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).

本数据集包含澳大利亚温带区域内多站点基于样带计数法（transect-based counts）获取的鱼类、巨型无脊椎动物（megafaunal invertebrates）丰度定量数据，以及藻类盖度百分比数据。该数据集所采用的方法已在Edgar与Barrett（1997）的研究中详细阐述。本次调查的各站点采样样带主要设置于5米水深和/或10米水深处。该方法最初是为研究塔斯马尼亚州海洋保护区（Marine Protected Areas, MPAs）实施保护后生态的时间动态变化而开发，涉及的保护区包括玛丽亚岛（Maria Is）、Tinderbox、Ninepin Point以及Governor Island。本记录所包含的数据则采集自跨州的海洋保护区研究与调查，采样地点包括新南威尔士州（New South Wales, NSW）的贝特曼斯湾（Batemans Bay）。在多数情况下，该数据集包含按年度尺度开展的时间重复采样数据。