IMAS Metadata Catalogue
Geomorphology map of the Huon Australian Marine Park
The Huon Commonwealth Marine Reserve (CMR) covers a broad depth range from the inner continental shelf at about 70 m, to abyssal depths of more than 3000 m. The majority of the area is in deep water. The Tasman Seamounts Marine Reserve that was proclaimed in 1999 has been wholly incorporated into the Huon Commonwealth marine reserve. The reserve contains a cluster of seamounts that appear as cone-shaped submerged mountains, which provide a range of depths for a diversity of plants and animals.
The peaks of many of the reserve's seamounts are between 750 m and 1000 m below the sea surface and support endemic species, including large erect corals and sponges. Some of the flora and fauna are hundreds and possibly thousands of years old, making them some of the longest-lived animals on Earth. The reserve also provides an important connection between seamounts of the Indian Ocean and the Tasman Sea.
This map of the geomorphology of the Huon CMR was prepared for the NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub Theme D (1) project: National data collation, synthesis and visualisation to support sustainable use, management and monitoring of marine assets.
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Identification info
- Date (Creation)
- 2018-04-27
Principal investigator
- Credit
- National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine Biodiversity Hub [https://www.nespmarine.edu.au]
- Status
- Completed
Principal investigator
- Topic category
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- Geoscientific information
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Temporal extent
- Time period
- 2017-06-01 2017-06-30
Vertical element
- Minimum value
- 40
- Maximum value
- 4100
- Identifier
- EPSG::5715
- Name
- MSL depth
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Not planned
- NASA/GCMD Keywords, Version 8.5
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- EARTH SCIENCE | BIOSPHERE | ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS | COMMUNITY DYNAMICS | BIODIVERSITY FUNCTIONS
- EARTH SCIENCE | LAND SURFACE | GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES
- EARTH SCIENCE | OCEANS | MARINE VOLCANISM
- EARTH SCIENCE SERVICES | ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORIES | MARINE ADVISORIES | MARINE BIOLOGY
- EARTH SCIENCE | OCEANS | BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY
- EARTH SCIENCE | OCEANS | BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY | SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY
- EARTH SCIENCE | BIOSPHERE | ECOSYSTEMS | MARINE ECOSYSTEMS | BENTHIC
- EARTH SCIENCE | OCEANS | BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY | OCEAN PLATEAUS/RIDGES
- Keywords (Theme)
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- Benthic habitat
- ZONE
Resource specific usage
- Specific usage
- Data supplied as testing for a national marine benthic habitat classification scheme (Seamap Australia).
Resource constraints
- Classification
- Unclassified
Resource constraints
- Use limitation
- Data was sourced from the NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub – the Marine Biodiversity Hub is supported through funding from the Australian Government’s National Environmental Science Program (NESP), administered by the Department of the Environment and Energy (DOEE).
Resource constraints
- Linkage
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http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/4.0/88x31.png
License Graphic
- Title
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- Website
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
License Text
- Other constraints
- Cite data as: Lucieer, V (2018), Geomorphology map of the Huon Australian Marine Park. Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania (UTAS). Data accessed from http://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/en/metadata.show?uuid=6e9916d1-0e9c-4cf0-b08e-e5e631c1aa4d on [access date].
- Other constraints
- The data described in this record are the intellectual property of the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania (UTAS).
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Content Information
- Content type
- Physical measurement
- Name
- ZONE
- Name
- Classification scheme
- Description
- Appended to original data for styling purposes for the Seamap Australia Project. (= same as ZONE)
- Name
- Benthic habitat
- Name
- SM_HAB_CLS
Distribution Information
- Distribution format
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- ArcGIS (.shp) and Legend Files (.lyr)
- OnLine resource
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SHAPE-ZIP
DATA ACCESS - Download the data (L1 Seamap Aus subtrata classification) in Shapefile format
- OnLine resource
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SHAPE-ZIP
DATA ACCESS - Download the data (L3 FINESCALE geomorphic classification) in Shapefile format
- OnLine resource
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SHAPE-ZIP
DATA ACCESS - Download the data (L3 BROADSCALE geomorphic classification) in Shapefile format
- OnLine resource
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Huon_AMP_L1_Seamap_substrata
MAP - Huon AMP - Seamap Aus L1 substrata classification
- OnLine resource
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Huon_AMP_L3_finescale_geomorphology
MAP - Huon AMP - GA L3 FINESCALE geomorphic classification
- OnLine resource
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Huon_AMP_L3_broadscale_geomorphology
MAP - Huon AMP - GA L3 BROADSCALE geomorphic classification
Resource lineage
- Statement
- The Huon bathymetric data sets have been sourced from CSIRO and Geoscience Australia. The data has been gridded to 50 m resolution. The geomorphology layer is mapped to the Geoscience Australia Marine Geomorphology Classification Version 1. Huon_Geomorphology_Level1_Provinces.shp: shapefile of the first level of the Geoscience Australia Seabed Geomorphology classification table to shelf, slope and rise. Huon_Geomorphology_Level2.shp: defines the second level of the Geoscience Australia Seabed Geomorphology classification table to plane, slope and escarpment. This was generated by creating a slope layer and reclassifying the surface in ArcGIS to Plane (<2 degrees; Slope >2 degrees and Escarpment (>10 degrees) in slope. Huon_Geomorphology_Level3_Finescale.shp: Fine scale geomorphic features identified from the bathymetric grid [Channel, Depression, Knoll, Ridge, Seamount] Huon_Geomorphology_Level3_Broadscale.shp: Broad scale geomorphic features identified from the bathymetric grid [Floor plain, Rise, Shelf Plain, Terrace] Huon_Seamap_Level1: Seafloor habitat classification as per the Seamap Australia benthic habitat classification table - Level 1: [Hard; Mixed or Soft Substrata] Huon_AMP_Boundary.shp: Boundary layer from the Department of Environment detailing the spatial boundary of Huon AMP. LEGEND FILES: Legend files for each of these layers are supplied in the file.
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Reference System Information
- Reference system identifier
- EPSG/WGS 84 / UTM zone 55S (EPSG:32755)
Reference System Information
- Reference system identifier
- EPSG/WGS 84 (EPSG:4326)
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Platform
Identifier
- Code
- research vessel
mdb:MD_Metadata
- Metadata identifier
- 6e9916d1-0e9c-4cf0-b08e-e5e631c1aa4d
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Point of contact
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Dataset
- Metadata linkage
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https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/6e9916d1-0e9c-4cf0-b08e-e5e631c1aa4d
Point of truth URL of this metadata record
- Date info (Creation)
- 2020-09-23T12:26:17
- Date info (Revision)
- 2020-09-23T12:26:17
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO 19115-3:2018
Overviews
Spatial extent
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