Temperate Australian quantitative spatial and temporal abundance data for rocky reef biota (biodiversity): Jervis 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 Jervis 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多点位基于样带计数法获取的鱼类、巨型无脊椎动物定量丰度，以及藻类盖度百分比数据。该调研方法的详细说明参见Edgar与Barrett（1997）的研究文献。本次采集的数据主要来自各调研点位设置于5米水深及/或10米水深的样带。该方法最初为探究塔斯马尼亚州海洋保护区（Marine Protected Areas，MPAs）实施保护措施后的时间序列变化而开发，调研区域涵盖玛丽亚岛（Maria Is）、Tinderbox、九针角（Ninepin Point）以及总督岛（Governor Island）。本记录所收录的数据同时采集自其他州的海洋保护区研究与调研项目，其中一处点位为新南威尔士州的杰维斯湾（Jervis Bay, NSW）。多数情况下，该数据集包含年度尺度的时间重复采样数据。