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2003 Habitat Maps derived from Grey Nurse Shark (GNS) Project of Wolf Rock, Double Island Point, Queensland, Australia

Surveying habitats critical to the survival of grey nurse sharks in South-East Queensland has mapped critical habitats, gathered species inventories and developed protocols for ecological monitoring of critical habitats in southern Queensland. This information has assisted stakeholders with habitat definition and effective management. In 2002 members of UniDive applied successfully for World Wide Fund for Nature, Threatened Species Network funds to map the critical Grey Nurse Shark Habitats in south east Queensland.


UniDive members used the funding to survey, from the boats of local dive operators, Wolf Rock at Double Island Point, Gotham, Cherub's Cave, Henderson's Rock and China Wall at North Moreton and Flat Rock at Point Look Out during 2002 and 2003. These sites are situated along the south east Queensland coast and are known to be key Grey Nurse Shark aggregation sites.


During the project UniDive members were trained in mapping and survey techniques that include identification of fish, invertebrates and substrate types. Training was conducted by experts from the University of Queensland (Centre of Marine Studies, Biophysical Remote Sensing) and the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service who are also UniDive members. The monitoring methods (see methods) are based upon results of the UniDive Coastcare project from 2002, the international established Reef Check program and research conducted by Biophysical Remote Sensing and the Centre of Marine Studies.


This record describes the digitised habitat features for Wolf Rock. View the original metadata record at https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.864211 for the full data collection.

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Identification info

Date (Publication)
2023-03-02

Principal investigator

School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland (UQ) - Roelfsema, Christiaan
University of Queensland (UQ)
PO Box 6811
St Lucia
Queensland
3072
Australia
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Collaborator

Reef Check Australia - Bansemer, Carley

Collaborator

Edith Cowan University (ECU) - McMahon, Kathryn
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Collaborator

James Cook University (JCU) - Joyce, Karen
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Status
Completed

Point of contact

School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland (UQ) - Roelfsema, Christiaan
University of Queensland (UQ)
PO Box 6811
St Luca
Queensland
3072
Australia
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Spatial representation type
Vector
Topic category
  • Biota

Extent

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Temporal extent

Time period
2002-01-01 2003-12-31

Resource format

Title
ESRI Shapefile
Date
Edition
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Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords Version 8.0
  • EARTH SCIENCE | BIOSPHERE | AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS | MARINE HABITAT
Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC): Fields of Research
  • Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
  • Environmental Management
  • Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology)
AODN Platform Vocabulary
  • human
  • research aeroplane
AODN Discovery Parameter Vocabulary
  • Abundance of biota
Keywords (Theme)
  • benthic habitat
  • reef

Resource specific usage

Specific usage
Data supplied for use by the Seamap Australia Project.

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Resource constraints

Classification
Unclassified

Resource constraints

Linkage
http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/4.0/88x31.png

License Graphic

Title
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License


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Website
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

License Text

Other constraints
Cite data as: Roelfsema, Christiaan M; Bansemer, Carley; McMahon, Kathryn M; Joyce, Karen (2016): 2003 Habitat Maps derived from Grey Nurse Shark (GNS) Project of Wolf Rock, Double Island Point, Queensland, Australia. University of Queensland Underwater Club, Brisbane, Australia, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.864211
Other constraints
This dataset is a reduced version of the full dataset, available at https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.864211, and is hosted by the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania, on behalf of the University of Queensland for the purposes of the Seamap Australia collaborative project.
Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8
Supplemental Information
Ford, Susannah; Langridge, Melissa; Roelfsema, Christiaan M; Bansemer, Carley; Pierce, Simon; Gomez, K-Le; Fellegara, Ida; McMahon, Kathryn M; Keller, Marianne; Joyce, Karen; Aurish, Nadia; Prebble, Cameron (2003): Surveying Habitats Critical to the Survival of Grey Nurse Sharks in South-East Queensland. Unidive, The University of Queensland Underwater Club, Brisbane, Australia, 22 p Kovacs, Eva M; Bray, Peran; Thurstan, Ruth; Flower, Jason; Beger, Maria; Gallo, Michele; Loder, Jennifer; Gomez Cabrera, K-Le; Lea, Alex; Ortiz, Juan Carlos; Roelfsema, Christiaan M (2014): Ecological assessment data of the marine flora and fauna of Point Lookout in 2014 (PLEA). University of Queensland Underwater Club, Brisbane, Australia, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.843122

Content Information

Content type
Physical measurement
Description
Appended to original data for styling purposes for the Seamap Australia Project
Name
Benthic habitat

Name
SM_HAB_CLS

Identifier

Code
Abundance of biota

Distribution Information

Distribution format
  • ESRI Shapefile

OnLine resource
SHAPE-ZIP

DATA ACCESS - This OGC WFS service returns the data (Wolf Rock habitats) in Shapefile format.

OnLine resource
seamap:SeamapAus_QLD_WolfRock_habitat

MAP - Wolf Rock habitats

OnLine resource
SUPPLEMENTARY INFO - Data dictionary

OnLine resource
Original metadata record [PANGAEA catalogue]

Resource lineage

Statement
Habitats were mapped using a combination of towed GPS photo transects, aerial photography, bathymetry surveys and expert knowledge.
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Hierarchy level
Dataset

Platform

Identifier

Code
human

Platform

Identifier

Code
research aeroplane
Hierarchy level
Dataset

Platform

Identifier

Code
diver

Platform

Identifier

Code
human

Platform

Identifier

Code
research aeroplane

Metadata

Metadata identifier
urn:uuid/7f6db557-c947-4080-a10d-fa4b3ff0e41e

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Point of contact

Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania (UTAS) - IMAS Data Manager
Parent metadata
  • Seamap Australia National Benthic Habitat Layer (NBHL)

Type of resource

Resource scope
Dataset
Metadata linkage
https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/7f6db557-c947-4080-a10d-fa4b3ff0e41e

Point of truth URL of this metadata record

Date info (Creation)
2020-09-23T12:36:21
Date info (Revision)
2024-01-15T12:17:40

Metadata standard

Title
ISO 19115-3:2018
 
 

Overviews

UQ.jpg

Spatial extent

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S
E
W


Keywords

benthic habitat reef
AODN Discovery Parameter Vocabulary
Abundance of biota
AODN Platform Vocabulary
human research aeroplane
Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC): Fields of Research
Environmental Management Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology)
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords Version 8.0
EARTH SCIENCE | BIOSPHERE | AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS | MARINE HABITAT

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