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Browse Shelf Reef Polygons

Geoscience Australia
Howard, F.J.F. ; Nichols, S.
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Browse Shelf reef polygons were manually digitized from multibeam echosounder datasets collected on marine survey GA0345/GA0346/TAN1411 in October/November 2014. Reef areas were defined as exposed, hard substrate that are often raised above the surrounding seafloor. The continental shelf was defined using the 200 m depth contour. They were mapped using bathymetry and backscatter data along with bathymetric derivatives including; slope, hillshaded bathymetry and contours. Features were mapped at a scale of 1:10 000. This dataset is published with the permission of the CEO, Geoscience Australia.

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Statement: This dataset was derived from multibeam echosounder data collected during marine survey GA0345/GA0346/TAN1411 in October/November 2014. Features were manually digitised in ArcGIS 10.2 using hillshaded bathymetry, backscatter and slope datasets. Reef features were included if they were shallower than the 200 m depth contour derived from the 2009 Australian Bathymetry Topography Grid, https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/67703. This dataset was produced under the National Environmental Science Program - Project D3 evaluating and monitoring the status of marine biodiversity assets on the continental shelf.

Created: 12 08 2016

Issued: 10 10 2016

Data time period: 2014-10 to 2014-11

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Published_External | Western Australia | continental shelf | geomorphology | geoscientificInformation | gis | key ecological feature | marine environmental baseline | reef |

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uri : http://www.nespmarine.edu.au/project/project-d3-evaluating-and-monitoring-status-marine-biodiversity-assets-continental-shelf

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