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- Title
- Dugong aerials surveys (dugongs, cetaceans, turtles) Torres Strait, November to December 1991
- Type
- Dataset
- Date Record Created
- 2012-03-28
- Date Record Modified
- 2017-12-22
- Language
- English
- Date Coverage
- 1991-11-01 to 1991-12-31
- Time Period
- (no information)
- Geospatial Location
- Torres Strait, Northern Queensland, Australia.
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- Descriptions
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- Type: brief
Sightings for dugongs, cetaceans and turtles in Torres Strait area during the dugong aerials surveys between November and December 1991.
- Type: note
Funding for these surveys was obtained from the following government agencies: - Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA), - Department of Environment and Resource Management (DERM), - Australian Marine Mammal Centre (AMMC), - Torres Strait Regional Authority (TSRA), - Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA), - Marine and Tropical Sciences Research Facility (MTSRF), - National Environmental Research Program (NERP).
- Type: note
This dataset consists of abundance and transect maps (jpg), additional metadata (pdf) and a report (pdf). Please contact Helene Marsh Helene.Marsh@jcu.edu.au for GIS data.
- Type: brief
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- Creators
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- Managed by: Dr Alana Grech , ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies (7351)
- Aggregated by: Prof Helene Marsh , School of Earth & Environmental Sciences (6630)
- Primary Contact
- Dr Alana Grech, alana.grech@jcu.edu.au
- Supervisors
- (no information)
- Collaborators
- (no information)
- Fields of Research
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- 050206 - Environmental Monitoring (050206) (050206)
- 050202 - Conservation and Biodiversity (050202) (050202)
- Socio-Economic Objective
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- 960902 - Coastal and Estuarine Land Management (960902) (960902)
- Keywords
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- aerial survey
- abundance
- marine mammal
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
- Research Activity
- (no information)
- Research Themes
- Tropical Ecosystems, Conservation and Climate Change
- License
- (no information)
- License - Other
- (no information)
- Access Rights/Conditions
- Open Access . If the data is not available via the provided link, please contact an associated party (preferrably the Manager as specified) for access.
- Type
- open
- Rights
- (no information)
- Data Location
- Online Locations
- Attachments
- Stored At
- Dr Alana Grech, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville QLD 4811, Australia, Tel: +61 7 47815222
- Cite:
- Grech, Alana.; Marsh, Helene. (2012). Dugong aerials surveys (dugongs, cetaceans, turtles) Torres Strait, November to December 1991. James Cook University. (dataset). jcu.edu.au/tdh/collection/2bc3a914-0694-47bd-8b18-13b27e1de8f0