Sponges of the Recherche Archipelago , Western Australia (2003-2004)

The Recherche Archipelago is a chain of approximately 105 islands and 1500 islets extending over 470 km of coastline (230 km linear distance) in temperate southern Western Australia with a wide variety of benthic habitats (Seagrass, Reef, Rhodoliths and Sand). Prior to this study knowledge of the sponge fauna of the southwest was from a limited number of papers, most of which were published more than half a century ago. A total of 644 individual Demosponges, from 11 out of 15 orders, were collected from 250 quadrats at 10 sites along the Recherche Archipelago. Across all sites Middle Island had the greatest number of sponges, however species richness was higher at Black, Frederick and Long Islands and diversity was higher at Thomas, Figure of 8 and Mondrain. Data and report sourced from https://data.pawsey.org.au/public/?path=/WA%20Node%20Ocean%20Data%20Network/AODN/FRDC_Recherche and https://www.frdc.com.au/project/2001-060 respectively.

勒谢什群岛（Recherche Archipelago）是由约105座岛屿及1500个岩礁构成的群岛链，沿澳大利亚西部南部温带海域延伸，覆盖470公里海岸线（直线距离230公里），拥有多样的底栖生境（benthic habitat），包括海草、珊瑚礁、红藻砾石（Rhodoliths）与沙质底质。本研究开展前，澳大利亚西南部海域海绵动物区系的相关研究仅见于少量文献，且其中多数发表于半个多世纪以前。研究团队在勒谢什群岛沿线10个采样点的250个样方中，共采集到15个海绵目下11个目的644个寻常海绵（Demosponges）个体。所有采样点中，米德尔岛的海绵个体数量最多，但布莱克岛、弗雷德里克岛及朗伊岛的物种丰富度更高，而托马斯岛、八字岛与蒙德兰岛的物种多样性更优。本数据集相关数据与报告分别来源于以下链接：https://data.pawsey.org.au/public/?path=/WA%20Node%20Ocean%20Data%20Network/AODN/FRDC_Recherche 与 https://www.frdc.com.au/project/2001-060。