Benthic inventory of reefal areas in Moreton Bay, Australia

The study involved the collection of field data and acquisitioning of satellite imagery to create a map that presents a benthic inventory of reefal habitat areas within Moreton Bay. Mapping was guided by the most recent reef map (Queensland Environmental Protection Agency, 2004), the new field data, local knowledge and/or visual interpretation of high spatial resolution satellite imagery.


The inventories for each reefal area were based on georeferenced spot check field data collected by volunteer teams in 2015 and 2016 (n=610). This field data was overlayed on high spatial resolution ZY-3 satellite imagery (5 m x 5 m pixels) captured in June 2014. Polygons were manually digitised around reefal areas by an expert from the Remote Sensing Research Centre using visual interpretation of the texture and colour of the pixels in the satellite imagery, as related to water depth, field data and local field knowledge. Polygons were subsequently assigned one of three categories (Coral on reef matrix, Soft Coral on Sand/Rubble, and, Algae on sand/rubble). The project was a collaborative citizen science project between Reef Check Australia, The University of Queensland Remote Sensing Research Centre and Healthy Waterways to collect benthic inventories for eight key subtropical reefal areas in Central Moreton Bay - Mud, Saint Helena, Green, King, Macleay, Goat, and Peel Islands, and, Myora Reef.

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Date (Publication)
2023-02-23

Principal investigator

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

The University of Queensland (UQ) - Loder, Jennifer
The University of Queensland (UQ) - Host, Rachel
The University of Queensland (UQ) - Kovacs, Eva
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Status
Completed

Point of contact

School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland (UQ) - Roelfsema, Christiaan
University of Queensland (UQ)
St Lucia
Queensland
3072
Australia
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Spatial representation type
Vector
Topic category
  • Biota

Extent

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Temporal extent

Time period
2014-06-01 2016-12-31

Resource format

Title
ESRI Shapefile
Date
Edition
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Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords Version 8.0
Keywords (Place)
  • Great Barrier Reef
Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC): Fields of Research
AODN Platform Vocabulary
Keywords (Theme)
  • benthic habitat

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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Title
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License


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Website
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

License Text

Other constraints
Roelfsema, Christiaan M; Loder, Jennifer; Host, Rachel; Kovacs, Eva M (2018): Benthic inventory of reefal areas in Moreton Bay, Australia. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.892402
Other constraints
This dataset is copy of the original dataset, which available at https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.892402, and 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.
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

Protocol
OGC:WFS-1.0.0-http-get-feature--shapefile
Name of the resource
SHAPE-ZIP
Description
DATA ACCESS - This OGC WFS service returns the data (benthic inventory of Moreton Bay) in Shapefile format.
OnLine resource
seamap:SeamapAus_QLD_MoretonBay_benthic_inventory_2016

MAP - benthic inventory of Moreton Bay

OnLine resource
SUPPLEMENTARY INFO - Documentation of benthic inventory of reefal areas in Moreton Bay, Australia

OnLine resource
Original metadata record [PANGAEA catalogue]

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Dataset

Platform

Identifier

Code
human

Platform

Identifier

Code
research aeroplane
Hierarchy level
Dataset

Metadata

Metadata identifier
urn:uuid/f55a53db-09fc-480d-aa9e-2aa6bb304b8c

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/f55a53db-09fc-480d-aa9e-2aa6bb304b8c

Point of truth URL of this metadata record

Date info (Creation)
2020-09-23T12:36:21
Date info (Revision)
2025-01-10T23:08:41

Metadata standard

Title
ISO 19115-3:2018
 
 

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Spatial extent

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Keywords

benthic habitat
AODN Platform Vocabulary
human research aeroplane
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 | BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION | PLANTS | ANGIOSPERMS (FLOWERING PLANTS) | MONOCOTS | SEAGRASS EARTH SCIENCE | BIOSPHERE | AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS | MARINE HABITAT

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