Temperate Australian quantitative spatial and temporal abundance data for rocky reef biota (biodiversity): Jervis Bay (NSW)

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 Jervis Bay (NSW). 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通过样带计数法获取的鱼类、大型无脊椎动物定量丰度数据，以及藻类盖度百分比数据。该数据集的采样方法细节详见Edgar与Barrett（1997）的研究论文。本次采样主要在各调查站点的5米水深和/或10米水深处布设样带完成。该方法最初为研究塔斯马尼亚州海洋保护区（Marine Protected Area, MPA）内受保护区域的生态时间动态变化而开发，涉及的站点包括玛丽亚岛（Maria Is）、Tinderbox、Ninepin Point以及Governor Island。本记录所收录的数据则采集自澳大利亚跨州的海洋保护区研究与调查，采样地点包括新南威尔士州的杰维斯湾（Jervis Bay, NSW）。多数情况下，本数据集包含按年尺度开展的时间重复采样数据。