Pilbara Marine Conservation Partnership (PMCP) - Environmental Drivers: Coastal Reef Monitoring (Ningaloo) 2014-2015

This dataset captures temperature and water depth at three general localities in Western Australia: Tantabiddi North (Ningaloo Coast), Tantabiddi South (Ningaloo Coast), and Osprey Bay (Ningaloo) for the period December 2014 - March 2015. Note: Instruments were deployed as an array at each subsite. Therefore a number of subsites exist at a given locality.This Dataset sits within the Environmental Pressures (Drivers) theme. The Pilbara Marine Conservation Partnership (PMCP) was an initiative designed to enhance the net conservation benefits of the globally-significant coral reef ecosystems of the Pilbara (Western Australia) by providing an assessment of the condition and trajectory of key ecological values. These assessments were designed to inform and complement existing governance and management arrangements and the PMCP is intended to provide ongoing advice and assessment for conservation efforts in the region, providing lasting benefits.The PMCP concept is based on three core ecological components, namely:Coral Reef Health - concentrating mainly on habitat forming primary producers. Fish and Sharks - their community structure, interactions and impacts on lower trophic levels. Environmental Pressures - physical and anthropogenic factors that influence the condition of reefs and associated biota.

本数据集记录了2014年12月至2015年3月期间，澳大利亚西部三处典型区域的水温与水深数据，这三处区域分别为坦塔比德北（宁加卢海岸，Tantabiddi North (Ningaloo Coast)）、坦塔比德南（宁加卢海岸，Tantabiddi South (Ningaloo Coast)）以及奥士匹湾（宁加卢，Osprey Bay (Ningaloo)）。
注：各子站点均以阵列形式部署观测仪器，因此单个指定区域内可存在多个子站点。
本数据集隶属于环境压力（驱动因子，Environmental Pressures (Drivers)）主题。
皮尔巴拉海洋保护伙伴关系（Pilbara Marine Conservation Partnership, PMCP）是一项倡议，旨在通过评估西澳大利亚州皮尔巴拉地区具有全球重要性的珊瑚礁生态系统的现状与演变趋势，提升该区域的整体保护效益。该评估工作旨在为现有治理与管理框架提供信息支撑与补充，而PMCP的目标是为该区域的保护工作提供持续的咨询与评估服务，以实现长期保护效益。
PMCP的核心理念基于三大核心生态组分，分别为：
1. 珊瑚礁健康：主要聚焦于作为栖息地构建者的初级生产者；
2. 鱼类与鲨鱼：关注其群落结构、种间相互作用及其对低营养级生物的影响；
3. 环境压力：指影响珊瑚礁及相关生物群落现状的物理因素与人为活动因素。