Arafura Sea Biological Survey Report on RV Southern Surveyor Expedition 05/2005, 28 April - 28 May 2005

In the first benthic biological survey of the Arafura Sea, a 2-person team collected 107 samples from 56 stations on Southern Surveyor voyage 05 of May 2005. This program was conducted opportunistically in conjunction with a Geoscience Australia geological survey of selected regions in the Arafura Sea. This survey only covers approximately 5% of the total Arafura Sea, but it provides a valuable shallow to deep transect across the region in depths ranging from 69 to 234 metres. At least 245 macroscopic species, including a diverse variety of invertebrates (e.g., sponges, corals, sea anemones, tunicates, worms, crustaceans, brittle stars, feather stars) and 6 small fish species, were
photographed and documented with preliminary identifications.
Further details of the voyage are at https://www.marine.csiro.au/data/trawler/survey_details.cfm?survey=SS200505. The eight biological data reports can be downloaded at https://www.marine.csiro.au/data/trawler/download.cfm?file_id=5458

在阿拉弗拉海首次底栖生物调查（benthic biological survey）中，一个两人团队于2005年5月‘南方调查者号’（Southern Surveyor）第05航次期间，从56个站点采集了107份样本。该项目利用机会与澳大利亚地质科学局（Geoscience Australia）对阿拉弗拉海选定区域的地质调查协同开展。本次调查仅覆盖阿拉弗拉海总面积的约5%，但提供了该区域从浅到深的宝贵断面（transect）数据，水深范围为69至234米。调查记录并拍摄了至少245种大型物种，包括多种无脊椎动物（如海绵、珊瑚、海葵、被囊动物、蠕虫、甲壳类、海蛇尾、海百合）及6种小型鱼类，并完成了初步鉴定。航次的更多详情可查阅：https://www.marine.csiro.au/data/trawler/survey_details.cfm?survey=SS200505。八份生物数据报告可从以下链接下载：https://www.marine.csiro.au/data/trawler/download.cfm?file_id=5458