The 2005 National Marine Bioregionalisation is a major scientific project designed to help define ecosystem boundaries in Australia's ocean territory. It brings together and illustrates the complexity and variability of marine environments, supporting Australia's Oceans Policy commitment to an ecosystem-based approach to oceans management. The project was headed by the National Oceans Office and is hosted by the Australian Ocean Data Network.
Use Cases
- Define marine ecosystem boundaries based on environmental complexity and variability.
- Support ecosystem-based ocean management policy based on the bioregionalisation framework.
- Analyze spatial patterns in marine environments based on the aggregated scientific data.
Strengths
- Project is a major scientific effort designed for ecosystem boundary definition.
- Supports a national policy commitment to ecosystem-based ocean management.
- Aggregates and illustrates the complexity and variability of marine environments.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Collection Method
- A major scientific project headed by the National Oceans Office.
- Time Range
- 2005
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-16 14:30:15.897834; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Australia's ocean territory