Temperate Australian quantitative spatial and temporal abundance data for rocky reef biota (biodiversity): Wilsons Promontory (VIC)

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 Wilsons Promontory (VIC). In many cases the dataset involved temporal replication (year scale).

本数据集涵盖澳大利亚温带区域多站点通过样带（transect）计数获取的鱼类、大型无脊椎动物（megafaunal invertebrates）定量丰度数据，以及藻类盖度百分比数据。该数据集的采样方法详见Edgar与Barrett（1997）的研究文献。本次调查的各站点采样样带主要设置于5米或10米水深处，数据主要来源于此。该采样方法最初用于研究塔斯马尼亚州海洋保护区（Marine Protected Area, MPA）内实施保护举措后的时间序列变化，涉及站点包括玛丽亚岛（Maria Is）、廷德博克斯（Tinderbox）、九针角（Ninepin Point）与总督岛（Governor Island）。本记录包含的数据集来自跨州海洋保护区相关研究与调查，其中涵盖来自维多利亚州（Victoria, VIC）威尔逊岬（Wilsons Promontory）的采样数据。多数情况下，本数据集包含年尺度的时间重复采样序列。