IMAS Metadata Catalogue
Mapping of selected areas of Cockburn Sound, Western Australia
In 2002, aerial photography of the Perth metropolitan coastal waters was purpose-flown to obtain high quality imagery of the benthic habitats. This imagery was used to map the coverage of vegetated areas in two selected areas of Cockburn Sound: Southern Flats and Eastern Shoal. Areas of relatively poor visibility, such as the Eastern Shelf, are difficult to map with confidence using these techniques. A ground-truthing survey was undertaken in 2004 to map the seagrass and reef habitats on the Eastern Shelf utilising sidescan sonar, towed video and spot dives.
Simple
Identification info
- Date (Creation)
- 2016-05-19
- Date (Publication)
- 2017-09-20T00:00:00
Principal investigator
- Status
- Completed
Point of contact
Cockburn Sound Management Council (CSMC), Department of Water and Environment Regulation (DWER), Western Australia Government - Coordinator CSMC
Locked Bag 33
Cloisters Square
Perth
Western Australia
6850
Australia
- Topic category
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- Biota
Extent
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E
W
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Temporal extent
- Time period
- 2004-01-01 2004-06-30
Vertical element
- Identifier
- EPSG::5715
- Name
- MSL depth
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Not planned
- Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords Version 8.0
- Keywords (Taxon)
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- Posidonia sp.
- Halophila sp.
- Keywords (Theme)
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- Benthic habitat
- Keywords (Instrument)
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- Edgetech 272T 100kHz sidescan sonar
- 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
- Website
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
License Text
- Other constraints
- Cite data as: Department of Environmental Regulation, Western Australian Government (2016). Mapping of selected areas of Cockburn Sound, Western Australia. Data accessed at http://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/en/metadata.show?uuid=ce7ad4e8-c46b-426b-9156-0cc9faf44e78 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 Western Australian Government for the purposes of Seamap Australia (testing a national marine benthic habitat classification scheme).
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Supplemental Information
- Benthic Habitat Mapping for 2002 of Selected Areas of Cockburn Sound. Prepared for Cockburn Sound Management Council by DAL Science and Engineering Pty Ltd (October 2002, Report No. 02/273/1). Benthic Habitat Mapping of the Eastern Shelf of Cockburn Sound 2004. Prepared for Cockburn Sound Management Council by DAL Science and Engineering Pty Ltd, Coastal CRC, University of Western Australia School of Plant Biology (July 2004, Report No. 321/1).
Content Information
- Content type
- Physical measurement
- Description
- Taxonomic identification of seagrass species - by spot dives in areas identified as having high habitat complexity
Identifier
- Name
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TYPE_NEW
- Description
- Appended to original data for styling purposes for the Seamap Australia Project.
- Name
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Benthic habitat
- Name
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SM_HAB_CLS
Distribution Information
- Distribution format
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Shapefile, DBF
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Shapefile, DBF
- OnLine resource
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SHAPE-ZIP
DATA ACCESS - This OGC WFS service returns the data (Cockburn Sound benthic habitat) in Shapefile format.
- OnLine resource
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seamap:SeamapAus_WA_CockburnSound_mapping
MAP - Cockburn Sound benthic habitat
Resource lineage
- Statement
- Habitat mapping of the Eastern Shelf involved: 1. Visual examination of the 2002 aerial imagery to define the sidescan sonar survey area and provide indicative habitat information for areas not covered by the sidescan sonar survey; 2. High frequency sidescan sonar (Edgetech 272T 100 kHz towfish with a 260TH surface unit) survey across the Eastern Shelf region. 3. Towed underwater video to provide ground-truth data and assist in the interpretation of the sidescan sonar data. 4. Spot dives in selected areas identified as having high habitat complexity.
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Platform
Identifier
- Code
- diver
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Platform
Identifier
- Code
- research vessel
Instrument
- Identifier
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Edgetech 272T 100kHz sidescan sonar
Instrument
Identifier
- Code
- underwater cameras
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Platform
Identifier
- Code
- research aeroplane
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
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ce7ad4e8-c46b-426b-9156-0cc9faf44e78
- 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/ce7ad4e8-c46b-426b-9156-0cc9faf44e78
Point of truth URL of this metadata record
- Date info (Creation)
- 2020-09-29T13:32:34
- Date info (Revision)
- 2020-09-29T13:32:34
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO 19115-3:2018
Overviews
Spatial extent
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E
W
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Associated resources
Not available