What do we know about the CMRs and KEFs in Australia's N and NW regions?

In 2016, researchers from Project D1 of the Marine Biodiversity Hub of the National Environmental Science Programme used publicly available datasets to identify where physical and biological data exist across the Commonwealth Marine Reserves and Key Ecological Features of Australia's N and NW regions. Learn more by reading chapter 3 in the 2017 FINAL REPORT. Scroll down or use the chart below to see maps that show the results.

 

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CMRs - physical CMRs - biological KEFs - physical KEFs - biological
Multi-beam bathymetry Hard coral Multi-beam bathymetry Hard coral
RAN bathymetry Soft coral RAN bathymetry Soft coral
Physical oceanography Sponges Physical oceanography Sponges
  Brittle stars   Brittle stars
  Polychaetes   Polychaetes
  Molluscs   Molluscs
  Marine mammals   Marine mammals
  Sea turtles   Sea turtles
  Seabirds   Seabirds
  Demersal fish   Demersal fish
  Demersal sharks and rays   Demersal sharks and rays
  Pelagic fish   Pelagic fish
  Pelagic sharks and rays   Pelagic sharks and rays

North West Commonwealth Marine Reserves Key Ecological Features

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The map below shows the location of all multibeam bathymetry (shaded red) currently held by Geoscience Australia (GA) as of 2016 (see the metadata record).
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KEF_pelagic-fish.JPG
Researchers from Project D1 of the Marine Biodiversity Hub of the National Environmental Science Programme present this interactive map-based summary of where pelagic fish are known to exist in the Key Ecological Features of the N and NW regions.
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Researchers from Project D1 of the Marine Biodiversity Hub of the National Environmental Science Programme present this interactive map-based summary of where pelagic sharks and rays are known to exist in the Key Ecological Features of the N and NW regions.
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KEF_demersal-sharks-rays.JPG
Researchers from Project D1 of the Marine Biodiversity Hub of the National Environmental Science Programme present this interactive map-based summary of where demersal sharks & rays are known to exist in the Key Ecological Features of the N and NW regions.
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Researchers from Project D1 of the Marine Biodiversity Hub of the National Environmental Science Programme present this interactive map-based summary of where demersal fish are known to exist in the Key Ecological Features of the N and NW regions.
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Researchers from Project D1 of the Marine Biodiversity Hub of the National Environmental Science Programme present this interactive map-based summary of where seabirds are known to exist in the Key Ecological Features of the N and NW regions.
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Researchers from Project D1 of the Marine Biodiversity Hub of the National Environmental Science Programme present this interactive map-based summary of where sea turtles are known to exist in the Key Ecological Features of the N and NW regions.
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Researchers from Project D1 of the Marine Biodiversity Hub of the National Environmental Science Programme present this interactive map-based summary of where marine mammals are known to exist in the Key Ecological Features of the N and NW regions.
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Researchers from Project D1 of the Marine Biodiversity Hub of the National Environmental Science Programme present this interactive map-based summary of where molluscs are known to exist in the Key Ecological Features of the N and NW regions.
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KEF_polychaetes.JPG
Researchers from Project D1 of the Marine Biodiversity Hub of the National Environmental Science Programme present this interactive map-based summary of where polychaetes are known to exist in the Key Ecological Features of the N and NW regions.
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KEF_brittle-stars.JPG
Researchers from Project D1 of the Marine Biodiversity Hub of the National Environmental Science Programme present this interactive map-based summary of where brittle stars are known to exist in the Key Ecological Features of the N and NW regions.
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KEF_sponges.JPG
Researchers from Project D1 of the Marine Biodiversity Hub of the National Environmental Science Programme present this interactive map-based summary of where sponges are known to exist in the Key Ecological Features of the N and NW regions.
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Researchers from Project D1 of the Marine Biodiversity Hub of the National Environmental Science Programme present this interactive map-based summary of where soft corals are known to exist in the Key Ecological Features of the N and NW regions.
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Researchers from Project D1 of the Marine Biodiversity Hub of the National Environmental Science Programme present this interactive map-based summary of where hard corals are known to exist in the Key Ecological Features of the N and NW regions.
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KEF_GA-MB.JPG
Researchers from Project D1 of the Marine Biodiversity Hub of the National Environmental Science Programme present this interactive map-based summary of where multi-beam bathymetry data exists in the Key Ecological Features of the N and NW regions.
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KEF_ran_bathy.JPG
Researchers from Project D1 of the Marine Biodiversity Hub of the National Environmental Science Programme present this interactive map-based summary of where bathymetry data exists in the Key Ecological Features of the N and NW regions.
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Researchers from Project D1 of the Marine Biodiversity Hub of the National Environmental Science Programme present this interactive map-based summary of where physical oceanography data exists in the Key Ecological Features of the N and NW regions.
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Researchers from Project D1 of the Marine Biodiversity Hub of the National Environmental Science Programme present this interactive map-based summary of where physical oceanography data exists in the Commonwealth Marine Reserves of the N and NW regions.
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CMR_ran_bathy.JPG
Researchers from Project D1 of the Marine Biodiversity Hub of the National Environmental Science Programme present this interactive map-based summary of where RAN bathymetry data exists in the Commonwealth Marine Reserves of the N and NW regions.
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Researchers from Project D1 of the Marine Biodiversity Hub of the National Environmental Science Programme present this interactive map-based summary of where high resolution bathymetry data exists in the Commonwealth Marine Reserves of the N and NW regions.