Temperate Australian quantitative spatial and temporal abundance data for rocky reef biota (biodiversity): Encounter Bay (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 Encounter Bay (SA). In many cases the dataset involved temporal replication (year scale).

本数据集涵盖澳大利亚温带区域多站点基于样带（transect）计数所得的鱼类、大型无脊椎动物（megafaunal invertebrates）定量丰度数据，以及藻类盖度百分比数据。相关方法的详细细节可见于Edgar与Barrett（1997）的研究成果。本次采集的数据主要来自各调查站点5米水深或10米水深处的样带。该方法最初为研究塔斯马尼亚海洋保护区（Marine Protected Area，MPA）实施保护后的时间序列变化而开发，涉及的保护区包括玛丽亚岛（Maria Is）、廷德博克斯（Tinderbox）、九针角（Ninepin Point）与总督岛（Governor Island）。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，其中部分数据采自南澳州恩康特湾（Encounter Bay，SA）。多数情况下，该数据集包含以年为尺度的时间重复采样数据。