Sponges of the Recherche Archipelago , Western Australia (2003-2004)

The Recherche Archipelago is a chain of approximately 105 islands and 1500 islets extending over 470 km of coastline (230 km linear distance) in temperate southern Western Australia with a wide variety of benthic habitats (Seagrass, Reef, Rhodoliths and Sand). Prior to this study knowledge of the sponge fauna of the southwest was from a limited number of papers, most of which were published more than half a century ago. A total of 644 individual Demosponges, from 11 out of 15 orders, were collected from 250 quadrats at 10 sites along the Recherche Archipelago. Across all sites Middle Island had the greatest number of sponges, however species richness was higher at Black, Frederick and Long Islands and diversity was higher at Thomas and Mondrain.
Data and report sourced from https://data.pawsey.org.au/public/?path=/WA%20Node%20Ocean%20Data%20Network/AODN/FRDC_Recherche and https://www.frdc.com.au/project/2001-060 respectively.

Recherche群岛（Recherche Archipelago）坐落于澳大利亚西部南部温带海域，是由约105个岛屿与1500个岩礁岛组成的岛群，沿470公里海岸线分布（直线距离230公里），拥有涵盖海草、礁体、红藻砾石（Rhodoliths）与沙质底质在内的多样底栖生境。本研究开展前，学界对澳大利亚西南部海域海绵动物区系的认知仅依托少量研究论文，且其中多数发表于半个多世纪之前。本次研究在Recherche群岛沿线的10个采样点中共设置250个样方（quadrats），采集到隶属于15个目中的11个目、总计644个寻常海绵（Demosponges）个体。所有采样点中，中岛（Middle Island）的海绵个体总数最多，但黑岛（Black Island）、弗雷德里克岛（Frederick Island）与朗岛（Long Island）的物种丰富度更高，托马斯岛（Thomas Island）与蒙德兰岛（Mondrain Island）的群落多样性更优。本数据集相关数据与研究报告分别来源于以下链接：https://data.pawsey.org.au/public/?path=/WA%20Node%20Ocean%20Data%20Network/AODN/FRDC_Recherche 与 https://www.frdc.com.au/project/2001-060。