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Rocky reefs form an important habitat on the continental shelf and one subject to disproportionate fishing pressure given the high productivity of this habitat relative to adjacent sandy seabed. Despite this, little is known of the extent and nature of these systems beyond their value to the fishing industry. This project collated all known mapping data from government and industry (including data acquired during CERF and NERP Hubs) to provide an updated map of this key habitat around Australia. A geomorphological classification system is also being developed for these reefs, and associated cross-shelf habitats with the aim of it being accepted and adopted nationally, and it is being tested and refined for biological applicability.This record describes the national habitat map data product generated from multiple datasets collated as part of NESP MBH Project D3. The individual habitat mapping datasets collected as part of the data collation process have also been published and are linked to this record.
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CreditAustralian Hydrographic Service (AHS)
CSIRO
Geoscience Australia
Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH) , NSW
NT Government
Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR), SA
Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS)
School of Life and Environmental Sciences (LES), Deakin University
Centre for Marine Futures (UWA)
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA)
National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine Biodiversity Hub
To improve knowledge of shelf reef habitat in Australian waters by collating all known habitat mapping data from government and industry into a single data product.
Data time period: 2016-10-10
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(D3 DATA ACCESS - ALL data (Tiers 1-4 combined) [direct download 372 MB])
uri :
https://data.imas.utas.edu.au/attachments/2ffb37a5-5c58-4ea9-a47d-5d526be31346/Tiers_1-4.zip
(D3 DATA ACCESS - Tier 1: Highest resolution "local surveys" from State stakeholders [direct download 311 MB])
(D3 DATA ACCESS - Tier 2: "Regional surveys" from CSIRO NMF [direct download 20 MB])
(D3 DATA ACCESS - Tier 3: "National-scale surveys" from AHS and GBRMPA [direct download 16 MB])
(D3 DATA ACCESS - Tier 4: "Reef probability" layer isolated from AHS deep features S57 layer [direct download 33 MB])
MAP - reef classified from Tier 1 high resolution "local" surveys (NESP:NESP_D3_Tier1_localscale_reef)
uri :
https://geoserver.imas.utas.edu.au/geoserver/NESP/wms
MAP - reef classified from Tier 2 "regional" surveys (NESP:NESP_D3_Tier2_regionalscale_reef)
uri :
https://geoserver.imas.utas.edu.au/geoserver/NESP/wms
MAP - reef classified from Tier 3 "national-scale" surveys (NESP:NESP_D3_Tier3_nationalscale_reef)
uri :
https://geoserver.imas.utas.edu.au/geoserver/NESP/wms
MAP - "reef probability" classified Tier 4 AHS deep features S57 layer (NESP:NESP_D3_Tier4_reef_probability)
uri :
https://geoserver.imas.utas.edu.au/geoserver/NESP/wms
(SOURCE DATA - WA Marine Futures reef habitat, Albrolhos Islands (abr1_sub_g.shp, abr2_sub_g.shp))
(SOURCE DATA - WA Marine Futures reef habitat, Broke Inlet (bi_sub_g.shp))
(SOURCE DATA - WA Marine Futures reef habitat, Geographe Bay (gb_gensub50a.shp))
(SOURCE DATA - WA Marine Futures reef habitat, Jurien Bay (jbe_sub_g.shp, jbw_sub_g.shp))
(SOURCE DATA - WA Marine Futures reef habitat, Middle Island (mi_sub_d.shp))
(SOURCE DATA - WA Marine Futures reef habitat, Mount Gardner (mg_sub_d.shp))
(SOURCE DATA - WA Marine Futures reef habitat, Point Anne (ap_sub_d.shp))
(SOURCE DATA - WA Marine Futures reef habitat, Rottnest Island (ri_sub_g.shp))
(SOURCE DATA - WA Marine Futures reef habitat, Rottnest Island (wc-gensub.shp))
(SOURCE DATA - Seabed Habitat NSW State Waters - Batemans Marine Park (BMP_Habitats_2013_no_unkwn.shp))
(SOURCE DATA - Seabed Habitat NSW State Waters - Cape Byron Marine Park (CBMP_Habitats2013.shp))
(SOURCE DATA - Seabed Habitat NSW State Waters - Jervis Bay Marine Park (JBMP_Habitats2013_no_unkwn.shp))
(SOURCE DATA - Seabed Habitat NSW State Waters - Port Stephens Great Lakes Marine Park (PSGLMP_Habitats2013_no_unkwn.shp))
(SOURCE DATA - Seabed Habitat NSW State Waters - Solitary Islands Marine Park (SIMP_Habitats2013_revised.shp))
(SOURCE DATA - Seabed Habitat NSW State Waters - area outside marine parks (Habitat_outside_MPA.shp))
(SOURCE DATA - Seamap Tasmania habitat data (SEAMAP_habitats_mga.shp))
(SOURCE DATA - Darwin Harbour marine communities (EastMiddleArmsCommunities.shp))
(SOURCE DATA - South Australian (DEWNR) Marine Benthic Habitats (DEWNR_StateBenthicHabitats_ReefHabitats.shp))
(SOURCE DATA - South Australian (DEWNR) Marine Bathymetry and Side Scan Sonar)
(SOURCE DATA - South Australian (DEWNR) Benthic Habitat Survey Sites)
(SOURCE DATA - Index of Australian Hydrographic Service (AHS) 1 degree, 10 degree and 30 degree S57 files for Australian EEZ (Index-1.shp, Index-10.shp, Index-30.shp))
(SOURCE DATA - Contours (1m and 5m interval) of the Australian continental shelf and Lord Howe Island shelf (contour_1m.shp, contour_5m.shp, contourlh_1m.shp, contourlh_5m.shp))
(SOURCE DATA - Intertidal area of the Australian continental shelf and Lord Howe Island shelf derived from AHS 1 degree S57 depth area features (depare_a_intertidal.shp, depare_a_intertidal_lh.shp))
(SOURCE DATA - Seabed area on the Australian continental shelf and Lord Howe Island shelf derived from AHS 1 degree S57 seabed area features (sbdare_a_intertidal.shp, sbdare_a_intertidal_lh.shp))
(SOURCE DATA - Depth areas on the Australian continental shelf and Lord Howe Island shelf derived from AHS 1 degree S57 depth area features (depare_a_shf.shp, depare_a_shf_lh.shp))
(SOURCE DATA - Raised features on the Australian continental shelf and Lord Howe Island shelf derived from AHS 1 degree S57 depth area features (depare_a_raised-features.shp, depare_a_raised-features_lh.shp))
(SOURCE DATA - Reef features on the Australian continental shelf derived from AHS 1 degree S57 seabed area features (sbdare_reefs-only.shp))
(SOURCE DATA - State boundary area of the Australia continental shelf (including Lord Howe Island) (State_boundary_areas.shp))
(SOURCE DATA - Australian land and coastline (including Lord Howe Island) at Lowest Astronomic Tide datum (aho_land_lat.shp, aho_land_lat_lh.shp))
(SOURCE DATA - Carnarvon Shelf reef polygons [Point Cloates, Mandu Creek, Gnaraloo] (CarnarvonShelfReefs.shp))
uri :
http://www.ga.gov.au/metadata-gateway/metadata/record/101464
(SOURCE DATA - Seabed environments and shallow geology of the Leveque Shelf (WA) - interpreted geomorphic map (GA0340_geomorphology.shp))
uri :
http://www.ga.gov.au/metadata-gateway/metadata/record/81956
(SOURCE DATA - Oceanic Shoals CMR (Timor Sea) biodiversity survey - interpreted geomorphic map (GA0339_geomorphology.shp))
uri :
http://www.ga.gov.au/metadata-gateway/metadata/record/89764
(SOURCE DATA - Petrel Sub-basin Marine Survey - interpreted geomorphic map (GA0335_geomorphology.shp))
uri :
http://www.ga.gov.au/metadata-gateway/metadata/record/81955
(SOURCE DATA - Browse Shelf reef polygons (BrowseShelfReefs.shp))
uri :
http://www.ga.gov.au/metadata-gateway/metadata/record/101465
(SOURCE DATA - Jervis Bay reef polygons (jervisbayreefs.shp))
uri :
http://www.ga.gov.au/metadata-gateway/metadata/record/100680
(SOURCE DATA - Vlaming Shelf reef polygons (vlamingshelfreefs.shp))
uri :
http://www.ga.gov.au/metadata-gateway/metadata/record/101463
(SOURCE DATA - Great Barrier Reef features (Great_Barrier_Reef_Features.shp))
(SOURCE DATA - Seafloor map of the Flinders Commonwealth MPA (flinders.shp))
(NESP Project D3 [ANDS RDA record])
purl :
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nesp/mb/d3
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