Temperate Australian quantitative spatial and temporal abundance data for rocky reef biota (biodiversity): Port Lincoln district (SA)

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 data are derived from transects at 5 m depth and/or 10 m depth at each site surveyed. Methods were initially developed for research on temporal changes following protection in Tasmanian MPAs (Maria Is, Tinderbox, Ninepin Point, Governor Island). The data represented by this record was collected in MPA studies and surveys interstate, and was collected from the Port Lincoln district (SA). In many cases the dataset involved temporal replication (year scale).

本数据集包含澳大利亚温带区域多站点通过样带计数法获取的鱼类、巨型大型无脊椎动物定量丰度数据，以及藻类盖度百分比数据。相关调查方法的细节已在Edgar与Barrett（1997）的研究文献中详细说明。本次调查的样带主要布设至各采样站点的5米水深及/或10米水深区域。该方法最初为研究塔斯马尼亚海洋保护区（Marine Protected Areas，简称MPAs）实施保护后的时间序列变化而开发，研究区域涵盖玛丽亚岛（Maria Is）、廷德博克斯、九针角与总督岛。本记录对应的数据集采集自跨州的海洋保护区研究与调查，采样区域覆盖南澳大利亚州（South Australia，简称SA）的林肯港辖区。多数情况下，该数据集包含以年为时间尺度的重复采样数据。