Darwin & Bynoe Harbours Predictive Benthic Habitat Mapping

The goal of the program was developing comprehensive inventories and maps of the distribution and abundance of physical and biological seabed habitats, seagrasses and benthic assemblages to provide baseline environmental mapping and a description of ecological patterns. The benthic habitat mapping was performed by utilising R/Python and Maxent software within the species distribution modelling domain. We correlated the probability of occurrence of individual benthic habitat classes with the environmental predictors developed form the multibeam hydroacoustic dataset. The data is presented as a maximum likelihood map incorporating all five prediction classes: (1- Macroalgae; 2- Filter Feeders; 3- Seagrass; 4- Hard Corals; 5- Bare seafloor).


An updated version of this data are available (2022) Revised predictive benthic habitat map for Darwin Harbour. Report prepared for Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Darwin, 127 pp.

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Date (Revision)
2024-10-17T00:00:00

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Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS)
PRIVATE MAIL BAG 3, TOWNSVILLE MAIL CENTRE
TOWNSVILLE
Queensland
4810
Australia
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Credit
Geoscience Australia (GA)
Credit
Funding Body: Offset funds from INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project to DENR, and co-investments from GA and AIMS.
Credit
Department of Land Resource Management, Northern Territory Government (DLRM)
Status
Completed

Point of contact

Australian Institute of Marine Science - Galaiduk, R ()
PRIVATE MAIL BAG 3, TOWNSVILLE MAIL CENTRE
TOWNSVILLE
Queensland
4810
Australia

Point of contact

Australian Institute of Marine Science - AIMS Data Centre ()
PRIVATE MAIL BAG 3, TOWNSVILLE MAIL CENTRE
TOWNSVILLE
Queensland
4810
Australia
Topic category
  • Oceans
  • Biota

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Time period
2014-01-01 2018-06-30
Maintenance and update frequency
Not planned
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Cite data as: Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS). (2019). Darwin & Bynoe Harbours Predictive Benthic Habitat Mapping. https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/af07f423-98d1-4860-801f-845eefd45dfd on [access date].
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This dataset is a is hosted by the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania, on behalf of the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) for the purposes of the Seamap Australia collaborative project.
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Use Limitation: All AIMS data, products and services are provided "as is" and AIMS does not warrant their fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement. While AIMS has made every reasonable effort to ensure high quality of the data, products and services, to the extent permitted by law the data, products and services are provided without any warranties of any kind, either expressed or implied, including without limitation any implied warranties of title, merchantability, and fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement. AIMS make no representation or warranty that the data, products and services are accurate, complete, reliable or current. To the extent permitted by law, AIMS exclude all liability to any person arising directly or indirectly from the use of the data, products and services.
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Thematic classification
Description
Appended to original data for styling purposes for the Seamap Australia Project.
Name
Benthic habitat

Name
SM_HAB_CLS

Content Information

Content type
Physical measurement

Distribution Information

Distribution format
  • ESRI shapefile (.shp)

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SHAPE-ZIP

DATA ACCESS - This OGC WFS service returns the data (Darwin & Bynoe Harbours benthic habitat) in Shapefile format.

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DATA ACCESS opt 2 - Download in .tif format

1=Macroalgae; 2=Filter Feeders; 3=Seagrass; 4=Hard Corals; 5=Bare seafloor

OnLine resource
SeamapAus_NT_DarwinBynoeHarbours_habitat_2019

OnLine resource
ASSOCIATED PUBLICATION - Technical report

OnLine resource
Original metadata record [AIMS catalogue]

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Statement
The layers are a product of the benthic habitat mapping activities and a direct outcome of the previous collaborative work between the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Northern Territory Government (DENR), Geoscience Australia (GA) and the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS). This program was made possible through offset funds provided by the INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project to DENR, and co-investments from GA and AIMS.
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Dataset
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed

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Metadata identifier
urn:uuid/af07f423-98d1-4860-801f-845eefd45dfd

Language
English
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UTF8

Point of contact

Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) - AIMS Data Centre
PRIVATE MAIL BAG 3
TOWNSVILLE MAIL CENTRE
Queensland
4810
Australia
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0800 to 1640 UTC+10: Monday to Friday
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Date info (Creation)
2019-03-06T00:00:00
Date info (Revision)
2025-04-30T10:26:57

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ISO 19115-3:2018
 
 

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