Roelfsema, Christiaan M; Kovacs, Eva M; Lyons, Mitchell B; Phinn, Stuart R (2015): Benthic and substrate cover data derived from a time series of photo-transect surveys for the Eastern Banks, Moreton Bay Australia in 2012-02 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.846144, In supplement to: Roelfsema, Christiaan M; Kovacs, Eva M; Phinn, Stuart R (2015): Field data sets for seagrass biophysical properties for the Eastern Banks, Moreton Bay, Australia, 2004–2014. Scientific Data, 2, 150040, https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2015.40
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Coverage:
Median Latitude: -27.408027 * Median Longitude: 153.389150 * South-bound Latitude: -27.476844 * West-bound Longitude: 153.327584 * North-bound Latitude: -27.323587 * East-bound Longitude: 153.436257
Date/Time Start: 2012-02-20T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2012-02-23T00:00:00
Event(s):
EasternBanks * Latitude: -27.392400 * Longitude: 153.398100 * Location: Moreton Bay, Brisbane, South East Queensland, Coral Sea, Australia * Method/Device: Multiple investigations (MULT)
Parameter(s):
# | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
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1 | Identification | ID | Roelfsema, Christiaan M | Name of transect | ||
2 | DATE/TIME | Date/Time | Roelfsema, Christiaan M | Geocode | ||
3 | LATITUDE | Latitude | Roelfsema, Christiaan M | Geocode | ||
4 | LONGITUDE | Longitude | Roelfsema, Christiaan M | Geocode | ||
5 | UTM Easting, Universal Transverse Mercator | UTM east | m | Roelfsema, Christiaan M | ||
6 | UTM Northing, Universal Transverse Mercator | UTM north | m | Roelfsema, Christiaan M | ||
7 | UTM Zone, Universal Transverse Mercator | UTM Zone | Roelfsema, Christiaan M | |||
8 | Uniform resource locator/link to image | URL image | Roelfsema, Christiaan M | JPEG | ||
9 | Seagrass, cover | Seagr cov | % | Roelfsema, Christiaan M | ||
10 | Seagrass covered in epiphyte or algae, or dark in color, cover | Seagr in epiphyte cov | % | Roelfsema, Christiaan M | ||
11 | Macro algae calcareous, cover | Macro algae calc cov | % | Roelfsema, Christiaan M | ||
12 | Macro algae non calcareous, cover | Macro algae non calc cov | % | Roelfsema, Christiaan M | ||
13 | Cyanobacteria and other algae, cover | Cyanobacteria + oth algae cov | % | Roelfsema, Christiaan M | ||
14 | Substratum, cover | Substratum cov | % | Roelfsema, Christiaan M | ||
15 | Benthos, other, cover | Benthos oth cov | % | Roelfsema, Christiaan M | ||
16 | Cymodocea serrulata, cover | C. serrulata cov | % | Roelfsema, Christiaan M | Wide strap-like leaves (1 cm); leaf tip rounded; serrated edge. | |
17 | Halodule uninervis, cover | H. uninervis cov | % | Roelfsema, Christiaan M | Narrow, strap like leaf (0.2 cm); leaf tip tri-dentate or pointed. | |
18 | Halophila ovalis, cover | H. ovalis cov | % | Roelfsema, Christiaan M | Paddle-like shape low to benthos; leaf margins smooth. | |
19 | Halophila spinulosa, cover | H. spinulosa cov | % | Roelfsema, Christiaan M | Compound leaf; leafelets serrated. | |
20 | Syringodium isoetifolium, cover | S. isoetifolium cov | % | Roelfsema, Christiaan M | Thin cylndrcal like leaf (spaghetti); fragile. | |
21 | Zostera muelleri, cover | Z. muelleri cov | % | Roelfsema, Christiaan M | Strap-like leaves 0.5 cm wide; leaf tip smooth and rounded; up to 30 cm long. | |
22 | Seagrass detritus, cover | Seagr detritus cov | % | Roelfsema, Christiaan M | Dead seagrass floating around on the benthos. | |
23 | Seagrass indeterminata, cover | Seagr indet cov | % | Roelfsema, Christiaan M | Other seagrass species. | |
24 | Cymodocea serrulata + algae, cover | C. serrulata + algae cov | % | Roelfsema, Christiaan M | Like Cymodocea serrulata but with dense hairy, green, brown algae. | |
25 | Halodule uninervis + algae, cover | H. uninervis + algae cov | % | Roelfsema, Christiaan M | Like Halodule uninervis but covered with dense hairy, green, brown algae. | |
26 | Halophila ovalis + algae, cover | H. ovalis + algae cov | % | Roelfsema, Christiaan M | Like Halophila ovalis but leaves look dark. | |
27 | Halophila spinulosa + algae, cover | H. spinulosa + algae cov | % | Roelfsema, Christiaan M | Like Halophila spinulosa but leaves look dark. | |
28 | Syringodium isoetifolium + epiphyte, cover | S. isoetifolium + epiphyte cov | % | Roelfsema, Christiaan M | Like Syringodium isoetifolium but with grey particulate matter attached to the leaves. | |
29 | Syringodium isoetifolium + hairy algae, cover | S. isoetifolium + hairy algae cov | % | Roelfsema, Christiaan M | Like Syringodium isoetifolium but with dense hairy, green, brown, dark grey algae. | |
30 | Zostera muelleri + algae, cover | Z. muelleri + algae cov | % | Roelfsema, Christiaan M | Like Zostera mueller ibut with dense hairy, green, brown algae. | |
31 | Zostera muelleri + dark, cover | Z. muelleri + dark cov | % | Roelfsema, Christiaan M | Like Zostera muelleri but leaves look dark brown/black. | |
32 | Halimeda sp., cover | Halimeda sp. cov | % | Roelfsema, Christiaan M | Calcified string of green scale-shaped segments. | |
33 | Padina sp., cover | Padina sp. cov | % | Roelfsema, Christiaan M | Fan-shaped algae; containing white calcareous concentric rings. | |
34 | Udotea sp., cover | Udotea sp. cov | % | Roelfsema, Christiaan M | Individual calcified green fane-like segments. | |
35 | Caulerpa sp., cover | Caulerpa sp. cov | % | Roelfsema, Christiaan M | Green, grape-like; connected via branching structures over the substrate. | |
36 | Hydroclatharus sp., cover | Hydroclatharus sp. cov | % | Roelfsema, Christiaan M | Brown algae; uneven holes; reminiscent of a 'worn out' dish cloth. | |
37 | Hydroclatharus sp. on seagrass, cover | Hydroclatharus sp. on seagr cov | % | Roelfsema, Christiaan M | Brown algae; uneven holes; reminiscent of a 'worn out' dish cloth. | |
38 | Macro algae, genus unknown, cover | Macro algae gen unkn cov | % | Roelfsema, Christiaan M | Other macro algae. | |
39 | Macro algae calcareous, genus unknown, cover | Macro algae calc gen unkn cov | % | Roelfsema, Christiaan M | Other macro algae calcareous. | |
40 | Sargassum sp., cover | Sargassum sp. cov | % | Roelfsema, Christiaan M | Attached to substrate; brown; vertical in the water column due to air trapped in leaf chambers. | |
41 | Macro cyanobacteria on sand, cover | Macro cyanobac on sand cov | % | Roelfsema, Christiaan M | Hairy like strings of cyanobacteria on sand; generally longer than MPB or turf algae. | |
42 | Macro cyanobacteria on other, cover | Macro cyanobac on oth cov | % | Roelfsema, Christiaan M | Hairy like strings of cyanobacteria on anything other than sand. | |
43 | Microphytobenthic on sand, cover | Microphytobenth on sand cov | % | Roelfsema, Christiaan M | Microphytobenthic on sand where sand patches are viisiable in the image. | |
44 | Microphytobenthic-mat, cover | Microphytobenth mat cov | % | Roelfsema, Christiaan M | Microphytobenthic occupies complete image - no sand patches visible (100% cover). | |
45 | Sand dark color, cover | Sand dark colour cov | % | Roelfsema, Christiaan M | Will fall out of your hand; black, grey or brown. | |
46 | Sand light color, cover | Sand light colour cov | % | Roelfsema, Christiaan M | Will fall out of your hand; light colour. | |
47 | Rock, cover | Rock cov | % | Roelfsema, Christiaan M | Hard surface not included in any other category. | |
48 | Anemone, cover | Anemone cov | % | Roelfsema, Christiaan M | Sessile polyp attached to the benthos; array of tentacles. | |
49 | Benthos, other, cover | Benthos oth cov | % | Roelfsema, Christiaan M | Other that is definetly worth noting, e.g. coral. | |
50 | Benthos, other dead, cover | Benthos oth dead cov | % | Roelfsema, Christiaan M | Other live type which is now dead. | |
51 | Pina, fan mussel, cover | Pina fan mussel cov | % | Roelfsema, Christiaan M | Upright bivalve, 30-50 cm long | |
52 | Sea cucumber, cover | Sea cucumber cov | % | Roelfsema, Christiaan M | Elongated, cylindrical body, free to move around. Have commercial value. | |
53 | Small Shells, cover | Small Shells cov | % | Roelfsema, Christiaan M | Discarded small shells, often very white in colour. | |
54 | Sponges, cover | Sponge cov | % | Roelfsema, Christiaan M | Attached to the benthos; homogeneous colour, Often one colour with a small and a big hole. | |
55 | Star fish (Sea star), cover | Star fish cov | % | Roelfsema, Christiaan M | Star-shaped, flat organism free to roam the benthos. | |
56 | Urchin, cover | Urchin cov | % | Roelfsema, Christiaan M | Spiny and spherical. Can cause a negative impact if too many. |
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