IMAS Metadata Catalogue
Benthic Communities of the Gunn Point Peninsula, 2020
This polygon spatial dataset describes the benthic habitats likely to occur in marine environments around Gunn Point Peninsula and informs the desktop assessment of the marine biodiversity values for the region.
The benthic habitats are inferred from existing information but in most cases require further data collection to validate and refine.
Habitat modelling forms the basis of benthic community value assessment for Shoal Bay (Galaiduk et al. 2019).
The accompanying report Marine and Coastal Biodiversity Assessment of the Gunn Point Area (2020) forms part of the Mapping the Future Project - Gunn Point.
This project has identified land capability, water availability and biodiversity values to support land planning and inform development potential over the Gunn Point area. Reports and maps can be viewed from the webpage: denr.nt.gov.au/land-resource-management/development-opportunities
- Development Potential of the Gunn Point Area (2020)
- Biodiversity Assessment of the Gunn Point Area (2020)
- Groundwater Resources of the Gunn Point Area (2020)
- Marine and Coastal Biodiversity Assessment of the Gunn Point Area (2020)
- Soil and Land Resources of the Gunn Point Area (2020)
- Soil and Land Suitability Assessment for Irrigated Agriculture in the Gunn Point Area (2017)
- Vegetation Communities of the Gunn Point Area (2020)
Simple
Identification info
- Date (Publication)
- 2020-07-17
Distributor
- Credit
- Data supplied by Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security. © Copyright Northern Territory of Australia
- Status
- Completed
- Topic category
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- Biota
- Oceans
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Temporal extent
- Time period
- 2019-01-01 2020-07-17
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Not planned
Resource format
- Title
- ESRI Shapefile
- Date
- Edition
- -
- Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords Version 8.0
- Keywords (Theme)
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- Benthic habitat
Resource specific usage
- Specific usage
- Data supplied for use by the Seamap Australia Project.
Resource constraints
- Classification
- Unclassified
Resource constraints
- Linkage
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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: Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security, Northern Territory Government of Australia (2020). Benthic Communities of the Gunn Point Peninsula, 2020. Data accessed at https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/AA8612BCAA0B7716E0530101007FC3CA on (access date).
- Other constraints
- This dataset is hosted by the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania, on behalf of the NT Government for the purposes of the Seamap Australia collaborative project. The original dataset is available at http://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/metadata/export_data?type=html&metadata_id=AA8612BCAA0B7716E0530101007FC3CA.
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Supplemental Information
- Palmer, C. and Smit, N., (2020). Mapping the Future project - Gunn Point. Marine and Coastal Biodiversity Assessment of the Gunn Point Area. Technical Report 6/2020 Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Darwin, NT. Download report from NT Library hdl.handle.net/10070/797848 RELATED INFORMATION Galaiduk, R, Radford, B, Harries S, Case, M, Williams, D, Low Choy, D, and Smit, N. (2019). Technical Report: Darwin - Bynoe Harbours predictive mapping of benthic communities. Australian Institute of Marine Science. Perth, Western Australia. api.aims.gov.au/data/v1.0/af07f423-98d1-4860-801f-845eefd45dfd/files/AIMS_NT%20Report%203%20-%20Darwin%20Harbour%20Benthic%20Community%20Mapping%20August%202019%20Final%20Rev%200.pdf Nicholas, WA, Smit, N, Siwabessy, PJW, Atkinson, I, Brinkman, R, Dando, N, Falster, G, Harries, S, Howard, FJF, Huang, Z, Li, J, Nanson, R, Picard, K, Potter, A, Radke, L, Tran, M, Whiteway, T, and Williams, D. (2019). Characterising Marine Abiotic Patterns in the Darwin-Bynoe Harbour region: Summary report, Physical Environments, Darwin Harbour Mapping Project. Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Darwin, Northern Territory. pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/127386 Siwabessy, JP, Smit, N, Nicholas, WA, Atkinson, I, Brinkman, R, Dando, N, Harries, S, Howard, FJF, Huang, Z, Li, J, Picard, K, Potter, A, Radke, LC, Tran, M, Williams, D, and T., W. (2019). Seabed Mapping Darwin Harbour Region (including Bynoe Harbour). Final Report. Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/127384 Smit, N, Penny, S, and Griffiths, T. (2012). Assessment of marine biodiversity and habitat mapping in the Weddell region, Darwin Harbour. Department of Land Resource Management. Palmerston, Northern Territory. hdl.handle.net/10070/253503
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
Distribution Information
- Distribution format
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- ESRI Shapefile
- OnLine resource
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SHAPE-ZIP
DATA ACCESS - This OGC WFS service returns the data (Gunn Point benthic communities) in Shapefile format
- OnLine resource
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seamap:SeamapAus_NT_GunnPt_benthiccomm_2020
MAP - Gunn Point benthic communities
- OnLine resource
- Original metadata record [NT Government catalogue]
Data quality info
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Report
- Name of measure
- Positional Accuracy
- Measure description
- The benthic habitats are inferred from existing information but in most cases require further data collection to validate and refine.
Report
- Name of measure
- Attribute Accuracy
- Measure description
- Attribute values are assigned to each polygon and described in the Data Dictionary below. The attribute naming format uses 10 characters with no spaces to be suitable for an ESRI shape-file format. An alias attribute name is applied to an ESRI file geo-database format.
Report
- Name of measure
- Logical Consistency
- Measure description
- Polygons are single part
Report
- Name of measure
- Completeness
- Measure description
- Complete.
Resource lineage
- Statement
- Polygon data were derived by applying depth - epibenthic community relationships identified in the Darwin-Bynoe and Weddell habitat mapping programs ((Galaiduk et al. 2019, Nichols et al 2019, Siwabessy et al 2019, Smit et al 2012) to collated bathymetric data. metadata data dataset: Bathymetry around Gunn Point peninsula, metadata record: http://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/metadata/export_data?type=html&metadata_id=AA9AE89041522E9EE0530101007FE77C No new data was collected for this desktop assessment. The benthic habitats are inferred from existing information but in most cases require further data collection to validate and refine. Habitat modelling forms the basis of benthic community value assessment for Shoal Bay (Galaiduk et al. 2019, Nichols et al 2019, Siwabessy et al 2019). For the remaining area, important environmental drivers identified in the Darwin-Bynoe habitat mapping program (Galaiduk et al. 2019, Nichols et al 2019, Siwabessy et al 2019) and other published information (e.g. Smit et al 2012) were used to inform the potential spatial distribution of marine habitats (excluding mangroves). In particular, depth - epibenthic community relationships from habitat modelling results were used to determine upper and lower depth ranges for seven marine habitats. DATA DICTIONARY Attribute Attribute Description Possible Code Code Description Area_ha Each polygon in the dataset has an area calculation in hectares. BenComm Describes the various benthic communities within the marine and coastal study area. high intertidal above MSL Marine environment above MSL (approx. +4.2m LAT or 0m AHD). Generally lacking non-motile marine fauna. intertidal coral community Coral dominated community between 0m and +4.2m LAT intertidal flats intertidal flats wader bird feeding grounds - Intertidal sedimentary environments that potentially could be used as feeding areas by wader birds. reef edge hard substrate with slope larger than 30 degrees seagrass community High likelihood for seagrass to occur, based on the combination of known depth range where seagrass consistently is found in Darwin Harbour, sedimentary environment and dugong presence. seagrass community (deep) potential to occur, depth range between -4m and -10m LAT; bottom range determined by maximum depth at which is seagrass is found in Darwin Harbour, sedimentary environment. subtidal coral dominated community Coral dominated community between 0m and -10m LAT. Delineated by hard substrate and depth. subtidal mixed community Epibenthic community within the subtidal zone consisting of equal proportions of coral, macro algal and filter feeder biota.
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Platform
Identifier
- Code
- research aeroplane
mdb:MD_Metadata
- Metadata identifier
- AA8612BCAA0B7716E0530101007FC3CA
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Point of contact
- Parent metadata
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Dataset
- Metadata linkage
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https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/AA8612BCAA0B7716E0530101007FC3CA
Point of truth URL of this metadata record
- Date info (Creation)
- 2020-09-23T12:30:10
- Date info (Revision)
- 2020-09-23T12:30:10
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO 19115-3:2018
Overviews
Spatial extent
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