IN2015_C01 Great Australian Bight Bathymetry 10m - 210m Multi-resolution AusSeabed products. v1. CSIRO. Data Collection.     10.25919/g7m5-5y59

• Sorokin, Shirley J; Ekins, Merrick; Yang, Qi; Cárdenas, Paco (2018): Collection data of Tethya irisae sp. nov. and comparative material. PANGAEA     10.1594/PANGAEA.894720

IPT Resource

• Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) (Darwin Core Archive)     External link to reference

• CSIRO Marine Invertebrate Image Collection (MIIC) (Darwin Core Archive)     External link to reference

• Collection data of Tethya irisae sp. nov. and comparative material, Great Australian Bight, Australia (Darwin Core Archive)     External link to reference

• Global benthic biogeographical regions and macroecological drivers for ophiuroids [Data set] (Darwin Core Archive)     External link to reference

• Great Australian Bight Research Program, Australia (2015-2017) (Darwin Core Archive)     External link to reference

• Multiple observations of Bigfin Squid (Magnapinna sp.) in the Great Australian Bight reveal distribution patterns, morphological characteristics, and rarely seen behaviour (Darwin Core Archive)     External link to reference

• New species of Laetmonice (Aphroditidae, Annelida) from bathyal and abyssal depths around Australia (2015-2022) (Darwin Core Archive)     External link to reference

• Specimens collected by Museums Victoria from the Tasmanian seamounts on the RV Investigator voyages IN2015_C01, IN2015_E02 and IN2018_V06, Australia (2015-2018) (Darwin Core Archive)     External link to reference

Journal Article

• Ahyong, S. T. (2019) Cyclodorripoida Records of the Australian Museum 71     10.3853/j.2201-4349.71.2019.1682

• Alan Williams, Franziska Althaus, John Pogonoski, Deborah Osterhage, Martin Gomon, Ken Graham, Sharon A. Appleyard, Dan Gledhill, Dianne Bray, Peter McMillan, Mark Green, Stephen Doyle, Alastair Graham, Jason Tanner, Andrew Ross (2018) Composition, diversity and biogeographic affinities of the deep-sea (200–3000 m) fish assemblage in the Great Australian Bight, Australia. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 157-158 pp92-105.     10.1016/j.dsr2.2018.05.005

• Asrar Talukder, A., Ross, A. S., Trefry, C., Pickard, A., Tam, T. (2021). Understanding large scale seabed processes in a deep cool water carbonate ramp system: A case study of the Great Australian Bight. Marine and Petroleum Geology,Volume 125,     10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2020.104793

• Baghurst, B., Lukatelich, R., Smith, D., Begg G., Lewis, R., and Smith, R..(2017), CSIRO: Findings from the Great Australian Bight Research Program–an integrated study of environmental, economic and social values. The APPEA Journal 57(2) 388-392.     10.1071/AJ16144

• Criscione, Francesco,Hallan, Anders (2025) Addressing knowledge gaps in the systematics of temperate south-east Australian deep-sea Raphitomidae (Caenogastropoda: Conoidea): integrative taxonomy of species of less diverse and taxonomically problematic genera. Invertebrate Systematics 39 pp-.     10.1071/is24089

• Criscione, Francesco,Hallan, Anders,Fedosov, Alexander,Puillandre, Nicolas (2021) Deep Downunder: Integrative taxonomy of Austrobela, Spergo, Theta and Austrotheta (Gastropoda: Conoidea: Raphitomidae) from the deep sea of Australia. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 59 pp1718-1753.     10.1111/jzs.12512

• Criscione, Francesco,Hallan, Anders,Puillandre, Nicolas,Fedosov, Alexander (2021) Snails in depth: integrative taxonomy of Famelica, Glaciotomella and Rimosodaphnella (Conoidea: Raphitomidae) from the deep sea of temperate Australia. Invertebrate Systematics 35 pp940-962.     10.1071/is21008

• Criscione, Francesco,Hallan, Anders,Puillandre, Nicolas,Fedosov, Alexander (2021) Where the snails have no name: a molecular phylogeny of Raphitomidae (Neogastropoda: Conoidea) uncovers vast unexplored diversity in the deep seas of temperate southern and eastern Australia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 191 pp961-1000.     10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa088

• Farrelly, C A., Ahyong, S T. (2019) Deepwater decapod, stomatopod and lophogastrid Crustacea from Eastern Australia and the Great Australian Bight collected in 2015–2017: preliminary identifications of 191 species. Museum Victoria Science Reports, 21, pp 1-97.     10.24199/j.mvsr.2019.21

• Flaxman, Beth,Kupriyanova, Elena (2024) New species of Laetmonice (Aphroditidae, Annelida) from bathyal and abyssal depths around Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 76 pp195-210.     10.3853/j.2201-4349.76.2024.1900

• Hook, S E., Revill, A T., Mondon, J., Corbett, P., Armstrong, E K., Song, J., Tanner, J E., Stalvies, C., Ross, A S., Williams, A. (2018) 'Naturally occurring hydrocarbon content and baseline condition of deep-sea benthic fauna from the Great Australian Bight', Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 157-158 pp 106-120.     10.1016/j.dsr2.2018.08.005

• Kantor, Yuri,Hallan, Anders,Criscione, Francesco (2022) Integrative taxonomy reveals new Australian species of the deep-water snail genera (Conoidea: Cochlespiridae) and (Conoidea: Pseudomelatomidae). Molluscan Research 42 pp229-247.     10.1080/13235818.2022.2102887

• Lucieer, Vanessa,Flukes, Emma,Monk, Jacquomo,Walsh, Peter (2024) Geomorphometric maps of Australia’s Marine Park estate and their role in improving the integrated monitoring and management of marine ecosystems. Frontiers in Marine Science 10 pp-.     10.3389/fmars.2023.1302108

• MacIntosh, H., Althaus, F., Williams, A., Tanner, J., Alderslade, P., Ahyong, S., Criscione, F., Crowther, A., Farrelly, C., Finn, J., Goudie, L., Gowlett-Holmes, K., Hosie, A., Kuprianova, E., Mah, C., McCallum, A., Merrin, K. , Miskelly, A., Mitchell, M., Murray, A., O'Hara, T., O'Loughlin, P.M., Paxton, H., Reid, A.L., Sorokin, S.J., Staples, D., Whitfield, E., Wilson, R.S. (2018) Invertebrate diversity in the deep Great Australian Bight (200–5000 m). Marine Biodiversity Records, 11.     10.1186/s41200-018-0158-x

• Mah C.L. 2025. New Australian deep-sea Goniasteridae (Asteroidea; Valvatacea). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 84: 49–88     10.24199/j.mmv.2025.84.02

• McCallum, Anna W.,Ahyong, Shane T.,Andreakis, Nikos (2021) New species of squat lobsters of the genus Munida from Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria pp113-152.     10.24199/j.mmv.2021.80.06

• O'Hara, Timothy D.,Williams, Alan,Althaus, Franziska,Ross, Andrew S.,Bax, Nicholas J.,Pirotta, Enrico (2020) Regional-scale patterns of deep seafloor biodiversity for conservation assessment. Diversity and Distributions 26 pp479-494.     10.1111/ddi.13034

• Osterhage, Deborah,MacIntosh, Hugh,Althaus, Franziska,Ross, Andrew,Mourier, Johann (2020) Multiple observations of Bigfin Squid (Magnapinna sp.) in the Great Australian Bight reveal distribution patterns, morphological characteristics, and rarely seen behaviour. PLOS ONE 15 ppe0241066-.     10.1371/journal.pone.0241066

• O’Hara, T., Hugall, A.F., MacIntosh, H., Naughton, K.M., Williams, A. and Moussalli, A. (2016). Dendrogramma is a siphonophore. Current Biology, 26 (11): R457-8.     10.1016/j.cub.2016.04.051

• Paxton, Hannelore,Budaeva, Nataliya,Gunton, Laetitia M. (2023) Amazing diversity of Nothria (Annelida, Onuphidae) in the Australian deep sea. Records of the Australian Museum 75 pp215-247.     10.3853/j.2201-4349.75.2023.1802

• Reynolds, P.,Holford, S.,Schofield, N.,Ross, A. (2017) Three‐Dimensional Seismic Imaging of Ancient Submarine Lava Flows: An Example From the Southern Australian Margin. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 18 pp3840-3853.     10.1002/2017GC007178

• Ross, A., Williams, A., Talukder, A., Parr, J., Trefry, C., Kempton, R., Stalvies, C., Althaus, F., Kulpecz, A., Schaefer, C., and Rarey, P. (2017), Building the regional understanding of the deep-water geology and benthic ecology of the Great Australian Bight. The APPEA Journal 57(2) 798-805     10.1071/AJ16212

• Schinteie, Richard,Ross, Andrew S.,Boreham, Christopher J.,Kempton, Richard H.,Talukder, Asrar,Trefry, Christine (2023) Petroleum source rocks in the Bight Basin, Australia: An updated view. Marine and Petroleum Geology 151 pp106165-.     10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2023.106165

• Sorokin, S J., Ekins, M G., Yang, Q., Cárdenas, P. (2019) A new deep-water Tethya (Porifera, Tethyida, Tethyidae) from the Great Australian Bight and an updated Tethyida phylogeny. European Journal of Taxonomy n. 529, June 2019.     10.5852/ejt.2019.529

• Thiel, Ralf,Christodoulou, Magdalini,Pogonoski, John J.,Appleyard, Sharon A.,Weddehage, Thilo,Vink, Annemiek,Uhlenkott, Katja,Martinez Arbizu, Pedro (2022) An application of morphological analysis and DNA barcoding to identify Ipnops from the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) as I. meadi Nielsen, 1966 with notes on other species of the genus (Aulopiformes: Ipnopidae). Marine Biodiversity 52 pp-.     10.1007/s12526-022-01320-1

• Watling, Les,Lapointe, Abby (2022) Global biogeography of the lower bathyal (700–3000 m) as determined from the distributions of cnidarian anthozoans. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 181 pp103703-.     10.1016/j.dsr.2022.103703

• Wiltshire, K H., Tanner, J E., Althaus, F, Sorokin, S J., Williams, A. (2018) Predicting environmental suitability for key benthic species in an ecologically and economically important deep-sea environment. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography', 157-158 pp 121-133.     10.1016/j.dsr2.2018.06.011

Report

• Heat Flow Measurements Great Australian Bight Deepwater Marine Program (2015) FIELAX Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung mbH     Download file

• Kempton, R., Ross, A., Trefry, C., Talukder, A., Pickard, A., Gong, S., Schinteie, R., and Stalvies, C. (Eds). (2018) Characterisation of outcropping rocks in the Great Australian Bight and interpretation of their source rock potential. Findings from the Great Australian Bight Deepwater Marine Program. Project 2. Source Rocks of the GAB. Report to Chevron Australia, Commercial-in Confidence. 8th of June, 2018. Pp 410.    

• Ross, A., Kempton, R., Trefry, C., Parr, J., Pickard, A., Reynolds, P., Holford, S. and Williams, A. (2018) The distribution, formation and evolution of volcanics in the Great Australian Bight, Findings from the Great Australian Bight Deepwater Marine program, Project 5: Understanding GAB volcanic distribution and character. Commercial-in-confidence report to Chevron Australia Pty. Ltd. 389pp. CSIRO report.    

• Ross, A., Trefry, C., Talukder, A., Stalvies, C. and Williams, A. (2018) Data collection and sample analysis methods utilised during the GABDMP seasons 1 and 2 voyages. Contributing report to milestone tasks 2.3.2, 3.4.2, 5.6. Commercial-in-confidence report to Chevron Australia Pty. Ltd. CSIRO, Australia.    

• Stalvies, C., Ross, A., Kempton, R., Trefry, C., Talukder, A., Pickard, A., Gong, S., Woltering, M. (2018) Characterisation of potential seepage in Great Australian Bight. Findings from the Great Australian Bight Deepwater Marine Program. Project 3. Seeps of the GAB. Commercial-in-confidence report to Chevron Australia Pty. Ltd. 654pp.    

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