Mount Gardner is one of two Marine Futures sampling areas that lie within the vicinity of Albany, in South West Western Australia.  The Mt. Gardner sampling area lies just off Two People’s Bay, 30km east of Albany, near a number of smaller urban settlements, and is host to a number of human uses, including recreational and commercial fishing, diving, surfing, recreational boat use and shipping and mining.

The marine environment at this study location is different to the other three study locations on the south coast, in that it encompasses the protected Two Peoples Bay with seagrass and invertebrate communities and the more exposed rocky and macroalgal reefs around the Mt Gardner peninsula itself.

UPDATE:
The team have now collected hydroacoustic (see diagram right) and towed video information to develop the 130 square kilometres of full coverage habitat maps for this study location.

In addition the team have collected 1400 benthic (still) images of the seafloor (see examples below) and 163 hours of stereo baited remote underwater video footage, which have been analysed and the data embedded into the interactive excel charts.

Please see the data downloading website (www.marinefutures.info) for the finished outputs from this study location.