Visual sightings of krill swarms at the sea surface from the Aurora Australis during the BROKE-West voyage, 2005-2006

A collection of data files detailing visual sightings of krill swarms on the sea surface from the Aurora Australis during the BROKE-West voyage, 2005-2006. These data were additional data collected by whale observers. See the record, "BROKE-West_Cetaceans" for full details on the process o...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: THIELE, DEBORAH (hasPrincipalInvestigator), THIELE, DEBORAH (processor), Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher)
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: Australian Antarctic Data Centre
Subjects:
biota
oceans
EUPHAUSIIDS (KRILL)
EARTH SCIENCE
BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION
ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES
ARTHROPODS
CRUSTACEANS
SWARM
CETACEANS
VISUAL OBSERVATIONS
FIELD SURVEYS
FIELD INVESTIGATION
OCEAN &gt
SOUTHERN OCEAN
CONTINENT &gt
ANTARCTICA
GEOGRAPHIC REGION &gt
POLAR
Southern Ocean
Antarc*
Antarctica
aurora australis
Online Access:https://researchdata.ands.org.au/visual-sightings-krill-2005-2006/1440181
https://doi.org/10.26179/5dddf6621e5e8
https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/BROKE-West_Krill_Swarms
http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536
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Summary:A collection of data files detailing visual sightings of krill swarms on the sea surface from the Aurora Australis during the BROKE-West voyage, 2005-2006. These data were additional data collected by whale observers. See the record, "BROKE-West_Cetaceans" for full details on the process of collecting whale observations. In summary though, observers were present from the time the vessel departed Fremantle until it approached Hobart. Observers worked whenever light, weather and sea conditions permitted. Generally between two and five observers were working at any given time (see the above cetaceans metadata record for more information). The download file contains: - GIS shapefiles showing the locations of the recorded swarms on the ship's track. - A csv and Excel file of the recorded observations. - Several map images showing the ship's track and the observed swarms. The BROKE-West survey was conducted on voyage 3 of the Aurora Australis during the 2005-3006 season. It was intended to be a comprehensive biological and oceanographic survey of the region between 30 degrees and 80 degrees east.

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