Marine Futures Project: Mount Gardner

Mount Gardner is one of two Marine Futures sampling areas that lie within the vicinity of Albany, in South West Western Australia. The Mt. Gardner sampling area lies just off Two People’s Bay, 30km east of Albany, near a number of smaller urban settlements, and is host to a number of human uses, including recreational and commercial fishing, diving, surfing, recreational boat use and shipping and mining. The marine environment at this study location is different to the other three study locations on the south coast, in that it encompasses the protected Two Peoples Bay with seagrass and invertebrate communities and the more exposed rocky and macroalgal reefs around the Mt Gardner peninsula itself. This collection comprises datasets describing habitat mapping, biodiversity and human uses within the Mt. Gardner peninsula. The team have collected hydroacoustic and towed video information to develop the 130 square kilometres of full coverage habitat maps for this study location. There are two baited remote underwater video systems (BRUVS) datasets listed here. In addition the team have collected 1400 benthic (still) images of the seafloor and 163 hours of stereo baited remote underwater video footage, which have been analysed and the data embedded into five interactive Microsoft Excel charts. These interactive charts combine the biodiversity and mapping products to give the user an interactive and visual display of which organisms are found within the habitat. A Human Uses report containing an appendix of the Mt. Gardner study location is also included.加德纳山（Mount Gardner）是位于西澳大利亚州西南部奥尔巴尼周边的两处海洋未来（Marine Futures）采样区域之一。 加德纳山采样区域紧邻双人民湾（Two Peoples Bay），地处奥尔巴尼以东30公里处，邻近多座小型城镇聚落，区域内存在多种人类活动，包括休闲与商业捕捞、潜水、冲浪、休闲游船作业、航运及采矿。 本研究区域的海洋环境与南海岸其余三处研究区域有所不同，其范围涵盖受保护的双人民湾海草床与无脊椎动物群落，以及加德纳山半岛周边更为开阔裸露的岩礁与大型藻类礁。 本数据集合集包含描述加德纳山半岛内栖息地制图、生物多样性及人类活动的相关数据集。 研究团队已采集水声探测与拖曳式视频数据，为本研究区域绘制了130平方公里的全覆盖栖息地制图成果。此处共收录2套诱饵式远程水下视频系统（Baited Remote Underwater Video Systems, BRUVS）数据集。 此外，研究团队还采集了1400张海底底栖静态影像，以及163小时的立体诱饵式远程水下视频素材。上述素材均已完成分析，数据被嵌入至5份交互式微软（Microsoft）Excel图表中。这些交互式图表整合了生物多样性与栖息地制图成果，可向使用者直观展示各栖息地内分布的生物类群。 本合集中还包含一份附带加德纳山研究区域附录的人类活动报告。