Southern Surveyor Voyage SS 07/97 Biological Data Overview

This record is an overview entry for biological data collected on Southern Surveyor cruise SS 07/97. This cruise took place in the North West Shelf during 7 August - 1 September 1997, under the leadership of A. Whitelaw. Biological data collected on this cruise include numerous demersal fish and invertebrate samples; length-frequency data for 14 species of fish, and numerous otolith samples from four major species; additional fish specimens from two deeper water trawls (east of the Rowley Shoals), at 310 m and 105 m; photographs of fish and invertebrates for taxonomic studies and the "Handbook of Australian Seafood"; SDL (submersible data logger) data from 3 hydrographic transects and 35mm photography of 50% of the random trawl stations were obtained. 184 humpback whales, 24 unidentified cetaceans and about 175 dolphins were observed by Environment Australia personnel. Please note: This metadata record is a preliminary entry derived from information in the cruise plan and/or cruise report. Individual data types - which may span several cruises - will be indexed separately within this metadata system in due course.

本元数据（metadata）记录为"南方调查号（Southern Surveyor）"SS 07/97航次所采集生物数据的概览条目。该航次于1997年8月7日至9月1日期间在西北大陆架（North West Shelf）海域开展，由A. 怀特劳（A. Whitelaw）担任负责人。本航次采集的生物数据包括：多种底栖鱼类与无脊椎动物样本、14种鱼类的体长频率数据、4个主要鱼种的大量耳石（otolith）样本；另有两份深水拖网采集的鱼类标本，采集点位位于罗利浅滩（Rowley Shoals）以东，水深分别为310米与105米；另有用于分类学研究及《澳大利亚海鲜手册（Handbook of Australian Seafood）》的鱼类与无脊椎动物影像资料；还获取了3条水文断面的海底数据记录仪（SDL，submersible data logger）数据，以及50%随机拖测站的35mm胶片摄影资料。澳大利亚环境署（Environment Australia）工作人员在此期间共观测到184头座头鲸、24头未确认鲸类及约175头海豚。请注意：本元数据记录为基于航次计划及/或航次报告信息生成的初步条目。后续将在本元数据系统内，对可能跨多个航次的各类独立数据类型分别进行索引。