Seagrass Presence Absence Australia (ACEAS)

This seagrass habitat map was produced by the ACEAS Seagrass working group as part of the seagrass habitat risk modelling effort. The map identified seagrass presence based on 1) on the NISB (National Intertidal-Subtidal Benthic) Habitat Map created by the University of Tasmania for a partnership between the Department of Climate Change and the National Land and Water Resources Audit, 2) UNEP WCMC Seagrass map 2005, 3) publications/reports and 4) expert knowledge/personal observation.


This nationally aggregated seagrass presence/absence habitat map was produced from individual state-based habitat maps (see child records) for the purpose of publication to the AODN Data Portal.

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Identification info

Date (Creation)
2013-11
Date (Revision)
2014-02
Credit
1) As part of ACEAS Seagrass Working Group: Vanessa Lucieer (University of Tasmania), Lynda Radke (Geoscience Australia), Mitchell Lyons(University of NSW), Phillippa Bricher (University of Tasmania) Patricia von Baumgarten (DEWNR) Jonathan Hodge (CSIRO, ACEF, TERN) Jeff Ross (University of Tasmania) Len McKenzie, James Cook University
Status
Completed

Author

Global Change Institute (GCI), The University of Queensland (UQ) - Robert Franklin C. Canto (Coastal Carbon WP4 Research Officer)
Biophysical Remote Sensing Group - The University of Queensland (UQ)
Brisbane
Queensland
4072
Australia

Author

Queensland University of Technology (QUT) - James Udy (Chief Scientist)
2 George Street
Brisbane
Queensland
4003
Australia

Author

Edith Cowan University (ECU) - Kathryn McMahon (Research Fellow)
270 Joondalup Drive
Joondalup
Western Australia
6027
Australia

Author

The University of Adelaide - Michelle Waycott (Professor)
The University of Adelaide
Adelaide
South Australia
5005
Australia

Author

Department of Water (DoW), Western Australian Government - Kieryn Kilminster (Scientist)
P.O. Box K822
Perth
Western Australia
6842
Australia

Author

School of Biological Sciences (SBS), The University of Western Australia (UWA) - Gary Kendrick (Winthrop Professor)
School of Biological Sciences (SBS), The University of Western Australia (UWA)
Crawley
Western Australia
6009
Australia

Author

The University of Queensland (UQ) - Chris Roelfsema (Research fellow and Lecturer Remote Sensing, Biophysical Remote Sensing Group)
The University of Queensland, St. Lucia
Brisbane
Queensland
4072
Australia

Author

Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH), New South Wales Government - Peter Scanes (Senior Team Leader, Estuaries and Catchments Science Unit)
Office of Environment and Heritage head Office
Sydney South
New South Wales
1232
Australia

Author

Department of Primary Industries (DPI), New South Wales Government - Greg West (Spatial Data Analyst, Aquatic Ecosystems)
Locked Bag 21
Orange
New South Wales
2800
Australia
Spatial representation type
Vector

Spatial resolution

Equivalent scale

Denominator
50000
Topic category
  • Biota
  • Structure

Extent

N
S
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W


Temporal extent

Time period
1984 2013
Maintenance and update frequency
Not planned

Resource format

Title
ESRI Shapefile
Date
Edition
-
GCMD Keywords, Version 8.5
Region
  • AUSTRALIA EXCLUDING EXTERNAL TERRITORIES

Resource constraints

Other constraints
This dataset is hosted by the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania, on behalf of the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) Australian Coastal Ecosystems Facility (ACEF).

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 as: Canto, R., Udy, J., McMahon, K., Waycott, M., Kilminster, K., Kendrick, G., Roelfsema, C., Scanes, P., and West, G. 2014. Australia Seagrass Habitat Map.
Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Distribution Information

Distribution format
  • ESRI Shapefile

Distributor

Distributor

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network - Australian Coastal Ecosystems Facility - ACEF (ACEF Coastal Data Manager)
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network - Australian Coastal Ecosystems Facility
Brisbane
Queensland
4072
Australia
OnLine resource
SHAPE-ZIP

DATA ACCESS - This OGC WFS service returns the data (AUSTRALIA-WIDE seagrass presence/absence) in Shapefile format.

OnLine resource
seamap:ACEAS_seagrass_ALL

MAP - AUSTRALIA-WIDE seagrass presence/absence

Resource lineage

Statement
This seagrass habitat map was produced based on the following datasets: 1) NISB (National Intertidal-Subtidal Benthic) habitat map created by the University of Tasmania for a partnership between the Department of Climate Change and the National Land and Water Resources Audit, 2) UNEP WCMC Seagrass map 2005, 3) publications/reports, 4) expert knowledge/personal observation ***************** Edits from publications/reports: S. Nayar, G. Collings, P. Pfennig, M. Royal, Managing nitrogen inputs into seagrass meadows near a coastal city: Flow-on from research to environmental improvement plans, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Volume 64, Issue 5, May 2012, Pages 932-940 ***************** Expert knowledge and personal observation: Greg West, Peter Scanes (NSW-DPI) ***************** Original NISB habitat map can be obtained through ACEF Coastal Data Portal: http://acef.tern.org.au/portal/
Hierarchy level
Dataset

Reference System Information

Reference system identifier
EPSG/GDA94 (EPSG:4283)

Metadata

Metadata identifier
c2fd5b58-4bb7-42f3-86d8-0b7fd54596be

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Point of contact

Global Change Institute (GCI), The University of Queensland (UQ) - Robert Franklin C. Canto (Coastal Carbon WP4 Research Officer)
Biophysical Remote Sensing Group-University of Queensland
Brisbane
Queensland
4072
Australia

Point of contact

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

Type of resource

Resource scope
Dataset
Metadata linkage
https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/c2fd5b58-4bb7-42f3-86d8-0b7fd54596be

Point of truth URL of this metadata record

Date info (Creation)
2019-01-11T13:46:11
Date info (Revision)
2019-01-11T13:46:11

Metadata standard

Title
ISO 19115-3:2018
 
 

Overviews

Spatial extent

N
S
E
W


Keywords

GCMD Keywords, Version 8.5
EARTH SCIENCE | BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION | PLANTS | ANGIOSPERMS (FLOWERING PLANTS) | MONOCOTS | SEAGRASS EARTH SCIENCE | BIOSPHERE | AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS | BENTHIC HABITAT EARTH SCIENCE | BIOSPHERE | AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS | MARINE HABITAT

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