RSTS demersal fish surveys 2006, 2010, 2013 and associated environmental covariates

This dataset contains presence-absence records of the demersal fish sampled during the 2006, 2010 and 2013 Random Stratified Trawl Surveys surrounding Heard and MacDonald Islands on the Kerguelen Plateau. It also contains spatially matched climatological variables from satellite and modelled data that represent sea floor and sea surface conditions likely to affect the distribution of demersal fish.

KP_Fish_Env.csv: contains the data used in the bioregionalisation analyses

KP_Fish_Field_Descriptions.xlxs: contains descriptions of field headers in KP_Fish_Env.csv and details about the matched environmental data.

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Identification info

Alternate title
RSTS demersal fish surveys 2006, 2010, 2013 and associated environmental covariates
Date (Publication)
2020-07-08
Edition
1
Citation identifier
Dataset DOI

Title
Information and documentation - Digital object identifier system
Date (Publication)
2012-04-23
Citation identifier
ISO 26324:2012

Citation identifier
doi:10.26179/5f0528de8c1d2

Originator

Hill, N.A., Lamb, T., Welsford, D., Robertson, T.

Publisher

Australian Antarctic Data Centre

Principal investigator

HILL, NICOLE A.
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies
University of Tasmania
Private Bag 129
Hobart
Tasmania
7001
Australia

Principal investigator

WELSFORD, DIRK
203 Channel Highway
Australian Antarctic Division
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia

Collaborator

LAMB, TIM
203 Channel Highway
Australian Antarctic Division
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia

Collaborator

WELSFORD, DIRK
203 Channel Highway
Australian Antarctic Division
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia

Collaborator

ROBERTSON, TROY
203 Channel Highway
Australian Antarctic Division
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia
Name
CAASM Metadata
Website
https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/AAS_4124_RSTS_DemersalFish_Extract

Purpose
This dataset was used as an example dataset in the paper: Hill et al. (2020) Determining Marine Bioregions: A comparison of quantitative approaches, Methods in Ecology and Evolution. Different analytical approaches to determining bioregions were compared using both this dataset and a synthetic dataset.
Status
Completed

Custodian

AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia - AADC, DATA OFFICER (DATA CENTER CONTACT)
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia
Topic category
  • Biota
  • Oceans

Extent

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Extent

Description
Temporal Coverage

Temporal extent

TimePeriod
2006-04-01 2013-10-01

Extent

Description
Vertical Extent - Depth

Vertical element

Minimum value
150
Maximum value
1200
Identifier
urn:x-ogc:def:cs:EPSG:6498
Name
Vertical CS. Axis: depth (D). Orientation: down. UoM: m.
Identifier
urn:x-ogc:def:axis:EPSG:113
Name
depth
Title
Determining Marine Bioregions: A comparison of quantitative approaches
Date (Publication)
2020

Author

Hill et al.
Name
Methods in Ecology and Evolution
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > FISH
Keywords
  • PRESENCE-ABSENCE
  • KERGUELEN PLATEAU
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • DEMERSAL TRAWL
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • SHIPS
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • AMD/AU
  • AMD
  • CEOS
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > HEARD AND MCDONALD ISLANDS
  • GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
  • OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > KERGUELEN PLATEAU

Resource constraints

Use limitation
This metadata record is publicly available.

Resource constraints

Access constraints
licence
Other constraints
These data are publicly available for download from the provided URL.

Resource constraints

File type
Portable Network Graphic
Linkage
Creative Commons by Attribution logo

Title
Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Website
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode

Legal code for Creative Commons by Attribution 4.0 International license

Use constraints
licence
Other constraints
This data set conforms to the CCBY Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=AAS_4124_AAS_4142_RSTS_DemersalFish_Extract when using these data.
Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Distribution Information

Distributor

Distributor

AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia - AADC, DATA OFFICER (DATA CENTER CONTACT)
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia

Distributor

Fees
Free
Planned available datetime
2020-07-08T00:00:00
Units of distribution
kb
Transfer size
142
Distribution format
  • Excel, csv

OnLine resource
GET DATA > DIRECT DOWNLOAD

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OnLine resource
PROJECT HOME PAGE

Public information for AAS project AAS_4124

OnLine resource
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

Citation reference for this metadata record and dataset.

Resource lineage

Statement
Surveys were conducted on a commercial trawling vessel by a trained scientific observer. This dataset consists of a subset of the RSTS trawls and contains 524 trawls between 100 and 1200 m depth and evenly spread across four surveys in 2006, 2010 and 2013. Otter bottom trawls were towed for ~ 30 minutes (Nowara, Lamb and Welsford 2014) and trawls on the shelf were conducted during the daytime to capture icefish which diurnally aggregate near the seafloor. All fish species caught in trawls were recorded. Species nomenclature was based on names published in appendix 5 of the Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean (Duhamel et al. 2014) and common names based on Gon and Heemstra (1990). Species that are primarily pelagic were removed from analyses and some species were aggregated (e.g. Paraliparis spp., Macrourus spp. and Muraenolepis spp.) Data are presence-absence for the twenty species that occur in at least 10 trawls (2% sites) that were used in the bioregionalisation analyses. Spatially matched, environmental variables representing seafloor conditions include depth, slope, seafloor temperatures, seafloor current and seafloor nitrate. Those representing sea surface conditions include surface temperature, chlorophyll-a standard deviation and sea surface height standard deviation. Variables are derived from a number of sources (as detailed in the worksheets) at spatial resolution of 0.1 degree. Spatial matching was performed using the mid-point of each trawl. References: Duhamel, G., Hulley, P.A., Causse, R., Koubbi, P., Vacchi, M., Pruvost, P., ... Van de Putte, A.P. (2014) Biogeographic patterns of fish. Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean (eds C. De Broyer, P. Koubbi, H.J. Griffiths, B. Raymond, C. d'Udekem d'Acoz, A.P. Van de Putte, B. Danis, B. David, S. Grant, J. Gutt, C. Held, G. Hosie, F. Huettmann, A. Post and Y. Ropert-Coudert), pp. 328-362. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, Cambridge UK. Gon, O. and Heemstra, P.C. (1990) Fishes of the Southern Ocean. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Grahamstown, R.S.A. Nowara, G.B., Lamb, T.D. and Welsford, D.C. (2014) The 2014 annual random stratified trawl survey in the waters of Heard Island (Division 58.5.2) to estimate the abundance of Dissostichus eleginoides and Champsocephalus gunnari. CCAMLR Document
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
Maintenance note
2020-07-08 - record created by Nicole Hill.

Metadata

Metadata identifier
string/AAS_4124_RSTS_DemersalFish_Extract

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Author

HILL, NICOLE A.
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies
University of Tasmania
Private Bag 129
Hobart
Tasmania
7001
Australia

Sponsor

Australian Antarctic Division

Owner

AADC

Type of resource

Resource scope
Dataset

Alternative metadata reference

Title
gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
Citation identifier
da1e14b2-f762-4f48-a5f2-f56e1928d145

Alternative metadata reference

Title
gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
Date (Last Revision)
2020-07-08T11:53:08

Identifier

Description
metadata.extraction_date

Alternative metadata reference

Title
gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
Citation identifier
8.6

Metadata linkage
http://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/AAS_4124_RSTS_DemersalFish_Extract

Point of truth for the metadata record

Date info (Creation)
2020-07-08T00:00:00
Date info (Last Update)
2020-07-08

Metadata standard

Title
ISO 19115-3
Edition
2014
Other citation details
Version 1
Title
DIF to ISO 19115-1 Profile
 
 

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