Seagrass Presence Absence WA (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.

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Identification info

Date (Creation)
2013-11
Date (Revision)
2014-02
Citation identifier
https://doi.org/10.4227/05/54f8f99cc756e

Credit
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/Biophysical Remote Sensing Group - 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
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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
  • WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Resource constraints

Use limitation
This data is under TERN Attribution Licence (TERN-BY). This licence requires the following: 1) that the original creator must be credited and the source linked to by the data user. More information can be found regarding the data licence at http://www.tern.org.au/datalicence/TERN-BY/1.0/. The data author requests attribution in the following manner: Canto, R., Udy, J., McMahon, K., Waycott, M., Kilminster, K., Kendrick, G., Roelfsema, C., Scanes, P., and West, G. 2014. Western Australia Seagrass Habitat Map.
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. Western Australia Seagrass Habitat Map. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4227/05/54F8F99CC756E
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 - WA seagrass presence/absence in Shapefile format.

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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 and 4) expert knowledge/personal observation. ***************** Publications Wells FE, Hanley JR, Walker DI (1995) Marine Biological Survey of the Southern Kimberley. Fry G, Heyward A, Wassenberg T, Taranto T, Stiegliz T and Colquhoun J (2008). Benthic Habitat surveys of potential LNG hub locations in the Kimberley region. A CSIRO and AIMS Joint Preliminary Report for the Western Australian Marine Science Institution, 18 July 2008. Loneragan NR, Kenyon RA, Crocos PJ, Ward RD, Lehnert S, Haywood MDE, Arnold S, Barnard R, Burford M, Caputi N, Kangas M, Manson F, McCulloch R, Penn JW, Sellars M, Grewe P, Ye Y, Harch B, Bravington M, Toscas P, Meadows J. (2003). Developing techniques for enhancing prawn fisheries, with a focus on brown tiger prawns (Penaeus esculentus) in Exmouth Gulf. Final Report on FRDC Project 1999/222. CSIRO, Cleveland. pp.276. van Kuelen M, Langdon MW (2011) Ningaloo Collaboration Cluster:Biodiversity and ecology of the Ningaloo Reef lagoon. National Research Flagships Wealth from Oceans. Murdoch University, Perth Evans S.N., Bellchambers L. M. and Murray K. (2012). Mapping shallow water habitats of the Wallabi Group, Houtman Abrolhos Islands, using remote sensing techniques. Fisheries Research Report No. 237. Department of Fisheries, Western Australia. 28p. Walker, D, McMahon, K, Cosgrove, J, Whittemore, R. 1994 A survey of biological, chemical and physical conditions in nearshore Geographe Bay, summer 1993/94. A report to the Water Authority of Western Australia, south-west division. Halina Kobryn, Matt Harvey and Thomas Heege (2008). Seafloor and bathymetry mapping: Rottnest Island, Western Australia, AU. IN Fitoka E & Keramitsoglou I 2008 (Editors). Inventory, assessment and monitoring of Mediterranean Wetlands: Mapping wetlands using Earth Observation techniques. EKBY & NOA. MedWet publication. (Scientific reviewer Nick J Riddiford). Synthesis of seagrass mapping studies conducted by the Water Science Branch of the Department of Water April 2013. ***************** Expert knowledge and personal observations: Gary Kendrick Kathryn McMahon ***************** 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
d75b719c-e3f5-45c9-be97-eb06f28fa88f

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Point of contact

Global Change Institute/Biophysical Remote Sensing Group-University of Queensland - 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
Parent metadata

Type of resource

Resource scope
Dataset
Metadata linkage
https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/d75b719c-e3f5-45c9-be97-eb06f28fa88f

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Date info (Creation)
2019-01-11T14:44:43
Date info (Revision)
2019-01-11T14:44:43

Metadata standard

Title
ISO 19115-3:2018
 
 

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Spatial extent

N
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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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