Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute (TAFI)

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  • SeaMap Tasmania Acoustic Data

    Australian Ocean Data Network (AODN)

    Raw acoustic data files for Tasmanian coastal waters from the LWM (Low water mark) to 40 metres in depth or 1.5 kms from shore.

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  • Temperate reef habitat structure data

    Australian Ocean Data Network (AODN)

    The data is a collection of reef habitat structure measurements from sites around Tasmania with regional snapshots from Jurien Bay (WA) and Jervis Bay (NSW). Explanatory variables investigated were depth, duration of protection from fishing within marine…

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  • Benthic Invertebrate Community Distribution (Impacted & Unimpacted) 2004 - 2008

    Australian Ocean Data Network (AODN)

    This data is primarily benthic invertebrate community information including species abundance & distribution collected by diver coring/grab. Spatial information is available for D'Entrecasteaux Channel, Huon River, North West Bay and Port Esperance sites.…

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  • Striped Trumpeter (Latris lineata) health monitoring and research

    Australian Ocean Data Network (AODN)

    Data is primarily fish health reports for hatchery reared striped trumpeter (Latris lineata), including issues relating to bacterial (vibrio), viral (particularly noda virus) and parasitic (parasitic copopods and kuoda) infections. Also included is information…

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  • Benthic Invertebrate Community Distribution (Impacted & Unimpacted) 2000-2004

    Australian Ocean Data Network (AODN)

    This data is primarily benthic invertebrate community information including species abundance & distribution collected by diver coring/grab. Spatial information is available for Huon Estuary and Tasman Peninsula (Nubeena) sites. Associated physical chemical…

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  • Effects of water temperature and thermoclines on larval behaviour and development in the giant crab Pseudocarcinus gigas (Lamarck)

    Australian Ocean Data Network (AODN)

    Conducted a series of laboratory experiments to investigate the effect of temperature on swimming behaviour and development. Swimming behavioural responses were monitored for the first two zoeal stages, while larvae in development trials were reared through…

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  • Developing a monitoring program for six key estuaries in North-West Tasmania: Arthur River

    Australian Ocean Data Network (AODN)

    We implemented a monitoring program developed by Crawford and White (2006), which was designed to assess the current condition of six key estuaries in NW Tasmania: Port Sorell, the Leven, Inglis, Black, Montagu and Arthur River estuaries. This study considered…

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  • Abundance and distribution of coastal, inshore zooplankton in the Huon Estuary and D'Entrecasteaux Channel, Tasmania: Grazing study in Hideaway Bay, Huon Estuary (20-21 September, 2005)

    Australian Ocean Data Network (AODN)

    Mesozooplankton community composition and structure were examined throughout the D’Entrecasteaux Channel, Huon Estuary and North West Bay, Tasmania. The data represented by this record was collected as part of a grazing study conducted in Hideaway Bay, Huon…

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  • Temperate Australian quantitative spatial and temporal abundance data for rocky reef biota (biodiversity): Jervis Bay (NSW)

    Australian Ocean Data Network (AODN)

    The data is quantitative abundance of fish and megafaunal invertebrates and algal % cover derived from transect based counts at a wide range of locations across Temperate Australia. The methods are described in detail in Edgar and Barrett (1997). Primarily the…

    Fish abundance and distributionMacroalgal canopy cover and compositionInvertebrate abundance and distribution HTMLPNG
  • Temperate Australian quantitative spatial and temporal abundance data for rocky reef biota (biodiversity): new Tasmanian MPAs - Port Davey

    Australian Ocean Data Network (AODN)

    The data is quantitative abundance of fish and megafaunal invertebrates and algal % cover derived from transect based counts at a wide range of locations across Temperate Australia. The methods are described in detail in Edgar and Barrett (1997). Primarily the…

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  • Estuarine Health in Tasmania, status and indicators: water quality

    Australian Ocean Data Network (AODN)

    Conducted under the Coast and Clean Seas program of the Natural Heritage Trust fund, this study provides a summary and assessment of water quality parameters, as indicators of estuarine health, in 22 selected Tasmanian estuaries. The estuaries are: Duck Bay,…

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  • Recreational rock lobster and abalone fisheries in Tasmania

    Australian Ocean Data Network (AODN)

    Using a telephone/diary survey methodology information about recreational fishing activity for rock lobster and abalone in Tasmania is monitored over a fishing season, with surveys conducted biennially. Information reported includes: date, location (fishing…

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  • Assessing the biodiversity and degradation of human-impacted estuaries in North-Western Tasmania

    Australian Ocean Data Network (AODN)

    Water quality and biological data was collected from four tide-dominated river estuaries indicative of catchments with varying levels of human impacts to: 1) assess draft indicator levels for water quality, and 2) investigate biological indicators of estuarine…

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  • Data dictionary and schema diagram for Southern Rock Lobster (Jasus edwardsii) catch sampling database

    Australian Ocean Data Network (AODN)

    Describes the database used for storing Southern Rock Lobster (Jasus edwardsii) biological data collected by observers on commercial boats and dedicated research trips incorporating information on sex, length, weight, damage, reproduction, bycatch, protected…

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  • Post release survival in flathead

    Australian Ocean Data Network (AODN)

    In fishing trials, the short term survival rates for hook caught flathead (Platycephalus bassensis in Tasmania and P. fuscus in Queensland) were examined to determine critical factors affecting post-release survival. Biological information (size) and hooking…

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  • Redbait ichthyoplankton data

    Australian Ocean Data Network (AODN)

    Database contains information on eggs and larvae of redbait (Emmelichthys nitidus) collected during surveys conducted around eastern to south-western Tasmania in October 2005 and 2006. The database also contains details of each sampled station (e.g. depth,…

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  • Stylet elemental signatures indicate population structure in a holobenthic octopus species, Octopus pallidus

    Australian Ocean Data Network (AODN)

    Targeted trace elemental analysis was used to investigate the population structure and dispersal patterns of the holobenthic octopus species Octopus pallidus. Multi-elemental signatures within the pre-hatch region of the stylet (an internal ‘shell’) were used…

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  • Baseline coastal and estuarine condition assessment of the southern NRM region, Tasmania

    Australian Ocean Data Network (AODN)

    A 12-month program was developed and implemented in order to obtain baseline information on water quality (salinity, water temperature, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, pH, dissolved nutrients, silica), ecological condition as shown by Chlorophyll a, benthic…

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  • Fishery independent abalone density

    Australian Ocean Data Network (AODN)

    This fishery independent abalone abundance assessment project contains abalone density and size frequency data collected from transect surveys at approximately 25 sites, mostly in south-east Tasmania, but also the south-west coast, Three Hummock Island,…

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  • Physical and chemical parameters of several oyster growing areas in Tasmania: Pipeclay Lagoon

    Australian Ocean Data Network (AODN)

    Physical and chemical parameters at five Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) growing areas in Tasmania - Pittwater, Pipeclay Lagoon, Little Swanport, Georges Bay and Simpsons Bay - were measured as part of a study to determine the carrying capacity of the areas…

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