Detailed visual seabed survey at drilling site 7218/11-1
Detailed visual seabed survey at drilling site 7218/11-1
Detailed visual seabed survey at drilling site 7218/11-1
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Theapproxim<strong>at</strong>edistributionof the pot<strong>at</strong>o spongeGeodiais shownin Figure33.<br />
Figure33. Observ<strong>at</strong>ionsof the pot<strong>at</strong>o spongeGeodia<strong>at</strong> Darwin,August,2012.<br />
This obviously is a common species, and occurs acrossalmost all of the <strong>survey</strong> area. We can<br />
thereforeconsiderit asa keyspeciesfor the area,but it is by no meansrare.<br />
Figure34 showsthe observeddistribution of the yellow spongeAplysilla. It appearsto be somewh<strong>at</strong><br />
more p<strong>at</strong>chily distributed than Geodia, but still can be considereda common and typical sponge<br />
speciesfor the area.<br />
<strong>Detailed</strong> <strong>site</strong> <strong>survey</strong> <strong>at</strong> PL531 Darwin<br />
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