Seagrass cover map for the optically complex waters of Moreton Bay, Queensland

The aim of this study was to create a seagrass presence/absence map for the optically complex waters of Moreton Bay. The capability to map seagrass meadows in waters of varying clarity using a consistent and repeatable method is an invaluable resource for conservation and management of seagrass regionally and globally. The map was created using an adaptation of a Google Earth Engine (GEE) cloud processing and machine learning algorithm which for seagrass, utilized citizen science spot check field data, Landsat 8 OLI imagery pulled directly from GEE, a bathymetry layer (30 m), slope derived from depth and a coral mask. This dataset consists of a shapefile that shows seagrass presence (≥ 25 % cover) and substrate mapped simultaneously for the turbid waters of the Western Bay coastline and the optically clear waters of the Eastern Banks, Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia.


This record contains a snapshot of the data taken for use in Seamap Australia (a national benthic habitat map; https://seamapaustralia.org). View the original record at: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.937501

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Identification info

Date (Publication)
2023-03-09

Principal investigator

School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland (UQ) - Kovacs, Eva
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Collaborator

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

James Cook University (JCU) - Canto, Robert
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Collaborator

University of the Sunshine Coast (USC) - Leon, Javier
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Collaborator

The University of Queensland (UQ) - Phinn, Stuart
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Collaborator

University of Wollongong (UOW) - Hamylton, Sarah
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Status
Completed

Point of contact

School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland (UQ) - Kovacs, Eva
The University of Queensland (UQ)
St Lucia
Queensland
3072
Australia
Topic category
  • Biota

Extent

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Temporal extent

Time period
2015-01-01 2015-12-31
Maintenance and update frequency
Not planned

Resource format

Title
ESRI Shapefile
Date
Edition
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Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords Version 8.0
Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC): Fields of Research
AODN Platform Vocabulary
Keywords (Theme)
  • Benthic habitat
  • benthic community
  • citizen science field data
  • Moreton Bay
  • remote sensing
  • satellite data
AODN Instrument Vocabulary

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
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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: Kovacs, Eva M; Roelfsema, Christiaan M; Phinn, Stuart R; Lyons, Mitchell; Udy, James; Baltais, Simon (2021): Seagrass cover map for the optically complex waters of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia (2015) XXX. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.937501
Other constraints
This dataset 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 (testing a national marine benthic habitat classification scheme).
Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

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
  • ESRI Shapefile

OnLine resource
SHAPE-ZIP

DATA ACCESS - This OGC WFS service returns the data (Moreton Island seagrass cover) in Shapefile format.

OnLine resource
seamap:SeamapAus_QLD_MoretonBay_seagrass_RS_2015

MAP - Moreton Island seagrass cover

OnLine resource
Original metadata record [PANGAEA catalogue]

Hierarchy level
Dataset

Platform

Identifier

Code
diver

Instrument

Identifier

Code
underwater cameras

Metadata

Metadata identifier
urn:uuid/c0742bc7-5aa6-4f72-9da7-3983aa3ea4d6

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Point of contact

Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania (UTAS) - IMAS Data Manager
Parent metadata

Type of resource

Resource scope
Dataset
Metadata linkage
https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/c0742bc7-5aa6-4f72-9da7-3983aa3ea4d6

Point of truth URL of this metadata record

Date info (Creation)
2020-09-23T12:29:21
Date info (Revision)
2023-09-19T13:24:50

Metadata standard

Title
ISO 19115-3:2018
 
 

Overviews

UQ.jpg

Spatial extent

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Keywords

Benthic habitat Moreton Bay benthic community citizen science field data remote sensing satellite data
AODN Platform Vocabulary
diver
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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