Temperate Australian quantitative spatial and temporal abundance data for rocky reef biota (biodiversity): Batemans 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 Batemans 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位基于样带计数法获取的鱼类、大型无脊椎动物定量丰度，以及藻类盖度百分比数据。该数据集的采集方法细节已在Edgar与Barrett（1997）的研究中详细阐述。本次调查的各站位采样样带主要设置于5米和/或10米水深区域。该采样方法最初为研究塔斯马尼亚州海洋保护区（Marine Protected Area, MPA）内受保护海域的时间动态变化而开发，研究区域涵盖玛丽亚岛（Maria Is）、Tinderbox、九针角（Ninepin Point）与总督岛（Governor Island）。本记录所涵盖的数据采集自澳大利亚跨州海洋保护区研究与调查，其中部分数据采集自新南威尔士州的贝特曼斯湾（Batemans Bay, NSW）。多数情况下，该数据集包含以年为时间尺度的重复采样记录。