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The South-west Corner Commonwealth Marine Reserve〔 is a marine reserve on the lower south west and southern coast of Western Australia, one of 14 in the South-west Commonwealth Marine Reserves Network. The key ecological features of the reserve include: * Albany Canyon * Cape Mentelle upwelling * Diamantina Fracture Zone * Naturaliste Plateau * Donnelly Banks It is the commonwealth waters (further away from the coastline) equivalent of the state marine park Ngari Capes Marine Park, which exists within Western Australian state jurisdiction. ==Major conservation values== The South-west Corner Commonwealth Marine Reserve has the following major conservation values: *Important migratory area for protected humpback whales and blue whales *Important foraging areas for the: * *threatened white shark * *threatened Australian sea lion * *threatened Indian yellow-nosed albatross and soft-plumaged petrel * *migratory sperm whale * *migratory flesh-footed shearwater, short-tailed shearwater and Caspian tern *Seasonal calving habitat for the threatened southern right whale *Representation of three provincial bioregions (the South-west Transition and Southern Province in the off-shelf area, and the South-west Shelf Province on the continental shelf) and two meso-scale bioregions (southern end of the Leeuwin-Naturaliste meso-scale bioregion and western and central parts of the Western Australia South Coast meso-scale bioregion) *Six key ecological features: * *Albany Canyon group (high productivity, feeding aggregations) * *Cape Mentelle upwelling (high productivity) * *Diamantina Fracture Zone (unique sea-floor feature likely to support deepwater communities characterised by high species diversity and endemism) * *Naturaliste Plateau (unique sea-floor feature, likely to support deepwater communities characterised by high species diversity and endemism) * * western rock lobster habitat (species with an important ecological role) * *Commonwealth marine environment surrounding the Recherche Archipelago (high biodiversity, breeding and resting aggregations, including the most extensive areas of reef on the shelf within the South-west Marine Region) *Representation of the Donnelly Banks, east of Augusta, characterised by higher productivity and including nursery habitats 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「South-west Corner Commonwealth Marine Reserve」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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