Brief description
The Marine chapter of the 2021 State of the Environment (SoE) report incorporates multiple expert templates developed from streams of marine data. This metadata record describes the Expert Assessment "State and Trend of inner shelf (0-30 m) – invertebrate species".***A PDF of the full Expert Assessment, including figures and tables (where provided) is downloadable in the "On-line Resources" section of this record as "EXPERT ASSESSMENT 2021 - Inner shelf (0-30 m) – invertebrate species"***
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DESCRIPTION OF SPECIES/HABITAT/COMMUNITY/PROCESS FOR EXPERT ASSESSMENT
A wide range of both sessile and mobile invertebrate species inhabit the continental shelf. Large areas of soft sediments are dominated by infauna and mobile epifauna, but there are also areas that have abundant sessile epifauna — which are covered in other sections.
DATA STREAM(S) USED IN EXPERT ASSESSMENT
Peer reviewed publications, fishery stock assessment reports and data from the IMOS autonomous underwater vehicle facility.
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2021 SOE ASSESSMENT SUMMARY [see attached Expert Assessment for full details]
• 2021 •
Assessment grade: Good
Assessment trend: Unclear
Confidence grade: Limited evidence
Confidence trend: Low evidence or consensus
Comparability: Comparable
• 2016 •
Assessment grade: Good
Assessment trend: Unclear
Confidence grade: Limited evidence
Confidence trend: Low evidence or consensus
Comparability: Somewhat comparable
• 2011 •
Assessment grade: Good
Assessment trend: Stable
Confidence grade: Limited evidence
Confidence trend: Limited evidence
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CHANGES SINCE 2016 SOE ASSESSMENT
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Lineage
Statement: QUALITY OF DATA USED IN THE ASSESSMENTHigh
Notes
CreditPeer reviews of this assessment were provided by: Yannick Mulders (UWA)
Created: 05 07 2021
text: westlimit=102.65625000000001; southlimit=-47.4609375; eastlimit=162.421875; northlimit=-7.207031249999999
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EXPERT ASSESSMENT 2021 - Inner shelf (0-30 m) – invertebrate species [direct download] (SoE_2021_MARINE_State_and_Trend__Inner_shelf_invertebrates.pdf)
(State of the Environment (SoE) reporting webpage)
- global : 2fb7f15c-206c-4179-ae04-699cb7c6fcd0
- DOI : DOI: 10.26198/6KCX-RW47
- DOI : https://doi.org/10.26198/6KCX-RW47