Money Shoal & Pillar Bank, Arafura Marine Park, Australia (NESP - D3)

Very few surveys have explored coral reefs and associated benthic communities in the far northern region, and even fewer in the deeper waters of most of the Arafura Marine Park. This data is part of an initial characterisation of the physical, oceanographic and biological character of Arafura Marine Park, with a focus on results from a biodiversity and mapping survey undertaken by the NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub in 2020, the survey targeted two areas 1. Money Shoal as an example of shallow coral reef habitat, and 2. Pillar Bank as an example of a deeper water mixed seabed environments.

迄今针对远北区域珊瑚礁及相关底栖生物群落开展的调查寥寥无几，而针对阿拉弗拉海洋公园（Arafura Marine Park）绝大多数深水区的同类调查则更为稀少。本数据集是阿拉弗拉海洋公园（Arafura Marine Park）物理、海洋学及生物学特征初步表征工作的一部分，重点呈现了2020年由NESP海洋生物多样性中心（NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub）开展的生物多样性与测绘调查成果。此次调查选定两处研究区域：1. 蒙蒂浅滩（Money Shoal），作为浅海珊瑚礁生境的典型案例；2. 皮勒尔滩（Pillar Bank），作为深水混合底床环境的典型代表。