Interim Marine Bioregionalisation for Australia

Prepared by:

CSIRO Division of Fisheries
CSIRO Division of Oceanography

Version 1.01
September 1996

COPYRIGHT © CSIRO 1996

Contents

• EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
• 1. PREFACE
• 2. PROJECT PARTICIPANTS
• 3. INTRODUCTION
• 4. AIMS AND SCOPE OF THE PROJECT
• 5. BACKGROUND TO BIOREGIONALISATION
  • 5.1. REALMS
  • 5.2. BIOREGIONS
  • 5.3. MARINE BIOMES
  • 5.4. HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURE OF MARINE BIODIVERSITY
• 6. REVIEW OF REGIONALISATION STRATEGIES
  • 6.1. BIOLOGICAL SURROGATES
  • 6.2. PHYSICAL SURROGATES
  • 6.3. BIOREGION DELINIATION
  • 6.4. INTERNATIONAL MARINE BIOREGIONALISATIONS
• 7. BIOREGIONALISING AUSTRALIA
  • 7.1. PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS AND FINDINGS
  • 7.2. ADVANTAGES OF CURRENT STRATEGY
• 8. REGIONALISATION METHODOLOGY
  • 8.1. BIOGEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION INDEX
• 9. OCEANOGRAPHIC DATASETS AND ATTRIBUTES
  • 9.1. DATA SOURCES
    • 9.1.1. HYDROGRAPHIC STATION DATA
    • 9.1.2. PATHFINDER AVHRR SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
  • 9.2. REGIONAL MAPS OF PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PROPERTIES
    • 9.2.1. MAPPING OF HYDROGRAPHIC DATA
    • 9.2.2. SATELLITE SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
• 10. BIOLOGICAL REGIONALISATION: DATASETS
  • 10.1 BATHYMETRY REFINEMENT/GENERATION
    • 10.1.1. ACCURACY
    • 10.1.2. DATASET MERGING
    • 10.1.3. REDUCTION OF BATHYMETRY RESOLUTION AND RESULTANT ERRORS
    • 10.1.4. ADDITION OF SLOPE FLAG
    • 10.1.5. STRING GENERATION
  • 10.2. FISH DISTRIBUTION DATA
    • 10.2.1. REFINEMENT OF BIOTAX '96 WORKSHOP
    • 10.2.2. INTERACTIVE POLGON EDITING
    • 10.2.3. WORKSHOP PROCEDURE
    • 10.2.4. RELIABILITY ASSESSMENT
• 11. BIOLOGICAL REGIONALISATION: ANALUTICAL STRATEGIES
• 12. BIOLOGICAL REGIONALATION: STRING ANALYSES
• 13. BIOLOGICAL REGIONALISATION: BASS STRAIT
  • 13.1. 2-D ANALYSIS STRATEGY
• 14. BIOLOGICAL REGIONALISATION: RESULTS
  • 14.1. STRING ANALYSIS RESULTS
  • 14.2. BASS STRAIT RESULTS
  • 14.3. BIOREGION DEMARCATION AND INTERPRETATION
  • 14.4. BIOTAX'96 DELPHIC REGIONALISATION
  • 14.5. DEMERSAL REGIONALISATION
    • 14.5.1. NP: NOTHERN PROVINCE
    • 14.5.2. NEZ: NORTH EASTERN ZOOTONE
    • 14.5.3. NEP: NORTH EASTERN PROVINCE
    • 14.5.4. CEZ: CENTRAL EASTERN ZOOTONE
    • 14.5.5. CEP: CENTRAL EASTERN PROVINCE
    • 14.5.6. SEZ: SOUTH EASTERN PROVINCE
    • 14.5.7. BASSP: BASS STRAIT PROVINCE
    • 14.5.8. TASP: TASMANIAN PROVINCE
    • 14.5.9. WBASSZ: WESTERN BASS STRAIT ZOOTONE
    • 14.5.10. GULFP: SPENCER & ST.VINCENT GULF PROVINCE
    • 14.5.11. GABZ: GREAT AUSTRALIAN BIGHT ZOOTONE
    • 14.5.12. SWP: SOUTH WESTERN PROVINCE
    • 14.5.13. WZ: WESTERN ZOOTONE
    • 14.5.14. CWP: CENTRAL WESTERN PROVINCE
    • 14.5.15. CWZ: CENTRAL WESTERN ZOOTONE
    • 14.5.16. NWP: NORTH WESTERN PROVINCE
    • 14.4.17. NWZ: NORTH WESTERN ZOOTONE
  • 14.6. PELAGIC REGIONALISATION
    • 14.6.1. NP: NORTHERN PROVINCE
    • 14.6.2. SP: SOUTHERN PROVINCE
    • 14.6.3. WZ: WESTERN ZOOTONE
    • 14.6.4. EZ: EASTERN ZOOTONE
• 15. OCEANOGRAPHIC REGIONALISTION
  • 15.1. ATTRIBUTE DESCRIPTION
  • 15.2. REGIONALISATIONS
• 16. DISCUSSIONS
  • 16.1. LIMITATION AND CAVEATS
  • 16.2. SUMMARY OVERVIEW
  • 16.3. MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS
• 17. CONCLUSIONS
• 18. ACKOWLEDGEMENTS
• 19. REFERENCES
  • 19.1. GENERAL REPORT REFERENCES
  • 19.2. REFERENCES USED IN COMPILING DISTRIBUTION MAPS
• 20. APPENDIX
  • BIOREGIONALISATION MAPS
    • STRING ANALYSIS RESULTS
    • OCEAN PROPERTY MAPS
  • PHYSICAL REGIONALISATION MAPS
    • GROUP PROPERTY PLOTS
    • PROPERTY VS PROPERTY PLOTS
    • GROUP VS PROPERTY ANALYSIS TABLES

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