Improved knowledge of Torres Strait seabed biota and habitats - Reef Characterisation (1995 - 2005)

CMAR has conducted a number of stock assessment surveys for finfish, beche-de-mer and trochus on the reefs of Torres Strait. During the course of the suveys, habitat data was also collected albeit at a coarser level of taxonomic resolution. The primary objective of this study was to characterise the reefs of Torres Strait in terms of the biological and habitat data collected during these surveys and to relate the nature of the reefs to the available physical data. Information collated for this study included comprehensive datasets on reef fish, beche-de-mer and seagrass; most of which was identified to species level. Information on corals and algae was based on visual estimates of percentage cover morphotypes. Little data on the other reef biota was collected. SOURCE_DATASET CRUISE_ID CRUISE_NAME CRUISE_YEAR RRI1 HE01 Reef Resource Inventory HE01 1995 RRI2 HE02 Reef Resource Inventory HE02 1995 WR95 WRS Warrior survey 1995 1995 RRI3 JK01 Reef Resource Inventory JK01 1996 RRI4 JK02 Reef Resource Inventory JK02 1996 WR96 WRS Warrior survey 1996 1996 WR98 WRS Warrior survey 1998 1998 WR00 WRS Warrior survey 2000 2000 ETS2 ETS2 East Torres Strait 2002 2002 WE02 WRS Warrior survey 2002 2002 WR04 WRS Warrior survey 2004 2004 ETS5 ETS5 East Torres Strait 2005 2005

CMAR已针对托雷斯海峡的礁体开展多项鳍鱼、海参（beche-de-mer）与马蹄螺（trochus）的资源评估调查。调查期间同步采集了栖息地数据，但分类学分辨率相对粗糙。本研究的核心目标为：基于上述调查获取的生物与栖息地数据，对托雷斯海峡的礁体进行特征刻画，并将礁体属性与现有物理数据建立关联。本次研究整合的数据集涵盖礁体鱼类、海参（beche-de-mer）及海草的完整实测数据，其中多数样本已鉴定至物种水平；珊瑚与藻类的数据则基于形态类群盖度的视觉估算结果。其余礁体生物类群的相关数据极为匮乏。
源数据集 航次编号 航次名称 航次年份
RRI1 HE01 礁体资源调查HE01 1995
RRI2 HE02 礁体资源调查HE02 1995
WR95 WRS 1995年勇士调查 1995
RRI3 JK01 礁体资源调查JK01 1996
RRI4 JK02 礁体资源调查JK02 1996
WR96 WRS 1996年勇士调查 1996
WR98 WRS 1998年勇士调查 1998
WR00 WRS 2000年勇士调查 2000
ETS2 ETS2 2002年东托雷斯海峡调查 2002
WE02 WRS 2002年勇士调查 2002
WR04 WRS 2004年勇士调查 2004
ETS5 ETS5 2005年东托雷斯海峡调查 2005