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Marine wildlife management in the Northern Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area - Spatial models of dugong distribution and relative density of aerial surveys from 1990 - 2013 (NERP TE 1.2, JCU)

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Hamann, Mark, Dr ; Marsh, Helene, Prof. ; Grech, Alana, Dr
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The survey region was divided into blocks containing systematic transects of varying length, which were typically perpendicular to the coast across the depth gradient. Tandem teams with two observers on each side of the aircraft independently recorded sightings of dugongs, including information on group size and calf numbers. Transects were 200 m wide at the water’s surface on either side of the aircraft. The spatial data from all the aerial surveys in the region (1990, 1995, 2000, 2006, and 2013) were corrected for differences in sampling intensity and area sampled between surveys. For details on sampling intensities and areas, please refer to the reports and publications for each individual survey (list below). The corrected data were then interpolated using universal kriging over the spatial extent of the aerial surveys. Planning units were 2km * 2km and were classified as low (1), medium (2), high (3) and very high (4) dugong density on the basis of the relative density of dugongs estimated from the model and a frequency analysis. Low density areas: 0 dugongs per square km; medium density areas 0.0015 - 0.25 dugongs per square km; high density areas 0.25 - 0.5 dugongs per square km; very high density areas > 0.5 dugongs per square km. Limitations: The modelled abundance and distribution show the relative density of dugongs (areas where there are more or less animals) and NOT the absolute dugong density as corrections for perception bias (animals that are available to, but missed by, observers) and availability bias (animals that are unavailable to observers because of water turbidity) can only be applied at the spatial scale of entire surveys (thousands of square kilometres), making them inappropriate for the spatial scale for this dataset. Nonetheless, the relative densities among regions should be approximately comparable (H. Marsh, personal communication). Format: The spatial model is 2481x3509 pixels with a spatial reference of WGS84 UTM Zone 54S. The original dataset is stored in ESRI GRID format (60 KB), which was converted to a GeoTiff for use in the eAtlas (134 kB). Both datasets are available under a creative commons attribution license. References: Publications for aerial surveys in the northern Great Barrier Reef: Marsh, H. & Corkeron, P. (1996). The status of the dugong in the northern Great Barrier Reef. Report to Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Townsville. Marsh, H. & Lawler, I. R. (2002). Dugong distribution and abundance in the Northern Great Barrier Reef Marine Park: November 2000. GBRMPA Research Publication 77. Townsville, Australia: Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. Marsh, H.D., Hodgson, A., Lawler, I., Grech, A., & Delean, S. (2007) Condition, status, and trends and projected futures of the dugong in the Northern Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait; including identification and evaluation of the key threats and evaluation of available management options to improve its status. Marine and Tropical Sciences Research Facility Reports Series. Reef and Rainforest Research Centre Limited, Cairns (77pp.). Data Location: This dataset is filed in the eAtlas enduring data repository at: data\NERP-TE\1.2_GBR-Turtles-dugong-monitoing&rft.creator=Hamann, Mark, Dr &rft.creator=Marsh, Helene, Prof. &rft.creator=Grech, Alana, Dr &rft.date=2016&rft.coverage=145.2392578125,-15.49072265625 145.7666015625,-15.53466796875 145.54687500000003,-14.436035156250014 144.58007812500003,-13.77685546875 144.052734375,-13.55712890625 143.876953125,-12.45849609375 143.96484375,-11.27197265625 143.0859375,-11.228027343750014 142.6025390625,-10.56884765625 142.5146484375,-10.78857421875 142.734375,-11.35986328125 142.6904296875,-12.019042968750014 143.0419921875,-12.10693359375 143.3056640625,-12.81005859375 143.5693359375,-14.26025390625 143.7890625,-14.61181640625 144.5361328125,-14.47998046875 145.107421875,-15.00732421875 145.1953125,-15.44677734375 145.2392578125,-15.49072265625&rft_rights= http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/&rft_rights=http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/3.0/au/88x31.png&rft_rights=WWW:LINK-1.0-http--related&rft_rights=License Graphic&rft_rights=Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License&rft_rights=http://creativecommons.org/international/au/&rft_rights=WWW:LINK-1.0-http--related&rft_rights=WWW:LINK-1.0-http--related&rft_rights=License Text&rft_rights=Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au&rft_subject=biota&rft_subject=marine&rft.type=dataset&rft.language=English Access the data

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Brief description

This dataset shows a raster spatial model of the distribution and relative density of dugongs (Dugong dugong) in the northern Great Barrier Reef region based on an aggregate of 24 years (1990 - 2013) of systematic aerial surveys.


Methods:

Aerial surveys were conducted using the strip transect method described by Marsh and Sinclair (1989). The survey region was divided into blocks containing systematic transects of varying length, which were typically perpendicular to the coast across the depth gradient. Tandem teams with two observers on each side of the aircraft independently recorded sightings of dugongs, including information on group size and calf numbers. Transects were 200 m wide at the water’s surface on either side of the aircraft.
The spatial data from all the aerial surveys in the region (1990, 1995, 2000, 2006, and 2013) were corrected for differences in sampling intensity and area sampled between surveys. For details on sampling intensities and areas, please refer to the reports and publications for each individual survey (list below). The corrected data were then interpolated using universal kriging over the spatial extent of the aerial surveys.
Planning units were 2km * 2km and were classified as low (1), medium (2), high (3) and very high (4) dugong density on the basis of the relative density of dugongs estimated from the model and a frequency analysis. Low density areas: 0 dugongs per square km; medium density areas 0.0015 - 0.25 dugongs per square km; high density areas 0.25 - 0.5 dugongs per square km; very high density areas > 0.5 dugongs per square km.


Limitations:

The modelled abundance and distribution show the relative density of dugongs (areas where there are more or less animals) and NOT the absolute dugong density as corrections for perception bias (animals that are available to, but missed by, observers) and availability bias (animals that are unavailable to observers because of water turbidity) can only be applied at the spatial scale of entire surveys (thousands of square kilometres), making them inappropriate for the spatial scale for this dataset. Nonetheless, the relative densities among regions should be approximately comparable (H. Marsh, personal communication).


Format:

The spatial model is 2481x3509 pixels with a spatial reference of WGS84 UTM Zone 54S. The original dataset is stored in ESRI GRID format (60 KB), which was converted to a GeoTiff for use in the eAtlas (134 kB). Both datasets are available under a creative commons attribution license.


References:

Publications for aerial surveys in the northern Great Barrier Reef:
Marsh, H. & Corkeron, P. (1996). The status of the dugong in the northern Great Barrier Reef. Report to Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Townsville.
Marsh, H. & Lawler, I. R. (2002). Dugong distribution and abundance in the Northern Great Barrier Reef Marine Park: November 2000. GBRMPA Research Publication 77. Townsville, Australia: Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority.
Marsh, H.D., Hodgson, A., Lawler, I., Grech, A., & Delean, S. (2007) Condition, status, and trends and projected futures of the dugong in the Northern Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait; including identification and evaluation of the key threats and evaluation of available management options to improve its status. Marine and Tropical Sciences Research Facility Reports Series. Reef and Rainforest Research Centre Limited, Cairns (77pp.).


Data Location:

This dataset is filed in the eAtlas enduring data repository at: data\NERP-TE\1.2_GBR-Turtles-dugong-monitoing

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(Project web site)

uri : https://eatlas.org.au/nerp-te/gbr-jcu-marine-wildlife-management-1-2

(Marsh H., et al. (2007). Condition, status and trends and projected futures of the dugong in the Northern Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait)

uri : http://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/16417/1/Marsh_MTSRF_NGBR_TS_Aerial_Surveys_2007.pdf

(Marsh H., Corkeron P. (1996). The status of the dugong in the northern Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.)

uri : https://nextcloud.eatlas.org.au/apps/sharealias/a/5f325e

(Marsh H., Corkeron P., Lawler I., Preen A. (1996). The Status of the Dugong in the Southern Great Barrier Reef Marine Park)

uri : http://www.gbrmpa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/5543/gbrmpa_RP41_The_Status_Of_The_Dugong_In_The_Southern_GBRMP_1996.pdf

(Marsh H., Lawler I. (2002). Dugong distribution and abundance in the northern Great Barrier Reef Marine Park - November 2000.)

uri : http://www.gbrmpa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/5577/gbrmpa_RP77_Dugong_Distribution_And_Abundance_In_The_Northern_GBRMP_2002.pdf

(Shapefiles, tiff and metadata record [ZIP 236 kB])

uri : https://nextcloud.eatlas.org.au/apps/sharealias/a/cca0e8

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