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This funding program ended in June 2021. Information about the 2021–2027 funding program is available on the Marine and Coastal Hub website.
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A crinoid pictured on the abyssal seafloor off eastern Australia by the RV Investigator deep-tow camera during a voyage in May-June 2017. Image: CSIRO Marine National Facility
Australia’s existing marine bioregionalisation is based on limited biological information (demersal fish only) and limited analyses, and the biodiversity patterns on which it is based have since been updated.