Brief description
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.Lineage
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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])
(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
(NESP Project D3 [ANDS RDA record])
purl :
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nesp/mb/d3
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