Southern Surveyor Voyage SS 07/97 Biological Data Overview

This record is an overview entry for biological data collected on Southern Surveyor cruise SS 07/97. This cruise took place in the North West Shelf during 7 August - 1 September 1997, under the leadership of A. Whitelaw. Biological data collected on this cruise include numerous demersal fish and invertebrate samples; length-frequency data for 14 species of fish, and numerous otolith samples from four major species; additional fish specimens from two deeper water trawls (east of the Rowley Shoals), at 310 m and 105 m; photographs of fish and invertebrates for taxonomic studies and the "Handbook of Australian Seafood"; SDL (submersible data logger) data from 3 hydrographic transects and 35mm photography of 50% of the random trawl stations were obtained. 184 humpback whales, 24 unidentified cetaceans and about 175 dolphins were observed by Environment Australia personnel. Please note: This metadata record is a preliminary entry derived from information in the cruise plan and/or cruise report. Individual data types - which may span several cruises - will be indexed separately within this metadata system in due course.

本记录为“南方调查者”号（Southern Surveyor）科考航次SS 07/97所采集生物数据的概览条目。该航次于1997年8月7日至9月1日期间在西北陆架（North West Shelf）海域开展，由A. Whitelaw主持。本次航次采集的生物数据包括：大量底栖鱼类与无脊椎动物样本；14种鱼类的体长频率数据，以及4种主要鱼类的大量耳石样本；另有两份深水拖网采样（采自罗利浅滩（Rowley Shoals）东侧，水深分别为310米与105米）获得的额外鱼类标本；采集有用于分类学研究及《澳大利亚海鲜手册》编撰的鱼类与无脊椎动物影像资料；获取了3条水文断面的水下数据记录仪（submersible data logger, SDL）数据，以及50%随机拖曳站位的35毫米摄影影像。澳大利亚环境署（Environment Australia）工作人员在此期间观测到184头座头鲸、24头未鉴定鲸类以及约175头海豚。请注意：本元数据记录为基于航次计划和/或航次报告信息形成的初步条目。后续将在本元数据系统内对跨多个航次的各类数据类型分别进行索引编目。