Temperate Australian quantitative spatial and temporal abundance data for rocky reef biota (biodiversity): Althorpe Islands and Yorke Peninsula

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 Althorpe Islands and Yorke Peninsula.(SA). In many cases the dataset involved temporal replication (year scale).

本数据集包含基于样带计数法获取的澳大利亚温带海域多站点鱼类、大型无脊椎动物定量丰度以及藻类盖度百分比数据。该调查方法的详细信息详见Edgar与Barrett（1997）的研究文献。本次调查的样带主要布设于各采样站点的5米和/或10米水深区域。该方法最初为探究塔斯马尼亚州海洋保护区（Marine Protected Area, MPA）实施保护后的时间动态变化而开发，涉及的保护区包括玛丽亚岛、Tinderbox、九针角以及总督岛。本记录所涵盖的数据采集自跨州海洋保护区研究与调查，采样区域涵盖阿尔索普群岛（Althorpe Islands）以及约克半岛（南澳大利亚州，SA）。多数情况下，本数据集包含年度尺度的时间重复采样数据。