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CSIRO, Fish Survey, Albatross Bay - Gulf of Capentaria, North Australia, 1986-1988 Citation CSIRO - Albatross Bay fish study 1986-1988. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/4769 Contact:
Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), more Availability:  This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.Description Seven, four- to five-day cruises were undertaken using the vessel "Jacqueline D" in Albatross Bay, Gulf of Carpentaria between August 1986 and November 1988, using a random stratified trawl survey to measure fish species composition and abundance. Four depth zones between 7 and 45 m were sampled during both day and night. Approx. 890,000 fish of 237 species were collected, of which the bulk were made up of 25 species. The dominant families were Leignathidae, Haemulidae and Clupeidae, with Sciaenidae and Dasyatidae important at night. Leiognathus bindus was the most abundant species, while Caranx bucculentus was the most frequently caught (96% of all trawls). The suite of fishes was separately analysed for occurrence of prawn predators. Scope Themes: Biology > Fish Keywords: Marine/Coastal, ISEW, Australia, Queensland, Albatross bay, Chordata Geographical coverage ISEW, Australia, Queensland, Albatross bay Temporal coverage 1986 - 1988 Taxonomic coverage Chordata [WoRMS] Parameter Occurrence of biota Contributors Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), more, data creator Related datasets Published in: OBIS-Australia: Australian Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more Publication Based on this dataset Blaber, S.J.M. et al. (1990). Biomasses, catch rates and abundances of demersal fishes, particularly predators of prawns, in a tropical bay in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 107: 397-408, more Blaber, S.J.M. et al. (1990). A checklist of the fishes of Albatross Bay and the Embley Estuary, North-eastern Gulf of Carpentaria. CSIRO Marine Laboratories: Australia. ISBN 9780643050327. 22 pp., more Dataset status: Completed Data type: Data Data origin: Research: field survey Metadatarecord created: 2015-03-11 Information last updated: 2015-05-20 | ||||
