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WA Marine Futures Project - biota

Created 13/03/2025

Updated 13/03/2025

The Marine Futures Project was designed to benchmark the current status of key Western Australian marine ecosystems, based on an improved understanding of the relationship between marine habitats, biodiversity and our use of these values. Approximately 1,500 km2 of seafloor were mapped using hydroacoustics (Reson 8101 Multibeam), and expected benthic habitats "ground-truthed" using towed video transects and baited remote underwater video systems. Both sources of information were then combined in a spatial predictive modelling framework to produce fine-scale habitat maps showing the extent of substrate types, biotic formations, etc. This project record provides linkage to each of metadata records describing data collected from the 9 study areas: Jurien Bay, Rottnest, Abrolhos Islands, Point Ann, Middle Island, Mount Gardner, Broke Inlet, and Geographe Bay​. To access the source datasets from each study site in their original (unaggregated) form, see child records linked to this parent record.

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Title WA Marine Futures Project - biota
Language eng
Licence notspecified
Landing Page https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/664362ba-626a-4245-84b2-9eb91c525499
Contact Point
CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere
jessica.meeuwig@uwa.edu.au
Reference Period 01/01/2006 - 31/12/2008
Geospatial Coverage {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[115.253514, -32.062236], [115.593416, -32.062236], [115.593416, -31.9658], [115.253514, -31.9658], [115.253514, -32.062236]]]}
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This dataset was originally found on data.gov.au "WA Marine Futures Project - biota". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/wa-marine-futures-project-biota

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