Cruise No. EP40

Access URI: https://doi.org/10.25919/xr3v-5483

Alternate Title: Biodiversity assessment of Australias Indian Ocean Territories - Investigating the IOT

Brief Description (Abstract):

The voyages IN2021_V04 and IN2022_V08 consisted of seven main projects with the following objectives: 1. Characterise benthic biodiversity from seamounts (100-5000 m) across the EEZ in Australiaâs Indian Ocean Territories (IOT) for the first time. 2. Provide specimens and tissues samples to taxonomists for species identification and descriptions. 3. Test whether the proposed bioregionalisation for the territories (Brewer et al 2009, derived from environmental data) is an adequate surrogate for patterns of seafloor diversity across a series of depth strata. 4. Assess the conservation significance of these seamount communities, particularly the presence of Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems (VMEs) including cold water coral and sponge communities. 5. Document spatial and bathymetric patterns of oceanographic characteristics and plankton distribution. 6. Substantially contribute to the AusSeabed project by maximising new Multibeam coverage. 7. Understand the biogeographical relationships of the fauna through community and evolutionary (DNA) comparisons with other Australian, west Pacific and Indian Ocean faunas.

Status: Completed

Purpose: Biodiversity assessment of seafloor faunal assemblages in Australias Indian Ocean Territories

Presentation Format: TableDigital

Distribution Format: Unknown

Distribution Format Version: Unknown

Keyword(s): Earth Science-Marine Science,

Place/Location(s): Eastern Indian Ocean,

Project: IIOE-2,

Topic Category(s): Biota,

Date(s): 2024-03-02 (Revision), 2024-03-02 (Publication), 2024-03-02 (Creation),

Resource Contact(s):
1. Name : Timothy D O'Hara
    Position : Chief Scientist
    Role : PrincipalInvestigator
    Phone : +61400836634
    E-Mail : tohara [ at ] museum.vic.gov.au
    Organization Name : Museums Victoria
    Address : 11 Nicholson Street
    City : Carlton
    State : VIC
    Postal Code : 3053
    Country : AUS

Distributor Contact(s):
1. Name : HF Data-Requests-DG
    Role : Distributor
    Phone : +61 3 9545 2176
    E-Mail : data-requests [ at ] marine.csiro.au
    Organization Name : CSIRO OampA Information and Data Centre
    Address : GPO Box 1538 Hobart TAS 7001
    City : Hobart
    State : Tasmania
    Postal Code : 7001
    Country : AUS

Metadata Contact(s):
1. Name : Timothy O'Hara
    Position : Senior Curator
    Role : PointOfContact
    Phone : +61400836634
    E-Mail : tohara [ at ] museum.vic.gov.au
    Organization Name : Museums Victoria
    Address : 11 Nicholson Street
    City : Carlton
    State : VIC
    Postal Code : 3053
    Country : AUS

Extent:
Start Date : 2021-06-25
End Date   : 2022-11-03