2005 National Marine Bioregionalisation of Australia's Ocean Territory

Australia's ocean territory is mapped for ecosystem boundaries by the National Marine Bioregionalisation project. The scientific project was headed by the National Oceans Office to support an ecosystem-based approach to oceans management. It illustrates the complexity and variability of marine environments.

Use Cases

• Define marine ecosystem boundaries based on the bioregionalisation framework.
• Support oceans policy and management decisions based on mapped environmental complexity.
• Analyze spatial variability of marine environments for conservation planning.

Strengths

• Project is a major scientific effort headed by the National Oceans Office.
• Designed to support a national policy commitment to ecosystem-based management.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Major scientific project bringing together data to define ecosystem boundaries.

Time Range

2005

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-10 18:50:06.436597; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australia's ocean territory