CReefs Australia - Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef

The CReefs Australia project is a collection of a variety of taxa from three locations: Ningaloo Reefs in Western Australia, and Heron and Lizard Islands off the coast of Queensland (separate metadata records are kept for each location) between 2008 and 2010. Sampling was conducted by scuba, snorkel and beach collection.In 2008, Lizard Island collections were carried out during 2-22 April.In 2009, Lizard Island collections were carried out 6-27 February.Variables in the dataset are: longitude and latitude, date, identifications (to genus species where possible), depth, coral reef zone, and other habitat indicators.Species collected come from the following taxonomic groups:Algae and seagrasses (phyla Chlorophyta, Ochrophyta, Rhodophyta, Magnoliophyta and Cyanobacteria)Arthropoda - Amphipods (Order: Amphipoda), Isopods (Order: Isopoda), Tanaids (Order: Tanaidacea), (Order: Decapoda)CrustaceaBryozoans (Order Cheilostomata)Cnideria (Class: Anthozoa, Hydrozoa)Echinoderms (Phylum: Echinodermata)Mollusca (Class: Gastropoda, Scaphopoda, Neograstropoda, Polyplacophora)Polychates (Phylum: Annelida)SipunculaCollection was mainly by hand; some samples were obtained by traps, grabs, sediment pumps, hook and line, speargun. To conduct a taxonomic survey of Ningaloo Reef as part of the CReefs Australia project to better refine understanding of the marine biodiversity on the coral reefs of the east and west coasts of Australia. A subset of the data has been provided to the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS, http://iobis.org/OBISWEB/DisplayMetaData.jsp?content=maps_and_metadata/1468.html).Identifications were made as follows:Algae and seagrasses, phyla Chlorophyta, Ochrophyta, Rhodophyta, Magnoliophyta (Fred Gurgel, Rainbo Rita Mae Dixon, John Huisman)Arthropoda, Order Isopoda (Neil Bruce)Arthropoda, Order Tanaidacea (Magdalena Blazewicz-Paskowycz)Bryozoa, Order Cheilostomata (Phil Bock)Echinodermata (Ashley Miskelly)Polychaeta, Phylum Annelida (Chris Glasby, Charlotte Watson )

CReefs Australia项目是2008至2010年间，采集自三个地点的多类分类群数据集：西澳大利亚州的宁格鲁礁（Ningaloo Reefs），以及昆士兰州沿海的赫伦岛（Heron Island）和蜥蜴岛（Lizard Island），每个地点均设有独立的元数据（metadata）记录。
采样方式涵盖水肺潜水（scuba）、浮潜（snorkel）与海滩采集。其中，蜥蜴岛的采集工作于2008年4月2日至22日开展，2009年则为2月6日至27日。
该数据集包含的变量包括：经纬度、采集日期、物种鉴定结果（尽可能鉴定至属、种水平）、采集深度、珊瑚礁带（coral reef zone）及其他生境指标。
本次采集的物种隶属于以下分类类群：藻类与海草类（涵盖绿藻门Chlorophyta、褐藻门Ochrophyta、红藻门Rhodophyta、木兰植物门Magnoliophyta及蓝藻门Cyanobacteria）；节肢动物门（Arthropoda）下的甲壳类：包括端足类（端足目Amphipoda）、等足类（等足目Isopoda）、涟虫类（涟虫目Tanaidacea）及十足目Decapoda；苔藓虫类（唇口目Cheilostomata）；刺胞动物（Cnideria）：包括珊瑚虫纲Anthozoa、水螅虫纲Hydrozoa；棘皮动物门Echinodermata；软体动物门Mollusca：涵盖腹足纲Gastropoda、掘足纲Scaphopoda、新腹足目Neograstropoda及多板纲Polyplacophora；多毛类：隶属于环节动物门Annelida；星虫动物门Sipuncula。
采样主要以手工作业完成，部分样本通过陷阱、采泥器、沉积物泵、手钓及鱼枪获取。
本项目作为CReefs Australia项目的组成部分，旨在对宁格鲁礁开展分类学调查，以深化对澳大利亚东西海岸珊瑚礁海洋生物多样性的认知。
该数据集的一个子集已提交至海洋生物地理信息系统（Ocean Biogeographic Information System, OBIS，http://iobis.org/OBISWEB/DisplayMetaData.jsp?content=maps_and_metadata/1468.html）。
物种鉴定工作由以下专家完成：藻类与海草类（绿藻门、褐藻门、红藻门、木兰植物门）：Fred Gurgel、Rainbo Rita Mae Dixon、John Huisman；等足目节肢动物：Neil Bruce；涟虫目节肢动物：Magdalena Blazewicz-Paskowycz；唇口目苔藓虫：Phil Bock；棘皮动物：Ashley Miskelly；多毛类（环节动物门）：Chris Glasby、Charlotte Watson。