Biological Data from CMR Research Vessels from the Australian North West Shelf, Part I (1982-1997 "North West Shelf Study" database)

This was originally a compilation dataset containing all vessel-collected and centrally held biological data from CMR voyages forming part of the 1982-1997 "North West Shelf Study". The data were extracted from the master North West Shelf Database (as described by R. Campbell, 1984 unpublished, with additional data from 1995 and 1997) for the use of the NWS Joint Environmental Management Study, and have been subject to additional maintenance with some new information added by Xi He's group. This version of the data is a copy of the MS Access files held by Xi's group as at October 2000, with no additional quality checks. Data represented are operation, species, and length-frequency data from Soela voyages SO 5/82, SO 6/82, SO 1/83, SO 2/83, SO 3/83, SO 4/83, SO 5/83, SO 6/86, SO 7/87, SO 5/88, Pride of Eden PoE 4/89, Southern Surveyor SS 02/90, SS 04/91, SS 08/95 and SS 07/97. Biological data from other CSIRO voyages through this region but not part of this series of cruises has been extracted separately as a complementary dataset to the present one (see separate metadata record "Biological Data from CMR Research Vessels, North West Shelf, part II"). In addition to the trawl station and catch data, details of photographic stations is included along with recently compiled data from detailed analyses of the underwater photographs carried out subsequent to the original data collection. Additional information regarding individual components of this dataset is contained in separate MarLIN metadata records which exist for each voyage (e.g. "Soela Voyage SO 5/82 Biological Data Overview", etc.), and in the cruise report for each voyage. Information regarding the photographic analyses is held by Xi He's group. Access to BIODATA is now available via the Data Trawler application, please see Data link.

本数据集最初为汇编数据集，整合了1982-1997年“西北陆架研究”（North West Shelf Study）中CMR航次所有船舶采集且集中保存的生物数据。该数据源自主西北陆架数据库（据R. Campbell 1984年未刊稿，另补充1995年与1997年新增数据），提取供西北陆架联合环境管理研究使用，后经何曦（Xi He）团队维护并新增部分信息。本版本数据为2000年10月时何曦团队所持有的Microsoft Access（MS Access）文件副本，未进行额外质量校验。
所收录数据涵盖Soela航次SO 5/82、SO 6/82、SO 1/83、SO 2/83、SO 3/83、SO 4/83、SO 5/83、SO 6/86、SO 7/87、SO 5/88，“伊甸园骄傲号”（Pride of Eden）PoE 4/89，“南方考察者号”（Southern Surveyor）SS 02/90、SS 04/91、SS 08/95及SS 07/97的作业、物种及体长频率数据。
另有在该区域执行航次但不属于本系列的澳大利亚联邦科学与工业研究组织（CSIRO）其他科考航次的生物数据，已作为本数据集的补充数据集单独提取，详见独立元数据记录《西北陆架CMR科考船生物数据集 第二部分》。
除拖网站位与渔获数据外，本数据集还包含摄影站位详情，以及原始数据采集后经最新汇编的水下摄影详细分析数据。关于本数据集各组成部分的额外信息，收录于各航次对应的独立MarLIN元数据记录（例如《Soela航次SO 5/82生物数据概览》等），以及各航次的航次报告中。摄影分析相关信息由何曦团队持有。
目前可通过数据拖网程序（Data Trawler application）访问BIODATA数据集，具体请查看数据链接。